| (IGP) CSAT Paper - I : Indian History - MCQ 1 Posted: 18 Oct 2011 12:45 AM PDT 
Ancient India History 1. Which one of the Civilisation is not associated with the Harappan Civilisation.
(a) Sumerian
(b) Egyptian
(c) Mesopotamian
(d) Chinese 2. Which of the following Veda was complied first?
(a) Rigveda.
(b) Samaveda.
(c) Yajurveda.
(d) Atharvaveda. 3. Jatakas are the Stories of:
(a) Buddha's life.
(b) Buddha's previous lives.
(c) The lives of the future Buddhas.
(d) None of the above. 4. When Alexander invaded India Magdha was being ruled by?
(A) Haryankas.
(B) Nandas.
(C) Sisunagas
(D) Mauryas. 5. The most important official post with vest responsibilities created by Ashoka was:-
(a) Rajuka
(b) Yukta
(c) Dharma maha matya
(d) Prativedaka Answer Key 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) Medieval India 1. The first medieval ruler to propound the divine theory of kinship was:
(a) Iltutmish.
(b) Raziya.
(c) Balban.
(d) Alauddin Khalji. 2. The first Sultan of Delhi to cross the Narmada and move to the South was:
(a) Iltutmish.
(b) Balban.
(c) Alauddin Khalji.
(d) Md. Bin Tughluq. 3. The University of Nalanda and vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of:
(a) Bakhtiyar Khalji.
(b) Ali Mardan Khalji.
(c) Mahmud of Ghazni
(d) Muhammad Ghori. 4. The first Indian ruler to have Concluded a series of treaties with the Portuguese was:-
(a) Krishnadeva Raga.
(b) Zamoria of Calicut.
(c) Sadasiva Raga.
(d) None of the above. 5. The Portuguese under the leadership of Vasco da Gama in 1498 first landed at:-
(a) Cochin.
(b) Calicut.
(c) Sui Lon.
(d) Pulicat. Answer Key 1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b) read more © 2011 www.upscportal.com ESSAY Guidance ProgrammeINTEGRATED Guidance Programme for IAS 2012(CSAT) :: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online. |
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| (Article) Growth for All with Sustainable Use of Resources: Civil Services Mentor Magazine October 2011 Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:16 PM PDT 
 Growth for All with Sustainable Use of Resources Today the main challenge in front of international community is to sustain and accelerate the process of poverty eradication and ensure food and energy security, particularly to developing countries while shifting gradually to a Green Economy. A green economy approach to development holds the potential to achieve greater convergence between economic and environmental objectives. Agriculture plays a critical role in determining food, water, ecological and livelihood security. Integrating the strategies and policies for a green economy into agriculture has to proceed with an absolute imperative of ensuring these and not forgetting the differentiated needs of subsistence agriculture and market-oriented crops. Also, transitioning to a greener model of agriculture will depend on the expeditious provision of green technologies and financial support to developing countries for productivity enhancement, improved resilience and diversification of production systems. Sustainable development and management of agriculture would benefit from sharing of best practices including farm and non-farm development, improved post-harvest management, integration of supply chains and strengthening of public distribution systems. Eradicating poverty is an indispensible requirement for sustainable development. A major cause aggravating poverty is the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production. Poverty eradication remains an overriding objective of governments in developing countries, and efforts to build green economies should contribute substantially to realizing that objective. Integrating green economy strategies and policies into poverty eradication, food security and energy security is an imperative for sustainable development.Food security and access to affordable clean energy are both crucial to eradicating poverty and promoting social development.The issue of energy security and universal energy access is intricately linked with economic development and growth, and rising energy needs to meet it. Energy poverty coexists with inefficient energy use in much of the world, which – given continued heavy dependence on fossil fuels – has been a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Understanding the flexibility or lack of flexibility of each country to change this energy mix and devising innovative methods to secure energy security are the need of the hour without compromising on the need for high economic growth to meet the aspirations of the people, especially in developing countries. Energy security is a multi-faceted concept. In the current context, the primary focus is on poor people's securing adequate energy supplies to raise their living standards, including through improved income generation, health and education. Renewable energy should be considered as an integral part of the solution to the energy needs of the poor, but that will only be feasible if it is affordable and technologically accessible. As affordability is a function in part of large-scale deployment and learning, the strategy to address energy poverty needs to be linked to a broader alternative energy strategy as part of a green economy.With respect to energy security, rural energy access remains seriously deficient in many developing countries, with well over a billion people lacking access to electricity and clean cooking and heating fuels. At the same time, even in urban areas, electricity is often underprovided and unreliable, especially for urban poor communities. This exacerbates poverty and closes off escape routes by limiting income generation opportunities as well as educational opportunities especially for girls. read more © 2011 www.upscportal.comESSAY Guidance ProgrammeINTEGRATED Guidance Programme for IAS 2012(CSAT):: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online. |
