UPSC Interview – The Final Frontier Tips by Anudeep Durishetty, Rank – 1, CSE-2017 Interview Marks – 204 & 176 In all my five attempts at UPSC, I made it to the interview twice— in 2014 and 2018, scoring 204 and 176 marks respectively. Clearly I’m not an authority on the subject. No …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 31 January 2019 Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. International Year Of The Periodic Table What to study? For Prelims and Mains: International Year Of The Periodic Table, about Periodic table- key facts, IUPAC. Context: To celebrate the 150th …
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Topics Covered: Conservation related issues. Effects of global warming on El Niño in the 21st Century What to study? For Prelims and Mains: ENSO- El Nino and La Nia- causes, effects and impacts, global climate change and ENSO cycle. Context: A study, published in Journal nature, has thrown some light on the …
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Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development- objectives, mandate and significance. Context: The Africa Centre for Climate and Sustainable Development was inaugurated by the Italian Prime Minister …
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Topics Covered: Important international agencies. Infrastructure- railways. “The Future of Rail” Report What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Features and findings of the report, India’s potential and measures needed to take this growth forward. Context: “The Future of Rail” Report has been released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). It examines …
Topics Covered: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures. Role of civil services in a democracy. Corruption Perception Index 2018 What to study? For Prelims: Performance of various countries in the corruption perception index. For Mains: Need for transparency, efforts by government. …
Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate. International Year Of The Periodic Table What to study? For Prelims and Mains: International Year Of The Periodic Table, about Periodic table- key facts, IUPAC. Context: To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the organisation of the periodic table, UNESCO has launched …
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Insights into Editorial: Removing the roots of farmers’ distress Context: Agrarian distress, in the present context, is mainly in terms of low agricultural prices and, consequently, poor farm incomes. Low productivity in agriculture and related supply side factors are equally important. Recently, there has been active discussion on the strategies addressing farm distress. The possible …
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SECURE SYNOPSIS: 12 JANUARY 2019 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 – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 31 January 2019 Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2019: YEARLONG TIMETABLE Tomorrow’s Static Topic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life. General Studies …
Topic: Human Values – lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators. 8) There is a process of learning in the Gandhian act of self-suffering. Discuss.(250 words) The hindu Directive word Discuss- this is an all-encompassing directive which mandates us to write in detail about the key demand of the question. …
Topic– Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc. 7) “The Future of Rail Opportunities for energy” report, released by the International Energy Agency, has painted a bright future for indian railways. Discuss the report and the efforts made by the government in recent years to modernize Indian railways.(250 words) Pib Timesofindia Why this question The …
Topic- Indigenization of technology and developing new technology. 6) India is uniquely positioned to create a vibrant defence manufacturing ecosystem that can help us achieve self-reliance. Discuss.(250 words) Reference Why this question India is the world’s largest arms importer and given our economic size and talent pool, this is a matter of grave concern …
Topic- Indigenization of technology and developing new technology 5) If ‘Make in India’ is to succeed, it needs to encompass ‘Make it the Indian Way’. Examine in context of popularity of additive manufacturing technology.(250 words) Key demand of the question The question expects us to explain what additive manufacturing is and the opportunities that …
Topic– Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 4) A simple UBI will not solve the fundamental problems of the economy. analyze.(250 words) The hindu Why this question The article discusses the other side of UBI as a tool of the capitalists in the wake of growing …
Topic – Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes 3) Direct income support has been cast as a panacea for ending mass poverty. Critically examine in this context the idea presented by Arvind Subramaniam and others regarding direct income support. (250 words) Livemint …
Topic– struggle for independence : significant personalities. 2) Discuss Mahatma Gandhi’s view on representative democracy?(250 words) Indianexpress Why this question The article explains Gandhi’s view on representative democracy and would enable us to understand his views on democracy and hind swaraj more deeply. Key demand of the question The question expects us to bring out …
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Topic – 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 tropospheric and stratospheric polar vortex? How is it related to deep freeze in USA?(250 words) Reference Why this question Parts of USA are expected to remain …
