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Our Best Prelims Program Till Now| Smash Prelims 2022| By Santhosh Sir who scored 145+ twice in Prelims| More than Test-Series

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Prelims Super-25 Program is back after a thumping success in Prelims 2021. Out of 25 students Santhosh sir has mentored, 15 have cleared prelims this time.

Do you want to practice medium to tough test series regularly? Before attending a test do you want to revise the right notes with integrated current affairs? And, after a test do you want an experienced mentor to discuss your answers and motivate you?

If yes, then this is the right program for you! The registrations are open for all UPSC 2022 aspirants.

Is Prelims the Toughest Exam of UPSC-CSE?

Toppers like Pranav Vijayvergiya (AIR 65) and Swati Sharma (AIR 17) have found Prelims to be tougher than Mains. In fact, Pranav failed to clear Prelims thrice. But, in his fourth attempt he had cleared Mains and Interview in one shot!

What makes prelims tough? It’s because the paper is unpredictable. If this year, science questions are a breeze then the next year you will have to answer advanced concept based questions.

Unlike Mains, Prelims has negative marking. One has to be good at elimination methods to choose the right option amongst two similar ones.

Our Super 25 Prelims Program started as a pilot project last year with an aim to introduce step-wise improvement in our chosen 25 aspirants. Over a period of 2 months, Santhosh sir inculcated confidence in aspirants who were either newbies or gave too many attempts.

This year, we achieved a remarkable 60% success ratio. Next year, we have set our eyes on 100%. Yes, we are ambitious and aspirational just like any other UPSC aspirant.

How do Students find Santhosh Sir’s Mentorship?

Santhosh sir has always been more than a guide. He has always walked with aspirants in their UPSC journey than ahead of them. Whenever our students were demotivated, this is how Santhosh sir lifted their spirits —

Testimonials by students who successfully cleared UPSC 2021 Prelims —

read other testimonials of santhosh sir over here

How is Smash Prelims 2022 structured?

The program has three pillars and every aspirant who enrolls for Smash 2022 Prelims has access to all of them.

Pillar-1

Prelims Tests:

40 (12 Basic + 6 Advanced + 10 CA tests + 8 Full tests + 4 CSAT)

Sl No.	SUBJECT	NO. OF TESTS
1	Polity	3
2	Modern History	2
3	Economy	2
4	Geography	3
5	Environment	3
6	Science & Technology	1
7	Ancient and Medieval India	2
8	Economic Survey	1
9	Schemes and India Year Book	1
10	Current Affairs	10
11	CSAT	4
12	Full Length Test	8

Pillar-2

Value Additions Notes and Classes by Santosh Gupta Sir

Polity

Santhosh Gupta sir will conduct two sessions covering all the Polity Fundamentals, a session analyzing past year papers, another session on important current affairs related to polity this year and will discuss your test solutions.

History

Santhosh Gupta sir will conduct a session on Sectoral Developments in Modern History, a session analyzing past year papers and test discussion.

Economy

There will be sessions on economic survey, trend analysis, discussion of most important economic current affairs, past year paper analysis and economy final test discussion.

Geography

Santhosh sir will conduct sessions on the most difficult aspects like Geography Mapping, Economic Geography and Indian Agriculture.

Environment

Santhosh Gupta sir will cover sessions on Environment innovatively. Key concepts like vegetation and biome, Indian wildlife, conventions and protocols, national parks and sanctuaries, agriculture and sustainable development and environment current affairs will be covered.

Science & Technology

This year’s prelims paper questioned on the basic concepts of science. Keeping this in mind, Santhosh Gupta sir will conduct 2 sessions on One basic concepts and current affairs of science and technology.

Other Value Additions

1. Decimate Prelims-2022 Content: 2 years of current affairs notes for all topics + Videos
2. Civilsdaily Current Affairs Magazines for 1 year
3. Civilsdaily compilations of Yojna, Kurukshetra, PRS and RS TV.
4. Civilsdaily Budget And Economic Survey Summary.

Pillar-3

Santhosh Gupta sir’s mentorship programme will have these special features for aspirants.

