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• Today's Important News: 05 September 2011
• (Online Course) Integrated Free Guidance Programme for Civil Services Examination
• BOOK ORDER FORM : Public Administration: UPSC Mains Examination Topic Wise Question Analysis
• (Paper) CDS: English Ordering of Sentences Solved Exam Paper (I) - 2007
• (Paper) CDS: General Knowledge Solved Exam Paper (II) : 2006

Today's Important News: 05 September 2011 Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:13 AM PDT Today's Important News (05-09-2011) As Per our Current Affairs Expert Mr. S.A. Majid. for any Guidance Call him at +91 9911626661 The Hindu National: Give up Vindictive Approach, Hazare Tells Government Standing Committee unlikely to reject 'sense of the House' resolution, says Jaitley Need to review parliamentary privilege: Aruna Roy "Fruits of Development Must Reach all People" International: No News India & The World: Pressure on tax authorities for U.K.-type treaty with Switzerland BRICS initiative on Syria Business News: A cautious approach to new banks S&T, Environment, Defence:  No News Sports: No News Others: No News Editorials & Articles: The Lokpal and the CBI So, was this a war for oil? Evaluating the macroeconomy The Times of India National: Mercy plea or Lokayukta: Can Prez and guv act in personal capacity? International: No News India & The World: No News Business News: No News S&T, Environment, Defence: No News Sports: No News Others: No News Editorials & Articles: Turn the corner The Indian Express National read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com FREE SAMPLE KIT FOR IAS MAINS TEST SERIES 2011. :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Online Course) Integrated Free Guidance Programme for Civil Services Examination Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:07 AM PDT Integrated Free Guidance Programme for Civil Services Examination Dear Candidates, As Civil Services aspirants, all of you are facing a number of problems, from choosing optional Subjects to what to read in General Studies and many more. These are the main hurdles between you and your Success. To tackle these problems, some of you are taking the help of Coaching institutions, but most of you who don't have this access are in a very difficult Situation. More over the Coaching institutions are Charging very high amounts from the candidates. However their guidance does not yield any result in the real examination. So this creates a very dim and confusing situation. To Sought out these problems, we are launching a free guidance Programme. Where you can avail the guidance of our experts. They will help you prepare in these following areas:- How to choose your optional subjects? What to read and how to read? What should be the right approach for this examination? Overall strategy and individual specific strategy. Suggested readings and many more. Along with these guidance programmes we are also providing. Important news and Articles from The Hindu, Times of India and Indian Express on a daily basis. Gist of news Articles and Editorials of The Hindu, Times of India and Indian Express on a weekly basis. Important Articles from Press Information Bureau and from various websites of Government Ministries on a weekly basis. Our main concern at the moment, is to create equality among the aspirants because the candidate who are staying in far flung areas or who are doing self study according to the popular notions are in a very disadvantageous position as compared with the candidates who are taking Coaching from reputed institutions. So by launching this programme, we believe in injecting some ray of hope among the Candidates who are suffering from this injustice. We hope you all appreciate this small effort of ours. Thank you S. A. Majid read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com FREE SAMPLE KIT FOR IAS MAINS TEST SERIES 2011. :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

BOOK ORDER FORM : Public Administration: UPSC Mains Examination Topic Wise Question Analysis Posted: 05 Sep 2011 02:09 AM PDT Order on Phone: Call 1800 102 3547  (Toll Free) - Flipkart.com BOOK DETAILS Medium: English Price: Rs. 140 Pages: 150 Publisher: UPSCPORTAL.COM Table of Contents Paper – I 1. Introduction 2. Administrative Thought 3. Administrative Behaviour 4. Organisation 5. Accountability and Control 6. Administrative Law 7. Comparative Public Administration 8. Development Dynamics 9. Personnel Administration 10. Public Policy 11. Techniques of Administrative Improvement 12. Financial Administration Paper – II 1. Evolution of Indian Administration 2. Philosophical &Constitutional Framework of Government 3. Public Sector Undertakings 4. Union Government & Administration 5. Plans and Priorities 6. State Government & Administration 7. District Administration since Independence 8. Civil Services 9. Financial Management 10. Administrative Reforms since Independence 11. Rural Development 12. Urban Local Government 13. Law & Order Administration 14. Significant Issues in Indian Administration Uncategorised Previous Years' Question Papers From (1987 to 