Daily Practice Sheet 31 October 2020

  • October 31, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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On this day

To commemorate the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, National Unity Day is being celebrated on October 31 across the country.

Daily Prelims Topic

  • NAFED
  • Star Campaigner
  • Model Code of Conduct
  • New Wage Code
  • Public Affairs Index
  • Horizontal Quota
  • Homi Bhabha
  • National Unity

Daily Mapping

  • Agean Sea

Daily Facts

  • According to State of Global Air 2020India is the worst-polluted country in the world. India, with 83.2 microgramme per cubic metre (μg/m3), had the highest population-weighted annual average PM2.5 exposures in 2019.
  • The World Health Organisation Air Quality Guideline puts this value at 10 μg/m3.
  • The State of Global Air 2020report also shows that over 90 per cent of the world’s population experienced annual average PM2.5 concentrations that exceeded WHO standards.
  • The top five polluted countries in the world are India (83.2 μg/m3), Nepal (83.1 μg/m3), Niger (80.1 μg/m3), Qatar (76 μg/m3) and Nigeria (70.4 μg/m3).
  • The 10 countries with the lowest exposures (less than 8 μg/m3) are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. 

Daily Mains Mantra

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

  1. Discuss the contribution of Sardar Patel to national integration.
  2. Discuss the challenges to national unity and integrity.

GS 2: Polity

  1. What do you understand by cabinet committees? What role they perform in government functioning.
  2. Do you think it is time to scrap sedition law? Critically examine Supreme Court interpretation of sec 124A.

GS 2: Governance

  1. Assess the effectiveness of lok Ayukta in controlling corruption. [Reference: Economic Times, Business Standard]
  2. Air pollution problem in India is basically a governance problem. Do you agree? [Reference: DownToEarth]

GS 3: Economy

  1. PSBs need governance reforms and not recapitalization. Comment

GS3: Environment

  1. Soil is the largest carbon sink. Improving soil organic carbon levels is necessary for both food security and environmental sustainability. In this context, discuss various methods of carbon sequestration.
  2. What are carbon credits? Do you think they can be a viable strategy to mitigate climate change?
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