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Sfg-2 test 4

Q42 answer is given C (2&3)

Parliament may by law provide for the abolition of the legislative council of a state even without the consent of the state legislative assembly. 

How is this statement correct? 

@Thinker

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@ForumIAS-Academy  In the updated schedule of SFG-2 few topics are repeated. Is that intentional?


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@Jhaljit_forum Question asks the institutions of world bankIndia is not member of


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w.r.t Test 38 Q 4 When Crowding out effect kicks in there is less money in the economy and hence the money lending institutions increase the lending rate resulting in higher interest payment by the private sector due to which there expenditure increases and thus their investment decreases.

The correct answer is option c which means there expenditure decreases.

So how is there expenditure reducing?

crowding out happens when private sector is driven out due to excess government participation in a sector. Excess borrowing by government leaves less capital for private sector leading to less expenditure.

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w.r.t Test 38 Q 4 When Crowding out effect kicks in there is less money in the economy and hence the money lending institutions increase the lending rate resulting in higher interest payment by the private sector due to which there expenditure increases and thus their investment decreases.

The correct answer is option c which means there expenditure decreases.

So how is there expenditure reducing?

crowding out happens when private sector is driven out due to excess government participation in a sector. Excess borrowing by government leaves less capital for private sector leading to less expenditure.

Am I Confusing the word Expenditure with investment or both are same?

In the question I interpreted expenditure = investment spending. 

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SFG batch 2, test 42

Question number 24. Statement 1.

Bimbisara was not a disciple of Buddhism. "Bimbisara was contemporary to both Mahavira and gautam buddha. Both religions claim him as their supporters and devotee." 

Quoted from TN board book

Also, does follower of Buddhism imply they were Budhha's disciples? The statement should be incorrect.

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Test 45, Q47

Could someone elaborate on the statement that 'the founders of Buddhism and Jainism came from Republican states.' ? 

Vardhamana Mahavira belonged to Vajji republic. Gautama Budhha belonged to Sakya clan which is part of Malla republic.

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SFG BATCH 2  Test 42 Q 5

Statement 3:

3. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse whereas there is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal.

 As per TN board book, it is actually not mentioned that Indus valley people  are not aware of Horses.

(Pg No. 20)

As per wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surkotada


Statement 3 must be wrong.Answer should be "A".






This is a PYQ. UPSC key says 1&3 are correct.

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@Disciple  Tamilnadu book gives same explanation so they didn’t mistype. But NCERT differs. Which is correct?


Can you please tell me where the statement is mentioned that Bimbisara was a disciple of Buddha? In old ncert or the new ones? I couldn't find the statement or might have missed it.

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Test 43 Q13

2. The Mehrauli Iron inscription mentioned his extensive conquest

Doesnt Mehrauli inscription belong to Chandragupta II?

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This is wrong. Official UPSC key says D-1,2&3 is the right answer.

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@mhs11 Was talking about Q-7. Sthulbahu one.


Ok. There seem to be some errors in TN textbook.

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test 44 Q7

4. Baburnama was written in the Persian language.

The above statement is given as incorrect. But Babur wrote 'Tuzuk-e Babari'( in Chagtai Turkish) and Abul Fazl translated this into persian under the title 'Babarnama'. The statement should be right?

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test 44 Q12

1. Akbar introduced the use of the 'Tudor arch' (four centered arch).

This statement is given as correct.  But, First 'Tudor arch' was seen in Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tuglaq. Can  someone verify?

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Can someone please pin this post?
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With reference to the Indian Constitution, consider the following statements regarding the State Legislature:

1. The minimum age to enter the Legislative Assembly is lower than the minimum age to enter Legislative Council.

2. Legislative Assembly is a directly elected body while Legislative Council is an indirectly elected body.

3. While the Legislative Assembly normally gets automatically dissolved at the expiration of its five-year term; the Legislative Council is not subject to dissolution.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?


The second statement is given as correct. How can election to the council be termed indirect  when people are voting directly( teachers and graduates) though with a limited franchise? It is filled  both directly and indirectly.

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Test 3, Question 35

Which of the following statements regarding Motion of Thanks is/are correct?

1. The first session after each general election and the first session of each year is addressed by the President of India.

2. Defeat of Motion of Thanks in either house of Parliament amounts to collapse of the

government.

Select the correct answer using the code below.

a 1 only
b 2 only
c Both 1 and 2
d Neither 1 nor 2

Shouldn't statement 1 be wrong as it's not "first session of each year" but rather "first session of each fiscal year" ?

Also for statement 2,@Thinker Sir, in one of the classes, you mentioned that defeat of Motion of Thanks does not directly amount to collapse of government as in no-confidence motion. Rather it's like an act of censure and the government has to bring a confidence motion to show it's majority. Is this the correct line of thought?

@ForumIAS-Academy

@cot_ainok  The fiscal year statement mentioned in laxmikant is an error. Art 87 of the constitution-

87. Special address by the President

(1) At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the House of the People and at the commencement of the first session of each year the President shall address both Houses of Parliament assembled together and inform Parliament of the causes of its summons
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