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Most precious diamond in the world
Capital Of Malaysia
Wife of former president bill Clinton
First person to climb the worlds highest peak
Member countries of G 7
Only former PM who voluntarily gave up SPG (Special Protection Group)
During Bill Clintons Mumbai visit in March 2000, security cover was provided by two local
private agencies. Name them?
9. Which noble laureate once studied at Delhis Lady Shriram College?
10. Which unique form of crowd celebration was popularized by spectators during the 1986
Football World Cup?
11. The Navy Day commemorates the Indian Navys first attack on which Pakistani city on
December 4?
12. Full form of CII?
13. What was Operation Flood and who started it?
14. Name the first ambassador of Luxembourg to India?
15. First Indian to be appointed the president of Inter-Pacific Bar Association?
16. Which country is the largest consumer of gold?
17. Ronaldo belongs to which country?
18. Who is considered the father of Russian rocket and missile?
19. Who is Afghans chief interim administrator?
20. Who is the chairperson of National Film Development Corporation
21. Which is Indias second highest peace time gallantry award
22. Who is the first Marshal of Indian air force?
23. The mineral water to bottled and marketed by Indian Railways is known as
24. Name the Russian built aircraft carrier to be inducted into Indian navy
25. Which was the satellite that India launched from French Guyana in January 2002?
26. Who is the first indain to win the French junior badminton title?
27. Who was the president of Bangladesh in year 2002?
28. Name the worlds first genetically modified monkey?
29. The name of the most powerful US Remote sending satellite with a resolution of 61 cm is
30. Which is the treaty that obliges Industrial Countries to reduce emissions of green house gases
31. Who is the first Indian woman grandmaster to win the two grandmaster norms
32. name the scientist who discovered a disinfectant capable of destroying anthrax bacterial within
seconds safely
33. Which is the commercial capital of china
34. Name the US military base in the Indian Ocean?
35. PM signed an agreement in Moscow for the construction of nuclear plant at which place in
India with the help of Russian collaboration
36. Which is the apex national organization of the cooperative housing movement in the country
37. Ice hockey is the national game of which country
38. Name the education channel launched by the HRD Ministry in collaboration with Doordarshan
39. The first Indian woman to climb Mt Everest is
40. Name the autor of Harry Potter series of novels for children
41. Which cities are connected by Grand Trunk Road?
42. Which is the official language of Goa?
43. Who wrote the National Anthem of Bangladesh?
44. Name the father of Indian Atomic Research?
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45. Sixteen technologically advanced nations are launching the largest man-made structure into
space called
Saturday, August 03, 2002

1. Who is BJP general secretary?
2. Which is the only industrial venture in Plachimeda village in Chittur taluk of Palakkad district
in Kerela?
3. Name the woman who served Rama fruits after tasting them herself to ascertain that they were
not poisonous in Ramayana?
4. Who are Nihang Sikhs?
5. Who is governor of Tamil Nadu?
6. Who is Punjab governor in 2002?
7. Who is US Deputy Secretary of State in year 2002?
8. In world cup football 2002, France(winner of last world cup) was eliminated in a very early
stage. Which other country in earlier world cups was eliminated at such an early stage?
9. Which was the 1st team to be eliminated from the world cup football 2002?
10. Where will the finals of the world cup football 2002 will be played?
11. Who bagged the telecast rights of the world cup football 2002?
12. Which country had played in 5 world cup but never won a single match?
13. Give the name of the official ball used in world cup football 2002?
14. Give the name of the official ball used in world cup football 1998?
15. Name the venue of world cup football 2006?
16. Which was the first African team to enter the world cup quarter finals?
17. Who wan the winner of world cup football 1962?
18. Who is Zinedine Zidane?
19. Who is Junichi Inamoto?
20. Who is Papa Bouba Diop?
21. Who is Henrik Larsson?
22. Who is Jon Dahl Tomasson?
23. Who is Pauleta?
24. Name the World Tel chief who signed Sachin Tendulkar for dollar 7.5 million ?
25. How was the world Tel chief Mascarenhas killed?

26. Name the 1st car company to endorse Sachin Tendulkar
27. Name Sachin Teldulkars wife, father and elder brother?
28. World Haemophilia Congress in year 2002 was held in which country?
29. Angioplasty is used to remove arterial blocks. But in many cases the blood vessel thickens
again within a few months. Name the drug which promises to remove the block once and for all?
30. What is hyperplasia?
31. Give the generic name of Sirolimus?
32. What is the name of the 2nd book in the series Harry Potter?
33. Who was elected Afghanistans head of state by delegates at the Loya Jirga?
34. Name the chairman of the Loya Jirga in 2002?
35. Name the 1st player to won the US open and masters in the same year? Also name the player
who has recently achieved this again?
36. When was the WTOs Trade Related intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS) agreement signed?
37. KOUROU, the rocket launching station is located in which of the following countries?
38. Name an ethnic minority living in the Chinese Province of Xinjiang
39. Sinn Fein is the political wing of which organization?
40. Who was declared as King of Pop at Cannes in france in January 2002?
41. Give full form of SAFTA?
42. The central government has launched the first ever subsidy based housing scheme for urban
slumdwellers called
43. In 1972 historic agreement was signed by US, UK and USSR ratified by 140 countries
prohibiting production and stock piling of bacteriological weapons. What was that agreement
called?
44. Gujjars are people of which state ?
45. Name the space craft which touched the atmosphere of mars recently for various
observations?
46. Who is the present Chief Justice of India ( On Thursday, June 20, 2002 )
47. Where is Chicken Neck?

48. Who is the new Naval Chief of India( on Thursday, June 20, 2002) ?
49. According to a 1996 treaty between Indian and Nepal, all Nepali goods except 3 items have
duty free access to India. Name these 3 items?
50. The resolution of Indias Remote Sensing Satellite TES is
51. The potential reserves of which resource is very high in Bangladesh?
52. Who is the director of the Indian film A dogs day which has participated in the 14th Tokyo
International Film Festival?
53. Who is the official sponsor of the Indian national team to the Asian Games 2002 to be held in
South Korea?
54. Name the rapid action volunteer force being developed by congress for immediate deployment
in communally sensitive areas?
55. Who is Noek Toppo?
56. Name the worlds tenth highest peak?
57. What was the name of the authority made to solve the dispute of Cauvery water sharing
between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka?
58. Name the oldest working steam engine?
59. Name the indias first indigenous railway?
60. Supersonic speed describes a speed in excess of Mach 1. Hypersonic describes the speed in
excess of
61. Chronometer is an instrument to measure
62. In which of the following will a piece of iron weigh most?
(a) in air
(b) in an atmosphere of oxygen
in an atmosphere of CO2 (d) in vacuum
63. the theory that the earth constituted the center of the universe around which the sun, and the
planets revolved was propounded by
64. Who discovered that the free fall acceleration is the same for any object at a given place?
65. One horse power is equal to how many watts?
66. Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre located?

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67. Where is Space Applications Centre located?
68. Where is Indian Space Research Organization located?
69. Where is satellite launching station located?
70. Where is Indias nuclear power station located?
71. Where is Indias rocket launching station located?
72. Where is Indias atomic research center located?
73. Name the only planet rotating about its axis east to west?
74. Name the only planet which is slightly reddish in color?
75. What is Ofek 5 ?
76. How does Green Pine Radar work?
77. Tell something about arrow anti missile?
78. Name the RBI governor?
79. Name one important power enjoyed by CAT( Central Administrative Tribunal) & SAT(State
Administrative Tribunals)
80. What does the Section (28) of the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 state?
81. Name the CBI director?
82. Name the commission that is investigating the tehelka expose of defense deals?
83. Who is Steve Fosset?
84. Who was the last Indian monarch to own Kohinoor diamond?
85. Name the Bangladeshi PM?
86. Name the only candidate who was not the official candidate but then also won the president
election?
87. Name one of the recommendation made by the constitutional review commission headed by
Justice M. Venkatachaliah related to President?
88. What is article 86?
89. Which parties nominated Lakshmi Sahgal as the president candiate?

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90. Name the person who won Magsaysay award for pioneering water harvesting technique in the
foot hills of the Aravallis in Rajasthan?
91. What is Asian Premium related to Petroleum Imports?
92. Which is the biggest film industry in the world?
93. Name the film which won the golden Lion award for the best film at Venice?
94. Name the first Indian professional golfer to qualify for the US open?
95. Name the first Indian to qualify for the Japanese professional golfers Association tour?
96. Name the society who built the first hindu temple in the US?
97. Name the first Turkish side to lift the UEFA cup when they beat Arsenal in the May 2000
final in Copenhagen?
98. Name the national sport of turkey?
99. Tell something about the stadium where world cup 2002 football was held?
100. Name the Indian captain who was invited by the Ten sports channel for commentary during
football world cup 2002?
101. Who is Apolo Anton Ohno?
102. Name the group set by USA to expedite the purchase of dozens of items that New Delhi
sought from Washignton?
103. What is AN/TPQ-37?
104. What is the name of the rehabilitation package for the victims of the communal carnage in
Gujarat announced by PM Atal Behari Vajpayee?
105. Name the first and last position holders in the ranking according to Human Development
Index (HDI) in the year 2001?
106. Related to India what are the recent changes in Visa-On-Arrival policy of Sri Lanka?
107. Tell something about a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between India and
Australia?
108. What type of missiles are Prithvis, Akash and Trishul?
109. Indian and US navies are holding joint patrolling of which area?
110. Tell something about fast track policy for defence procurements

1. What is Parkinsons disease?
2. Who and when was Parkinson disease discovered?

3. Which is the infertility awareness month?
4. Name the afghan vice president who was recently shot and killed?
5. Name the governor of Jharkhand?
6. Sukh Ram was president of which party and who is the new president of this party?
7. Name the satellite testing range of ISRO?
8. What is Pinaka(related to weapons)?
9. What is Lakshya( related to aircraft)?
10. What is Development Reform Facility (DRF)?
11. What is the dispute related to DRF?
12. Name the father of Farooq Abdullah (Kashmir)?
13. Who is the chairman of Hurriyat?
14. Full form of ULFA?
15. What are MP5 guns?
16. Where is Uri hydro electric complex located?
17. What is truth serum?
18. State article 20?
19. State article 21?
20. Name the worlds largest grassroot refinery?
21. Where is Central Ordnance Depot located?
22. Name the person who bagged two golds and a silver in the 49th edition of the advertising
festival?
23. What was the name of the 1st film made on Bhagat Singh?
24. What happens in the disease Pulmonary Hypertension?
25. How does Viagra works in curing Pulmonary hypertension?
26. Name the first person to cross the 5200 mile journey across the Atlantic on a jetski?
27. Who was the winner of world cup football 1970?
28. Who holds the national record for running the most marathons?
29. Name an Indian born person who will be honoured with the Order of British Columbia (O.B.C)
for her outstanding contribution to social welfare in north America?
30. Name the prime minister of Malaysia?
31. Name the prime minister of Philippine?
32. Name the capital of Malaysia?
33. Give the name of processor faster than Pentium(Latest Processor)?
34. Tamil Nadu police recently arrested whom under POTO?
35. Give the full form of FICA and what is its function?
36. Where is Indian Institute Of Remote Sensing located?
37. Who won the mens singles Wimbledon Championship 2002?
38. Who won the womens singles Wimbledon Championship 2002?
39. Who won the mixed double in wimbledon championship 2002?
40. Give details of recent decision that FDI in print media is allowed?
41. In Malaysia is FDI allowed in print media?
42. What is stealth technology?
43. Name the first girl of Indian origin to join the England Womens cricket team?
44. Who will head the feature film jury for the 49th National Film Awards?
45. Where will the headquarters for the proposed East Central Railway be located?
46. Name the Iceland President?
47. Name the company that is selling satellite images of strategic installations and troop
formations to both Pakistan and India?
48. Name the newest nation of the world?
49. Name the prime minister of Malaysia and Philippine?
50. Name the new capital of Malaysia?

