Daily Practice Sheet 24 February 2021

  • February 24, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

24 February 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Western disturbance
  • Shergarh
  • PMSVANIDHI scheme (Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmanirbharNidhi)
  • Right to fair and speedy trial
  • National Digital Health Mission (NDHM)
  • Jezero crater
  • CPEC
  • Indradhanush
  • Kuznet Curve
  • Potential Growth rate

Daily Mapping

  • Iran

Daily Data

Exports

  • China continues to be India’s largest trading partner with 77.67 billion of trade between January and December 2020 (same year in 2019 it was 85.47 Billion dollar)
  • India-USA trade was at 75.95 billion dollar during the same period.

Endangered Language

Source: The UNESCO Atlas of World’s Languages in Danger, The Hindu

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS2: World history

  1. Discuss the roots and factors of Israel Palestine conflict which sees no near ending even now. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS2: Polity

  1. Discuss how the recent judgement in Priya Ramani verdict has expanded the law on sexual harassment. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Migrant exodus during pandemic highlighted shortcoming of existing legal framework to deal with internal migration. In this context discuss how far new Draft policy for migrants by Niti Aayog will serve the purpose. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What are human rights? Why are they important? Discuss the state of Human Rights in India. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Governance

  1. The core values of the civil services — neutrality, impartiality and anonymity cannot be maintained without an efficient transfer policy. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS2: International Bodies

  1. Examine the challenges of broken trust and institutions WTO is facing. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS3: Economy

  1. Critically examine the role of Private sector as wealth creator Post-1990 reforms. Has this process been an inclusive one? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Will privatization of Public Sector Banks improve their efficiency? Discuss the need for improved governance of Banks. [Reference: Business Line]
  3. What do you understand by potential economic growth rate? Assess India’s potential growth rate. [Reference: Business Line]
  4. Discuss the significance of debt –GDP. How much debt is sustainable?

GS3: Environment

  1. What do you understand by environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis? Does it hold true for developing countries? [Reference: Business Line]

GS3: Security

  1. The digitalization of services creates a network of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to enable better consumer experience but also raises the potential threat of cyberattacks. [Reference: Business Line]
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