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29-October-2023
What are the consequences of spreading of ‘Dead Zones’ on marine ecosystems?. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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29-October-2023
Define mantle plume and explain its role in plate tectonics. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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28-October-2023
Why is India taking keen interest in resources of Arctic region?. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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28-October-2023
Why is Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) needed? How does it help in navigation? (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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28-October-2023
Throw light on the significance of thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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28-October-2023
Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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28-October-2023
Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Discuss. (UPSC IAS Mains 2018 General Studies Paper – 1)
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27-October-2023
In recent times, there has been an increasing concern in India to develop effective civil service ethics, code of conduct, transparency measures, ethics and integrity systems and anti- corruption agencies. In view of this, there is a need being felt to focus on three specific areas, which are directly relevant to the problems of internalizing integrity and ethics in the civil services. These are as follows: • Anticipating specific threats to ethical standards and integrity in the civil services, • Strengthening the ethical competence of civil servants and • Developing administrative processes and practices which promote ethical values and integrity in civil services. Suggest institutional measures to address the above three issues. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 4)
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27-October-2023
In one of the districts of a frontier state, narcotics menace has been rampant. This has resulted in money laundering, mushrooming of poppy farming, arms smuggling and near stalling of education. The system is on the verge of collapse. The situation has been further worsened by unconfirmed reports that local politicians, as well as some senior police officers, are providing surreptitious patronage to the drug mafia. At that point of time a woman police officer, known for her skills in handling such situations is appointed as Superintendent of Police to bring the situation to normalcy. If you are the same police officer, identify the various dimensions of the crisis. Based on your understanding, suggest measures to deal with the crisis. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 4)
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27-October-2023
In a modem democratic polity, there is the concept of political executive and permanent executive. Elected people’s representatives from the political executive and bureaucracy forms the permanent executive. Ministers frame policy decisions and bureaucrats execute these. In the initial decades after independence, relationship between the permanent executive and the political executive were characterized by mutual understanding, respect and co-operation, without encroaching upon each other’s domain. However, in the subsequent decades, the situation has changed. There are instances of the political executive insisting upon the permanent executive to follow its agenda. Respect for and appreciation of upright bureaucrats has declined. There is an increasing tendency among the political executive to get involved in routine administrative matters such as transfers, postings etc. Under this scenario, there is a definitive trend towards ‘politicization of bureaucracy’. The rising materialism and acquisitiveness in social life has also adversely impacted upon the ethical values of both the permanent executive and the political executive. What are the consequences of this ‘politicization of bureaucracy’? Discuss. (UPSC IAS Mains 2019 General Studies Paper – 4)
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