Daily Practice Sheet 22 November 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

22 November 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Carbon Credits
• Cobalt
• National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC)
• Chabahar port
• Inverted duty structure
• National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL)
• Importer-Exporter Codes (IECs)
• Commissionerate System
• Minsk Accord
• Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development for 2021
• Healthcare equity in urban India
• Tadoba­ Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR)

Daily Mapping

• Tadoba­ Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR)

Daily Facts

Extreme Events

• In India, in 2019 alone, 19 extreme weather events reportedly claimed 1,357 lives, with heavy rains and floods accounting for 63 per cent of deaths. Over 5,300 heat waves-related deaths have been reported in the past seven years.
• A 2019 report on adaptation estimates that between 2020 and 2030, investing $1.8 trillion for global adaptation measures in five areas — early warning systems, climate-resilient infrastructure, improved dry land agriculture, mangrove protection and resilient water resources — could generate $7.1 trillion net benefits.

CSE 2021

Day 14

1. What is permafrost? Discuss its significance in the light of climate change. 10 marks

CSE 2022

Day 24

Topic: Public Distribution System- Objectives, Functioning PDS -Limitations, Revamping

1. Has the PDS failed India’s poor? Discuss the loopholes in the present PDS and also suggest measures to revamp it.

Mains Master Notes PDS

2. What do you understand by targeted PDS? Critically examine its effectives in achieving food security. Discuss the need for universalization of PDS.

Mains Master Notes PDS

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. Why is cobalt becoming important in the global metal trade? On a map of the world explain its geographical distribution and the geo politics around it. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

1. What are interest groups? Discuss the various methods used by farmer’s organization to influence policy making.

GS 3: Environment

1. What are carbon credits? Why did it failed? In this context critically examine internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMO). [Reference: Business Line]
2. Not giving climate adaptation as much importance as climate mitigation was an injustice to vulnerable countries. Comment.

GS 3: Science and Technology

1. What are semiconductors? Discuss its applications of semiconductors? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by trust? Why it is important in governance? [Reference: Indian Express]