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The evolution of the internet from a forum for communication and commerce to a medium of free exchange of opinion and views has been so rapid that the nearly ubiquitous worldwide network of computers is now almost an extension of social life for many on the planet. It is therefore a discomfiting fact that despite the communitarian growth of the internet, the threats to freedom of expression on the medium, such as content takedowns, online surveillance and other forms of state control, have increased in the past year. A report on “Freedom on the Net”, released by Freedom House, the U.S.-based, government-funded organisation, points to the overall decline in internet freedom following a country-wise analysis of 65 nation-states. Freedom House’s reports in the past have been subjected to criticism for its perceived “bias” towards the U.S. and regimes friendly to it. But the “Freedom on the Net” report is fairly comprehensive in its categorisation of online freedom and curbs on it through different mechanisms adopted by nation-states.

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After 35 years, China is set to change its one-child policy, allowing all couples to have at most two children. Since its introduction in 1980 with the aim of slowing population growth in the world’s most populous country, an estimated 400 million births have been prevented in China. From 5.5 births per woman in 1970, the country’s fertility rate is now well below the replacement level of 2.1. The policy also led to countless forced abortions, maternal and child deaths, untold trauma especially to mothers, and one of the world’s most skewed sex ratios. Yet, it is difficult to offer unqualified praise for China’s decision. For one, the limit on family size has simply moved from one child to two children, and coercive restrictions on what should be a private decision remain. Second, the decision has been taken in response to the decline in China’s working population relative to its elderly population. China’s dependancy ratio — the ratio of children and elderly to its working age population — has declined from 63.4 in 1950 to 34.5 in 2010, as against 56.3 for India, meaning far fewer working people support a far larger number of dependants. All countries will move through cycles of demographic dividends followed by rapid ageing, and must plan for their own unique challenges without intervening in family lives to engineer change.

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Reasoning

Q.1-5. Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below:

Eight friends Kamla, Rano, Pooja, Poonam, Seema, Mita, Twist and Divya are sitting in a circle and facing towards the centre but not necessarily in the same order.

(A) Those two friends are not neighbours to each other whose names are starting with letter P.

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Recently A.P.J. Abdul Kalam passed away. He was the 11th President of India.

2. Recently how many agreements have been signed between India and UK?
21

3: Recently the World Trade Organization formally accepted Kazakhstan as its member.

4: Who has been appointed as President of Qualcomm India?
 Sunil Lalvani

5: Who is the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh at present?
  N. Chandrababu Naidu

6: How much amount has been sanctioned by the government for the laying of 15.06 km long tracks to connect Indian Railways with Bangladesh through the North East?
1000 crore rupees

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Reasoning Order And Ranking concepts

Order & Ranking Concepts:

Formulas to  determine the positioning of a person 

1)Left + Right = Total + 1 

2)Left = Total + 1 – Right

3)Right = 1 + 1 – left

4)Total = left + Right

Note : the above formulas are only for a single person's position 

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