Daily Prelims Notes August, 2020 Santosh Sir All 6 Prelims qualified If I can do it, you can too [email protected], https://t.me/asksantoshsir WWW.OPTIMIZEIAS.COM 1 | P a g e Table of Contents Art and Culture ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1. Khurja pottery ................................................................................................................................ 11 2. Saint Ravidasa ................................................................................................................................ 12 3. Somnath temple: ............................................................................................................................ 13 4. Indian theatre ................................................................................................................................. 15 5. Tyagaraja ........................................................................................................................................ 17 6. Navroz festival ............................................................................................................................... 18 7. Gothic architecture ......................................................................................................................... 19 8. Classical music ................................................................................................................................ 20 9. Guru Granth Sahib .......................................................................................................................... 23 10. Classical dance ............................................................................................................................ 24 11. Cultural heritage of Hyderabad ................................................................................................. 27 12. Warli painting ............................................................................................................................. 28 13. Bishnoi tribe ............................................................................................................................... 30 14. Onam .......................................................................................................................................... 31 History......................................................................................................................................................... 32 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak........................................................................................................................ 32 2. Black rain ........................................................................................................................................ 33 3. Assam accord .................................................................................................................................. 34 4. Swadeshi Movement ...................................................................................................................... 36 5. Sangam Period ................................................................................................................................ 37 6. Abanindranath Tagore ................................................................................................................... 38 7. August Revolution/ Quit India ....................................................................................................... 40 8. Microlithic age and iron age .......................................................................................................... 41 9. Marudu brothers ............................................................................................................................ 42 10. Cellular Jail .................................................................................................................................. 43 11. Sivaganga- Velu Nachiar, Mumbai- Benjamin Horniman ......................................................... 45 12. Dadabhai Naoroji ....................................................................................................................... 47 13. Poorna Swaraj Day ..................................................................................................................... 48 14. Mitakshara School vs Dayabhaga school of law ....................................................................... 49 15. Jallianwala Bagh ......................................................................................................................... 51 2 | P a g e 16. Excavations at the Keeladi cluster ............................................................................................. 53 Geography .................................................................................................................................................. 54 1. ENSO (El Nino) and Indian Ocean Dipole ....................................................................................... 54 2. Gujjar and Bakkarwal communities ............................................................................................... 58 3. Pokkali rice ..................................................................................................................................... 59 4. Himalayan earth quake .................................................................................................................. 60 5. Tropical storms ............................................................................................................................... 61 6. Bondas and Particularly vulnerable tribal group .......................................................................... 62 7. Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ........................................................................................ 64 8. Rohtang Tunnel .............................................................................................................................. 65 9. Declining population of Great Andamanese ................................................................................. 66 Indian Polity ................................................................................................................................................ 67 1. Metropolitan Planning Committees (MPCs) ................................................................................. 67 2. State Election Commissioner ......................................................................................................... 69 3. Jammu and Kashmir and Article 35A ............................................................................................. 70 4. 103rd Amendment ......................................................................................................................... 72 5. CAG ................................................................................................................................................. 73 6. Subordinate Legislation.................................................................................................................. 74 7. Official language ............................................................................................................................. 75 8. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 ........................................................................................................ 76 9. Elected autocracy vs Democracy ................................................................................................... 77 10. Parliamentary Committee power to summon .......................................................................... 78 11. Reservations in job ..................................................................................................................... 79 12. Constitution bench ..................................................................................................................... 80 13. Breach of privilege ...................................................................................................................... 81 14. Section 153 of the Representation of the People Act ............................................................... 82 15. S Mulgaonkar v Unknown (1978) case ...................................................................................... 83 16. Lokayukta ................................................................................................................................... 84 17. DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill ............................................................ 85 18. Breach of privilege ...................................................................................................................... 86 19. State vs UGC (Disaster management Act) ................................................................................. 87 20. Question Hour and Zero Hour .................................................................................................... 88 3 | P a g e 21. Section 18 of 101st CAA and GST Compensation ...................................................................... 89 22. Independence of SC .................................................................................................................... 91 23. Sessions of Parliament ..............................................................................................................