tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59450859793561592602024-11-08T21:44:27.904+05:30........................................................................and his memoirs. Vivekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832905052734725279noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945085979356159260.post-73104835273644880772015-08-12T14:24:00.000+05:302015-08-12T18:07:32.573+05:30

Solutions for SSC CGL August 9th Morning Exam Hi ! I compiled detailed solutions for GS Questions of SSC Exam, the one held on August 9th Morning session. Here is the question Paper for GS Questions: SSC CGL 2015 Question Paper 1 SSC CGL 2015 Question Paper 2 SSC CGL 2015 Question Paper 3 Get the solutions from this Scribd File.    Detailed Solutions for GS

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Economic Survey 2015 is a special one, in the sense that it was presented this time, in two Volumes, each of 150 Page, departing from one Volume traditional ritual. Without much discussion, I will present 22 most important Images in this post, (from Volume 1) which unravel the mysteries of Indian Economics.  ( Btw, click here, if you wish to get your basics right, about Indian Economics,

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How to approach 'Indian Economics'  Paper* *Your Handwritten Notes – Both Paper 1 and Paper 2  -- Most Important *Focusing on the activity in Class, Discussions, PPTs, Q & A from Class. Learning the relevant content properly from Paper 1. Concerned Textbooks: Ahuja for Microeconomics Jhingan for Macroeconomics SB Gupta for Monetary Economics Mannur for International Economics

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How do Toppers crack such an exam ?  How do toppers do the preparation differently?  Are there any ingrained traits that toppers seemed to have? All of us have same books and sources right, then, how come, many fail and few succeed?  How should I prepare, such that success in competetive exams like Civils Exam is assured?  To answer all these questions, lets analyse what

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If you are an aspirant of Civil Services Exam (CSE), conducted by UPSC, then you must read, digest, analyse and criticise Economic Survey of atleast past two years. Skimming is not just enough. Today, the most awaited Economic Survey 2014-15 is out! Economic Survey is a flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The document outlines the broad

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Indian Flag  UPSC declared Indian Forest Service Exam results towards the end of February. Anshika Agrawal Topped it.  Here are few excerpts from India Today article:  With a second attempt, she was expecting her name to be in the list but not on top.  She dedicated herself to self study, in order to crack the exam. After finishing my post graduation I took some

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सत्सङ्गत्वे निस्सङ्गत्वं  निस्सङ्गत्वे निर्मोहत्वम् । निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलतत्त्वं  निश्चलतत्त्वे जीवन्मुक्तिः ॥ From Satsanga, company of good people, comes non-attachment, from non-attachment comes freedom from delusion, which leads to self - settledness । From self-settledness comes JIvan muktI. — Sri Sankaracharya, BhajaGovinda Stotram. "A

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Thanks to ITCSA, for Sharing the following ! Regards, Vivek R. Civil Service Vacancies since 2009: Service wise - Category wise Vacancies (CSE-2009) Sl. No.ServiceGeneralO.B.C.S.C.S.T.Total 1Indian Administrative Service6638189131 2Indian Foreign Service15101430 3Indian Police Service77392113150 4Indian P&T Accounts & Finance Service, Group 'A' 32117 5Indian Audit & Accounts

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Second Video : Third Video : Wow ! So many Wows in this Video ! Firstly, the mention of Swami Vivekananda (by that Singh Ji), in whose name, I roam around every day, with Pride, at IIT Madras. I think, he was paraphrasing this quote. One of my Favourites. "So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at

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Sant Meera Bai reveals glimpses of her love towards Lord Krishna, through her sweet पदावली, propelling you and me, to ponder about 'unconditional love' in which one doesn't demand this or that (all petty material things) for ones sake. And I think she prodded generations of the whole country, towards भक्ति मार्ग , when (if) they were doing intense soul search, and she

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Finally, the notification came, after eternity of waiting. And I understood, only towards the end, that why UPSC had to take a month of extra time, to put out the notification.(Btw, UPSC made me troll, as soon as I opened their notification pdf. I felt sad and ridiculed, looking at the very first page. Take a peek at this Snap-Shot, at point 3. After a month of time that they borrowed, is

