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Day: June 17, 2016

  • The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 17 June, 2016

    The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 17 June, 2016

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      Hi Friends, Starting Monday, March 28, 2016 We are taking up a new initiatives for Prelims 2016 . We will be posting a 7-10 Questions Quiz based on 9 PM Brief, on a daily basis. The purpose of these is to enable practise on a daily level for you to prepare Current Affairs for Civil Services…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief -17 June 2016

    9 PM Daily Brief -17 June 2016

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    Brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation What is 9 PM brief? GS PAPER 2 Curbs on NGOs come in for flak {International Relations} Determined to honour pact on uranium supply: Namibia {Foreign Policy} GS PAPER 3 Police stations to have wider jurisdiction over coasts {Security} Draft wind-solar hybrid…

  • Editorial Today – The culling fields

    Editorial Today – The culling fields

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    Issue The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently permitted three States, Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Himachal Pradesh, to declare earlier protected wild animal species as “vermin”. Who can declare an animal as vermin? Section 62 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. What is wildlife culling? Selective killing of a species. Why is culling…

  • [Solutions] Friday Science Quiz #12

    [Solutions] Friday Science Quiz #12

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    [Solutions] Q1. Genetically engineered mosquitoes are being suggested to fight mosquito borne diseases. How will such mosquitoes help in fight against Dengue and Malaria? a) The GM mosquitoes will predate on mosquitoes that carry the disease b) The GM mosquitoes will procreate with existing mosquitoes and produce off-springs that cannot mature c) The GM mosquitoes…

  • [Solution] – The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 16 June, 2016

    [Solution] – The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 16 June, 2016

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    We posted 7 questions in 10 PM Daily Quiz on 16 June, 2016. Thanks for the amazing response. These questions will help you polish concepts based on current affairs. In case you have not attempted them, please attempt them by clicking below. 10 PM Daily Quiz – 16 June, 2016 Q.1) Which of the following…

  • Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 17 June, 2016

    Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 17 June, 2016

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    Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation  The Hindu  National Modi wants 10 crore households in tax net {Economy – Paper III} Middle-aged smoke and drink the most: Survey {Governance – Paper II} Police stations to have wider jurisdiction over coasts {Security – Paper III} Curbs on NGOs come in for flak {International Relations –…

  • Friday Science Quiz #12

    Friday Science Quiz #12

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    Good morning everyone, Here are the 6 questions on Science and Technology for you all to practice. Attempt these questions and write your answers in comment section. We will be publishing answers at 5 PM today, then you can verify your answers. [Questions] Q1. Genetically engineered mosquitoes are being suggested to fight mosquito borne diseases.…