Daily Practice Sheet 11 March 2021

  • March 11, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

11 March 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

Daily Prelims Topic

  • No trust Motion
  • Fuel Staking
  • No trust motion
  • Covaxin vs Covishield
  • Clinical trial mode: Restrictive label that Covaxin is set to shed
  • Stockholm+50
  • In new Covid-19 vaccine candidate, key protein is encased in measles vaccine
  • Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN)

Daily Facts

Migration:

  • More than 1.14 crore workers returned to their native places during the lockdown

Energy

Only about half of the urban slum households exclusively use LPG for cooking, according to a survey report released on Wednesday by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). In spite of 86 per cent of the urban slum households having an LPG connection, about 45 per cent continue to use polluting cooking fuel – in what is known as “fuel stacking”.

IAS 2022

Class XI

  1. What is a constitution? Discuss its need.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Discuss the role of Indian women in freedom struggle. Why civil disobedience movement is considered a watershed in this context? [Reference: Indian Express]

Extra Source: India’s struggle for independence by Bipin Chandra

  1. Civil disobedience Movement remains to be a movement unsurpassed in the history of freedom movement. [Reference: Indian Express]

Extra Source: India’s struggle for independence by Bipin Chandra

GS 1: Society

  1. What do you understand by reverse migration? Explain the phenomenon. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Has globalization impacted the sovereign rights of the state? Critically discuss in the context of Cairn India arbitration episode? [Reference: Business Line]
  2. Public interest litigation, which was a tool meant to protect the rights of the marginalised and vulnerable, has been weaponised by self-appointed defenders of social, cultural and religious values to curtail artistic expression and viewer choice. Critically comment upon how PILs have evolved over the time.
  3. What do you understand by chilling effect? Do you think recent IT Rules 2021 especially sec 69 A will have chilling effect on the online content platforms? [Reference: Indian Express]
  4. Discuss the need for reforms in the Public Distribution System. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Can protectionist policy help domestic solar manufacturing industry? [Reference: Mercom India]
  2. What are FPOs? How can they become solution to agriculture distress? Examine hurdles faced by FPOs. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Science and Tech

  1. What do you understand by vaccine efficacy? Why it is important? [Reference: Live Mint]

GS 3: Security

  1. The recent incidents allegedly by Chinese hackers have led to calls for a new national strategy to strengthen national security. In this context analyze the recent decision of the government to amend the unified licence for procurement of telecom equipment. [Reference: Business Line]

Daily Ethics:

  1. Why politics without principle is considered as sin? [Reference: Business Line]
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