PROBABLE PRELIMS TOPICS #161

👉The ‘"4 per 1,000’" initiative was launched by the France government at the COP21 in 2015 in this context to increase soil carbon.

✅NATIONAL MISSION ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE becomes Important. Read the initiatives once.

❓Are you aware of various geological cycles- carbon cycle, sulphur cycle, nitrogen cycle ?

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Probable Prelims Topics #162

👉When the sun is at the zenith (the highest point in the sky) its rays will be hitting a particular point exactly perpendicular to the surface.
👉It lasts for a small part of a second, but the effect can be seen for a minute to a minute-and-a-half.

❓Do you know about concepts like Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice ?

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Probable Prelims Topics #163

✅The term fertile Crescent applies to the land lying to the east of the Mediterranean sea, stretching over Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel to the valley of Tigris (Iraq) in the east.

✅ In was the cradle of the early civilizations such as Assyrians, Sumerian, Phoenician, Babylon, Hittite, and Hebrew.

❗️Are you aware of other Crescents as well - like drug Crescent and the Lithium triangle 🔺️?

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Probable Prelims Topics #164

✅Approaches for Microbiome Analysis

👉The metatranscriptome provides a snapshot of the gene expression in a given sample at a given moment and under specific conditions by capturing the total mRNA.

Other Approaches includes-
👉Metagenomics
👉Metabolomics

❓Do you know about features and Initiatives of HUMAN GENOME PROJECT ?

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Probable Prelims Topics #165

✅The universal soil loss equation predicts the annual soil loss per unit area.

❓ARE YOU AWARE ABOUT MEASURES TO PROTECT SOIL EROSION ? Prepare soil Conservation Practices.

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Probable Prelims Topics #166

✅A person can receive inheritance either under a Will or under the personal law of the deceased.

✅In India, the concept of levying tax on inheritance does not exist now.

✅WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT 2022-
👉India ranks among the most unequal countries globally, with the top 10% and top 1% holding 57% and 22% of the national income.

👉Approximately 64% of the total goods and services tax (GST) in the country came from the bottom 50% of the population, while only 4% came from the top 10%.

❗️Read about instruments like GINI COEFFICIENT and Other as well .

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Prelims Probable Topics #167

✅Environmental DNA (e-DNA) is nuclear or mitochondrial DNA that is released from an organism into the environment.

✅In aquatic environments, eDNA is diluted and distributed by currents and other hydrological processes, but it only lasts about 7–21 days, depending on environmental conditions.

👉The chemical structure of DNA is the same for all organisms, but differences exist in the order of the DNA building blocks, known as base pairs.

❗️RELATED TOPIC- GLOBAL EDNA PROJECT . Read once.

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Prelims Probable Topics #168

✅PLACES IN NEWS

👉GAGAUZ: Turkic ethnic group native to Moldova and Ukraine

👉 CHIBOK: NIGERIA

👉 BELGOROD: RUSSIA

❗️Map the areas carefully.

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Prelims Probable Topics #169

✅UN GLOBAL COMPACT is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

✅Launched in 2000, UNGC is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world.

‼️ Have you read about UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ?

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Prelims Probable Topics #170

✅Airglow is the natural “glowing” of the Earth’s atmosphere.
It happens all the time and across the whole globe.

❗️AIRGLOW vs AURORA BOREALIS

👉The phenomenon is similar to auroras, but where auroras are driven by high-energy particles originating from the solar wind, airglow is energized by ordinary, day-to-day solar radiation.
👉Unlike the aurora, airglow does not exhibit structures such as arcs and is emitted from the entire sky at all latitudes at all times.

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Prelims Probable Topics #171

✅It is sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. This is visible from the earth as a faint, diffuse glow on completely dark nights. Interplanetary dust consists of cosmic dust that pervades the space between planets in solar system.

✅It is present across the entire path of the ecliptic.

Related Topic -
✅Gegenschein – It is also known as counterglow, which is a bright spot in the night sky centred at the antisolar point, caused due to backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust.

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🧶#STATIC IS THE KING 🔑

🌪Below is the list of MUST TO DO Topics of ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL HISTORY linked to CURRENT AFFAIRS.

