Daily Practice Sheet 16 August 2020

  • August 16, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • National digital health mission, national health ID
  • Black holes
  • Jan aushadi Kendras
  • Optical fibre connectivity
  • Public Good:
  • Wildlife corridor:
  • Poorna Swaraj Day:
  • V J day

Daily Mapping

  • Wildlife Corridors
  • Tiger Corridors

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

  1. According to Dadabhai Naoriji, the idea of freedom is not just from the British rule but from the life of poverty. Discuss economic critique of British Rule by Dada Bhai Naroji and others. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Critically examine Subhash Chandra Bose’s attempt to free India by resorting to revolutionary force with Japanese support.

GS 1: Society

  1. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, was the most crucial of reforms since it had to do with property, which a key to gender equality and empowerment. Analyze the salient features of the Act. Why was it amended in 2005? Discuss the significance of recent judgment on the Act. [Reference: The Wire]

GS 2: Governance

  1. A committee has been constituted by the government to relook at the minimum age of marriage for women. To what extent, this might help in fighting malnutrition among women. Critically examine. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Analyze the possible benefits of recently announced national digital health mission. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What do you understand by public good? How will the new NEP impact education as a “public good”? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: IR

  1. In the present geopolitical situation, do you think isolating china would be a viable option for India, amid the present LAC standoff? Discuss
  2. How will UAE – Israel impact the Gulf region? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What does Atma-nirbhar Bharat stands for “Self Sufficiency “ or “Self-Reliance”? Are these new ideas? Critically examine in the background of planned economy adopted after independence. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Internal security

  1. What are the measures needed to be adopted in tackling insurgency. Explain with reference to naga peace accord. [Reference: The Hindu]
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