CURRENT AFFAIRS Q&A - MAY 1-10TH, 2014
Q1 – INDUS WATER TREATY IS CONSIDERED AS PARTITIONING OF RIVERS RATHER THAN SHARING OFRIVER WATER – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]
Q2 – WHAT IS POLAVARAM PROJECT? DO YOU THINK POLAVARAM PROJECT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED? CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF POLAVARAM PROJECT? [200 WORDS]
Q3 – WHAT IS ’3D PRINTING’ TECHNOLOGY? HOW DOES IT WORK? DISCUSS THE PROS AND CONS OF 3D PRINTING? [200 WORDS]
Q4 – DO YOU THINK INDIA SHOULD OPT FOR COMPULSORY LICENSING? EXAMINE THE PROS AND CONS OF INTRODUCING COMPULSORY LICENSING IN INDIA? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN, IF INDIA OPTS FOR COMPULSORY VOTING? [ 200 WORDS]
Q5 – WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON “MAHATMA GANDHI PRAVASI SURAKSHA YOJANA? [100 WORDS]
Q6 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “NET METERING”? HOW DOES IT WORK? ADD A NOTE ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE? [200 WORDS]
Q7 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS”? HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED? DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT PROPERTIES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPER HEAVY ELEMENTS? (200 WORDS)
Q8 – CRITICALLY ANALYSE THE REASONS FOR ‘NIGERIAN CRISIS” & ROLE OF ‘BOKO HARAM’ IN DESTABILIZING THE WESTERN AFRICA? [200 WORDS]
Q9 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS’ MODEL? HOW IT HELPED CHINA TO REUNIFY ITS TERRITORIES? [200 WORDS]
Q10 - TITBITS – 1. BIOBURDEN 2. RAVINDER DAHIYA 3. ARJUNA AWARD 4. CAN GOVERNMENT BLOCK ALL PORN WEBSITES 5. KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE
Q11 WHY ANIMAL – TESTING IN COSMETICS SHOULD BE BANNED ? DISCUSS THE VARIOUS STEPS TAKEN BY GOVT OF INDIA TO STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY IN COSMETICS ? GIVE YOUR SUGGESTION TO MAKE INDIA FULLY CRUELTY – FREE COSMETICS ZONE ? ( 200 WORDS)
Q12 - TITBITS – 1. INS VIKRANT 2. RANGARAJAN COMMITTEE ON POVERTY ESTIMATION 3. DICLOFENAC 4. CHILDREN CAN OPEN AND OPERATIVE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Q13 – WHAT IS LANDSLIDE? HOW DOES LANDSLIDES OCCUR? HOW TO DETECT LANDSLIDES BEFORE IT OCCURS? DISCUSS THE STEPS TAKEN BY GOVT OF INDIA TO PREVENT/REDUCE THE IMPACT OF LANDSLIDES? ADD A NOTE ON NATIONAL GUIDELINES ON LANDSLIDES AND SNOW AVALANCHES? [200 WORDS]
Q14 – WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION? [100 WORDS]
Q15 – DESCRIBE THE STRUCTURE OF BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL? DO YOU THINK THAT SEPARATE BODOLAND STATE SHOULD BE CREATED? ANALYZE THE PROS AND CONS OF CREATING SEPARATE STATE OF BODOLAND WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROBLEMS OF NORTH EASTERN STATES? [200 WORDS]
Q16 – WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM “HINDU RATE OF GROWTH”? DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE GOING BACK TO HINDU RATE OF GROWTH? – CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE STATEMENT [ 200 WORDS]
Q17 – WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON INTEGRATED GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME [IGMDP] & ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO INDIA’S SECURITY? [100 WORDS]
Q18 – DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE STRUCTURE AND MANDATE OF NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS? ADD A NOTE ON DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS AND NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY [NIA]
Q19 – WHAT IS GREEN BUILDING? DESCRIBE THE ADVANTAGES OF GOING FOR GREEN BUILDING? ADD A NOTE ON ‘GRIHA’ SYSTEM IN RATING GREEN BUILDINGS IN INDIA/ [200 WORDS]
Q20 – WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY “PATENT EVERGREENING”? HOW PATENT EVERGREENING IS DONE? EXPLAIN THE ISSUE OF PATENT EVERGREENING BY USING FAMOUS ‘GLIVEC’ CASE AS AN EXAMPLE? WHY COMPULSORY LICENSING IS ESSENTIAL TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF PATENT EVERGREENING? [200 WORDS]
Q21 – WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE TERM ‘DUMPING’ IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE? HOW ANTI-DUMPING DUTY DIFFERS FROM NORMAL CUSTOMS DUTY? EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ASSOCIATED WITH ANTI- DUMPING IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]
Q2 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ‘PREDATORY PRICING’? HOW PREDATORY PRICING IS DONE? DISCUSS THE LAW GOVERNING THE PREDATORY PRICING IN INDIA? ADD A NOTE ON AREEDA TURNER TEST?
Q22 – WHAT IS PRESS FREEDOM INDEX? DISCUSS THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2014? ADD A NOTE ON YELLOW JOURNALISM? [200 WORDS]
Q23 – WRITE A SHORT NOTE ON ‘MOBILE SEVA’ PROJECT & ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN PROVIDING INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE? [200 WORDS]
Q24 – WHAT IS E-AGRICULTURE? HOW DOES E-TECHNOLOGY HELP THE FARMERS? ADD A NOTE ON CONSTRAINTS AND CHALLENGES TO E-AGRICULTURE IN INDIA? [200 WORDS]
