QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,03 October 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 exam …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs, 03 October 2018 Paper 2: Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. WHO guidelines on sanitation and health What to study? For Prelims: Brief overview of guidelines, about WHO, key facts on SBM. For Mains: Significance and need for global …
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Insights into Editorial: In Parliament’s court Context: The Supreme Court has stuck to the letter of the law in putting the onus on Parliament to frame a law to prevent people with criminal charges against them from contesting elections and entering the house, even as it has made it clear that political parties need …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 03 OCTOBER 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 …
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[Insights Secure – 2018] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 03 OCTOBER 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) General Studies – 1 Topic– Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., 1) What do you understand …
Topic– Public/Civil service values and Ethics in Public administration: Status and problems; ethical concerns and dilemmas in government and private institutions; laws, rules, regulations and conscience as sources of ethical guidance; accountability and ethical governance; 7) “So the reward for public service is something intangible. Indeed, public service should only attract those who get their …
Topic– Science and Technology 6) Explain how IPV Polio vaccine works? Why is the recent news of a company manufacturing type 2 polio virus vaccine a risk to India’s polio free status? Examine CDSCO’s role in this regard?(250 words) The hindu Why this question The article highlights the threat posed by this major issue, where …
Topic -Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. 5) The draft national energy storage mission aims to achieve an objective of making India a leader in the energy storage sector. Discuss.(250 words) pib Reference Why this question With scaling up of renewable energy particularly with the increasing scope of Electric Vehicles, energy storage has become …
Topic– Indian economy: issues 4) Examine with the help of data, whether we are on track to achieve export targets as envisaged in FTP? Discuss the contribution of different sectors of economy to exports of India and highlight the areas of improvement?(250 words) Financial express Why this question The article provides truckloads of data which …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. 3) The way Aadhar has been imposed, it inflicts heavy damage on the poor and the unprivileged. Comment. (250 words) Indianexpress Why this question Aadhar has important economic and privacy implications. The way Aadhar has been …
Topic – Part of static series under the heading – “Climatic anomalies Indian monsoons” 2) Indian summer monsoon has been known to be influenced by the ENSO, IOD and El Nino Modoki. Explain.(250 words) Key demand of the question This question expects us to explain these climatic anomalies in brief and thereafter, explain their impact …
Topic– Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., 1) What do you understand by mantle plumes.Discuss. Also, explain their importance in earth sciences.(250 words) Wikipedia Reference Directive word Discuss- this is an all-encompassing directive which mandates us to write in detail about the key demand of the question. we also have …
