Daily Practice Sheet 7 August 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

7 August 2022

Daily Prelims Topics

• Nadis
• Changpa Community
• Indian Virtual Herbarium, biggest database of country’s flora, is a global hit
• Creatures that crossed an ocean to find India
• Study of rock agama gives insights into urbanisation and conservation
• Why strengthening genomic surveillance is an imperative
• IMF Surveillance
• China Taiwan Issue: One China Policy

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

1. Traditional water-harvesting structures can be the answer to the arid region’s water woes. Comment. [Reference: The Hindu, Kurukshetra, July 2022]
2. Critically examine the current status of water resources in India.

GS 2: IR

1. What is One China policy? Why is Taiwan a point of contention between US and China? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

1. Water is the most critical input for agricultural productivity having a determining effect on the eventual yield. Discuss the present challenge of water resource in Indian agriculture.

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by sense of duty?
2. What are values? Why are they important?
3. What do you understand by patriotism?