1. Give full form of ASEAN?
2. Where was a recent meeting of ASEAN countries was held and what was the agenda of the
meeting?
3. How many countries are member of EU?
4. Is Russia a Market economy?
5. Tell something about a recently signed defense pact between Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Armenia and Belarus?
6. Full form of NATO?
7. Is Russia member of NATO?
8. Name the first European nation to guarantee animal rights in its constitution?
9. When was the first UN childrens summit held and illustrate its few salient features?
10. Give salient features of the new sanction imposed by UN on Iraq?
11. Where was G-8 energy summit held?
12. Members of G-8?
13. How many nations are member of common wealth?
14. Name 2 nations which have been suspended by common wealth?
15. What will be the effect of this suspension? Also how can this suspension be removed?
16. Recently elections were held in Netherlands. Which parties were the winner in these elections
and before these elections which party was in power?
17. Whose appeal was rejected by European Court of Human Rights? The appeal was related to
right to die plea?
18. What is the latest way of measuring universe age?
19. Give full form of TADA?
20. Venue of the Asean Regional Forum?
21. Name the largest and the 2nd largest Muslims country in the world?
22. Name the father of Chemmotology: the science of motor oils, lubricants and additives?
23. What are the diseases caused by the deficiency of iodine?

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24. Where is the Interim Test range located where BRAMHOS was tested?
25. Tell something about BRAMHOS?
26. What are the advantages of drinking tea?
27. What is green tea, oolong tea and black tea?
28. What is the effect of cholesterol lowering drugs called Statins?
29. What is the latest discovery from the Mars Odyssey orbiter?
30. Name few of the instruments present in the Mars Odyssey orbiter?
31. After Odyssey which is the next mission being planned to Mars?
32. Australian scientist are trying to recover which extinct animal through DNA replication?
33. How are they trying to recover this extinct animal?
34. Which country has succeeded in cloning pig carrying human DNA?
35. Some recent researches have concluded that a modified version of the deadly anthrax bacteria
could help in fighting cancer. Comment on this?
36. Give the name of the 22nd amino acid discovered recently?
37. In which country chemistry originated?
38. Who is the present Chief Justice of India?
39. What is the maximum permissible gap between 2 sitting of a house?
40. Name the Indian ships being used for patrolling of Malacca Straits?
41. Who is Niel Christian Nielson alias Kim Davy?
42. Name the Nordic nations?
43. Name the courses recently started by Union Human Resource Development ministry for
students aspiring to become priests?
44. Full form of PWG and where is it located?
45. Name the tallest residential building in India?
46. Besides L.K.Advani who else have been the Deputy Prime Minister of India?
47. Who is 29th finance minister of India?
48. Full form of IPO?
49. Full form of SEBI?
50. Where is Indira Gandhi Institue for Development Research located?

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1. Why India is not thinking of privatizing Railways?
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2. Name the worlds largest drug frim?

3. Full form of HFC, FCI and PPCL?
4. Name the terrorist who was awarded the death sentence by Pakistan court for abducting and
murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl
5. Few things announced recently by PM for NRI?
6. To whom the patent for the use of turmeric powder in wound healing was awarded?
7. Give the GDP( Gross Domestic Product) growth for ninth plan(1997 2002)?
8. GDP growth during eight plan(1992-97)?
9. What for P.N.Bhagwati committee was setup and discuss one of its recommendation?
10. Recently World Bank approved loans for 2 road projects. Where are these projects situated?
11. The 26% equity stake in IPCL(Indian Petrochemicals Limited) has gone to whom?
12. What is the function of Delimitation Commission? Who approve the appointment of this
commission? When last delimitation exercise was completed?
13. Name the first agricultural job portal of the country?
14. What does Article 174 states?
15. What is the difference between Recession, Depression and slow down?
16. Name the first and only credit card launched exclusively for teenagers?
17. Who are rodents animals?
18. What is the difference between hares and rabbits?
19. What is cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery?
20. Who is Warren Anderson?
21. Full form of DRDO?
22. Name the latest invention by DRDO related to chemical warfare?
23. Name the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton?
24. Tell something about the most expensive painting ever sold?

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25. Where is the venue of the Commonwealth games 2002?
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26. Name the government owned Delhi power supply company?

27. Which committee recommended that history of 1962, 1965 and 1971 should be made be
public?
28. Name the only Indian in Swiss Guard?
29. Name the worlds third largest tobacco firm?
30. Who is the most experienced test cricket umpire?
31. When the Afro Asian games held?
32. Who is the Chief de Mission of the Indian contingent for the common wealth games to be held
in Manchester from July 25 to August 4?
33. Recently boxer Mitchell Rose filed a suit against whom and why?
34. Who is the president of FIDE?
35. In 1993 Garry Kasparov started another tournament system sponsored by which group?
36. Who won the Eurotel World Trophy (Chess) contest held at Prague?
37. Who won the womens national A championship (Chess)?
38. Who won the Italian Open Tennis tournament?
39. Who won the Family Circle Cup(tennis)?
40. Who won the Rome Masters Series (Tennis)?
41. Who won the Mens , Womens Asian Squash Championship?
42. Venue of the finals of the Asian Squash Championship?
43. Who won the AFC womens Under 19 Championship (Football)?
44. Who won the Champions cup football title?
45. Who won the Thomas Cup?
46. Venue of Thomas cup?
47. Who won the Uber cup?
48. Who is the youngest player to cross 8000 runs?

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1. Name the player who made the highest and 2nd highest runs in test cricket?
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2. Name the youngest wicket keeper to score a test century?

3. What is Agri Intex and where is its venue this year?
4. Where will the 18th International Ramayana Conference held?
5. Name a regional party in Uttar Pradesh recognized recently by Election Commission?
6. Ban on LTTE was extended by the central government for how many years and under which
act?
7. Full form of LTTE?
8. What is the new name of the Booker Prize?
9. DD-India (Formerly known as DD-World) is available thorugh which satellite?
10. When was DD-World Launched?
11. Which is the warmest year?
12. Name a recent virus which activated as soon as the email was opened, irrespective of whether
the attachment was opened?
13. Name the state which bagged the 1st prize for generating public awareness about nonconventional energy sources?
14. Name the only union territory to have a 24 hours free emergency phone service for children in
need?
15. Name the President & Prime Minister Of the East Timor?
16. Who was Abdul Gani Lone and why was he in news recently?
17. Why was Aung San Suu Kyi was in news recently?
18. Why was Alexander Lebed in news recently?
19. Who is president of France?
20. Who is Dileep Padgaonkar and which honor was given to him by France?
21. Name the first Indian to sky dive over both the North and the South pole?
22. Who is Rajendra Pachauri?
23. Name the speaker of Lok Sabha?

24. Who is Robert Hanssen?
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25. Why was Attorney General Of India Soli J Sorabjee was in news recently?
26. Who is the Prime Minister of France?
27. Name the worlds second space tourist?
28. Name the worlds first space tourist?
29. Who is Jeffrey McMahon?
30. Name 5 major rives flowing through Pakistan?
31. In India all the above river flows in which direction?
32. Who is Miss Universe in the year 2002?
33. Venue of the Miss Universe 2002 contest?
34. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship for the year 2001 was given to whom?
35. Sansktriti Vaibhav Puraskar was awarded to
36. Full form of BIFR?
37. The state which has the maximum number of registered sick companies with the BIFR is
38. The state which has the maximum amount of money invested in registered sick companies is
39. Worlds Biggest Hydroelectric Project
40. First recipient of the nations highest military gallantry award
41. What is full of POTA?
42. Which is the partner country with India in the 15th international engineering & technology fair?
43. From which country is India procuring Advanced Jet Force?
44. Which warrior asked his troops to obtain drinking water by desalination sea water?
45. Which is presently the most remote man-made object in the outer space?
46. Venue of International Congress of Nutrition held in August 2001?
47. Recently Indian Air Force decided to phase out the MiG-23 & MiG-25 from its fleet of fighter
aircraft. Why?
48. What type of plane are MiG-23 & MiG-25?
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Larry Ellison
Supreme Purple Star
Kuala Lumpur
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Norgay along with Edmund Hillary. On May 29, 1953
Japan , UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy(These are world richest economy)
V.P.Singh
Nproperty Guards and Trig Guard
Aung San Surrounding Kyi. She accompanied her mother Daw Khin Kyi who was appointed
Burmas ambassador to India in 1960, to New Delhi and studied at Lady Shriram College.
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991
10. The Mexican Wave . A wave effect formed when crowd I stadia rise from their seats in
succession, massively popularized at the football World cup in Mexico in 1986
11. Karachi. December 4 is celebrated as Navy Day every year, sice that was when IN Osa-1 Class
missile boats successfully attacked Pakistans naval port in Karachi in 1971
12. Confederation Of Indian Industry
13. Operation Flood helped in increasing production of milk in India and it was started by
Vergehese Kurien
14. Paul Steinmetz , lawyer by profession
15. Ravi Nath [ Inter Pacific Bar Association(IPBA) consists of 2000 lawyers from all over the
world. IPBA came into being 12 years ago, is based in Tokyo and has members from Australia,
new Zealand, Western Europe and North America
16. India
17. Brazil, he is a football player
18. Koralyev
19. Hamid Karzai
20. Hema Malini
21. Kirti Chakra
22. Arjan Singh
23. Rail Neer
24. Admiral Gorshkov
25. INSAT 3C
26. Anup Sridhar
27. Adrudozza Chawdhury
28. ANDi
29. QUICK BIRD
30. Koyoto Protocol
31. Koneru Hampi
32. Apostolos Georgopolous , from Austria
33. Shanghai
34. Diego Garcia
35. Tamil Nadu
36. National Co-operative Housing Federation of India
37. Canada
38. DD Gyan Darshan
39. Bachendri Pal
40. Ms J.K.Rowling
41. Kolkata and Amritsar
42. Konkani
43. Kaiser-e-Hind
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44. H.J.Bhabha
45. ISS (International Space Station )
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47.
1. Vinay Katiyar
2. Coca Cola Plant
3. Savari
4. They belong to martial tradition begun by the tenth Guru of the Sikhs
5. P.S.Ramamohan Rao
6. Lt Gen J.F.R.Jacob
7. Richard Armitage
8. Brazil in 1996 world cup. 1996 world cup was held in Paris
9. Saudi Arabia . It lost to Cameroon
10. Yokohama
11. Ten Sports, the Dubai based channel owned by magnate Abdul Rahman Bukhatir
12. South Korea
13. Fevernova , manufactured by Adidas
14. Tricolore
15. Germany
16. Cameroon , 12 years ago
17. Brazil
18. Frances football player
19. Japans football player
20. Senegal football player
21. Sweden football player
22. Denmark football player
23. Portugal football player
24. Mark Mascarenhas
25. In a road accident near Nagpur
26. Italian company Fiat Palio
27. Wife: Anjali, Father: Anand Mehta, Elder Brother: Ajit
28. Spain
29. Sirolimus, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson
30. Hyperplasia is used when there is an increase in the number of cells in a tissue
31. Rapamycin
32. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
33. Hamid Karzai
34. Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar
35. Jack Nicklaus in 1972. Recently Tiger Wood did it again. In all is the 5th man to achieve this
36. It was signed in the 1986 94 Uruguay round
37. French Guyana
38. Uygurs
39. IRA
40. Michael Jackson
41. South Asian Free Trade Agreement
42. Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojna
43. The Biological Weapons Convention
44. Jammu & Kashmir
45. Odyssey
46. S. P. Bharucha
47. North Bengal
48. Admiral Madhvendra Singh
49. Alcohol, Cosmetics and Tobacco
50. 1m
51. Natural Gas