2010) Glossary of Public Administration for IAS MAIN Administrative Committee and Commission HELP LINE! For any Help: CALL us @  011-45151781 Or Contact us Useful Resources For IAS Mains: All About IAS Mains Books For IAS Mains IAS Mains Discussion Forum IAS Mains Syllabus All About General Studies read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com FREE SAMPLE KIT FOR IAS MAINS TEST SERIES 2011. :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Paper) CDS: English Ordering of Sentences Solved Exam Paper (I) - 2007 Posted: 05 Sep 2011 12:25 AM PDT Combined Defence Services CDS General English Solved Paper (I) : 2007 (ORDERING OF SENTENCES) Directions (For the 15 items which follows): In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet. Example 'X' has been solved for you. X. S1: There was a boy named Jack. S6: At last she turned him out of the house. P : So the mother asked him to find work. Q : They were very poor. R : He lived with his mother. S : But Jack refused to work. Which one of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) R - Q - P - S (b) P - Q - R - S (c) Q - P - R - S (d) R - P - S - Q Explanation: The correct sequence in this example is R - Q - P - S which is marked by (a). Therefore, (a) is the correct answer. 1. S1 : The effect of books is two fold. S6 : But once printing had been discovered, it did not matter how soon you died or how many copies of what you had written were eaten by mice. P : Unless you can write it down, your poem or idea will probably die when you do. Q : They preserve knowledge in time and spread it in space. R : Suppose, for example, that you think of an important idea or a beautiful poem. S : Even if you do write it down, it perishes soon as the mice eat the paper. Which one of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) Q - P - R - S (b) S - R - P - Q (c) Q - R - P - S (d) S - P - R - Q 2. S1 : The accident occurred in just a moment. S6 : The cyclist was thrown a few feet away. P : The cyclist was blinded by a bullockcart moving slowly in the opposite direction. Q : The cyclist from the main road did not notice it. R : The result was a head-on-collision. S : A speeding car came from a side road. Which one of the following is the correct sequence (a) P - Q - S - R (b) S - R - P - Q (c) P - R - S - Q (d) S - Q - P - R 3. S1 : Man is a fighting animal as much as a thinking one. S6 Their pacificism is only a cloak for their weakness. S6 : There is no denying the fact that somewhere in the blood of everyone of us there is a war-dance. P : It is usually the weak and the cowardly who fight shy of war. R : It excites the inborn pugnaci ty in everyone. S : The sight of men fighting moves us strangely. Which one of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) Q - R - S - P (b) P - S - R - Q (c) Q - S - R - P (d) P - R - S - Q 4. S1 : It was dark and it was raining heavily. S6 : Except for the sound of the rain, all was quiet. P : With a sigh of relief, the tiger crawled under the thatched roof and lay down by the door. Q : He was wet and cold and his home was far away. R : A n old t iger ran through the rain looking for shelter. S : While hurrying to his shelter he saw an old hut. Which one of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) R - P - S - Q (b) S - Q - R - P (c) R - Q - S - P (d) S - P - R - Q 5. S1 : Tim Severin is a writer. S6 : Tim eventually found himself facing Atlantic Gale in a small boat. P : Researching seafaring legends intrigues Tim. Q : Tim is as likely to be found before the mast as before a typewriter. R : Tim is very keen on the ancient story of the travels of Brendan. S : Tim cannot stop shor t of a total reconstruction of historic voyages. Which one  of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) Q - S - P - R (b) R - P - S - Q (c) Q - P - S - R (d) R - S - P - Q 6. S1 : When he was only three years old, Mozart could pick out melodies on a clavichord. S6 : It was evident that he was a prodigy and a musical genius. P : While he was a very young child, he had started to compose music. Q : He published the first composi tion when he was twelve. R : By seven he had learned to play the violin and organ without instruction. S : By the time he was a young man, he had  played at concerts in most of Europe'sgreat cities. Which one of the following is the correct sequence ? (a) P - R - Q - S (b) R - P - Q - S (c) P - R - S - Q (d) R - P - S - Q read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com FREE SAMPLE KIT FOR IAS MAINS TEST SERIES 2011. :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Paper) CDS: General Knowledge Solved Exam Paper (II) : 2006 Posted: 04 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT Combined Defence Services CDS General Knowledge Solved Paper (II) : 2006   1.Which among the following is the first commercial bank of  limited liamibil  managed by Indians ? (a) Punjab National Bank (b) Oudh Commercial Bank (c) Imperial Bank of India (d) Bank of Baroda 2.Who among the following is the Chairman  of the Steering Committee to oversee the funct ions of the National Authority,Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ? (a) The President (b) The Prime Minister (c) The National Security Adviser (d) The Cabinet Secretary 3.