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Prince Luthra (AIR 577) @Prince_Luthra - Telegram

About Me:

• I secured Rank 577 in

UPSC CSE 2014.
• I have been mentoring,
guiding and Teaching
UPSC students for 5 years.
• Apart from UPSC CSE, I
cracked SBI PO, LIC, AAO,
NIA AO, NABARD etc.
Exams as well.
Prince Luthra (AIR 577) @Prince_Luthra - Telegram

पररचय

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• मैंने यूपीएससी सीएसई 2014
में 577 रैंक हाससल की।
• मैं 5 वर्षों से यूपीएससी छात्रों को
मार्गदर्गन और सर्क्षण दे रहा हूूं।
• यूपीएससी सीएसई के अलावा
SBI PO, LIC, AAO, NIA AO,
NABARD परीक्षाओूं में भी
सफलता हाससल की।
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INDEX
• Newspaper
• Havana Syndrome
• FSSAI
• RBI
• Enforcement Directorate
• Electoral Bonds
• 004 Type
• Ballot Paper vs EVMs
• Defence Exports
India’s Defence Exports
• Production 1 lac crore
• Export 21000 Crore (85 Countries)
• Exporting LCA Tejas
• Brahmos missile and Artillery Guns
Havana Syndrome

• “directed energy” weapons.

• mysterious health condition
known as ‘Havana syndrome’ that
affected US diplomats and spies
across the world.
• No one is sure
• 1st happened in Havana hence the
name
• ‘syndrome’ simply means a set of
symptoms
• symptoms that are usually
experienced together whose
origins may be difficult to confirm.
• certain sounds without any
outside noise, nausea, vertigo and
headaches, memory loss, and
balance issues.
• it traces its roots to Cuba in late
2016.
What was the
result of
Investigation?
Russian military intelligence unit,
called 29155

“directed energy” weapons

Incidences of Havana Syndrome

Moscow
Poland Georgia Taiwan
(Russia)

Colombia Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Austria

• Flight got delayed for 3 hours
• She was going to Hanoi Vietnam
 • suspicion that the syndrome was a “sonic
attack”
Causes of Havana • Americans then called a “microwave
weapon”
syndrome?
Havana Syndrome and India
• Karnataka Court
• CIA Director William Bernes – one executive 2021
• 1st time such incidence in india
• But the question is why would we do it with US
FSSAI
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has
instructed all ecommerce companies not to label dairy-based, cereal-
based, or malt-based beverages as 'health drink' or 'energy drink'
• food delivery applications like Swiggy or Zomato, grocery delivery
apps such as Blinkit or Zepto
• e-commerce websites such as Amazon
• FSSAI said these are licensed as proprietary foods as there is no
category called health drinks under the act that governs food
products in the country.

• The FSSAI clarified that the term 'Health Drink' is not defined or
standardized under the FSS Act 2006

• According to company executives, energy drink sales are growing at a

rate of 50-55% annually, based on data from researcher NielsenIQ.
FSSAI
• 2006
• Headquarter = Delhi
• Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
• Recommendations to
government
90 Years of RBI
The reforms of 1991
• 1990 = Economic Crisis
• BoP was unmanageable
• The rupee was devalued twice, by 9% and 10%, in three days.
 Manmohan singh held office till 14,
1985,and prepared the groundwork for
strengthening monetary policy actions,
and banking reforms got a boost.
Singh and Pranav Mukharhjee had different opinion
on the Hostile Takeover Plan
• D Subbarao vs P
Chidambram
• Urjit patel vs Finance
Ministry
Role of RBI in 2008 Crisis
• India escaped the 2008-09 global financial crisis through a
combination of management, structure, and luck. Pre-crisis, the
policies of Governor Y V Reddy

• Raghuram Rajan announced plans to internationalise the rupee,

float inflation bonds linked to the consumer price index, steps to
boost exports and increase inflows, and plans to review the monetary
policy process, and gave banks freedom to open branches without
having to approach the RBI for licences.
Demonetisation
of 2016