52. Murali Nair
53. Samsung
54. Sadhbhavana Ke Sipahi
55. He is Olympian and asian gold medal winner. He represented the senior Indian hockey team
from 1960 to 1969
56. Annapurna 1 in Nepal
57. Cauvery River Authority (CRA) headed by the Prime Minister and comprising the two chief
ministers as members. It was constituted in 1998.
58. Fairy Queen: Built in 1855 by Kitson Thompson and Hewttson of Leeds, UK.
59. Jodhpur Railway, On 24th June, 1882, Jodhpur saw the first train run between Kharchi and
Pali
60. Mach 5 [ Mach is the ratio of the speed of an object to that of sound if this ratio is one, then
we say the speed of the object is Mach 1, if it is two, then Mach 2.
61. It is an accurate clock which keeps accurate time at all temperature . It is used in navigation
of sea
62. Buoyancy is zero in vacuum. Therefore, weight is most in vacuum Next comes air, then
oxygen and least in CO2
63. Ptolemy
64. Galileo
65. 1HP = 746 Watts
66. Thiruvananthapuram
67. Ahmedabad
68. Bangalore
69. Sriharikota
70. Kalpakkam
71. Thumba
72. Mumbai
73. Uranus
74. Mars
75. It is a spy satellite developed by Israel.It sees if missile silos are readying for launch and
tracks missiles after launch.It was designed to monitor Syrian and Iranian missiles. It is
designed to track and destroy Scud missiles
76. It can follow dozen of trajectories of missiles simultaneously. This has also been developed
by Israel
77. It flies at Mach 9, destroys incoming missiles at high altitudes
78. Bimal Jalan
79. Their judgment cannot be called into question by any court including the high court
80. No court except the Supreme Court (and in some specific cases the Industrial Tribunal
Labour Court) shall have or be intitled to exercise any jurisdiction/powers or authority in
relation to recruitment or service matters
81. P.C.Sharma
82. Venkataswami Commission
83. He is an US citizen who is trying to Ballonist around the world
84. The descendants of Duleep Singh, the dispossessed son of Punjabs Ranjit Singh
85. Begum Khaleda Zia
86. V.V.Giri is 1969
87. It has recommended that instead of president appointing a person who he thinks can
command a majority, the lok sabha elect its leader along with Speaker
88. It empowers the president to send messages to either house and the house is bound to
condider the matter
89. CPI and CPI(M)
90. Rajendra Singh
91. It was introduced in 1987 and according to it the asian countries have to pay $1 to $1.50
more than the countries in Europe and America for middle east crude oil
Origins of Asian Premium
The collapse of the netback pricing policy of the middle east oil producers in 1986 was key
reason for the establishment of the western and eastern formulae pricing for crude oil.
Eastern customers were made to pay a higher price than western customers
92. Indian Film Industry
93. Mira Nairs Monsoon Wedding
94. Jeev Milkha Singh
95. Jeev Milkha Singh
96. Vedanta Society and in San Francisco in 1906
97. Galatasaray
98. Soccer
99. The stadium is situated in Sapporo in Hokkaido. The architect of the stadium was Hiroshi
Hara
100.
Baichung Bhutia
101.
US Olympic speed skating gold medallist
102.
US-specific Security Cooperation Group (SCG)
103.
It is a gun locating radar. These radars are designed to pinpoint long range mortars,
artillery and rocket launchers after tracking a shell for only a few seconds. The system then
relays precise information for counter fire, tracking, correcting and improving the counter
barrage as it is under way
104.
Package for economic rehabilitation
105.
Kerala, Bihar
106.
India has been included in this policy. Earlier India has been bracketed with Iran and
Afghanistan in being excluded from the policy
107.
It has been signed to increase tourist and to increases bilateral cooperation in the
sphere of tourism.
108.
Prithvis: is a surface to surface missile having a range of 150-250 km
Akash: is a medium range surface to air missile
Trishul: Short range naval version of akash
109.
Malacca Straits
110.
Under the new policy, defence ministry officials can go abroad and directly
negotiate essentially required procurements.
! The Rs 146 crore weapon locating radar (WLR) deal with the US recently was
the first procurement under the new policy
! The procurements will be made with respect to 3 levels of defence planning:
long term perspective planning (15 years) for all 3 services, five year acquisition
plans for each service and annual plans
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1. Parkinsons disease is a neurological disorder that affects a small area in the brain.
2. James Parkinson in 1817
3. June
4. Abdul Qadir
5. Manadagadde Rama Jois
6. Himachal Vikas Congress and the new president is Sukh Rams son Anil Sharma
7. Sriharikota Range
8. Multi barrel rocket launcher
9. Pilot less aircraft
10. It is Rs 25000 crore fund announced by Yashwant Sinha as Finance Minister. It was proposed
to support the most backward districts and states through DRF. Funds from this facility were to be
available to states where development process has suffered due to lack of own resources. But
disbursement of funds from DRF has been linked to achieving reform milestones like
transparency in government by states seeking to avail of this facility
11. Whether district s infested with naxalites should be included in this scheme
12. Sheikh Abdullah
13. Adul Gani Bhat
14. United Liberation Front Of Asom
15. It is a light long range machine gun with negligible recoil and is used in anti terrorist
operations
16. J&K
17. In this process doses of Sodium Pentothal are administered and this drug lowers inhibition and
makes people more communicative
18. It is clearly against compeling someone, even if he is accused of committing a crime, to be
witness against himself.
19. It grants protection to an individual from any inhuman or degrading treatment
20. Jamnagar refinery with a capacity of 27 million tonne annually
21. Jabalpur
22. Piyush Pandey director of Ogilvy & Mather
23. Shaheed made by Manoj Kumar in year 1965
24. It is a lung disorder where the blood vessels supplying the lung shrink. As a result, pressure in
the arteries of the lungs increases and the patient experiences difficulty in breathing
25. It works by boosting the nitric oxide metabolism in the wall of the pulmonary artery. In small
doses, the drug prevents the breakdown of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cyclic GMP), a
crucial product of this metabolism, by blocking an enzyme called phosphodiesterase. The
availability of cyclic GMP enhances the effects of nitric oxides in dilating the pulmonary artery,
thus bringing the pressure to normal
26. Count Alvaro de Marichalar
27. Brazil, they defeated Italy. This was there 3rd world cup
28. Ashis Roy. He has completed 55 marathons
29. Patsy George
30. Mahathir Mohamad
31. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
32. Putrajaya
33. Itanium
34. MDMK leader Vaiko for his pro LTTE remarks
35. Federation of international Cricketers Association(FICA), the body that represents players
interests in ICC
36. Dehradun
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38. Serena Williams
39. Mahesh Bhupathi and his Russian partner Elena Likhovtseva
40. It allows 26% FDI in news and current affairs media and up to 76% in other media, mainly
speciality magazines and science journals. This does not give management control to the forein
partner, making it difficult for the Indian proprietors to secure such partners. The cabinet decision
debars foreign institutional investors, NRI and overseas corporate bodies to pick up stake in any
Indian news and current affairs company
41. No
42. High tech aircraft that are invisible to radar and can travel to any location in the world within
24 hours in the aviation industry this is referred to as low observable technology but to a lay
person it is known as stealth. Example of such planes are F-117 Nighthawk and B-2 bomber. The
concept of stealth aircraft was referred to as the Hopeless Diamond because no one believed it
would ever actually fly
43. 17 year old Isa Guha
44. Eminent Malayalam filmmaker K.S.Sethumadhaven. Before him Amol Palekar was head but
he resigned as he had a minor role in the film Aks which was also in the competition
45. Hajipur in Bihar
46. Olaffur Grimsen
47. Space Imaging, An American company. For this purpose, it is using the satellite called Ikonos.
Ikonos is the worlds first satellite to make images with a sub meter resolution available who can
pay for them
48. East Timor declared its independence on May 19. It will be the 190th member of the United
Nations. This was East Timors 2nd freedom declaration. After 4 centuries of neglectful rule by
Portugal, East Timor proclaimed independence in November 1975. Nine days later, Indonesian
troops invaded.
49. Mahathir Mohamad and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
50. Putrajaya

