Daily Practice Sheet 3 February 2022

  • February 3, 2022
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Daily Practice Sheet

3 February 2022

 

Daily Prelims Topic

  1. LIVING ROOT BRIDGE
  2. Frequent marine heat waves in Indian Ocean disrupt India‘s monsoon patterns
  3. COAL GASIFICATION
  4. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA
  5. RAMANUJACHARYA
  6. LORD NATRAJA
  7. MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH
  8. FDI POLICY
  9. CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENTS
  10. KHIJADIYA & BAKHIRA BIRD SANCTUARY
  11. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (G-SEC)
  12. ASSAM-ARUNACHAL PRADESH BORDER DISPUTE
  13. Children’s share in 2022 Union Budget plummets to 11-year low
  14. ‘Kisan Drones’
  15. ‘Kisan Saarathi’
  16. Star campaigners

Daily Facts

Judicial vacancy

  • The latest statistics published by the Law and Justice Ministry on February1 showed that the judicial vacancies in the 25 High Courts total 411. The sanctioned judicial strength in the High Courts is 1,098. That means 687 judges form the working strength of the High Courts’ judiciary

Agriculture

  • India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of turmeric in the world. In the country, Telangana was the largest producer of turmeric in 2020-21.

Unemployment

  • Data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) suggest that India’s employment to population (over the age of 15) ratio has steadily dropped from 55% in 2005 to 43% in 2020. In 2020, it was 52% in Bangladesh, 63% in China and 73% in Vietnam. Specifically, women form just 20% of India’s workforce, while they comprise between 30% and 70% of the workforce in the other three countries. Further, CMIE data suggest that across manufacturing and services, India lost nearly 1 crore jobs between December 2016 and December 2021

Artificial Intelligence

  • In 2020, digital technologies accounted for between 1.8 per cent and 6.3 per cent of global emissions. At the same time, AI development and adoption across sectors has skyrocketed, as has the demand for processing power associated with larger and larger AI models

CSE 2022

Day 81

Topic: Geography

  1. Explain the phenomenon of monsoon in India. How it gets affected by Elnino?

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: History

  1. How far Jinnah responsible for partition? [Reference: Business Line]

GS 2: Polity

  1. There is an urgent need to reimagine Indian Cities. Discuss. [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 2: IR

  1. India and UK are bound by strong ties of history and culture. In this context discuss how India Britain FTA will unlock new opportunities? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Infrastructure deficit is the biggest hurdle in achieving a $5 trillion economy. In this context discuss the Union Budget proposal to build a robust infrastructure. [Reference: Business Line, Business Line]
  2. Discuss the application of drones in agriculture. Will kisan drones benefit small and marginal farmers? [Reference: DownToEarth]
  3. Start-ups and FPO’s are the new battery of middlemen
  4. Will the budget 2022 re energise the growth? [Reference: Indian Express]
  5. The major cause of agrarian crisis is steep fall in allocation of resources to the sector and disjointed public policy. Comment. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Science

  1. Critically examine sustainability of Artificial Intelligence and digital transformation underway. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by responsibility? How can individual responsibility and community responsibility be balanced? [Reference: Indian Express]
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