Daily Practice Sheet 4 June 2021

  • June 4, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet

4 June 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Expert panel for Minimum wages:
  • Lakshadweep: An evolution to melting point of culture:
  • Vigilance nod must for post-retirement jobs//CVC:
  • Blue-finned Mahseer out of Red List:
  • PVTGs:
  • USA EAGLE act changes for Green card cap may benefit Indians there
  • Monoclonal antibodies:
  • Vijayalakshmi Pandit
  • H10N3 bird flu detected in human
  • Venus mission
  • Star formation activity
  • Devika project
  • Repo unchanged

Important Judgements

  1. SC judgement emphasizes protection of media against Sedition laws: [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Art 19 1 (a) (Delhi HC says Ramdev’s allopathy statement within free speech ambit)

Daily data

Employment during Pandemic

Environment

  • The UN says humans are consuming 1.6 times the resources the planet can restore every year, and that there is a need to rewild an area the size of China by 2030 to meet commitments on nature and climate; a similar effort needs to be made for oceans as well.
  • There is 90% likelihood that at least one year between 2021 and 2025 will become the warmest on record. (WMO)

Global Unemployment

  • Global unemployment is expected to be at 205 million in 2022, surpassing the 2019 level of 187 million, according to World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2021.
  • The jobs shortfall induced by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was 75 million in 2021 and is expected to be 23 million in 2022, warned the 

Daily Mains Mantra

Mains 2021

Daily Mini Practice – 30 Minutes

Topic: Economic growth and economic development, Indian Economy, planning in India

  1. Can economic growth be equated to economic development? Critically assess how far GDP represents wellbeing of the people. (10 marks) (150 words)
  2. Why even after two decades of sustained economic growth, India suffers from poor human development indicators? .(15 marks) (250 words)
  3. What do you understand by phenomenon of jobless growth? Discuss the factor responsible for such pattern of economic growth. .(15 marks) (250 words)

Mains 2022 (as per LAQSHYA 2022 timetable)

  1. Discuss the major stages in the evolution of architecture during the ancient and medieval period.
  2. How could the local self-government under the Cholas adjust with their centralized administration structure?

NEWSPAPER

GS2: Polity

  1. The centralization in recent decades and emerging conflicts are grave threat to Indian federalism. Comment: [Reference: Indian Express, Indian Express]
  2. Critically examine relevance of sedition laws with the help of judicial interpretation of laws from time to time. [Reference: Indian Express, Indian Express]
  3. Comment upon the state of rural infrastructure. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS3: Environment

  1. There is need to reimagine fundamental shifts for consumption, human habitation, progress, transport etc. if the world needs to meet the challenges of climate change and its threat to environment. Elaborate: [Reference: Financial Express]
  2. What are SDGs? Assess India’s progress in this regard. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS4: Ethics

  1. What is conflict of interest? Explain through examples. How conflict of interest could be resolved in public offices. [Reference: MSN]
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