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Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021


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. 

D) India's external debt is in us dollar, yen, yuan, pounds.

and most of the debt is by Govt of india itself and not by public entity

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Which sect of Jainism did Sthulbahu belonged to? While TN Textbook says that he belonged to Digambar sect, but some other sources say he belonged to Svetambar sect. Does anyone have authentic and clear information about it?

sthulbahu belongs to svetembhara sect....and stayed in north india during famine.. while anther sect which is now called digambara sect moved to south india...

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Neyawnsaid

Did the IVC people know about Alloys? Think and tell me@zoidberg 

yes they knew about it...bronze statue of IVC... tin and copper

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@extinctinwild it has a statutory status, lakshmikant does have some mistakes here and there.


no..it has neither constitutional status nor statutory status or in any rule in parliament..it is just a colonial convention which is used till now

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how long can a local government(Municipal ) election be postponed ? is there any section in rpa 1951 or constitution....
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Consider the following statements regarding Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme

1. It covers all the farmers (subject to certain exclusion criterion)

2. It is a Central Sector Scheme with 100% funding from government of India

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

a 1 only
b 2 only
c Both 1 and 2
d None of the above

Explanation

ExpOption (c) Both 1 and 2

Doubt:Shouldn't the first option have mentioned all landholder farmers instead of just farmers? Expecting a quick response.

sharecroppers are excluded..option A is a bit dubious...since sharecropper is a farmer...

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