Miscellaneous News(67th BPSC) Norovirus in Kerala- It is a bug similar to the diarrhoea-inducing rotavirus One97 Communications (Paytm) closed its offering with an issue size of Rs 18,300 crore making it the largest ever IPO of an Indian company. The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station. Rani …
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Note: This post comprehensively covers the international news for the upcoming 67th BPSC preliminary exam. But, there may be some minor updates in coming days. International News BPSC(67th) European Commission, in a global first, proposed a set of digital rights and principles recently. It is an extension of the Berlin declaration on Digital Society and …
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Poverty and the history of India’s poverty levels What is poverty?: In 2009, the report on poverty estimation, chaired by Late Prof Suresh Tendulkar, stated: “Fundamentally, the concept of poverty is associated with socially perceived deprivation with respect to basic human needs”. This is a crucial definition to consider since the Tendulkar committee’s estimation method …
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Q. ‘China is using its economic relations and positive trade surplus as tools to develop potential military power status in Asia’, In the light of this statement, discuss its impact on India as her neighbor. [UPSC-2017] Ans: Since last 4 decades China saw significant economic growth. It has favorable trade balance with almost all the …
Q. The following multiple bar chart shows production of same type of vehicle (in thousands) for a period of three years by selected manufacturers and the in line chart shows prices of vehicles in the year 2017: Ans: Production (in thousands) Manufacturer 2015 2016 2017 Total A 8 14 35 47 B 12 18 …
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Q. Study the following line graph which gives the percentage profit earned by the three companies A, B and C during the period from 2011 to 2016 and answer the questions given below: Ans: Percenatage-profit in different years by company A,B and C: Years Company A Company B Company C 2011 15 30 40 …
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Q. Study the following line graph which gives the number of students who joined and left the school in the beginning of year for six years, from 1996 to 2001. Initial Strength of school in 1995 = 3000. (a) What was number of students studying in the school during 1999? Ans:Data noted from the given …
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The following line graph gives the percent profit earned by two Companies X and Y during the period 1996 – 2001. (a) The incomes of two Companies X and Y in 2000 were in the ratio of 3:4 respectively. What was the respective ratio of their expenditures in 2000? 9 (b) If the expenditure …
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Q. A cosmetic company provides five different products. The sales of these five products (in lakh number of packs) during 1995 and 2000 are shown in the following bar graph. (a) The sales of lipsticks in 2000 was by what percent more than the sales of nail enamels in 2000? 6 …
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Q. The bar graph given below shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in million US $) from 1991 – 1992 to 1998 – 1999.(a) What is the ratio between the number of years, in which the foreign exchange reserves are above the average reserves and those in which the reserves are below the …
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