{"id":24380,"date":"2018-08-21T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T01:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=24380"},"modified":"2018-08-20T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T08:44:40","slug":"mains-marathon-daily-current-affairs-questions-and-answer-writing-august-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mains-marathon-daily-current-affairs-questions-and-answer-writing-august-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing \u2013 August 21, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/academy.forumias.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Prelims-Test-Series-2019-Batch-1-13-08-18-1000-x-150-pixel.png?resize=750%2C114\" width=\"750\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: 30 Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kindly review each others answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/q-1-given-the-procedural-and-logistical-challenges-that-holding-of-simultaneous-elections-pose-it-would-be-far-more-productive-for-political-parties-to-focus-on-basic-electoral-reforms-and\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q.1) \u2018Given the procedural and logistical challenges that holding of simultaneous elections pose, it would be far more productive for political parties to focus on basic electoral reforms and find ways to curb excessive election expenditure\u2019. Discuss.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/reality-check\/article24732290.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/q-2-why-there-is-an-urgent-need-to-revise-indias-bhutan-policy-in-your-opinion-what-policy-alternatives-does-india-can-adopt-to-keep-the-relations-with-bhutan-cordial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q.2) Why there is an urgent need to revise India\u2019s Bhutan policy? In your opinion what policy alternatives does India can adopt to keep the relations with Bhutan cordial?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/sovereignty-and-sensitivity\/article24731900.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/q-3-indias-rapid-urbanization-has-been-proceeding-apace-for-decades-but-current-slum-policies-have-been-less-than-sufficient-to-deal-with-the-socio-economic-distress-brewing-in-slums-expla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q.3) India\u2019s rapid urbanization has been proceeding apace for decades, but current slum policies have been less than sufficient to deal with the socio-economic distress brewing in slums. Explain.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/for-better-slum-policies\/article24731922.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/q-4-reliable-internet-connectivity-has-the-potential-to-bridge-the-rural-urban-economic-divide-and-revolutionise-healthcare-and-education-explain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q.4) Reliable Internet connectivity has the potential to bridge the rural-urban economic divide and revolutionise healthcare and education. Explain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers Q.1) \u2018Given the procedural and logistical challenges that holding of simultaneous elections pose, it would be far more productive for political parties to focus on basic electoral reforms and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mains-marathon-daily-current-affairs-questions-and-answer-writing-august-21-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mains Marathon Daily Current Affairs Questions and Answer Writing \u2013 August 21, 2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mains-marathon-questions","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pen-paper-laptop.jpg?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704642638},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}