The sudden withdrawal of notes

created a liquidity shortage in the
country
Monetary
Policy
Committee
Decide on interest rates
Covid 19
Pandemic
Digitization of Payment
Summoning Power of ED
Supreme Court orders four District
Collectors to appear in person before ED

four District Collectors of Vellore, Ariyalur,

Karur and Tiruchi.
What DMs said?
• General Elections
• Post April 19th
• court refused to accept the
Collectors’ explanation
• scant respect for the Supreme
Court’s order on February 27
• these officers have no respect for
this court
• officials were still gathering the data for the ED
• District Magistrates, saddled with the responsibility of maintaining
law and order
• fulfillment of social welfare and social security programmes in their
respective jurisdictions.
‘Neither witnesses nor accused’
• “They [Collectors] are neither witnesses nor accused… Can the ED call
anybody like this?
• “Yes, they can,” Justice Trivedi replied categorically
• Justice Trivedi said 50(2) of the PMLA empowered the ED to summon
“any person”
• Section 50(3) mandated that the individual summoned was “bound to
attend in person or through authorised agents”
• required to make truthful statements and produce the required
documents.
PM on
Electoral
Bonds
What is the positive impact of electoral bond
• Tracing of Fund
• Impossible before 2014
• Now people know how much money is being spent
Chinese Naval Expansion
• 4th Aircraft Carrier
• Challenging US Navy Dominance
Strategic Significance

• Nuclear Energy (Speculation)

• Advanced Weaponry
• BUT NO FRIENDS
Type 004 vs US
Nimitz-class Carriers
• Size and Capability
• Nuclear Propulsion
Cutting Edge
Technology

• The Fujian, China's third carrier, already

features cutting-edge technology
• For example, electromagnetic catapult
• South China Sea
• Taiwan Strait
Global Maritime Order
• Don’t follow UNCLOS
• adding guided-missile destroyers and amphibious assault ships
• challenge to the free and open Indo-Pacific vision championed by the
US
Ballot Paper vs
EVM
• Advocate Mehmood Pracha has
approached the Supreme Court

• epresentation of People’s Act, 1951

(RPA) and Conduct of Election Rules,
1961, clearly provide for voting and
counting through ballot paper.

• use of ballot paper is the norm and

use of EVM is an option.
• because of its “technology obsession”, ECI has feverishly adopted the
EVM in violation of Section 61A of the RP Act without any justifiable
circumstances or cogent reasons.

• the law permits the ECI to use EVMs for elections only on a case-to-
case basis, only for justifiable reasons, and not entirely as they claim.
What is VVPAT
• In the VVPAT system, a paper slip bearing
serial number, name and symbol of
candidate is generated, along with
recording of vote in the Control Unit

• so that in case of any dispute, paper slip

can be counted to verify the result being
shown on the EVM.

• A printer is attached to the Balloting Unit

and kept in the voting compartment.
• country like Japan, which invented EVM, conducts voting through
ballot; in Germany, their Supreme Court has imposed a ban that if
voting is done through EVM then it is unconstitutional
• EVMs seem to be under a perception cloud in India, but worldwide
about 20 countries use some form of electronic voting.

• Namibia, Nepal, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Australia, Belgium,

Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Peru and Venezuela, besides the US, use some form of electronic
voting.

• In the US, direct vote-recording machines are used in 27 states, while

15 states use machines with paper audit trail machines
• A country that has successfully used EVMs on a large scale during
elections is Brazil.

• The fifth most populous country in the world, Brazil, started using
electronic voting in the mid-1990s, according to the Brazilian
government website.

• reduction of election fraud and coercion, snatching of ballot boxes

and minimizing counting anomalies.
• 2023-24 = 21000 करोड़
• इर्मे 32.5% की वद्
ृ धि दे खने को ममली
• अगले र्ाल के मलए लक्ष्य = 35000 करोड़
• 2028-29 = 50000 करोड़
• रक्षा उत्पादन = 1 लाख करोड़ (2023-24)
• 2028-29 = 3 लाख करोड़
• भारत में ननजी क्षेत्र की कॉम्पननयााँ भी है
• 100 र्े अधिक कॉम्पननयााँ इर् क्षेत्र में काम कर रही है
• ववश्व का र्बर्े बड़ा आयातक दे श है
• हम 85 र्े अधिक दे शों को ननयासत कर रहा है जजर्मे स्पेन, इस्राइल
और रूर् भी शाममल है
• हम ब्रह्मोर्, डोरणीर ववमान 228, तेजर्, पीनाका, र्ुरक्षा उपकरण
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MARKS GRADE
14-15 MCQs Topper

