2017-07-01T11:09:53+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, We received number of mails since this morning from many aspirants who have registered today for ALL INDIA OPEN ESSAY TEST and were not aware of the initiative earlier. As many of you have written to us to extend the timeline, we are extending the timeline of submission [...]
2017-07-01T10:41:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
MANUFACTURING advances often take time to catch on. Only later does their real significance become apparent. The flying shuttle, invented in 1733 by John Kay, a British weaver, allowed the production of wider pieces of cloth. Because its movement could be mechanised, the shuttle later became one of the [...]
2017-07-01T09:43:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Economy|
What is GST? Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value-added tax at each stage of the supply of goods and services precisely on the amount of value addition achieved. It seeks to eliminate inefficiencies in the tax system that result in ‘tax on tax’, known as cascading of taxes. [...]
2017-07-01T08:39:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, Kindly note that today is the last day of submission for ALL INDIA OPEN MOCK TEST. We have started review for received essays, those who have submitted will receive their reviews soon. Thank You UPSCTREE
2017-06-28T07:27:06+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an international agreement in force since 1994 regarding international activity in the world’s oceans, Article 55 of the document defines the legal regime of the Exclusive Economic Zone. […]
2017-06-29T12:15:49+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, We have received numerous requests to extend the time period for essay submission. If you have not written yet, please do take this extra time to write the essay and submit to us by 1 July. Thank You UPSCTREE
2017-06-28T07:00:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Science|
Launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 2009, the Kepler telescope, named after the astronomer Johannes Kepler, is a telescope aboard a space observatory in a heliocentric orbit trailing Earth. With a much higher field of vision than the Hubble telescope, the telescope is designed to survey [...]
2017-06-28T16:55:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays|
Dear All, Thank you for registering and participating in the Open Essay Test. If you have not submitted yet, you can submit your essays as soon as you finish them. Needless to say, we are very much delighted by seeing such a huge volume of essay submission. As we go [...]
2017-06-22T01:27:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
Located in the area marked under the fabled ‘Bermuda Triangle’, the Sargasso Sea located within the North Atlantic Ocean is the only sea in the world that does not have a land boundary. Unlike other seas, its location is defined using ocean currents. It lies within a large system of [...]
2017-06-22T01:21:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
For people living in coastal areas rivers and lakes are not ubiquitously available. They thus depend on groundwater for their needs, which leads to probabilities of saline water ingression. Groundwater close to the coast can be easily laden with salt, especially when the equilibrium between coastal aquifers and sea water [...]
