✅How newspapers could have helped in avoiding confusions?
🅾️1) Even in straight forward Questions like Right to privacy- Puttaswamy judgement - click here ( We cant jeopardise the right to privacy "EITHER"- the backstory could remove any confusion
🅾️2) Right to city- click here- If you had read about the new urban agenda of UN habitat- There could have been a chance to know about this- again not an easy one but atleast the inspiration of the question could be this- I cannot say it is obvious but it could have helped if you went through the link. (https://unhabitat.org/topic/human-rights)
🅾️3) Parole - Click here
🅾️4)Judicial custody- click here
🅾️5)Implementation of forest rights act- CLick here and-> Minor forest produce as per FRA-> here
🅾️6) Constitutionalism- This single article could have helped you answer privacy question and constitutionalism also+ below one
🅾️7)Article 14- unguided power question- that is why rule of law exists- also reiterated in many cases - Click here
🅾️8) Best safeguard of liberty- This article will give you clarity about the concept and need for Separation of powers- Click here
🅾️9) Even if you were casually glancing this channel's articles daily- ACE 2 receptor would have been a cakewalk- click here and many other articles
🅾️10) British judiciary vs indian judiciary- basic question from laxmikanth-also click here and here
🅾️11) Savvanah scattered trees- this is a basic question- when you extrapolate this to the inspiration behind this question- rise in forest fires- you can eliminate options- Click here ( again without basics this news makes no sense- so if you are expecting verbatim answers from materials thats not how it works- why not burrowing termites you might ask- they are found in arid areas- eliminate that and include fires- you get the answer- again basics are important )
🅾️12) Amount of water in poles etc- basic NCERT textbook- click here
🅾️13) Recombinant technology- This is basic biotech question- repeating everyyear- Click here
🅾️14) Mitochondiral diseases- 3 parent baby issue- most basic classes must have covered this- again when reading articles like this- these basics should be at the back of your mind
🅾️15) Bollgard technologies- even word association could have helped - click here
🅾️16) whether virus can be cultured in artificial medium?- Wuhan virus origin is probably the trigger- Click here- There are debates about whether virus can be cultured in artificial medium due to Biosafety level of the labs- personally i think its too technical and mostly all the 3 should be right- But will have to wait for key next year
🅾️17) In the background of vaccine development- adenovirus vectors+ Retrovirus difference is a basic concept- most classes would have covered these basics- also click here( although the question cant be solved by this article alone)
🅾️18)palm oil endemicity- click here- also mentioned in agri trends video
🅾️19) Seabed mining- Yes i did not highlight that point as i might have felt it was static part- but the answer is right there in front of us in the paragraphs-
🅾️20) Sugarcane -water efficiency- very common question- we dont need newspapers for this but it is present here
🅾️21) Question on epiphytes- basic from ncert- also
🅾️22) Which of them grows without soil?- Mushroom can be eliminated here- again my point here is what to look for when you read newspaper- it is the ability to link your static parts- PYQs with news at hand- This activity will culminate into a long term ability to handle questions
🅾️23) Leaf litter decomposition- tropical forests- PYQ- simple one again you dont need newspaper for this- but still - click here
🅾️24) Dholavira- Basic ncert level+ in news also- Click here
🅾️25) Difference between mitakshara school and dayabagh school of law- inspiration for this- click here
🅾️26) Diatoms question— It is a basic question that can be solved through elimination- click here- plus you know cyanobacteria from basics
🅾️27) Pangolin was in news- although a difficult one unless you know hedgehog- so one cant solve this without extra knowledge
🅾️28) New york declaration- This is a question that can be solved by elimination- usual technique is that summit under which these are signed is tweaked Logic behind legally binding was discussed previously and also in some previous classes- but this can hardly stick as it was made as a passing reference- click here
🅾️29) Biogeochemical cycles- basics- click here and here
🅾️30) Retail investors and NDS-OM- click here direct one
🅾️31) Money multiplier- click here
🅾️32) Lender of last resort- multiple articles- click here
🅾️33) Refuse based oil and furnace oil( as such furnace oil was in news couple of years ago in most compilations so would have been an easy one for seniors) - basic textbooks again- click here( again my point being while reading newspapers- similar issues should strike your mind- as a matter of habit- this will help your elimination)
🅾️34) Blue carbon is a part of blue economy- click here- Explained already
🅾️35) EPFO question- covered in this lecture series of 2.5 hrs,Yes it was meant for CSE but expected this due to previous year questions on standing orders etc- even short notes could have been of some help even if you havent watched it- difficult for those who havent
🅾️36) Economic recession question- Basic one- could have covered from any source- Click here
🅾️37) Impact of Fed rate cuts on Indian Economy Link between Bond Yields and liquidity?- Click here
🅾️38) Urban cooperative banks- Click here
🅾️39) FDI vs FPI- Click here
🅾️40) Devaluation of currency- click here
🅾️41) Black money objective- Not direct- but if you read the article and still have a doubt- let me know - click here
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🅾️42) Budget deficit- basics- also while reading articles like these- it should be even more clear
Rest are static - Geo, history, Science and tech etc- Would not recommend you to run after sports MCQ compilation just yet- this is a relative game
🔰Conclusion : Patience + Conceptual clarity+ application+ Practice of elimination+ an element of luck too= success.
⚠️P.S. Start practicing CSAT from now- EVEN IF YOU ARE AN Engineer/ math champ.
🅾️How did newspapers help for mains in upsc 2020- Click here
