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🕰️ PYQ · UPSC Prelims 2017
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ?
1. It decides the RBI's benchmark interest rates.
2. It is a 12-member body including the Governor of RBI and is reconstituted every year.
3. It functions under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3 only
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🗞️ UPSC DAILY CA · 8 Oct 2026 · The Hindu · p.1
📌 RBI raises repo rate to 5.5%, shifts stance to 'calibrated tightening'
🧩 GS3 · Economy › Inflation & Monetary Policy
🔥 Must-read · 🎯 Prelims + Mains · 💡 Static Hook
⚡ Crux in one line
The MPC raised the repo rate by 25 bp to 5.50%, ending a pause after 125 bp of cuts, because the West Asia conflict pushed up crude prices and CPI is expected to average about 5.8% over the next three quarters. GDP growth is still projected at 7.1% for 2026-27.
❓ Why UPSC cares
Monetary policy tools, the MPC framework and inflation-growth trade-offs are recurring Prelims and GS3 questions.
📚 Static link-up
▸ MPC: 6 members (3 RBI incl. Governor, 3 government nominees), RBI Act 1934 (amended 2016)
▸ Inflation target 4% ±2%
▸ LAF corridor: SDF = repo - 25 bp; MSF = Bank Rate = repo + 25 bp
▸ Stances: accommodative, neutral, withdrawal of accommodation, tightening.
📊 Numbers to remember
Repo 5.25% to 5.50%; SDF 5.25%; MSF and Bank Rate 5.75%. Earlier cuts: 6.50% to 5.25% (125 bp), on hold for four meetings since Dec 2025. CPI 2026-27: 5.2%; core 4.4%. GDP 2026-27: 7.1%. FPIs sold $24.3 bn in 2026 (vs $11.8 bn in 2025).
🔑 Prelims keywords
repo rate · SDF · MSF · calibrated tightening · MPC · core inflation · El Niño
🕰️ PYQ connect — UPSC Prelims 2017 · GS Paper I
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🗞️ RBI raises repo rate to 5.5%, shifts stance to 'calibrated tightening'
⚡ The MPC raised the repo rate by 25 bp to 5.50%, ending a pause after 125 bp of cuts, because the West Asia conflict pushed up crude prices and CPI is expected to average about 5.8% over the next three quarters. GDP growth is still projected at 7.1% for 2026-27.
👇 Full UPSC breakdown & a real PYQ poll below
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🕰️ PYQ · UPSC Prelims 2025
Consider the following statements :
Statement I :
Studies indicate that carbon dioxide emissions from cement industry account for more than 5% of global carbon emissions.
Statement II :
Silica-bearing clay is mixed with limestone while manufacturing cement.
Statement III :
Limestone is converted into lime during clinker production for cement manufacturing.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
(a) Both Statement II and Statement III are correct and both of them explain Statement I
(b) Both Statement II and Statement III are correct but only one of them explains Statement I
(c) Only one of the Statements II and III is correct and that explains Statement I
(d) Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct
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🗞️ UPSC DAILY CA · 8 Oct 2026 · The Hindu · p.7
📌 India's cement footprint stands in its way to net-zero emissions
🧩 GS3 · Environment & Ecology › Climate Change
🔥 Must-read · 🎯 Prelims + Mains · 💡 Static Hook
⚡ Crux in one line
Cement is hard to abate: about 60% of its CO2 comes from calcining limestone, not fuel. India emits 0.62 t CO2 per tonne of cement and output may rise nearly fivefold by 2070. Options include refuse-derived fuel, lower-clinker blended cements, public procurement of green cement, traditional lime binders and, finally, carbon capture.
❓ Why UPSC cares
Industrial decarbonisation and net zero 2070 are GS3 climate themes; cement and fly ash facts are asked in Prelims (2025, 2015).
📚 Static link-up
▸ Calcination: CaCO3 to CaO + CO2 at about 1,450 °C
▸ Clinker (calcium silicates) mixed with gypsum = OPC (>95% clinker); PPC (fly ash, 65-80% clinker); PSC (slag, 35-64% clinker)
▸ Pozzolana reacts with calcium hydroxide
▸ Net zero by 2070 (Panchamrit, COP26)
▸ Carbon Credit Trading Scheme 2023 covers cement.
📊 Numbers to remember
Construction: 35-40% of global GHG. Cement: 7-11% of emissions (about double aviation). Heating: 35-40% of cement emissions; clinker 53-65%. India: 0.62 t CO2/t cement; TERI-GCCA target 0.56 (2030), 0.51 (2047). Production 334 MT (2019-20) to 1,546 MT (2070). NITI: 20% RDF thermal substitution by 2030 (~80 MT CO2e saved). Replacing 1 t clinker avoids 0.83 t CO2 (IEA).