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1. Association of South East Asian Nations. 10 countries are members of this group
2. Kuala Lumpur, counter terrorism
3. 15
4. Yes, the European commission president announced that Europe would recognize Russia as
a market economy
5. In a summit in Moscow on 14 May, they all decided to transform the 10 year old treaty of
collective Security into a regional defense pact called Organisation of the Treaty of
Collective Security. The new alliance will establish a joint military planning body, adopt
common military technical standards and training programmes and set up a joint regional
force for Central Asia
6. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it has 19 members. It was formed during cold war in
opposition to the Warsaw Pact
7. Yes, it is a associate member and not a full fledge member. As a associate member it can
not participate in any decision making related to NATOs military initiatives. After
becoming member of NATO, it will be playing a bigger role in decision making on certain
issues related to global terrorism etc. Russia and NATO also agreed to conduct joint treat
assessments of their troops, civilian aircraft and critical infrastructure
8. Germany
9. It was held on 11 May 2002.
! During the summit the US was against abortion and was in favour of sexual
abstinence before marriage and of the traditional family- a stand backed by the Vatican
and Islamic countries including Sudan, Syria and Iraq
! The final document excluded the United States from a requirement barring the death
penalty or life imprisonment for those under the age of 18
! Final document issued by the summit is called A World Fit for Children
10. The United nations security council imposed sanctions on Iraq on May14. 15-0 vote
tightens flow of military goods but eases the flow of civilian goods. The new resolution
when passed will extend the Oil-For-Food programme for another 6 month. It also passed a
lengthy list of goods that should have review and approval before shipment to Iraq.
11. Detroit
12. Russia, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, Canada and USA
13. 54
14. Zimbabwe and Pakistan
15. They will not be allowed to participate fully in the common wealth , nor will they receive
technical assistance worth millions of dollars. It can only be reversed when India and seven
other members of the common wealth ministerial action group (CMAG) recommend it
16. Christian Democrats and List Pim Fortuyn(LPF) won the elections. Before the election,
Labour-Liberal alliance was in power. Christian Democrats was last in power 8 years ago
and this time won 43 seats in 150 member parliament. LPF was formed only 3 months back
and won 26 seats in this election. The reason sited for this victory is the death of its chief.
He was shot dead by an animal rights activist
17. Diane Pretty
18. Using the cooling cinders of burned out stars as a kind of cosmic clock. The age predicted
by this method- at least 13 billion years
19. Terrorists and Disruptive Activities Act
20. Brunei
21. Indonesia, Pakistan
22. Dr Kolachala Seeta Ramayya, a scientist of Indian origin, developed kerosene fuel to keep
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23. Causes mental and development disabilities. Can cause mental conditions like cretinism
and goiter. It is especially devastating for pregnant women and their children, causing
miscarriage, stillbirty or neonatal death. Neuromuscular, speech and hearing abnormalities
are common among children of iodine deficient mothers
24. Balasore
25. It is a supersonic cruise missile with a range of 290 km and operating on fire and forget
principle. It is product of an Indo- Russian joint venture. The missile can carry a 200 kg
conventional warhead. Launched from a ship, the missile can fly up to a height of 14 km at
Mach 2. If charged by solid propellant and has pre set trajectory, but a sensor on its heat
detects the target and can course to strike 20 km from the targeted range
26. Habitual ( and not the amount of tea consumed) tea drinking over several years preserves
bone density. High fluride content in tea, especially green tea, may help over time preserve
bone density. Heavy tea drinking could reduce the risk of dying after a heart attack. This is
due to a chemical called flavonoids, antioxidants found naturally in various foods derived
from plants. Tea is a major source of flavonoids.
27. Green tea is unfermented and Oolong is partially fermented. Both these varieties are famous
in Asia. Black tea is a fermented variety and is famous in West
28. They may reduce their risk of developing Alzheimers disease by nearly 80%. Statins help
in reducing the brains production of beta-amyloid, a protein thought to cause Alzheimers
29. Scientist believe that an ocean frozen beneath the soil of the red planet exist.
30. It contains a gamma ray spectrometer that looks for gamma rays with a specific signature
showing tha they come from hydrogen less than one metre beneath the Martian surface. It
also has a neutron spectrometer that registers evidence for underground ice.
31. European Mars Express scheduled to be launched in June 2003
32. Tasmanian Tiger. Scientific name: Thylacine. It is the largest known carnivore marsupial (a
creature with a pouch to carry its young) . It was declared extinct in the year 1936.
33. By using genetic engineering. Scientist in Australian museum have replicated the DNA with
the help of a 130 year old thylacine female pup specimen preserved in ethanol
34. Taiwan, This breakthrough might lead to new treatments for haemophilia and other diseases
35. the modified version prevents tumours from growing by limiting their blood supply and also
by directly destroying tumors cells
36. Pyrrolysine. It was discovered by Michael Chan of Ohio State University and his team
37. Egypt
38. B.N.Kirpal
39. 6 month
40. INS Sukanya. Before this INS Sharda was being used.The patrolling of the Malacca Straits
is being done by India & USA together. According to the agreement escort duties will rotate
between Indian and US warships on an alternating 6 month basis
41. He is accused of air dropping five tones of weapons in Purulia on December 17, 1995
42. Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland
43. Karma Kand Kriya course conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan.
44. Peoples War Group and is located in Andhra Pradesh
45. 45 storey Shreepati Arcade in Maharashtra
46. Vallabhbhai Pater under Jawaharlal Nehru; Morarji Desai under Indira Gandhi; Charan
Singh & Jagjivan Ram under Morarji Desai; Y.B.Chavan under Charan Singh; Devi Lal
under V.P.Singh
47. Jaswant Singh
48. Initial Public Offering
49. Securities and Exchange Board Of India
50. Mumbai
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1. 2 reasons: 1 size of railways is enormous. 2nd, the wealth of railways in terms of land, rolling
stock, building etc is so huge
2. PFIZER INC
3. Hindustan fertilizer Corp, Fertilizer Corp of India & Pyrites Phosphates and Chemicals Ltd
4. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
5. He proposed to introduce Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and also plans to form Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman to acknowledge the contributions of NRI in promoting relations between their country
and India
6. University of Mississippi in the year 1995
7. 5.4 ; Low GDP was mainly due to poor agriculture performance and shortfall in public
investment and savings
8. 6.7
9. It was set up to review provisions of SEBI regulation 1997. It recommended the change in
management control of a company can be brought about only pursuant to a special resolution
passed by the companys shareholders in a general meeting and postal ballot should be allowed in
respect of such meetings.
10. In Kerala(improving traffic flow and road safety) & Mizoram(for improving 184 km of the
state highway)
11. Reliance Group. Other competitors for this bid where Indian Oil Corporation and Nirma
Industries. IPCL runs 3 huge petrochemical complexes at Vadodara, Nagothane and Daheja
12. It will remove the disparities in the size of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies through
out the country. The number of Scheduled Caste seats is expected to go up by seven in the Lok
Sabha to match the increases in SC population. Union Cabinet. 1978
13. agrijobsindia.com
14. According to it, it is compulsory to convene a session of the legislature within 6 months of the
previous session
15. Recession: It is a temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity is
reduced
Depression: It is a long and severe recession in an economy or market
Slow down: Here the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) is positive but the rate of growth is low
16. Times I Card. It is launched by times group and Citibank
17. Animals which have long, sharp front teeth. Example Hares and Rabbit
18. Hares
! They are larger than rabbit and their feet and ears are longer.
! They do not dig burrows or live in group
! Hares are born open eyed and furry, while rabbits are born blind and hairless
Similarities
! Both are vegetarians
! They never mate each other
Found In Which Places
! Hares found in North America (Jack hare) & Europe (March Hare- We know
him from Alice in Wonderland
! Rabbits came originally from the western shores of the Mediterranean.
Rabbits live in burrows called Warrents
19. Cosmetic Surgery: It is used to straighten a nose or change the appearance of the face. It is a
branch of plastic surgery
Plastic Surgery: It includes things like correcting some deformity that a person may have
been born with or repairing the skin after a tumour has been removed or after a person has
suffered severe burns
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20. He is the key accused in Bhopal has tragedy and was then the chairman and chief executive
officer of Union Carbide Limited
21. Defense Research and Development Organisation
22. They are close to developing the worlds first antidote to sulphur mustard. Mustard attacks
inflict slow painful death by causing injuries which induce malignant blisters. An international
patent has been secured for this antidote and the tentative name of this antidote is DRDE-07
23. Chelsea Clinton
24. Masterpiece by Rubens was sold for $49.5 million at a Sothebys auction in London. Rubens
Massacre of the Innocents painted between 1609 and 1611, and depicting the moment when King
Herod ordered the slaughter of all new born boys to get rid of the Messiah.
25. Manchester
26. DPSC, technically known as Transco
27. Vohra Committee. N.N.Vohra is a former defense secretary.
28. Dhani Bachmann. The function of the swiss guard is to protect the life of the Pope.
29. Japan Tobacco
30. Steve Bucknor of west India. He equaled Dickie Birds curren record of 66 tests as umpire
31. October 24 to November 1 2003
32. Mool Chand Chowhan
33. Mike Tyson claiming Tyson permanently damaged his spine during a fight at a Brooklyn club.
He has filed a $66 million suit
34. FIDE is International Chess Federation and its president is Krisan Ilyumzhinov.
35. Brain Games
36. Viswanathan Anand
37. S Vijayalakshmi won it for the sixth time. There are 3 other players who have won the title 5
times each Bhagyashree Thipsay, Anupama Gokhale and Rohini Khadikar
38. Serena Williams
39. Iva Majoliof Croatia
40. Andre Agassi
41. Men: Pakistan; Women: Malaysia (In the finals they defeated India); Hong Kong grabbed the
third position in both mens and womens team
42. Kuala Lumpur
43. Japan
44. Real Madrid
45. Indonesia; This is the fifth consecutive time they are winning the cup
46. Guangzhou (China)
47. Chinese Women. Venue of this cup was also Guangzhou
48. Sachin Tendulkar. He is the 10th batsman to cross 8000 runs. Before him the youngest player to
achieve this was Javed Miandad
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1. AR Border & SM Gavaskar
2. Ajay Ratra of India (20 years old). Before him this record was held by Vijay Manjrekar
3. It is an annual international fair for the agriculture and food processing sectors. Its venue is
Coimbatore
4. Durban
5. Rashtriya Lok Dal of Ajit Singh. The symbol reserved for the party is Hand Pump
6. 2 years; Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
7. Leberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
8. Man Booker Prize & the prize money is raised from pound 20,000 to 50,000.It allows only
writers in English from Britain and the commonwealth to compete
9. PAS-9 & PAS-10
10. March 14, 1995
11. 1st 3 month of the year 2002 where the warmest
12. Klez. H
13. Rajasthan
14. Chandigarh
15. Zanana Gusmao & Mari Alkatiri
16. He was a senior All Party Hurriyat Conference leader and was recently shot dead
17. She was recently released by Myanmar
18. The former Russian president candidate and general who led the Chechnyan peace deal died in
a plane crash
19. Jacques Chirac
20. He is the managing director of Times Of India and France bestowed its highest honour Legion
d' Honneur
21. Kamal Singh Ober
22. He was elected chairman of the UN panel on climate change
23. Manohar Joshi
24. A former FBI agent deemed a traitor by the government which sees him as a spies. He sold
secrets to Moscow
25. He was re elected as the member of the UN Sub Commission on Promotion & Protection of
human rights
26. Jean Pierre Raffarin
27. South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth. The space craft ( Soyuz TM-34 ) carrying him
was launched by Russia
28. Dennis Tito of America
29. President Of Enron
30. Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi & Sutluj
31. North East to South West direction
32. Miss Russia, Oxana Fedorova
33. San Juan, Capital of the US Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico
34. Following were the awardees
! Gopi Chand Narang: Got the fellowship for the project A Critical Study Of
Ketelaars First Ever Grammar of Hindustani and its Relevance to the Present Day Hindi
and Urdu
! Dr Sathyanarana: Project Investigations into creativity in Indian Music
! Dr Sunita Jain: Indian Poet-Partners (1900-2000)-S Study
35. R K Laxman
36. Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
37. Maharashtra followed by UP
38. West Bengal followed by Maharashtra
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39. Three Gorges Dam in china
40. Subedar Hamid Khan
41. Prevention Of Terrorism Act, has a life of 3 years,
42. China
43. Britain
44. Shivaji
45. Pioneer-10
46. Vienna
47. To reduce the types of air craft in the IAF inventory in order to have a more composite force
structure
48. MiG-23 is a ground attack aircraft & MiG-25 is a strategic reconnaissance platform
Abdul Kalam
! He was given the nations highest civilian honor , Bharat Ratna in 1997
! He had been honoured with Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and the Padma Bhushan in 1981
! Kalam saw 4 milestones in his career
1. At ISRO: When Agni met its mission requirement in 1994
2. Nuclear Test
3. Made light weight calipers for children at the orthopedic center at the Nizam
Institute of medical Sciences in Hyderabad
4. Now involved in a brain research center for mentally challenged , a project to
digitally format knowledge preserved on palm leaves and cochlea implant for
deaf children
! Governor of Maharashtra
! Had 2 terms at this post
P.C.Alexander
Miroslav Klose
! Germany football player
! Had the option to play for 2 countries Poland or Germany
! He was born in Opole in Poland
In world cup football 2002 , he was the 1st one to score to hat trick
Thor Heyerdahl
# Recently died of cancer

# Was a Norwegian explorer who sailed the Pacific on the Kon Tiki Balsa raft to prove that
ancient peoples were skilled seafarers
Kaifi Azmi
# He died on May 10
# He was a famous Urdu poet and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
# At the age of 19 he joined the Communist Party
# His some famous works are Jhankar, Aakhi-e-Shab, Awara Sijde & Sarmaya (All are poem
collection)
MS Oberoi
# He was the owner of one of the Indias largest chain of hotels
# He died on May 3
# Last year he was given Padma Bhushan by Indian government

# After independence he was the first to set up a travel agency: Mercury Travels
# First to set up a five star hotel in Delhi in 1965
# First Indian to do business with international chains
# First to employ women in the hospitality industry
Shanta Gandhi
# Eminent theater person and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
# She was honored with the Soviet Land Nehru Award & the Padma Shree
Lakshmi Sehgal
! Nominee of Left front for president ship against Abdul Kalam
! Padma Vibhushan awardee in the year 1998
! She is the first woman to contest for the countrys top post
! Participated in the nationalist movement
! Led the Rani Jhansi regiment raised by Netaji
! Became the sole woman member of the cabinet of the provisional government of Azad Hind
M.K.Stalin
! Son of party president M. Karunanidhi ( DMK party)
Books & Authors

Books Name
Author
Balham To Bollywood
Chris England
Family Matters
Rohinton Mistry
A Way into India
Raghubir Singh
Desirable Daughters
Bharati Mukherjee
Letters from Burma Volume 1 Aung San Suu Kyi

The Inscrutable America
Anurag Mathur
The Beach House
James Patterson
The Spirit Of Lagaan
Satyajit Bhatkal
The Shade Of Swords
M J Akbar
China India Relations

! Panchsheel Principles
o On 29 April 1954 an agreement was signed between India & China concerning trade and
intercourse between the Tibet Region of China and India.
o With the signing of this agreement India surrendered its extra territorial rights in Tibet
and accepted Chinas full sovereignty over Tibet
o In this agreement 5 principles were adopted y the two countries which later came to be
known as Panchsheel Principles
o Later during the visit of Chinese Premiere Chou-en-Lai to India in June 1954 the five
principles were delineated in a Joint Statement
o The 5 principles are
1. Mutual Respect for each others territorial integrity and sovereignty
2. Mutual non aggression
3. Mutual non interference in each others internal affairs
4. Equality and mutual benefit
5. Peaceful Co-existence
! Reasons of dispute between 2 countries
o Border dispute involving Eastern, Western and the Middle sectors
o Issue of Tibet: Chinas perception that India still backs the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan's
so called freedom struggle
o Issue of Sikkim: Chinas refusal to accept Sikkim as Indian territory
o Chinas arms transfer to Pakistan: India resents chinas arms transfer to Pakistan
! Historical Relations Between 2 Countries
o In 1962, China launched a full fledged war on India in NEFA (North Eastern Frontier
Area ) and Ladakh and captured a large chunk of Indian territory
o Chinas open support to Pakistan in its wars against India in 1965 and 1971.
o Relations between 2 countries suffered a further setback following the opening of
Khunjerab Pass in PoK. This 4,620 meter high pass at the terminus of the Chinese built
Karakoram highway was opened for regular travel and trade
o In August 1984 India and China signed a trade agreement which included the provision to
confer on each other MEN (Most Favored Nation) status and to increases bilateral trade
o During the visit of Chinese Premier to India in December 1991, the leaders of the two
countries held various fruitful talks and agreed to pen Consulate General at Bombay and
Shanghai after a gap of 29 years
! 1st ever visit by Chinese President: During 1996, Chinese president Jiang Zemin visited India
! Trade volume between the 2 countries: $3 Billion
! Border Dispute between the 2 countries

o 1st dipute: In 1956-57 Chinese built a road across the Aksai Chin area. The road
was meant to open Western Tibet to Chinese immigrants and to diver its trade from
its traditional direction into Western China and former Soviet Union
o During Chinese Premier Chou-en-Lais visit to India, he assured that McMahon line
was acceptable to him
o However in 1959 Chou-en-Lai wrote a letter to India claiming thousands of square
miles of Indian territory. He refused to accept the McMahon line saying that it was
the product of British Policy of aggression against the Tibet region of China. China
considered this line as illegal
! War Between 2 Countries: In year 1962
o Reason Of War: Nehru decided to pursue the forward policy which meant that
India was to exercise its effective control up to the borders. By the end of 1961 India
had established about 50 posts all along the border. These tough decisions resulted
into war.
! Latest Development to solve the border dispute:
o During the last visit of Jaswant Singh to China maps related to the Middle Sector
were exchanged. And maps related to the Western and the Eastern sectors would be
exchanged in June and early next year
! Details of the disputable area on the border
o Western Sector: the dispute centers around an area of 33,000 sq km on the Aksai
Chin plateau in Ladakh. The matter is further complicated as Pakistan ceded 5,000
sq km of the disputed area to china in 1963
o Eastern Sector: China continues to dispute Indias claims over 90,000 sq km of
territory south of the McMahon line
o Middle Sector: This is the least disputed sector along Uttaranchal and Himachal
Pradesh. Both the parties have agreed to exchange their respective maps for further
negotiations
Indus Water Treaty: Between India & Pakistan

