Archives Q.1) Critically discuss economic and environmental cost of farm subsidies in India. Answer: Farm subsidies provide governmental financial to the farmers and agribusinesses to reduce their input expenditures and supplement their income. Economic cost: High burden of subsidies on exchequer. Distorts market prices of agricultural produce. Affects farmers income because of their lack of… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 27, 2018
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Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 26, 2018
Archives Q.1) The food processing sector can play a critical role in helping farmers receive better prices than Minimum Support Prices. Comment. Answer: The Food Processing Industry has emerged as one of the important segment in terms of its contribution to Indian economy, particularly to farm income. Contribution to farmers’ income: It has a critical… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 26, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 23, 2018
Archives Q.1) Discuss with examples the impact of human intervention on natural hazards. Answer: Typically natural disasters are caused by nature; but humans influence both the frequency and intensity of these events. How humans are responsible for disasters: Deforestation is responsible for disasters like landslides in hilly areas. Agriculture is said to be a major… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 23, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 22, 2018
Archives Q.1) Critically examine the impact of urbanization on water bodies. What are the various government interventions in tackling loss of urban water bodies in India? Suggest remedial measures. Answer: The one thing that is common to Mumbai, Srinagar and Chennai floods highlights how unfettered urbanisation has led to the depletion of water bodies in… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 22, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 21, 2018
Archives Q.1) Volcanic and seismic events are major pieces of evidences towards proving that the plate tectonic theory is valid. Discuss Answer: Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. Theory: The driving force behind plate… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 21, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 20, 2018
Archives Q.1) Media and Social networking sometimes posed serious internal security challenges. What steps are taken by government to handle these challenges? Also give some recommendations. Answer: Due to the wider reach and the impact created by audiovisuals, modern media and social networking sites create potential threat to national security. This is witnessed in the… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 20, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 19, 2018
Archives Q.1) How far do you think, Great Depression, was responsible for Second World War. Provide reasons in support of your answer. Answer: Great Depression -> World War: Great Depression wrecked Japan’s economy and gave radical elements within the Japanese military the chance to force the entire military into working towards the conquest of all… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 19, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 16, 2018
Archives Q1) What is Gene editing? What are the benefits and challenges associated with gene editing? Answer: Genome editing technologies allow changes to an organism’s DNA where genetic material can be added, removed, or altered at particular locations in the genome. Benefits: Editing crops to withstand harsher growing conditions, or to include naturally occurring pesticides… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 16, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 15, 2018
Archives Terrorism finance has been termed as the lifeblood of terrorism. What are the steps taken by India to curb terror financing? What are the challenges in combating terror financing? Answer: Challenges in combating terror finance: Unlike the US and Europe, where the threat is essentially external and from non-state actors, India faces a cross… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 15, 2018
Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 14, 2018
Archives Q.1) The Supreme Court of India’s role to orchestrate environmental governance in the case relating to pollution in Delhi is seen as a problem. Examine why. Answer: Supreme Court has ordered a series of steps ranging from constituting EPCA to ban on several pollution causing activities to address the problem of air pollution in… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – November 14, 2018
