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Sir I referred pib report of Feb 2017 the interest rates are different here

i have purchased the flagship test series for prelims 2018, but the current affairs july(TS03) test is not showing in my ID. plz solve this problem

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Please tell me whether gst would be applicable for 2018 UPSC mains or not

GS PAPER 1 (MODERN HISTORY) The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. Q.1) Hume failed to develop Congress as safety valve but Indians successfully used him as a lightening conductor. Comment. source: NCERT   GS PAPER 2 (POLITY & GOVERNANCE) Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections… Continue reading 31 July 2017 | Target Mains: GS Questions With Official Answers

GS PAPER 4 ETHICS & INTEGRITY Q.4) – You are posted in some part of the country as the superintendent of police. A lower caste engineer boy married a higher caste teacher girl in a highly patriarchal and stratified society in your area. In the rage of anger and outrage the patriarchs call meeting of… Continue reading 29 Jul 2017 | GS 4 | You are posted in some part of the country as the superintendent of police. A lower caste engineer boy married a higher caste teacher girl in a highly patriarchal and stratified society in your area. In the rage of anger and outrage the patriarchs call meeting of panchayat and decide to punish the couple and severely punish the boy to teach a lesson to lower caste so that such incident would not be repeated in future. Knowing this the couple rushes to your office for protection from the members of upper caste, some of whom chased them to the SP office. Your office has been gheraoed by upper caste people and they demanded handing over the couple for action decided by the Panchayat. Given below are some alternatives before you: (i) You will hand over the couple to the crowed and leave their fate on the rationality of the panchayat members. (ii) You will protect the couple and persuade them to respect and accept the caste based system of marriage; separate and say sorry publicly in Panchayat with a legal statement that they will never meet again. (iii) You will keep the couple under police protection and try to pacify the crowed and persuade them to allow the two adults to decide about their lives on their own. (a) Disucss the merits and demerits of each alternative? (b) Which is the best thing/ best course of action to do for the police officer in this case? Give reasons for your answer. (250 words) (20 marks)

(GS PAPER 3 INTERNAL SECURITY) Security challenges and their management in border areas Q.3) The construction of border fence by Myanmar will be injustice to the people on both sides of the Indo-Myanmar border. Critically discuss. Source: http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/border-fence-an-absolute-essential-india-myanmar-border_pschhonkar_060217

GS PAPER 2 (POLITY & GOVERNANCE) Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; Q.2) Being insensitive to the challenges faced by the most deprived castes and communities, the amendment defeats its very purpose which is enabling children to enjoy their right to education.… Continue reading 29 Jul 2017 | GS 2 | Being insensitive to the challenges faced by the most deprived castes and communities, the amendment defeats its very purpose which is enabling children to enjoy their right to education. In the light of the above statement critically examine whether child labour amendment act 2016 will be able eradicate the problem of child labour in India.

GS PAPER 1 (MODERN HISTORY) The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country. Q.1) Hume failed to develop Congress as safety valve but Indians successfully used him as a lightening conductor. Comment. source: NCERT

Please increase no. Of attempts in test series

GS4 ( Ethics in Human Actions) We are witnessing increasing instances of sexual violence against women in the country. Despite existing legal provisions against it, the number of such incidences is on the rise. Suggest some innovative measures to tackle this menace. YKA

GS3 (Economics) Competition is the best means of ensuring that the ‘Common Man’ or ‘Aam Aadmi’ has access to the broadest range of goods and services at the most competitive prices. Throw light on this statement keeping in view the digital sector. CD-oped Mint

GS2 ( Indian Constitution) With the introduction of PIL, the post-Emergency Supreme Court is very rarely a court for judicial review and far more often, the court for judicial populism. Comment. CD-oped LegalservicesIndia