Daily Practice Sheet 22 August 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

22 August 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• The National Ignition facility demonstrated fusion energy equal to about 1.3 megajoule
• Krishna River Water Dispute
• Hampi
• Ubharte Sitare Fund
• Article 370
• Kashmir Carpet
• Madur mats
• Asian Elephants
• Storm Henri
• Herd immunity
• Turmeric
• AERA Act
• HIV
• Administration of Taliban
• Double blind trial

Daily Mapping

• Gwadar port

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 2: Polity

1. Indian parliament is suffering from political institutional and moral deficit. Comment. [Reference: EPW]
2. The Indian federal structure is largely symmetric albeit with some asymmetric features. Discuss. [Reference: EPW]
3. Examine the status of Union Territories in the Indian federal set up. [Reference: EPW]
4. Discuss the role played by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in dealing with violation of human rights. Do you think it is a toothless tiger? Give your arguments. [Reference: EPW]

GS 3: Economy

1. Income inequality has been consistently increasing since the mid-1980s and has reached a historical high in India. Discuss the reasons for this rising inequality in recent times and also suggest remedies to alleviate this problem. [Reference: EPW]
2. How does a tax affect income inequality? In this context discuss how top marginal tax rate (TMTR) can solve the problem of income inequality in India. [Reference: EPW]