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  APPSC Group - 1 Mains expected areas in science and Technology Paper by EducatorIAS  1)What do you mean by Internet of Things? It is expected to be biggest technological revolution? Examine its impacts on India sectors?  2) How Science and Technology  and innovation have instrumental and Intrinsic value for society! Give with Examples? 3)What is Quantum computing? Discuss it  missions goals and Road map for Quantum computing Technology in India?  4) To enhance science and Technology based entrepreneurship in India what are the steps taken by government of India? Explain the role of public policy and incubators in promoting science and technology? 5) What is Edge computing? Discuss it advantages  and disadvantages of edge computing? 6) Discuss the salient  features of National Digital communication policy 2018? Explain how the national digital communication policy fulfill the dream of Digital India? 7) What do you mean by Data breach? Discuss sai...

The Fisheries sector is major source of livelihood for over 1.60 Crore people along with double the number in down and upstream. Development of fisheries can ensure nutritional security, food security of India and also provide employment in these regions that are predominately inhabited by rural populace.   The total fish production of 12.59 million metric tonnes was registered during 2017-18 with a contribution of 8.90 million metric tonnes from inland sector and 3.69 million metric tonnes from marine sector. The average growth in fish production during 2017-18 stands at 10.14% when compared to 2016-17 (11.43 million metric tonnes). This is mainly due to 14.05% growth in Inland fisheries when compared to 2016-17 (7.80 million metric tonnes). India is currently world’s second largest producers of fish. It is also world number two in aquaculture production as well as in inland capture fisheries.   The percentage contribution of inland fish production in the total fish prod...

Background : ISRO has completed the development of launch vehicle GSLV Mk-lll which has the necessary payload capability to launch a 3-member crew module in low earth orbit. ISRO has also tested the crew escape system which is an essential technology for human space flight. The aerodynamic characterization of crew module has b3een completed as part of GSLV Mk-lll X mission flight. Elements of life support system and Space suit also have been realized and tested. In addition, the orbital & re-entry mission and recovery operations have been flight demonstrated in Space Capsule Re-entry experiment (SRE) mission. ISRO has developed and demonstrated most of the baseline technologies essential for undertaking human spaceflight mission. Globally also, there is a renewed interest in undertaking manned exploration initiatives. Benefits : Gaganyaan Programme will establish a broader framework for collaboration between ISRO, academia, industry, national agencies and other scientific organizat...

Food security is closely related to crop yield; if the reduction in the yield continues, it intensifies global food crisis. The area under rice cultivation has been declining rapidly, according to an analysis in Wayanad district from 2004-05 to 2018-19 from the Department of Economics and Statistics, Kerala government. In 1985-86, nearly 30,000 hectare was cultivated; by 2009-10 it declined to 12,995 ha and to 7,760 by 2018-19. The area under cultivation during the winter season steadily decreased 27 per cent from 2013-14 to 2018-19; area under cultivation during summer decreased by 67 per cent in 2018-19 compared to 2013-14. An analysis carried out in  ‘A handbook of transdisciplinary approaches to agro-biodiversity’  talked about a prominent change in Wayanad region from an agrarian economy centred on staple food production to a region of cash crops and plantations. Rainfall variability, along with other factors such as lack of water availability owing to an increase in runo...

Ethics is about moral principles and differentiate right from wrongs.Ethics can be either normative and relative. Normative Ethics: these ethics about what is good and what is wrong as a standard pracice.  Example . Abortion is wrong in certain countries. Relative Ethics: Good or bad actions judged based on the society in which it is practiced. Example :. Abnormal foetus can be aborted. These two type of ethics mainly depend on the time, the society, the circumstances in which these are practiced. Generally killing is wrong as a normative ethics but to protect one's country the soldiers killing infiltrators is justified under relative Ethics. Relation between Normative and Relative : To understand Relative ethics one should first practice normative ethics. Normative and relative ethics are back bone to bring moral ethical changes in a society. Both ethics reinforce each other at a time of practicing and society in which these are practiced. Relevance :  In matured society both...

Philosopher’s Approach Philosophers and ethicists believe in a few ethical standards, which can guide ethical decision making . First, the utilitarian approach   says that when choosing one ethical action over another, we should select the one that does the most good and least harm. For example, if the cashier at the grocery store gives me too much change, I may ask myself, if I keep the change, what harm is caused? If I keep it, is any good created? Perhaps the good created is that I am not able to pay back my friend whom I owe money to, but the harm would be that the cashier could lose his job. In other words, the  utilitarian approach  recognizes that some good and some harm can come out of every situation and looks at balancing the two. In the  rights approach , we look at how our actions will affect the rights of those around us. So rather than looking at good versus harm as in the  utilitarian approach , we are looking at individuals and their rights to ma...