Daily Practice Sheet 26 December 2020

  • December 26, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
No Comments

 

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine rollout in 4 States next week: Govt.
  • Pink Boll Worm Infection
  • PM-KISAN
  • 16th anniversary of Tsunami today and Tsunami warning system at INCOIS monitored nearly 630 earthquakes
  • State of the Climate, Report, 2020
  • Tadoba Andhari Tiger reserve
  • CERN
  • Carbon black, Anti-Dumping Duty
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
  • Jal Jeevan Mission Innovation challenge

Daily Mapping

  • Dibang river
  • Tadoba Andhari Tiger reserve

Daily Facts

Environment

  • This year is second hottest on record after 2016, as per WMO’s provisional report on the State of the Climate 2020 published on December 2. It said that the lockdown has cut emissions of many pollutants and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. But any impact on CO2 concentrations is not much.
  • Our planet was warmer by around 1.2 Degree Celsius from January to October 2020 as compared with the pre-industrial average measured between 1850–1900.
  • Rise in ocean heat content (OCH) in 2019 was the highest recorded yet in comparison with data collected since 1960.

Indian State-Level Disease Burden Initiative, published in Lancet:

  • Total number of deaths due to air pollution in India in 2019 were around 1.67 million—of which, 0.98 million deaths were due to ambient particulate matter pollution and 0.61 million due to household air pollution.
  • India’s economic loss due to air pollution was estimated to be around $36.8 billion, or nearly 1.4% of the 2019 GDP.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Geography

  1. What do you understand by plantation agriculture? Discuss the structural factors facing the plantation agriculture. [Reference: Business Line]
  2. What do you understand by tsunami? What led to Dec 26, 2000 Sumatra tsunami?

GS 2: Polity

  1. B.R. Ambedkar assured that article 356 will remains as dead letter. However, it has become death letter for many state governments. Examine the misuse of Article 356 in post-independence India. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. What do you understand by activist judiciary? Why it is dangerous for India’s constitutional democracy. [Reference: The Hindu]
  3. In the light of recent Kerala governor’s decision to deny approval to convene the state assembly for a special session, critically examine the discretionary powers of the governor. Why position of the governor of state has have become so controversial? [Reference: The Wire]
  4. What is Affirmative action? Differentiate between vertical and horizontal reservation. Is Indian reservation system impacting merit? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. NFHS-5 data released recently shows reversal of gains in indicators of social welfare. Critically examine. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

  1. What do you understand by vaccine nationalism? [Reference: NBC News]
  2. USA’s Tibet Policy and Support Act is one of the many area of concern between US-China. Bring out the differences in this context and implications for the India as well. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Draft National Railway Plan is an opportunity for making Railways sustainable. Discuss. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Disaster

  1. 26th December, 2020 is the 16th anniversary of 2004 Sumatra tsunami. Is India better prepared to tackle such tsunami in future? [Reference: Business Line]

Daily Ethics:

  1. Should gambling be legalized in India? [Reference: Financial Express]
Daily Practice Sheet