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Prelims 2020 - Preparing Repeatedly Asked Questions

This is quite comprehensive. But we certainly can add "one liner type questions asking a particular pact or agreement signed between and India and....."

BTIA has been asked twice. 

Last year there was that Russia nuclear agreement. 


This year we have 

Forward looking agreement: south Korea India 

Special strategic and global partnership: Japan India. 

Industrial security annex agreement : USA india


So on and so forth...a compilation of all such one liners can be made✌️


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@hashtag2020 this is dope ! Amazing work !


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@Aalsibalak mein abhi revision mode mein hun bro..jo jo milta chala gaya mujhe.. I will make sure I post it here. As such koi source hai ni..Yeh international agreements.. Kuch maine newspaper se collect kiye hain.. Kuch pib se.. Kuch magazines se.. Par scattered hain.. I will bring them under one head or a mindmap and I will post it here asap! 


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@Rudra12 Not comprehensive of course. But covers a good chunk. Zoom in for ease. And google where necessary .


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@Rudra12 Acompilation PDF fromShabbir Sir's Channel !



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@AzadHindFauz no bro. Only the pdf. 


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might not be aesthetically pleasing, but i hope it serves your purpose. I have sourced these notes from all PYQs asked in various exams.But i am assuming, you have read about these movements from some book. Only then the notes will make sense :)

Happy reading.

Socio Religious1.pdf


PS ~ Ignore the1st half of the 1st page. It was in continuation with the previous page

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Does anyone have short notes on socio-cultural reform movements and related personalities?

check the post above.

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Meri library mein kisi ne pages pe paani gira diya tha when i was away for a cup of tea. Aaj tak am searching for that absconding aspirant. hence kuch pages mein, ink faela hua hai. Only then i decided that i must scan them and save a soft copy,warna mehnat pe paani fir jaayega😅

thoda manage karna dost ! yeh lo :)

Advent of British .pdf

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@AzadHindFauz Brilliant. the real meaning ofInsights on India. 
kudos and claps 👏🏻


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Two situations-

1.The three statements are related to the same topicIf I have no clue at all about C and I know the first two options well, my line of thought is the option has been deliberately framed to misguide me and hence, is wrong. It can't be that I know the two options well and do not have even the faintest clue about one.

2.The three statements are unrelated and each one is independent in its own right- It becomes a situational decision then. If I need more attempts and if there are 3 such questions, I exclude the C statement in each of them without applying any mind further. It's net positive usually. If I have already had enough attempts, I would not bother attempting them. I am not aspiring for Forest Service :)

Summarily put, I never mark that statement correct! 

I am not endorsing this approach. Approaches may differ. This is just my opinion.

Nothing much i can add here. This is pretty much on point. 

The third (or one of the options) is mostly designed deliberately in a manner to make it seem true. But it will actually help you arrive at the answer. Substantiating with the help of a couple of examples.

In this question,IARI and Punjab Universityare clear hints ki daal mein kuch kaala hai.



Iss question mein, three options have 2 and three options have 3. I have noticed, kahin na kahin this is a hint that you need to eliminate either 2 or 3 in order to arrive at the answer. 1,2,3 can never be the answer in such questions. Now, its upto you as to how calm you can stay and eliminate one of 2 or 3.

Lets face it, aise questions na kisi ka baap bhi predict nai kar sakta, hum log to bas mere mortals hain. But if UPSC is still giving such a question, it more often than not has in built fallacies that you must be able to recognize.

And like i had mentioned in another post of mine, these things are easy to analyze with the benefit of the hindsight. On the D day in the exam hall, our hands will be shivering and hearts will be pounding. Can we ,then, overcome those jitters and back ourselves nevertheless ? Well, All the best :)




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Can someone please tell me when was adaptation fund established. In vision it's given it was established in 2001 and so does it say on UNFCCC website. But in shankar ias it's given that it was established at Cancun in 2010 and on adaptation fund website it says on the top 10 years of adaptation fund. Are these different or am I missing something. 

Shankar IAS has clearly made a mess. GCF (and not Adaptation fund) was established in 2010 at CANCUN.

Adaptation fund was created in 2001 at Marakkech. But it took 6 more years to operationalize the fund (building consensus + chalking out details) and it finally saw the light of the day at BALI, 2007. 

Attaching a screenshot below.


https://www.adaptation-fund.org/af-10-years/

this is the link to adaptation fund's official website.


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Can anyone provide revision notes for this
Rivers - Origin, Tributaries, Deltas, Dams and Termination (+ Lakes )

Not all the rivers ; But should suffice ;  Have worked on it after scouring various sources and internet ; I apologize in advance for any kind of mistake. 

Drainage_1.xlsx

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@Sherkhan1428 file is not opening


My bad my man !..here you go..

drainage 1.xlsx


PS- Arsenal will defeat Liverpool next Monday ! COYG :D


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