Civil Rebellions Good Books to read: Sumit Sircar, Bipan Chandra and A.R. Desai Listen to the Lecture and read the notes before you begin. 1.The nature of the British conquest was such that peasants , the tribes and dispossessed nobility and their retainers rebelled through out India before the Great Revolt of 1857. Comment 2. […]
Class Work 4 May 2013 Blog 2 NM: Tribal Revolts
Listen to the lecture and read the notes before you begin. These questions will be discussed in an interactive manner in the class. 1.What were the causes of the Tribal Revolts between the Battle of Plassey and the Great Revolt of 1857? 2.The History of India should not be regarded as the story of the […]
Class work Blog 1: NM: Peasants’ Revolts
Welcome to the Class. We start our Prelims classes on Saturday May 4th 2013. Materials for study are already given to you. On Saturday and Sunday classes begin at 9AM sharp. Please answer the following questions and come prepared. All students should blog. A test will be given at the end of the class. A […]
Probity in Administration : Discussion common to 2013 and 2014 batches Test 4
Probity in Governance is an essential part of the New Scheme of the Syllabus for the Civil Service Examination. This blog aims at promoting a lively discussion among the students of our Institute. Please engage in a fruitful debate. This comes in General Studies paper V. ( Probity in Governance: Concept of public service; Philosophical […]
IAS Prelims 2014 Test 4
1. As an aspirant for the Civil Services, you are expected to promote the sovereign good. What exactly is this good? Is it the good of ‘We , the People’ or is it the good of our political masters, who represent `We the people’ ? Mr. Gadkari once warned the IT officials not to be […]
Socialist Ideas of the Preamble Test 3 2014
SOCIALIST IDEAS OF THE PREAMBLE What is Socialism? Socialism stands for common ownership and collective control of the means of production, distribution and exchange. There is no private enterprise. No private property. The state manages the means of production – land, industry etc. Because it was very successful in the Soviet Union Planning has become […]
Secularism in the Indian Constitution Test 2 2014
SECULAR FEATURES IN THE PREAMBLE Two reasons why India is a secular State : To keep religion out of politics – To avoid religious fundamentalism. To protect the minorities in particular. What is Secularism? A secular State is not a Godless state. In the West, when they talk of secularism, they mean that in political […]
Preamble Test Topic 1 2014 Batch
POLITICAL IDEAS OF THE PREAMBLE The Preamble summarises the aims and objects of our Constitution. It runs as follows : “We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic and to secure to all its citizens (the words secular and socialist were inserted by the […]
Land Acquisition 2 B.A.Nagesh M.A. K.A.S retd
CURRENT EVENTS LAND ACQUISITION 2 The subject of Land acquisition is in the Concurrent list with power given to both the Central and State Govts The Land acquisition act 1894 is the premier act on land acquisition The main purpose of land acquisition is to create physical and social infrastructure Acquisition leads to displacement of […]
Right to Education, RTE etc.,B.A.Nagesh M.A. K.A.S.Retd
CURRENT EVENTS-BLOG 9 RIGHT TO EDUCATION The right to free and compulsory education for children between 6to 14 years has been granted under Art.21A. India is one of the 135 countries to make education fundamental. The act came into existence on 1.4.10 It covers the whole of India except Jammu&Kashmir. All private schools to reserve […]