Daily Practice Sheet 14 June 2021

  • June 14, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet

14 June 2021

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  • PASHIPAE Mission will peep into unknown regions of the sky
  • Sea surge on Kerala coast
  • Ecotone
  • Ecocline
  • Edge Effect – Edge Species
  • Hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles die along the eastern coastline of India every year
  • Tigray Crisis: A new ‘famine ‘ in Ethiopi
  • Horn of Africa
  • Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of 1972
  • Principal Scientific Adviser has launched ‘Project O2 for India’.
  • Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
  • RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
  • UMLING LA PASS
  • DECLASSIFICATION & COMPILATION OF WAR/OPERATIONS HISTORIES
  • Blue Origin auctions New Shepard ride with Jeff Bezos for $28 million

Daily Mapping

  • Tigris Crisis: Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, Bab-el –Mandeb and countries bordering them
  • Galwan valley

Daily Facts

Crude oil

  • India’s crude oil production has fallen from a peak of 38.1 million metric tonnes in FY15 to 30.5 million metric tonnes in 2020-21.

Child Labour:

  • According to the Census 2011, 33 mn children and adolescent are in workforce.

Digital divide

  • A Ministry of Rural Development survey reveals that during the pandemic only eight per cent of households with children or adolescents had access to online content.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

  1. Why child labour persists in India despite law against it? In this context, examine the impact of pandemic on children. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 1: Geography

  1. What are sea surges? How do they threaten coastal regions? [Reference: DownToEarth]
  2. Critically examine future of oil and gas as an energy resource in the wake of the goal of zero carbon emission by 2050. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: International Affairs

  1. Why there are still famines in Africa? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Is GDP a good indicator of economic performance and social progress? If not, suggest other alternatives. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

  1. We need a holistic approach towards climate change that covers all dimensions of the problem- mitigation, adaptation, technology transfer, climate financing, equity, climate justice and lifestyle change. Comment 

GS 3: Science and technology

  1. What are bioweapons? Analyze the Biological Toxic Weapon convention in this regard. [Reference: The Hindu]

Daily Ethics:

  1. What do you understand by CONFLICT OF INTERST? Explain with examples. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. What do you understand by ethical corporate governance?
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