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Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Thursday January 3^rd 2013     

Topic	Page No.
A swift trial should not be at the cost of a fair trial, says Altamas Kabir	1
Setback to Modi as Supreme Court upholds Lokayukta appointment	1
Ensure security for women, UGC tells varsities	1
Sex, violence and punishment	10
Polio free does not mean paralysis free	10
The stress is showing	10
In the neighbourhood, it’s ‘India fading’	11
Taking the aggression out of masculinity	11
Let’s make judges selection more transparent	11
Y.Y.Reddy to tread 14th Finance Commission	15
FM hints at making gold imports costlier to contain CAD	15
Rangarajan panel suggests average of global prices for gas	15
U.S.’fiscal cliff’ deal passage ends standoff	16
Coffee exports, production decline	16
Science and Technology full page	17

Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Monday December 31^st     2012

Topic	Page No.
Parliament and patriarchy	12
A note of dissent on cash transfers and UID	13

Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Wednesday January 2^nd 2013    

Topic	Page No.
Many hiccups as cash transfer scheme is launched	1
From bad times to worse	10
Revving up on ethanol	10
SEWA model shows cash transfers work	11
Tata Power plans to replace gas with coal in Trombay unit	13
A forlorn ‘island’ with 65 hapless families, untouched by any government programme	14
Ramakrishnan takes over as VSSC Director	14

Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Thursday January 3^rd 2013     

Topic	Page No.
A swift trial should not be at the cost of a fair trial, says Altamas Kabir	1
Setback to Modi as Supreme Court upholds Lokayukta appointment	1
Ensure security for women, UGC tells varsities	1
Sex, violence and punishment	10
Polio free does not mean paralysis free	10
The stress is showing	10
In the neighbourhood, it’s ‘India fading’	11
Taking the aggression out of masculinity	11
Let’s make judges selection more transparent	11
Y.Y.Reddy to tread 14th Finance Commission	15
FM hints at making gold imports costlier to contain CAD	15
Rangarajan panel suggests average of global prices for gas	15
U.S.’fiscal cliff’ deal passage ends standoff	16
Coffee exports, production decline	16

Questions

1.    Match the following:
    States    No. of Legislation
            Assembly seats
    1.    Uttrakhand    A.    40
    2.    Punjab    B.    70
    3.    Goa    C.    60
    4.    Manipur    D.    117
    Code:
        1    2    3    4
    (a)    A    B    C    D
    (b)    B    A    C    D    (c)    B    D    A    C    (d)    C    D    B    A

2.    Which of the following telecom company has launches India's first CDMA Tablets:
    (a)    Airtel    (b)    Reliance Communication    (c)    Vodafone
    (d)    Apple

3.    Planning Commission recently agreed to permit three years extention to Hipparagi Irrigation Project. This project is in:
    (a)    Kerala    (b)    Tamil Nadu
    (c)    Karnataka    (d)    Andhra Pradesh

4.    Match the following:
        Books        Authors
    1.    The law of world-wide     A.    AmitenduPalit
        value        
    2.    South Asia-beyond    B.    Christophe
        global financial crisis        Jaffrelot
    3.    Beyond Religion-    C.    Samir Amin
        Ethnics for a whole world
    4.    India Since 1950    D.    Dalai Lama
    Code:
        1    2    3    4
    (a)    C    A    D    B
    (b)    B    C    D    A
    (c)    C    D    A    B
    (d)    B    C    A    D

5.    Match the following:
    Name    Company/
            Institution
    1.    K KMaheshwari    A.    CEAT
    2.    Manish Sharma    B.    Grasim Industries
    3.    Prakash Mishra    C.    Panasonic
    4.    AnantGoenka    D.    NDRF & CD
    Code:
        1    2    3    4
    (a)    D    B    A    C
    (b)    C    A    D    B
    (c)    B    D    A    C
    (d)    B    C    D    A

