Sample Paper of "Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude" uploaded on UPSC website. It appears your Web browser is not configured to display PDF files. No worries, just click here to download the PDF file. source: http://www.upsc.gov.in/exams/misc/2013/samplepaper.pdf Recently UPSC has brought out some changes in civil services (Mains) examination and a new paper on ethics, integrity and aptitude has been introduced. Following is the core area on which emphasis has been...
The Constitution of India came into being on November 26th, 1949 which enshrined the powers of formation a new state to the Centre alone. This was done so as to ensure that reckless division of states for the petty motives driven by linguistic and cultural considerations of local leaders may not affect the ultimate goal of 'national integrity' which our nation strives for. So the Article 3 of...
India is a sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic. Democracy is one of the inalienable basic features of the Constitution of India and forms part of its basic structure (Kesavanand Bharati v State of Kerala and Others AIR 1973 SC 1461). The concept of democracy, as visualized by the Constitution, pre-supposes the representation of the people in Parliament and State Legislatures by the method of election (N P Punnuswami v...
* The Rajya Sabha today passed the much-awaited Companies Bill. * The Bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in December last year. * The Companies Bill, which will replace the nearly 57-year-old Companies Act, enacted in 1956. * This bill is aimed at protecting the interest of employees and small investors. * Now that both houses of Parliament have passed the Bill, it will go to...
Sources for Harsha's Period King Harshavardhan was one of the most efficient rulers who unified the north of India into one single segment after the decline of the Gupta Empire. He ruled India for a time period of forty years. He was also known as simply Harsha. His father was Prabhakar Vardhan and his brother was the king of Thanesar, Rajyavardhan. Harshavardhan unified the whole of northern India that...
Mention the term "marines" and the images of colonialism, gunboat diplomacy and great-power military interventions at once come to mind. It seems odd, then, that pacifist Japan wants to develop a marine force. Facing China's growing military power and Beijing's increasingly assertive regional policy, Japan may have no option but to make marines a critical element of its new defence strategy. Tokyo once had a formidable marine force....