Month: July 2015
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Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day – 17 July 2015
The Hindu Front Page/National Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme takes off gingerly: The SCH scheme is a flagship programme in the farm sector aimed at improving soil health and reducing input costs for farmers. A Soil Health Card is a printed report that will be given to farmers once in three years for each of his/her land holdings. It…
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CSAT DAILY MISSION #36
P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are seven friends working in a company. Each of them has different day-offs in a week from Monday to Sunday, not necessarily in the same order. They work in three different shifts viz A, B and C, and a person from one shift cannot work in another…
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Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day – 16 July 2015
The Hindu Front Page States want freedom to frame their own land acquisition laws: The Land Acquisition Bill has been held up in committee in the Lok Sabha for a long time, amid differences in the way the ruling govt and the opposition want to go about obtaining consent from landowners. Now, the states want the…
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CSAT DAILY MISSION #37
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The Constitution has facilitated the political participation of SCs/STs (dalits and adivasis) through three measures: Fundamental Right to equality granted to citizens, abolition of discrimination including untouchability, and special provision for their representation in legislature. These rights and entitlements, however, have not resulted in effective…
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That “Extra” Thing you need in your Answer for scoring high in General Studies – IAS Topper Tells you
The myth of scoring marks in Civil Services – may not be a myth at all. Especially the General Studies Paper , and there are four of them. Here is what is common among all aspirants these days :- I have attempted almost all questions I have completed the question paper, albeit in ugly handwriting…
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IAS RANK 34: How Arunraj Cracked IAS In First Attempt
This Article has been shifted to our new blog. Below is the link of the article: http://blog.forumias.com/ias-rank-34-how-arunraj-cracked-ias-in-first-attempt/
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Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day – 15 July 2015
The Hindu Front Page CSK, RR owners out of IPL for 2 years: Serious interview preparation for anybody who plans to mention anything involving the word “cricket” in their forms. Plus, other people should also read to get a general idea of what has happened, because larger questions about corruption in sports governance (the BCCI…
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CSAT DAILY MISSION #38
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Policy discourse in India is dominated by assertions that are unsupported by facts. Often, this results in the creation and perpetuation of myths of all kinds. Thus, so many believe today that poverty, illiteracy and ill health afflict India because its leadership ignored them while…
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CSAT DAILY MISSION #39
Question 1 Five people fire bullets at a target at an interval of 6,7,8,9 and 12 seconds respectively. The number of times in an hour that they will fire bullets together at the target is (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 Question 2 Consider the following arguments: In order to be a teacher,…
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Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day – 14 July 2015
The Hindu Front Page Aziz insists that Kashmir ‘tops’ list of issues: The National Security Adviser of Pakistan has stated that although there is no mention in the joint statement from Ufa, Kashmir continues to be the top priority in the talks with India. What it appears to be is a damage-control exercise to mollify the…
