* All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.
* Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.
* Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.
* Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.
* Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.
* Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.
* [...]

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A meticulously sought after planning and proper & timely guidance can enable an alert individual to clear the tough UPSC examinations. According to the UPSC aspirants, half of the battle is won right after selecting the right optionals for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) selection examination. Provided that optionals in each IAS preliminary [...]

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No matter how much you may want one of these pre-employment types of exams to go away, it never will. And the best way to deal with an examination is to embrace it and give it your best shot. After all, careful preparation is required. And this type of pre-test prep can help you [...]

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has informed the Bombay high court that candidates, who opt for an Indian language medium (other than Hindi) for the written Civil Services exam, can henceforth either choose the same Indian language, English or Hindi for the interview.
Similarly, even those candidates, who give the main exam in English, [...]

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The year 2011 will herald the arrival of new format of exam for the selection of Civil Servants in India. Civil Services Exam are the most respected competitive exam in India. Despite of so much noise about the rise of IITs and IIMs the top position of this exam is intact. The exam has [...]

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Step 1: Resolve the typical period you study day-to-day
To do this simply look at the duration you studied during a week, next divide that by seven. If you allot five or 6 days every week for IAS prep in that case divide by five or 6 as the instance might be. You should have [...]

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Q. 1. Which one of the following is an example of anticipatory socialization?
(a) Parents socializing their unmarried daughters for appropriate adjustments with their husbands’ families in the life after marriage
(b) A house-wife teaching her maid about proper ways of doing things in the household
(c) Training of soldiers to fight enemies
(d) A manager undergoing a [...]

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