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1.Card
2.Glass
3.Net
4.Gravity
5.Product
6.Horizon
7.Sense
8.Spirit
9.Sober
10.Pole

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1.He is travelling in a bus to his village, on the way four armed persons stopped his bus and started to plunder. So he…………

2.His father has planned for his eye operation but during the period he will be on course. So he…………

3.Subhash has beaten Ram second time in succession in college boxing championship and Subhash challenges him again for next years boxing championship. Ram….

4.His young nephew was playing in the lawn and he sees a cobra next to him. He….

5.On his return from night show his car is attacked by robbers. He…

6.Shyam was drawing money from the bank. A robber enters the bank and starts firing to loot the bank. He….

7.Ram has gone to a hill station with his brother. During their evening walk his brother fell in a deep crevice. He….

8.Vishwas’s friend looses his mother a day before he leaves for the interview. He refuses to go. Vishwas….

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#TAT_SET211

Important TAT image for all Entries.
Try to write within prescribed time i.e. 4 minutes.
Be honest with your preparation and attempt this image and write a desirable story.

(For better practice,Write the story on A4 paper within prescribed time.)

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#Current_Affairs #Defence_Exams_Notes

Justice N.V. Ramana set to take over as 48th CJI

Why in the news-Recently, Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde has recommended Justice N.V. Ramana, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as the next top judge.

◆Justice Ramana is now set to take over as the 48th Chief Justice of India from April 24 till Justice Ramana till August 26, 2022.

✔️Appointment of Supreme Court Judges

●The judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President.

●The CJI is appointed by the President after consultation with such judges of the Supreme Court and high courts as he deems necessary.

●The other judges are appointed by the President after consultation with the CJI and such other judges of the Supreme Court and the high court’s as he deems necessary.

●The consultation with the chief justice is obligatory in the case of appointment of a judge other than Chief justice.

✔️Qualifications of Supreme Court Judges

●A person to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court should have the following qualifications.

●He should be a citizen of India.

●He should have been a judge of a High Court (or high courts in succession) for five years; or

●He should have been an advocate of a High Court (or High Courts in succession) for ten years; or

●He should be a distinguished jurist in the opinion of the president.

●The Constitution has not prescribed minimum age for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.

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#Personal_Interview #INTERVIEW_QUESTION

(Those who mention Travelling as their hobby, might face these PI questions in their SSB)

1.Why do you like travelling?

2.What is the difference between Tourist and Traveller?

3.Tell me something special about any of the places you visited in the past few years?

4.Which part of your journey do you love the most and why?

5.What is the hottest place you have travelled?

6.Why did you travel there difference between that place and your hometown?

7.Which villages of places have you visited in the past few years?

8.Tell us about your experience of travelling in North East India?

9.Which places attract the tourists most?

10.What are the economic effects of tourism?

11.Where all have you travelled?

12.How has it changed you?

13.What is backpacking? where have you been?

❗️Travelling as hobby

Since you have mentioned Travelling as your hobby, you must know the contribution and advantages of Travelling to your growth and development. Apart from recreation and stress-reliever, Travelling as a hobby has many benefits for the fullest development of physical and mental faculties. Some of the benefits are mentioned below.

●Enhances social and communication abilities
●Boosts up your self-confidence
●Gives a breathing space from your daily work
●Ensures peace of mind
●Helps you in generation of original and creative ideas
●Extends your horizons
●Improves Your Tolerance towards different people and beliefs 
●You will receive real-world education
●Improves your health
●Makes memories that will last a lifetime

✔️Important Points to remember

◆It is always essential to know about following things related to Travel:

❗️7 Wonders of the World

◆Taj Mahal- India
◆The great wall of China- China
◆Machu Pichu- Peru
◆Roman Colosseum- Rome
◆Christ the Redeemer Statue — Brazil
◆Petra- Jordan
◆Chichen Itza- Mexico
◆The Great Piramid of Giza-Egypt (Honorary Candidate)

●New Tourism Policy 2020

●Buddhist Circuits, Ambedkar circuit, IRCTC tour-packages etc.

●List of Countries with which India has Visa-on-Arrival agreement etc.

