Answer to Day 5 of 21 Days PYQ Challenge

Mnemonic based trick to remember tributaries of Ganga

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🚨 25th September | Wednesday 🚨

Mains keywords

1. Aerobraking: Spacecraft technique to slow down using planet's atmosphere

• As spacecraft arrives at a planet, in place of firing rockets, it slows down into planet's atmosphere

• This creates a drag reducing the speed, to be used in India's Venus mission

Pre notes

1. Tech Diplomacy

• Diplomacy at use to address tech related issues

2. The retraction index

• Measures likelihood of an article being retracted, calculated as (number of retracted articles × 1,000) / total articles published

• It has increased significantly, with a tenfold rise over the past decade due to misconduct or errors

• Retracted papers see a 60% reduction in citations post-retraction compared to pre-retraction frequency

• Journal Variability: Different journals show varying retraction frequencies linked to impact factors

3. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC, 📍New Delhi)

• Estd. 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986

• Jurisdiction: Deals with complaints exceeding ₹2 crores

• Appellate Body: Hears appeals against orders from State Consumer Commissions

• Quasi-judicial body: Provides speedy redressal of consumer grievances.

• Composition: President (SC judge) & 4+ Members (at least 1 woman)

• Appeals: NCDRC orders can be challenged in the Supreme Court of India

• Mandate: Protect consumer rights, prevent unfair trade practices, and resolve consumer disputes

Mains notes

1. BMI Vs BRI

• BMI: can't differentiate between fat, muscle, and water; does not indicate fat distribution

• Introduction of Body Roundness Index aka BRI:
Offers better assessment by incorporating waist circumference & focusing on body shape rather than just weight

• Health Risks: Studies suggest BRI gives better prediction of health risks such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases compared to BMI, as it accounts for visceral fat

• Ethnic Variability: BMI's effectiveness varies across ethnic groups; for instance, Asians may have higher body fat at the same BMI compared to Caucasians

• Mortality Association: Research indicates a U-shaped relationship between BRI and all-cause mortality, with both low and high BRI scores linked to increased mortality risk

• While BRI shows promise as a superior metric, further validation across diverse populations is needed to confirm its efficacy in predicting health outcomes

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Why ISRO's planned mission to venus is important (Explained page)
(GS3: Space, SnT)

2. Probe against Siddaramaiah (Explained page)
(GS2: Laws)

2. Tech diplomacy 4.0 (Ideas page)
(GS2: IR)

The Hindu 🗞

1. The NCRF as a framework for well rounded education (editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

2. Why the fact-checking unit was invalidated (Text&Context)
(GS2: SC judgements)

PS: Sri Lanka's new PM and first woman is an alumni of Hindu College, DU (studied in 1990s)🤯

21 days PYQ challenge | Day 06

Note how UPSC examiner told you its focus areas in UPSC 2020

It legit gave away direction of which national parks to prepare & what to study!

What will a smart aspirant do? MAKE NOTES!

Something like this

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🚨 26th September | Thursday 🚨

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. The job lags and gaps (Ideas page)
(GS1/GS2: Social issues and policies)

2. Fortify the basic structure (Ideas page)
(GS2: POLICIES)

3. Two years of project cheetah: status report and th road ahead (Explained page)

4. Clause 6 of Assam record (Explained page)
(GS2: Pacts)

The Hindu 🗞

1. How global warming affects forecasting (Text&Context)
(GS3: Climate)

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21 days challenge | day 07

Today is day of CARBON

From tillage to sequestration,
Blue carbon to credits

All Qs asked on CARBON:
2011, 2020, 2021 (2), 2023 (2)

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🚨 27th September | Friday 🚨

Mains keywords

1. Keffiyeh (cotton head-dress worn by Palestinians)

• Cultural Significance:
- Associated with Palestinian identity.
- Popularized by Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian liberation movement.

2. Sponge City

• Use of green & permeable surfaces in a city
• Purpose: Absorb, store & reuse rainwater
• A concept seen in SE Asia, deliberation in India

Mains notes

1. Unified Pension scheme

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. A legal void (Editorial)
(GS2: Policies)

2. Biden and India-US ties (Explained)
(GS2: IR)

The Hindu 🗞

1. Storms brewing in South China sea (Text&Context)
(GS2: IR)

2. A life in revolution (Text&Context)

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🚨 28th September | Saturday 🚨

Mains notes

1. NSQ drugs

• CDSCO releases a monthly list of drugs classified as NSQ based on random sampling and testing by central and state regulators

• CDSCO found around 50 medicines, including paracetamol, metformin, and pantoprazole, to be not of standard quality (NSQ)

• The lists inform the public, health departments, and manufacturers about potentially substandard drugs, signaling ongoing scrutiny of products

• Categories of Failure:

1. Spurious Drugs: Fake products misrepresenting their brand

2. Poor Quality: Drugs with inadequate descriptions or active ingredients

3. Adulterated Drugs: Contaminated drugs that can cause harm, leading to recalls

@CSEWhy Recommendations

Indian Express 📰

1. Some hard land questions (Ideas page)
(GS2: Policies)

2. Tackling air pollution (Explained)
(GS3: Climate)

The Hindu 🗞️

1. Russia’s geopolitical pivot to Asia, a new India chapter (Editorial)
(GS2: IR)

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21 days challenge | Day 09

2 Questions that amaze me the most! 🧐🧐

2009: UPSC asks where’s Dadaab
2022: UPSC casually drops learnings from 2009 in an option! (Helps you eliminate 2 options🤯)

💡: Bidibidi is in Uganda

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