50 important CA topics - S & T

1. NISAR mission- ISRO and NASA collaboration
2. ChatGPT- opportunities and threats
3. Solar Radiation Management (SRM)- to reduce global warming- risks/uncertainties
4. Gaganyaan- aims and objectives- relevance and challenges
5. Chandrayaan -3- aims and objectives- differences between various chandrayaan missions
6. EVs- pros and cons
7. Digital public goods- role in health sector
8. Microplastics- threats and solutions
9. Quantum computing- Applications- Govt steps for promoting the technology
10. Non Fungal Token (NFT)- applications
11. Anti- microbial resistance (AMR)- interventions required
12. Stem cells- types, applications- stem cell therapy- advantages
13. 4th Industrial revolution- impact
14. Gene therapy- base editing- potential
15. Mission Prarambh
16. Metaverse- applications and concerns
17. India- Energy independent by 2047
18. GM mustard- potential benefits and drawbacks
19. Semi conductors- India's strengths and weaknesses in achieving self- sufficiency
20. Quantum entanglement- applications
21. Genome sequencing- importance- IndiGen Genome Project
22. Different types of IPRs- issues in administration- reforms
23. Nanotechnology in pollution control
24. Different Navigation systems- NavIC
25. Fly ash- types, applications, advantages and disadvantages

26. MISHTI initiative- Mangrove conservation
27. GOBARDhan scheme in ' waste to wealth'
28. Green Hydrogen- advantages- potential in ensuring energy security
29. Human- animal conflict- reasons, steps taken
30. Marine debris/Marine pollution
31. Geo engineering- solutions to climate change
32. Emissions trading
33. Kelp forests- importance, threats, strategies to safeguard
34. Performance of Project Tiger
35. COP 27- major announcements
36. 30x30 initiative
37. Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework- COP 15- Biodiversity summit
38. Safe harbour in Cyberspace- Digital India Act 2023
39. Pamchamrit declaration of India's climate action
40. Biodiversity heritage sites-role
41. Climate change- 'loss and damage' Fund
42. e-waste- steps for safe disposal
43. Biomagnification- impact
44. POPs- impact on environment and Human health- Govt initiatives
45. Sacred groves- threats
46. CITES
47. Desertification- causes and measures
48. Ramsar convention- objectives
49. Clean development mechanism
50. Acid rain- measures

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UPSC prelims- Revision through PYQs- April 2, 2023

With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements:

1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.
2.As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.
3.It has seamless portability across the country.

Consider the following statements:
1.Tight monetary policy of US Federal Reserve could lead to capital flight.
2.Capital flight may increase the interest cost of firms with existing External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs).
3.Devaluation of domestic currency decreases the currency risk associated with ECBS.

Consider the following statements:
1.In India, credit rating agencies are regulated by Reserve Bank of India.
2.The rating agency popularly known as ICRA is a public limited company.
3.Brickwork Ratings is an Indian credit rating agency.

With reference to the ‘Banks Board Bureau (BBB)’, which of the following statements are correct?
1.The Governor of RBI is the Chairman of BBB.
2.BBB recommends for the selection of heads for Public Sector Banks.
3.BBB helps the Public Sector Banks in developing strategies and capital raising plans.

Convertible Bonds, consider the following statements:
1.As there is an option to exchange the bond for equity, Convertible Bonds pay a lower rate of interest.
2.The option to convert to equity affords the bondholder a degree of indexation to rising consumer prices.

With reference to Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), consider the following statements:
1.They enable the digital representation of physical assets.
2.They are unique cryptographic tokens that exist on a blockchain.
3.They can be traded or exchanged at equivalency and therefore can be used as a medium transactions. of commercial

With reference to the expenditure made by an organisation or a company, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1.Acquiring new technology is capital expenditure.
2.Debt financing is considered capital expenditure, while equity financing is considered revenue expenditure.