Daily Practice Sheet 19 November 2020

  • November 19, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • NATIONAL POPULATION REGISTER
  • ICMR GUIDELINE ON PLASMA THERAPY
  • GENOME SURVEY
  • STORAGE OF VACCINE
  • DEEMED FORESTS
  • LVB FAILURE
  • CHAPARE VIRUS
  • SINGH SABHA MOVEMENT AND SGPC
  • OZONE THERAPY

Daily Constitution

  • Art 226

Daily Mapping

Nagorno-Karabakh:

After six weeks of fierce fighting, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to end military operations in and around in a ceasefire brokered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some 2,000 people, including combatants and civilians, are estimated to have been killed in the war.

Kalaburagi and Hindon:

The first direct flight operations from Kalaburagi in Karnataka to Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, were flagged off on Wednesday under Regional Connectivity Scheme Ude Desh KaAam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN). Star Air was awarded the route last year.

Daily Facts

Exports:

Global merchandise exports stood at almost $18 trillion in 2017 (more than six times India’s GDP) with India commanding an export share of just 1.7 per cent (versus China’s 12.8 per cent).

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

  1. What was Singh Sabha movement?
  2. Discuss the background of Gurudwara Reform Movement / Akali Movement. Critically examine its significance for National Movement. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. Discuss all socio-religious reform movement in Punjab between 1870’s to 1920’s. How did it change the Punjab society? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. India’s water governance has federal challenge. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. What do you understand by behavior economics concept of nudge? How can it be used in public policy? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What do you understand by import substitution? Can it help to build a $5 trillion economy? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Discuss strategies to increase India’s share in global exports.
  3. To reach the National Policy on Electronics, 2019, targets and for turning into a global manufacturing hub, we cannot depend on mobile phones manufacturing alone
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