Daily Practice Sheet 28 June 2020

  • June 28, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • Lockdown generation
  • Type 1 and 2 diabetes corona virus
  • Sensitivity and specificity of test
  • Elnino and Climate change in past
  • LIGO Scientific and VIRGO Collaborations (LSC)
  • Black hole merges
  • COVID and TB
  • Randomised control trial
  • AYUSH ministry:
  • Debt crisis of developing world in wake of corona
  • Recovery Trial
  • Pashmina

Daily Mapping

  • Maldives
  • Ladakh

Daily Facts

TB:

India has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in the world.

Drug Abuse:

According to the latest United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Drug Report about 26.9 crore people used drugs in 2018, which was 30% more than the 2009 figure, with adolescents and young adults accounting for the largest share of users.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. Discuss the contribution of peasant’s movement to the freedom struggle movement especially during 1920’s and early 1930’s. Did they succeed in their objective? Explain with the example of Malabar Mappila rebellion. [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Discuss the strategic significance of Ladakh. [Reference: Indian Express] (10 PM You tube Live Discussion)

GS:International Relations

  1. How will US Visa ban going to impact Indian software industry? [Reference: The Hindu]
  2. Corona pandemic has caused an unprecedented debt crisis in developing and poor countries. Discuss its implications [Reference: NyTimes, Brookings]

GS 3: Economy

  1. What do you understand by lockdown generation? Discuss its short term and long term implications. [Reference: Hindustan Times]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by social service? How can common citizen serve society? Give examples [Reference: News18]

 

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