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Question 1)

Geography influences almost every aspect of human life. Highlight the link between physical geography and contemporary Indian politics. (15 Marks)

Question 2)

If we invest in maternal health, we’re investing in our future. Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

From transforming development initiatives to improving transparency, Big Data analytics could have a major impact on the way the government in India works. Comment? (15 Marks)

Question 4)

The government offices in India need to be reinvented in terms of the work culture. Critically discuss the present work culture in India in government offices. Also suggest some ways to improve the work culture in government settings. (15 marks)

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ANNOUNCEMENT – There is a change in format. Students will now have to post answers on the questions page separately by clicking on the links given below. We plan to track progress for each of the GS papers and to achieve the same, this modification becomes important. Students who are unable to post answers, please email hello@civilsdaily.com. You will receive a resolution for sure. 

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Question 1)

Will granting constitutional status to NCBC have significant impact on the socio-economic conditions of the OBC’s. Critically examine. (15 Marks)

Question 2)

Discuss the key provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Present a case for its significance and how the recent judgment on Essar Steel is important. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

Critically examine the state of water quality in India. Mention solutions for the same. (15 Marks)

Question 4)

The public servants are the holders of public trust and their ultimate loyalty shall be to the public interests of their country. Illustrate. (15 marks)

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Dear students,

31st May 2020 is the D-day for all civil service aspirants.

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.”

This quote by Abraham Lincoln clearly sums up how one should prepare for that day. So before entering the battlefield alone should have enough practice. Our Prime Prelims Test series which shall enrich you to acquaint yourself with the pattern of CSE-2020, assess your abilities, rectify your mistakes and make you confident to appear on the examination day.

Our Prime Prelims Test Series follows the same approach as that adopted by UPSC. Our team of experts is quite enriched with the UPSC pattern and focal point of the questions and hence creates more chances for the aspirants to crack civil service examination by appearing our Test Series.

The key philosophy of our prelims TS is Evidence-based question making: The 3600 questions you face in our mocks have their relevance established in UPSC’s trend analysis. We focus on themes that are important as per UPSC so that we maximize your chances of questions overlap with the actual UPSC Prelims.

This Ancient and Medieval History test contains questions from the following themes:

Nothing speaks more than the facts itself rather than a mere jargon. Here is a list of 5 sample questions from the upcoming test which will help you in identifying the standards and approach we follow. (you can skip this if you want to attempt these directly in the test). 

Noone but only you can assess how it will help you in being the top percentile of aspirants. You have to practice ruthlessly and civils Daily provides you with a platform to hone your skills.

Q.1) Consider the following statements about Ibadat Khana:

1. It was set up to discuss religious and spiritual topics.
2. It was opened only for the Muslim scholars and Sufi saints.
3. The debates in the Ibadat Khana were discontinued during the reign of Aurangzeb.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 and 3 only

c. 1 and 2 only

d. All of them

WHY THIS QUESTION: In 2014 Prelims, UPSC asked:

Q. Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was?

1. the mosque for the use of Royal Family
2. Akbar’s private chamber prayer
3. the hall in which Akbar held discussions with scholars of various religions.
4. the room in which the nobles belonging to different religions gathered to discuss religious affairs.

 

Q.2) With reference to ancient India, the term Brahmadeya refers to:

a. a tax-free land gifted to Brahmanas

b. land belonging to non-brahman peasants

c. a land allocated to build temples dedicated to Brahma.

d. a kind of tax levied on Brahmanas

WHY THIS QUESTION: In 2015 Prelims, UPSC asked:

Q. In medieval India, the designations ‘Mahattara’ and ‘Pattakila’ were used for:

1. military officers
2. village headmen
3. specialists in Vedic rituals
4. chiefs of craft guilds

 

Q.3) Consider the following statements:

1. Hindu and Buddhist practices were assimilated into Sufism.
2. All Sufi saints were nomads who did not work in the service of the State.
3. There have been no woman Sufi saints across the world.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 2 and 3 only

b. 1 only

c. 1 and 3 only

d. None of the above

WHY THIS QUESTION: In 2012 Prelims, UPSC asked:

Q. With reference to the religious history of medieval India, the Sufi mystics were known to pursue which of the following practices?