! Under the treaty independent commissioners of the 2 countries met in delhi in may to review
the status of the treaty
o During their deliberation, they discussed the progress of the ongoing projects on the
Indus Basin both in India & Pakistan
o A date has been decided for the joint inspection of the projects by both the
commissioners
! Historical Backgroud:
o The treaty was signed between Pakistan and India on 19th September 1960 during a
4 day summit between Field Marshal Ayub Khan and Jawahar Lal Nehru in Karachi.
o There were three signatories, the third being the President of the world bank W A B
Iliff.
o The world bank had managed to raise US $1.2 billion for the construction of projects
falling within the purview of the IWT.
o Six donor countries (USA, Canada, Australia, New Zeeland, UK & Germany)
provided the funding
! Provisions Of The IWT
o The waters of the three rivers i.e. Indus, Jhelum & Chenab (called the Western
Rivers) was assigned exclusively for use by Pakistan.
o Non Consumptive use was limited certain volume of water into two canals
emanating from Chenab River in J&K. These 2 canals were the Pratap Canal and
Ranbir Canal which had already existed prior ot 1960 at the time of signing the IWT
o Generation of hydro electric power was limited to the existing power plants and the
plants under construction were allowed to be completed
o Design of any new hydroelectric power plants was to be based on run of river basis
source that all the water of the rivers could flow downstream into Pakistan without
being diverted
o India was given the right to utilize the Western Rivers water for various purpose in
J&K
o No storage of water could be done by constructing reservoirs on Indus or Jhelum
rivers. On Chenab river, only limited storage of water could be done source as not to
reduce the discharge downstream into Pakistan
o Water of Ravi, Beas and Sutlej (called Eastern Rivers) was allocated exclusively to
India, because they formed the lifeline of Punjab in India. It was decided that during
monsoons when these rivers had excess capacity, their water would be allowed to
flow into Pakistan where they would be utilized only for non consumptive use
o
Rise Of China
! Political History Of China
o In 1949, Mao Zedong came into power.He wanted to develop china into a modern
industrial state. But things went wrong during the Great Leap Forward (195861). In an effort to expedite industrialization, rural communes were encouraged to
produce industrial products like steel. This cost the agricultural production dear
leading to widespread famines and starvation deaths.
o In 1978, Deng Xiaping came to power: He emphasized on opening up of the
country to foreign trade and investment. He eliminated the three socialist mainstay
irons of Chinese economy that had inhibited growth in China. Those were: iron
rice bowl (it had guaranteed jobs); iron chains (it had guaranteed management
tenure) and the iron wages (it had guaranteed pay)
! Most of Chinas FDI came from Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Korea. In fact, in the last
seven years, the US share in the foreign direct investment in China has crossed double figures
only once ( 11 per cent in 1999)
! China boasts of worlds largest mobile phone market
! Chinas Growth Statistics:
o In 1978, Chinas total volume of foreign trade ranked No. 27 in the world
o The % of Chinas volume of export in the world trade rose from 0.8 in 1978 to 3.3
% in 1997.
! Main Reason Of Chinas Success: The success of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The
Chinese SEZs are world in itself as they have a single authority, own laws and administration
! Why China joined WTO:
o The Chinese have creatively used the WTO compulsion to carry out a lot changes
domestically, in the political, legal as well as in the economic sphere
o By joining the WTO, Chinese are hoping to have more trade with Taiwan. They see
Taiwan as a very important element aiding in their efforts toward global domination
in the knowledge based IT industry
! Problems faced by China:
o Unemployment: People from villages are shifting to cities
o Costly Education:
o Glaring gap between rich and poor: Still 60 million people live below the poverty
line
o Per Capita income of china is very low due to large population (GDP per capita=
500$ )
o
Power Sector in India

! Power Scenario of the country
1. In first five year plan, 19.02% of the total plan outlay was marked for power
development
2. The outlay reached maximum in the 6th plan (20.13%)
3. In 9th plan the outlay for power is 25.1% of the total outlay for energy
4. The total installed capacity on March 31, 2001 is 101630 Mega Watt
5. Thermal Plants contribute 79.9% of the total power generation
Hydro Electricity Plants contribute 17.7% of the total power generation
Nuclear Plants contribute 2.4% of the total power generation
6. In 2000-01, the supply of electricity fell short of the demand by 8%(by 13% during peak
demand)
7. The per capita consumption of electricity in India is 350KWH (one of the lowest in the
world)
! Problems in the power sector
1. Technical Inefficiency: In 1997-98, only 54% of the existing installed capacity in India
was utilized. Reasons for such low efficiency
a. Forced Outages: They occur when a unit is thrown out of service due to
unexpected causes such as breakdown etc
b. Plant Load Factor(PLF): Plant load factor refers to the ratio of the actual
generation of a plant to its maximum possible generation during a given
period
c. Auxiliary Consumption: They are also a burden as it reduces the energy
available for transmission
2. Transmission and Distribution Losses(T&D): In the year 1997-98, T&D losses where
21.8% whereas in developed countries the losses are less than 10%
3. Uneconomic Power Tariff: Subsidy on electricity amounted to Rs 37,037 crores in
2000-01. The power is supplied at a mere 18 paise per unit where as it costs government Rs
1.53 per unit
! Power Sectors Reforms
1. Power Sector reforms started in India with introduction of the new power policy of
1992. The new policy invited private investment both Indian & foreign, into the power
generation business through the concept of Independent Power Producers
2. Generation segment has been opened to public sector whereas transmission and
distribution segments are still under consideration. In 1993, a committee of National
Development Council(NDC) comprising 6 chief ministers was set up. Following were the
recommendations of this committee
a. Rationalisation of tariffs through independent regulatory commissions
b. Adoption of transparent policies on subsidies
c. Acceptance of a minimum all India agricultural tariff

d. Benchmarking of tariff at the minimum of 50% of cost of supply and
agricultural tariff not to be less than 50 paise per unit
e. Reduction of T&D losses
f. Privatization of distribution in major/medium sized urban and semi-urban
areas
But nothing have been done to implement these recommendations.
Only implementation has been setting up of electricity regulatory
commissions (ERCs) in 15 states.
3. Electricity Bill Under the consideration of Parliament: The bill seeks to enable state
government to allow multiple agencies to supply power to consumers using a common
distribution network, paying appropriate wheeling charges
! Privatization Efforts in the country
1. Orissa
2. Enron in Mahrashtra
! START-2
o Treaty signed by former president Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin in 1993
o This treaty forced Moscow to dismantle all its SS-18 Satan missiles by 2008
! Anti Ballistic Missile :
o Signed in 1972
o This system banned missile defense system
How VIP Security works

! PM, former PM and immediate family members are protected by SPG
! President and Vice President are protected by selected commandos of Delhi Police
! NSG(National Security Guard) protects 11 odd VIPs
! Z Plus security: Here arrangements are similar to NSG but here instead of NSG Delhi
police commando are used
! Y Category Security:
o One PSO(Personal Security Officer) provided on a round the clock basis
o Large number of supreme court judges, Central Cabinet Ministers and senior
bureaucrats falls in this category
! X Category Security: One PSO on a permanent basis
What is Haemophilia?
! It is caused by the deficiency of clotting factor in the blood
! Deficiency of factor 8 causes haemophilia A and deficiency of factor 9 causes
haemophilia B
! Males are infected by this disease and females are carriers of this disease
Discuss the industrial package for J&K proposed in the year 2002
! Converting the whole of J&K into a tax free zone for the next 10 years for the purpose
of income tax and excise duty
! Setting up of J&K development Finance Corporation (JKDFC) with a one time central
grant of Rs 50 crore
! Placing a corpus of Rs 100 crore at the disposal of the JKDFC for reviving sick
industrial units in the state
Few salient features of the new National Tourism Policy 2002

! Creation of a special tourism police force for deployment at major tourism destinations
! The policy also identifies seven key areas for giving thrust to tourism: welcome,
information, facilitation, safety, cooperation, infrastructure
! The policy recommends inclusion of tourism in the concurrent list of the constitution
! It recommends setting up of Tourism Advisory Council with key stakeholders as a
think tank and launching of a National Tourism Awareness Campaign
Nuclear Disarmament Treaty between USA and Russia
# It was signed by George Bush & Vladimir Putin on 24th may 2002 in Moscow
# According to the treaty, the US and Russia should slash their nuclear arsenals by twothirds to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads over the next decade
# Before this START 1 treaty was there, which allowed 6000 warheads
# According to START 2(it was signed by Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin), 3000 to 3500
warheads were allowed
# START 3 limited these warheads between 2000 and 2500
What is Bioprospecting?
# It is a term used to describe the centuries old practice of collecting and screening plant
and other biological material for commercial purpose, such as the development of new
drugs, seeds and cosmetics
# Companies that sponsor bioprospecting expeditions hope to find information from the
biological resources they collect that will lead to new products
# What is Biopiracy: the word was coined by the North American Advocacy group, Rural
Advancement Foundation International (RAFI), to refer to the uncompensated commercial
use of biological resources or associated traditional knowledge from developing countries,
as well as the patenting by corporations of claimed inventions based on such resources or
knowledge
Inspiring Article 1
At 27, Nayan Mohapatra doesnt have to explain why he doesnt hold a job and has never earned a single
rupee. Im studying for the IAS, is his stock reply to anyone who wonders what hes been doing in Delhi for
the past three years. Not that the what-are-you-doing question comes Nayans way very often, given that
he allows nothing no morsels of leisure, walks to the market, hair cuts to distract him from realising his
goal.
Nayan, whos surviving in this mad city of 12 million on the strength of his ambition, and a lot of generosity
and goodwill from his Rourkela-based parents, has cleared the Preliminary civil services exam twice, but
hasnt made it past the Mains yet. Im not leaving any room for doubt this time, says Nayan, who lives on a
paltry Rs 1,500 a month, which comes to him through a money order (postmarked Rourkela) every 30 days.
He doesnt cook because its a waste of time, hasnt been home in three years because theres no one to
pay his train fare. Sixteen-hour days, beginning at an unearthly 4.30 am, have run into monochrome months,
even years. His residence? One corner of a room that measures no more than six feet by eight feet, which
he shares with fellow IAS aspirant Sreenivas: 24, Bihar-born, first-timer. A wood plank framed in metal
serves as a bed (blanket, sheet and no pillow). Stacked in two neat columns beneath the bed is evidence (a)
of his progress, which is the number of study books he has mastered, and (b) of the task ahead, which is the
number of books he still has to go through.
No, Nayans not a freak case whose HI (human interest, human interest) story you can despatch to your
newspaper for a congratulatory note from the editor. If anything, hes the prototype of a sub-species the
IAS aspirant (person with a mission), usually from small-town India, who has shifted base to Delhi, chasing
the power dream, sitting in on coaching classes who has an existence on the borderlines of city life.
Basket Case Studies