| (Article) Ganga, The mother in a curse: Civil Services Mentor Magazine October 2011 Posted: 17 Oct 2011 11:08 PM PDT 
 Ganga, The mother in a curse The World Wildlife Fund in March listed the Ganges among the world's 10 most endangered rivers. In India, the river provides more than 500 million people with water for drinking and farming. More than 100 cities and countless villages are situated along the 1,568-mile river, which stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, and few of them have sewage treatment plants. But recent reports by scientists say the Ganges is under greater threat from water pollution & even greater from global warming. According to a U.N. climate report, the Himalayan glaciers that are the sources of the Ganges could disappear by 2030 as temperatures rise. The shrinking glaciers also threaten Asia's supply of fresh water. The immediate effect of glacier recession is a short-lived surplus of water. But eventually the supply runs out, and experts predict that the Ganges eventually will become a seasonal river, largely dependent on monsoon rains. Arrangement at the Central Level The river cleaning program was started with Ganga Action Plan(GAP) in 1985 under the aegis of GPD established under the Ministry of Environment & Forest. A CGA under the chairmanship of the PM was constituted to finalise the policy framework and to oversee the implementation of GAP. The Chief Ministers of the concerned States, Union Ministers and Secretaries of the concerned Central Ministries and Experts were its members. The GAP was later extended to GAP II in 1993 and was broad-based in the form of NRCP in 1995. The GAP II was merged with NRCP in December 1996. Since then a single scheme of NRCP is under implementation as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. The CGA was renamed as National River Conservation Authority (NRCA) with a larger mandate to cover all the programmes supported by the NRCD. National Ganga River Basin Authority To face this challenge the Central Government by a notification on 20th February,2009, has set up the 'National Ganga River Basin Authority' (NGRBA) as an empowered planning, financing, monitoring and coordinating authority for the Ganga River, to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a holistic approach with the river basin as the unit of planning .The Authority will perform its function under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. It has as its members, the Union Ministers concerned, the Chief Ministers of the States through which Ganga flows viz., Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, among others. The Authority may co-opt one or more Chief Ministers from any of the States having major tributaries of the river Ganga. The objective of the NGRBA is to ensure effective abatement of pollution and conservation of the river Ganga by adopting a river basin approach for comprehensive planning and management; and to maintain minimum ecological flows in the river Ganga with the aim of ensuring water quality and environmentally sustainable development. read more © 2011 www.upscportal.comESSAY Guidance ProgrammeINTEGRATED Guidance Programme for IAS 2012(CSAT):: CSAT Sample Papers :: Current Affairs | CSAT Syllabus | UPSC MAINS PAPERS Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online. |
| (Result) West Bengal PSC: Half-Yearly Professional Examination: May 2011 Posted: 17 Oct 2011 05:24 AM PDT |
| (Download) IAS (Main) General Studies (Geography) Sample Paper: 2011 Posted: 17 Oct 2011 01:24 AM PDT 
Union Public Service Commission
IAS Main General Studies Geography Sample Paper 1. Answer the following (in about 250 words for each answer)
(a) Highlights the country specific approach of the Union Government in the field of water resources development with our neighboring countries. Suggest some suggestion which can be taken into consideration while formulating this policy.
(b) Efficient and reliable energy supplies are a precondition for accelerated growth of the Indian economy. In this context critically analyse the energy security policy of government India and also suggests some measures, to make India a energy efficient country. 2. Answer any two of the following in about 150 words each:
(a) The National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency.
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission
(c) National Mission for sustainable Agriculture. 3. Answer any two of the following in about 100 words each
(a) Differences between Himalayan River System and Peninsular river system. (b) Name the main physiographic divisions of India and give the salient features of each division. (c) Discuss the National Food Security Mission 4. Answer any two of the following about 150 words each
(a) Discuss about Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission.
(b) What are the major Components do the Integrated forest protection scheme?
(c) Highlights the differences between Maharatna Scheme and Navaratna Scheme 5. Write brief but precise note on any six of the following your answer should not exceed 50 words in each case
(a) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(b) Second Green revolution
(c) Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitran Yojana
(d) Coal Bed Methane
(e) Shale Gas
(f) Ultra Mega Power Project
(g) Dedicated freight corridor project. 6. Answer any three of the following in about 150 words each
(a) What are ways through which forest are destroyed? What happens when the forests are destroyed? (b) Discuss a road map to control flood in India. (c) Discuss about the inland water transport in India? (d) How far the inter-basin water transfer link can be helpful to tackle water problem in India? Analyse.
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