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Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021

What are the lists we need to mug up for prelims?

One is list of national parks,biosphere reserves.  Please add more such topics. 

This can be divided in two parts. List, from static portion. And the other from dynamic.

Static:

1. Polity Basic- Constitution comparison, Bodies and institutions deriving power from constitution, result of initial lok sabha elections, first cabinet and portfolio, 'Chronology' of main events post 1947


2. History- We all know the importance of events which occurred between 1935-1947


3. Geography- Have personally tried to locate important places on google map. Sharing here for everyone's benefit. It's very easy to navigate on g-maps.

Ramsar Sites-ttps://goo.gl/maps/TPBz79FUv1AFPMeX9


National Park

Lakes and Glaciers

Important Passes of India

Of course, the course of major rivers

Latest map released by Home Ministry post 370

Mountain Peaks and Ranges- with special focus on Kashmir (Pir panjal, Ladhak) and NE

Biosphere Reserve

Disaster Management Zones

List of countries surrounded by- major seas and Ocean bodies. 



4. Economics- What constitutes/ or do not constitutes-part of national income, goods in CPI basket, transactions pertaining to current/capital account, very basic of diff items in diff gst slabs etc.


5. Art and Culture- A table showcasing basic info about Dance form-state, painting-state, music-state, puppetary-state, theatre-state relationship.


Dynamic:

Map based activities based on current affairs. For this, one can compile first page index of vision ias monthly, for last 2 years. This will have total 24 pages. After this, marking important places on map (or pinning the location on Google maps).

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Anyone interested in becoming my scribe for upsc prelims...

Friend, I hope you got a scribe. In case not, pls provide info about the city in which you will be giving exam. I am non Delhi aspirant.  Let's see where we can help.

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What should be answer of this? To my mind it should be B. This asked in 2019.

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What should be answer of this? To my mind it should be B. This asked in 2019.

It's d) I think.


Entire external debt isn't denominated in US Dollars. 

Oh I see. Actually I got confused by the word 'denominated'.I foolishly interpreted the meaning on its face value, as dollar is the intervention currency used freely in economic document.

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Friends, can someone help in deciphering Volume2of Economic Survey. I mean I know that one is not required to read the whole 320 pages. But nevertheless, the kind of questions which are appearing in prelims do suggest that it cannot be left untouched as well. Attaching Screenshot of the content page. 


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@upsc2020 As Frank says- "point taken". Thanks, will follow this advice. Yes, reading it in a go is a daunting task. Suffering from this after I tried completing Vol 1 in a go, in 3 days, but at the cost of other subject


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According to recent amendmen in nhrc can chairperson and members be reappointed? 

Yes. The new act allows for reappointment. Earlier, members were reappointed for maximum 5 years. But the new act has removed that 5 year clause and now there is no time limit, subject to maximum age limit of 75 yrs.

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In this question, BS folks did believed in Vedas as infallible right? Or 'Vedas are infallible' is more attributed to Arya Samaj? 

Which of the following statements is/are correct regardingBrahmo Samaj?
1. It opposed idolatry.
2. It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.
3. It popularised the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

A) Only 1

B) 1 and 2

C) Only 3

D) All of these

Correct ans given in book is b
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