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Last 3 Days Revision Prelims 2020

  • September 30, 2020
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Last 3 Days Revision Prelims 2020

[Note: I have already shared a comprehensive OPTIMA topic list. This list has just 200 topics last 3 days revision. Students are recommended to go through the entire topic list from website www.optimizeias.com (Prelims Strategy)]

Polity

  • Presidential vs Parliamentary System and Separation of Power
  • Charter Act 1853, 1892,1909,1919 : Parliamentary tradition and Question Hour
  • Amendment of constitution and Basic structure
  • Concept of citizen in Constitution and CAA , NPR ,NRC
  • Human Right
  • FR : 19, 20,21,22,23,24, 29,30,32
  • DPSP : 42ND CAA
  • FD
  • Sessions of Parliament
  • Zero hour ,Question hour : Types of question starred and unstarred
  • Parliamentary control
  • Consolidated Fund of India
  • Delimitation and Delimitation Commission
  • Parliamentary STANDING Committee
  • Private Member BILL
  • Office of profit
  • Parliamentary privileges
  • Nominated members
  • Speaker and deputy speaker
  • Bills – lapsing provisions
  • RS election
  • RS special powers
  • State Legislative Council and its abolition
  • Disqualification of member
  • Business Advisory Committee
  • Quorum
  • No confidence Motion
  • Floor test
  • Governor and Assembly
  • Ordinance
  • MPLAD
  • Joint Session of Parliament
  • Motions
  • Nominated member
  • Speaker Role in State Assembly
  • Anglo Indian nomination
  • Parliamentary conventions
  • Money Bill
  • Adjourn sine die
  • Private Member’s Bills Passing
  • Bill passing
  • Demand of grant
  • Pro term speaker
  • No confidence motion
  • Cabinet
  • Cabinet Committee
  • President power – Impeachment of President
  • Supreme Court: jurisdiction
  • Independence of judiciary judges, removal
  • Role of SC and HC in protection of HR
  • Transfer of judge
  • Constitutional Bench
  • High Court : creation, number of judges, removal of judge
  • NALSA
  • Writs of HC vs SC
  • Gram Nyayalayas
  • Contempt of court
  • Chief Justice of India and HC
  • Consumer Rights
  • Consumer Protection Act
  • 7th Schedule
  • Inter – State Water Disputes
  • 5th, 6th Schedule
  • GST Compensation Act
  • Presidents rule and Art 356
  • Governors appointment and removal
  • Governor’s discretionary power
  • NHRC
    (HRA amended)
  • CIC(RIT amended)
  • CVC
  • National Minorities Commission
  • Lokpal and lokayukta act
  • Official language Act, Schedule 8 language, High Court Language, Disaster Management Act, Epidemic Act
  • National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, DPCO , CDSCO, Central administrative Tribunal
  • Schemes for Unorganized Sector, migrant workers Inter State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979

Economy

  • RBI  and its functions
  • Inflation targeting and MPC
  • Monetary policy : Open market operation, Bank rate, Repo rate, Reverse Repo Rate LAF, SLR,MCLR
  • Money supply ( M0, M1 , M2, M3 and M4) and Currency in circulation
  • OMO and Operation Twist and OMO and bond yield, Yield inversion
  • Ways and Mean Advances
  • Forex Reserves