1. Meditation and control of breath
2. Severe ascetic exercises in a lonely place
3. Recitation of holy songs to arouse a state of ecstasy in their audience

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

 

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding the Bhakti Saint/Poets:

1. Surdas, the great bhakti poet of his times, is considered as one of the Ashtachhap.
2. Ashtachhap were 8 poets of medieval north India, who were instrumental in spreading the idea of Bhakti.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a. 1 only

b. 2 only

c. Both of them

d. Neither of them

WHY THIS QUESTION: In 2013 Prelims, UPSC asked:

Consider the following Bhakti Saints:

1. Dadu Dayal
2. Guru Nanak
3. Tyagaraja

Who among the above was/were preaching when the Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over?

(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 2

 

Q.5) Consider the following pairs:

Paintings	Site
1. Mara Vijaya	Ajanta
2. Padampani Bodhisattva	Ellora
3. Kiratarjuniya	Lepakshi

 

Which of the statements given above is/are correctly matched?

a. 1 and 3 only

b. 3 only

c. 2 only

d. All of them

 

WHY THIS QUESTION: In 2014 Prelims, UPSC asked:

Consider the following pairs:

Famous shrine	Location
1.  Tabo monastery and temple complex	Spiti Valley
2.  Lhotsava Lhakhang temple, Nako	Zanskar Valley
3.  Alchi temple complex	Ladakh

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1. 1 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

 

ANNOUNCEMENT – There is a change in format. Students will now have to post answers on the questions page separately by clicking on the links given below. We plan to track progress for each of the GS papers and to achieve the same, this modification becomes important. Students who are unable to post answers, please email hello@civilsdaily.com. You will receive a resolution for sure. 

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Question 1)

Slums are a natural development of India’s economic and political structure. Do you agree? Why the various slum development strategies in India have not delivered the required results? (15 Marks)

Question 2)

Art 356 should be the last resort to restore democracy in a state. Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

Indian Telecom Sector has achieved great success in the last 3 decades. But it has been facing turbulent times recently. In the light of above statement, discuss the specific challenges that telecom sector in India is facing. Suggest solutions. (15 Marks)

Question 4)

Imagine that you have been recently appointed as the head of the accounts department in a municipal corporation. Soon after you assumed your duties, you discovered that a clerk in your department was falsifying the payroll account by continuing to carry the names of some employees who have already been terminated. When the clerk picked up the payroll, he would pull out those cheques, endorse and cash them and keep the money. You have no difficulty in recognizing that this clerk is not only involved in unethical conduct but is also clearly violating the law. In this situation, the following two options are available to you. Which amongst these two would you choose as your response? Give logical arguments in support of your answer. (15 Marks) (1) Your responsibility for the image of the corporation may suggest firing the clerk quietly, involving as few other people as possible. (2) Your responsibility for maintaining the public trust may demand you to consider formal charges and prosecution.

Reviews will be provided in a week. (In the order of submission- First come first serve basis). In case the answer is submitted late the review period may get extended to two weeks.

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ANNOUNCEMENT – There is a change in format. Students will now have to post answers on the questions page separately by clicking on the links given below. We plan to track progress for each of the GS papers and to achieve the same, this modification becomes important. Students who are unable to post answers, please email hello@civilsdaily.com. You will receive a resolution for sure. 