●Recent Agreements that India has made with countries, if any, in tourism sector

●Different Types of Tourism- Eco tourism, medical tourism, rural tourism, etc.

●Travel magazines, TV channels, and Travel agencies

●Regulations in Tourism Industry etc.

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#Personal_Interview #INTERVIEW_QUESTION

Those who have photography as their hobby, might face these PI questions in their SSB

1.What is photography?

2.How did you develop this hobby?

3.Which type of photography do you do?

4.Tell us about different types of cameras, pixels and their uses?

5.Tell us about the challenges in photography?

6.Tell us about modern day photography?

7.Name some Famous Photographers in India/World?

8.Which is your favourite photograph till date and why?

9.Are expensive cameras really necessary?

10.Have you won any awards?

11.Which camera do you use to capture photos ? what are the specifications of your camera/Mobile camera ?

12.What are different types of cameras ?

13.Have you taken part in any photography competition/exhibition ?

❗️Photography as Hobby

◆Photography is one of the most creative hobby. If you choose Photography as a your hobby, then you have to be very clear about the everything about photography including basics of equipment, accessories and elements of photography.

◆Acquaint yourself with different types of cameras, DSLR and lens and their functionality and advantages etc.

◆There are some important and basic terms of photography- aperture, shutter speed, focal length, pixels and ISO settings. You must be aware of all these terms and their functionality.

✔️Some Out of Context Questions

●Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography

●Winners of World Nature Photography

●Mobile Photography Awards

●Rewards in Photography as a career etc.

〰️Having basic knowledge about your hobby along with latest events and happening about hobby is essential to ace the SSB interview.

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Here we are sharing the expected/asked SSB PI questions based on various hobbies which we use to mention in our PIQ form after getting screened in and it plays a major role in the Personal Interview.

So, here we go.

1.Photography Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6676

2.Travelling Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6675

3.Reading Books/Novels Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6652

4.Reading Newspaper Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6648

5.Meditation Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6696

6.Yoga Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6697

7.Chess Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6710

8.Football Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6711

9.Cricket Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6712

10.Cooking Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6741

11.Coin collection Hobby

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/6742

12.Swimming

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/8757

13.Updated PIQ

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/9002?single

14.PIQ for Service Candidates

https://t.me/ssbgeneraldiscussion/9005?single

We will be adding various other hobbies in the same text and this text will remain pinned on main channel, so that candidates can access it any time.

Keep Improving and boost up your SSB preparation.

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#Editorial_Analysis #GD_Material

Water, the looming frontier

✔️Context

◆Just like the COVID-19 airborne pandemic, we could have another such blight from contaminated water as 70% of India’s surface and groundwater is contaminated by human and other waste and is likely to carry viruses as per NITI Ayog and WaterAid.

◆Indiscriminate human activity leads to environmental degradation and pandemics.

◆Earlier, in the wild, animals were far away from human habitats. And the viruses they carried also remained isolated from Humans.

◆But Nowadays animals are locked together for mass production of meat produces which provides a conducive artificial environment that can birth mutations in erstwhile dormant viruses and this virus can easily transfer to the human population.

✔️A source of virus

●Once the virus proliferated onto wastewater and found its way into the human population.

●For example, in England, Wales and Scotland, several wastewater samples were tested and were found to carry traces of SARS-CoV-2. Even in raw sewage across Sydney Remnany virus have been found.

●Thus, Research at the Scotland University of Stirling indicated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can spread through sewage water.

●But In India, sewage water is often discharged into water bodies.

●Thus there is an alarming prospect for us that river water or lake water, which carries human waste, sewage, and toxic waste, may have viruses of different kinds and we do not know where and how they can mutate and strike Humans leading to Pandemic.

●Few examples of water-transmitted viral pathogens are astrovirus, hepatitis A and norovirus.

●Unlike in the developed world, In India, a huge section of the population uses polluted water from rivers, lakes, or groundwater for drinking.

●Though we have understood the viruses, we are not still prepared to deal with them. Decontaminating our water bodies and groundwater would take several decades.

●For example, in The Rhine river in Germany, even after 50 years of cleaning and stopping the inflow of pollutants and human waste, the water is still not fit for drinking.

