Daily Practice Sheet 9 October 2020
- October 9, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic
- Cannabis and NDPS Act
- Fungi and stubble burning
- What is TRP
- Gst compensation cess
- Registration of political parties
- World Bank
- Exchange rate
- CAG
- BAD Bank
- Heavy metal pollution
- Bio magnification
- BIS Standards for drinking water- alkalinity level
Daily Mapping
- Noyal
- Chinnar river
Daily Mains Mantra
NEWSPAPER
GS 2: Polity
- Discuss the significance of CAG in ensuring financial accountability of the government to the Parliament. [Reference: The Hindu]
GS 2: Governance
- Jan Dhan schemes starting from being an enabler of benefit transfer, the scheme has transformed into a holistic social security solution for rural populace. Comment. [Reference: Business Line]
GS 3: Economy
- What do you understand by informalisation of workforce? Explain the reasons for fall in organized sector employment. Why this trend I a cause of worry for us? [Reference: Business Line]
- In the view of the declining average size of land holdings in India which has made agriculture non – viable for a majority of farmers. Should contract farming and land leasing be promoted in agriculture? Critically evaluate the pros and cons.
- Discuss the concept of bad bank? Is it a good idea to have bad bank to resolve the banking crisis in India? [Reference: Business Line]
GS 3: Science
- What do you understand by assisted reproduction technology? Discuss constitutional, medico-legal, regulatory concerns raised by Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill. [Reference: Indian Express]
- Medicine is at a turning point, on the cusp of major change as disruptive technologies such as gene, RNA, and cell therapies enable scientists to approach diseases in new ways. Comment. [Reference: News Harvard]
- What do you understand by gene editing? Differentiate between Somatic Gene editing and Germline Gene editing. [Reference: News Harvard]
GS 4: Ethics