IAS UPSC Prelims and Mains Exam – 17th March 2020

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(PRELIMS + MAINS FOCUS)


Nomination to Rajya Sabha

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Polity

In News:


Indian Council of Medical Research and COVID-19 Testing

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Governance

In News:

Four Stages of Transmission of COVID-19


Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Health

In News:


Classical Languages

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Polity

In News:

Places in News:


(MAINS FOCUS)


International Affairs

Topic: General Studies 3:

Back to SAARC

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convened a video conference of leaders of the SAARC to collaborate on tackling COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The virtual summit is the first high-level SAARC meet since 2014, and comes after India’s pulling out of the 2016 summit following the Uri attack;

The virtual summit led to the setting up of a 

About South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Significance of SAARC for India

Challenges of SAARC

Impact of COVID-19 on SAARC

Conclusion


Governance

Topic: General Studies 3:

Women work participation rates

Context: Women’s work participation rates have fallen sharply — from 29 per cent in 2004-5 to 22 per cent in 2011-12 and to 17 per cent in 2017-18

Concerned with ostensibly declining women’s work participation, identifying sectors from which women are excluded and more importantly, in which women are included have been missed out in our analysis. It is thus time to count women’s work rather than women workers.

Anatomy of the decline

Some of the reasons for the decline are:

Way Forward:

Connecting the dots


(TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE)


Model questions: (You can now post your answers in comment section)

Note: 

Q 1. Consider the following statements about State Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

  1. It is a statutory body constituted under the BIS Act 2016 
  2. Its mandate is harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q 2. Consider the following statements about Classical Languages

  1. All Scheduled Eight Languages having an history of more than 700 years are declared as Classical languages of India
  2. The Ministry of Culture provides the guidelines regarding Classical languages.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q 3. Consider the following statements about Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

  1. It was established in 1911 as Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) making it one of oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world.
  2. It is funded by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q 4. Consider the following statements about nominated member of Rajya Sabha

  1. Nominated members enjoy all powers, privileges and immunities available to an elected member of Parliament including their right to vote in the election of the President of India.
  2. A nominated member has been exempted from filing his assets and liabilities under Section 75A of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 which requires the elected member to do so within 90 days of his making or subscribing oath/affirmation

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q 5. Pakke Tiger Reserve is located in which state of India?

  1. Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Mizoram
  3. Nagaland
  4. Assam

ANSWERS FOR 16 March 2020 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE (TYK)

1 C
2 C
3 C
4 C
5 A

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