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Answers: GS Mains Test Series – 2016 : GS Paper-3 (Set-2)

1.       Many suggest that Government should dismantle the minimum support price regime and Indian futures/spot markets should be used for estimating prices and enabling price discovery. Keeping in...

November 29, 2016

Answers: GS Mains Test Series – 2016 : GS Paper-2 (Set-2)

1.       To what extent, the doctrine of basic structure has established the Judicial Supremacy in the area of “amendment of the Constitution”? Explain. The Constitution makers had given...

November 29, 2016

Answers: GS Mains Test Series – 2016 : GS Paper-1 (Set-2)

1.       “The Indus Civilization arose and flourished by processes of change that were essentially local, yet it participated in a much larger world of trade, commerce and cultural...

November 29, 2016

NRI Woman completes solo car journey and creates Guinness Records

A 43-year-old NRI woman, Bharulata Kamble has completed her solo car journey of 32,000 kilometres from the United Kingdom to India traversing 32 countries in record 57 days....

November 29, 2016

GK & Current Affairs : November 28, 2016

1. The book “Swimmer Among the Stars” has been authored by whom? [A]Kanishk Tharoor [B]Nikunj Juneja [C]Amitav Ghosh [D]AK Ramanujan Answer: Kanishk TharoorNotes: The book “Swimmer Among the...

November 29, 2016

Archaeological excavation

Archaeological excavation is a core methodological process within the discipline of archaeology, involving the careful exposure, processing and recording of material evidence from past human activities. Excavation sites...

November 29, 2016

Archean

The Archean Eon constitutes the second major division of Earth’s geological history. It directly follows the Hadean Eon and precedes both the Proterozoic and the Phanerozoic. Representing an...

November 29, 2016

Archetype

Archetypes constitute fundamental patterns, models or prototypes that recur across human behaviour, cultural expression, literature, philosophy and psychology. They function as universal frameworks for understanding characteristic forms and...

November 29, 2016

Aspartic acid

Aspartic acid, represented by the symbols Asp or D, is an alpha amino acid central to numerous biochemical processes in living organisms. In its deprotonated form, it is...

November 29, 2016

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a prominent region of the Solar System situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Characterised by a vast collection of irregularly shaped rocky...

November 29, 2016

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