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2019-04-30 13:27:16+00:00
Admit Card released:
https://upsconline.nic.in/eadmitcard/admitcard_csp_2019/
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2019-04-16 12:51:10+00:00
Check your Mains 2018 marks here
https://upsconline.nic.in/marksheet/csm_nq_marks_2018/login.php
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2019-04-16 12:50:09+00:00
Check your Prelims 2018 marks here
https://upsconline.nic.in/marksheet/csp_premark_2018/login.php
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2019-04-15 13:17:53+00:00
Indian Forest Service 2018 Cut off
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2019-04-12 12:35:45+00:00
Mark list of Recommended Candidates.
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2019-04-10 09:27:54+00:00
CSE 2018 Cadre wise vacancies
#AcumenIAS
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2019-04-08 12:55:53+00:00
CSE 2018 cut off marks
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2019-04-07 22:36:39+00:00
Bombay Reef💡💡
✅Bombay reef is an atoll of the Paracel Islands, South China Sea.
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2019-04-06 14:44:05+00:00
INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEY
Rank 104
2014
Vajiram and Ravi full GS batch and Pub adm optional batch + test series
(Failed at Mains stage by ~ 100+ marks)
Problem I found behind failure:
- no writing practice for mains
- lack of content
- optional disaster
- left >250 marks overall blank
- overreliance on coaching , no self strategy
2015
No coaching for prelims- Practiced test series of Vajiram and Vision ias at home
Mains - Took vision test series
(Failed again at Mains stage - by ~50 marks)
Problems I found:
- less writing practice + no practice of essay writing
- lack of adequate content
- optional very big disaster ( thanku pub adm- 165 marks)
- left ~200 marks paper blank due to slow writing speed
- over reliance on coaching, no self strategy and guidance
2016
No coaching for Prelims- Self practice of 2 3 institutes test series at home
Mains- Vision ias Mains test series + forum mains Marathon at home answer writing practice + Lukmann test series for pub adm
Interview mocks - Vajiram and Ravi + Samkalp
(Missed final list cutoff by margin and toppers by a huge gap)
Problems I found-
- slow writing speed (left questions ~ 180 marks blank despite knowing most of it)
- optional disaster ( thanku pub adm :| )
2017
No coaching for Prelims
Mains - Joined MGP of forum for mains test series (wrote only 3 4 tests) + Pawan sir pub adm test series + Went to Current Affairs classes by Dipen sir of forum
Interview- Vajiram + Sankalp + Dhayeya ias (1 mock)
(Missed Final list cutoff by margins and toppers by a huge margin)
Problems found:
- slow writing speed ( left > 150 marks questions blank despite knowing it mostly)
- ignoring GS to give my best in optional
- lack of writing practice in GS
- underestimating others preparation levels
- over indulgence in givin gyaan to others rather than being self centric
- optional disparity (got 280+ marks this time but toppers got 350+ !)
2018
No coaching for prelims - self practice with 2 3 institues test series+ Open tests available online
Mains- Joined forum MGP ( wrote only 4 tests) + Self practice of lots of mains question papers of various test series at home + Pawan sir test series for Pub adm + Watched Dipen sir Current Affairs videos online
Interview - Vajiram (2+1 mock) + Sankalp (1mock) + unique (1mock )
PS- Help of few SECRET sources I never mentioned but were always there in background like Mrunal Videos+ Forum IAS Online COMMUNITY + a small serious peer group + a emotional support of family and few special kaminey dost in life + God's will = something which I consider most valuable and effective in my successful journey.
PPS- Sharing this to prevent misuse and abuse of my name by coachings unnecessarily. Beyond this if I am found lecturing in seminars etc please take it lightly as an act of courtesy to some personal bondings as I have been associated to almost all major coachings of delhi for one or other reason non related to my own preparation.
Thanks for bearing long post. Just for self satisfaction. I wish all TOPPERS and selected people share there objective coaching experience online so that people can cross verify for informed decision makings.
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2019-04-05 17:26:50+00:00
You are going to be alone in this fight, the fight to live your dream. You'll always be alone. May be by this time many of you might have realized it. However expecting someone else to understand your dream, your mindset and your urge to struggle, is a mirage. Be it your Parents, Siblings or Lover, at some point of your journey they'll abandon you and would expect you to abandon your dream to settle down in life. Settle down for something irrelevant to your dream.
But Never ever settle down for things you never wanted. Settle down with your dream only.
Those who were not able to make it into list this time , don't be disheartened, start afresh with more energy, more enthusiasm and be ready to fight again- The fight to live your dream💪
#AcumenIAS
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2019-04-05 13:38:31+00:00
Final result
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2019-04-05 10:02:53+00:00
UPSC CSE 2018 results will be announced📢 shortly... Stay tuned..
All the best to all candidates awaiting results...🎉
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2019-04-04 10:33:27+00:00
Tiger reserves in India 🐯
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2019-04-04 10:02:49+00:00
PowerOf18 🔅
✅ Campaign launched by Twitter India aimed at encouraging youth to contribute in public debates and participate in civic engagement for the 2019 general elections
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2019-04-02 18:42:05+00:00
National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC)🐬
🐬India and Asia's first National Dolphin Research Centre was set up in Bihar on the banks of the Ganga river in the Patna University premises.
