Daily Practice Sheet 30 October 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

30 October 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Samudrayan
• Gini coefficient
• RBI Governor
• Different types of U.S. Visa
• Pacific Islands
• Pope
• Facebook is now called ‘Meta’
• Core sectors
• Sardar Patel supported Partition
• Seaweeds
• MGNREGA
• The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019
• Best Public Transport Award
• Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
• Fiscal Deficit

Daily Facts

Climate Change:

According to a report named Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) by Environmental think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water

• Over 80 per cent of India’s population lives in districts highly vulnerable to hydro-met disasters. 
• The southern zone of India is the most vulnerable to extreme climate events and their compounding impacts, followed by the eastern, western, northern, north-eastern and central zones.
• 59 and 41 per cent of total districts in the eastern and western zones of India are highly vulnerable to extreme cyclone events. 
• The states located in India’s northeast are more vulnerable to floods, while the states in the southern and central parts are more vulnerable to extreme droughts. 
• Five out of six zones in India i.e. South, North, North-east, West and Central have a low adaptive capacity to extreme hydro-met disasters. However, the Eastern Zone has a medium-range adaptive capacity to extreme hydro-met disasters. 
• Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Bihar are highly vulnerable to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

1. Critically review the events unfolding in 1940 which eventually led to India’s partition.
2. What do you understand by Two Nation Theory? How was it responsible for India’s partition?

GS 1: Society

1. What do you understand by dominant caste? Why dominant castes in various states are asking for reservation.

GS 3: Economy

1. Differentiate between V, K and W recovery? Indian economy is experiencing which kind of recovery?
2. Why India is unable to produce enough pulses to meet its domestic requirement?
3. Discuss the challenges mass adoption of E vehicle. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. Fortress conservation is motivated by the mistaken belief that successful conservation outcomes require pristine wildernesses free from human inhabitants. Comment. [Reference: Mongabay]

GS 3: Disaster

1. What do by understand by vulnerability? Discuss India’s vulnerability to climate change. [Reference: Indian Express]