INSIGHTS REVISION TEST for Preliminary Exam 2018: Test – 9 (Environment, Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change & General Science))
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Day: March 30, 2018
Insights Static Quiz -32, 2018 – General Science
Insights Static Quiz -32, 2018 General Science ARCHIVES
Insights Daily Debates: Issues that Matter – 29 (Leak of Question Papers from Institutions like CBSE can be Prevented by resorting to online delivery of question papers)
. Insights Daily Debates Issues that Matter – 30 ARCHIVES What’s this Initiative? Click Here Leak of Question Papers from Institutions like CBSE can be Prevented by resorting to online delivery of question papers The Hindu Can lean of papers be prevented by better leadership of the organisation? Can they be …
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 30 March 2018
Insights Daily Current Affairs, 30 March 2018 Paper 2: Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Public Financial Management System (PFMS) Context: A “historic” Rs 71,633 crore was processed and routed through the PFMS …
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All India Radio News Summary: 28 MARCH 2018
All India Radio News Summary: 28 MARCH 2018 Government to divest 76 per cent stake in Air India. The Government has unveiled plans to sell up to 76 per cent stake in Air India and transfer the management control to private players, starting the ambitious strategic disinvestment process for the debt-laden national carrier. The proposed …
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All India Radio News Summary: 29 MARCH 2018
All India Radio News Summary: 29 MARCH 2018 Prime Minister will interact with young innovators of Grand finale of Smart India Hackathon. Prime Minister will interact with participants of the second edition of Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2018 across various centres. The Hackathon aims to build Digital India of country’s dreams and to engage …
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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 30 March 2018
QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 30 March 2018 QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz 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 preliminary …
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PRELIMS BOOSTERS – 2018: Olive Ridley Turtle and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
. Insights IAS Prelims Boosters – 2018 ARCHIVES Olive Ridley Turtle & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Olive Ridley Turtle Vulnerable — IUCN Red list Habitat — warm and tropical waters of primarily in the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Atlantic ocean. Gets name from its olive colored carapace, which is heart-shaped and …
[Insights Secure – 2018] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 30 March 2018
[Insights Secure – 2018] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 30 March 2018 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? LIST of TOPICS (Static) REVISION TIMETABLE FOR PRELIMS – 2018 Revision Tests Henceforth, we will cover MORE issues in Secure, and provide explanations/directions/hints to …
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8) What do you understand by big data ethics? Discuss the issues in it.
Topic: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics 8) What do you understand by big data ethics? Discuss the issues in it. (150 Words) Forbes Forbes
7) Better designed Kisan Credit Card can help improve access to institutional credit and ensure crop insurance. Discuss.
Topic: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; 7) Better designed Kisan Credit Card can help improve access to institutional credit and ensure crop insurance. Discuss. (250 Words) The Indian Express
5) It is said that with the idea of NEXT, a window of opportunity has opened to rectify ills in medical education. Analyse.
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources 5) It is said that with the idea of NEXT, a window of opportunity has opened to rectify ills in medical education. Analyse. (250 Words) Livemint
6) What are the objectives of introducing the Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill of 2017? Also discuss its significance.
Topic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. 6) What are the objectives of introducing the Specific Relief (Amendment) Bill of 2017? Also discuss its significance. (250 Words) The Hindu
2) While societal attitudes towards gambling have changed in the last century, with gambling now seen as a legitimate form of recreation, Indian laws have not kept pace with the times. Has time come for legalising gambling in India? Substantiate.
Topic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability; Regulatory bodies 2) While societal attitudes towards gambling have changed in the last century, with gambling now seen as a legitimate form of recreation, Indian laws have not kept pace with the times. Has time come for legalising gambling in India? Substantiate. (250 Words) The Hindu
4) Today, what is needed is a credible testing method to assess a student’s aptitude and learning. But the answer may lie not in one all-important examination, but in multiple assessments that achieve the same goal. Discuss in the Indian context.
Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources 4) Today, what is needed is a credible testing method to assess a student’s aptitude and learning. But the answer may lie not in one all-important examination, but in multiple assessments that achieve the same goal. Discuss in the Indian …
3) Analyse challenges and solutions that exist in making members of the transgender community part of the mainstream.
Topic: Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections 3) Analyse challenges and solutions that exist in making members of the transgender community part of the mainstream. (250 Words) The Hindu
1) The Congress was started more with the object of saving the British Empire from danger than with that of winning political liberty for India. Comment.
Topic: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues 1) The Congress was started more with the object of saving the British Empire from danger than with that of winning political liberty for India. Comment. (250 Words) Bipan Chandra, India’s Struggle for Independence, Chapter – 4
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 30 MARCH 2018
SECURE SYNOPSIS: 30 MARCH 2018 NOTE: Please remember that following ‘answers’ are NOT ‘model answers’. They are NOT synopsis too if we go by definition of the term. What we are providing is content that both meets demand of the question and at the same time gives you extra points in the form of background …
SOLUTIONS – INSIGHTS REVISION TEST for Preliminary Exam 2018: Test – 8
SOLUTIONS INSIGHTS REVISION TEST for Preliminary Exam 2018: Test – 8 To give this test as QUIZ, click here. Henceforth, we will be posting solutions separately after each Revision test. We will also post Interactive Quiz along with this post (it’s easy to prepare quiz using plugin in early morning when traffic is low.) 1). …
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