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Day: July 27, 2016

  • The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 27 July, 2016

    The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 27 July, 2016

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    Hi Friends, The purpose of these questions is to enable practice on a daily level for you to prepare Current Affairs for Civil Services Prelims Examination. This questions will be moderate level and it is expected of you solve these questions with decent overview of 9 PM Brief. Please type your answers in the comments below…

  • 9 PM Daily Brief – 27 July 2016

    9 PM Daily Brief – 27 July 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 Irom Sharmila to end fast, contest elections in Manipur {Polity} High-level panel to recast UGC, AICTE {Education} Indo-U.S. expedition discovers natural gas in Indian Ocean{International Affairs} 800 million reasons to work together {International Affairs}…

  • Editorial Today – Water scarcity in Urban India

    Editorial Today – Water scarcity in Urban India

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    Introduction Water is a basic resource for humanity, no country or individual can economically or socially survive without availability of water and India is not a misnomer in this category. Present water crisis of India is even graver than energy crisis. There are alternatives available to deal with energy crisis in the form of renewable…

  • [Solutions] – Wednesday Geography and Environment Quiz #18

    [Solutions] – Wednesday Geography and Environment Quiz #18

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      [Solutions] Q.1 Consider the following statements regarding Indian Monsoons: 1. Rainfall decreases from east to west 2. Most of the monsoonal rain is convectional 3. Tamil Nadu receives a great amount of rainfall from north-east monsoons Which of the statements given above is/are correct? a) 1 only b) 3 only c) 1 and 2…

  • [Solutions] – The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 26 July, 2016

    [Solutions] – The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 26 July, 2016

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    [Solutions] Q.1 Post liberlization period has witnessed which of the following: a) Decline in poverty b) Decline in inequality c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these Ans: a) Post liberalization period has resulted in a decline in poverty as reflected by Tendulkar as well as Rangarajan panel report but it has lead to…

  • Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 27 July, 2016

    Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 27 July, 2016

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    Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation  The Hindu  National Irom Sharmila to end fast, contest elections in Manipur {Paper -II} Blow to India as arbitration tribunal rules against Antrix {International Affairs – Paper III} “So what if jallikattu is an age-old tradition” {Society – Paper II} High-level panel to recast UGC, AICTE {Education…

  • Wednesday Geography and Environment Quiz #18

    Wednesday Geography and Environment Quiz #18

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    [Questions] Q.1 Consider the following statements regarding Indian Monsoons: 1. Rainfall decreases from east to west 2. Most of the monsoonal rain is convectional 3. Tamil Nadu receives a great amount of rainfall from north-east monsoons Which of the statements given above is/are correct? a) 1 only b) 3 only c) 1 and 2 only…