Daily Practice Sheet 27 January 2021

  • January 27, 2021
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Daily Practice Sheet 27 January 2021

By

Santosh Sir

All 6 Prelims qualified

4 CSE Mains qualified

If I can do it, you can too

Daily Prelims Topic

  • Indian Astronomical Union, Ladakh
  • Bangladesh contingent participates in republic day parade for the first time (Third foreign country to do so)
  • Red Fort
  • Jhumur dance (tribal dance of Tripura)
  • PM 2.5 and Anemia
  • Off-budget borrowings
  • REGN-COV2
  • Competition Commission of India (CCI)
  • Silent cyber:
  • European Commission
  • LIBOR
  • Finance Commission
  • India aims to increase seaweed production to 11.5 lt in five years
  • Regulated Cropping and multiple cropping
  • UNSC
  • Gobind Ballabh Pant

Daily Facts

The IMF on Tuesday projected an 11.5% growth rate for India in 2021, making the country the only major economy to register double-digit growth this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Growth

THE INDIAN economy will stage a strong rebound and grow as much as 11.5 per cent on year in FY22, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

Education access

ASER 2020 has found that children with low parental education are less likely to have a smartphone — 45 per cent as compared to 79 per cent of children with high parental education. Such families are also more likely to send their children to government schools — 84 per cent compared to 54 per cent for children with more educated parents. Further, only 55 per cent of children with low parental education received any learning support at home compared to almost 90 per cent of children with high parental education.

Sex ratio

The ministry of women and child development last week said that 422 out of the 640 districts covered under the BetiBachao, BatiPadhao scheme had witnessed an improvement in sex ratio.

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: Society

  1. Gender parity is a long-cherished goal. Discuss achievements of India in this direction so far and what are the challenges remaining. Also, suggest what steps must be brought to accelerate this process. [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 2: Geography

  1. What do you understand by crop rotation? Why it is important? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Polity

  1. What is mandatory minimum punishment in Indian jurisprudence? Taking example of POCSO discuss if mandatory punishment is a necessity in some cases. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Are values mentioned in the preamble a reality in today’s India? Critically comment. [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Governance

  1. What do you understand by governance? Differentiate between reform and regulation. Also, discuss why reform is an ongoing process and need of the hour in India. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. The ideal of corporate governance is an evolving concept. Elaborate. Also discuss how Structured Digital Database (SDD) promoted by SEBI can push CG towards good governance from compliance. [Reference: Financial Express]
  3. Sub optimal policy decisions and poor policy implementation highlight lack of capacity in government. How far public –private partnership can bridge this? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 2: IR

  1. Do you think UNSC has lost its relevance? Do you think India deserves a place in the UNSC P5? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What is disinvestment? Discuss the trends in disinvestment and its effective utilization in Indian case. [Reference: Indian Express]
  2. Why inequality is considered biggest threat to economic revival? Discuss in the backdrop of recent OXFAM report “The Inequality Virus “. [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Science

  1. What do you understand by block chain technology? Can it be used for electronic voting? [Reference: The Hindu]

Daily Ethics:

  1. What do you understand by intellectual honesty? [Reference: The Hindu]
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