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Day: August 31, 2016

  • Mains Marathon – Current affairs 22nd August – reference material

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    1. Flash floods in India’s urban areas are not merely nature’s fury but manmade disasters. Discuss in the light of recent events. What policy measures can be taken to counter this? Flash floods usually result from intense storms dropping large amounts of rain within a brief period. Flash floods occur with little or no warning…

  • Must Read News Articles of the Day – August 31

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    The Hindu National/ Front Page Water table rises in Ganga basin but so does salinity – The water table in Ganga basin has risen, but so has salinity and arsenic content. Plants likely to turn less thirsty as climate warms, says study – A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants…

  • Mains Marathon- GS Test 3 – Reference material

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    1. Ellora cave is a unique art-historical site in the country as it has monasteries associated with the three religions. Substantiate. Ellora caves are situated north-west of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra, built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty There are 17 Hindu (caves 13–29), 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12) and 5 Jain…

  • Mains Marathon – GS test 2 – Reference material

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    The prosperity which World War 1 brought to US, also became the very reason for the great depression of 1929. Discuss. Also, highlight it’s global impact.    After world war, when the rest of  the capitalist world was recovering from the destruction caused by the war, USA began her industrial expansion based on major advances…

  • Mains Marathon – GS test 1-Reference material

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    1.Was capitalism a cause or effect of the Industrial Revolution? What factors led to the rise of Capitalism? Capitalism and Industrial revolution Pre-capitalistic system of product was restrictive. Its historical basis was military conquest. The victorious kings had given the land to their paladins. On the other hand, they themselves were the main customers of…

  • Mains Marathon- GS Test-4

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    1.El-Nino is said to be the cause behind low rainfall in majority of the states while it caused higher rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Andhra pradesh in previous year. Why ? 2. In early 1980’s a hole in the Ozone layer of Antarctica started appearing, now it has begun healing. Elaborate. 3.Floods have been reported in…