Daily Practice Sheet 3 August 2020

Daily Prelims Topic

• Pradhan MantriKisanSammanNidhi 
• Assam accord
• R value
• ENSO (El Nino) and Indian Ocean Dipole 
• School Education Quality Index (SEQI)
• Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E)
• Aspirational Districts programme
• Bharat Air Fibre Services
• Sant Ravidas
• Open Market Operation
• Retail vs Wholesale inflation
• Crew Dragon

Daily Mapping

• Galapagos archipelago
• Ecuador
• Agatti Island

SC judgments

• Sabrimala judgment (2018) 
• Shah Bano judgment (1985). 

Daily Mains Mantra

OPTIMA 2020

Describe the changing nature of revolutionary activities in India between 1905 -1946.

LAQSHYA 2021

Discuss the factors influencing distribution of population.

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

1. Discuss the  causes and outcomes Assam movement of 1979-85? [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 1: World History

1. What do you understand by politics of appeasement? How far it was responsible for the World War 2?
2. What do you understand by cultural nationalism? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 1: Geography

1. Explain about ENSO (El Nino) and Indian Ocean Dipole and their impacts on Indian monsoon. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 2 : Governance

1. Critically analyse the need for lateral entry in civil services in India. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is the first universal basic income type of scheme targeted towards landed farmers. In this context discuss the challenges associated with direct cash transfer schemes and solutions to overcome it. [Reference: Indian Express]
3. National Education Policy 2020 is an amalgamation of need-based policy, cutting-edge research and best practices, paving the way for New India. Discuss. [Reference: Indian Express, The Hindu ]

GS 3: Economy

1. Amid the pandemic, what are the challenges in making monetary policy? What measures are needed to revive the growth of economy? [Reference: Indian Express, The Hindu ]
2. Examine Inflation vs Growth dilemma in monetary policy. Discuss the relation between inflation and economic growth. [Reference: Business Line, Indian Express, Business Line]
3. What role PSU play in the neo liberal economic paradigm? Do we need them given their inefficiency? Examine the need for a new PSU policy. [Reference: Bloombergquint]
4. Do you think subsidy culture ails Indian economy? Discuss the need to shift to investments. [Reference: Indian Express] 

GS 4: Ethics

1. Parents are their children’s first and natural tutors at that age. In this context, explain the role of family in building child’s moral values system and attitude