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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 22 - Security

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 22 – Security

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) HQ: Kolkata, Ministry of Defence. Total 41 factories all over India Engaged in: Production, testing, logistics, research, development and marketing Indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment. Primary objective of self-reliance in equipping the armed…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 21 - Economy

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 21 – Economy

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. Senior citizens’ pension scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) for senior citizens aged 60 or above. It is solely operated by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Assured annual return of 8% for 10 years with government subsidizing LIC for any shortfall in actual return.…

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Prelims Booster – 2018 – Day 20 – Economy

Prelims Booster – 2018 – Day 20 – Economy

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. HYDROCARBONS EXPLORATION AND LICENSING POLICY (HELP) : govern the exploration of oil and gas resources in the country replacing the existing New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP). Uniform Licensing – single license for different types of hydrocarbons such as oil, gas, coal bed methane etc. Open…

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Prelims Booster - 2018 - Day 19 - Economy

Prelims Booster – 2018 – Day 19 – Economy

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. GST council : constitutional body set up as per Article 279A to decide issues relating to GST Members : Union Finance Minister – Chairperson + Union Minister of State, in-charge of Revenue of finance + Minister In-charge of finance or taxation or any other Minister nominated by each State…

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Prelims Booster - 2018 - Day 18 - IR

Prelims Booster – 2018 – Day 18 – IR

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. India-Israel Defence By 2000, India was acquiring surface-to-air missiles (Barak 1) and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) from Israel. With U.S. concurrence, Israel sold India the Phalcon airborne early warning system and mounted on the Russian Il-76, provided AWACs capability. Subsequent…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 16 - Miscellaneous

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 16 – Miscellaneous

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. The Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping launched INAM-Pro + in New Delhi. INAM-PRO =  web portal designed by National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL)  to bring cement buyers and sellers together INAM PRO+ = upgraded version of INAM-PRO to include…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 15 - Culture

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 15 – Culture

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. Sabarmati Ashram Built by Jivanlal Deshai in 1915. Gandhi ji shifted the ashram on bank of Sabramati in 1917. Idea of Ashmarm emanate from Tolstoy Farm (Phoenix Farm) of South Africa. Aka Harijan Ashram + home of Mohandas Gandhi from 1917 until 1930 and served as one of the main centres of the…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 14 - Social Issues

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 14 – Social Issues

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 clearly defines and classifies offences as petty, serious and heinous, and defines differentiated processes for each category. Juvenile Justice Board = power to assess whether the perpetrator of a heinous crime aged between 16 and 18,…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 13 - Social Issues

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 13 – Social Issues

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. To download books and notes, click here. India’s First Transgender Sports meet was organised by the Kerala State Sports Council at Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala = first state which formulated the Transgender Policy to enforce the constitutional rights of transgenders. Ministry of WCD : Promote registration of pregnancies in first trimester…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 12 - S&T

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 12 – S&T

    Backyard Worlds project : citizen science project launched in February 2017 + lets anyone with a computer and an Internet connection flip through images taken by NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Aims to discover new brown dwarf stars and other low-mass stars, some of which might be among the nearest neighbors of our solar system. Wide Field Infrared Survey…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 11 - S&T

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 11 – S&T

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. GSLV MK III Heaviest rocket to be launched from India till now + can lift payloads of up to 4000 kg to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and 10000 kg into the Low Earth Orbit. A three stage vehicle with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage engine (C25) = designed to carry heavier communication satellites into the Geosynchronous Transfer…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 10 - Environment

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 10 – Environment

  City Liveability Index ? Launched by Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)  A set of indicators to assess the liveability standards in cities. It will measure the quality of life in 116 major cities including capital cities and those with population over one million. Cities will be assessed on a comprehensive set of 79 parameters Marks scored will decide the quantum of incentive. Divided into 4…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 9 - Environment

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 9 – Environment

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM : To promote construction of environment-friendly buildings, Rajasthan government has adopted the green building rating system developed by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), which is part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Three primary Green building rating agencies in India Green Rating…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 8 - Environment

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 8 – Environment

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. First United Nations Ocean Conference was held in New York in June 2017 adopted a consensus of a 14-point Call for Action to conserve and sustainably use our oceans International Solid Waste Association also announced a task force on marine litter ocean and its resources facing various problems like acidification, coral bleaching and…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 7 - Security

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 7 – Security

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. Hawala – illegal in India. 2 major legislations that make such transactions illegal :  FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) 2000 PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) 2002 India-Myanmar border has a unique arrangement in place called the Free Movement Regime (FMR). FMR permits the tribes residing along the border to travel 16-km…

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Prelims Booster 2018 - Day 6 - Economy

Prelims Booster 2018 – Day 6 – Economy

To get more boost, click here. For more quizzes, click here. FRDI (Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance) Bill 2017 :  ensure early recognition of a financial firm, regulated by RBI, SEBI, IRDA or PFRDA, which could potentially be in trouble so as to lower the impact on the economy. deal with bankruptcy situation for specified financial sector entities like banks, insurance companies and…