1. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following: (100) (a) Knowledge is power (b) Consequences of globalization (c) Value of yoga (d) Science and human happiness (e) Tourism in India 2. Read the following passage and answer in your own words the questions that follow: (5 x 15 = […]
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Year 2003 Compulsory English Paper UPSC
1. Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the following: (100) (a) The Need for Alternative Sources of Energy (b) The Role of Judiciary in India (c) Freedom of Expression (d) My Idea of an Administrator (e) Pleasures of Reading 2. Read the following passage and answer in your own words […]
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Year 2002 Compulsory English Paper UPSC
1. Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the following: (100) (a) The ways to enrich our regional languages. (b) Whither Indian democracy today? (c) Terrorism in India. (d) Science and Religion. (e) If I were the Prime Minister of India. 2. Read the following passage and answer in your own […]
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Year 2004 Compulsory English Paper UPSC
1. Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the following: (100) (a) Indian Budget is a Gamble on the Monsoons (b) Necessity of Water-Harvesting in India (c) Social Harmony vs. Communal Frenzy (d) Criminalization of Politics (e) ‘All That Glitters Is Not Gold’ 2. Read the following passage and answer, in […]
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Year 2011 Compulsory English Paper UPSC
1. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following : 100 (a) The predicaments of Democracy. (b) In India when inflation rises govenance stalls. (c) Modern world’s fears about nuclear energy. (d) Information Technology transforming the Indian Society. (e) Inventions generate necessity. 2. Read carefully the passage below and write […]
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Year 2005 Compulsory English Paper UPSC
1. Write an essay in about 300 words on any one of the following: (100) (a) Environment and Conservation(b) Role of Women in Social Transformation(c) Nuclear Energy in War and Peace(d) India’s Foreign Policy and World Power(e) Television and its Impact on Youth 2. Read the following passage and answer in your own words the […]
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Parliament: Lok Sabha
This is also called the Lower House of the parliament. The maximum strength of Lok Sabha is 552. Out of this 530 are the representatives of states directly elected by the people. 20 members are the representatives of Union Territories directly elected by the people. The remaining 2 members are nominated by the President from […]
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Indian Polity: RAJYA SABHA
The Parliament consists of three parts. The President The Council of States The House of the People RAJYA SABHA: Introduction The Rajya Sabha was constituted in the year 1952. This is a permanent house. It is not subjected to dissolution. The fourth schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the allocation of seats in the […]
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Nobel Prize 2019
2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza won the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The trio “identified molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen,” according to The Nobel Assembly. 2019 Nobel Prize in […]
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Kerala State Awards 2019
Best Film – Kaanthan, The Lover of ColourSecond Best Film – Oru NjayarazhchaBest Actor – Jayasurya, Soubin ShahirBest Actress – Nimisha SajayanBest Director – Shyama PrasadBest Scriptwriter – Zakariya, Muhsin Perari (Sudani from Nigeria)Best Character Actor – Joju George (Joseph, Chola)Best Character Actress – Savithiri Sreedharan, Sarasa Balusseri (Sudani from Nigeria)Best Singer (male) -Vijay Yesudas […]