PHILOSOPHY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM Question What according to Jainism is path to liberation. Discuss.[CSM 2011/250 words] Next Topic INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM
Tag: upsc
POLITICAL SCIENCE – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: POLITICAL THEORY Question Post behavioralism is a near hysterical response to political frustrations engendered by the disconcerting and shocking events of the late sixties and early seventies. Comment. (200 words)
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Post- Mauryan Period Question How do recent archaeological findings and Sangam literary texts enlighten us about the early state and society in South India? (200 words) Next Topic Post- Mauryan Period
Clarification by DoPT on Number of Attempts and Age Relaxation
DoPT has released clarification regarding number of attempts and age relaxation which they notified recently. These apply for everyone whether they are freshers or not. A General category (unreserved) candidate now has 6 attempts and can write until he is 32. If one has exhausted all 4 attempts and he/she is 30, they will get …
Continue reading “Clarification by DoPT on Number of Attempts and Age Relaxation”
Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events
ARCHIVES 04, March 2014 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words each 1. Explain why stability in domestic polity, economy and society is important for better investment and growth? Give examples. Business Standard 2. It is said that the suboptimal fiscal-monetary mix remains a critical risk to the strength and sustainability of economic recovery. …
Continue reading “Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events”
POLITICAL SCIENCE – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: POLITICAL THEORY Question Research should be more relevant to society and Intellectuals have a positive role to play in a society. Comment on this on the background of post behavioral revolution. (200 words) Next Topic POLITICAL THEORY
PHILOSOPHY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM Question Why is Saptabhanginaya not treated as a doctrine of Scepticism. Discuss.[UPSC 2011/250 words] Next Topic INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Post- Mauryan Period Question How justified are we in characterizing the post-Mauryan five centuries as the “Dark Period” of Indian History? Give reasons in support of your answer. (200 words) Next Topic Post- Mauryan Period
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Post- Mauryan Period Question Furnish a critical and comparative account of various schools of art in the Post-Mauryan period (c. 200 B.C. – c. 300 A.D.). (200 words) Next Topic Post- Mauryan Period
Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events
ARCHIVES 03, March 2014 Answer ALL the questions in about 200 Words each. 1. What are the non-sociological reasons behind increased violence against women in some urban regions of India? Critically examine. Business Standard 2. Going by the biennial “State of Forests Report 2011”, the overall forest cover in India declined by 367 square kilometres (sq km) compared to …
Continue reading “Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events”
POLITICAL SCIENCE – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: POLITICAL THEORY Question What do you mean by an interdisciplinary approach to Political Science? (200 words) Next Topic POLITICAL THEORY
ECONOMICS – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Money – Banking Question Define the following: a) High powered money b) Statutory Liquidity ratio. (200 words)
PHILOSOPHY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM Question Expound anekantavada of Jainism. Is it a consistent theory of reality? Give reason. [UPSC-2003/250 words] Next Topic INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY
Question 1 “It is time for India’s leaders to recognize the positive role that IP can play in fostering growth and improving citizens’ wellbeing. The reality is that IP protection is an economic engine that developing-country citizens should not have to forego”. Comment (200 words) Source: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rod-hunter-emphasizes-the-importance-of-strong-ip-protections-for-sustained-gdp-growth-and-job-creation http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/rod-hunter-why-india-needs-to-take-intellectual-property-seriously-114011100711_1.html http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/misplaced-concerns-over-our-ipr-regime/article5737021.ece Question 2 “Public understanding of science is an …
Continue reading “SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, BIODIVERSITY”
Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events
ARCHIVES 02, March 2014 Answer ALL the following questions in about 200 Words. 1. Examine how reforms in agriculture can reduce food inflation in India? Business Standard 2. “The ordinance-making power of the executive needs to be suitably restrained to create a balance of power between the executive and the legislature in India and to …
Continue reading “Insights Secure-2014: Questions On Current Events”
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Question 1 “Low-intensity conflict is emerging as most potent threat to security”. Comment on the strategies of the government in managing the LIC. (200 words) Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/technology-key-to-contain-low-intensity-conflicts-scientist/article1479169.ece http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/drdo-to-develop-antiterror-systems/article714712.ece http://www.idsa.in/strategicanalysis/VivekChadhaLowIntensityConflictsinIndiaAnAnalysis_skjha_0405 Question 2 “The Sonar technology expertise is a step ahead in indigenization by DRDO”. Comment on the significance of its export to Myanmar. (200 words) Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/drdo-to-export-sonars-to-myanmar-soon/article5269860.ece
POLITICAL SCIENCE – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: ARISTOTLE Question How is Aristotle’s defense of slavery in Greek Society consistent with his ideals of democracy? (200 words) Next Topic POLITICAL THEORY
PHILOSOPHY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM Question Analyse the relation between the theory of saptabhanginaya and anekantavada. [UPSC-2013/250 words] Next Topic INDIAN PHILOSOPHY – JAINISM
HISTORY – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Post- Mauryan Period Question “The centuries between c. 200 B.C. and-c. AD. 300 constitute a landmark in the socio-religious history of India.” Analyses the proposition. (200 words) Next Topic Post- Mauryan Period
ECONOMICS – Daily Answer Writing Challenge
Topic: Money – Banking Question What are the impacts of plastic money (debit and credit cards) on the money demand and money supply? (200 words) Next Topic Money – Banking
