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• (Success Story) Asha Antony (Rank-156) for Civil Services Examinations 2011
• (QUIZ) Indian Polity MCQs: The Panchayats : (Paper -1)
• (Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (Elementary Mathematics)
• (Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (General English)
• (Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (General Knowledge)
• (Free Test Series) Comprehensive Test-I for CSAT (Paper–2)
• (IGP) IAS Pre: GS -Paper-1 - Indian Economy - Gist of NCERT : Liberalization
• (IGP) IAS Pre: GS -Paper-1- Geography - Gist of NCERT : Drainage System
• (Success Story) IAS topper C. Indhumathy (AIR-151) journey from Madurai to Mussoorie
• (Video) UPSC Topper 2011 Shena Agarwal (RANK-1)

(Success Story) Asha Antony (Rank-156) for Civil Services Examinations 2011 Posted: 08 May 2012 04:55 AM PDT My name is Asha Antony. I cleared the Civil Services Examination 2011 with 156th rank. My optional subjects were History and English Literature. I am a postgraduate in English Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala for which i secured the first rank. I also had the third rank for B.A. English Literature. I live in Kochi, Kerala. This is my third attempt. I started my preparations for civil services in 2008. I got guidance for the preliminary examinations from an academy in Thiruvananthapuram. I also took individual coaching from Mr. Jaykar Kamath of Kochi who gives coaching for competitive examinations. He told me about upscportal and I have been a regular visitor to the site since 2009. Since 2010, I have been preparing for the examination by myself at home. The site was a great blessing to me. The constant motivation from the team of upscportal and reading the stories of past and present aspirants made me feel that I was not alone. This is the most useful site related to competitive examinations. I got study material for all three stages of the examination. Getting the links to the NCERT books was aIso highly useful as earlier I had to spend much time enquiring about the same from school students. I ordered and bought books for preliminary and mains examinations from upscportal. The compilation of articles in The Hindu and the different magazines greatly helped me during the mains examinations. I used the magazine published by the site for ready reference. The weekly and monthly summaries of current affairs are a huge help to the aspirants as it saves a lot of time. Also the books which were ordered were sent quite promptly. I got a call from the office of upscportal after I ordered books for the mains examination enquiring whether I got them on time and wishing me the best. I also got an idea about about how to prepare for the interview and information about the service from this website. My interview preparation was almost completely guided by the upscportal. I'm highly indebted to the team at upscportal for my success in the examination. Thank you so much for your guidance and support. Your's faithfully, Asha Antony Optional Subjects: HISTORY, LIT.OF ENGL.LANG CSE RANK - 156 read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(QUIZ) Indian Polity MCQs: The Panchayats : (Paper -1) Posted: 08 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT Questions: 10 Attempts allowed: Unlimited Available: Always Pass rate: 75 % Backwards navigation: Allowed Start quiz© 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (Elementary Mathematics) Posted: 08 May 2012 04:10 AM PDT Combined Defence Services Examination CDS Examination (Paper - 1) : 2008 (Elementary Mathematics) Paper : Elementary Mathematics Size : 256 KB read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (General English) Posted: 08 May 2012 04:07 AM PDT Combined Defence Services Examination CDS Examination (Paper - 1) : 2008 (General English) read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Download) Solved Paper Combined Defence Services Examination : 2008 | Paper -1 (General Knowledge) Posted: 08 May 2012 04:04 AM PDT Combined Defence Services Examination CDS Examination (Paper - 1) : 2008 (General Knowledge) Paper : General Knowledge read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Free Test Series) Comprehensive Test-I for CSAT (Paper–2) Posted: 08 May 2012 02:04 AM PDT Comprehensive Test-I for CSAT Paper–II Passage I A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that is always was and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity of distress. It always receives us with the same kindness amusing and interesting us in youth comforting and convolving us in age. 1. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage? (a) books show the reader's character. (b) books as man's abiding friends. (c) books are useful in our youth. (d) the importance of books in old age. 2. According to the writer's 'a man may usually be known by the books he reads' because. (a) the books he reads affect his thinking and character. (b) his reading habit shows that he is a scholar. (c) books provide him a lot of knowledge. (d) his selection of books generally reveals his temperament and character. 3. Which of the following statements is not true? (a) good books as well as good men always provide the finest company. (b) a good book never betrays us (c) we have sometimes to be patient with good book as it may bore us. (d) a good book servers as permanent friend. Passage II Once an ant who had come to drink at a stream fell into the water and was carried away by the swift current. He was in great danger of drowning. A dove, perched on a near tree, saw the ant's danger and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to this, and was carried to safety. Sometimes after this a hunter, creeping through the bushes, saw the dove asleep, and took careful aim with his gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who was nearly, crawled forward and bit him sharply in the ankle. The hunter missed his aim, and the loud noise of the gun awakened the dove from her sleep. She saw her danger and flew swiftly away to safety. Thus the ant repaid the done for having saved his life in the foaming current of the stream. 4. The ant came to the stream (a) Fall into it (b) look at the swift current. (c) to carry back some water. (d) drink water. 5. The done was in danger, because. (a) a hunter wanted to care for it. (b) there was a bust nearby. (c) a hunter was about to shoot it (d) it had fallen off the branch. 