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Question no. 1 : Jutland peninsula is located in between
1) Black sea and Caspian sea
2) Adriatic sea and Ligurian sea
3) Barent sea and White sea
4) North sea and Baltic sea
Question no. 2 : In the figure below, if l // m // n then m∠P = ?

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1) 140o
2) 130o
3) 111o
4) 70o

Question no. 3 : Consider the following statements

I) Art. 123 empowers the President to promulgate ordinances.
II) He can promulgate ordinances only when both or either of the Houses is not in a session.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct ?
1) Only I 
2) Only II
3) Both I and II 
4) Neither I nor II

Question no. 4 : Charaka, the most celebrated authority on Ayurveda was the court physician of ……

1) Samudragupta 
2) Chandragupta II
3) Hala 
4) Kanishka

Question no. 5 : As per Tendulkar Committee, number of BPL households in India stands at …..

1) 7 crore 
2) 8 crore 
3) 9 crore 
4) 10 crore

Question no. 6 : Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the Constituent Assembly of India ?

1) Constituent Assembly was constituted under the scheme formulated by Wavel plan.
2) Constituent Assembly was partly elected and partly nominated.
3) Constituent Assembly was constituted in Nov 1946.
4) Mahatma Gandhi and M. A. Jinnah were not the members of the Constituent Assembly.

Question no. 7 : The main reason for alarming population growth is …..

1) People get incentives / rewards for more  children.
2) Frequent changes in central government.
3) Reduction of death rate.
4) People refuse to do family planning.

Question no. 8 : Which of the following is a correct sequence of ports in India from North to South ?

1) Kadlore, Karikal, Kochin, Kolam
2) Karikal, Kolam, Kochin, Kadlore
3) Kochin, Kadlore, Kolam, Karikal
4) Kolam, Karikal, Kadlore, Kochin

Question no. 9 : Weight of an object reduces when it is moved from 

1) equator to poles.
2) poles to equator.
3) centre of earth to top of mount Everest.
4) centre of earth to surface of earth.

Question no. 10 : Which of the following is not a part of Panchayat Raj Institutions ?

1) Zilla Parishad 
2) Panchayat Samiti
3) Gram Panchayat 
4) Municipal Council
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1) 0.0002 
2) 0.002 
3) 200 
4) 2000

Question no. 12 : Which of the following rights is recognized as a legal right ?

1) Right to vote
2) Right to property
3) Right to freedom of religion
4) Right to constitutional remedies

Question no. 13 : Tarapore committee submitted its report on full convertibility of Rupee in 

1) capital account
2) current account
3) both in current and capital account
4) loan account

Question nos. 14 and 15 : In each of the following number series one term is wrong, which has been given as one of the alternatives. Find the same.

14. 1, 2, 5, 11, 17, 26, 37
1) 37 
2) 5 
3) 11 
4) 26

15. 216, 125, 65, 27, 8, 1

1) 65 
2) 125 
3) 8 
4) 27
Question no. 16 : Which of the following is a mechanism instituted by Government of India to promote infrastructure development ?
1) infrastructure gap funding.
2) viability gap funding.
3) finance gap funding.
4) technology gap funding infrastructure
Question no. 17 : In which of the following instruments the final image is inverted ?
a) telescope, 
b) microscope, 
c) binocular, 
d) periscope,
e) digital camera, 
f) optical camera
a) b) c) d)
e) f)
1) a, b 
2) a, b, d, f 
3) a, f 
4) a, b, f
Question no. 18 : Which of the following ocean currents are not associated with North Atlantic ocean ?
1) Labrador 
2) Gulf stream 
3) Kamchataka
4) Benguela 
5) Canaries 
6) Kuroshio
1) 4, 6, 3 
2) 1, 6, 5 
3) 3, 2, 4 
4) 4, 2, 5
Question no. 19 : According to the World Bank‟s measurement of poverty, which of the following parameter is absent ?
1) participative citizenship
2) humiliation and indignity
3) health
4) human development
Question no. 20 : Mendeleef‟s system of classification of elements became very important because –
1) it was the first attempt to classify elements.
2) he was the first person to propose law of octaves.
3) he could predict existence of some unknown elements and their properties.
4) none of these

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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 30 August 2014

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 30 August 2014

No review of nuclear doctrine, says PM.

