INSIGHTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ( 21 May 2020) REVISION THROUGH MCQS
Day: May 22, 2020
[VIDEO] InstaDaily Current Affairs and News Analysis (The Hindu) and Answer Writing Guidance (I-CAN) May 22, 2020
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DAY – 69 (InstaTest-69): Insta 75 Days Revision Plan-2020: Topic – Environment & Ecology, Previous year UPSC papers – 2011, October 2019 CA
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INSIGHTS DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS + PIB SUMMARY- 22 May 2020
Table of Contents: GS Paper 2: 1. PM Ujjwala Yojana. 2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). 3. General Financial Rules. GS Paper 3: 1. Odisha adopts contract farming system. 2. What are geotextiles? 3. What is Quantum entanglement? 4. Preservation of Eastern, Western Ghats Facts for Prelims: 1. Textiles Committee. …
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Preservation of Eastern Western Ghats
Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Preservation of Eastern, Western Ghats What to study? For Prelims: Western Ghats- Key geographical and environmental facts. For Mains: Issues related to the conservation of the region, overview of Gadil and Kasturirangan committee reports. Context: 6 States have expressed desire to expedite early notification of …
What is Quantum entanglement?
Topics Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. What is Quantum entanglement? What to study? For Prelims and Mains: What is it? Significance and applications. Context: Researchers from Kolkata have developed a novel protocol to …
What are geotextiles?
Topics Covered: e-technology in the aid of farmers. What are geotextiles? What to study? For Prelims: About Geotextiles and PMGSY. For Mains: Significance of this move and benefits associated. Context: National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) has announced that coir geo textiles will be used for construction of rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram …
Odisha adopts contract farming system
Topics Covered: Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing. Odisha adopts contract farming system What to study? For Prelims and Mains: Meaning, features m benefits and regulation in India. Context: The …
General Financial Rules
Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. General Financial Rules What to study? For Prelims: Objectives of GFR, overview and recent amendments. For Mains: Significance of these rules, need for and implications. Context: The government has notified amendments to General Financial Rules (GFR) to ensure …
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
Topics Covered: 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. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) What to study? For Prelims: Overview, implementation and bodies established under …
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PM Ujjwala Yojana
Topics Covered: 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. PM Ujjwala Yojana What to study? For Prelims: Key features of the scheme. For Mains: Significance and performance analysis …
QUIZ – 2020: INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 22 May 2020 – Polity
INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ 2019 Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 5 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 Information Welcome to Insights IAS Static Quiz. We have already outlined details of this New Initiative HERE. You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again. Quiz is loading... …
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Insights into Editorial: Working safely: On workplaces during the pandemic
Context: Opening up economic production from a lockdown, even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not peaked in the country poses an extraordinary challenge. Countries around the world are focusing on making the workplace safe, and issuing guidelines to help workers return to their jobs. Reducing the number of people present at any given time …
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Insights SECURE SYNOPSIS: 20 May 2020
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 information. Topic: Salient features …
[PDF] Insights InstaTest 57 to 60 : Insta 75 Days Revision Plan – 2020
Please find the PDF files of InstaTests 57 to 60 which are part of ongoing Insta 75 Days Revision Plan. We have created separate files for Questions and Solutions of General Studies Paper 1 and CSAT. These files are meant for easy revision of InstaTests. Please revise these ONLY after giving daily InstaTests HERE. Just …
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QUIZ – 2020: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 22 May 2020
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 2018. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please …
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[Insights Secure – 2020] Daily UPSC Mains Answer Writing Practice: 22 May 2020
Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? INSIGHTS NEW SECURE – 2020: YEARLONG TIMETABLE General Studies – 2 Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. 1. “A stronger health system in a country can …
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What you understand by “work culture”? Suggest the measures that can be taken by the government to ensure that the public servants have healthy work culture at work-place.
Topic: Work culture 7. What you understand by “work culture”? Suggest the measures that can be taken by the government to ensure that the public servants have healthy work culture at work-place.(250 words) Reference: Ethics by Lexicon publications Why this question: The question is based on the theme of work culture and its importance to …
What are the challenges of governance with regard to the implementation of various programmes, like “Beti Bachao Beti Padao”, aimed at the vulnerable section of the society? Do you think that the ethical values need to be revisited?
Topic: Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical basis of governance and probity; Information sharing and transparency in government, Right to Information, Codes of Ethics, Codes of Conduct, Citizen’s Charters, Work culture, Quality of service delivery, Utilization of public funds, challenges of corruption. 6. What are the challenges of governance with regard to the …
The complexities in any disaster are associated with social, cultural, economic and political forces; in this context do you think the disaster risk management must thus look beyond the conventional phases of disaster risk management? Examine.
Topic: Disaster and disaster management. 5. The complexities in any disaster are associated with social, cultural, economic and political forces; in this context do you think the disaster risk management must thus look beyond the conventional phases of disaster risk management? Examine.(250 words) Reference: geography and you , un-spider.org Why this question: The question is based …
