Daily Practice Sheet 7 November 2021

Daily Practice Sheet

7 November 2021

Daily Prelims Topic

• Kashmir Weed
• World Resources Institute (WRI) Report
• G20’s coal declaration
• Development Finance Institutions (DFI)
• Indigenous Food System in Meghalaya
• Green lending
• The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020
• Darjeeling’s ‘Toy Train’
• Kameng River
• Cooperative banks
• Gigafactory
• National Security Adviser
• Chumbi Valley
• Aurorae in high-latitude countries

Daily Mapping

• Chumbi Valley

Daily Facts

Climate Change

• The very richest 1% of people — the global elite — emitted double the amount of carbon as the poorest 50% of humanity.

Daily Mains Mantra

GS 1: Polity

1. Can caste alone be the criteria for reservation in jobs? Discuss in the context of Right to equality under Article 14. [Reference: LiveLaw]
2. Democracy can function only upon this faith that elections are free and fair and not manipulated and rigged. Indian System of Democracy is not working properly and common man feels that there is something wrong in the Electoral process. In this context, discuss the need for electoral reforms particularly focusing on electoral funding.

GS 3: Environment

1. Explain the inter linkages between forests and climate change. What does the Glasgow Declaration on forest and land use entail? [Reference: DownToEarth]
2. What do you understand by green corridor/ grid? What role they can play in the context of climate change. [Reference: Mongabay]

GS 4: Ethics

1. What is climate justice? [Reference: YaleClimateConnections]