Pradhuman Yadav UPSC

So, resume your studies after a break. After all, during the preparation phase, there isn't really much room for festivals or exuberant celebrations. Just keep striving towards your goal; however, to keep your spirits up, take a half-day break once a week read something unrelated to your syllabus, watch a movie or documentary, or go for a walk.

Both essay was asked in UPSC mains 2023

Sunday Essay : 1. Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. 2. Not all who wander are lost. Write in 1000-1200 words, send your essay at answriting.volcano@gmail.com

Evolution of the tricolour (National Flag) 1907 : an early version was presented to Surendranath Banerjee, former Congress president, by Bhupendranath Dutt, the younger brother of Swami Vivekananda, called the Calcutta Flag. Swami Vivekananda’s disciple, Sister Nivedita, conceived a flag featuring the vajra, or thunderbolt. Sister Nivedita was a participant in the Swadeshi movement. Bhikaji Cama, a prominent figure in the Independence movement, unfurled a modified version of the Calcutta Flag in Stuttgart in 1907, thereby becoming the first Indian to hoist the Indian flag on foreign soil. During Annie Besant’s Home Rule movement. In 1917, she hoisted a flag with nine horizontal stripes — five red and four green — in Coimbatore. In 1916, Pingali Venkayya, a freedom fighter, published his book A National Flag for India, outlining his ideas for a national emblem. Five years later, Mahatma Gandhi asked him to design a flag with the charkha, the spinning wheel that had become a powerful symbol of self-reliance. During the Quit India Movement in 1942, the flag was to be hoisted by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. However, his arrest by the British meant that Aruna Asaf Ali performed the honours in Bombay.

The Golden Triangle of India’s Constitution as explained by the Supreme Court in Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978) suggests that Article 21 is related to Articles 14 and 19. Of the two, Article 14 is an antithesis to arbitrariness and the substantive natural justice emanates from it, whereas Article 19(1) incorporates procedural natural justice. Therefore, any arbitrary exercise of the power of arrest or detention would amount to a violation of the Golden Triangle. This has been the reason why the framers of the Constitution ensured that a delicate balance between authority and liberty is maintained and vibrant democracy in India is sustained.

Target 2027 - Preparing from scratch (Day 4) TH + TH notes + Basics (Geography) + optional (self) 10th class Geography Chapters : 1. Resources & Development 2. Forest & wildlife 3. Water resources 4. Agriculture The relevant homework for today's TH will be updated later in the day.

Assam’s deadly flood Experts believe the catastrophe may not have been caused by extreme rainfall alone. Satellite imagery has revealed extensive excavation, deforestation and other human interventions along the river’s upper reaches, particularly in Nagaland, raising concerns that decades of environmental degradation may have intensified the disaster. Coal mining, stone quarrying and shifting (jhum) cultivation have stripped large stretches of hill slopes of vegetation, making them increasingly unstable and vulnerable to erosion and landslides.

Target 2027 - Preparing from scratch (Day 3) TH + TH notes + Basics (Geography) + optional (self) 1. 9th Geography Chapters : Chapter 2 Shaping of the Earth’s Surface Chapter 3 Atmosphere and Climate The relevant homework for today's TH will be updated later in the day.

There aren't many points in the NCERT books for classes 6, 7, and 8th, so it is easy to cover these basics in a single day when you are just starting out.

TH Home Work - 11th August Q.1 What is Right to protest and relevant Supreme Court's observations in different cases Q.2 Reasons related to earthquake in Colombia and earlier in the Venezuela ? Q.3 Vulture conservation reserves in India ? Q.4 Go through the Area of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR) and protected areas in it

TH Home Work - 10th August Q.1 How the the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement (MJDA) could affect India’s interests in several ways ? (Mains points) Q.2 India’s position in USA led Board of Position ? Q.3 What is International stabilization force ? Q.4 Reasons related to flood in the eastern part of Assam. Is the inter states cooperation required to mitigate this issue ? (4-5 points)

Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve (ABR) The ABR spans 3,500 sq. km across Kerala (including parts of Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Idukki, and Thiruvananthapuram) and Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Theni, and Dindigul). It also covers protected areas as Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, the Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve, the Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. In Kerala, it includes the Periyar Tiger Reserve and the Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary.

Target 2027 - Preparing from scratch (Day 2) TH + TH notes + Basics (Geography) + optional (self) 1. 6th + 7th & 8th Geography chapters (basics but go through once) The relevant homework for today's TH will be updated later in the day.

Colombia is the world's largest cultivator of the coca plant and producer of cocaine. Most of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa. The top producers are the Ivory Coast and Ghana (UPSC Prelims) Chile is the world's leading producer of copper (Escondida, Antofagasta in the Atacama Desert)

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Q. Product : largest producer country 1. Coca : Ivory Coast & Ghana 2. Cocoa : Colombia 3. Copper : Chile Choose the correct pair/s

Divide the day into three parts: The first for the newspaper, the second for the basics (or, for advanced-level students, for Mains-related study), and the third for your optional subject.

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Target 2027 - Preparing from scratch (Day 1) TH + TH notes + Basics (Geography) + optional (self) 1. Geo's Important themes 2. Understand Geography related Questions in Prelims + Mains 3. Basic Sources of Geography The relevant homework for today's TH will be updated later in the day.

If you have appeared for the Prelims even once, you should write essays—regardless of the quality—because you will only become an expert gradually. At the very least, learn to write one essay a week.