What would you do if you didnt
make it to the civil services?
Take inspiration from these
real-life instances:
A certain journalist, formerly with The Asian Age spent the better part of his 20s studying for
the IAS. Upon failing to make it past the interview stage for the third time, he gave up hopes of
joining the bureaucracy and settled for a career in journalism instead.
Himanshu Kotwals coaching classes to crack the IAS exams get aspirants signing
up by the droves, but he himself is an IAS flunkie. Four attempts, but he has never
cleared the exams. I know what its all about, though, he reasons.
A science student at JNU, who sat in on classes for the Indian Political System only to
improve his IAS info fund, lay down on one of the campus roads, liqour bottle in hand, crying
brokenly for nearly six hours, when his name wasnt on the IAS list.
The IAS aspirant lives like an ascetic, but aspires for a life flush with comfort. So if Nayan hasnt been to a
movie theatre since Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, its because movies remind him of how far I have to go. And
while James Lotha, an Economics graduate from Nagaland, cherishes the ideal of a Hum Do, Hamare Do
family, I cant think of marrying or even having a girlfriend until I clear the exams. The only distraction
Lotha allows in his study area is a scribbled-on poster of Hollywood hottie Alicia Silverstone.
Youll never bump into the IAS aspirant on a regular day. If you want to seek him out, remember the
following must-check-out places. In Delhi Universitys North Campus, they peer at you from youth hostels
and anonymous one-room shacks, mostly dazed, at times revelling in their cubbyhole existence. In N-41,
Mukherji Nagar a three-storeyed building in the University area for example, each austere floor is
home to four IAS aspirants (that makes a total of 12 men), all in their 20s, all in different stages of
preparation.
Srinivas Kolli, a 27-year-old MBA graduate from Vishakhapatnam, gave up his marketing job with Videocon
International, and landed in Delhi to prepare for the IAS. I lived in a hostel in Vizag where everyone was
preparing for the civil service exams, and before I knew it, I was hooked, he grins. An addiction? So it would
seem. Srinivas college mate Vijay Babu is a veteran at the IAS exam. Next year, the qualified mechanical
engineer will sit for the Mains (chosen subjects: History and Geography) for the third time. What if he doesnt
clear the exam? Ill try again and again till I do, answers Babu, chagrined at the very thought. While rules
are relaxed for SC/ST and OBC candidates, who command 50 per cent of all bureaucratic posts every year,
regular candidates can take the civil services exam up to four times. The upper age limit for regular
candidates has also been extended from 28 to 30 years. But while the number of exam takers hovers
between one and one-and-a-half lakh every year, barely 400 make it into the services.
In the opposite direction from Delhi University is another nerve centre for the IAS aspirant, the Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU), where a section of the library has been named Dholpur House, after the UPSC
headquarters. Dholpur House is almost always deathly still, but thats not because theres no human
presence. Every table is host to a row of bent heads, busy cramming the brain with book-loads of
information, or taking practice tests.
They take the IAS exam as a mission and fight till the end, says A. K. Mishra, Director, Chanakya IAS
Academy, of these young men (and some women). Coaching classes at the Chanakya Academy, conducted
by 96 faculty members, run into six hours every day, six days a week. Of the present batch of 300 students,
says Mishra, a majority are from Bihar, followed by Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh.
The craze to enter the civil services is strongest among the youth from these states, he observes. In the
10 years of the Academys existence, 40 per cent of all candidates have been from Bihar.
7.00 - 7.30: Taking bath

7.30 - 8.00: Taking breakfast (food)
8.00 - 11.00: Geography (optional)
11.00 - 11.30: Rest
11.30 - 12.30: News + Magazines
12.30 - 1.00: Lunch (food)
1.00 - 3.00: General Studies
(Polity, History, Science. + Technology, Statistics)
3.00 - 3.30: Rest
3.30 - 5.30: Economics (Optional)
5.30 - 6.00: Preparation for the class
6.00 - 9.00: Class (or General Studies on Thursdays and Sundays)
9.00 - 9.30: Dinner (food)
9.30 - 12.00: Economics (General Studies on Thursdays and Sundays.
Revision of class lectures)
12.00 - 7.00: Sleeping
-----------------------------------------------This is a copy of a timetable pinned above the study table of an IAS aspirant
There are two reasons for this: a low rate of private sector investment in these states means that the
government is still the largest employer. In a scenario where private sector jobs, if available, leave much
room for insecurity, getting a government job means youre made for life, says JNU professor Anuradha
Chenoy. The clout that a Deputy Commissioner or Superintendent of Police wields is very visible in small
towns and villages. Truly, they are the maibaap, the personification of the power and perquisites that come
with a bureaucratic post. No wonder then, the civil services aspirant will not hesitate to tell you that he only
wants to become an IAS because of the ensuing power and prestige. Your idealism does get
compromised, but if youre an idealist, youll be frustrated in the bureaucracy, admits Kolli, adding that its
hard to think of the intangible good when everyone else around you (dotcommer, financial consultant, IIT
engineer...) is making money.
Chenoy recalls an incident: a student of hers eloped with another (Scheduled Tribe, Northeast) a few years
ago. The upper caste, north Indian parents of the girl came knocking furiously on Chenoys door, demanding
an explanation, vociferous in their condemnation of the good-for-nothing-boy-from-a-lower-caste. Two
months later, Chenoy received a wedding invitation from the parents. The boy had ingratiated himself with
them, because he cleared the civil service exams. Thats how powerful the myth of the IAS is, says
Chenoy.
Mishra makes a second observation about the social background of the IAS aspirant, which is directly
related to how deeply entrenched the caste system is in a particular state. From the days of the preindependence Indian Civil Services till the mandatory reservation for the underprivileged happened, those
recruited to the Indian bureaucracy belonged to the Western-educated, upper sections of society. While the
social base of the administration has now broadened its a behemoth, size eight million its elitist sheen,
instead of dimming, continues to be reinforced by the power myth. Its the shortest route to the highest level
of power, says Mishra of the bureaucracy.
Academics offer an interesting take on the socio-economic profile of the Indian bureaucracy. In a process
called Sanskritisation, it is argued that there is a tendency among the lower castes to adopt the traits and
mannerisms of the upper castes upon gaining access to the bureaucracy, to alter their historical social
position. Its a theory that the IAS aspirant often proves correct. See, a civil servant will get respect and
enjoy privileges whether he is from an SC/ST or otherwise. I want that respect from my people, reasons 24year-old Imkong Ao. This Nagaland youth hopes his ST status, which he wears like a badge, will make his
maiden entry attempt into the IAS club less competitive. But a scribble on his wall, which says Do or Die
Work Hard for the IAS gives a clue to Imkongs determination.
AND what happens when the aspirant becomes the bureaucrat? My fathers wishes will be fulfilled, and
everyone in my town will have regard for me, is what Shivendru Kumar believes. The 27-year-old from
Bihar lived through a traumatic phase when he failed his first attempt, after which he shelled out Rs 12,500
to join an IAS study circle in Delhi. The fact that he has never earned a single rupee so far doesnt bother
him: Ill get into the IAS, and then well see.
Obviously, clearing the civil services exam is an end in itself. Stories of drunk, I-made-it men, sprawled on
the ground, chanting meri life ban gayee have been elevated to the status of IAS lore. The IAS aspirant is
not an idealist, and either does not want to, or think it possible to introduce changes in the swollen and
festering system. A few years of absolute penury and relentless studying, obviously, are not a big deal,
when the power-perquisite package deal swirls so seductively in your dreams.
But beneath the determination, contingencies abound (what if you dont make it, ever?). The state civil
services are the second option for most, while others, like Mizorams Khawlsiamthanga Khawlaring, 24, have
reserved a teaching post in their hometown universities. Santosh, a qualified mechanical engineer from
Madhya Pradesh, says hes taken up studying for the IAS exams as a challenge a job with Bharat
Petroleum is still waiting. At least Ill be personally enriched, if nothing else, reasons Santosh, who hasnt
had a haircut in nine months too much trouble.
Of course, the IAS aspirant now has another forum to exhibit the information overkill in his brain: Kaun
Banega Crorepati, where the now-famous Harshvardhan Nawathe recently made his first crore.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------HARSH MANDER, a former teacher at the Mussoorie Academy, questions the basis for
selection of bureaucrats
I have just returned from a visit to a remote tribal district that straddles the hills in the fertile Imphal valley of
Manipur. Amidst rich green paddy fields and forests, the people find themselves trapped helplessly in the
unending cross-fire of the underground and the security forces. The district is located within the life-line of
the thriving trade in trafficking of drug and arms. As despairing youths destroy their lives by getting hooked
to drugs, clans kill each other in pursuit of mindless, ancient vendetta. Forests are depleted, and a bloated
and corrupt state apparatus criminalises shifting cultivation. In such a bleak terrain, people have pinned their
hopes on an unlikely figure, the Deputy Commissioner, Sajjad Hassan, a young man, who in a few months
has won the hearts of the ravaged people who live within the district of his jurisdiction.
Powerful youth groups swear by him, village people have been touched by his humanism and courage. He
refuses to move around with security, despite threats from persons in high places with close links to the
underground.
Such men and women are rare in the Indian civil and police services. But they exist. And it is the unsung,
unacknowledged heroism of officers such as this DC in distant Manipur, that sometimes provides temporary
succour to people who have learned to live mostly without hope. The legal and regulatory regime that has
invaded the lives of ordinary people in the furthest corners of the country, has ensured the utter and
continuing dependence of people on state officials for daily survival. And yet, people mostly encounter only
corrupt, arrogant and arbitrary exercise of state power as they valiantly struggle to survive.
Despite this, the elaborate system of recruitment that we have inherited from our colonial predecessors,
finds no place to assess qualities of character in selecting people into the civil services. What is measured,
and that too imperfectly, is the sharpness of mental abilities and the stamina to work through a long, arduous
and in most ways pointless examination. What is relevant to the real job in the civil services, is only aboveaverage intellectual abilities, not academic brilliance. What is most required instead is steadfast courage of
convictions, compassion, empathy, respect for people and democratic traditions, and unshakeable integrity.
The fact that these qualities are unusual in the civil services, is partly because these are never actually
sought in those who are chosen to join the ranks of the still elite government service. And if they are found in
new recruits, by some happy accident, there is nothing that is done by the government to nurture these
qualities of heart and character. Instead, battered by frequent transfers, marginal postings, peer pressure,
and regular manifestations of ministerial displeasure, the system does all it can to wear down these qualities,
and to fit the officer into the mediocrity of character and convictions, that are so characteristic of the
mainstream. All but the most resilient and maverick survive over the years.
What is the solution to all of this?
People have debated over new systems of recruitment to select people of character rather than intellectual
skills for the civil services, but nothing has actually changed. There are many who believe that tests of
character are impossible, and instead it is training and nurturing of people of moral fibre once they are
recruited, which is the answer. Yet others believe that training of men and women who are already past their
mid-twenties is futile, even more so in todays cynical age. In my own years of service on the faculty of
Indias training institute for fresh senior civil servants, in Mussoorie, my experience was that young people
entering the civil service are very often searching for meaning and value in their work. I found a great many
that I could believe in, and love, and trust. And as I now travel across the length and breadth of the country, I
find deep satisfaction in the fact that there are many like the DC in Manipur who continue to cling steadfastly
to justice and probity in very hard circumstances. However, such people remain exceptions, and their
tenuous place within the vastly overgrown and wasteful system of governance, renders them in the last
analysis, utterly ineffective and marginal to larger social processes of oppression and marginalisation.
In the end, the hope for people living in poverty lies not so much in finding better civil servants, although this
search should never end, but instead in dismantling the huge and parasitical superstructure of negative
powers of the state over their lives. It is the hands of ordinary people themselves that need to be
strengthened, to make government more accountable, transparent and responsive to them. The age of the
overarching state must come to an end, and there will be few tears shed at its demise.
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Books Suggested In An Hindustan Times Article For

