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40- DAY REVISION PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVE TEST-1 KEY

1. Ans: a

Explanation: A sere also called seral commuity is

an intermediate stage found in ecological

succession

in an ecosystem advancing towards its climax

community. It is community of flora that occupy a

site

that has not previously been vegetated.

2. Ans: d

Explanation: refer

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=1

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3. Ans: a

Explanation: The systems planning gives due

importance to the socio-institutional factors.

Procedural planning is concerned with how a

particular course of actions are done.

Some of the inter-related steps which are involved

in procedural planning:

•Identification of needs;

•specification of goals and objectives;

•development of alternative means to attain each

goal;

•estimation of the cost of each alternative and

•selection of the most promising alternative (s)

4. Answer: c

Explanation: Net Domestic Product (NDP) is the

GDP calculated after adjusting the weight of

the value of ‘depreciation’.

5. Ans: b

Explanation:In Town planning system there was

use of burnt mud bricks of standardized size

for the purpose of construction. The lower town

consisted of housing for common people.

Source: page 5 IASBEE

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20CULTURE%201.pdf

6. Ans: b

Explanation: 1. A-biotic component:

(a) Physical

(1) Sunlight (for photosynthesis)

(2) Water (essential for living beings)

(3) Temperature (necessary to get survive)

(4) Soil (provide base and nutrients)

(b) Chemical (Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats, Minerals etc.)

2. Biotic component

(a)Primary producers/Autotrophs (Self Nourishing)

They are chlorophyll bearing, self nourishing organisms, which prepare organic

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compounds from inorganic raw materials, through the processes of photosynthesis (synthesize carbohydrates from inorganic materials like CO2 and water in presence of sunlight by process of photosynthesis) e.g. all green plants and certain types of Bacteria and algae.

7. Ans: c

Explanation: The Nagoya Protocol is on

Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and

Equitable

Sharing of Benefits Arising from their

Utilization to the Convention on Biological

Diversity. It is a

2010 supplementary agreement to the

1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) are a

type of emissions unit (or carbon credits)

issued

by the Clean Development Mechanism

(CDM)

Executive Board for emission reductions achieve

d

by CDM projects and verified by a DOE

(Designated Operational Entity) under the

rules of

the Kyoto Protocol.

Annex I parties are industrialized countries

belonging to the Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD) and

countries designated as Economies in

Transition

under the Framework Convention on

Climate Change (FCCC).

8. Ans: d

Explanation: page 14 pottery section of IASBEE


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9. Ans: (c) 1 and 3 only

Explanation: ‘Low inflation’ takes place in a

longer period and the range of increase is usually

in ‘single digit’.

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ullinflation.asp

10. Ans: c (2 and 3)

Explanation: Paintings do not depict mythological

characters but depict social life.


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11. Answer: (c) 2 and 3

Explanation:

Correct Pairs

1 INTERPOL: Lyon (France)

2. World Bank : Washington, D.C.

3. New Development Bank : Shanghai

12. a

Explanation: NBFC is not a part of the payment

and settlement system and as such cannot

issue cheques to its customers.

13. Answer: (b) 2 only

Explanation: The bricks discovered at Harappa

were made of red sand, clay, stones and were

baked at very high temperature.



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14. Ans: d

Explanation: A primary pollutant is an air

pollutant emitted directly from a source.

A secondary pollutant is not directly emitted as

such, but forms when other pollutants

(primary pollutants) react in the atmosphere.

Examples of a secondary pollutant include

ozone, which is formed when hydrocarbons (HC)

and nitrogen oxides (NOx) combine in the

presence of sunlight; NO2, which is formed as

NO

combines with oxygen in the air; and acid rain,

which is formed when sulfur dioxide or

nitrogen oxides react with water.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution

15. Answer: (c) 1966–69.

Explanation: The period of the three consecutive

Annual Plans was 1966–69.

16. Ans: (c) Both 1 and 2

Explanation: All the statements above are

corect.

17. Answer: (c) Hyperinflation

Explanation: In

economics, hyperinflation occurs when a country

experiences very high and

usually accelerating rates of inflation, rapidly

eroding the real value of the local currency,

and causing the population to minimize their

holdings of local money.

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18. Answer: c

Explanation: Kharavela's achievements are

recorded on an inscription, situated in the

Udayagiri hills near Bhuvaneshvar in Orissa,

known as Hathigumpha inscription.

19. Answer: c

Explanation: Self Explanatory

20. Answer: a

21. Ans: c

Explanation: Concave mirrors are often used as

shaving mirrors to see a larger image of the

face. The dentists use concave mirrors to see

large images of the teeth of patients. Large

concave mirrors are used to concentrate

sunlightto produce heat in solar furnaces. Convex

mirrors are commonly used as rear-view (wing)

mirrors in vehicles. These mirrors are fitted on

the sides of the vehicle, enabling the driver to see

traffic behind him/her to facilitate safe

driving. Convex mirrors are preferred because

they always give an erect, though diminished,

image.

