Daily Practice Sheet 15 August 2021

  • August 15, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet

15 August 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Indian Flag
  • July 2021 – Hottest month on record
  • Yasukuni shrine
  • PM Gati Shakti Master Plan
  • Incel Movement
  • Zika Virus
  • Genome Sequencing
  • End-to-End Encryption
  • Anti-Dumping Duty
  • Sunset review investigation
  • Karmapa
  • Sedition Law
  • Legislative Council
  • Presiding Panel or the Vice-Chairman’s Panel
  • Nano-Robots
  • Rice Fortification
  • Objectives Resolution
  • Justice Verma Committee
  • BRICS Agriculture Research Platform
  • Monuments of Victory & Valour
  • Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
  • Usha Mehta 
  • Herbert Baker Parliament design

Daily Facts

National Income:

  • The median household income in India was Rs 15,000 per month.

Parliament

In the past 10 years, the Rajya Sabha has functioned for less than 25 per cent of its scheduled time. According to PRS again, none of the 15 bills introduced in this Monsoon Session 2021 has been referred to a Parliamentary Committee. In this current Lok Sabha commencing 2019, only 12 per cent of the bills introduced have been referred to committee. By contrast, the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) had 27 per cent and the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) had 71 per cent of bills referred to standing committees, where they could be discussed, debated amid testimony by experts

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Discuss the contribution of Herbert Baker to Indian architecture especially focusing on Indian Parliament. [Reference: DeshGujarat, Indian Express]
  2. What do you understand by Two Nation Theory? Who propounded it and who all advanced it? Was partition a validation of two nation theory?
  3. Discuss the challenges faced by India at the eve of independence.

GS 2: Polity

  1. To what extent goals in the preamble have been achieved in the last seven decades?

GS 3: Economy

  1. Is GDP a good indicator of human progress? Argue your case. Suggest a better indicator of human progress? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. Peace unity and social harmony were the pillars on which a self-reliant India. Discuss. [Reference: Live Mint]
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