Daily Practice Sheet 13 June 2021

  • June 13, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Daily Practice Sheet

13 June 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Govt considering plea for Rs 4 lakh to COVID victims, SC told
  • Foreign Reserves crosses 600 billion dollars first time
  • US regulators urge financial firms to quickly ditch Libor rate benchmarks
  • Coronavirus stays on surfaces of hospitals, floors of patient rooms: Study
  • Coast Guard inducts three ALH Mk-III helicopters
  • ‘Operation Olivia’ to the rescue of Olive Ridleys
  • Onus of dialogue on J&K lies with Centre: Gupkar alliance
  • Bharitalasuchus tapani, a carnivorous reptile that lived 240 million years ago
  • Bitcoin Push as a legal tender
  • Bru Tribes Issue
  • TOTAL FERTILITY RATE
  • Hardy, vigorous corals (Blue Rice Corals)
  • RNA into DNA

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Geography

  1. What are coral reefs? Discuss the phenomenon of coral bleaching. On a map of world, illustrate the impact of climate change on coral reefs. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. What are Small island developing states (SIDS)? Discuss the challenges faced by them from climate change. [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What do you understand by declassification? How does it impact the culture of transparency in government functioning? [Reference: Times Of India]

GS 3: Economy

  1. El Salvador has planned to use the cryptocurrency as legal tender. Discuss the risks involved. Should India do the same? [Reference: The Hindu, Economic Times]
  2. The positive wealth effect of the upper income segments juxtaposed with the negative income effects of the lower income households tells a story of a very uneven recovery and sharpening inequalities.  Discuss in the background of impact of covid pandemic on economy. [Reference: Financial Express]

Daily Ethics:

  1. Why inequality is ‘morally wrong and politically corrosive’?
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