Daily Practice Sheet 21 July 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

21 July 2022

Daily Prelims Topics

• Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil
• Biomedical wastes
• Don’t apply ESG blindlyon developing countries
• Cryptocurrency vs CBDC
• Central bank’s currency-market intervention strategy
• Investments via P notes falling
• FRESH
• Delhi to get 1000 sandalwood trees
• What is India’s law on abortion, and why has a pregnant unmarried petitioner gone to Supreme Court in appeal?
• Vaccines to prevent antimicrobial resistance: Accelerate trials for priority candidates, says WHO
• The sweltering heat wave across Europe
• WHO reports 14000 cases of monkey pox across the globe?
• HC asks state govt to make Bihar Vidyapeeth campus a museum
• Western Europe bakes; United Kingdom, France, Italy and Iberian Peninsula on edge
• ‘Rights of Nature’ Is a Faux Rights Revolution Entangled in Anthropocentrism

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. Why Europe Is Becoming a Heat Wave Hot Spot? [Reference: Indian Express, The Hindu]

GS 2: Polity

1. Do Indian parliamentarians have complete freedom of speech?
2. Article 21 is at the heart of the Constitution. Discuss in the contest of the recent case of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair.

GS 2: IR

1. Given that the China threat looms large for both Vietnam and India, the bilateral relationship between New Delhi and Hanoi is likely to gain even greater traction.

GS 3: Science

1. Discuss Significance of Mendel’s laws. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. Discuss the challenge of Bio Medical waste management in India in the wake of covid crisis. Enumerate the features of Bio Medical Waste Management Rules 2016. [Reference: Business Line]
2. Discuss the need for holistic approach to management of plastic and biomedical waste.

GS 3: Security

1. CAPF remains a crucial force in maintaining internal and border security. Explain the role of CAPF in the same and what are the reforms needed? [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Discuss the challenges faced by CAPF? [Reference: The Hindu]
3. Comment upon the status of Maoist movement in India.

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by commitment?
2. What do you understand by courage? Why it is important in civil service?
3. What do you understand by sacrifice?

Case study

1. Assume you are the DM of an industrial district. Recently, you have got a complaint against an SDM working under you. The complainant has alleged that the SDM has purposefully targeted his shop in a demolition drive, as he has asked the SDM to pay for the furniture which the SDM bought from his shop. What will you do in such situation?