QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 13 OCTOBER 2017

QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz -13 OCTOBER 2017 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz Archives The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu  and PIB news articles. This quiz is intended to introduce you to concepts and certain important facts relevant to UPSC IAS civil services …

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 13 October 2017

[Insights Secure – 2017] UPSC Mains Questions on Current Affairs: 13 October 2017 Click on EACH question to post/read  answers.   General Studies – 1;     Topic:  Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues  1) Discuss the nature and significance of the events that led …

7) The complementary phenomena of executive abdication and judicial activism have created an ugly spectacle of environmental mismanagement in India. Critically comment.

Topic:  Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment  (Can be included in Paper-2 too) 7) The complementary phenomena of executive abdication and judicial activism have created an ugly spectacle of environmental mismanagement in India. Critically comment. (200 Words) Livemint

3) UNESCO encourages international peace and universal respect for human rights by promoting collaboration between nations. Critically comment on the exit of Israel and the US from UNESCO and politicisation of this cultural body.

Topic:    Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate 3) UNESCO encourages international peace and universal respect for human rights by promoting collaboration between nations. Critically comment on the exit of Israel and the US from UNESCO and politicisation of this cultural body. (200 Words) The Hindu

Insights into Editorial: The will to die — on ‘living wills’

Insights into Editorial: The will to die — on ‘living wills’ Background: The Chief Justice, heading a five-judge Constitution Bench, was responding to a debate on when exactly a person’s ‘Living Will’ or advance directive for end-of-life medical care should take effect. The court is hearing a petition by NGO Independent Thought to legalise euthanasia and the concept of …