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Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021

"When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions."

Created this thread as a one stop solution for all members so that all the doubts wherein any conceptual clarification is required can be solved here. 

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@Dalinar  

Lo, ncert hi h 


Also NCERT (12th) :( . Probably not worth the hairsplittery though. Dekh lenge.

I had history in undergraduate level , so read some other authors as well. They say Indo - greeks were the first one to issue. Largest number was issued under Guptas. 

Yes..this part i have got it sorted i guess...

First to issue gold coins-Indo Greeks.

Purest form of Gold coins-Kushanas.

Largest number of gold coins-Guptas.


Civils Mains:2017,2018,2020,2021,Forest Mains:2021.

ArchAngel96,sstarrr
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Second option is given incorrect.Can anyone explain why? 

During war , no update to your citizenship status can be made . Clearly given in Laxmikant. Even if u wanna apply , you have to wait till war is over . 

But it's also written that If we found unlawfully traded and communicated with enemy during a war ...led to losing our citizenship Although the option does not say about this but may be some context what do you say ??

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The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

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1. Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park is the second-largest mangrove forest in India.

2. Mangrove cover in Gujarat is the second largest after Sundarbans in West Bengal.

I have come across both these statements a lot but they appear contradictory to me. They both seem correct according to multiple sources but I cant fathom. Can anyone elaborate? 

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1. Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park is the second-largest mangrove forest in India.

2. Mangrove cover in Gujarat is the second largest after Sundarbans in West Bengal.

I have come across both these statements a lot but they appear contradictory to me. They both seem correct according to multiple sources but I cant fathom. Can anyone elaborate? 

1). Compares all the mangrove forests in India with respect to their area. 


2). Compares all the states in India with total area of mangroves in them. 


Gujarat does not have a single mangrove collection that is bigger than Bhitarkanika but the total area under mangroves of Gujarat (distributed over different areas within state) is more than that of Odisha 

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@Archand yeahhh...thanks makes sense now. 


Archand,
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The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

No. BSP symbol in UP is same as that of Asom gana parishad in Assam.

BSP toh national party hai na, how is it possible


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What  GHGs are covered in kyoto protocol?
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Egrets and Buffaloes share Commensalism.

Oxpeckers and Zebras share Mutualism.

why? What is the difference?

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D503said

The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

No. BSP symbol in UP is same as that of Asom gana parishad in Assam.

BSP toh national party hai na, how is it possible


https://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/asom-gana-parishad.html - Read this. The election symbol is elephant only. 

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D503said

The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

No. BSP symbol in UP is same as that of Asom gana parishad in Assam.

BSP toh national party hai na, how is it possible


Yeah. That's what confused me. 

But for all the other state parties, the symbols can be used in other states as well. like the two leaves used by AIADMK have been used in other states as well. 

Dionysus,
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Egrets and Buffaloes share Commensalism.

Oxpeckers and Zebras share Mutualism.

why? What is the difference?

Both would be mutualism?

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If the +ve IOD brings warm water to eastern Africa and creates a LP there, how does it strengthen Indian monsoon? Shouldn't there be HP near Madagascar for monsoon?
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D503said

The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

No. BSP symbol in UP is same as that of Asom gana parishad in Assam.

BSP toh national party hai na, how is it possible


BSP has elephant symbol reserved in all states and UTs except Assam. 

Dionysus,
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@Steph_Curry it brings warm water to western Indian ocean nah?


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Egrets and Buffaloes share Commensalism.

Oxpeckers and Zebras share Mutualism.

why? What is the difference?

Oxpeckers eat ticks living on zebra's skin while egrets eat insects in the grasses that get disturbed as a result of movement of the buffalo. Egret sits on Buffalo to have a view of the insects that are getting dislodged and not to eat ticks. In the first, zebra gets some benefits while in the second, the buffalo remains unaffected 

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D503said

The ECI has also stipulated that a symbol reserved for a state party in any state will not be reserved for another state party in any other state (with effect from December, 1997), or be a free symbol anywhere else

does this mean symbol can't be used anywhere in country?

No. BSP symbol in UP is same as that of Asom gana parishad in Assam.

BSP toh national party hai na, how is it possible


BSP has elephant symbol reserved in all states and UTs except Assam. 

And Sikkim. 

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