🔑 Prelims keywords
clinker · calcination · hard-to-abate · RDF · PPC · PSC · lime-surkhi · green cement · CCUS
🕰️ PYQ connect — UPSC Prelims 2025 · GS Paper I
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🗞️ India's cement footprint stands in its way to net-zero emissions
⚡ Cement is hard to abate: about 60% of its CO2 comes from calcining limestone, not fuel. India emits 0.62 t CO2 per tonne of cement and output may rise nearly fivefold by 2070. Options include refuse-derived fuel, lower-clinker blended cements, public procurement of green cement, traditional lime binders and, finally, carbon capture.
👇 Full UPSC breakdown & a real PYQ poll below
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Nobel Prize Physics 2026 Explained: IceCube Neutrino Observatory
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Brain Switch | Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 | Optogenetics🏆🧠 #science
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📌 China opens its first overseas air base in Laos, widening its military footprint
🧩 GS2 · International Relations › Maritime & Indo-Pacific
⭐ Important · 🎯 Prelims + Mains · 💡 Map-based
⚡ Crux in one line
China's Joint Flight Training and Support Centre at Ban Keun airfield, north of Vientiane, is its first overseas air force facility. Analysts expect more bases in friendly states.
❓ Why UPSC cares
Overseas basing and the 'string of pearls' debate, with implications for India's Act East policy and ASEAN. Prelims map: Laos (landlocked, on the Mekong).
📚 Static link-up
▸ China's first overseas base: Djibouti (2017)
▸ Ream Naval Base, Cambodia
▸ Laos is landlocked and borders China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam; Laos-China Railway (2021, BRI); China is Laos's largest creditor
▸ India-Laos: Act East, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (2000).
🔑 Prelims keywords
Ban Keun · Vientiane · Djibouti · Ream · BRI debt · Mekong-Ganga Cooperation
🕰️ PYQ connect — UPSC Mains 2013 · GS2
What do you understand by 'The String of Pearls'? How does it impact India? Briefly outline the steps taken by India to counter this.#UPSC #CurrentAffairs #GS2 #InternationalRelations #Maritime #IndoPacific #China #MapBased #Prelims #Mains #Hindu #ThinQIAS 📲 Join @thinqias for daily UPSC-ready current affairs
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🗞️ China opens its first overseas air base in Laos, widening its military footprint
⚡ China's Joint Flight Training and Support Centre at Ban Keun airfield, north of Vientiane , is its first overseas air force facility. Analysts expect more bases in friendly states.
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🕰️ PYQ · UPSC Prelims 2015
In the context of modern scientific research, consider the following statements about 'IceCube', a particle detector located at South Pole, which was recently in the news :
1. It is the world's largest neutrino detector, encompassing a cubic kilometre of ice.
2. It is a powerful telescope to search for dark matter.
3. It is buried deep in the ice.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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🗞️ UPSC DAILY CA · 7 Oct 2026 · The Hindu · p.1
📌 Pioneer of IceCube neutrino detector, Francis Halzen, wins 2026 Physics Nobel
🧩 GS3 · Science & Technology › Physics & Astronomy
🔥 Must-read · 🎯 Prelims · 💡 PYQ Theme
⚡ Crux in one line
Belgium-born Francis Halzen won the 2026 Physics Nobel for IceCube, a cubic-kilometre neutrino observatory in South Pole ice that detected high-energy cosmic neutrinos (2013) and traced one to a distant blazar (2018), founding neutrino astronomy.
❓ Why UPSC cares
IceCube was asked in Prelims 2015 — a direct repeat topic. Neutrinos, Cherenkov radiation and the India-based Neutrino Observatory are Prelims staples.
📚 Static link-up
▸ Neutrinos: near-massless, chargeless, weakly interacting
▸ Cherenkov radiation: blue light when a charged particle moves faster than light in that medium
▸ India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), Theni, T.N. (proposed)
▸ Blazar = galaxy with supermassive black hole jet pointed at Earth.
📊 Numbers to remember
IceCube: 1 cubic km of ice (~917 million litres of water), 5,160 optical sensors, completed 2010; idea proposed in 1988; first high-energy cosmic neutrinos 2013; blazar link 2018.
🔑 Prelims keywords
IceCube · neutrino · Cherenkov light · blazar · South Pole · INO
🕰️ PYQ connect — UPSC Prelims 2015 · GS Paper I
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