Daily Practice Sheet 1 August 2021

  • August 1, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet

1 August 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • India will take over the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
  • The Food and Agriculture Organization warns Hunger Hotspots
  • Light pollution
  • Herd immunity
  • Controller General of Account
  • ASI breathes life into 17th century Dutch cemetery
  • Vanishing Permafrost
  • End to end genome sequencing
  • Stellar mid-life crisis
  • Reverse gear in some bacteria that can be mimicked for bio imaging
  • Dholavira

Daily Facts

Service Exports

  • Services exports from India, which were $17 billion in 2001-02, jumped to $205 billion in 2020-21.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Dholavira was the first such excellent example of town planning with mathematical precision both arithmetic and geometry. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Why did English succeeded over other Europeans? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: International Affairs

  1. Discuss the mandate of UNSC. How long India has to wait for the permanent seat? [Reference: Hindustan Times]
  2. Discuss the role India can play at UNSC as a non-permanent member. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What is Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)? What are the risks in adopting CBDCs? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Science

  1. What do you understand by genome sequencing? In this context discuss the potential benefit of Human Genome Project. [Reference: The Hindu, Web Ornl]

GS 3: Environment

  1. Is climate change a real threat? Illustrate with example. [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. Why common man doesn’t’ have trust and confidence in police? How can it be instilled? [Reference: Indian Express, OJP]
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