1.    Match the following:
        Explanation        Articles
    1.    Prohibition of employment    A.    Art. 22
        of children in factories etc.
    2.    Protection in respect of     B.    Art. 24
        conviction for offences
    3.    Protection against arrest     C.    Art. 23
        detention in certain cases
    4.    Prohibition of traffic in human    D.    Art. 20
        beings and forced labour
    Code:
             1    2    3    4
    (a)    D    A    B    C
    (b)    B    D    A    C
    (c)    B    A    D    C
    (d)    D    C    A    B

2.    Arrange the following distinguished persons in order of precedence:
    1.    APJ Abdul Kalam
    2.    Meira Kumar
    3.    Montek Singh Ahluwalia
    4.    Hamid Ansari
    5.    DP Agrawal
    6.    LataMangeshkar
    Code:
    (a)    1, 4, 3, 2, 5 and 6
    (b)    4, 1, 3, 2, 5 and 6
    (c)    4, 1, 2, 3, 6 and 5
    (d)    4, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6

3.    Consider the following statement and choose the correct options:
    1.    Lalit Kala Akademi was established in 1954 to promote and propagate understanding in India Art.
    2.    SangeetNatakAkademi establishes and look after institutions and projects of national importance in performing arts.
    3.    SahityaAkademi has organised, since 1998, National Theatre Festival for Children christened 'JashneBachan' every year.
    4.    Central Institute of Buddhist studies is located in Leh.
    Code:
    (a)    1, 3 and 4
    (b)    1, 2 and 3
    (c)    1, 2 and 4
    (d)    1, 2, 3 and 4
4.    Match the following:
    1.    National Museum of Natural    A.    Chennai
        History
    2.    Institute of traditional     B.    Mumbai
        Culture
    3.    MaulanaAbulKalam Azad    C.    New Delhi
        Institute of Asian Studies
    4.    Mani Bhavan Gandhi     D.    Kolkata
        Museum and Library
    Code:
        1    2    3    4
    (a)    C    A    D    B
    (b)    D    A    B    C
    (c)    C    D    B    A
    (d)    D    C    A    B

5.    Consider the following statement and choose the correct option:
    1.    A drainage system is the pattern formed by the streams rivers in a particular drainage basin.
    2.    In dendritic system, there are many contributing streams (analogue to the twigs of a tree), which then, joins
together into the tributaries of the main river (the branches the trunk of the tree, respectively).
    3.    In parallel drainage system because of steep slopes, the streams are swift and straight, with very few tributaries, and all flow in the same direction.
    4.    In Radial drainage system the stream radiate outwards from a central high point.
    Code:
    (a)    1, 2 and 4    (b)    1, 2 and 3
    (c)    1, 3 and 4    (d)    All

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Maruitian President set to take diplomacy with India to the next level

In an effort to give a fresh push to its African diplomacy, India is set to welcome Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag later this week where the discussions with leaders will include enhanced trade and investment and counter-terror cooperation.

The Mauritian president, the first visit by a foreign leader to India in 2013, will be the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) in Kochi from January 7-9. Purryag, better known as Kailash, is a Mauritian of Indian origin and has been speaker of the country's national assembly.

During his visit the leader will be holding discussions separately with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other senior leaders.

He will be among the prominent overseas Indians attending the meet, which will focus on 'Engaging Diaspora: The Indian Growth Story'.

PBD-2013 will have Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating it on January 8 and President Pranab Mukherjee will be the guest at the valedictory of the event on January 9.

There would be 2,000 delegates from 60 countries participating at the PBD-2013. A similar number of delegates had attended the event in January in 2012 at Jaipur too.

PBD is a platform established by the Indian government to strengthen the Indian diaspora engagement and to provide them an overview of how they could participate in the country's growth story.

"The PBD provides an invigorating platform for the overseas Indians to network and exchange views and perspectives and to enhance linkages and synergies for diaspora across the economic, social and cultural sectors," officials said.

With an estimated 25-million diaspora, it is said to be the second largest diaspora population in the world.

