STATE-LEVEL ESSAY COMPETITION 2026 | WEST BENGAL
Lok Bhavan, West Bengal, invites students from schools, colleges and universities across the State to participate in its First State-Level Essay Competition 2026.
✍️ Write. Research. Think. Express.
The competition aims to encourage:
→ Independent thinking
→ Serious research
→ Informed perspectives
→ Deeper understanding of an important chapter of India’s national history
📚 Entries accepted in English & Bangla
📅 Last Date: 15 November 2026
Students are encouraged to check the official notification for:
→ Essay Topics
→ Eligibility Criteria
→ Prize Structure
→ Submission Guidelines
→ Other Important Details
A valuable opportunity for students to strengthen their research, analytical thinking and essay-writing skills.
#EssayCompetition #WestBengal #LokBhavan #Students #EssayWriting #EssayCompetition2026 #UPSC #WBCS #OPSC #CivilServices #CurrentAffairs #APTIPLU
Lok Bhavan, West Bengal, invites students from schools, colleges and universities across the State to participate in its First State-Level Essay Competition 2026.
✍️ Write. Research. Think. Express.
The competition aims to encourage:
→ Independent thinking
→ Serious research
→ Informed perspectives
→ Deeper understanding of an important chapter of India’s national history
📚 Entries accepted in English & Bangla
📅 Last Date: 15 November 2026
Students are encouraged to check the official notification for:
→ Essay Topics
→ Eligibility Criteria
→ Prize Structure
→ Submission Guidelines
→ Other Important Details
A valuable opportunity for students to strengthen their research, analytical thinking and essay-writing skills.
#EssayCompetition #WestBengal #LokBhavan #Students #EssayWriting #EssayCompetition2026 #UPSC #WBCS #OPSC #CivilServices #CurrentAffairs #APTIPLU
🔥 FAILURE IS NOT THE END. IT’S PART OF THE JOURNEY. 🔥
Every failure teaches you something. Every setback makes you stronger. Every time you fall, you get another chance to rise.
You may have failed before—but your story doesn’t end there.
Keep learning. Keep improving. Keep showing up.
Because one day, all those failures will become the reason you SUCCEED
Every failure teaches you something. Every setback makes you stronger. Every time you fall, you get another chance to rise.
You may have failed before—but your story doesn’t end there.
Keep learning. Keep improving. Keep showing up.
Because one day, all those failures will become the reason you SUCCEED
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📌 EDITORIAL SIMPLIFIED | ECI & ELECTORAL INTEGRITY 🗳️
🔹 In Focus: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
⚠️ Key Concerns:
➡️ Transparency & procedural safeguards
➡️ Voter inclusion & risk of exclusion
➡️ ECI’s independence & accountability
📚 UPSC GS-II: Constitutional Bodies | Electoral Reforms | Governance
🎯 Key Areas:
★ RPA, 1950 – Section 21
★ Article 326 – Universal Adult Suffrage
★ ECI: Autonomy & Accountability
📝 Mains Practice:
“Recent controversies surrounding the ECI have raised questions about its independence and accountability.” Discuss.
🔹 In Focus: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
⚠️ Key Concerns:
➡️ Transparency & procedural safeguards
➡️ Voter inclusion & risk of exclusion
➡️ ECI’s independence & accountability
📚 UPSC GS-II: Constitutional Bodies | Electoral Reforms | Governance
🎯 Key Areas:
★ RPA, 1950 – Section 21
★ Article 326 – Universal Adult Suffrage
★ ECI: Autonomy & Accountability
📝 Mains Practice:
“Recent controversies surrounding the ECI have raised questions about its independence and accountability.” Discuss.
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Q1. With reference to the PM E-DRIVE (PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle
Enhancement) scheme, consider the following statements:
1. The scheme was approved under the Ministry of Heavy Industries to accelerate the
adoption of electric vehicles across India.
2. It provides targeted financial subsidies for electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers,
ambulances, and public electric buses.
3. The scheme offers direct capital purchase subsidies for privately owned luxury electric
passenger motorcars
Enhancement) scheme, consider the following statements:
1. The scheme was approved under the Ministry of Heavy Industries to accelerate the
adoption of electric vehicles across India.
2. It provides targeted financial subsidies for electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers,
ambulances, and public electric buses.
3. The scheme offers direct capital purchase subsidies for privately owned luxury electric
passenger motorcars
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Which of the statements given above are correct?
Anonymous Quiz
63%
(a) 1 and 2 only
25%
(b) 2 and 3 only
13%
(c) 1 and 3 only
0%
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q2. With reference to the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) initiated by India, consider the
following statements:
1. It is an international treaty-based organization headquartered in India dedicated to
conserving seven major big cat species.
2. The alliance facilitates ecological research, capacity building, technical assistance, and
financial resource mobilization.
3. Membership in the alliance is strictly restricted to sovereign countries that currently have
wild tiger populations.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
following statements:
1. It is an international treaty-based organization headquartered in India dedicated to
conserving seven major big cat species.
2. The alliance facilitates ecological research, capacity building, technical assistance, and
financial resource mobilization.
3. Membership in the alliance is strictly restricted to sovereign countries that currently have
wild tiger populations.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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Give Answer
Anonymous Quiz
8%
(a) 1 and 3 only
68%
(b) 1 and 2 only
8%
(c) 2 and 3 only
16%
(d) 1, 2, and 3
Q3. Consider the following statements regarding the Constitutional Pardoning Powers under
Articles 72 and 161:
1. The President has the exclusive power to grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a
sentence of death.
2. The Governor has no constitutional power to pardon or commute sentences passed by a
military Court Martial.
3. The exercise of pardoning power by the President and Governor is subject to limited
judicial review on grounds of malafide
Articles 72 and 161:
1. The President has the exclusive power to grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a
sentence of death.
2. The Governor has no constitutional power to pardon or commute sentences passed by a
military Court Martial.
3. The exercise of pardoning power by the President and Governor is subject to limited
judicial review on grounds of malafide
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Which of the statements given above are correct?
Anonymous Quiz
15%
(a) 1 and 2 only
19%
(b) 2 and 3 only
42%
(c) 1, 2, and 3
23%
(d) 1 and 3 only
Q4. With reference to the structure of Ecological Pyramids in natural biomes, consider the
following statements:
1. In open ocean ecosystems, the pyramid of biomass is inverted because the standing
biomass of phytoplankton is smaller than that of zooplankton.
2. The rapid reproduction and high turnover rate of phytoplankton allow a smaller standing
mass to sustain a larger consumer biomass.
3. The pyramid of energy flow becomes inverted in temperate deciduous forests due to
seasonal leaf shedding during autumn.
following statements:
1. In open ocean ecosystems, the pyramid of biomass is inverted because the standing
biomass of phytoplankton is smaller than that of zooplankton.
2. The rapid reproduction and high turnover rate of phytoplankton allow a smaller standing
mass to sustain a larger consumer biomass.
3. The pyramid of energy flow becomes inverted in temperate deciduous forests due to
seasonal leaf shedding during autumn.
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