Daily Practice Sheet 5 August 2020

On this Day 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay a 22.6 kg silver brick to begin the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya

Daily Prelims Topic

• Biofuel
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
• City gas distribution and CNG
• Ammonium nitrate
• Indian theatre 

Daily Mapping

• Beirut port 

Daily Mains Mantra

OPTIMA 2020

1. Discuss why congress accepted partition in 1947.

NEWSPAPER

GS 1: History

1. What do you understand by the three language formula of the National Education Policy, 2020? Why is Tamil Nadu protesting about it? Critically review the historical background of this opposition. [Reference: The Hindu, The Hindu]

GS 1: Society

1. How demolition of Babri Masjid led to communalization of Indian politics.

GS 2: Polity

1. What do you understand by preventive detention? Critically examine the constitutional provisions related to it. How far it is correct for a democratic constitution to have such provisions. [Reference: The Hindu]
2. Has dilution of Article 370 and Article 35A ushered the transformative development which was promised in the region? [Reference: Zee News, The Wire]

GS 3: Disaster management

1. With increasing industrial disasters in India, analyze the causes behind it. Give suggestive measures. [Reference: Indian Express]

GS 3: Environment

1. What do you understand by bio security? Critically examine India’s bio security regulations. [Reference: First Post, Nature Asia, PRS India]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What do you understand by corruption? Is it limited to not taking bride. [Reference: Indian Express]
2. Why is silence important for spiritual speakers? [Reference: The Hindu, The Hindu]