Page-158 of UPSC Questions

The Financial Action Task Force has played a very crucial in fighting with the menace of money laundering. Elaborate.

Financial action task force is an intergovernmental organisation started by G7. It is headquartered in Paris and its secretariat services are provided by OECD. Features: Prevent the money laundering, state sponsoring of terror, and terror financing. Ensures a economic order, ..

In India, both Centre and States have misused the provision of issuing ordinances, even though it amounts to seizing the legislative powers by the executive. Critically examine.

Article 123 provides for issuance of ordinances by executive in extraordinary circumstances when legislative is not in session. Ordinance-route – Usurpation of power by executive: Legislative/law-making is a domain of the legislative in our democratic setup. Escape of parliamentary oversight ..

Examine the labor augmenting the labor displacing element in Green revolution.

Hint: Adoption of new technology in Green Revolution had reduced labor absorption in agriculture. The uneven regional growth was mainly responsible for the low absorption of labor within agriculture. In a large number of states, especially in those regions where ..

Differentiate between the cropping pattern and cropping system. Examine the key factors that affect Cropping patterns.

Hint: Cropping pattern refers to the yearly sequence and spatial arrangement of crops and fallow on a given area. Cropping system refers to cropping pattern used on a farm and its interactions with farm resources, other farm enterprises, and available ..

Discuss the trends, scope and challenges of India's Tea exports.

Hint: India exports around 20% of its tea produced and accounts for roughly 13% of Total World Trade in Tea. Currently, India is fourth largest exporter of tea after Kenya, Sri Lanka and China. India’s Assam CTC Tea faces competition ..

Examine the evidence for and against the view that in the early twenty-first century, the world was witnessing a 'civilization struggle' between Islam and the West.

Samuel Huntington was the first to propose the ‘clash of civilization’. He argued that with the end of cold war, the clash of ideology was over and from now the clash will be between cultures and civilizations. The USA will ..

What do you understand by moral vulnerabilities? Bring out the two moral vulnerabilities recognized by you in yourself. How do you think that you can overcome these moral vulnerabilities?

Morality is inherently subjective in nature. It is shaped by the society that one grows up in. the circumstances/conditions that could cause even a morally strong person to deviate from his code of ethics are termed moral vulnerabilities. For example, ..

To what extent consistency between one's emotions, values and behavior is important in personal and professional life? Discuss.

Values from the bedrock of an individual that determines their behavior, outlook towards life and other attitudes. Since emotion is an instinctive or intuitive feeling rather than a well-reasoned response, the underlying values of an individual are also manifested in ..

Population-Resource Regions: Why tropical monsoon region is densely populated in comparison to the equatorial region?

The equatorial, hot, wet climate is found between 5 to 10 degree north and south of the equator. The equatorial regions are generally sparsely populated. The reason is mainly due to heavy downpour, gloomy wet forests, humid conditions and dangerous ..

How does Mandu showcase the fact that humans adapt to their environment?

Mandu is an ancient city in the present-day Dhar district in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh. Mandu was the subdivision of the Taranga kingdom in the 11th century. It gained prominence under the Paramaras. Due to its strategic ..