👉Upanishads
● Maha Upanishad
● Mundaka Upanishad

👉EXCAVATIONS
●Keeladi
● Kasargod
● Vadnagar

👉 SCRIPTURES
● Sengol
● Nataraj

👉PERSONALITIES
● Adi Shankracharya

👉 Ashokan Inscriptions

👉 LITERATURE
●Buddhism
●Jainism

👉 TEMPLES
●Hoysalas
●Ranganath Swamy Temple

✅A detailed post on all of the above Topics will be shared soon along with The Most Important static material.
👀Stay tuned.

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✅The excavations in the Keeladi region since 2015 prove that an urban civilisation existed in Tamil Nadu in the Sangam age.

✅This is a large-scale excavation carried out in Tamil Nadu after the Adichanallur archaeological site.

❓Have you prepared Sangam Age properly ? Becomes Important now.

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Prelims Probable Topics #173

✅A joint study by the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found evidence of cultural continuity in VADNAGAR, Gujarat, even after the Harappan collapse.

✅The study challenges the notion of a "Dark Age" by providing evidence of cultural continuity in Vadnagar even after the collapse of the Harappan civilization

✅Vadnagar is described as a multicultural and multireligious settlement that included Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Islamic influences.

❗️Prepare about UNAKOTI sculptures and Modhera Sun Temple as well.

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Probable Prelims Topics #174

✅ The following Upanishads are In news due to famous extractions from them

👉MAHA UPANISHAD:
●Source of "Vasudaiva-Kutumbakam"

👉MUNDAKA UPANISHAD
●Source of "Satyamev Jayate"

❗️Along with this prepare 4 Vedas as well .

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Probable Prelims Topics #175

✅Additional Information

👉 Delhi-Topara pillar also known as Minar-e-zarin

👉ALLAHABAD PILLAR contains Inscriptions of
●Ashoka- schism edict, Queen edict
●Samudragupta
●Birbal Magh Mela
●Jahangir

✅Some pre-Ashokan Inscriptions
👉 Bhogaz Koi
👉 Barli pillar
👉 Bhattiprolu
👉Sohgaura

❓Read about other Inscriptions as well - Uttarmerur, Besnagar, Junagadh, Aihole etc.

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Probable Prelims Topics #176

✅CONTEXT: The G20 Leaders' Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, featured a stunning 27-foot Nataraja sculpture.

✅The statue is sculpted by the renowned sculptor Radhakrishnan Sthapaty of Swami Malai in Tamil Nadu.

✅The design of this Nataraja statue draws inspiration from three revered Nataraja idols:
👉The Thillai Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram,
👉The Uma Maheswarar Temple in Konerirajapuram, and
👉The Brihadeeswara Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Thanjavur.

❓Do you know other Chola scriptures ?

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Prelims Probable Topics #177

✅Context: installation of a historic golden sceptre, called Sengol, near the Speaker’s seat.

✅The Sengol is profound in meaning, derived from the Tamil word “Semmai”, it means “Righteousness.

👉A golden sceptre was crafted by Vummidi Bangaru Chetty, a famous jeweller in Madras (now Chennai).

👉The Nandi, with its unyielding gaze as the beholder of “Nyaya”, is hand-carved at the top.

❓Do you have knowledge about Chola expansion ?

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Prelims Probable Topics #178

✅Established four Mathas in the four corners of India at Shingeri, Puri, Dwaraka and Badrinath– for propagation of Sanathana Dharma.

✅Major Work:
●Brahmasutrabhasya (Bhashya or commentary on the Brahma Sutra).
●Bhajagovinda Stotra.
●Nirvana Shatakam.
●Prakaran Granths.

❗️He was opposed to Buddhist philosophers.

❓Read other schools of philosophy as well .

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Prelims Probable Topics #179

✅Architectural Style and Significance

👉Dravidian Architecture: Constructed in the Dravidian architectural style, the Srirangam temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabhandam by the Alvars.

👉Foremost Divya Desam: It holds the unique distinction of being the foremost among the 108 Divya Desams, sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

✅The deity finds mention in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, dating back to around 800 to 400 BCE.

❓Have you decently prepared Temple Architecture?
NAGARA ARCHITECTURE becomes more important after construction in Ayodhya. Prepare well.

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👆Elimination Techniques (Prelims-2023) Vol-1

🖌These tricks should be used only as a measure of last resort. These techniques should be amalgamated with knowledge of Contemporary issues, etymology, historical significance and current affairs.

🖌 Stay Tuned for Vol. 2 👈

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