Daily Practice Sheet 6 August 2020

  • August 6, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

On the morning of August 6, a B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb called “Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima, killing over 80,000 people.

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Industrial Development and Regulation Act, 1951
  • Jammu and Kashmir and Article 35A
  • Gujjar and Bakkarwal communities
  • Transhumance
  • Provisioning
  • Environment Protection Act
  • Pokkali rice

Daily Mapping

  • Harare 
  • Lebanon
  • Sarayu River

Daily Facts

  • The MGNREGA has created 153.16 crore person-days of employment during April-July.

Daily SC judgments

  • Shah Bano case

Daily Constitution Articles

  • Articles 15 and 16
  • 103rd Constitution Amendment Act

Daily Mains Mantra

LAQSHYA 2021

  1. Discuss the important characteristic features of plantation agriculture. Name important plantation crop from different countries.

OPTIMA 2020

  1. Discuss the causes which lead to World War II. Analyze the outcomes of World War II. [Reference: Indian Express]

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Society

  1. Discuss the trend of internal migration in India. How it impact Indian society? [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. “Communalism of the majority is far more dangerous than the communalism of the minority”. Comment. [Reference: Deccanherald]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A has brought people of J&K into the ambit of egalitarian laws. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Can reservation be solely on economic criteria? Critically examine 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act in this context. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

  1. What is deterrence? Critically analyze the role in deterrence in preventing nuclear war. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Discuss the role played by MNREGA during the lock down in alleviating the economic and employment crisis. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. The introduction of PPP framework in Railways has the potential to transform and modernize Indian railways. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Agriculture

  1. What are cooperatives? Discuss their role in providing income security to small and marginal farmers. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. ’Everything is fair in love and war’. Do you agree? Elucidate with examples.
  2. Discuss the importance of empathy and tolerance in pandemic hit society. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. In many places, residents obstruct burial of COVID death persons. In this context, analyze the ethical issues involved and what steps needed to resolve this.
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