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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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What is the status of Himalayan brown bear? Wiki showing it LC but some other websites showing it vulnerable and endangered.

I have read a statement " it's endangered in Himalayas and CE in Hindu Kush"

What one could decipher from it?

Iucn status of brown bear is least concern as per iucnredlist.org... Yes, it is endangered in some places but on a whole it is least concern and it's population is stable as per the official iucn website. 

Conquer,
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The official key says its 2 only, while examrobot shows it incorrect. 

Has this happened to anyone for other questions or let's consider this one a mistake?


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Is there any such thing that the max strength of Legislative council can be at 100? It can be at max 1/3rd of LA, which could go up to 500, considering that, the max strength of LC could be upto 166, right?
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Guys, from where can I solve 2020 CSAT paper online?
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@maggiie B it is. I don't know about examrobot. But this is a real googly. Fort William College was established by "Richard" Wellesley, not his brother "Arthur" Wellesley. UPSC really playing with us here lol....


sstarrr,maggiie
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Does anybody have complete details regarding - Under what Provisions/Laws/Rules can Internet be suspended and who are the authorities who can effect such suspensions? 


Can recollect IT Act and Sec 144? Anything else? And any timelines for which the suspensions can remain?

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Does anybody have complete details regarding - Under what Provisions/Laws/Rules can Internet be suspended and who are the authorities who can effect such suspensions? 


Can recollect IT Act and Sec 144? Anything else? And any timelines for which the suspensions can remain?

IT Act sec 69 is used to ban apps etc

Telegraph Act is used to ban internet as a whole in area

sjerngal,captainhaddock
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Anyone know a good mnemonic/memory trick to remember the capitals of all the "stans" in Central Asia.....??
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Anyone know a good mnemonic/memory trick to remember the capitals of all the "stans" in Central Asia.....??

Uzbekistan - Tashkent. I try to remember it using L.B Shastri and Tashkent files 

Kazhakstan - Astana - Rakesh Astana - an infamous cop in the news xP 


This works for me 😂 Sounds entirely stupid as I write it. Hope it helps :')

Conquer,
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@captainhaddock Add one more Bishkek Declaration with Kyrgyzstan. 
But this get more complicated then just simply mugging up. :p


captainhaddock,
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Uzbekistan - Tashkent. I try to remember it using L.B Shastri and Tashkent files 

Kazhakstan - Astana - Rakesh Astana - an infamous cop in the news xP 


This works for me 😂 Sounds entirely stupid as I write it. Hope it helps :')

You're going to need a new trick. 


Astana's name got changed to Nursultan a few years back. Nursultan is also the name of their 'ruler' :P

Conquer,captainhaddock
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@Archand New Tapiocapolis, if any Tintin fans here :P


Archand,captainhaddock
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@Archand oh man 😂😭


Archand,
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This is more of a trick to remember which capital corresponds to which country, rather than remembering the names.

Remember Turkmenistan - Ashgabat ( Turk - Ash sounds similar to Turkish)

Then put the remaining countries and capitals in alphabetical order respectively. They'll correspond. 

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek 

Tajikistan - Dushanbe 

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Edit: I saw @Archand's comment only after I posted. You'll need to substitute Nur Sultan for Astana afterwards. To help remember this, I'm imagining Rakesh Astana sitting on a throne like a Sultan :P 

Aurora,chamomileand11 otherslike this
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was going through CSAT 2020 paper, found that coachings were giving wrong answers even for maths and reasoning, so what to expect about comprehension ðŸ¤¦ Face Palm Emoji


Aurora,GaryVeeand6 otherslike this
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This is more of a trick to remember which capital corresponds to which country, rather than remembering the names.

Remember Turkmenistan - Ashgabat ( Turk - Ash sounds similar to Turkish)

Then put the remaining countries and capitals in alphabetical order respectively. They'll correspond. 

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek 

Tajikistan - Dushanbe 

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Edit: I saw @Archand's comment only after I posted. You'll need to substitute Nur Sultan for Astana afterwards. To help remember this, I'm imagining Rakesh Astana sitting on a throne like a Sultan :P 

Sweet... trick, finally!

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How is opportunity cost transferable?

TIA!


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