Day: July 28, 2016

  • The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 28 July, 2016

    The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 28 July, 2016

    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 – 28 July 2016

    9 PM Daily Brief – 28 July 2016

    Brief of newspaper articles for the day bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation What is 9 PM brief? GS PAPER 2 Lok Sabha passes comprehensive Bill to check benami transactions {Bills and Acts} GST: Two major hurdles cleared {Bills and Acts} Whose forests are these anyway? {Bills and Acts} GS PAPER 3 GDP growth for…

  • Editorial Today – Smart city project: #89 A critical analysis

    Editorial Today – Smart city project: #89 A critical analysis

    Introduction   Smart City India Project   Challenges associated with Smart Cities Problem with Indian cities is that they are ‘unsmart’ but that they are dysfunctional. To make these states functional, large expansion of infrastructure is needed. But the states do not have that much finance available with them. It adds to the problem further…

  • [Solutions] – Thursday History and Culture Quiz #18

    [Solutions] – Thursday History and Culture Quiz #18

    [Solutions] Q.1 Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Champaran Satyagraha 2. Home Rule League Movement 3. Ahmedabad Mill Strike 4. Komagata Maru incident Select the correct answer from the codes given below: a) 1-2-3-4 b) 4-2-1-3 c) 4-2-3-1 d) 2-4-1-3 Ans: b) Komagata Maru incident occurred in 1914, Home Rule League movement started in…

  • [Solutions]- The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 27 July, 2016

    [Solutions]- The 10 PM Daily Quiz – 27 July, 2016

    [Solutions] Q.1 Which of the following state does not come under AFSPA: a) Jammu and Kashmir b) Manipur c) Tripura d) Meghalaya Ans: c) AFSPA has been lifted from Tripura States are under AFSPA right now: Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (except the Imphal municipal area), Arunachal Pradesh (only the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts plus a…

  • Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 28 July, 2016

    Newspaper Must Read Articles of the Day – 28 July, 2016

    Newspaper articles bearing relevance to Civil Services preparation  The Hindu  National Supercomputer to forecast monsoon with dynamical model {Science Tech – Paper III} Lok Sabha passes comprehensive Bill to check benami transactions {Bills and Acts – Paper II} GST: Two major hurdles cleared {Bills and Acts – Paper II} Opinions & Editorials  India still needs…

  • Thursday History and Culture Quiz #18

    Thursday History and Culture Quiz #18

    [Questions] Q.1 Arrange the following events in chronological order: 1. Champaran Satyagraha 2. Home Rule League Movement 3. Ahmedabad Mill Strike 4. Komagata Maru incident Select the correct answer from the codes given below: a) 1-2-3-4 b) 4-2-1-3 c) 4-2-3-1 d) 2-4-1-3   Q.2 Consider the following statements regarding puppetry: 1. Kundhei, Kathaputli and Gombayetta…