Daily Practice Sheet 9 August 2020

  • August 9, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

  • In 1942, Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a “quit India” motion and campaign by the All-India Congress
  • In 1945, US drops second atomic bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Black boxes
  • National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
  • Foreign exchange reserves
  • Himalayan earth quake
  • Microlithic age and iron age 
  • Marudu brothers
  • CAG
  • Seed bombs
  • Table top runaway
  • Subordinate Legislation
  • Stimulus
  • Immune protection

Daily Mapping

  • Lengpui airport in Mizoram, Pakyong airport in Sikkim, and Simla and Kullu in Himachal Pradesh are airports built on tabletops. Other tabletop airports outside India include Paro in Bhutan and Kathmandu in Nepal.
  • Depsang
  • Mauritius

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1 History

  1. How Quit India movement is different from Non cooperation and Civil disobedience movement? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 1: Geography

  1. Discuss the plate tectonic activities in Himalayan formation. Why it still remains vulnerable place for disasters? [Reference: Times Of India]
  2. Which regions of India are more vulnerable to landslips/ landslides? Discuss the reasons behind their vulnerability. Why during monsoon number of landslides increases? [Reference: Scroll In]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What do you understand by subordinate legislation? Can it violate the parent Act? Discuss SC views on this matter. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Governance

  1. What are the maladies faced by Indian higher education system. Suggest measures to overcome it. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Critically analyze the appointment, role and responsibilities of CAG. [Reference: Economic Times]
  3. Why office of CAG is considered the most important office in India.

GS 3: Economy

  1. Should government privatize PSBs ?Give your arguments. [Reference: Tribune India]
  2. India’s foreign exchange reserves hit a fresh high of $534.5 billion, in this context explain What are forex reserves? What role does it play? Examine the reasons behind rise in forex reserves in last one year? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Disaster management

  1. Discuss the role played by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in disaster management in India. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What is vaccine nationalism? Discuss the ethical issues involved in it. [Reference: The Hindu]

 

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