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  Alexander the Great : The Man who didn't knew where to Stop. The book Alexander the Great written by Jacob Abbott and published by Fineprints Classic is a biography of one of the greatest military general and ruler in the recorded human history. In this book the author has tried to give a chronological introduction of Alexander. The book is written in descriptive style where major life events of Alexander have been touched upon.  Born in BC-356 to the King Philip of Macedon his mother was Olympias and she also belonged to Epirus empire. The uniqueness of the location of macedonia was that it was situated between Asia and Erurope. The Asiatic side was occupied by Persian , Assyrians and the Medes while the Europeans side was dominated by Greek and Romans. Both these sides were completely different in approach and organisations. The Asiatic side was wealthy, luxury driven while Eureopean side was full of energy, genius and force. Persians have huge army, horses, tents, fi...

इस लेख का शीर्षक लेख पूर्ण होने के बाद बदलना पड़ा। लेख पूर्ण होने के उपरांत सहसा लगा कि इस महान विभूति ने जीवन पर्यंत को प्राथमिकता दी है तो शीर्षक भी यात्रा आधारित होना चाहिए।  आज  आपका   परिचय   हिन्दी   साहित्य   के   उस   मूर्धन्य   साहित्यकार   से   कराने   जा   रहा   हूँ   जिसका   नाम   केदारनाथ   पांडे   था   लेकिन   प्रसिद्धि   हुई   राहुल   सांकृत्यायन   के   नाम   से।  बाद में उन्हें महापंडित की उपाधि से अलंकृत किया गया। इनका  जन्म  9 अप्रैल को  आज़मगढ़   ज़िले   में   हुआ।   सांकृत्यायन को   भारत   में   यात्रा   वृतांत   विधा   के   पितामह   के   रूप   में   भी   जाना   जाता   है   और   इन्हें  30  से   भी   अधिक   भाषाओं   का   ज्ञान   था।  इनकी   १३०   से   अधिक ...

Trust : Virtue or Calculation Some books are so engrossing and enriching that sharing them becomes obligatory because irrespective of the language they are written the message they convey is equally useful to all. so much so that they call for group reading sessions and wider discussion in clubs and colleges. Their applicability is not limited to schools or colleges but they are equally hit for boardrooms, war rooms, court rooms alike.  Matt Ridley is a celebrated author who has previously authored top selling titles like Genome and the Red Queen. To categorise The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the evolution of Cooperation, published by The Penguin  in 1996 will be a tough task as it fits into several genre at the same time. Its a research document, a compilation of stories, history book, a economics paper. The book is categorised into 13 chapters dealing into different themes where cooperation has evolved as a modus towards mutual gains and development of society fr...

The results of CSE Mains 2016 have been announced and the Personality Test is scheduled to begin very soon. Though I have been like a rusted Iron block after working in the field in the last years, still the announcement of Mains result gives me a kick reminding my own days of UPSC CSE preparation where the everyday we used to wait for results along with the mighty ORKUT group which was source of all nonsense rumours and offcourse some sensical information. Once thing which happens first in the field is that you stop reading THE HINDU which is as boring as it could be in fast changing and flooding Whatsapp Gyan era. Though I opted for Businessline which in tone and tenor smells like its elder The Hindu so I will be suggesting few topics which may appear during the course of discussion in Personality test.  1.         GST               Tops the chart only due to the fact that during last year it has occupi...

As discussed in part-1, we are continuing from next point from summary sheet of CSM DAF, 1-      Particulars of prizes and medals etc.-       In this column if you have made an entry and now after going through your DAF you find it silly or not worth mentioning then you can’t undo that, so better thing is just try to justify that honor in 25 minutes ,if question is raised from that topic like generally any winner in district, state, national championship in Extempore, Debate, Quiz or any Talent search exam like  NTSE or scholarships like Olympiads then most probably they may ask you about contribution of such schemes for scholar development and academics , your topic for the event like in debate, essay etc. they may even ask you to speak for 2 min. on any random but weird topic ,if extempore, debate or public speaking is your hobby, then don’t try to speak impromptu but take few seconds ,make  few points in mind and then speak,...

Since it is the last stage for any aspirants journey for CSE, it becomes very crucial to excel in this stage as irrespective of the past performance there can be 3 outcomes of personality test of UPSC CSE, namely - 1.        Goods score in mains exam - If you score good marks then chances are that you may get your 1 st service preference and even preferred cadre but if score are less then chances are that you may land up in central services and have to again appear for CSE and whose outcome will be still unpredictable (like in 2012 CSE Mains 808 and PT -156)  CSE 2010 interview   2.        Average marks in mains - if you have good marks in PT then you can get your 1 st or 2 nd preference of service but getting average marks in PT will land you in last ranks and even getting you out of list and thus wait for reserve list and appear again. 3.        If Mains marks are just above ...

There have been queries on approach to few newly introduced topics in General studies paper like Social sector initiatives/schemes by Centre (CSS- Centrally-sponsored schemes) and States. Though they were even earlier also but over a period of time their weight-age has increased. secondly one of the important change observed in last 4-5 yrs of  CSE is that earlier there used to be question on the salient features of schemes/policy but there has been shift to analytical aspects of it. Here i am putting few observations of mine on how to tackle these issues so as to focus on qualitative aspects of the schemes and policies. these touch points have been summed after interaction with  senior officers and administrators behind those initiatives. While making notes or studying any particular scheme following things have to be seen upon:- Firstly, in what circumstances or contexts the scheme was framed or evolved as this questions many a times answers the basic question a...

What God does,it is for good and with that i thank you all for whatever I got in CSE 2012 AIR 350. Though the marks were really depressing especially the interview part as in the same board with almost maximum questions repeated i got 225 but this year they cling ed to 156.I am made to believe that more education ruins your personality.    CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION, 2012 ROLL NO. : 041593 NAME : ANURAG TRIPATHI MARKS OBTAINED SUBJECTS MARKS ESSAY (PAPER-III) 092 GENRAL STUDIES (PAPER-IV) 134 GENRAL STUDIES (PAPER-V) 110 OPTIONAL-I(PUBLIC ADMIN.) (PAPER-VI) 60 OPTIONAL-I(PUBLIC ADMIN.) (PAPER-VII) 147 OPTIONAL-II(SOCIOLOGY) (PAPER-VIII) 134 OPTIONAL-II(SOCIOLOGY) (PAPER-IX) 131 WRITTEN TOTAL 808 PERSONALITY TEST 156 FINAL TOTAL 964 Remarks :-RECOMMENDED MARKS OF LAST RECOMMENDED CANDIDATE GENERAL OBC SC ST PH-1 PH-2 PH-3 936 911 870 864 858 942 802 ...