  • India will not review its nuclear doctrine adopted during the first National

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Question no. 1 : Who was the First Indian to go to  jail in performance of his duty as a journalist ?   
1) Dadabhai Naoroji 
2) Lokmanya Tilak   
3) G. K. Gokhale 
4) S. N. Banerjee
Question no. 2 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
List I (Tiger Reserves)      List II (State)  
A. Bandipur                    1. Arunachal Pradesh  
B. Simlipal                      2. Uttar Pradesh  
C. Namdapha                 3. Karnataka  
D. Dudhwa                     4. Orissa  
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2  
 3) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
Question no. 3 : If there were five Fridays in  February of 2008, then in the year 2012 which day  will appear five times in February ?  
 1) Monday 
 2) Tuesday  
 3) Thursday 
 4) Wednesday
Question no. 4 : In which medical treatment,  principles of osmosis are involved ?  
 1) blood transfusion 
 2) bypass surgery   
 3) dialysis 
 4) artificial breathing
Question no. 5 : ............. is acting as apex  institution to fulfil financial needs in the rural areas.   
1) R. B. I. 
2) S. B. I.  
3) District co. op. Bank 
4) NABARD
Question no. 6 : According to the Constitution of  India, a new All India service can be instituted with  the initiative taken by ..........  
 1) The Rajya Sabha.  
 2) The Lok Sabha.  
 3) The Inter-State council.  
 4) More than 2/3 of the states.  
Question no. 7 : Which of the following alphabets  represents Sudan in the following map ?

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 1) A 
 2) B 
 3) D 
 4) C  
Question no. 8 : How many squares are there on a  chess board ?  
1) 64 
2) 168 
3) 204 
4) 256  
Question no. 9 : Which Indian ruler conquered  Java and Sumatra ?  
 1) Rajendra Chola I  
 2) Rajraja Chola I  
 3) Samudra Gupta  
 4) Gautamiputra Satakarni  
Question no. 10 : Match List I with List II and  select the correct answer using the codes given in  the alternatives :  
List I : Personalities      List II : Fields  
A. Jimmy Wales              1. Google  
B. Eric Schmidt               2. Wikipedia  
C. Biz stone                    3. Facebook  
D. Mark Zukerberg          4. Twitter   
 1) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
 2) A - 4, B - 3, C - 2, D - 1  
 3) A - 3, B - 4, C - 1, D - 2  
 4) A - 2, B - 1, C - 4, D - 3  
Question no. 11 : ‘Garibi Hatao’ slogan was given  in ........... five year plan.  
 1) third 
 2) fourth 
 3) fifth 
 4) sixth
Question no. 12 : Which statements amongst the  following is/are not true about the stem cells ?  
a) They are not specialised.  
b) They can divide and renew themselves for a longer period.  
c) They are found only in the embryonic stage.  
d) None of the above.  
 1) a, b and c 
 2) a and b  
 3) b and d 
 4) c only  
Question no. 13 : In which part of India maximum  bio-diversity is found ?  
 1) Purvanchal 
 2) Great Indian desert  
 3) Karnataka plateau 
 4) Gangetic plain
Question no. 14 : At the grass root level of  Panchayat raj institutions, Gramsabha consists of  ..........  
 1) entire population of the village.  
 2) persons registered in the electoral rolls of   the village.  
 3) all adults in the village.  
 4) all of the above    
Question no. 15 : The paintings of Ajanta depict  the stories of ......  
 1) Jataks 
 2) Ramayana  
 3) Mahabharata 
 4) Panchatantra  
Question no. 16 : The five year plans are approved  by ............  
 1) Planning Commission.  
 2) The Council of Ministers.  
 3) National Development Council.  
 4) Public Accounts Committee.  
Question no. 17 : Which strain of virus causes bird  flue ?  
 1) H2N2
 2) H3N1 
 3) H1N4 
 4) H5N1    
Question nos. 18 and 19 : Numbers are written  according to a certain rule. Identify the rule and by  applying the same rule, determine the number at the  question mark ?  
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1) 13

