Daily Practice Sheet 2 November 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• GIG /PLATFORM WORKERS
• CENTRAL VISTA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
• ARMY AVIATION CORPS
• TYPHOON GONI
• BSF

Daily Mapping

• GIGIT BALTISTAN

Daily Facts

Women and Food Security

• Women comprise an average of 43 per cent of the agricultural labour force across the developing.
• Eight out of ten agricultural workers in Africa are women and in Asia six out of ten are women.
• Rural women often represent approximately two thirds of the 400 million poor livestock keepers.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Society

1. Food insecurity and malnutrition can be both causes and consequences of child marriage. Explain. [Reference: Scroll In]
2. Food security and gender equality and women’s empowerment are concomitant and inextricably interlinked. [Reference: Relief Web]

GS 2: IR

1. Global trading system is threatened by increasing protectionism. Is deglobalisation the way forward? Critically examine in the context of India’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and US’s ‘Make America Great Again’. [Reference: Business Line] 

GS3: Economy

1. What are platform workers? Does Code on Social Security Bill, 2020 protect them? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Science and Tech

1. What is DNA profiling? What applications it has for the crime investigation. Critically examine DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019.
2. What are quantum computes? How are they different from classical computers? Discuss its applications. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What is honesty? Why honesty is considered essential for personal, social and national development? Explain with example. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. What is difference between empathy and sympathy? Explain with example.