●The Indian government has announced a ₹3 lakh crore ‘Nal se Jal’ scheme to provide drinking water connections to every rural household by 2024, despite the poor quality of water.

✔️Possible Solution

◆Since the majority of the water sources are contaminated, the only way to purify water is through reverse osmosis (RO).

◆But though RO not only the contaminants are removed, it also removes out all the healthy minerals and nutrients required by the human body.

◆Thus, RO is an unhealthy and exorbitantly priced proposition.

◆To neutralise the virus, we would need to have an ultraviolet aquaguard treatment but that too is costly and it won’t take out chemical contaminants.

◆Thus, the only solution is that we need to conserve our living natural resources like pristine natural water and soil.

◆The groundwater beneath our forests is as good as natural spring water and We need to safeguard that not only for our own lives but also for future generations.

◆For the sake of development like artificial infrastructure, building highways, industrial plants, high-rise structures etc., We have destroyed our natural living resources and as a result, Now we are running out of natural infrastructure at an alarming pace.

◆Further in developed countries, there is stable landscapes and populations whereas in India there is a growing population, leading to growing consumption. Hence there is an urgent need to preserve our natural resources.

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Contd..............

✔️Freshwater sources

●Only two unpolluted freshwater sources are left in the country.

●The first is the water lying beneath our forests; the second is the aquifers, beneath the floodplains of rivers.

●Both these sources provide natural underground storage and are renewable through the rains and they can be used to water our cities and towns.

●However, There should be one sacred conservation condition that only a fraction of the annual recharge would be used.

●The aquifers beneath the forests provide healthy mineral water purely for drinking purposes.

●Since a person drinks only 2-3 litres of water a day, the mineral water requirement is modest and can be fulfilled through aquifers.

●Efficient management of aquifers and underground water resources in the forest can provide quality natural mineral water at ₹2 a litre, 20 times less than the market price.

●The river floodplains are a great source of water for cities. For example, Delhi city uses Yamuna floodplains to provide water to millions of people each year.

✔️Way Forward

◆There is a need to declare Forests and floodplains as water sanctuaries.

◆Further, the development should be along with nature and not against it. Hence we need to focus on sustainable development.

◆It is important to remember that these evolutionary natural resources, once lost, will be lost forever and we need to take steps to protect our natural infrastructure bequeathed to us by nature.

✔️Reference

https://thg.page.link/cMm9Xs7xngqFNqTC8

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Tactical abstention: On the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka

✔️Context

◆India has abstained from voting on the U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka, thus signaling its unwillingness to upset its neighbor.

◆However, at the same time, India does not want to ignore Sri Lanka’s reluctance to meet the political aspirations of the Tamils or stubborn refusal by Srilanka to take up any sort of accountability for its war-time past.

✔️Reason

●While the political opposition may dismiss India’s abstention as showing an intent to shield Sri Lanka from a credible investigation into allegations of war crimes.

●However, in reality, India has utilized this opportunity to preserve its diplomatic space and also to contain the pervasive influence of China over Sri Lanka even while maintaining its support for the Tamil minority to achieve equality, justice, dignity and peace.

●India had never been comfortable with external investigative mechanisms, Even in 2012 when it was in favour of a credible investigation into human rights, it was in favour of a resolution to incorporate the need for Sri Lanka’s ‘concurrence’ to handle war crimes.

●India has stressed both, a devolution to meet Tamil aspirations and the unity and integrity of Sri Lanka and its not an ‘either-or’ choice for the Srilankan Government.

●However, The abstention by India when SriLanka is regressing into the days of democratic deficit seen before the 2015 elections is disturbing.

●The present regime withdrawal from the commitments made to the UNHRC by its predecessor on constructive engagement with the international community and the consensual resolution on justice and accountability is of concern.

●Even, The UN High Commissioner’s report has raised concern over increasing militarisation, heightened surveillance against rights defenders and NGOs, and the dangerous anti-minority rhetoric.

●India’s concerns in Sri Lanka is different from the rest of the international community, as it emphasizes devolution rather than accountability as it feels that there would be long-term well-being of the Tamils and that power-sharing would foster reconciliation.

✔️Conclusion

◆India has its limitations in expressing disappointment over the island nation’s move away from reconciliation and devolution.

