High Value Topics Prelims 2024

Indian polity

1. Election of President
2. Minorities
3. Anti-defection law -MP/ MLA disqualification
4. Delimitation in Kashmir
5. EWS
6. The doctrine of adverse possession (Vidya Devi case)
7. 9th schedule (Issue of Karnataka reservation)
8. Dy speaker (post vacant for 2 years)
9. The doctrine of essential religious practices (hijab issue)
10. OBC subcategorization(Rohini commission)
11. Private members bill (UCC)
12. Art 142 pardoning power of Pres (Perarivalanissue)
13. FCRA Act(suspension of Sonia Gandhi NGO)
14. Section 124(A) of Indian Penal Code
15. Sedition Law
16. Flag Code of India, 2002
17. Election of Vice-President
18. Bench of Judges
19. Equal Work Equal Pay
20. Article 239A
21. Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022
22. E-SCR Project
23. Article 162
24. Narikoravan, Kurivikkaran and Betta Kurba tribes
25. 103rd Constitutional Amendment
26. Appointment of Election Commissioners

International Relations

1. Commonwealth countries
2. G20 Triokia (Indonesia-India – Brazil)
3. Helsinki rules
4. Operation Devi Shakti (Afghanistan), Operation Ganga (Ukraine), Operation Dost (Turkey)
5. Abraham Accords, 12U2
6. Eastern Economic Forum ( PM Modi attended)
7. Samarkand declaration
8. CSTO
9. EOSOC (India elected) -INTERPOL (90th assembly held in Delhi)
10. Black sea grain deal
11. Madrid protocol
12. ICC: International Criminal Court
13. Global shield plan
14. V20 group (India not a member)
15. Nordic Nations
16. NATO 
17. Taiwan
18. Glasnost and Perestroika
19. Yuan Wang-5
20. Antarctica Treaty
21. Amhara Tribe
22. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
23. World Trade Organization
24. Heads of State of Italy, Israel, New Zealand, Denmark
25. Kushiyara River Water Sharing Dispute L-69 
26. New member of ASEAN
27. Wassenaar Arrangement
28. Presidency of the G-20
29. INSTC
30. India – Australia agreement of Rare earth
31. Friend shoring
32. Supply chain resilient initiative
33. SCO (Indian presidency, Iran new member )
34. Indo-Pacific economic
35. India-Australia Free Trade Agreement
36. Innovation Bridge Agreement
37. Sudan crisis

Economy

1. International Bullion Exchange
2. Fourth Industrial Revolution
3. Primary Agriculture Credit Society
4. Agriculture Census
5. Gatishakti University
6. Financial Services Institutions Bureau
7. International Trade in Rupees
8. Trade Partner
9. Amrit Sarovar Mission
10. Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
11. Inflation
12. ASHA
13. Sampoorna Yojana
14. Global Gender Inequality Index
15. Foxconn
16. Electronic Gold Receipts
17. Infant Mortality Rate
18. Global Hunger Index 2022
19. Digital Rupee
20. Vibrant Village Program

Geography /Agriculture

1. Production of Pineapple
2. Makhana (Fox Nuts)
3. DART
4. Hot Spring and Gogra Post
5. First CNG Terminal
6. Location and mapping Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson
7. DMH-11
8. Global Centre of World Health Organization
9. Top Producer of Nickel
10. Parvatmala Yojana
11. Sammed Shikhar
12. Brazil, Syria, New Zealand
13. PUSA
14. Moraines
15. Joshimath
16. Belgaum
17. Sumeru Mountain
18. Salal Hemna Region
19. Shri Anna
20. Indian Institute of Millets Research
21. Seed
22. Seed treaty(Recent 9th session- host-India)
23. Types of seeds -Indian Seeds Act 1966
24.   seed replacement rate
25.  Seed village concept
26. Agri. Security and Food Security
27. MSP – meaning, calculation, crops covered
28.  CACP – Factors considered to calculate MSP
29.  FCI – Shanta Kumar committee
30.  FRP
31.  Essential Commodities Act, 1955
32. Agriculture Finance
33. NABARD
34. Kisan Credit Card
35. Kisan Vikas Patra
36. Sprinkler/drip Irrigation
37. PMKSY
38. Agri Marketing -APMC – All basics

Environment & Ecology

1. Kuno National Park
2. Mission LiFE
3. Just Energy Transition Partnership
4. COP28 : Major Focus
5. Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill, 2022 COP 15 
6. Mangrove Alliance for Climate Change
7. Artic sea Melting
8. Joshimath sinking
9. Biopiracy
10. Tiger Census

Science & Technology /Diseases

1. Nano Urea
2. Rare Earths Material
3. Milgromian Dynamics
4. Artemis-1
5. Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre
6. Surya Nutan
7. Steel Slag Road
8. W Boson particle
9. Fortified Rice
10. Chat GPT
11. Strongest metal
12. Brain-Computer Interface
13. Skye UTM System
14. NISAR 
15. Sandalwood spike disease
16. Lumpy skin disease
17. Pesticides in news
18. Crop diseases and pests – locust attack, fall armyworm, fusarium wilt,
19. yellow leaf disease,brown rust, blast, KoleRoga, etc

Art and Culture

1. Sangai Festival
2. Cultural and Tourism Capital, Varanasi
3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple
4. Shiv Kumar Sharma
5. Salman Rushdie
6. Karte Parwan
7. Mooknayak Magazine
8. Gandan Monastery
9. Abhang
10. The Crown
11. Advaita philosophy
12. Schindler’s List
13. Losar Festival
14. Hornbill Festival
15. Arya Samaj