Daily Practice Sheet 7 October 2020

  • October 7, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPS
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Daily Prelims Topic

  • Medical council of India
  • HIV/AIDS
  • MSP
  • Purchasing Managers Index
  • River boards
  • MPC
  • Blackhole
  • MSME Prerna

Daily Facts

MSP:

Only 6% of Indian farmers benefit from minimum support prices (MSP)

Daily Mains Mantra

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GS 2: Polity

  1. “The reservation of seats for women in the institution of local self-government has had a limited impact on the patriarchal character of the Indian political process”. Comment. 
  2. The biggest embodiment of the widespread resistance against greater female participation in political processes is the consistent opposition to women’s reservation bills which have been introduced and failed to pass in 1996, and again in 1998, 1999 and 2002.Discuss the reasons for resistance against women reservation in Indian Parliament and State legislature. [Reference: Indian Express]
  3. What do you understand by constitutionalism? Is constitutionalism in India a myth or reality?

GS 2: Governance

  1. Discuss the legal and constitutional safeguards provided to SC/STs in India. Critically examine how effective they are? [Reference: HRW]

GS 3: Economy

  1. Are the new farm acts a watershed moment for the Indian Agriculture? [Reference: Financial Express]

GS 3: Security

  1. Working of police and Judiciary in tandem is crucial for efficient criminal justice system. Recent events in the country shows that there is growing disconnect between them. What would be the reasons and suggest some reform suitable for Indian context? [Reference: The Hindu]

GS 4: Ethics

  1. What do you understand by ethics? Why ethics in more important in civil services than any other job?
  2. What is happiness? Can money make one happy? If not why? What are sources of happiness?
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