10-13 MCQs Sincere Aspirant

6-9 MCQs (Danger Zone!) Aspirant

< = 5 MCQs Student

1) Consider the following statements about Defence exports

1. India has surpassed 20000 crore mark in export

2. Our Defense production has surpassed 2 lac crore mark
3. India export the defence equipment to Sri Lanka

which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 2 and 3

ANSWER – [ A ]
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2) Consider the following about FSSAI

1) FSSAI’s main work is to guide the government on food related matters

2) Its HQ is located at Delhi
3) It comes under ministry of Health and Family Welfare

How many of the above is/are correct

a) 1 Only
b) 2 Only
c) All the above
d) None of the above
ANSWER – [ C ]
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3) Consider the following statements about EVMs

1. EVMs are only used in India as they are banned in other countries
2. EVMs are manufactured by BEL
3. It was first used in 2014 general elections of Loksabha

which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 2 and 3

ANSWER – [ B ]
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4) Type 004 Aircraft carrier is built by

a) China
b) Israel
c) United States
d) Russia

ANSWER – [ A ]
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5) Consider the following statements about Taiwan

1) It is located in South China Sea

2) It was separated from China in 1949
3) It is located on the western side of China

How many of the above statements are correct

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) All three
d) None of the above

ANSWER – [ B ]
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6) Consider the following statements about Havana Syndrome

1. There is no specific medicine to cure this

2. There is not a single case from India of such syndrome
3. Mostly this syndrome is seen in American embassies

which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 2 and 3

ANSWER – [ B ]
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7) Consider the following statements

1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established on April 1, 1935

2) It is responsible for monetary stability, currency management, inflation
targeting
3) The first Governor of the RBI was CD Deshmukh

How many of the above are correct

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) All three
d) None
ANSWER – [ B ]
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8) Consider the following statements

1. The crisis in 1990s happened due to sharp in crease in oil prices

2. The RBI transferred more than 46 tonnes of gold from its reserves to the
Bank of England to borrow forex to manage immediate liquidity problems.
3. The rupee was devalued twice, by 9% and 10%, in three days during such
time

which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 2 and 3
ANSWER – [ C ]
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9) Consider the following statements

1. Havana is located in Cuba

2. It is near gulf of Aqaba
3. It is on the eastern side of Mexico

which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 2 and 3

ANSWER – [ A ]
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10) Which of the following can be symptoms of Havana Syndrome

1. Insomnia
2. Vertigo
3. Memory loss

Which of the above is/are correct

a) 1 Only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
ANSWER – [ D ]
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11) McMahon Line is the effective boundary between India and

a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) China
d) None of the above

ANSWER – [ C ]
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12) Put the following from North to South

1) Siachen Glacier
2) Galwan Valley
3) Pangon Tso Lake

How many of the above is/are correct

a) 2, 1, 3
b) 3, 2, 1
c) 1, 2, 3
d) 1, 3, 2
ANSWER – [ C ]
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13) What did Shimla Agreement decide?

a) Boarder between British India and Tibet

b) Boarder among British India, China and Tibet
c) Boarder between India and China
d) Boarder between India and Tibet

ANSWER – [ B ]
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14) Which country is not available in the recent EFTA agreement ?

a) Iceland
b) Sweden
c) Norway
d) Switzerland

ANSWER – [ B ]
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India signs trade agreement with EFTA
• India on Sunday signed a trade agreement
with the four-nation European Free Trade
Association (EFTA), an intergovernmental
grouping of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
and Switzerland.

• Over 64 countries, including India, are headed

into elections this year, which could mean a
long pause in free trade agreements (FTAs)

• India-EFTA trade deal has been inked, major

deals such as India’s FTA with the UK and EU
still run the risk of political uncertainty.
15) Consider the following statements

1) Bangladesh is the most polluted country

2) Pakistan is the 2nd most polluted country
3) Delhi is the most polluted city in the world

How many of the above statements are correct

a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) All three
d) None of the above

ANSWER – [ B ]
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• Seven countries met the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline (annual average of 5
µg/m3 or less): Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius, and
New Zealand.

• Bangladesh (79.9 µg/m3) more than 15 times higher than the WHO PM2.5
annual guideline

• Pakistan (73.7 µg/m3) more than 14 times higher than the WHO PM2.5
annual guideline

• India (54.4 µg/m3) more than 10 times higher than the WHO PM2.5 annual
guideline
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6-9 MCQs (Danger Zone!) Aspirant

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