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Alright, it sounded as if, DC was speaking to me, personally !Here are 5 URL's of my choice about recent news.Main change for aspiring babus !!!For a level playing field, PM set to clear UPSC makeover this week!Manmohan Singh approves changes in civil services exam patternMessed up with overhauling exam criteria UPSC keeps IAS aspirants guessing  Jai Hind !  Alright, btw, do you know,

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Spirituality is neither the privilege of the poor nor the luxury of the rich. It is the choice of the wise man.(By Sri Chinmayananda Saraswathi, From 'Life Positive')

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Snap from its last pageAlthough, the compilation is of Popular people, still it is a good 40 page feast to eyes. India, at its full colours, across the spectrum. And articles in it, about U.K. Sinha, Arun Shourie and D. Subba Rao were touching. Unlike many other reports, this has an elegant narrative, with a bit of funny anecdotes. Here is the link to Indian Express List of the most powerful

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--------------------------------- Dated:    01.02.2013 Subject: Notification of Civil Services Examination, 2013. The  Civil  Services  Examination,  2013  was  scheduled  to  be  notified  on 02.02.2013. However,  due  to  some  unforeseen  circumstances,  this examination  will  not  be

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In the light of the fact that UPSC will be issuing a notification on Feb 2, 2013, about Civil Services Exam 2013 - 2014, I am going to intensify my preparations, celebrating the notification of CSE. Posts from now, will be very specific and I will be zeroing them down, completely down to updating my preparation's Progress, and set of advises' here and there.Girl Child Statue at Library of

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Renowned Prof YS Rajan mentions about Vivekananda Study Circle, IIT Madras, in a CNN-iBN Programme.Here is the video :To know more about Prof. YS Rajan, go here : From Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagnaswami_Sundara_RajanHis Home Page : http://ysrajan.comStay tuned, for more !

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How to Avoid Spiritual Ego ? Vijay : What do you think is the worst thing, that an aspirer can have ?  Vivek : Yes, tell me. Vijay : Spiritual Ego.  Vivek : Please Explain. Vijay : The Ego, because of which, one might feel that he is superior to others, who ever are not spiritual or even less spiritual. So, while learning stuff, one must keep an eye, if their ego is

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These days, I kept on reading insane number of articles, ranging from world history to Economics to the current political scenario of the state. More the knowledge I seek any further, more and more gloom is snowballing into my brain. In my room, at dark times, i kept on repeating to myself, ignorance is bliss. At some time, I don't know when, I began to fall into this feeling that knowledge is

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So when I was spending yet another day in my life, I was asked, by one of my close friends, to suggest some reading material for a starter, who just made up mind for Civil Services Exam.I sent, a simple list of three things. Here it is.1. Go through every line of past 20 years prelims question papers, pedantically.  (For example : One can try this kind of book)2. Pick up the "Competition&

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Deepavali - The festival of Lights.Hello folks !Firstly, wish you a happy Deepavali!Here is a link to Wiki article of Indian Culture. I strongly think, one should understand intricacies of Indian Culture, the philosophy behind it, and the aim with which, Indian society tries to move forward, and facts, truths and fallacies of those arguments, for being able to serve it better. "The Indian

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This particular RSS feed from Physics Today is really good and will keep a serious physics aspirant updated, with perfect  news from all sources, abreast of these so many pop-sci news web papges, which just try to sell whatever is more  fancy.I strongly recommend this !http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/feed/Copy the above into your RSS reader, like Google Reader and Stay tuned,

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Hi !Here are two different life stories, of Srivatsa Krishna and Sagayam. It is very inspirational to look at life, from their perspective. One, as a dynamic leader, who goes on to big big things, and other, going to villages and sleeping there, and whipping other bureaucrats .. Go through them.  Stay Tuned. Share these articles. Come back, if you want some stimulus :-)

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(Thanks a lot to this page, which motivated me to focus more coherently on 2013 CSE) Here is that content, for your sake !Dear student friends ,There is uncertainty about change in the syllabus of civil services (main) examination. The entire speculation is hovering around the fact that in restructured syllabus optional subjects will be replaced by common and compulsory papers for all the

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DP Agrawal & His views on changing the exam format :Go through this TOI webpage. I am pasting here, its contents, for your quick look. Q. Do you feel the need to change the pattern of UPSC exam?Ans: Change in inevitable. The change in format of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam is necessary with rapid changes in our education system. The old method is not ineffective but

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