"At the PBD, among the issues that are expected to come up for discussion at the meet are India's growth and greater opportunity for investment, safe investment environment for overseas Indians, and engaging the youth diaspora. There will be special discussion on issues concerning the Indian diaspora living in the Gulf countries," officials said.

A major highlight of the three-day meet would be the 'PBD Oration' which would be delivered by a prominent historian on the 'Gadar movement', an effort by overseas Indian to free India from the British rule.

Among the issues that are expected to come up for discussion at the meet are India's growth and greater opportunity for investment, safe investment environment for overseas Indians, and engaging the youth diaspora. There will be special discussion on issues concerning the Indian diaspora living in the Gulf countries.

One of the sessions in the PBD would focus on states, with several chief ministers participating and interacting with the overseas Indians to pitch their states as good investment destinations. 
Questions

1.    Consider the following statements and Choose the correct option:
    1.    States and Union Territories are specified in the First and Second Schedule respectively.
    2.    Union, State and Concurrent lists are mentioned in the Seventh Schedule.
    3.    Tenth Schedule has provisions as to disqualification on ground of Defection.
    4.    Fifth Schedule has provisions as to the administration of Tribal Areas in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
    Code:
    (a)    1, 2, and 3    (b)    2 and 3
    (c)    2 and 4    (d)    2, 3 and 4
2.    Consider the following statements related to Right to Education Act (RTE) and choose the option which seems most appropriate: 
    1.    India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the RTE act came into force on 1 April 2011.
    2.    The RTE act requires all private schools to reserve 25% of seats to children from poor families.
    3.    The RTE Act also provides that no child shall be held back expelled or required to pass  a board examination until the completion of elementary education.
    4.    The RTE Act is an excellent legislation that puts the responsibility of ensuring enrollment, attendance and completion on the govt.
    Code:
    (a)    1, 2 and 4    (b)    1, 2 and 3
    (c)    2, 3 and 4    (d)    1, 2, 3 and 4

3.    Consider the following statements relating Constitutional Development in India and choose the correct option:
    1.    Regulating Act of 1773 was the beginning of parliamentary control over the government of the East India Company.
    2.    As per Charter Act of 1813 members of the Home Government to be paid not from the British Exchequer but from the Indian Revenue.
    3.    Indian council Act, 1861 could be termed as the beginning of the parliamentary system as it allowed discussion over budget and queries by members.
    4.    GOI Act, 1919 expanded the system of separate electorate to include Sikhs, Europeans and Anglo- Indians.
    Code:
    (a)    1 and 2    (b)    1 and 3
    (c)    1, 2, 3 and 4    (d)    1 and 4
4.    Consider the following statements and choose the option which seems to be most appropriate:
    1.    Democratic government can be classified into Presidential form of govt. and parliamentary form of govt.
    2.    In Parliamentary form of govt. Chief executive is responsible to the people while in Presidential form, chief executive is not responsible to the people.
    3.    India and UK have parliamentary form of government while Pakistan and USA have Presidential form of govt.
    4.    In any representative democratic govt, whether Parliamentary or Presidential, the legislature is the supreme Organ of the government as it consists of the representatives of the people.
    Code:
    (a)    1 and 4    (b)    1, 2 and 4
    (c)    1, 3 and 4    (d)    1, 2, 3 and 4
5.    Consider the following statements regarding Preventive Detention and choose the option which seems most appropriate:
    1.    The Constitution of India explicitly authories, preventive detention as Art 22(3) to 22(7) deal with it.
    2.    The objective is to prevent the person from committing a crime which is socio-economic in nature.
    3.    An executive can arrest a person in the preventive detention without a valid preventive detention law passed by the legislature.
    4.    If a person under preventive detention is to be detained beyond 60 days, then the detention must be authorised by an advisory board.
    Code:
    (a)    1, 2 and 3    (b)    2, 3 and 4
    (c)    1, 2 and 4    (d)    1 and 2