Daily Practice Sheet 24 November 2020

  • November 24, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

Daily Mapping

  • France’s island territory of Reunion
  • Comoros
  • Madagascar Mauritius
  • Seychelles
  • The Horn of Africa
  • East Africa

Daily Facts

Dairy Sector

  • Its contribution to the agricultural and allied sectors in terms of value of output has increased from 17% in 2013-14 to 21% in 2018-19
  • The value of output of milk group is even higher than the combined value of output of paddy, wheat and sugarcane.
  • With annual growth of about 5.6% during the last eight years, in real terms, milk group also outpaced the agricultural and allied sectors, which grew at about 3.3% during the same period. 
  • At a time when the share of food in total expenditure has been declining over the years, the share of milk in the food basket has been increasing both in rural and urban areas.

Source: Financial Express

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 2: Polity

  1. What was Hadiya Case? Discuss its significance in the context of personal freedom and Right to life.

GS2: IR

  1. Discuss the strategic and economic importance of Gulf region for India. Assess India’s ties with gulf

GS 3: Economy

  1. The dairy sector has also been a tool of inclusive socio-economic development. In the light of this statement, examine the challenges faced by the diary sector and government measures in this context. [Reference: Financial Express]
  2. Do you think allowing business houses to own banks is fraught with risk; is India’s supervisory system prepared for it. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Science and Tech

  1. What do you understand by “indigenization of technology”? Why it is important? Explain in the background of COVID-19. [Reference: New Indian Express]
  2. Discuss the Anti-Microbial resistance Challenge. Why “One Health” is considered as an optimum approach to counter it. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Security

  1. The problems of coastal security remain varied and complex. Discuss the vulnerabilities. Devise a strategy to counter sea based threats. [Reference: Orf Online]
  2. Critically examine the reasons for India’s refusal to join NPT and CTBT treaties. What were the consequences for India and the world? [Reference: Business Line]

Daily Ethics:

  1. Does ethical sports betting exists? [Reference: Business Line]
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