Daily Practice Sheet 16 July 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

16 July 2022

Daily Prelims Topics

• The political tussle over podu cultivation and forest lands in Telangana
• G 20 Finance Track and Public Goods
• National Agriculture Market (eNAM) 
• The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to rejoin the ambitious Pradhan Mantri FasalBima Yojana (PMFBY) 
• Dalai lama visits Ladakh
• DGTR mulling anti-dumping duty on VSF
• Shanghai- other cities in Yangtze Basin issue red alerts
• Does tropical ozone hole exist?
• Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report
• Three million children in India missed DPT dose in 2020 because of pandemic: Unicef
• Gandhi memorial museum puts out special magazine issue on Savarkar
• Assam and Arunachal CMs sign pact to resolve border dispute
• Increased onion stock to regulate prices: Centre
• An upcoming port in Karnataka is shrinking space for olive ridley turtles

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. What is shifting cultivation? Discuss issues related to it along with geographical distribution in the world and India. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What do you understand by urban flooding? Why they are becoming more frequent? [Reference: DownToEarth]
3. Discuss significance of ports in the context of port led development.

GS 2: Polity

1. What do you understand by Freedom of Speech? In our constitution this freedom is qualified by reasonable restrictions. Discuss
2. What is global gender gap index? Why India ranks so low? [Reference: Financial Express]
3. How is Indian president elected? [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Economy

1. What is deficiency price payments (DPP) system? Can it be an alternative to MSP? [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What is work culture? [Reference: Indian Express]