Daily Practice Sheet 25 October 2020

  • October 25, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • Himalayan brown bear
  • Israel- Sudan deal
  • 100 years of Indus valley civilization discovery
  • Superconductivity
  • Nuclear Arms Treaty
  • Index Patient and Super Spreader

Daily Mapping

  • Chabahar
  • Sudan

Daily Facts

Hunger and Malnutrition:

  • In terms of overall undernutrition, 14 % of the population doesn’t get enough calories.
  • 35% of children are stunted. This was 54% in 2000.
  • 17% of under 5 children are wasted. This is highest in the world.
  • 42% of adolescent girls have low BMI and 56% anemic.
  • 27% of girls married before age.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

  1. Analyze the elements of urban civilization of the Harappa culture. What are the factors responsible for the decline? [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Did mastery over agriculture act as a leverage for the Harappa civilization. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: Governance

  1. What explains India’s poor rank under the Global Hunger Index, and what are the solutions? [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. Explain. [Reference: DownToEarth]
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