TRIUMPH IAS ACADEMY MUMBAI

Hi Future IAS officers/ UPSC toppers :) One of the big reasons for not getting selected in prelims is because of negative marking,  which can be easily avoided following these tips : #1 Attempt the areas/sections which you are most confident about or have been prepared very well. #2 When in doubt answer the first option which came into your mind,  most of the time what we recall is what we have read,  heard or seen so its a kind of flashback and the confusion start when we ignore it and contemplate with other options. #3 Do not try to just increase the number of questions by attempting it vaguely,  this is what costs most of the aspirants in loosing the year. #4 Try to make sure that even after negative marking is done,  your correct answer score should be around 70%  to be on the safer side. This can be done by practising enough mock test papers and previous year papers. #5 3S' s Study paper pattern(types of questions  and their gravity) Self ...

                                                           GS paper I Answer key 1-c 2-d 3-d 4-d 5-c 6-d 7-c 8-a 9-c 10-b 11-a 12-b 13-a 14-c 15-c 16-d 17-c 18-c 19-a 20-d 21-d 22-c 23-d 24-c 25-d 26-d 27-d 28-c 29-a 30 d 31-b 32-c 33-b 34-a 35-c 36-c 37-d 38-a 39-b 40-a 41-a 42-a 43 -c 44-b 45-c 46-c 47-b 48-c 49-b 50-b 51-c 52-b 53-a 54-b 55-a 56-b 57-a 58-a 59-b 60-c 61-c 62-c 63-b 64-b 65-d 66-c 67-d 68-a 69-d 70-d 71-d 72-c 73-b 74-c 75-a 76-d 77-b 78-a 79-c 80-d 81-d 82-c 83-c 84-a 85-d 86-c 87-b 88-a 89-d 90-c 91-b 92-c 93-a 94-d 95-b 96-b 97-a 98-d 99-b 100-d

Indian soil has been divided into four categories: (i) Alluvial Soil; (ii) Red Soil; (iii) Black Soil; (iv) Laterite Soil. Alluvial Soil: Is found in Punjab, U.P., Bihar and West Bengal. Red Soil: Is found in Tamil Nadu, Mysore, some portions of West Bengal, U.P. and half of Rajasthan. Black Soil: Covers Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra. Cotton, wheat, linseed and gram are grown in this soil. Laterite Soil: Is found in Madhya Pradesh and Assam etc.

METAMORPHIC ROCKS Amphibolite —High-grade rock, typically a hornblende schist. Blueschist —Rock made by high-grade metamorphism in subduction zones. Cataclasite —A ground-up rock found in fault zones. Eclogite —The most extreme metamorphic rock you can find. Gneiss —Banded, tough, it forms the lower crust. Greenschist —Rock made by low-grade metamorphism of various rock types. Greenstone —A dark rock made by metamorphism of basalt. Hornfels —Tough and fine-grained, it forms where igneous rocks cook it. Marble —The metamorphic version of limestone. Migmatite —A swirly rock produced by extreme metamorphism. Mylonite —A milled and melted rock from deep in fault zones. Phyllite —Shiny, colorful rock made by metamorphism of slate. Quartzite —Rugged rock made by metamorphism of sandstone. Schist —Striped rock made by metamorphism of mudstones. Serpentinite —Green, scaly metamorphosed ocean crust. Slate —Platy rock made by early metamorphism of shale. Soapstone —Soft and carva...

  SEDIMENTARY ROCKS Agate —A semiprecious chert of infinite variety. Alabaster —A white gypsum stone long prized for sculpture. Arkose —A raw sandstone made from eroded granite. Asphalt —Natural, from a natural oil seep. Banded Iron Formation —Extremely ancient "tiger iron." Breccia —Rock made from broken rocks, breccia has many forms. Chert —A common siliceous rock type with much variety. Coal —The original fossil fuel. Conglomerate —Rocks made with extra-big grains. Coquina —A limestone made from shell fragments. Diamictite —Rock made of poorly sorted land sediment. Dolomite —An altered near-twin of limestone. Graywacke —An impure sandstone also called wacke. Gypsum Rock —A crusty chunk from a Nevada roadside. Limestone —The greatest carbon-bearing rock. Peat —Brown, vegetative precursor to coal. Rock Salt —The only edible stone. Sandstone —Where sand goes to and comes from. Shale —Rock made from mud and clay. Siltstone —Made from sediment finer than san...

