Simplifying UPSC Civil Services 2022

Juan Manuel Santos is the sole recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2016 for bringing the country’s 50 year long civil war to an end. Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (born on 10 August 1951) is the 32nd and current President of Colombia and sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. According to Nobel Prize website, The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, a war that has cost the lives of at least 220 000 Colombians and displaced close to six million people. About Columbia Colombia which is officially known as the Republic of Colombia is a transcontinental country largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil, to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritim...

North Korea is again in news for conducting its fifth nuclear test on 9th September 2016. The test was conducted at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which is located 50 km northwest of Kilju City in Kilju County. Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUs10006n8a_ciim.jpg North Korea  Officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).  According to lonelyplanet.com, "North Korea is the world's most secretive country" According to official webpage of the DPR of Korea, "The DPRK is the Juche-oriented socialist state which embodies the idea and leadership of Comrade Kim II Sung, the founder of the Republic and the father of socialist Korea." In other words, North Korea is basically a communist state. The term 'Juche' is translated as 'self-reliance', is the official ideology of North Korea.  Kim II-sung (1912-1994) developed the ideology placing emphasis on the individual, the nation ...

The UPSC prelims exam 2016 results were declared on September 16, 2016.  The results were uploaded on the UPSC.GOV.IN website. The prelims exam was conducted on August 07, 2016 in two parts, and the UPSC civil services main exam is scheduled from December 03, 2016. Successful candidates of UPSC prelims exam are required to fill the DAF (Detailed Application Form) on the official website of UPSC from October 07, 2016 to October 20, 2016 till 6:00 PM. The upsc notification stated that the candidates appearing for the main examinations need to download e-admit card two weeks before the commencement of the main examination. The schedule of the examination will also be available during the period of download of e-admit card. According to UPSC, the marks, cut-off marks and answer keys of prelims exam held on August 07, 2016 will be available on the upsc website only after completion of the entire process for the Civil Services Examination 2016. It is expected that the final UPSC c...