www.optimizeias.com P a g e | 1 Daily Prelims Notes (DPN COMPILATION) FEBRUARY 2021 Santosh Sir All 6 CSE Prelims qualified If I can do it, you can too www.optimizeias.com www.optimizeias.com P a g e | 2 Table of contents: ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY ........................................................................................... 12 AMRIT MAHOTSAV: ..................................................................................................... 12 BARGIS: ......................................................................................................................... 12 PURANA QUILA: ........................................................................................................... 13 CHAURI CHAURA INCIDENT: ...................................................................................... 13 KHAN ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN: ................................................................................. 14 FESTIVALS OF INDIA: .................................................................................................. 15 AJANTA PAINTING: ...................................................................................................... 17 KRIMILA: ...................................................................................................................... 17 DHEKIAJULI: ................................................................................................................ 18 VIJAYANAGAR: ............................................................................................................ 19 Inscription on Vijayanagar king’s death discovered: ......................................................... 19 National Tribal Fest: Aadi Mahotsav: ............................................................................... 20 Koch Rajbangshis: ........................................................................................................... 20 Losar: ............................................................................................................................. 20 Theru Koothu: ................................................................................................................ 21 Thiruvallvur: ................................................................................................................... 21 BHIMBETKA PAINTING: ................................................................................................ 22 Maharaja Suheldev: ....................................................................................................... 22 Mandu festival: ................................................................................................................ 22 Shergarh: ......................................................................................................................... 23 Ancient Buddhist Monastery found in Jharkhand/Nagri script: ......................................... 23 Vellore mutiny: ................................................................................................................ 24 Jagannath heritage Corridor Project (Puri): ..................................................................... 25 CHANNAPATTANA TOY MAKERS: .............................................................................. 25 GEOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................... 26 ANDAMAN ISLANDS: .................................................................................................... 26 WATER SCARCITY IN HIMALAYAS: .......................................................................... 27 GLACIAL OUTBURST FLOOD / AVALANCHE: ........................................................... 29 DHAULIGANGA:............................................................................................................ 31 LANDSLIDE LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD: ...................................................................... 32 GEO THERMAL ENERGY PROJECT: .......................................................................... 32 www.optimizeias.com www.optimizeias.com P a g e | 3 Niti Valley and Niti Pass: .................................................................................................. 33 Chardham Highway project: ......................................................................................... 33 Alaknanda river’s clear green blue giving way to muddiness: ............................................ 34 Once the wettest place on earth seeing decreasing trend in rainfall: .................................... 34 Chamoli Lake: ................................................................................................................ 35 Western disturbance: ....................................................................................................... 35 Mount Etna (Italy): .......................................................................................................... 36 INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE ..................................................................................... 37 NINTH SCHEDULE: ........................................................................................................ 37 CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT: ................................................................................. 38 SECTION 69 A OF IT ACT: ............................................................................................ 39 MOTION OF THANKS: .................................................................................................. 40 PRIVILEGE MOTION: ................................................................................................... 41 APPOINTMENT OF CBI DIRECTOR: ........................................................................... 41 PARDONING POWER OF PRESIDENT: ........................................................................ 42 NCT OF DELHI ACT: ..................................................................................................... 44 G ROHINI COMMISSION: ............................................................................................. 46 VOTE ON ACCOUNT: .................................................................................................... 46 GOVT REGULATIONS & TECH PLATFORMS: ............................................................ 48 CULLING OF ANIMALS AND WPA 1972: ..................................................................... 48 AMASR ACT: ................................................................................................................. 49 SEDITION LAW: ............................................................................................................ 50 CDSCO: .......................................................................................................................... 51 Private Members bill: ....................................................................................................... 52 Election and Tenure of Rajya Sabha MP: .......................................................................... 52 Kotia dispute: .................................................................................................................. 53 National Commission for Minorities, Act 1992: ................................................................. 53 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: ....................................................................... 54 UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES PREVENTION ACT: .............................................................. 55 Writer’s Cramp and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016: ............................... 56 Leader of Opposition: ................................................................................................... 57 Inter-state Workmen Act (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979: ............................................................................................................................... 58 www.optimizeias.com www.optimizeias.com P a g e | 4 Collegium: ...................................................................................................................... 59 Speaker of Lok Sabha: ..................................................................................................... 59 Power to make changes in the SC list: ........................................................................ 60 Tribunals: ....................................................................................................................... 61 Habeus Corpus: ............................................................................................................... 61 Protem speaker: ............................................................................................................... 62 LG of Puducherry/UTs: .................................................................................................... 62 Defamation: ..................................................................................................................... 63 Clause 6 of the Assam accord: ..................................................................................... 64 Anticipatory transit Bail: ............................................................................................... 65 Money bill: ...................................................................................................................... 65 The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 .................................................................