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    Insights Offline SOCIOLOGY Test Series for UPSC Civil Services Mains – 2018   We are starting SOCIOLOGY optional offline test series for UPSC civil services mains – 2018. There will be orientation class on Sociology optional at Insights OGP centre tomorrow at 6.30 pm. It’s open only for Insights students – OGP, Core […]

QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 12 June 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 […]

Insights MINDMAPS: “Lateral Entry into Civil Service” and “India’s Groundwater Management”. Lateral Entry into Civil Service India’s Groundwater Management Lateral Entry into Civil Service India’s Groundwater Management

A note on UPSC civil services Prelims – 2018 and How Insights was Useful   Comments on the Paper and questions covered in the Test Series UPSC is a constitutional body that has to adhere to its standards of testing candidates. This year’s paper, like every year’s, would have come as an unpleasant surprise to […]

Insights Static Quiz -75, 2018 History ARCHIVES  

SECURE SYNOPSIS: 12 JUNE 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 […]

  TOPPER’S STRATEGY Manish Kumar, Rank – 61, CSE-2017 Post Prelims – The Road is not easy but did you expect it   So Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am back again. I always write to en-light and teach to enrich, in which continuity is paramount. Last article we discussed how crucial it was to […]

Insights Daily Current Affairs, 12 June 2018   Paper 1: Topic: Women related issues.   Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) Context: After initial hiccups in implementing the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), the government has finally made some headway and provided cash incentives to nearly 23.6 lakh beneficiaries out of […]

Insights into Editorial: An unexceptional economic performance Context: Recently, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released much-awaited estimates of National income for the final quarter of the 2017-18 financial year. The government embraced the GDP figures to declare that it has successfully “accelerated growth”. However, while this holds true for the past few quarters it does […]

[Insights Secure – 2018] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 12 JUNE 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 General Studies – 1 Topic: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, […]

TOPIC:Case Studies 6) You are a trainee accountant in your second year of training within a small practice. A more senior trainee has been on sick leave, and you are due to go on study leave. You have been told by your manager that, before you go on leave, you must complete some complicated reconciliation […]

Topic – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.  Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. 5) What do you understand by Personally Identifiable Information as per GDPR of EU. How do you think businesses will be impacted […]

Topic:Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate. 4) Discuss the structure, mandate and functions performed by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.(250 words) Wikipedia Reference Why this question With increasing migration and displacement of people due to conflicts world over, the role of UNHCR has been recently criticized. The question is related to […]

Topic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions, and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. 3)Recognition of tribal rights over non-timber forest products (NTFPs) would accelerate empowerment of the poor and marginalised. Comment.   (150 words) […]

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. 2) Critically analyze the  benefits offered by the open-data policy and data- driven governance, in the context of India.(250 words) The hindu Why this question Huge amount of data is […]

Topic: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes. 1) What do you understand by, Decade Volcanoes. Discuss the aim and,importance of the Decade Volcano project. (250 […]

    70 Days Ethics Plan – An Update   We will start 70 Days Ethics Plan for UPSC civil services Mains(CSM) -2018. Keeping in mind low marks given in General Studies Paper-4 (Ethics) in CSM-2017, we will post, along with detailed plan,  certain suggestions to improve quality of your answers in GS-4. Details will […]