General Knowledge
GK Prelims & Mains & Interview

Prelims
! For general knowledge and objective-type questions, refer to General Knowledge Refresher by
O.P. Khanna.
! History: NCERT books of class XI and XII, Freedom Struggle (published by National Book
Trust)
! Geography: Class XII books of Geography (NCERT), a good atlas.
! Indian Polity: Introduction to the Indian Constitution.
! Indian Economy: NCERT and other books on Evolution of the Indian Economy.
! General Science: NCERT books on science, a science magazine or newspaper supplements on
science.
! Current Events: A national newspaper, The Competition Master, newsmagazines.
! General Mental Ability: Do the Quantitative Aptitude published in The Competition Master,
past test papers.
Mains
! History: India's Struggle for Independence, IGNOU publications on Modern India.
! Indian Culture: Art and culture portions of history books, India Yearbook (culture chapter),
Encyclopaedia on Indian Culture, Gazetteer of India, books on culture published by Publications
Division and National Book Trust.
! Current Affairs: A national newspaper, The Competition Master, current affairs programmes
on Doordarshan, newsmagazines.
! Statistics: Class XI NCERT book on Statistics.
! Indian Polity: Introduction to the Constitution, Parliament.
! Indian Geography: NCERT books on Indian Geography.
! Indian Economy: NCERT and other books on Indian Economy, financial newspapers, The
Competition Master carries regular analysis of the Indian Economy.
! Science: A science magazine, supplements in newspapers.
Interview
! Develop the habit of debating and discussing issues with friends or parents.
! Listen to the current affairs programmes and learn to organise thoughts the way the participants
do.
! Develop interests and hobbies so that you are able to answer convincingly.
! Understand the current affairs and the issues behind the events.
! The interview is not a test of specialised knowledge, as that has already been tested in written
examination. The idea is to see the social traits of a person and his personality as suited to a career
in the Civil Services. If a person gives the impression of being a bookworm, the chances of his
selection are reduced. The candidate must exhibit an intelligent interest in events happening
around him so that he appears to be a complete personality.
Books Suggested By www.IndainCivilServices.com

website
Indian history (only modern)
1 . Freedom Struggle by Bipan Chandra
2. Modern India : NCERT Publication
3. History of Modern India : published by Chronicle Books
Indian culture
1 . Books on culture/cultural topics brought out by the Publication Division of Ministry of Inform
and Broadcasting and National
Book Trust : There are a number of books on almost every aspect of culture, brought out by the
Publication Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and NBT. Almost every
reputed book dealer and agent keep these books. Visit such book shop in your town and choose the
book according to your convenience.
2. Old editions of 'Indian Foreign Review' : A good library should have the old collections. Select
the topics of your choice and get their Photostat copies.
3. Art and culture portions of the history books will also serve the purpose.
4. Encyclopadia of Indian culture A good library invariably has more than one encyclopedia on
Indian art and culture. If time permits, visit the library and make you notes selectively.
5. The Gazeteer of India (history and culture) second volume.
6. The Essence of Indian Culture published by Chronicle Books
Current affairs
1. At least one major national newspaper either 'Times of India' or 'The Hindu' or both
2. News magazine : 'Frontline' or any other magazine you prefer.
3. News analysis and other programmes on current affairs broadcast on TV.
4. Competition magazines like 'Civil Services Chronicle' or others you prefer.
Statistics
1. Chapter on Statistics in the NCERT Mathematics book
2. 'Statistics Made Simple' published by Chronicle Books
Indian polity and Constitution
1. Introduction to the Constitution of India by D. D. Basu
2. Organs of Government (NCERT text book for class XI)
3. Our Government - How it functions : NCERT text book for classes IX-X
4. 'Indian Polity' published by Chronicle Books

Indian geography and economy
1. Journals - 'Yojana' and 'Kurukshetra'
2. NCERT publications of Indian geography (especially the book "India on the Move")
3. Indian Economy by Mishra and Puri (latest edition)
4. 'Indian economy & Geography of India' published by Chronicle Books
Science and technology
1. The newspaper 'The Hindu' regularly devotes a section (every week) on science and technology.
2. The newspapers 'The Pioneer' regularly devotes a section (every week) on science and
technology.
3. 'Science & Technology' section of 'Civil Services Chronicle'
4. The journal 'Yojana' also comes out once in a while with science and technology related topics.
5. The book on science and technology published by NBT.
General reference material
1. The India Year Book (latest edition)
2. Unique guide on general studies
Books Recommended By Vajiram Institute, Delhi For

