Category: Mains Marathon Answers

Archives Q.1) What do you understand by agroforestry? Highlight the benefits of agroforestry. Answer: Agroforestry is the management and integration of trees, crops and livestock on the same plot of land. Benefits: Using the ecological functions of trees, animals and crops has the potential of increasing food production while simultaneously reducing agriculture’s footprint on the… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 10, 2018

Archives Q.1) Withdrawal of Qatar from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) signals the diminishing relevance of oil bloc. Critically examine. Answer: Qatar has announced its withdrawal from OPEC. Reduced relevance of the bloc: Global climate change fight has increased focus on solar and other renewable forms of energy. Also when global oil prices… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 5, 2018

Archives Q.1) Examine the prospects and challenges of digital payments industry in India. Answer: Digital payments in India is currently less than $200bn but is expected to reach $1tn by 2023 according to a report by Credit Suisse. These include bank-to-bank electronic money transfers, digital wallet payments, Aadhaar-based and electronic toll payments. Prospects: Demonetisation led… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – December 4, 2018

Archives Q.1) Why India is the only Bt cotton-growing country facing the problem of pink bollworm infestation? What possible options do India have to root-out this problem? Answer: BT Cotton is a genetically modified Cotton capable of resisting pest infestation and giving higher yields compared to traditional varieties. Even though Monsanto’s Bollgard 2, or BG-2… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 30, 2018

Archives Q.1) What is Gaganyaan mission? Examine the relevance of manned space mission for India? Answer: Gaganyaan mission is the Indian manned space program planned for 2021. Relevance of manned space mission: Re-entering the earth’s atmosphere develops the reusable launch vehicle technology which can cut down costs of space missions in the future GSLV Mk… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 29, 2018

Archives Q.1) The Indian data localisation wave is the latest digital battleground between government and industry. Examine in the context of BN Srikrishna committee report Answer: Data localization law requires data about a nation’s’ citizens or residents be collected, processed, and stored inside the country. Recently, RBI has set global companies a deadline for storing… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 28, 2018