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Archive · 16 August 2026

3 APPSC Facts

One from Polity, one from History, one from Current Affairs. Deterministic selection for this date — same 3 cards every time.

Polity·Constitutional Bodies
High Frequency

APPSC is established under which constitutional article?

Answer: Article 315 — State Public Service Commissions constituted under Part XIV.

APPSC functions for Andhra Pradesh; recruits Group 1, 2, 3 services under state government.

History·British Rule
High Frequency

Macaulay's Minute (1835) established what?

Answer: English as medium of education — replaced Sanskrit/Persian; created Indian clerks.

Famous quote: wanted 'Indians in blood but English in taste'; shaped colonial education for a century.

Current Affairs·India Foreign Relations

When did India reopen its Kabul embassy and what does it signal?

Answer: India reopened the Kabul embassy — Taliban engagement marks a pragmatic foreign policy shift.

Taliban ministers visited New Delhi — India's first high-level engagement with the Taliban-led Afghanistan.

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