🐬It will play an important role in strengthening conservation efforts and research to save the endangered mammal.
🐬Gangetic river dolphin is India's national aquatic animal.
🐬This Gangetic river species – found in India, Bangladesh and Nepal – is almost completely blind. It finds its way and prey using echoes – with sound.
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2019-04-02 18:30:46+00:00
Petroleum & Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) 🔥
✅It is a statutory authority with the responsibilities under the Explosives Act, 1884; Petroleum Act, 1934; Inflammable Substances Act, 1952, Environment (Protection Act), 1986.
✅PESO is a subordinate office under Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry'.
✅The Organization is headed by Chief Controller of Explosives with its headquarter located at Nagpur
(Maharashtra).
✅ It regulates and implement safety regulation norms in over 2.56 lakh licensed premises/units used for manufacture, storage, transport and handling of hazardous substances.
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2019-04-02 18:24:07+00:00
Hayabusa 2🛰
✅The asteroid-exploring spacecraft, Hayabusa 2, was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA).
✅It made history by releasing two moving rovers onto the asteroid's surface (primitive asteroid called
Ryugu).
✅ It would measure temperatures and magnetic fields, as well as investigating mineral composition with microscopes.
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2019-04-02 16:18:16+00:00
India Pride Project🔅
✳️It is a volunteer-network of private individuals interested in protecting Indian antiquities, that has been instrumental in the repatriation of several works of incalculable archaeological and aesthetic value
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2019-04-01 17:16:53+00:00
Nature of Activities in Eco Sensitive Zones(ESZ)♻️
There are 3 categories of activities-
1⃣ Prohibited- commercial mining, polluting industries, Major hydro-electric projects etc.
2⃣Regulated-Wing of trees, Establishment of hotels and resorts, Drastic change of agriculture system, widening &roads, introduction of exotic species etc.
3⃣Permissible- Rain Water Harvesting, Organic farming, Ongoing Agricultural Practices etc.
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2019-04-01 17:09:25+00:00
Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas🗺
✅It is a joint venture from the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative and the European Commission Joint Research Centre
✅ It is the first synthesis of global soil biodiversity research and its importance to our living world.
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2019-04-01 12:40:44+00:00
Invest India❓
🌀Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India and acts as the first point of reference for investors in India.
🌀It is set up as a nonprofit venture under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of India.
🌀Operationalized in early 2010, Invest India is set up as a joint venture company between the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry (35% equity), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) (51% equity), and State Governments of India (0.5% each).
🌀Thus, essentially, Invest India is a private company, unlike India Brand Equity Foundation – another investment promotion agency in India set up by the same Ministry – Ministry of Commerce & Industry
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2019-04-01 11:02:27+00:00
Accommodative monetary policy 💡💡
✅occurs when a central bank attempts to expand the overall money supply to boost the economy when growth is slowing (as measured by GDP). Accommodative monetary policy is also known as “easy monetary policy” or “loose credit policy.” Thus there is no scope for money supply to decrease with such a stance.
A neutral stance💡💡
✅affords a central bank “the latitude to swing either way” (money supply thus may decrease, keep steady or increase, depending on what the central bank decisions are with respect to repo rates, etc.
Improvisation 💡💡
✅what this stance indicates very clearly is that going forward there are only two actions in this particular rate cycle. Either we increase rate or we keep them steady
Calibrated tightening –💡💡
✅either decreases or keeps steady( money supply in economy)
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2019-04-01 10:56:15+00:00
Folk Art and
State
1. Dollu Kunitha-
Karnataka
2. Chhapeli-
Uttarakhand
3. Tamang Selo-
Sikkim
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2019-04-01 10:53:18+00:00
Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) 💡
✅It is formed by the Election Commission of India (ECI)
✅The committee is responsible for certification of advertisements, monitoring of news in print and electronic media and keeping records of all election-related news of candidates in the fray.
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2019-04-01 07:40:03+00:00
Azad Hind Government
✅The Provisional Government of Free India, or, more simply, Free India (Azad Hind), was an Indian provisional government established in occupied Singapore in 1943.
✅C. Bose was the leader of Azad Hind Government (AHG) and also the Head of State of this Provisional Indian Government-in-exile.
✅It was established by Indian nationalists-in-exile during the latter part of the Second World War in Singapore with monetary, military and political assistance from Imperial Japan.
✅It was a part of the freedom movement, originating in 1940s outside India with a purpose of allying with Axis powers to free India from British rule.
✅Pertinently, the role of Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) had been crucial in bequeathing a much needed impetus to India’s struggle for Independence.
✅It had been given a limited form of governmental jurisdiction over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
✅Azad Hind had diplomatic relations with nine countries: Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, Italian Social Republic, Independent State of Croatia and Wang JingweiGovernment, Thailand, the State of Burma, Manchukuo and the Second Philippine Republic
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2019-04-01 05:44:41+00:00
The International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) ❓
✅It is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
✅The IAEA was established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July 1957.
✅Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute, the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
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2019-04-01 05:42:53+00:00
Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy(PACT)❓
✅It is a programme created by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2004 to build upon the Agency’s experience in radiation medicine and technology, and enable developing countries to introduce, expand or improve their cancer care capacity.