Day: December 21, 2015
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9 PM Daily Brief – 21 December 2015
A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation National [1]. Gadgil takes green crusade to Wikipedia What has happened? Successive state and central governments have dumped Gadgil’s report on Western Ghats called the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) report. Now he is taking his green campaign to Wikipedia. Prof…
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9 PM Daily Brief – 19 December 2015
A brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation Science & Technology [1]. Genome of the Asian elephant sequenced for the first time in India What has happened? The genome of the Asian elephant has been sequenced perhaps for the first time in India. They have also for the first time…
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GS (General Studies) Paper 4 UPSC Mains 2015
See Essay Paper Here | See GS Paper 1 Here | See GS Paper 2 Here | See GS Paper 3 Here Date: December 21 Duration: 3 hours Instructions: Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to. Note: The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it. Section A Q.1) (a) What is meant by ‘environmental…
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GS (General Studies) Paper 3 UPSC Mains 2015
See Essay Paper Here | See GS Paper 1 Here | See GS Paper 2 Here Date: December 21 Duration: 3 hours Instructions: Answer the following questions in not more than 200 words each. Contents of the answers are more important than their length. All questions carry equal marks. Note: Each question carries 12.5 Marks (12.5×20 = 200 Marks…
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Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 21 December 2015
Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation The Hindu National MHA sends back anti conversion bills {Government Policies – Paper II} Gadgil takes green crusade to Wikipedia {Environment – Paper III} International Relations Sri Lanka eager to share “Make in India”avenues {India & her neighbours – Paper II} Business & Economy Government to respond to “Nairobi package”…
