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How to select high scoring  optional subjects for the UPSC mains There is no set criteria for high scores in optional subjects but certain prediction can be made based on scores by various toppers in Civil Services Exams in respective years. From past few years students are getting decent scores in subjects like Sociology, Philosophy and History. Subjects like Public Administration & Geography in 4 to 5 year  scores on the lower side. Basically subjects are of two types: Science (Technical) subjects and Social Science subjects. Science subjects have fewer candidates and generally students avoid these since subjects have huge syllabi and guidance too is not available in general. But scores can be exceptionally high as seen in trends. Social Science subjects are on the saver side which if given with decent efforts can allow students to get selected. But in the end subject should be selected on following criteria: 1) Interest in certain discipline 2) Avail...

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Rajasthan Assembly Election 2018 dates?Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram Assembly Election 2018 dates? Assembly Election 2018 dates  updates :   The Election Commission will announce the dates for Assembly polls in four states, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. The announcement is likely to come at around 12.30 pm when the Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat, who is likely to address a press conference at 12.30 pm on Saturday. Add caption File image of Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat. PTI The poll panel may also announced the election date in Telangana, where Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao  dissolved the Assembly in favour of early polls in September. The announcements of the poll dates will mean that the Model Code of Conduct kicks in with immediate effect. Earlier, Rawat had confirmed that according to the rules of the Election Commission, the MCC was already in place in Telangana ever since Rao announce...

from which date petrol price revised daily in India ? Petrol prices were revised daily in India with effect from June 15, 2017 Daily petrol prices revision is a better proposition for a number of reasons. The first and the foremost is that it allows you to easily absorb the changes in daily petrol prices in India by a few paise. When petrol prices are revised or changed every fortnight there is a big variation in prices, which puts great additional pressure on the consumer. In India, petrol prices are revised by the oil marketing companies like Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum based on the international prices. So, when international crude oil prices gain, petrol prices in India move higher and so on. On the other hand, if crude oil prices in the international markets drop, we see a fall in daily or today's petrol prices in India. In any case, we are providing our readers with the daily petrol prices, so they can plan their requirements of filling petrol ac...

which States Give Relief of Rs 5 in petrol ?   Gujarat, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Chhatishgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura – soon followed suit, bringing the total relief to consumers there to Rs 5.   Maharashtra, meanwhile, has only matched the price cut of Rs 2.50 per litre for petrol while Jharkhand has cut prices only for diesel. Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Karnataka – had earlier slashed Value Added Tax. Governments in Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal announced they would not cut the rates 

How much revenue loss  by goverment due to reduction petrol price The  excise duty cut would have an impact of Rs 10,500 crore on central government's tax revenues. Taxes on petrol and diesel, which account for more than a third of retail fuel prices, are one of the biggest sources of income for the government. The central government charges Rs 19.48 excise duty on a litre of petrol and Rs 15.33 on diesel This year alone, petrol and diesel prices have been hiked by Rs 13.91 and 15.59 respectively in the national capital. Prices have seen a similar hike in other cities as well.