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2022-05-13 18:29:35 CHSL 2020 RESULT OUT

HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO CLEARED TIER 2 DESCRIPTIVE EXAM

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2022-05-13 07:52:40 Synonyms Multiple Choice Worksheet

Choose the correct word for each provided synonym(s).


1. smitten, stricken

A. Sacrosanct
B. Struck
C. Violate
D. Deprive
E. Core

2. resistant

A. Sanctimonious
B. Immune
C. Core
D. Conjugal
E. Preserving

3. social intercourse, sexual intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge

A. Intercourse
B. Preserving
C. Core
D. Immune
E. Deprive

4. holier-than-thou, pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical, self-righteous

A. Violate
B. Intercourse
C. Conjugal
D. Sanctimonious
E. Core

5. connubial

A. Adjudicate
B. Conjugal
C. Sacrosanct
D. Legitimise
E. Core

6. down feather, pile, John L. H. Down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down, shoot down, land, down pat, mastered, downward, downwards, downwardly, polish, refine, fine-tune, devour, consume, go through, toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, drink down, kill, blue, depressed, dispirited, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

A. Disconcerting
B. Immune
C. Preserving
D. down
E. Sanctimonious

7. maintain, continue, carry on, bear on, preserve

A. Core
B. Struck
C. Uphold
D. Deprive
E. Conjugal

8. go against, break, rape, spoil, despoil, plunder, transgress, offend, infract, breach, ravish, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, desecrate, profane

A. Conjugal
B. Uphold
C. Immune
D. Struck
E. Violate

9. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise

A. Legitimise
B. down
C. Immune
D. Disconcerting
E. Sanctimonious

10. impoverish, strip, divest

A. Uphold
B. Preserving
C. Conjugal
D. Intercourse
E. Deprive

11. nucleus, core group, kernel, substance, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty, effect, burden, Congress of Racial Equality

A. Violate
B. Immune
C. Adjudicate
D. Core
E. Deprive

12. decide, settle, resolve, judge, try

A. Struck
B. Adjudicate
C. Violate
D. Conjugal
E. Disconcerting

13. inviolable, inviolate

A. Sacrosanct
B. Struck
C. Conjugal
D. Intercourse
E. Immune

14. upsetting

A. Intercourse
B. Disconcerting
C. Sanctimonious
D. Immune
E. Preserving

15. conserving

A. Intercourse
B. Sanctimonious
C. Preserving
D. Conjugal
E. Violate Open / Comment

2022-05-13 07:52:01 Reignite - verb ignite anew, as of something burning


Struck - adj. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming




Adjudicate - verb bring to an end; settle conclusively; put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

Sacrament - noun a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

Core - noun a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil; the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place; a small group of indispensable persons or things; the center of an object; the central part of the Earth; a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill; the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work; an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality; verb remove the core or center from

Violate - verb destroy; fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; destroy and strip of its possession; act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; force (someone) to have sex against their will; violate the sacred character of a place or language

Deprive - verb take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone
Disconcerting - adj. causing an emotional disturbance

Preserving - adj. saving from harm or loss

Immune - adj. (usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection); secure against; relating to the condition of immunity; noun a person who is immune to a particular infection

Legitimise - verb make legal

Conjugal - adj. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

Uphold - verb stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals; support against an opponent; keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

Sanctimonious - adj. excessively or hypocritically pious

Sacrosanct - adj. must be kept sacred Open / Comment

2022-05-13 06:30:19 The importance of consent: On marital rape

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/the-importance-of-consent-the-hindu-editorial-on-marital-rape/article65407305.ece Open / Comment

2022-05-12 07:51:01 ANSWERS

1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. D Open / Comment

2022-05-12 07:45:02 Synonyms Multiple Choice Worksheet

Choose the correct word for each provided synonym(s).


1. shrill, raucous, fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous

A. Strident
B. Refrain
C. Abrogation
D. Substantial
E. Heed

2. real, material, substantive, significant, solid, strong, hearty, satisfying, square

A. Deter
B. Substantial
C. Incitement
D. Abeyance
E. Heed

3. bendable, pliable, elastic, flexible, ductile, malleable, tensile, tractile, plastic

A. Abeyance
B. Refrain
C. Substantial
D. Pliant
E. Deter

4. suspension

A. Incitement
B. Abrogation
C. Abeyance
D. Pliant
E. Strident

5. discourage, dissuade

A. Deter
B. Substantial
C. Abrogation
D. Refrain
E. Dissenter

6. chorus, forbear, abstain, desist

A. Substantial
B. Dissenter
C. Abeyance
D. Refrain
E. Heed

7. repeal, annulment

A. Substantial
B. Dissenter
C. Deter
D. Abrogation
E. Incitement

8. incitation, provocation, exhortation

A. Pliant
B. Substantial
C. Incitement
D. Heed
E. Deter

9. dissident, protester, objector, contestant

A. Refrain
B. Abeyance
C. Dissenter
D. Detractor
E. Heed

10. despiteful, spiteful, revengeful, vengeful

A. Dissenter
B. Strident
C. Vindictive
D. Detractor
E. Substantial

11. mind, listen, attentiveness, regard, paying attention

A. Pliant
B. Deter
C. Heed
D. Dissenter
E. Strident

12. disparager, depreciator, knocker

A. Strident
B. Dissenter
C. Deter
D. Detractor
E. Refrain Open / Comment

2022-05-12 07:18:09 Heed - noun paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); verb pay close attention to; give heed to

