Daily Practice Sheet 2 December 2020

  • December 2, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • What is emergency use authorization?
  • Cyclone Burevi
  • National waterways and IWAI
  • XP 100
  • PMI
  • LOK Virasat
  • HRMS
  • UMANG App
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Tree rings, warning of Brahmaputra floods

 Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Geography

  1. Why Brahmaputra basin floods every year? Is increasing frequency and intensity of floods linked to climate change? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What are muni bonds? Discuss what role they can play in financing of urban local bodies. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 2: Governance

  1. Discuss the salient features of the Persons with disability Act. How does it fulfills the obligations under The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [Reference: The Hindu]

Context: Father Stan Swamy Case

GS 2: IR

  1. How SCO does serves India’s geo political and geo economic interests? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Critically examine pros and cons of business houses owning Banks. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Science

  1. What are digital currencies? Should India have an official digital currency? [Reference: Business Line]
  2. What do you understand by facial recognition technology? Discuss its potential application and concerns raised by human rights groups. [Reference: Financial Express]

Daily Ethics:

  1. What do you understand by taboos? How to fight them? [Reference: Forbes India]
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