MAINS QUESTION BANK AND ANSWERS for UPSC (Subject-wise)- Part 2

Mains Questions Bank and answers for UPSC Under this initiative, we are providing the subject wise list of questions asked under the Mains Marathon initiative. We are in the process of further developing this initiative. Very soon, we will be adding many more questions to it. For Mains Questions Bank – Part 1 –Click Here

Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 24th November 2020

Good Morning dear reader. We are posting Today’s Must Read Current Affairs Articles below: \ GS Paper 1 A conspiracy against inter-faith love The Hindu Page – 7 Syllabus Topic – Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism GS Paper 2 Overbroad, overboard: Kerala disregarded settled law while issuing an ordinance to curb abusive content The… Continue reading Must Read Current Affairs Articles I 24th November 2020

9 PM Daily Brief – November 23, 2020

Good evening dear reader Here is our 9pm current affairs brief for you today GS 2 Global governance The Wide Net of Hunger GS 3 Relook agriculture subsidies Trade openness and globalization Controling AMR 9 PM for Preliminary examination FACTLY Global governance Source: Indian Express Gs2: Important International Institutions, agencies and fora – their Structure,… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Brief – November 23, 2020

Strategic autonomy in a multipolar world order | 23rd November

In News: India has adopted Self Reliance as an objective in the post covid world. While it is seen primarily in economic terms (reducing imports, shifting value chains), self-reliance also means strategic autonomy in foreign policy. Strategic autonomy: Strategic autonomy is the ability of a state to pursue its own national interest and preferred foreign… Continue reading Strategic autonomy in a multipolar world order | 23rd November

Global governance

Context: Analysing the need for common global governance What are the impediments to international cooperation in the 21st century? USA & China: The rivalry between the world’s two largest economies has intensified spreading the fears of a new cold war breaking between them. India – China: The militaries of the two most populous countries of… Continue reading Global governance

The Wide Net of Hunger

Context: Since the lockdown, the Government of India (GoI) has announced Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. However, numerous studies have shown their inadequacy. What is the hunger watch survey? The Right to Food campaign in partnership with several civil society organisations initiated “Hunger Watch”, a rapid survey across 11 states from mid-September… Continue reading The Wide Net of Hunger

Relook agriculture subsidies

Context– The dire need to shift the nature of support to farmers from input subsidies to investment subsidies. What are the main reason of air pollution in India and its impact? Stubble Burning – Practice of farmers setting fire to plant debris that remain in farms after harvest. It emits large amounts of toxic pollutants in the… Continue reading Relook agriculture subsidies

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