MOTIVATION for Mains 2017 – Next Seven Days will Decide your Fate Despite preparing well for this year’s Mains, you will have self-doubts. Every serious candidate will have some amount of fear. The uncertainty associated with this exam will breed these self doubts no matter how much efforts you have poured in during last …
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ETHICS Revision Test Answer following questions in about 150 words each. (1 Hour, 100 Marks) What is equality? Why should we be concerned about this moral and political ideal? Illustrate. Do you think reservations or affirmative actions are a form of reverse discrimination? Examine the ethical issues involved in implementing policies of affirmative …
Mains Self Study – Test 18 (Ethics) “In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.” Clarify the quote with examples. What is its relevance for the contemporary order? “By restricting social benefits to BPL households, the poverty line will be fully converted from a statistical benchmark to a real-life social division” …
MISSION 2017: Modifying Secure Initiative to Meet UPSC Demand Your preparation should be in tune with the changing nature of UPSC’s demand and expectations in civil services examinations. If not, what you prepare for whole year will be of no use during exams. In this direction, we are already giving Prelims Test …
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Mains Self Study 2017 – Test 17 As per the World Bank (2010), there are significant constraints to the continued growth of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to support mitigation in developing countries. Identify and examine these constraints. In the light of these constraints, should the CDM be scrapped? Source: National Parks, …
Mains Self Study – Test 16 PDF Compare and contrast the ‘Swadesi’ promoted in 1905 and the idea of ‘Swadesi’ advocated later by Mahatma Gandhi. Why these ideas are gaining resurgence in the modern world? Discuss with special reference to India. Source: Bipin Chandra: India’s Struggle for Independence – Chapter 10 “The socio-cultural regeneration …
Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 8 October 28, 2016 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. 1. How has the system of parliamentary committee affected the overseeing and appraisal of legislation by the Parliament? Discuss. Source: Class XI NCERT Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter – 5 2. What is a welfare state? …
Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 7 October 18, 2016 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. 1. What do you understand by region? Differentiate between regional planning and regional development. Source: Class XI NCERT Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter – 1 2. Discuss the evolution of atmosphere …
Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 6 October 11, 2016 Answer ALL the following questions within word limit specified in the parenthesis next to question: 1. Differentiate between the following terms; (Define each in about 40 Words with an example) Ethics and Morals Values and Virtues Attitude and Aptitude Intuition and Reason Moral …
Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 5 September 27, 2016 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. 1) The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789. What was the nature of this nationalism? Why did it find its expression in the French Revolution? Examine. …
Mains Self Study 2017: Test – 4 September 17, 2016 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. (10 x 12.5 = 125 Marks) 1. Discuss the causes that led to the French Revolution. Do you think such causes exist in today’s India to give birth to a Revolution? Comment. …
