Daily Practice Sheet 28 October 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

28 October 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• US Food and Drug Administration
• Micronutient Deficiency
• ‘Podu’ land issue in Telangana
• National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development (NABFID)
• Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Inheritance Custom
• Cascade Tripping
• Rules of Religion in Eligibility for the SC Quota
• Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
• Asian Development Bank
• China-Pakistan 1963 Agreement
• Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969
• Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
• ‘Knock Every Door’ Campaign
• ‘Time for India’ drive

Daily Facts

Malnutrition:

• Iron deficiency-anemia is the biggest cause of disability for the past 10 years and contributed 20 per cent direct and 50 per cent associated maternal deaths in India. Its economic burden is equivalent to about 4 per cent of GDP.
• . As per the WHO’s meta-analysis on rice fortification, an outlay of around ₹2,800 crore per annum for rice fortification can avert 35 per cent of the total or 16.6 million Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) per year with no known risk of toxicity

CSE Mains 2021

Day 10

1. AI has transformative potential. Comment. However, its application is riddled with legal and ethical challenges.

Mains Master Notes

2. What do you understand by nano particles? Discuss its applications in day to day life.

Mains Master Notes

3. What are quantum computes? Discuss its applications.

Mains Master Notes

4. Differentiate between virtual reality and augmented reality?

Mains Master Notes

CSE Mains 2022

Day 6

1. What are micro Plastics? Discuss their effect on marine ecosystem.

Mains Master Notes

2. What do you understand by circular economy? How it help in waste management?

Mains Master Notes

3. Why Solid Waste Management is such a herculean task for Indian cities?

Mains Master Notes

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. What is shifting cultivation? Discuss issues related to it along with geographical distribution in the world and India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

1. Analyze the gaps in health infrastructure in India. How PM ABHIM or PMASBY (Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission) will fill this gap? [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Can fortification solve the problem of malnutrition in India? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

1. What are DFIs? Can it bridge the infrastructure gap? Discuss in the context of NABFID.
2. Discuss the challenge of employability in India? How can it be tackled? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Environment

1. Compare and contrast between adaptation and mitigation in the context of climate change. Which one is more equitable? [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 3: Security

1. What do you understand by radicalization? Discuss various strategies to counter the threat posed by it. In this context, explain deradicalisation, counter-radicalization, anti-radicalization and disengagement. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

1. Discuss the psychological method of radicalization.
2. What do you understand by equity? Why it is important in climate change negotiations?
3. What are values? Differentiate between progressive and traditional values? [Reference: The Hindu]
4. What do you understand by tolerance? [Reference: The Hindu]