22. Ans: a

Explanation: Mathematically, surface tension is

defined as the force acting per unit length

of an imaginary line drawn on the free surface

of the liquid.

23. Ans: b

Explanation: Mathematically, surface tension is

defined as the force acting per unit length of



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an imaginary line drawn on the free surface of

the liquid.

24. Answer: c

25. Answer: b

26. Ans: c

27. Ans: a

Explanation: Two nuclides are isotones if they

have the same neutron number N, but

different proton number Z. Boron has (12-5=7)

neutrons and carbon-13 has (13-6=7). So here

both have same number of neutrons .

Number of neutrons= mass number – atomic

number(number of protons)

28. Ans: c

Explanation: Sensory neurons typically have a

long dendrite and short axon, and carry

messages from sensory receptors to the central

nervous system. Inter neurons are found

only in the central nervous system where they

connect neuron to neuron.

29. Ans: a

30. Ans: a

Explanation: A cyclone is an area of low

pressure around which the winds flow

counterclockwise in

the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the

Southern Hemisphere. It usually moves across west

to

east direction.

31. Ans: d

Explanation: Giant Panda no longer

endangered. The IUCN has said in a report that the

Panda is now

classified as Vulnerable instead of endangered

species.

32. Ans: c

33. Ans: c

34. Ans: d

Explanation: viticulture – Grapes; Floriculture –

Flowers; Oenology – Making of wines;

Pomology – pome fruits.

35. Ans: d

36. Ans: d

37. Ans: b

38. Ans: c

39. Ans: d

Explanation: Under the leadership of Dupleix,

the French occupied Madras in 1746.

40.Answer: b

Explanation: i) The commission submits its report

to the president. He lays it before both the Houses

of Parliament along with an explanatory

memorandum as to the action taken on its

recommendations. The recommendations made by

the Finance Commission are only of advisory

nature and hence, not binding on the government.

ii) The Commissionshall determine their procedure

and in the performance of their

functions shall have all the powers of a civil court

under the Code of




Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), while trying a suit

in respect of

the following matters, namely:--(a) Summoning

and enforcing the attendance of witnesses;(b)

Requiring the production of any document;(c)

Requisitioning any public record from any court or

office.

iii) The President within two years from the

commencement of Constitution and thereafter at

the expiration of every fifth year or at such earlier

President considers necessary

iv) It consists of a chairman and four other

members to be appointed by the president. They

hold office for such period as specified by the

president in his order. They are eligible for

reappointment.

Source: http://iasbee.com/indian%20polity.pdf

page no 59

41. Answer: d

Explanation: i) An 80-page report by the Law

Commission of India on the ‘Implementation of

‘United Nations Convention against Torture and

other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or

Punishment’ through Legislation’ was released on

October 30, putting renewed pressure on the

Indian government to take one big step in that

direction through the passage of the Prevention of

Torture Bill.

ii) Indian case law of the use of torture based on

constitutional protections under Article 21 (right to

life and liberty) and Article 20 (3) (right against self-

incrimination).

iii) Ratification of the Convention requires enabling

legislation having provisions that would be

necessary to give effect to the Articles of the

Convention. Although some provisions exist in the

Indian Penal Code, they neither define “torture” as

clearly as in Article 1 of the Convention nor make it

criminal as called for by Article 4.

Source:

http://164.100.24.219/BillsTexts/RSBillTexts/AsIntr

oduced/torture-E-151217.pdf

42. Answer: a

Explanation: Ministry of Rural Development has

taken up the task of collecting comprehensive

information on the GPs. An assessment of village

level infrastructure facilities and amenities were

done by a team of officials regarding identification

of parameters related to infrastructure, human

development, and economic development.

Source:

https://missionantyodaya.nic.in/home.html

43. Answer: d

Explanation: Peaty and Marshy soils:

These types of soils are found in Kerala, coastal

track of Orissa, Sunderban area of W.B. When the

vegetation growing in such wet places dies, it

decomposes very slowly dues to excessive wetness

of soils and after several hundreds of year a layer

of partly decayed organic matter accumulates on

the surface, giving rise to such peaty and marshy

soils. These are black coloured, heavy and highly

acidic soils. When properly drained and fertilized,

these soils produce good crops of rice.