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Question 1)

The 15th Finance Commission May Split Open Demographic Fault Lines Between South and North India? Discuss. What alternative criteria would you suggest for fair sharing of central resources between North and South Indian states, keeping in mind the population issue in hand? (15 Marks)

Question 2)

Examine the case that the Internet is one of the rights of an individual. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

In the context of the changing nature of work, what challenges do governments face, in providing social security to all it’s employed citizens? Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 4)

Mr. X worked in the human resources department that was interviewing applicants for a top job in a widget company. After reading many applications, one stood out way ahead of the others. Then he realized that he knew the applicant, Mr. Y. They had hung out together when they were teenagers. Mr. Y had been a wild kid and once was arrested for shoplifting and the possession of drugs. Mr. Y had completed mandatory counseling and, as far as Mr. X knew, Mr. Y had straightened out his life and had done well during the last twenty years. Mr. Y hadn’t indicated in his application that he had once been arrested and Mr. X feared that the company would never hire someone with a police record, no matter how minor or how long ago the offence was. Do you favor Mr. X revealing the information?

Reviews will be provided in a week. (In the order of submission- First come first serve basis). In case the answer is submitted late the review period may get extended to two weeks.

*In case your answer is not reviewed in a week, reply to your answer saying *NOT CHECKED*. If Parth Sir’s tag is available then tag him.

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ANNOUNCEMENT – There is a change in format. Students will now have to post answers on the questions page separately by clicking on the links given below. We plan to track progress for each of the GS papers and to achieve the same, this modification becomes important. Students who are unable to post answers, please email hello@civilsdaily.com. You will receive a resolution for sure. 

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Question 1)

The male reformers of the 19th century treated women as subjects of their modernizing project and could not imagine them to be their conscious equals claiming agency for their own emancipation. Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 2)

Comment on the nature of the separation of powers envisaged by the constitution of India. How successful has been the constitutional scheme in the Indian context? Discuss. (15 Marks)

Question 3)

What are the roadblocks in the success of the Clean Development Mechanism? What ways can be found to tackle the issue of financing climate change? (15 Marks)

Question 4)

As the Housing society in Faircity, an older community in Honestopolis, is in a dilapidated state, the Municipal Corporation of Honestopolis (MCH) has declared the area appropriate for redevelopment appointing you as project director. You have a team of two specialists, Prateek and Tarun, and the mandate is to determine which of the houses should be rehabilitated and which must be demolished. Prateek and Tarun, report to you about Mrs. Sudha, who has lived in project area 1 for thirty years. Mrs. Sudha is now eighty-five years old, her husband is deceased and the little money her husband left her with has been so battered by inflation that it barely meets her basic living expenses. She has been neglecting the repairs on her home, which is now in a pretty bad shape. They sum up the condition of the house by admitting that according to the standards they have been applying elsewhere in the first project area, Mrs. Sudha’s home should be demolished and she be relocated somewhere else. However, Prateek cannot bring himself to recommend the destruction of the old woman’s home. He tells you that he knows what the law requires and what the MCH project guidelines specify, but it seems wrong. He argues that “Elderly people, when relocated often lapse into senility and sometimes death. We should not treat decent people who have worked hard all their lives as though they were disposable trash just because they do not fit in certain guidelines. ” However, Tarun does not agree. He feels as strongly as Prateek but not in the same way. “It is too bad about Mrs. Sudha, and all the Mrs. Sudhas who get caught in her predicament, but there is nothing we can do about it,” says Tarun. He tells you that MCH’s job is to rehabilitate the houses when it can and demolish when it cannot, and there are laws and rules and standards that must govern those decisions. He insists that we cannot go around making exceptions; we have to be fair with everyone and that means treating everyone equally. There must be no special favours, or everyone will demand an exception, and nothing will get done The only way is to follow the rules. What would be your objective responsibility in this case? Also, clarify what is your subjective responsibility? What would be your future course of action? Is there any other essential information that you would need in order to arrive at a suitable decision? If yes, what could be this information?

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This video discusses all aspects of UPSC CSE preparation from the angle of working candidates. People who prepare while they are in a job face unique challenges as well as are blessed with special strengths. The video highlights all these and shares tips and tricks which working candidates can apply to ensure the best results.

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