1. Monthly zoom session by Santosh Gupta for doubt clearance and continuous improvement.
2. 1-1 mentor calls after tests.
3. Habitat/Whatsapp support from mentors.
4. Frequent sessions with toppers for support and guidance.

If you have any doubts regarding the program, please fill the form for a call back.

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Course Details

The fees for complete Smash Prelims Program is 20,000+ GST

Aspirants who don’t want the full program can opt for Smash Prelims-2022: Mini version. This will not have value added notes. Prelims tests + individual mentorship + monthly zoom sessions by Santosh Gupta sir will be available for this plan.

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November 3, 2021

[Sansad TV] Climate Change & Public Perception
- The year 2021 marks a crucial juncture for charting the future of climate action.
- And for this all eyes are set on two events in particular – the G20 Summit in October end followed by the 26th UN Climate Change Conference or COP26 in November.
In this article, we will discuss the significance of public perception on the issue of climate change and how will it impact the decision-making process on actions which need to be taken to tackle this challenge.

About G20
- Formed in 1999, the G20 is an international forum of the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies.
- Collectively, the G20 economies account for around 85 percent of the Gross World Product (GWP), 80 percent of world trade.
- To tackle the problems or address issues that plague the world, the heads of governments of the G20 nations periodically participate in summits.
- In addition to it, the group also hosts separate meetings of the finance ministers and foreign ministers.
- The G20 has no permanent staff of its own and its chairmanship rotates annually between nations divided into regional groupings.
- India has been a member of the G20 since its inception in 1999.
Members: The 19 member countries of the forum are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

G20 countries map

G20 and Climate Change
- The G20 accounts for over 80% of global GDP, 60% of the world’s population, and more than 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- In the run-up to the G20 Summit and COP26 the UNDP and the University of Oxford have published the G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote.
The G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote
- The G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote was polled over 689,000 people across 18 of the G20 countries from October 2020 until June 2021.
- It focussed on various aspects of the issue of climate change including Climate Finance Policy, Cutting emissions and climate adaptation policy.
- According to this report, on average 70 per cent of young people in G20 countries believe that we are in a global climate emergency.
- Adults are also not far behind, with 65 percent overall believing the same.
What defines the public perception of climate change?
- Climate change perception is a complex process that encompasses a range of psychological constructs such as knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and concerns about if and how the climate is changing.
- Perception is influenced and shaped, among other things, by the individuals’ characteristics, their experience, the information that they receive, and the cultural and geographic context in which they live.
- Therefore, measuring climate change perception and trying to find its determinants is not an easy task.
- The short-term variations in the local weather tend to be more salient than long-term trends and hence can have a key impact on the formation of climate change perceptions.
- The perceptions of those that directly depend on the weather, such as farmers, tend to be more accurate than that of their counterparts.
- Life experiences influence perception; individuals who have been directly affected by extreme climatic events tend to report that the probability of such event happening again is relatively high.
- It is important to make aware specifically those people whose livelihood is threatened due to climate change issue.
Proportion reporting knowing “something” or “a great deal” about global warming in 2007–08. Darker areas indicate a greater proportion of individuals aware, yellow indicates no data.

What is the significance of public perception of climate change?
- It is very important that people are getting aware of climate change and it’s not actually the awareness per se but factually it is about the sufferance of people to make the think about climate change.
- The new generation and the youth are going to face the consequences of climate change and thus they think that the coming COP26is the opportunity where effective and speedy action will result.
- It forces world leader to take immediate and effective action and should contain the global warming which has the wide ranging consequences.
- It also impacts what people do at an individual level to contain the global warming.
- It needs to take some tougher decisions by leaders and the public perceptions shows how much appetite people have to accept such decision.
What are the expected tangible achievements of the COP26 in terms of public perception of climate change?
- Climate change is the global issue and need commitment of all the leaders to do justice in terms of responding to the menace of climate change.
- COVID-19 has refocused priorities and caused individuals and governments alike to pay closer attention to the environment. As many countries look to rebuild their economies in the wake of the pandemic, there has been a major emphasis on ‘building back better’ through a green recovery.
- COP26 is being viewed as the successor to COP21 where the Paris Accord was signed, arguably the greatest success from the UNFCCC in recent years.
- COP26 is seen as the summit to both address what has and hasn’t been achieved since 2015, while also setting concrete plans to reach the Paris Agreement targets.
- The UN Environment Programme has warned that climate commitments are already falling far short of what is needed to meet these goals – but there is hope from net-zero pledges. This should be a “thundering wakeup call” for leaders ahead of the summit.
- So it’s expected from countries around the globe to put forward ambitions in terms of GHGs reduction, net zero commitments, etc. As the window is very short, it is the high time that countries take harsh decisions.
- The transition from carbon economy to carbon-less economy requires capital which many developing countries are lacking. Thus the carbon justice has to be brought.
- This requires the developed countries to raise $100 billion which was supposed to be done by 2020 but is still not done.
- The carbon neutrality or net zero is important but what is more important than this is deep cuts which are required first and the necessary financing required to install alternative energy sources which are renewable.
Conclusion

