Daily Practice Sheet 30 November 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• OIC
• Rupee depreciation and FII inflows
• Top 10 sources of foreign inflows in India
• Eco Bridge
• Competition Bill
• International Telecommunication Union
• LOK Virasat
• HRMS
• UMANG App

Daily Mapping

• Pulicat Lake
• Point calimere
• Great bend
• Brahmaputra river

Daily Facts

Banking Sector in India:

• 6 out of 17 PSBs were headquartered in the South, and so were nine out of 12 ‘old’ characteristically small private banks.

Skill Development and Human capital

• India ranks 78th on a list of 122 countries as per the Human Capital Development report of the World Economic Forum

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

1. Discuss the contribution of socio- religious movement in shaping Indian nationalism with emphasis on contribution by Swami Vivekananda.

GS 1: Geography

1. Discuss the ecological, economic and strategic implications of China building dam on Brahmaputra [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Governance

1. Discuss the role of decentralized skilling in tackling the problem of reverse migration in India. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Economy

1. Discuss the core reasons behind farmer’s agitation. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Discuss the need for merger and consolidation in banking space in India. Also examine challenges in achieving this. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Science and Tech

1. What do you understand by herd immunity and herd effect? Explain how vaccination policy makes use of the phenomenon to control pandemics. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. What do you understand by vaccine? Discuss the science behind it

GS 3: Environment

1. What do you understand by Common but Differentiated responsibility? Does Paris Agreement abide by that? Critically examine. [Reference: The Hindu]

Daily Ethics:

1. Discuss the relevance of teachings of Swami Vivekananda in today’s world. [Reference: Indian Express]