Composition: Focus on where RBI puts this reserve

Value and Why it is increasing

Rank in world

Interest earned on forex reserve

Dividend  and Surplus

Liberalized Remittances scheme

RBI Contingency Fund

  • Banking : Bank consolidation ,RBI regulatory role –Banking license, etc Cooperative banks and Urban Cooperative bank license, RRBs
  • Run on Bank
  • Priority Sector Lending and Certificates
  • NBFC vs Bank and NBFC crisis ( Shadow Banking
    ) Asset Liability Mismatch
  • FSDC
  • BASEL norms, BASEL COMMIITTEE, Capital Adequacy Ratio, bank capitalisation
  • Bank Nationalization : 50 years, Private banks vs PSU banks, SBI rank
  • Payment Infrastructure Development fund
  • Loan moratorium ,Insolvency code
  • DICGC limit increased
  • Inflation: CPI vs WPI, Headline vs Core, How to control, Inflation vs Growth
  • Types of unemployment: Frictional, structural , disguised
  • GDP calculation controversy, Economic growth formula,GDP VS GVA( GNP,NNP,PPI,NI) –trends are important for past one decade, Real vs Nominal GDP,NSO
  • Base effect
  • Stagflation
  • IIP: Core sector
  • Slowdown vs Recession vs Depression
  • Recovery : V VS U VS W Shape
  • FDI policy
  • Savings and Investment rates trend
  • Crowding in and crowding out of investments
  • Foreign bonds
  • ASEEM PORTALA
  • Unorganized social security Act 2008
  • PMSYM
  • Global Commission on the Future of Work-ILO
  • ILO -144
  • Taxes: Direct vs Indirect, Trends in Direct and Indirect Tax, Corporate Tax cut , Composition of Direct Tax, Tax buoyancy vs Tax elasticity, Tax base, Revenue foregone
  • Predatory pricing
  • CCI
  • Commercial papers (CPs), debentures and certificates of deposit(CDs)
  • Off budget items
  • Disinvestment, strategic disinvestment, ways of disinvesting
  • Inverted Duty structure
  • Controller general of Account
  • Equalization levy / google tax, BEPS
  • National Infrastructure Pipeline
  • KUSUM
  • Agriculture infrastructure Fund
  • Bharat Net
  • Digital divide
  • Strategic Petroleum reserves
  • Infrastructure Investment trusts, Real estate investment trusts
  • Fiscal Deficit and FRBM Act, FRBM Escape Clause Borrowing of state and center, 15th Finance Commission, Non-tax receipts, Capital receipts, Revenue receipts, Revenue expenditure,  Monetization of deficit
  • Fiscal consolidations vs Fiscal stimulus, Revenue foregone
  • Anti-dumping duty VS Countervailing duty , DGTR
  • Cess vs Surcharges
  • Equalization levy / google tax, BEPS
  • Disinvestment
  • GST Compensation
  • BOP basics : current account and capital account composition and trends( FDI,FII, P-notes), External Commercial Borrowing
  • Currency devaluation and appreciation ( Rupee devaluation) causes and remedy, its impact on inflation and other macro economy indicators
  • Atmanirbhar Bharat
  • Negative List

Budget Related:

  • Smart Meter
  • Ease of living
  • Budget theme
  • Seaweed
  • Cropping pattern
  • Integrated farming system
  • ZBNF
  • TECH Textile
  • National Gas Grid
  • TReds
  • Nirvik

History and art and culture 

  • Indus valley civilization sites and trade relations: Lothal:-a national maritime heritage complex is being planned. Rakhigarhi
  • Aryan origin
  • Buddhist sites and religion
  • Sangamage,Keeladi excavation
  • Gupta’s
  • Thirukkuzhal and Thiruvalluvar
  • Mamallapuram and Pallava architecture
  • Indian ancient languages and literature
  • Brihadeshwara temple
  • Ancient Indian universities
  • Taxilla university 2.Nalanda university
  • Guru Nanak,Sikhism and Bhakti
  • Shankardeva
  • Kabir
  • Medieval literature
  • Bhakti saints
  • Vedantadeshikan
  • Port cities in India
  • Scientific contributions of Ancient India and famous Scientific literature
  • Indian Science Congress
  • Indian colleges and universities
  • Paika rebellion
  • Stupa art and architecture
  • . DaraSikhon
  • Mughal Chronicles

MODERN HISTORY

  • Mahatma Gandhi and movements
  • INA Subhash Bose:-
  • Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
  • Anglo-Maratha wa
  • Educational developments in colonial period, Macaulay’s minutes, education commissions
  • Colonial laws, legal reform, Governor General
  • Cellular Jail ,INA
  • Swadeshi and Boycott movement
  • Noncooperation movement, Khilafat Movement
  • Marathas:- political history and administration system
  • Poona Pact and Ambedkar
  • Ghadr movement, Freedom movements outside India
  • History of state reorganization
  • Nehru-Liaqat pact, Assam Accord.
  • Malabar rebellion
  • Lal-Bal-Pal
  • Dada Bhai Naroji
  • Quit India
  • Cellular jail and INA
  • Polygars
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
  • Vaikom Satyagraha,Anti-Brahmin Movement,  Periyar, Sri Narayan Guru
  • INC and Second world war , Individual satyagraha
  • Events leading to independence
  • Bhagat Singh and Assembly case 

Arts and culture: 

  • Zardozi
  • Temple architecture
  • Rajput paintings
  • Gothic architecture
  • Lutyens and Bakers
  • Warli painting
  • Saint Ravidasa
  • Indian theatre
  • Indian philosophy
  • Scientific development in medicine
  • Classical music and Gharana

Environment:

