Polity Answerkey for UPSC Prelims 2017 Pol.Sci Bolbachchan (2 MCQs) Preamble to DPSP (8 MCQs) Preamble (2 MCQs) Fundamental rights (2 MCQs) Fundamental Duties (2 MCQs) DPSP (2 MCQs) Federalism (3 MCQs) Executive (2 MCQs) Legislature (2 MCQs) Judiciary [...]
Prologue Vice President as President? Governor's Power Campaign manager Election Commission related Freedom of Expression Judicial overreach Polity: Sasikala, RPA, PCA Prologue Like any other daily wage laborer, I find seasonal employment as mock interview panelist after declaration of [...]
National Anthem in Cinema Halls Bijoe Emmanuel vs State of Kerala (1986): right to be silent Shashi Tharoor case: freedom to put hand on heart? (2008) Kaepernick Incident USA: freedom to kneel? (2016) Shyam Narayan Chouksey v. Union of [...]
Mock Questions: Mains GS Paper-2 (Polity) Answer Hints/ Keypoints Q1: Include orphans in OBC list? Q2: Lalita Pawar: Domestic Violence, Doctrine of Severability Q3: Right to Photocopy Q4: RPA and Prisoner's participation Mock Questions: UPSC Mains GS Paper-2 (Polity) [...]
Prologue #1: Election Related RPA: Election Countermanding in Tamilnadu Q1-2016: State Election result Election: Misc. developments #2: Parliament related Parliament misbehavior Computerized drawing of Qs for Question hour? Double dissolution in Australian Parliament Parliament: Misc. Developments #3: Judiciary related [...]
Observations on Polity Questions Committees The Union (Prez, PM, Parliament) Constitutional / Statutory Bodies Polity terms Articles & Schedules Rights issues Making of Constitution Observations on Polity Questions Total 19 MCQs, 11 of them could be solved directly from [...]
Modi schemes for Girl Child Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Acid Attack victims IUCAW units Women safety Mock Questions Modi schemes for Girl Child Who Women and Child Development ministry, under Maneka Gandhi What? Two schemes, to [...]
LARR Act 2013 Salient features of LARR-2013 Act? Why Land ordinance? Land Ordinance 2014: Salient Features Land ordinance: Critcism/Anti-arguments Appendix-I: Examples of Public Purpose acquisition Appendix-II: 13 central laws exempted Mock Questions LARR Act 2013 Land Acquisition, Rehab, Resettlement [...]
1995: Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action The 12 Key areas of Beijing Declaration What happened after Beijing 1995? 2014: Beijing+20 review meeting for Asia-Pacific India's stand at Beijing+20 Asia-Pacific meeting Mock Questions 1995: Beijing Declaration & Platform for [...]
Legalizing prostitution Immoral Traffic prevention Act, 1956 Pro arguments: sex trade be legalized bcoz: Anti-Arguments: Sex trade must not be legalized bcoz: WEF: Gender Gap Report 2014 (Oct 14) Property rights of Christian women (Sep-14) Widows of Vrindavan (Sep-14) [...]
Prologue What is paid news? Why is Paid news bad? What has Election commission done? What has press council done? Suggest further reforms Challenges ahead Appendix: Expenditure and Deposit limits Prologue Topic in news: 2014, October because Chief Election [...]
1: NGOs’ PIL (2003) 2: UPA-Government’s reply 3: Supreme Court order (2014, April) 4: Madhava Menon report (2014, October) 1: NGOs’ PIL (2003) Government advertisements even carry photos of ruling party leaders (SoniaG), try to create impression as if [...]
Prologue What was purpose of Xaxa Committee? Land acquisition: Problems found: Land Acquisition: Suggestions given Mining in tribal areas Linkage with Extremism Appendix: Tribal insurgency Appendix 2: Constitutional & Legal protection Mock Questions for Mains Prologue Topic in News: [...]