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[Webinar] Art of Answer Writing for UPSC Mains GSM2/IR by Pavneet Singh (Vajiram Faculty for International Relation)

McGraw Hill education in partnership with Mrunal.org is pleased to announce a webinar on Mains answer writing for UPSC civil services IAS/IPS exam. TOPIC: The art of Answer writing for UPSC Mains GS Paper2: International relations (IR) SPEAKER: Pavneet Singh, Faculty (International Relations) at Vajiram and Ravi, Delhi Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: Economy & Yearbook- Sanskritized Schemes gone for DI-Diwaangi, Obscure Org. Prem continued

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Unique feature of Prelim-2018’s Economy MCQs is that quite a few statements required “DATA INTERPRETATION (D.I.)” of random Government reports- whether we imported more edible oil than we produced, whether 60%+ Kerala agro households receive max. income from non-agro source? Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: History, Art & Culture is SADISTICALLY Tough & Unjustifiable through “SAPNA-Theory”

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UPSC examiner has firmly made up his mind: “I’ll ask so tough question from”Buddhism-Jainism“, that no ordinary aspirant can solve”. Prelims 2016-2017-2018 all are same in this regard. 2018: He asked about Sthanakvasi (Jain) and Maitrya (Future Buddha) Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: International Relations (IR) / Diplomacy: Senior player friendly section?

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Prelim-2018's IR/Diplomacy section was more comfortable for senior players, because mostly it was contemporary affairs. There were no cliched current affairs IR questions like “What was the theme / venue of 2017’s xyz high profile summit?” Nothing from India’s own defense development or joint military exercise. Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: Geography- Single digit drought continues for third consecutive year

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Although nowadays geography occupies barely single digit space in the Prelims GS Paper-1, But its significance at the main stage cannot be overlooked- it occupies nearly 50% of GSM1 each year since last five years. Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: Environment & Agriculture is Tough & Cynicism Inspiring, But don’t dry-up before Lake Baikal

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Ever since the merger of forest service prelims with Indian civil services prelims, UPSC had been devoting about 1/5th of the Prelim paper-1 to environment, biodiversity, agriculture related topics. However, both in 2017 and 2018 Prelims there is continous drop in the Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: Polity Answerkey- Meaning of Liberty & futility of Guessmaster-giri

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In UPSC Prelims-2018, 13 MCQs came from Polity and out of them 6 Easy, 5 Medium and 2 tough. While the number of medium / tough questions is almost unchanged than 2017, but Easy MCQs from Polity have declined considerably & consequent vacuum filled by questions from History, Science and International Relations Read More...

[Answerkey] UPSC Prelim-2018: Science MCQs solved with Explanation & Guessmaster-giri applicable in 4 out of 13 MCQs

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Some Arm-Chair Generals looked at the Prelims-2018 paper superficially and are passing hasty & cynical judgements that “ye sab RANDOM-GK Hai, So for Prelims-2019, you should read LucentGK and StatePCS GK type books.” Well, it’s not true atleast for Science. Read More...

[T25] UPSC Mock Round#19: Comprehension Passages, Reasoning & Maths for Prelims Paper-2 (CSAT)

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Some people make strategy that "I'll solve all passages at once" in the UPSC Prelims Aptitude Paper-II. But if you look @Prelim-2017, most of the passages were followed by 1 Para = 2-3 MCQs nahi but 1 Para = 1 MCQ only. And they too were complex 'assumption / inference' type MCQs Read More...

[T25] UPSC Mock Round#18: Environment, Agriculture, Geography: Bhoorsingh the Barasingha & More Practice MCQS for Prelims

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Q. Which one of the following tiger reserves of India has Bhoorsingh the Barasingha as its official mascot? A) Nameri tiger reserve, B) Ranthambhore tiger reserve, C) Panna tiger reserve, D) Kanha tiger reserve Read More...

[T25] UPSC Mock Round#17: Economy, Yearbook, Schemes, Government Apps & Portals- TAMRA, INAM-Pro, Shaala Siddhi & More

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Q. Non-performing assets (NPAs) decline in value when: A) Demand revives in the economy. B) Capacity utilization increases. C) Capacity utilization, though substantive, is yet sub-optimal. D) Capacity utilization decreases consequent upon merger of units. Read More...

[T25] UPSC Mock Round#16: Art & Culture, History & Freedom Struggle practice MCQs for UPSC Prelims

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Q. Which river is praised in the fifth century Tamil epic, Silappadikaram? A) Cauvery, B) Godavari, C) Saraswati, D) Ganges. Hint: It can't be Option C and D because they're rivers of North India. And Godavari = Indra the Tiger's region (Andhra) whereas question itself says Tamil epic Read More...

[T25] UPSC Mock Round#15: Polity, International Relations and Defense MCQs for Prelims Practice

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Q. India's first indigenously designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms? A) Astra B) Akash C) Nirbhay D) Shankhnaad Read More...

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