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REVISION TIMETABLE INSIGHTSIAS 75 DAYS REVISION PLAN FOR UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAM – 2019 Welcome back to Insights Revision Plan for UPSC CS Prelims – 2019. The timetable is to designed help you revise all important sources multiple times in a very disciplined and consistent manner. Multiple revisions of key sources such …
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Insights Daily Current Affairs + PIB: 14 March 2019 Relevant articles from PIB: Paper 2 and 3: Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. IPR related issues. Cabinet Approves Proposal to Align with Global Trademark System What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Agreements- objectives, features, …
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Topics Covered: India and its neighbourhood- relations. Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. TIR convention What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Key features, significance and benefits of the convention. Context: The first shipment under the United Nations ‘Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention arrived in …
Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Conservation related issues. Global Environment Outlook report What to study? For Prelims: GEO- key findings. For Mains: Concerns highlighted by the report, need for urgent measures and the need for international cooperation. Context: Global Environment Outlook report …
Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Global Chemical Outlook II What to study? For Prelims: Highlights of the report: For Mains: Concerns highlighted, need for coordinated action and immediate measures needed. Context: The second edition of the Global Chemicals Outlook has been released. …
Topics Covered: Women related issues. IPU-UN Women map of Women in Politics What to study? For Prelims: About IPU and findings of the report. For Mains: Significance of women in politics, challenges present and ways to address them. Context: Women’s representation in political decision-making continues to rise slowly, with slight improvements since …
Topics Covered: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. IPR related issues. Cabinet Approves Proposal to Align with Global Trademark System What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Agreements- objectives, features, significance and benefits for India. Context: Cabinet approves proposal for accession of India to: The Nice …
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QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 14 March 2019 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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Insights into Editorial: Seeds of change Introduction: With the increase in global health consciousness, organic food is set to knock every door and make its way in healthy kitchens worldwide. People the world over use organic food as a hygiene factor rather than a product by itself. Organic food is a holistic approach in …
[Insights Secure – 2019] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 14 March 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: History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world …
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Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. 7) India’s biodiversity-rich regions are fast turning into ‘hotspots’ of human impacts. Evaluate.(250 words) The hindu Why this question: The article examines closely the recent study titled “Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates”, published in the journal PLOS Biology, that has reported human impacts …
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. 6) Reports have suggested nearly 50% of the country is currently facing drought with at least 16% falling in the “exceptional” or “extreme” category, in the light of the above statement, Discuss the significance of ground water recharge. What are the challenges being faced in India …
Topic: Agrarian crisis – Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; 5) Do you think giving farmers unconstrained rights to sell any quantity of their produce to anybody, anywhere and at any time …
Topic: . Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. 4) The nature of geo-politics and the rapid advances in digitisation require the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to urgently rethink its extant supervisory policies. Examine. (250 words) Reference Why this question: The question is in the context of …
Topic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation./ Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 3) The recent National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam has excluded 40 lakh people from its final draft list, has it failed …
Topic– Industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries,colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society. 2) The Russian Revolution and the World War I were intertwined. Both impacted each other. Elucidate. (250 words) World history by Norman Lowe, World history NCERT Why this question: The …
Topic– Industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries,colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society. 1) Compare and contrast Cavour and Bismarck as the architects behind Unification of Italy and unification of Germany respectively.(250 words) World history by Norman Lowe, World history NCERT Why this …
