For UPSC CSAT Paper II (decision making) and General Studies Paper IV (ethics).
Case-Studies?: Judicial ethics: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenged the Assembly poll result in Nandigram in Calcutta High Court. Case was to be heard by JUSTICE KAUSIK Chanda, who was previously a lawyer associated with BJP. So, Mamta [...]
Case-Studies?: Naxalism: in Chhattisgarh, State government created Pota Cabin Schools (named so because they are made of pota or bamboo). More than 30,000 students were studying but because of the corona they went back to families and due to [...]
Creating new Officers’ Cadre: Scams in Banks (Yes Bank, PMC-Punjab Maharashtra cooperative bank, PNB-NiravModi, ICICI-Videocon) & NBFC like ILFS, DHFL. Reform? RBI suggested a Officer cadre called “specialised supervisory and regulatory cadre (SSRC)” in 2019. Original idea was to [...]
Prologue ?Model answers / Keypoints to be discussed in FREE lecture Section-A: Theory Questions (130 Marks) Q1 to 13 Section-B: Case Studies (120 marks) Q14: Witch Doctor branding child with hot-iron Q15: Locals demand jobs & free entry at [...]
Mock Questions for UPSC Mains Artificial Intelligence: Introduction AI: Applications for GSM3 AI: a threat to humanity for GSM4? Exploitation Automation & Jobloss Corruption War Mongering Health NOT for "all" Education NOT for "all" Research NOT of "all types" [...]
Instructions Section-A (130 marks) Section-B: Case studies (120 Marks) Case Study: Railway Recruitment (20m) Case Study: Persuasion vs Ostracism (30m) Case Study: Drunkard desires for male child (30m) Case Study: Online & Offline Friendship (20m) Case Study: Gender equality [...]
Prologue Section-A (Total Marks 120) Section-B: Case studies (Total Marks 130) Q11: Transgender student [25 marks] Q12. Gender Equality [25 marks] Q13.Tobacco addict [25 marks] Q14. Artistic freedom of Expression [25 marks] Q15. Blue Whale game & Role of [...]
Trend Analysis of GS4 Ethics Paper 2016 Themes in UPSC case studies [Block#1] Basic, Thinkers, EQ Ethics- Basic Theory Emotional intelligence & Allied Topics Thinkers and Reformers [Block#2] Surroundings Attitude Family, Society Social influence [Block#3] Job Sarkaari Job Values [...]
Prologue Mistakes in graduation related question Why IAS after Engineering/IT/MBBS/Pharma? Why IAS after any graduation? U R Already in SSC/State-service/Bank- why IAS? Why arts/literature optional after technical degree? Grad-Qs: Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Biotechnology? Grad-Qs: Commerce/CA/MBA/SSC-CGL tax inspectors/asst. Grad-Qs: Mechanical [...]
Prologue Who is the best NSA? IAS/IPS/IFS Don’t presume a person’s character Whom will you Clone? Power in one hand = wrong Don’t jump to “good” conclusions Convincing Minister Will you resign/seek transfer in adverse situation? Avoid Student leader mindset [...]
E5/P1: Video Lecture by Kavan Limbasiya (Rank-198/UPSC-2014) Ancient Greek Thinkers Method of dialectic: Plato and Socrates Socrates (469-399 BC) Anti-Sophist Coaching method of Socrates Plato (427-347 BC) Form, ideas and realms Plato Hated BA/MA Arts graduates Conflicts & classes [...]
E4/P1: Video Lecture by Kavan Limbasiya (Rank-198/UPSC-2014) 8 Basic emotions What is Emotional Intelligence? Two models of EI Unregulated Emotions = Judgment Clouded Digital Age of alienation Why study Emotional Intelligence? Benefits of higher EI How develop emotional intelligence? [...]
Case Study: Scheme change with Regime Change Case Study: "Manthan" for Dairy Cooperative Case Study: College conference Case Study: Liking FB posts of wife Case Study: Selfi with a star So far we've learned the foundational values of civil [...]