Daily Practice Sheet 12 August 2020

  • August 12, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this Day

Birth anniversary of Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai .He is the father of Indian Space Program

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Clause 6 of Assam Accord
  • Tribal communities of Assam
  • Secularism in Indian Constitution
  • Sputnik Vaccine
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration and UNCLOS
  • Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  • Volcanoes
  • Ring of fire
  • Special Mention Accounts

Daily Mapping

  • Valsad
  • Singrauli
  • Korba
  • Krishna and Godavari River
  • Mount Sinabung

Daily Constitution

  • Article 253 of the constitution
  • Article 15 of the constitution

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

  1. What are Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Hindu Law Schools? Do they contradict Right to equality, Discuss in context of Gender Equality. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 1: Geography

  1. Examine India’s population policy in the context of recent projections of India’s population. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Explain the phenomenon of volcanism. Also discuss various types of volcanoes and volcanic landforms. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What is ring of fire?Why most of the active volcanoes are found around it? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. Discuss the idea of constitutionalism in Indian Constitution. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. What do you understand by democracy? Critically asses Indian democracy. [Reference: The Hindu]
  3. Parliament, the supreme law making body of the country must function uninterrupted, discuss how technology can be an aid to enhance the productivity of parliament. [Reference: Indian Express] 

GS 3: Economy

  1. The top 1% individual taxpayers contribute nearly one-third of India’s taxes” Discuss the reasons for low tax collection rate in India and measures that need to be initiated to widen the tax base. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Security

  1. Digital shutdown and National security must balance each other” Discuss with respect to Right to internet access and its prohibition for national security. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Science and Technology

  1. What do you understand by Alternative Medicine? How can it help in promoting low cost medicine with respect to COVID-19? [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai is called as the father of Indian Space Program. Discuss his contribution in making India self dependent.

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by trust deficit? How can it be bridged? [Reference: Indian Express]
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