Daily Practice Sheet 30 September 2022

Daily Practice Sheet

30 September 2022

Daily Prelims Topics

• Right to abortion
• UNESCO launches list of 50 iconic Indian heritage textiles
• CAD widens to 2.8 percent of GDP
• ASI finds Buddhist caves and temples
• Solar geoengineering might work but local temperatures could keep rising for years
• The mess in the UK economy
• Commodity Derivative Market
• About the Global Innovation Index–GII
• Stockholm Convention to take final call on 5 Persistent Organic Pollutants

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Society

1. What do you understand by patriarchy? How does it impact the life of women? [Reference: Indian Express]
2. What is marital rape? Should it be criminalised in India?

GS 1: Geography

1. What do you understand by solar engineering? Will it help to curb climate change? [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 2: Polity

1. India roads are way too unsafe. In this context, critically examine the GOI effort to make roads safer. [Reference: Business Line]
2. What do you understand by corruption? Discuss its dynamics in Indian governance system? How can it be tackled?
3. Discuss the significance of recent SC judgement of abortion. [Reference: Hindustan Times]

GS 3: Security

1. Discuss the rationale behind creation of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. Discuss the impact of pesticide use in agriculture. [Reference: Business Line]