We are running short of time and the issue of climate change is a very serious problem and everyone across the globe has to work together for this and it is very important to see the summits like COP26 takes the harsh decisions required for containing the global warming and resolving financing issue as soon as possible. Public perception plays a major role in motivating global leaders to work towards a sustainable and climate risk-free global world.
November 3, 2021
(Imp) Cover Anthropology Optional with an IAS, Rinku Lather (Anthropology topper, AIR 259, UPSC 2020)| Live video lectures & 1-1 mentorship
This is for students preparing for UPSC Mains with Anthropology optional.

Unlike popular opinion, scoring marks in Anthropology is not that easy anymore. Many aspirants still are confused about the right strategy to prepare for anthropology optional. It is not just studying but studying in the right direction. Writing answers that fetch you marks.

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Rinku Lather sir has launched his exclusive Anthropology club wherein he will be guiding you on a 1-to-1, personal level. He will be sharing tips and his process that helped him to score consistently high marks in Anthropology optional.

https://youtu.be/oc7aLdeao6o

About the Anthropology Marks Enhancer by Rinku Lather, IAS
- Anthropology topic-wise discussion to improve score.
- Google meet classes with Anthropology rank holder and UPSC Topper.
- One-on-one discussions every week.
- Doubt clearing sessions
- Important notes, reference material, etc. will be suggested by Rinku sir
- Mentorship to guide you in understanding the demand of the question, structuring of answers and content enrichment.
Program Inclusion
- Exclusive membership to Habitat club- Only for Mains written aspirants
- Personalised guidance for marks enhancement
- Google meet session
- 22 classes on Google meet – topicwise discussion
- Answer writing and enhancement tips
- Habitat discussion and doubt sessions
- On call*, One to one mentorship by Rinku sir
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November 2, 2021
2nd November 2021| Daily Answer Writing Enhancement(AWE)
Topics for Today’s questions:

GS-1 Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of art forms, literature and architecture from ancient to modern times.

GS-2 Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.

GS-3 Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.

GS-4 Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of ethics in human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics in private and public relationships

Questions:

Question 1)

Q.1 Gupta period in ancient India is noted for its achievements in the arts, architecture, sciences, religion and philosophy. Comment. (10 Marks)

Question 2)

Q.2 The spectacular increase in enrollment for graduation in recent years has not been matched by a concomitant increase in jobs. In light of this, examine how high-quality vocational institutions can help deal with the issue. (10 Marks)

Question 3)

Q.3 Various ministries can be linked to the coal shortage crisis faced by the power sector recently. The crisis is also a structural lacuna. In light of this, suggest measures to avoid such crises in the future. (10 Marks)

Question 4)

Q.4 Discuss the role of ethics and values in enhancing the following three major components of Comprehensive National Power (CNP) viz. human capital, soft power (culture and policies) and social harmony.(10 Marks)

HOW TO ATTEMPT ANSWERS IN DAILY ANSWER WRITING ENHANCEMENT(AWE)?
1. Daily 4 questions from General studies 1, 2, 3, and 4 will be provided to you.
2. A Mentor’s Comment will be available for all answers. This can be used as a guidance tool but we encourage you to write original answers.
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November 2, 2021