2) 26

3) 14

4) 33
19. YASHADA Logo

1) 12

2) 09

3) 18

4) 08
Question no. 20 : Match list I with list II and select  the correct answer using the codes given in the  alternatives.  
 List I (Author)                 List II (Book)  
 A. Arvind Adiga            1. The Inheritance of Loss  
 B. Arundhati Roy         2. The White Tiger  
 C. Kiran Deasi             3. Midnight’s Children  
 D. Salman Rushdie     4. God of Small Things
 1) A - 3, B - 2, C - 1, D - 4  
 2) A - 2, B - 1, C - 3, D - 4  
 3) A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3  
 4) A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4  
Question no. 21 : The British, for the first time,  conceded the demand for partition of India into two  parts under ........  
 1) Cabinet Mission plan.  
 2) Cripps Mission plan.  
 3) Simla Pact of 1945.  
 4) Mountbatten plan.  
Question no. 22 : If TRUCK = 146, CAR = 44, then/Va BUS = ?  
 1) 86 
 2) 84 
 3) 74 
 4) 96  
Question no. 23 : If A + B + C = 6 and R–O = 3 then / Va I ⋅D = ?   
1) 36 
2) 13 
3) 40 
4) 44  
Question no. 24 : Which of the following rivers is  a distributary ?  
 1) Tista 
 2) Hoogali  
 3) Chambal 
 4) Sabarmati 
Question no. 25 : Which of the following  statements are true about Raja Rammohan Roy ?  
1) His book on Christianity incorporated the moral  spiritual precepts of Jesus, as well as, narrations  of miracles.  
2) He defended the Vedanta philosophy from the  ignorant attacks of the Christians.  
3) In the meeting of the Brahmo Samaj he allowed  the Vedas to be read by all non-brahmins.  
4) He incorporated the best teachings of other  religions as well.  
 1) 1, 2 and 3 
 2) 3 and 4  
 3) 2, 3 and 4 
 4) 1, 2 and 4  
Question no. 26 : Which of the following sectors is  attracting the highest FDI ?  
 1) Electrical equipments  
 2) Information Technology  
 3) Telecommunication  
 4) Transportation  
Question no. 27 : Modern Periodic table is a result  of combination of Mendeleev’s theory and .........  
 1) Relativity theory.  
 2) Electronic configuration of atom.  
 3) Bohr’s atomic theory.  
 4) Quantum theory.  
Question no. 28 : Consider the following  statements regarding the Constitution.  
A) Directive principles of state policy was derived  from Canadian Constitution.  
B) India as a union of states with greater powers to  the union was derived from Australian Constitution.  
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct ?  
 1) Only A 
 2) Only B  
 3) both A and B 
 4) Neither A nor B  
Question no. 29 : In the adjoining figure

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Procedure followed in Service Allocation for CSE-2013

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Procedure followed in Service Allocation for CSE-2013

SERVICE ALLOCATION TO CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED BY UPSC BASED ON THE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION-2013

Service allocation to the recommended candidates by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on the basis of Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2013 to IAS, IFS, IPS and Central Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ Services has been made and uploaded by the Department of Personnel and  Training (DoPT), Government of India in its website on 14.08.2014. Service allocation to the candidates is done after taking into consideration
the rank obtained, preference of service indicated, status of medical fitness (I.e. fit for all services, ‘fit’ for only technical/non-technical services,  temporarily unfit or ‘unfit’ for all services etc), category of the candidate (i.e. Un-Reserved (UR)/Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST)/Other Backward class(OBC)/Physically Handicapped(PH)), vacancy available in a  particular service at his/her turn, meeting of Physical Requirement (PR) and Functional Classification (FC) criteria by the PH category candidates etc.

The General Merit (GM) candidates who have qualified without availing of  any relaxation admissible to their respective categories (OBC, SC & ST) are first considered for allocation for service against the unreserved vacancy (UR). But in case they get service of their higher preference they are allocated such service in their own category. Allocation to candidates under OBC category against vacancy reserved is done only after satisfying the fact that the candidate falls in the non-creamy layer segment. First,  service allocation to Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates is done  against the vacancy available in the relevant sub-category (i.e. Visually Impaired (VI)/Hearing Impaired (HI)/ Locomotor Disability and Cerebral  Palsy (LDCP)) as per their rank, findings of medical board, meeting PR&FC requirements, at their turn. Thereafter, service allocation to rest of the candidates other than PH category is finalized. UPSC has recommended names of 1122 candidates who had successfully cleared the CSE 2013. Service allocation has been done in respect of 981 candidates. Out of 981candidates allocated to various services, allocation to some of the candidates has been kept provisional because they have a  chance for up-gradation to a better service as per their preference due to non-receipt of medical status or lack of confirmation of creamy layer status in respect of candidates above them in rank. After such medical reports and  OBC status are finalized, provisional allocation may be confirmed with or
without up-gradation.

