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Note to self:

read the question twice


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L1T1- 73.33: 40:10:0

L2T2- 68.67 38:11:1


Note to self:

read the question twice


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1. Confusion b/w 42nd and 44th AAs. 44th removed RTP, not 42nd

2. Article 19 all the rights in this are against the state only.

3. Specific differences between Prohibition and Certiorari

4. Not reading each word in the question->Eq of status "preamble"

5. Read the question again after deciding the answer. ->helped in two questions


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L1T1- 73.33: 40:10:0

L2T2- 68.67 38:11:1


Note to self:

read the question twice


Silly Mistakes- not reading the word "not",

lacking conceptual clarity on subordinate courts, SATs vs normal Tribunals, PIL is b/o pow's in 32 and 226, NCW is quasi judicial, produce b4 magistrate in 24h not 48

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1. Voter Turnout highest in 2019 

state list majority by RS= 2/3rd P&V

Speakers right to resing from party= mentioned in constitution X sched

Prez prior perm not required to form LC of state

two can use either of Eng or Hindi but not any other language for inter-state communication

Forgot to go back to unattempted questions

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Semi-Presidential system= Both Prez and PM, but powers vary from country to country

Cab Secretary send mothly reports to BOTH Prez and VP

There's a Secretary for GP-GS: Appointed by State Govt. 

Municipal Corporation is by State legislature act. Not parliament. 

Oath of Gov'r= CJHC. And Vice Versa

First Municipal Corporation= Madras. Not Calcutta


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No reservation of seats in Rajya Sabha for SC and ST

Conduct of Prez can be reviewed by Courts for impeachment by parliament

RTI reply/ reject with reason in 30 DAYS. Not 6 months

Cabinet Secretary is the Ex-Officio chair of CSB. Not PM.

Civil Cases not mandatory to declare

Can't use place of worship for Pol Campaign

Members of Armed Forces- both Proxy and Postal voting

Difference b/w RPA,1950 and RPA, 1951

Foreign COntribution not allowed for Pol Parties acc to FCRA. So can't use electoral bonds

Both Salaries and Pensions of AIS- borne by states only


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No reservation of seats in Rajya Sabha for SC and ST

Conduct of Prez can be reviewed by Courts for impeachment by parliament

RTI reply/ reject with reason in 30 DAYS. Not 6 months

Cabinet Secretary is the Ex-Officio chair of CSB. Not PM.

Civil Cases not mandatory to declare

Can't use place of worship for Pol Campaign

Members of Armed Forces- both Proxy and Postal voting

Difference b/w RPA,1950 and RPA, 1951

Foreign COntribution not allowed for Pol Parties acc to FCRA. So can't use electoral bonds

Both Salaries and Pensions of AIS- borne by states only


Sorry for the error with regards to foreign funding to Pol Parties. 

FCRA 2017 Amendment | Parties can receive from an Indian subsidiary of a foreign, A foreign company, in which an Indian holds 50% or more shares.

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Administrator merely agent of the Prez. Not the head of the state like Governor

69th CAA : Delhi- Lt. Govr on advice of the Legislative Assembly

Bombay HC- Also for Goa

President (not Govr) has the pow to direct a state to include a language in its official languages

Any inclusion or exclusion from Presidential Notification of SCs or STs can be done ONLY by Parl. Not by a subsequent Presidential Notification

 Rajasthani not in 8th schedule currently

Estimates Committee= Largest. 30 members

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LOWEST SO FAR

lot of conceptual gaps

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1. Inverse relationship b/w Competition in market and Competitive behaviour of the comapny

2. Price Ceilings are generally (not only) put on essential goods

3. Say's Law 'says' that Full Emplyt level is normal condiiton of the economy. But the concept of Effective Demand shows that its not. 

4. Definition of Law of Variable Proportions

5. Silly mistake- not reading the word 'less' in the ICOR question


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NBFCs cannot accept DDs

PCA framework not applicable for NBFCs (UCBs- SAF framework). RRBs, SFBs, Payment Banks = No PCA/SAF

DICGC is a 100% RBI subsidiary. Not GoI.

Credit Default Swap: To mitigate any risk of default. Different from Currency Swap

MPC constituted by Govt. Not RBI

Investment Rate is Low during a Liqudity Trap. (Definition)

Purpose of SLR question

Margin Requirements: Qualitative method of Credit Control

Fisher Effect: Nominal int rate= Inflation + Real IR

Bharat Bond= India's first corporate ETF bond


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1. Fiscal Marksmanship

2. Subsidies paid to exporters, farmers, manufacturers are not considered transfer payments because they are linked to a commodity transaction.

3. FSDC doesn't have state representation

4. current goal= Reduce Fiscal Defiicit to 4.5% by 2025-26

5. NMP: Roads = 27%. Biggest Component

6. Silly Mistake= Reading SBI as RBI (Nationalisation question)

7. Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grants- FC decides eligibility. 

8. India's Credit - GDP ratio is half of average of G-20 countries

9. Credit-GDP ration (conceptual gap)

10. 15th FC recommendations: No grants if SFCs aren't constituted by 2025-26

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1. MGNREGA provisions- Mandatory Social Audit and 33% Women

2. Agri operational land holding: UP>BH>MH

3. NRI deposits are maintained in Rupees

4. Tendulkar Committee- Uniform Poverty Line Basket, and a shift away from calorie consumption based estimation

5. Demographic Dividend->Decline in country's Mortality and Fertility

6. Nagaladn was the only state with a negative decadal growth acc to Census 2011

7. Hard Currency in Forex Market

8. Increase in REER = exports are expensive

9. Problem of International Liquidity is the non availability of Dollars and other hard currencies


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- Revision required

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Q.1: Simon Commission= Indian Statutory Commission. Lord Birkenhead, then SoS, was repsosible for its formation, Conserv govt formed it earlier fearing constitutional reofrms will fall in ""irresponsible Labor hands"

2: Madras Session-1927, Prez= MA Ansari, Jawaharlal Nehru successful in getting a "snap resoln on complete independence" passed

4: unionists in PJ and Justice Party of Natesan didn't boycott Simon Commission

7: Birkenhead's challenge was accepted by various sections

14: Dandi MArch- widely covered by European and American media. Gandhi was not arrested immediately. 

26: Jinnah's 14 points: Adequate represntation in legislatures of all provinces. In any cabinet, at centre or provinces, one third should be muslims

45: Irwin rejected all demands of Delhi Manifesto. Immediate Dominion Status was one of the demands. (DM 1929 was before Lahore Purna Swaraj resoln- Dec,1929)

47: Swarajya Party= Gaya Session, 1922. Haripura Session 1938 (Bose= Prez)- Princely States Moral Support, National Planning Committee 

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1. 1935 act did not provide reserved seats to women but provided Separate Electorates (same for labor and depressed classes)

2. Tebagha Movt: Reduction of share from 1/2 to 1/3rd. Not to end the Zamindari system.

3. SBI nationalisaiton= change of name too(1955). Communist govt in Kerala= 1957. Goa Liberation 1961, Puducherry- 1962

4. Krishak Sramik Party= Bengal: AK Fazlul, Abdul Rahim. 

5. During QIM, In Satara- Prati Sarkar by Nana patil and YB Chauhan

6. INA under Mohan Singh- interfere only if Congress AND ppl of India invite

7.INA was made subordinate to IIL(by Bose). Not vice versa

8. Punnapra Vayalar Revolt- Communist revolt against the "Independent Travancore declaration" by the British Backed Diwan- CP Ramaswamy Iyer

9. the three specific INA upsurges were short-lived and Urban centered. But the INA cause, in general, reached the remotest of the villages

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