◆First, to counter the Chinese presence in the region.

◆Second, even the elections in Tamil Nadu were not enough motivation for India to change its position from tactical neutrality to one of open support for the resolution.

◆Thus when pragmatism and principles were needed to stand for Human Rights, the Centre s has chosen abstention as an easy way out.

✔️Reference

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/tactical-abstention-the-hindu-editorial-on-the-un-human-rights-council-resolution-on-sri-lanka/article34153990.ece/amp/

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DRDO's DURGA II High Power Laser Weapon(Hypersonic Missile Killer)

About Durga II Project

◆The categorized project, dubbed DURGA II (Directionally Unrestricted Ray-Gun Array), will provide the Indian Army receive the 100-kilowatt, the lightweight directed-energy system, and a service.

◆A senior DRDO scientist said on the condition of anonymity that the DURGA II program is presently in the concept stage. He also added that the organization is developing and improving several laser-generation techniques using the solid-state, fiber, and chemical lasers for the defensive & offensive use.The scientist also mentioned DURGA-II is to be built-in with the land, sea & air-based platforms as per the reports.

◆The Defence Information report the famous Laser Science & Expertise Centre at Delhi was the lead laboratory in the growing laser weapons. They also reported that the center has to this point made a 25-kilowatt laser that may target a ballistic missile throughout its terminal part at a most distance of 5 kilometers.

✔️Project History

●Apparently, the presence of a DURGA mission has been reported for about 20 years now, relationship again to the early part of 2000s. An examination was made by the Indian Air Pressure officer. He revealed by the USI (United Service Establishment of India) in the year 2008 referred to the DURGA (Directionally Unrestricted Ray-Gun Array), and the famous there was little progress within the mission.

●In the year 2017, DRDO examined a 1KW laser weapon mounted on the truck at a check facility in Chitradurga, the laser hit a target 250m away. The laser check was performed within the existence of then-defence minister Arun Jaitley.

●DRDO also develops ‘Directed-Vitality Weapons’ (DEW). In the layman’s parlance, a directed-energy weapon damages or demolishes its target utilizing focused power by the way of lasers, microwaves, or particle beams.

✔️Advantages of Directed Energy Weapons

◆In response to the United States assume tank, Lexington Institute, the directed-energy weapons have a various number of benefits over typical munitions.

◆Firstly, they transmit deadly power on the velocity of sunshine (i.e. about 300,000 kilometers per second).

◆Secondly, their beams are not affected by the constraining results of gravity or an atmospheric drag.

◆Thirdly, they are extraordinarily exact.

◆Fourthly, their results could be tailor-made by several the kind & depth of power delivered towards targets.

◆The directed-energy weapons are already in service within the performance of ‘drone defense’ methods. In such kinds of methods, the laser beams are used to knock out elements of drones, which have acquired an integral part of the army arsenal of most countries. Nonetheless, their potential stretches far past to having the ability to each destroy enemy targets & defend very significant infrastructure from air & missile assault.

✔️Challenges in Development of Durga II

◆The excessive-power laser weapons are tough to develop, a remarkable drawback being provision of satisfactory energy to that of the system.

◆The Financial Occasions also highlighted challenges together with increasing a cooling mechanism for the system which heats up when the laser beam is fired that guarantees a centered beam in direction of a distant target and optoelectronics/opsonic, including lenses to create that particular focus.

✔️USA Deadly Laser Weapon: HELIOS

In January month, United States aerospace big Lockheed Martin delivered the prime unit of its Excessive Vitality Laser with Built-in Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, i.e. HELIOS laser system to the United States Navy. The HELIOS has energy in addition to 60KW and is used primarily to break the smaller floor ships & drones. However, in accordance with the experiences, upgrades to the HELIOS with elevated energy would allow the system to focus on the anti-ship missiles which are fired at ships.

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Maj Gen Neeraj Gosain , SM assumes command of the elite Tiger Division, Guardians Of Jammu. The General officer has vast operational experience and has held important Command and Staff appointment in Peace , Field and Active Counter Insurgency environment.
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1.Polo
2.Cliche
3.Trophy
4.Milk
5.Guard
6.Please
7.Measure
8.Chain
9.Section
10.Probable

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