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Doubt Clearance Thread: UPSC 2021

@GreenArrow @Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh @upsc2020    two doubts:

1.Even in the interest of maintaining ‘public order’, a person can be detained under preventive detention laws. is it true?


please help.

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19. Consider the following statements about the GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment):
1. GRIHA Council is a technical and certification body under the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
2. GRIHA certified green buildings can get the interest subsidy for its housing loan.
3. GRIHA certification is not mandatory for thermal power stations.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

plz help
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@upsc2020 thanks :)


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Which of the following is/are the consequence(s) of drying of soils due to climate change?
1. Plants can absorb more carbon dioxide.
2. Microorganisms in the soil become more productive.
3. The decrease in soil pH level.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

plz help
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@Lemillion thanks mate :)  ... answer B tha isiliye doubt tha.

The CDS cannot recommend Union Defence Ministry about the defence procurement from foreign countries. Is it False?


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The increased microbial and root activity in the soil would entail higher CO2 partial pressure in soil air and CO2 activity in soil water, hence increased rates of plant nutrient release (e.g., K, Mg, micronutrients) from weathering of soil minerals. So, Statement 2 is correct.

samajh nahi aaya explanation.


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is constitutional amendment not a law under article 13?
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@AlexanderSupertramp when repo rate increases,is it likely to happen that" foreign institutional investors bring more capital into the country"??

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@AlexanderSupertramp  

When the Reserve Bank of India increases the repo rate by 50 basis points, which of the following likely to happen?

  1. India’s GDP growth rate increases drastically
  2. Foreign Institutional Investors will bring more capital into our country
  3. Scheduled Commercial Banks may increase their lending rates

Select the correct answer code:

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@gautam9470 public account of india


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@Freakhoto 

When the Reserve Bank of India increases the repo rate by 50 basis points, which of the following likely to happen?

  1. India’s GDP growth rate increases drastically
  2. Foreign Institutional Investors will bring more capital into our country
  3. Scheduled Commercial Banks may increase their lending rates

Select the correct answer code:

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@upsc2020 but when repo rate increases, it leads to increase in interest rate too. increase in interest rate incentivises foreign investors.


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@Freakhoto but when repo rate increases, it leads to increase in interest rate too. increase in interest rate incentivises foreign investors.
so i thought option C.
can you clarify please?


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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Chandrasekhar/on-high-interest-rates/article6473162.ece

i request you to please go through this article. hardly 2-4 minutes time consumption will be there. :)

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@thepolicydreamer under UNEP. take care and chill :) everything will go fine.


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i request you to please go through this article. hardly 2-4 minutes time consumption will be there. :)


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