Daily Practice Sheet 20 December 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• Hypersonic wind tunnel facility
• Operation Vijay
• Architecture of Existing Parliament house
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Armenia-Azerbaijan)
• Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana Tomb
• Miyawaki forest
• First potential radio signal from exoplanet detected
• Overexploitation, long life cycle have endangered a common Himalayan herb
• Tribal extinction threat in Sentilese islands
• Matru Sahyogini Samiti
• DRDO ATAGS howitzer

Daily Facts

• Malnutriotion

• Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS, 2016-2018) done jointly by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the UNICEF (Source: Indian Express)

Daily Mapping

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
• Sentilese islands

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS1: Arts and culture

1. Mughals built like Titansand finished like Comment. [Reference: Financial Express]
2. India is known for its cultural heritage and thus bring out the necessity of preservation efforts and strategies to protect Indian dying monuments. [Reference: Financial Express]
3. Indo-Islamic architecture attained its utmost excellence under the Mughals’ era. Discuss

GS1: Society

1. Examine India’s efforts towards goal of gender equality so far and bring out the need of paradigm shift in gender equality approach. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. What do you understand by Miwaki Method? Discuss its role in mitigating urban heat island effect? [Reference: Mongabay]

GS3: Science and Technology

1. A self-reliant India in an age of technology needs active role of private sector as well in R&D while increasing public sector’s role at the same time. [Reference: Indian Express, Financial Express]

GS4: Ethics and Integrity

1. Stronger safeguards for whistle-blower are the need of the hour even for private sector in India. Elaborate. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Discuss the ethical issues in vaccinating patients with comorbities. [Reference: The Hindu]