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 2021. It is not a test of your knowledge. If you score less, please …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Cyber security related issues. Context: Lending through digital mode relative to physical mode in India is still at a nascent stage in case of banks (Rs 1.12 lakh crore via digital mode vis-à-vis Rs 53.08 lakh crore via physical mode). However, the overall volume of disbursement through digital mode …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Infrastructure- Roadways. Context: In a thrust towards incentivising new age technologies and fulfil the pledged taken at COP26 to reduce its carbon emissions to net-zero by the year 2070, India is aggressively promoting the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs). Aim: India aims to switch 30 percent of private …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Biotechnology. FSSAI draft regulations for GM foods: Context: Social activists working among farmers have come out against the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) draft regulations on genetically modified (GM) food, terming it “unacceptable”. What’s their demand? They want FSSAI to explicitly say that GM foods …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and issues related. Ken-Betwa link project: Context: The Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will lead to the submergence of a major portion of the core area of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, triggering a major loss of the tiger and its major prey species such as …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation. Context: Hundreds of kendu leaf pluckers, binders and workers recently staged a demonstration in Sambalpur, Odisha demanding the abolition of GST on kendu leaves. What’s the issue? A GST of …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Context: A defamation case has been filed against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu for his speeches praising two party members for “being capable of making policemen wet their pants”. However, after the controversy, Sidhu said that …
GS Paper 1: Topics Covered: Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues. Context: The Jhansi Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh will be known as Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station. Procedure to change the name of a railway station: The Uttar Pradesh government had …
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Context: In recent, the Environment Ministry published draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), set to come into effect by the end of this year. Disregarding the commitments made by the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016; the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016; and the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), these regulations denote a backslide, particularly …
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Click on EACH question to post/upload you answers. How to Follow Secure Initiative? How to Self-evaluate your answer? MISSION – 2022: YEARLONG TIMETABLE Join IPM 4.0 to get an assured review of 2 secure answers everyday General Studies – 1 Topic: Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. 1. Should India adopt western …
Topic: determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions. 7. Sometimes ethical people are forced to do unethical things which they normally wouldn’t. Examine. (150 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Why the question: The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 4 and part of ‘Quotes Wednesdays’ in Mission-2022 Secure. Structure of …
Topic: Awareness in the fields of IT, Space, Computers, robotics, Nano-technology, biotechnology and issues relating to intellectual property rights. 6. Compare and contrast James Webb Telescope with that of Hubble Telescope. What insights can James Webb Telescope offer about our past? (250 words) Difficulty level: Tough. Reference: The Hindu Why the question: The James Webb …
Topic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. 5. Automation has resulted higher growth but is leading to massive job destruction globally. Hence, India needs focused policy interventions to avoid jobless growth. Discuss. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: Live Mint Why the question: The country’s labour population …
Topic: Development processes and the development industry —the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders. 4. NGO’s play a vital part in achieving holistic development at grassroot levels but their over-regulation may render them ineffective. Comment in the light of recent, Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 2010 issue. …
Topic: Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 3. Enumerating the major features and advantages of parliamentary form of government, discuss as to why India adopted it. (250 words) Difficulty level: Easy Reference: Insights on India Why the question: The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper …
Topic: Indian Constitution—historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. 2. The strengthening of federal polity has contributed to the uniqueness and vibrancy of Indian democracy. Elaborate. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate. Reference: Insights on India Why the question: The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 2 …
Topic: Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism. 1. Should India adopt western form of secularism in order to overcome the issue of communalism? Critically analyse. (250 words) Difficulty level: Moderate Reference: Indian Express Why the question: While a single definition of secularism has been evasive, modern nation-states have since long grappled with this principle. Key …
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