  • Biodiversity: Meaning Type Causes Uses Millennium Ecosystem services-Types, The year 2020 is the “Super Year For Biodiversity”, as the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with 20 global Aichi targets adopted in 2010 ends in 2020.
  • Pollinators and Bio diversity
  • Insitu and Ex situ Biosphere Conservation
  • Unique role of bats in Ecosystem
  • Zoonoses
  • Impact of climate change on ocean and coral reefs( ocean acidification and coral bleaching)
  • UNCCD- legally binding treaty on desertification, Causes of desertification, Land degradation neutrality, great green Waal initiative FLEUVE Project- Sahel region , Land for life programme, Global Land Outlook
  • GEF- 5 environment conventions funded The GEF serves as “financial mechanism” to five conventions
  • Climate engineering –carbon capture, Bio char, stratospheric aerosol injection
  • Bioremediation
  • Bio magnification and Bioaccumulation
  • Carbon Neutrality
  • Biomedical waste Rule
  • WWF- Living Planet Report, Global Soil Biodiversity Report
  • National policy on biofuels, generation of biofuels
  • Wildlife trade and traffic, TRAFFIC ,CITES
  • Green wall of India: Green belt projects in china and Africa
  • Corals: Bleaching/ Coral rehabilitation programme
  • Carbon Sequestration: soil organic content
  • Black carbon
  • Tiger census and Tiger reserves( Nagarhole,
  • Asiatic Lion, Great Indian bustard
  • Eco Sensitive Zone
  • EIA
  • EPA
  • Blue flag certification
  • CMA and Migratory species in India
  • 6th Mass Extinction
  • BEE
  • Green Bonds
  • Covid 19 and impact on climate.
  • HcFc 141 b and Ozone hole
  • Carbon trading
  • Amazon fire
  • Coral bleaching and coral rehabilitation
  • One health
  • UNFCC report on cryosphere and Oceans
  • Soil and Climate change
  • Polymetallic nodules and impacts of mining
  • Rare Earth metals
  • Arogyapacha plant
  • Smog
  • Miyawaki method
  • EPI
  • Protected Agriculture Zone
  • Bio fuel and Generation and policy
  • Swarm vs surge vs Plague
  • CAMPA20TH Live stock
  • Algal boom
  • CAMPA

IR

  • International Court Of criminals vs ICJ
  • OPEC and OPEC plus
  • WHO role
  • UNCTAD and Its report
  • WHO Funding
  • Developing country status
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
  • GAVI
  • UNSC and Non-permanent member
  • Mission Sagar
  • Nathula and Line of Actual control
  • Spirit of Wuhan and Mahabalipuram
  • 75th UNGA
  • FATF
  • Economic Freedom Index 

Geography

  • Western Disturbance
  • Sunspots, Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejection
  • Earthquake
  • Pink Super Moon
  • Monsson: Indian Ocean Dipole, El nina, La Nino, Retreating Monsoon
  • Cyclone: Hotter Ocean and Super Cyclone, West Coast Cyclone
  • Heat waves

Flash Flood

  • Locust Attack
  • Delhi Earthquake, What are Seismic zones of India, Faults and Earthquake, Richter Scale
  • Asteroid 2020 ND and moon
  • Impact of Climate Change
  • Assam Floods
  • Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone
  • Moon
  • Climate Neutrality
  • Drought
  • Mamallapuram or Mahabalipuram: The Great Relief
  • Cryosphere
  • Anticyclone
  • Continental Drift Theory
  • Smog
  • Rat hole Minning
  • Easterlies
  • Strip Minning
  • Withdrawal Of Monsoon
  • Ozone and Stratospheric Ozone vs Troposphere Ozone
  • Urban Heat Island
  • Soil
  • Desertification
  • Indian Ocean Commission
  • International Seabed Authority
  • What are EEZ and Continental Self
  • Tea and coffee
  • Other Plantation crop
  • Landslides

Government Schemes

  • PM GaribKalyan Anna Yojana(PMGKAY)
  • GaribKalyanRojgar
  • Abhiyaan
  • VandeMatarm Mission
  • One Nation One Ration Card
  • PMNRF vs PMCARES
  • PM GaribKalyan Scheme
  • National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)
  • Disaster Management Act, 2005
  • PM CARES Fund
  • Jal JeevanMissio,AtalBhujalYojna,Jal Shakti Abhiyaan
  • Vivad se Vishwas
  • MSME
  • Nirvik Schemes
  • DIPAM
  • Fastags
  • PoshanAbhiyan
  • ,Ayushman Bharat
  • Integrated Disease surveillance Program
    • Mission Indradhanush
  • Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushdhi Kendra’s –PMBJK
  • National AYUSH mission
  • National Mental Health Program
  • Social security 2008, PMSMDY
  • Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (Ministry of Rural
  • Development
  • National Family Benefit Scheme (Ministry of Rural Development)
  • Janani Suraksha Yojana (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)
  • RashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojana (Ministry of Health and Family
  • Welfare)
  • Pradhan MantriShram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM)
  • EPFO
  • Inter State Migration Act
  • PM MatsyaSampadaYojana
  • Food Processing schemes
  • One District One Product
  • Open market Sale Scheme
  • Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
  • KUSU