IGNEOUS ROCK Aa —A rugged form of basalt lava. Andesite —The typical intermediate arc lava. Anorthosite —A rare plutonic feldspar-only rock. Basalt —A bubbly, crystally chunk of this igneous rock from Kilauea. Diorite —A plutonic rock between granite and gabbro. Dunite —A plutonic rock made of straight olivine. Felsite —The volcanic version of granite. Gabbro —The crystallized, plutonic version of basalt. Granite —The rock that makes up the bulk of the continents. Granodiorite —Almost diorite, except that this rock has quartz. Komatiite —A rare and ancient ultramafic lava. Lapillistone —A volcanic rock formed of little ash balls. Latite —A dark lava, the extrusive version of monzonite. Obsidian —A useful volcanic glass. Pahoehoe —Smooth-skinned flows of basalt lava. Pegmatite —The igneous rocks with the biggest crystals. Peridotite —Dark, dense, rarely seen rock from the Earth's mantle. Perlite —A lightweight volcanic rock of great usefulness. Porphyry —An igneou...

ESTABLISHMENT   The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.

Nineteenth ASEAN Summit, Bali, Indonesia, 14-19 November 2011 Eighteenth ASEAN Summit, Jakarta, 7-8 May 2011 Seventeenth ASEAN Summit, Ha Noi, 28-30 October 2010 Sixteenth ASEAN Summit, Ha Noi, 8-9 April 2010 Fifteenth ASEAN Summit, Cha-Am Hua Hin, Thailand, 23-25 October 2009 Fourteenth ASEAN Summit, Cha-am, Thailand, 26 February - 1 March 2009 Thirteenth ASEAN Summit, Singapore, 18-22 November 2007 Twelfth ASEAN Summit, Cebu, Phillipines, 9-15 January 2007 Eleventh ASEAN Summit, Kuala Lumpur, 12-14 December 2005 Tenth ASEAN Summit, Vientiane, 29-30 November 2004 Ninth ASEAN Summit, Bali, 7-8 October 2003 Eighth ASEAN Summit, Phnom Penh, 4-5 November 2002 Seventh ASEAN Summit, Bandar Seri Begawan, 5-6 November 2001 Sixth ASEAN Summit, Ha Noi, 15-16 December 1998 Fifth ASEAN Summit, Bangkok, 14-15 December 1995 Fourth ASEAN Summit, Singapore, 27-29 January 1992 Third ASEAN Summit, Manila, 14-15 December 1987 Second ASEAN Summit, Kua...

Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading ...

  Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemploym...

Apex and Recognised Bodies SAARC Apex Bodies SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) SAARCLAW South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) South Asia Foundation (SAF) South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC) Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL) SAARC Recognized Bodies SAARC Federation of University Women (SAARCFUW) Association of Management and Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects (SAARCH) Federation of State Insurance Organizations of SAARC Countries (FSIO) SAARC Diploma Engineers Forum (SDEF) Radiological Society of SAARC Countries (RSSC) SAARC Teachers Federation (STF) SAARC Surgical Care Society (SSCS) South Asian Regional Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (SARAD) South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) SAARC Women’s Association in Sri Lanka (SWA) Hindukush Himalayan Grassroots Women’s Natural Resources Management (HIMAWANTI) Fed...

SAARC Charter of Democracy Inspired by the common objectives of all South Asian States to promote the welfare of their peoples, to provide all individuals with the opportunity to live in dignity, and to realise their full potentials as enshrined in the SAARC Charter; Also inspired   by the general objectives of all South Asian States to promote peace, freedom and social justice; Further inspired by their shared commitment to the rule of law, liberty and equal rights of all citizens; Reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity of the human person as enunciated in theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights and as enshrined in the respective Constitutions of the SAARC Member States; Recognizing that inclusive policies, including constitutional protection developed in keeping with the wishes of the people, are essential for developing trust and understanding between and among communities; Affirming that broad-based participation of people in institution...