6. The ant repaid the done by: (a) biting the hunter (b) warning the done (c) crawling near the hunter. (d) biting the done. Passage III When you sit in your local cinema hall enjoying the film that is being flashed on the screen in front of you, do you ever think of how films are made? Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people may have spent a year or even longer working very hard to produce a film which lasts a mere hour of two. Film making is nowadays a very big and complicated industry, involving large sums of money and occupying many hundreds of skilled technicians as well as actors and actress. What happens when a film company decides to shoot a film? There must, of course be a story. This may be based on a novel or a play, or it may be specially written for the film. From the story, whatever it is a shooting script has to be prepared, which shows all the scenes, the order in which they are to be photographed or shot, the way the actors are to speak and move, the position of the cameras for each scene and so on. Then the producer engages the actors and actresses, decides which scenes are to be taken in the studio and which outside or on location and make all the preliminary preparations. The directors is the man who tells the actors what to do, and shows then how to act each scene. It is his job to interpret the script and translate the author's word and instructions into a series living scenes. 7. Film industry is a big industry because. (a) we enjoy a film (b) actors and actresses are highly paid. (c) large sums of money and hundreds of technicians are involved. (d) films are time-consuming. 8. A film is flashed on the screen. (a) for an hour or two (b) for a year or even longer (c) for as long as we wish (d) for a few minutes. 9. The story of the film is based on (a) actors and actresses (b) a novel or a play (c) the 'shooting script' (d) the director is life Passage IV A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that is always was and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and interesting us in youth comforting and consolving us in age. 10. Which one of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage? (a) books show the reader's character. (b) books as man's abiding friends. (c) books are useful in our youth. (d) the importance of books in old age. 11. According to the writer's 'a man may usually be known by the books he reads' because. (a) the books he reads affect his thinking and character. (b) his reading habit shows that he is a scholar. (c) books provide him a lot of knowledge. (d) his selection of books generally reveals his temperament and character. 12. Which of the following statements is not true? (a) good books as well as good men always provide the finest company. (b) a good book never betrays us (c) we have sometimes to be patient with a good book as it may bore us. (d) a good book serves as a permanent friend. Passage V Once an ant who had come to drink at a stream fill into the water and was carried awasy by the swift current. He was in great danger of drowning. A dove, perched on a near tree, saw the ant's danger and dropped a leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to this, and was carried to safety. Sometimes after this a hunter, creeping through the bushes, saw the dove asleep, and took careful aim with this gun. He was about to fire when the ant, who was nearly, crawled forward and bit him sharply in the ankle. The hunter missed his aim, and the loud noise of the gun awakened the dove from her sleep. She saw her danger and flew swiftly away to safety. Thus the ant repaid the done for having saved his life in the foaming current of the stream. read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(IGP) IAS Pre: GS -Paper-1 - Indian Economy - Gist of NCERT : Liberalization Posted: 08 May 2012 02:01 AM PDT GIST OF N.C.E.R.T LIBERALIZATION Rules and laws which were aimed at regulating the economic activities became major hindrances in growth and development. Liberalization was introduced to put an end to these restrictions and open up various sectors of the economy. Though a few liberalization measures were introduced in 1980s in areas of industrial licensing, export import policy, technology up gradation, fiscal policy and foreign investment, reform policies initiated in 1991 were more comprehensive. Let us study some important areas such as the industrial sector, financial sector, tax reforms, foreign exchange markets and trade and investment sectors which received greater attention in and after 1991 read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(IGP) IAS Pre: GS -Paper-1- Geography - Gist of NCERT : Drainage System Posted: 08 May 2012 01:19 AM PDT Gist of NCERT DRAINAGE SYSTEM A river drains the water collected from a specific area, which is called its 'catchment area' The flow of water through well-defined channels is known as 'drainage' and the network of such channels is called a 'drainage system'. The drainage pattern of an area is the outcome of the geological time period, nature and structure of rocks, topography, slope, amount of water flowing and the periodically of the flow. read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Success Story) IAS topper C. Indhumathy (AIR-151) journey from Madurai to Mussoorie Posted: 08 May 2012 12:53 AM PDT Success Story IAS topper C. Indhumathy (AIR-151) journey from Madurai to Mussoorie Poolampatti, a small village about 15 kilometres from here, has been buzzing with activity since Friday evening as a 27-year-old determined woman from here has come out with flying colours in this year's Civil Services examinations. C. Indhumathy is set to become a role model for IAS aspirants in this region as she has secured 151 rank in the all-India Civil Services examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

(Video) UPSC Topper 2011 Shena Agarwal (RANK-1) Posted: 08 May 2012 12:38 AM PDT VIDEO: UPSC Topper 2011 Shena Agarwal (RANK-1) Speaking to CNN-IBN's Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Shena Aggarwal said there is no success formula to crack UPSC Civil Services exams. read more © 2012 www.upscportal.com Current Affairs For Civil Services Pre Examination - 2012 Get Your Dream Job. SUBMIT YOUR RESUME Online.

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