Mapping

World:

  • Strait of Hormuz
  • Gulf of Oman
  • Korea Mapping-38th Parallel Line
  • South China Sea and Island
  • Australia
  • Amazon
  • Coral bleaching
  • Vanilla Island
  • Wuhan and China
  • Bougainville islands
  • Persian Gulf
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Islands of Indian Ocean: The Comoros, Madagaskar Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  • Alps
  • Middle East
  • Jordan
  • Turkey
  • Suez Canal

Indian Mapping:

  • Dibang Valley
  • Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve
  • Rohtang Tunnel
  • Passess in India
  • South Indian Rivers
  • Kalapani
  • LAC, LOC
  • Depsang Valley
  • Pongong Tso
  • Rivers in ladakh and Jammu
  • Major Ports in India
  • Ladakh
  • Gulf of Mannar
  • Kerela Backwaters
  • Sambhar Lake

Science:

  • Golden jubilee PSL and GSLV vs PSLV
  • ISRO latest dev (All imp missions)
  • Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)
  • SpaceX achievement
  • GAGANYAN MISSION (ISRO Manned mission).
  • Asteroid and Meteor deflection assessment. (NASA)
  • Free space optical communication-Google operation X
  • NASA Mission- ANITA based on Antarctica.
  • Black holes , Dark energy and matter
  • Gravitational waves
  • Blackbox in an airplane, Arrestor strength Material
  • Generation of aircraft
  • Rare Earth Metals-Lithium Ion battery
  • Sun spots, Corona Mission Aditya Global magnetic field of the Sun’s corona

COMPUTER SCIENCE:

  • Quantum Technologies/Supremacy
  • Edge computing/fog computing/cloud computing
  • Hyperloop/ Magnetic Levitation.
  • Block Chain/Cryptocurrency.
  • Industry 4.0
  • Cyber Physical Systems Mission.
  • National Supercomputing Mission.
  • MALWARE/RAMSOMWARE/WANNACRY/BLACKROCK
  • AI/Machine Learning.
  • Cloud-of-Things based on IoT.
  • Superconductivity at room temperature.
  • E-waste (Management) Amendment Rules,2018
  • Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management & Trans Boundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2019
  • E waste clinic
  • Block chain 

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

  • What are pathogens
  • Is virus living or non-living?
  • Genome sequencing
  • Viral diseases
  • Livestock diseases
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Antigen and Antibodies
  • Immunity and its types
  • Unique role of BAT
  • Biofuel
  • Microbial fuel cells
  • Fortification of Rice/Wheat/maize.
  • Nano pharmaceuticals
  • Traditional medicine
  • DNA DNAprofilinDNA finger printing
  • GM crops- Bt cotton and BT brinjal GEAC Genetherap GM Plants
  • Golden rice
  • Eradicated disease-polio/pox

COVID19 related

  • Types of Virus
  • Zoonosis
  • Testing methods: PCR and Anti-body
  • Phases of vaccine trials
  • Plasma therapy
  • Types of vaccines and its methodology
  • Herd immunity
  • One health
  • Genome sequencing
  • Cytokine Storm
  • Happy hypoxia
  • Tcell immunity
  • REVERSE VACCINE
  • HUMAN GENOMEGENOME India ProjectGene therapy
  • Biosafety level
  • Sanitizer
  • MANAV Atlas
  • Serological test
  • Vaccine methodology
  • Pandemic vs epidemic
  • Stage of transmission
  • Covid vs influenza
  • Antigen-antibody
  • IDSP
  • Testing covid methods
  • COVID Testing-. Rapid diagnostic test (RDT)
  • Immunity passport
  • Herd immunity
  • Vertical Transmission vs Horizontal
  • PM SIZE/MASK CORONA
  • R0 Number
  • Passive Immunity
  • Genetically modified Mosquito
  • Zoonotic
  • Cytokine storm
  • Super spreader
  • Contact tracing
  • Infection fatality rate
  • COVAXIN
  • T- Cell immunity
  • Solidarity trials
  • R0
  • Contact tracing 

NUCLEAR SCIENCE

  • ITER
  • Indian 3 stage nuclear cycleResearch reactor Apsara-U v/s 3rd generation Reactor.
  • LIGO/Neutrino Project

MISCELLANEOUS

  • 5G technology comparison with 4G.
  • Fastag/RFID technology.
  • Omega 3 fatty acids
  • RUCO
  • LiDAR
  • PPVFRA/ITGFRA/CBD/UPOV
  • Time Capsule
  • Vit D

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