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 29 August 2014

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 29 August 2014

Great expectations from Modi’s Japan trip

  • India has “great expectations” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-day visit to Japan, his first bilateral trip outside the subcontinent

  • Underlining the importance of the East Asian region, Mr. Modi’s visit to Japan will be followed by a Vietnam trip by President Pranab Mukherjee in September.

  • External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj just concluded a visit to Vietnam.

  • Top business leaders, including Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Kumar Mangalam Birla, will travel separately to Japan in visits timed to coincide with high-level business interactions Mr. Modi will initiate with his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe.

1,400 children were sexually assaulted in U.K. town: report

  • The report, ‘An Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham,’ was commissioned by the Rotherham Borough Council.

  • Presented by its lead author Alexis Jay on August 26, the report puts the numbers of child victims of predatory gangs of sexual offenders at 1400, “on a conservative estimate,” over the period of the inquiry’s brief, from 1997 to 2013.

  • It paints a picture of a dysfunctional local administration in which the channels of communication between the police, child protection coordinators, and elected Councillors had broken down, resulting in a collective failure to take action on what at least three previous inquiries, in 2002, 2003, and 2006 had established.

Download Question Paper of Himachal PSC (HAS) Prelims 2013-2014

Question Paper for Himachal HAS Prelims 2013 2014

1. What was the exact constitutional status of the Indian Republic on 26th January 1950?

(A) a Democratic Republic
(B) a Sovereign Democratic Republic

Instructions for seeking exemption from attending Foundation Course for CSE - 2013

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Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2013 - Instructions regarding seeking exemption from attending Foundation Course (FC) starting 1st September, 2014

 

Candidates who have been allocated service to the IAS, IFS, IPS, and Central Services, Group-'A', on the basis of CSE, 2013 may note that they have to report for the mandatory Foundation Course from 1st September, 2014 to institutes to be indicated to them. They would shortly receive letters  to that effect from DoPT. The same letter could also be accessed in the DOPT's website through the web authentication code provided to the candidates after 20th August, 2014. However, for joining instructions candidates may also access the link www.lbsnaa.qov.in after 20.08.2014.

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 28 August 2014

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 28 August 2014

Odisha Civil Service prelims exam results scrapped

  • Just a day after the Orissa High Court ordered the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) to dispose of an application pertaining to Odisha Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination-2011, the Tribunal scrapped the results of the preliminary examination published in June.

  • Disposing of the application filed by Priyambada Das of Rourkela, the acting chairman of the Tribunal S. N. Das quashed the results and directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to publish afresh results within two months after awarding pro rata grace marks to students wherever required.

  • With this direction from the SAT, the OPSC is now in a quandary and there is confusion among students about the Main examinations, which were scheduled to begin on September 6.

  • OPSC sources said they would soon take a stand after examining the SAT judgment.

(Download) MPPSC : History Solved Question Paper

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MP PCS HISTORY SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

1. Which among the following Vedas is partly in prose ?

(A) Rigveda
(B) Samaveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Atharvaveda

Ans : (C)

2. Which one among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?

(A) Pattupattu
(B) Ettutogai
(C) Silappadikaram
(D) Tolkappiam

Ans : (D)

3. Who among the following has not quoted from the Indica of Megasthenese ?

(A) Pliny
(B) Strabo
(C) Diodorus
(D) Arrian

Ans : (C)

4. Who was the first to decipher the inscriptions of Ashoka and the Brahmi script ?

(A) Alexander Cunningham
(B) James Princep
(C) Max Muller
(D) Mortimer Wheeler

Ans : (B)

5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists—

List-I
(a) Stuart Piggot
(b) Subbarao
(c) B. and R. Alchin
(d) H. D. Sankalia

List-II
1. Personality of India
2. The Birth of Indian Civilization
3. Prehistoric India
4. Prehistory and Protohistory of India and Pakistan

Codes :(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 3 1 4 2

Ans : (B)

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 27 August 2014

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 27 August 2014

Insurance Bill may be cleared by year-end

  • Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed hope that Parliament will pass the Insurance Bill for raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 49 per cent by the end of this year, the first major economic reform proposed by the Narendra Modi Government.