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists       List I                                  List I I (Name of the Author)         (Name of the Book) A. Abut Fazl                         1. Tabqat-i-Akbari B. Nizamuddin                      2. Akbarnama Ahmad C. Krishnadeva                     3. Rajatarangini Raya D. Kalhana                            4. Amuktamalyada Codes:         A  B  C  D (a)    2   4  1   3 (b)    3   1  4   2 (c)     2  1  4   3 (d)     3  4  1   2 4.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Sheikh Shihabud-din : Sufi Saint Suharwardi (b) Chaitanya Maha : Bhakti Saint Prabhu (c) Minhaj-us Siraj : Founder of Sufi order (d) Lalleshwari : Bhakti Saint 5.When the Mughal Empire was collapsing, which of the provinces was lost in 1622 A.D., recovered in 1638 A.D. and finally lost in 1649 A.D. (a) Ajmer (b) Kashmir (c) Bengal (d) Kandahar 6.Who of the following kings was an ardent follower of Jainism ? (a) Bimbisara (b) Mahapadma Nanda (c) Kharavela (d) Pulakesin II 7.Which one of the following is a vector (a) Kinetic energy (b) Pressure (c) Rate of change of momentum (d) Density 8.Which of the following represents the correct graphical variation of velocity of sound and absolute temperature? (a)VT (b)VT (c)VT (d)VT 9. The power of lens is -2 D. What is its focal length ? (a) 2 m (b) 0.5 cm (c) 1.0 cm (d) 0.5 m 10.What is the maximum number of different electrical combinations possible with three equal resistances ? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 11. By what factor is a solution with pH = 2 more acidic than one with pH = 6 ? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 400 (d) 10 12. To which dynasty did Ashoka belong ? (a) Vardhana (b) Maurya (c) Kushan (d) Gupta 13.Which one of the following battles was fought between Babar and the Rajputs in 1527 ? (a) The First Battle of Panipat (b) The Battle of Khanwa (c) The Battle of Ghagra (d) The Battle of Chanderi 14.Which one of the following nations has recently pushed back its time and sync hronised with the Indian Standard Time ? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Bangladesh (c) Bhutan (d) Nepal 15.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List I                         List I I (Sun Temple)             (Location) A. Dakshinaarka         1. Goalpar a (A ssom) Temple B. SuryaPahar             2. Arasavilli (Andhra Pradesh) Temple C. Suryanaar               3. Gaya (Bihar)Temple D. Suryanarayana        4. Kumbhakonam Swamy Temple (TamilNadu)                                    5. Modhera (Gujarat) Codes:      A  B C  D (a)  4  2  5  1 (b)  3  1  4  2 (c)  4  1  5  2 (d)  3  2  4  1 16.Which one of the following towns celebrated the completion of one thousand years of establishment recently ? (a) Chamba (b) Shimla (c) Ranikhet (d) Kullu 17.Who among the following cricket players has/ have held the record for scoring the highest number of runs in an inning in a cricket test match at different times ? 1. Garfield Sobers 2. Matthew Hayden 3. Zaheer Abbas Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 1 and 2 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 18. How is Satyadev Dubey well known ? (a) Playwright and Director (b) A renowned economist (c) A renowned known environmentalist (d) A renowned Hindi poet 19. Asafa Powell, the 100-metres race world record holder is from which country ? (a) Jamaica (b) U.S.A. (c) Canada (d) Nigeria 20.Which of the following countries is not in the African continent ? (a) Togo (b) Sierra Leone (c) Costa Rica (d) Mauritania  21.What is the total number of matches which were played in the FIFA World Cup-2006 in Germany ? (a) 48 (b) 52 (c) 63 (d) 64 22. The words 'Satyameva Jayate' in the State Emblem of India, have been adopted from which one of the following? (a) Brahma Upanishad (b) Mudgala Upanishad (c) Maitreyi Upanishad (d) Mundaka Upanishad 23.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?  Lake                         Location (a) Superior                 US-Canada (b) Baikal                     Russia (c) Great Bear              Canada (d) Great Slave             Russia 24.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Line                                 Countries (a) Durand Line                 Pakistan and Afghanistan (b) Maginot Line                France and Germany (c) 38th Parallel                 Russia and Finland (d) Radcliffe Line               India and Pakistan 25.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists List I                             List I I (Symbol )                     (Important event of  life of Buddha) A. Elephant                 1. Renouncement of worldly pleasures B. Tree                        2. Birth of Buddha C. Empty Throne         3. Enlightenment D. Horse                     4. Representation of royalty read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com FREE SAMPLE KIT FOR IAS MAINS TEST SERIES 2011. :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

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