Daily Practice Sheet

11th March, 2020

Santosh Sir
All 6 Prelims qualified
If I can do it, you can too
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Daily Prelims Topics

 Fiscal Deficit
 FRBM Act
 IMPS VS NEFT
 Pesticide use and misuse
 Pesticide management Bill
 Bio magnification
 Western Disturbance
 Diseases under Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP)
 NIV
 Carbon Sinks: Amazon forest
 Optimum population
 TFR
 Population stabilisation
Daily Mapping:
 Sir Creek
 Numaligarh Refinery
 Daily Mains Mantra:
GS 1: Society
1. Population is a resource depending upon country’s resource and growth.
In this context discuss the concept of optimum population?
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/india/india-s-population-every-addition-to-the-optimum-
level-is-a-burden-on-the-state-69014

GS 2: Polity and Governance

1. What do you understand by participatory budgeting? Is Indian budgeting
participatory?https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/governance/budget-by-the-people-
68989

GS 3: Economy
1. Agriculture in India is largely dependent on chemicals including pesticides
and their usage has a huge impact on the health of humans, animals, bio-
diversity and the environment. In this context, discuss Pesticide
Management bill,2020 https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-
business/will-the-new-pesticide-management-bill-have-more-teeth-than-the-insecticides-
act/article31031831.ece
https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pesticides-management-bill-gets-
cabinet-nod-to-be-tabled-in-parliament-120021201135_1.html
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/pesticide-management-bill-2020-must-
address-important-concerns-69303
2. The present economic slowdown can be explained by “death of demand
“.Comment
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/yashwant-sinha-on-manmohan-singh-
indian-economy-downfall-gdp-growth-rate-6307276/

GS 3: Technology
1. What do you understand by block chain? Discuss its implications?
https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/how-blockchain-is-enabling-new-ways-of-doing-
business/1894207/

GS 4: Daily Ethics
 1. Do you think the recent decision of UP government to name and shame
Anti CAA protesters who are accused of damaging public property is
ethical? https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/allahabad-hc-rightly-chastises-its-anti-
caa-naming-shaming/1894263/
2. Politics without

Daily Mains Mantra: Manthan

Fiscal Deficit: https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/fiscal-slippage-the-denial-
syndrome/1894250/

Falling oil prices and Indian Economy: https://www.livemint.com/opinion/quick-

edit/how-india-should-respond-to-the-global-oil-war-11583750376822.html