GK
S.No.
Name
Author
An Introduction to the Constitution of India
D.D.Basu
Our Contitution
Subash Kashyap
Perspectives on Indian Constitution
Edited by Subash Kashyap
Biology for X Std
NCERT
Physics for X Std
NCERT
Chemestry for X Std
NCERT
Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses Courses
Evelyn Pearce
Known your body
Reader's Digest
An Evolution of Indian Economy
I.C.Dhingra
(Sultan Chand & Co)
10
Indian Economy
Dutt & Sundaram
11
Economic Survey of India
Government of India
12
General Principles of World Geography
Charles Farro
13
Monsoon Asia
S.No.
Name
Author
14
Physical Geography of India for XII Std
NCERT
15
Any Good School Atlas
16
Ancient India for XII Std
NCERT
17
Medieval India for XII Std
NCERT
18
Modern India
Bipin Chandra
19
History of Modern India
A.C.Banerjee
Charles Farro
The path to the coveted Civil Services is full of ups and downs and is a highly uneven track to
traverse. Before taking a decision about Civil Services as your career, it is expedient to check up
oneself and remain determined after wards. The first and foremost thing to decide while aspiring
for Civil Services is the judicious choice subjects for the Prelims and the Mains. This is the most
important and first step of your journey and should be accomplished most carefully as coming
things hinge on it and a wrong decision may prove to be disastrous. Careful analysis of syllabus,
previous years papers, your calibre, requirement of subject (Visionary, Numerical, Theoretical),
comfort level with the subject and past trends should be done. Advice from seniors and fellow
candidates should also be sought. To avoid dithering in choice at later stage, initial deep thinking
and consultations are a must. Having decided the subject, it is advisable to stick to your choice even
if the perception of others about it is not favourable. Preparation for General Studies can be done
hand in hand while preparing for Optional papers. Good mix of study hours for General Studies and
Optionals makes study enjoyable and it becomes easy to sustain for long hours without losing
interest and enthusiasm. Before Prelims result, one Optional can be exhaustively prepared so as to
have an edge during study for the Mains and also to ease out burden during these busy days.
General Studies, though does not have any limits, yet syllabus as outlined by UPSC gives quite
good understanding of the question paper. General tendency about General Studies paper is to
devote much more time on unproductive readings which, in reality yields little returns. Concentrate
on what is more probable, followed by probable, then less probable if time permits. Even if you do
not cover less probable ones, you are not at much o floss. So, be secure and study systematically.
Being a regular reader of newspapers n magazines gives good command and writing skill, hence,
his should be made a habit. Trend now-a-days has shifted more towards current issues, hence a
thorough awareness of recent happenings is mandatory. one you achieve the threshold
in General Studies, more efforts should be put on Optionals (Especially in Prelims) as it is more
scoring and is the hub of success. For Mains, syllabus is quite beautifully elaborated and we know
beforehand the study topics. Ready reference material as published in some magazines is of great
help. I believe that the preamble of UPSC Question Paper are the instructions on the front page of
the paper. Give some time in reading the instructions and follow them. By doing this, you are
averting a possible source of error which could creep in if you do not read them. Follow the worldlimit as prescribed at the end of the question to the extent possible. Try to confine your answer
within that limit, never exceed it. The art to express many contrasting views in a confined word
space comes through practice, so practise some previous years question papers. Be your own while
writing, never try to imitate anybody. Your expression needs try to be limited yet comprehensive
while writing General Studies paper. In Essay paper, your imagination can reach zenith but with a
purpose, never divert from the main topic. To ensure, work out the sub-titles, rearrange them if
necessary and once you are satisfied with the rough work, elaborate are satisfied with the rough
work, elaborate on this outline after wards. There is no standard word-limit yet. What one can
effectively write in 3-hour duration is good enough length. My essay consisted of approx 2500
words. Conclusion should be drawn only at the end, take a balanced approach and write whatever
good comes to your mind at the end, take a balanced approach and write what ever good comes to
your mind at the moment. Devote initial 40-46 minutes on preparing rough outline. Next 2 hours
for writing inflow and last 15-20 minuets for review and corrections. In addition to Competition
Success Review and standard books, I studied History Polity of Spectrum Series books,
Economics, Science & Technology and Geography through MnM Series books which I found
quite useful. Approach to Optional paper is not universal and is individual specific, adopt such
strategy which you are comfortable with and which fits into your constraints. Since, I am working
with maruti Udyog, I did not have plenty of time as against my fellow candidates. I has to evolve
and finetune my strategy to cover up such a huge Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics
syllabi apart from General Studies & essay. How to write an answer is equally vital for
Mechanical Engineering/Mathematics paper as it is for General Studies & Essay. Students
sometimes ignore basics and it costs much. Before proceeding, state all the assumptions involve
and try to give minutes plausible details, adopt step0by-step approach, see that no vital step is left
in between, as these steps are the links and missing or weak links can never ensure good strength of
the answer, so be careful about it. All this sequential and systematic answering comes through a lot
of practice and analysis of standard answers. Simulate the actual examination hours at home to
judge your performance and to plug any loopholes. For the Personality Test one should better form
a group of 3-4 people as the preparation for Interview cannot be done in isolation. All would
agree that personality is a life-time asset and expecting miraculous alterations in personality in a
span of a few days or weeks is not possible. Yet, efforts can be made to overcome major deficiency
and polish p views and opinions. Remember, no one is omniscient and non-awareness of something
should be admitted with politeness. Only those people learn who have urge to change an willing to
accept new ideologies. If at any point of time, you could show that your approach is flexible an
amenable the world is yours. It is better to say No than to bluff around. Those interviewing are
highly experienced persons and know much better than us, therefore one should be expressed only
if asked so, never start giving history of an issue, unless asked to do so. Of the question put is not
clear t you, politely ask for more information. It is not the factual knowledge but your views which
are on test. Always observe interview etiquette and be honest, polite, convincing an modest.
Arrogance, rigidity, flicking round the issue should be avoided. A lot depends upon the Almighty,
so pray often. Be self confident but not complacent, honest, motivated, have patience and be
optimistic. Work hard as there is no short-cut to success and hard work never goes unrewarded. I
would like to quote Swami Vivekanand (often my eldest brother reminds me of it): Arise awake
and rest not till the goal is achieved. There are many ups and downs during the course. It is the
downs which need to be tackled more vigorously and skillfully, it is when a persons qualities are
on test and they emerge as winners who have these qualities. To cite my example, I was often told
that it is just impossible to think for IAS while working. I was advised sometimes even to quit the
job. Yet, I managed to come out with flying colours despite all these hiccups kudos to good
planning, my faith in Almighty, parents blessing, hard work and Gods grace. I have read
somewhere that winners are those who manage their hardships effectively and do learn from our
mistakes makes us successful. Never feel depressed, self confidence and inner strength are the
two basic requirements for anybody to appear in this examination. Believe in yourself. You are
your own best judge and you know which areas are weak and nee reinforcement. General
perception around the Civil Services aspirants regarding Mechanical Engineering is highly
discourage yet I took it and got success. So never get carried away by others. Profound Faith In
God, Strong Will Power and Dogged Pursuit Do Bear Fruit -Ms. Manju Rajpal, IAS Topper
Among Women 2000 Winners dont do different things, but they do the things differently - these
lines appearing in the Preface of Shiv Kheras Book You Can With touch the very fathom of
success or failure in life. There are no roses always strewn on the path of those moving towards
their goal in life; instead the thorns in the way is the biggest truth of life. I never agree with
those who think failure s synonymous with lick. Every sweat of your brow through hard work bears
the splendour of your bright career and this ensures your Golden Tomorrow. Those who keep faith
in their capabilities, shape their future with their own deeds. We have t take exam/test at every step
f life. Therefore, whether it is a competitive exam or a sundry struggle in day-to-day life, till you
have the high aim of standing first or coming out victorious therein, the pinnacle of success remains
a distance dream. The first step towards success is to choose your goal honestly and thereafter to
make dedicated efforts backed by strong determination t achieve it. By honesty, I mean that incases
you are selecting Civil Services s your career, the first quest ion that you should put to yourself is:
Whether you want to become the same of which you are making efforts. It is very easy to inherit a
dream, an aspiration or a goal but to muster courage to convert it into reality is surely a difficult
task. Therefore, if father desires, mother has a dream or it is a pressure from your social circle or
family that you have to be a shining star in the firmament of civil Services but you are planning, for
your job satisfaction, quite a different a career for you, my advice to you would be to reconsider
your decision for making Civil Services as your goal. If the decision to join Civil Services is
your own, then assess your suitability in the context of your capabilities to see whether you passes
the requisite self-confidence, dedicated efforts, strong determination and commitment; the reason
being that the lack of constant and hardwork leading to initial setback or failure to achieve the
desired success engulfs the whole personality into darkness. If your decision is backed by an honest
assessment of positive aspect of your capacity or capability, then proceed towards your goal in right
direction and, believe me no obstacle on the way can ever waver you from your path. By right
direction; I mean that if you want to ensure your success in Civil Services, then it is
desirable to make a right selection of study material. I have seen many candidates studying a lot
which is hardly necessary. Therefore, dont waste your energy. Take a decision on the basis of the
nature of your Optionals whether extensive or intensive study is required. Always use authentic and
dependable study material brought out by standard publishers. You must be quite serious in the
selection of your subjects. Some subjects are considered scoring and that the chances of success
therein are rated quite high. This is a wrong method of subject-selection. Subject-selection should
be always based on your interest in the subject, availability of study material and your ability to
understand the nature of the subject as a first reaction, better evaluate your deficiencies in the
subject and try to remove them. In my opinion, keeping in view the moral disequilibrium
and fall in performance level as a result of such frequent change of subjects, it is better to stick to
your original after rectifying your drawbacks. Preparation for civil Services demands right
time-management. If there is something more valuables than time, it is Time only. Therefore,
instead of wasting the interlude between completion of prelims exam and its results, prepare at least
one Optional, assuming that you would be successful in the exam. Then at the time for General
Studies and the other Optional. At the same time, one of the criteria for selection for Civil Service
is that how for a candidate succeeds in expressing himself through originality of thoughts;
excellence and analytical presentation via effective writing. An indepth study of the subject is
desirable but there is a world of difference between knowing all and effective presentation of
requisite knowledge. Therefore, make constant efforts to develop your expressive power. Keep
your self-confidence intact while appearing for the Prelims and the Mains, then only you can
attempt the Question Paper in a reasonably logical way. Select Questions after utmost thought and
instead of making hurry in answering the questions, it is better to understand their true content. In
prelims, while it may be alright to answer objective questions on the basis of intelligent guesswork
but in the Mains, logical and fact-based and to the point answer are desirable. In General Studies, if
you do not know the answer to a particular question, it is risky to attempt it with guess work or on
the basis of wrong information. While selection topics in the Essay Paper, always be careful that it
should contain not only factual or informative data but there should also be analytical presentation.
During interview, keep in view that no Training institute can improve your personality completely
although some of these Institutes provide an avenue to be helpful through well-planned preparation
and Group Discussions. During Interview, keep in mind that the members of the Board are more
experienced than you; therefore, an attempt of focus your personality is to invite risk. Whatever you
are, keeping faith in yourself, have a balanced view of the questions put to you. Have faith in life
and have positive outlook towards various developments; thereby you acquire the moral prop to
face difficulties To sum up:- (No mater whether you take only a few steps, Go on your chosen
pathwith positive state of mind, Your destination will reach you automatically: O grumbler with
your forethought and planning, You can even change your destiny) you will find that a stone
thrown up with right intent could make a hole in the sky. Hard Work, Focussed Approach And
Faith In God Are Instrumental In Achieving Your Goal - Santosh Kumar Misra, IAS Topper
2000 (2nd Rank)
1. Focus on Mains : Always target the Mains Exam and make passing the Prelims a critical
but incidental objective. If you always focus on Prelims result and dont think of Mains till
the Prelims result are out, you will end up as a loser because there is hardly any time left for
a thorough preparation. So always aim at the Mains.
2. Revision is a must : Always remember anything you could not revise prior to the
examination is as good as not having prepared at all So always make sure that youre able
to revise whatever youve prepared just prior to the examination.
3. Practice, Practice and Practice (Especially for maths) : Go through the unsolved papers
of the previous years and solve them. Try to monitor you speed. Speed is of utmost
importance in this examination
4. Have a Small Group : Preparing alone is extremely boring and at times frustrating. So
form a small group with your friends, and have regular discussions, e.g. in History, Polity,
etc. it helps to keep your tempo up.
5. Dare-to-Bare Attitude for your Personality Test : Given the extremely short time (25-30
minutes) in which your personality is assessed, it is your responsibility to bring out your
very best in front of the board. This should be done in a very modest way and it should not
appear as if you are boasting. The risk in baring yourself in front of the board is that you
will also be exhibiting your weakness. So do it in a pre-planned and well-planned way.
6. General Dos & Donts for the Interview: (i) Be utmost respectful to the board. They are
usually very senior and learned people. (ii) Have no biases for any Board . Dont go by any
stories doing rounds in your campus corridors. (iii) Never make any sweeping statement (iv)
Accept your mistakes boldly.
7. Overall : Be patient and maintain your pace. This examination is all about tenacity and
perseverance. Dont lose heart and work hard. Your efforts are bound to succeed.
8. Suggested study Time-Table: Say you are appearing in Civil Services Examination, 2001.
Here is how I recommend going about it: (i) Start in December 2000 (ii) December 200February 2001: Finish your Optional (i.e., the Optional other than the one youre taking in
the Prelims. (iii) March & April 2001) : Devote fully to the Preparation of Optional 1 (i.e.,
the subject youll opt in the prelims) thoroughly. (iv) May 2001 should be spent exclusively
for Prelims. A selective and precise coverage of syllabus is required. (v) For General
Studies in Prelims, all you need is a collection of Competition Success Review issues from
December to May. Just go through them and try to pick as many facts as you can. Also
solve the previous years General Studies Prelims and Model Papers published in
competition Success Review. (vi) Take a break after the Prelims for 10-15 days. Relax and
re-energise yourself for the last four months of the year-long battle. (vii) Complete the
Optional-1 where you left it at the time of Prelims. This should be done by the middle of
July. (viii)Give second half of July and August to your Optional -2, once again. (ix) Prepare
all your General Studies including current events in September and leave October for
Revision. Time Table For The Preparation Of Civil Services Examination : 2001-2002
December- 2000 January - 2001 Optional February- 2001 March - 2001 Optional 0 1 from
April - 2001 Mains point of view May 2001 Optional - 1 and General Studies from June20001 Prelims point of view July- 2001 Optional - 2 August- 2001 & September - 2001
General Studies October- 2001 Revisions During revision or otherwise in nay spare time
you should go through al the issue of magazines like Competition Success Review (of that
particular year) and it will be extremely rewarding, I can guarantee that. (x) After your
Mains are over, take a break for say a month or so. Just keep reading Newspaper/Magazines
(Hindu & Frontlines international events are a good combination). You should be in
touch with magazine like Competition Success Review. (xi) From January 2002 you should
start preparing for your round two. Prepare the topics you could not do in your lst attempt
and try to cover any, new areas where you feel you were weak. By March 2002, you should
be fully prepare to tackle the Mains once again (hopefully you wont need it, still it pays to
be prepared). (xii) In March the results come out and immediately afterwards you should
start your interview preparation. Interview : Interview preparation does not require one to
stuff oneself with facts, ability to analyse and to critically examine an issue is what actually
counts. Facts you may not know and there is no harm in saying so to the Board but you
must be able to think laterally and analyse all dimensions of the topic under consideration.
Speak honestly, truthfully and with modesty. Understand the questions before answering
them and clarify the points if you did not understand them. Many a time what happens is
that your answer is misinterpreted, so do not hesitate in clarifying it. Framing your own
questions and answering them (especially recording them on to a tape and listening them) is
a very useful technique, if you dont feel confident. Otherwise also it is extremely helpful in
making a correct choice of words while answering a question. Hard Work, Good Planning,
positive Approach and Faith In God Ensure Success - Vinod K.Jacob, IAS Topper 200
(5th Rank)
Important Dates
Civil Service
! The notifications for preliminary examination appears in newspapers somewhere in the
month of December-January
! Preliminary examination is conducted in the month of June
! Main examination is conducted in the month of November-December
! Interviews are conducted in the month of March-April every year.
Engineering Service
! Notification for the exam appears in the month of January
! Exam is conducted in the month of June
Indian Forest Service
! Notification for the exam appears in the month of February
! Exam is conducted in the month of July
Time Table For Main Exam - 2001

Forenoon Session
9.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M
Date/Day
Afternoon Session
2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M.
19.10.2001
(Friday)
General Studies Paper-I
General Studies Paper-II
20.10.2001
(Saturday)
Essay
English
21.10.2001
(Sunday)
Indian Language (Assamese/Bengali/Gujarati/

Hindi/Kannada/Kashmiri/Konkani/Malayalam/
Manipuri/Marathi/Nepali/Oriya/Punjabi/
Sanskrit/Sindhi(Devanagri or Arabic
Script)/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu)
29.10.2001
(Monday)
History Paper-I
History Paper-II
30.10.2001
(Tuesday)
Mathematics Paper-I/Statistics Paper-I
Mathematics Paper-II/ Statistics

Paper-II
----
31.10.2001
Sociology Paper-I/Anthropology Paper-I
(Wednesday)
Sociology Paper-II/
Anthropology Paper-II
02.11.2001
(Friday)
Geography Paper-I
Geography Paper-II
03.11.2001
(Saturday)
Civil Engg. Paper-I/ Electrical Engg. Paper-I/ Civil Engg. Paper-II/ Electrical
Mechanical Engg. Paper-I /Medical Science Engg. Paper-II/
Paper-I/
Mechanical Engg Paper-II /
Medical Science Paper-II
05.11.2001
(Monday)
Political Science & International Relations Political science & International

Paper-I/Public Administration Paper-I
Relations Paper-II/ Public
Administration Paper-II
06.11.2001
(Tuesday)
Literature
of
Assamese/Bengali/Gujarati/Hindi/
Nepali/Kashmiri/Konkani/Marathi/Oriya/
Punjabi/Sanskrit/Pali/Sindhi
(Devanagari/Arabic
Script)
Malyalam/
Manipuri/Kannada/Tamil/Telugu/
Urdu/Arabic/Persian/German/French/Russian/
Chinese/English Language Paper-I
Literature of Assamese/
Bengali/Gujarati/Hindi/
Nepali/Kashmiri/Konkani/
Marathi/Oriya/Punjabi/
Sanskrit/Pali/Sindhi
(Devanagri/Arabic Script)
Malyalam/Manipuri/
Kannada/Tamil/Telugu/Urdu/
Arabic/ Persian/German/
French/Russain/Chinese/English
Language Paper-II
07.11.2001
Physics Paper-I
(Wednesday)
Physics Paper-II
08.11.2001
(Thursday)
Commerce
&
Accountancy
I/Management Paper-I
Paper- Commerce & Accountancy

Paper-II/Management Paper-II
09.11.2001
(Friday)
Zoology Paper-I
Zoology Paper-II
10.11.2001
(Saturday)
Economics Paper-I
Economics Paper-II
12.11.2001
(Monday)
Botany Paper-I
Botany Paper-II
17.11.2001
(Saturday)
Law Paper-I
Law Paper-II
19.11.2001
(Monday)
Philosophy Paper-I
Philosophy Paper-II
20.11.2001
(Tuesday)
Agriculture Paper-I/Animal Husbandry & Agriculture Paper-II/Animal

Veterinary Science Paper-I
Husbandry & Veterinary
Science Paper-II
21.11.2001
Psychology Paper-I
(Wednesday)
Psychology-II
22.11.2001
(Thursday)
Chemistry Paper-I
Chemistry Paper-II
23.11.2001
(Friday)
Geology Paper-I
Geology Paper-II

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