Daily Practice Sheet 11 February 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

11 February 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

Daily Prelims Topic

• Synchronized Pangong disengagement
• Nandadevi Biosphere Reserve
• Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway and sanctuaries/Tiger reserves
• Biological Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Total Suspended Solid
• National Tribal Fest: AadiMahotsav
• Asiatic lion
• Tianwen-1
• Koch Rajbangshis
• NSE co-location case
• Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
• UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES PREVENTION ACT
• NABARD

Daily Facts

Education

• A study by Azim Premji University has found that 92 per cent of primary school students have lost at least one language ability from the previous year during the school closure induced by Covid-19.
• 82 per cent of the students in Classes 2 to 6 had lost at least one mathematical ability in the same time.

Agriculture

• Below-one-hectare cultivators accounted for 51 per cent of India’s total operational holdings in 1970-71, a share that crossed 68 per cent in the last 2015-16 Agriculture Census.

Railways

• In 2018-19, as per the NRP, India’s Operating Ratio was 0.59 for freight and 1.92 for passenger traffic.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 2: Polity

1. Farm crisis reflected in current farm protests is more about middle peasants than smaller, marginalized peasants. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Critically examine the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill (‘MTP Bill’) passed in the Lok Sabha which seeks to regulate medical termination of pregnancies. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

1. Discuss the area of focus and concerns in developing Indo-US relations amidst change of regime. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

1. What is National Rail Plan and how it seeks to transform Indian Railways. Critically examine budget 2021-22 focus on Railways. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What do you understand by crony capitalism? How does it impact the economy and society? [Reference: Indian Express]
3. What are the issues plaguing Indian PSU banks? In this context discuss the need of privatizing PSU banks as announced in recent budget and its possible implications. [Reference: Indian Express]
4. Power sector in India needs a stable policy and support. Discuss this in context of UDAY scheme impact as well as budgets vision for power sector. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Security

1. What do you understand by disinformation? It is a cyber security threat? [Reference: The Hindu]