  • The UPA Government had originally proposed raising the FDI cap back in 2008 when it introduced the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill. However, opposition from political parties, including the BJP, did not allow the Bill to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.

  • The Modi Government introduced a fresh Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill in Parliament earlier this month. It proposes a rider that management control rests in the hands of an Indian promoter alongside the eased FDI cap.

  • After the introduction of the Bill, the government moved 97 amendments because of which it could not be passed.

Report blames BJP MP for Saharanpur riots

  • The Meerut Commissioner in his report on last month’s riots in Saharanpur has reportedly blamed the local BJP MP, Raghav Lakhanpal, for fanning tensions, besides accusing district authorities of not controlling the rioting mob.

  • The report of Meerut Commissioner Bhupendra Singh is almost identical to the findings of a Committee set up Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and headed by senior Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav that had come down heavily on the local MP and BJP workers for their role in the riots that left three dead and gutted hundreds of shops.

Expected Cutoff for IAS PRE 2014 (GS & CSAT) Exam

IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam Expected Cutoff

UPSC Portal team analysed the Both paper for CSE 2014 and based on the expert panel here are the expected Cut Off Marks for UPSC Prelims examination 2014.

As you know there is no official cut-off from UPSC so You are encouraged to share your marks and discuss the matter with fellow aspirants to clear the air.
Best of Luck!!

  • General Candidates - 200-210

  • OBC Candidates – 190- 200

  • SC Candidates – 180-185

  • ST Candidates - 175-180

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 26 August 2014

Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 26 August 2014

Coal block allocations since 1993 illegal: SC

  • The Supreme Court pulled up the Centre on coal block allocations and declared all 218 allocations made from 1993 to 2011 illegal and arbitrary.

  • A Bench of Chief Justice R.M. Lodha and Justices Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph said the entire allocation of coal blocks as recommended by the Screening Committee from July 14, 1993, in 36 meetings and the allocation made through the government dispensation route suffered from the vice of arbitrariness and legal flaws.

  • In February 2012, the court ordered the cancellation of spectrum allocations and directed fresh auction.

  • The Bench said the consequences of declaring the allocations illegal would be considered on September 1 taking into account the investments made by companies for various projects and the procedure to be adopted for cancellation.

(Download) MPPSC : General Studies Solved Question Paper 2010

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MP PCS 2010 GENERAL STUDIES SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

1. Where is the Indus Civilization city Lothal ?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana

Ans : (A)

2. Mohenjo Daro is situated in—

(A) Sindh Province of Pakistan
(B) Gujarat
(C) Punjab
(D) Afghanistan

Ans : (A)

3. Which deity was not worshipped by the Vedic Aryans ?

(A) Indra
(B) Marut
(C) Varun
(D) Pashupati

Ans : (D)

4. The Vedanga consists of the—

(A) Kalp, Shiksha, Nirukta, Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
(B) Kalp, Shiksha, Brahman, Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
(C) Kalp, Shiksha, Nirukta, Aranyak, Chhanda, Jyotish
(D) Kalp, Upanishad, Nirukta, Vyakaran, Chhanda

Ans : (A)

5. The earliest available work of the Sangam Tamils is—

(A) Pattinappalai
(B) Tirumurugarruppadai
(C) Maduraikanchi
(D) Tolkappiyam

Ans : (D)

(Download) UKPSC: Judicial Service Civil Judge (JD) Paper - 2013 "Law (Revenue and Criminal Law)"

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Question Paper of Law (Revenue and Criminal Law) Exam-2013

Exam : Law-l l (Evidence and Procedure) Exam-2013

Booklet : Set 05

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Publish Date : 11-08-2014

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Question Paper of Law-ll (Evidence and Procedure) Exam-2013

Exam : Law-l l (Evidence and Procedure) Exam-2013

Booklet : Set 04

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Publish Date : 11-08-2014

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Question Paper of Law (Substantive Law) Exam-2013

Exam : Law (Substantive Law) Exam-2013

Booklet : Set 03

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Publish Date : 11-08-2014

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