Sedition - noun an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Substantial - adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents"; fairly large; of good quality and condition; solidly built; providing abundant nourishment

Abeyance - noun temporary cessation or suspension


Abrogation - noun the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

Refrain - noun the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers; verb resist doing something; choose not to consume

Vindictive - adj. showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
Pliant - adj. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; able to adjust readily to different conditions; capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; capable of being influenced or formed


Incitement - noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action; an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion; needed encouragement

Strident - adj. being sharply insistent on being heard; unpleasantly loud and harsh; of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as f', s', z', or th' in both thin' and then'); conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Coercive - adj. serving or intended to coerce

Deter - verb try to prevent; show opposition to; turn away from by persuasion

Detractor - noun one who disparages or belittles the worth of something

Dissenter - noun a person who dissents from some established policy Open / Comment

2022-05-12 07:04:23 Frozen sedition

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/frozen-sedition-the-hindu-editorial-on-supreme-court-freezing-the-sedition-law/article65405302.ece Open / Comment

2022-05-10 13:55:37 The government’s call for atma nirbharta (self-reliance) has acquired a new salience and ironically, achieving it requires astute global interlinkages and perhaps even more dense global networks for a country that houses a sixth of humanity.

Trusted connectivity, diversified sources of materials and components and resilient financial and trading arrangements are no longer buzzwords but a strategic imperative requiring all of India’s consensus, including within its business community, lawmakers and all stakeholders. Open / Comment

2022-05-10 13:55:36 What are the Concerns Raised For Atma Nirbhar Bharat?

Curtail International Trade and Investment: Certain aspects of the programme have the potential to curtail international trade and investment, such as increased tariffs, non-tariff restrictions on imports, and import substitution.

Non-tariff Barrier is a trade restriction, such as a quota, embargo or sanction, that countries use to further their political and economic goals.

Countries can use non tariff barriers in place of, or in conjunction with, standard tariff barriers (like Custom Duty).

Policy Issues: Difficulties in India’s Intellectual Property enforcement regime, gaps in pharma sector regulations, drug price controls, and norms related to data localisation and governance.

Data localisation (i.e. storing data within the boundaries of the country) may restrict the ability of local companies to compete in the global marketplace by limiting access to the global supply chain.

This isolation may result in reduced investment and access to capital and customers.

In Space Sector: To open the Space sector to private investors was a significant step but there was, however, a ‘lack of clarity’ about several aspects related to the procedures.

Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) provides a level playing field for private companies to use Indian space infrastructure.

In Defence Sector: The import embargo on the 101 items of defence equipment is planned to be implemented over a period of four years until 2024.

Also changes in the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 are expected to ensure that no item in this list is imported beyond the cut-off date.

This may impact foreign investment in India.

What Steps Can Be Taken?

Build a Strategy for the Future: A long term approach that considers regional supply chains and location decision-making is needed to succeed.

India Should Become Increasingly Open to Free and Fair Trade: India should attract investors due to its strengths rather than by using tariffs as a tool to push international businesses to invest and make in India.

Focus on Developing and Supporting Innovators: Focus on STEM, digital, creative and critical thinking skills that will build leaders and workers who can innovate and solve problems.

India should also develop an innovator-friendly intellectual property policy and enforcement regime.

Digital and Data: With digital and data services increasingly important in global trade, there is an opportunity for India to fully integrate with other major democratic markets.

India should continue to harness and actively invest in the opportunities that Artificial Intelligence, digital technology and data present to achieve its growth potential.

Put Sustainability at the Center of India’s Trade and Investment Strategy: If shaped properly, trading arrangements can help support the poor and protect the environment.

Countries and trade blocs are cognisant of this fact and are increasingly integrating sustainability and human rights into their trade agreements and strategies.

Enhancing Demand: The economic package for the country emerging out of the lockdown requires a stimulus enhancing demand across the economy.

The best way for this is to spend on greenfield infrastructure.

Infrastructure spending uniquely creates structures that raise productivity and extends spending power to the section of the population most affected by the lockdown, namely daily wage labourers.

Mobilising Finances: For financing of the stimulus package, India’s foreign reserves stand at an all-time high which could be strategically used to finance its needs.

The rest may have to come from privatisation, taxation, loans and more international aid.

Holistic Reforms: Any stimulus package will fail to reflect the trickle-down effect, until and unless it is backed by reforms in various sectors.

Thus, the Atma nirbhar plan also encompasses the unfinished agenda of holistic reforms which may include reforms in Civil services, Education,Skill and Labour, etc.

Conclusion Open / Comment