Source:

http://oer.nios.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Types_of_Soil

s

44. Answer: a

Explanation: i) The project, Securing Livelihoods,

Conservation, Sustainable Use and Restoration of

High Range Himalayan Ecosystems project (SECURE

Himalaya), was launched by Minister of

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change of the

Government of India and the United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP).

ii) It is part of the GWP, a seven-year program

funded by the GEF and led by the World Bank,

which was developed as a response to the growing

crisis of illegal trafficking in wildlife.

iii) SECURE Himalaya received a GEF grant of $11.5

million, and will receive over $60 million in co-

financing from the Indian government. It is being

implemented by the Government of India in

partnership with UNDP to sustain critical

ecosystem services and to conserve vulnerable

snow leopards by securing community livelihoods,

enhancing enforcement, strengthening community

institutions, and improving knowledge, advocacy

and information systems for promoting landscape-

based conservation approaches.

45. Answer: a

Explanation: i) Permaculture emphasises

traditional and new practices in which all the input

is produced by the farm itself, resulting in food

self-sufficiency. It originated as a design science for

small-scale farmers to create quantity produce,

ease their work and also to address environmental

degradation.

ii) Agroforestry is as an intensive land

management system that optimizes the benefits

from the biological interactions created when trees

and/or shrubs are deliberately combined with

crops and/or livestock.

iii) Aquaponics is a form of agriculture that

combines raising fish in tanks (recirculating

aquaculture) with soilless plant culture

(hydroponics). In aquaponics, the nutrient-rich

water from raising fish provides a natural fertilizer

for the plants and the plants help to purify the

water for the fish.

iv) Organic farming is a system which avoids or

largely excludes the use of synthetic inputs (such as

fertilisers, pesticides, hormones, feed, etc.) and to

the maximum extent feasible relies upon crop

rotations, crop residues, animal manures, off-farm

organic waste, mineral grade rock additives and

biological system of nutrient mobilisation and plant

protection.

46. Answer: c

Explanation:

i) Over 13 years, the Climate Change Performance

Index has been monitoring the various efforts

being made to combat climate change, issued by

Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute, and the

Climate Action Network.

ii) The report ranks 56 countries and the European

Union, which together are responsible for 90% of

global greenhouse gas emissions. Countries are

ranked across four categories — Greenhouse Gas

Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use, and

Climate Policy.

47. Answer: a

i) A supermoon happens when the full moon

coincides with the moon's closest approach to

Earth in its orbit. Supermoons make the moon

appear a little brighter and closer than normal,

although the difference is hard to spot with the

naked eye.




ii) In 2018, there were two Full Moons in January,

and there are also two in March in most time

zones. This is sometimes called a double Blue

Moon.

iii) A "blood moon" happens when Earth's moon is

in full eclipse. While it has no special astronomical

significance, the view in the sky is striking as the

usually whiteish moon becomes red or ruddy-

brown.

48. Ans:c

Exp:all the statements are correct. Women

composers were mentioned in later texts, though

those times, only oral composition existed and was

not written.

49. Ans: c

Explanation: The Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius)

known locally as the Nilgiri ibex or simply ibex, is an

ungulate that is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills and the

southern portion of the Western Ghats in the

states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in Southern India.

It is the state animal of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri tahr is

an endangered mountain ungulate listed in

schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act

1972 and considered as endangered by the IUCN.

50. Ans:a

Exp:Silappadikaram deals with the love story of

kovalan with a courtesan madhavi.Manimekalai

deals with adventures of daughter born to kovalan

and madhavi.

51. Ans: c

Explanation: India has successfully test-fired its

indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile from a test

range in Odisha as part of a user trial by the Army.

Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kilogram

of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion

twin engines. The state-of-the-art missile uses

advanced inertial guidance system with

manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target. Single-

stage liquid-fuelled Prithvi II is the first missile to

have been developed by the DRDO under the

Integrated Guided Missile Development

Programme.

52. Ans:d

Exp:Drakensberg plateau is in south Africa.

Patagonian plateau is in argentina.

53. Ans: d

Explanation: Under the Muslim Law (Shariat), the

father enjoys a dominant position. It also makes a

distinction between guardianship and custody. For

guardianship, which has usually reference to

guardianship of property, according to Sunnis, the

father is preferred and in his absence his executor.

If no executor has been appointed by the father,

the guardianship passes on the paternal

grandfather to take over responsibility and not that

of the executor. Both schools, however, agree that

father while alive is the sole guardian. Mother is

not recognised as a natural guardian even after the

death of the father. As regards rights of a natural

guardian, there is no doubt that father’s right

extends both to the property and person of the

child. Even when mother has the custody of minor

child father’s general right of supervision and

control remains. Father can, however, appoint

mother as testamentary guardian. Thus, though

mother may not be recognised as natural guardian,

there is no objection to her being appointed under

the father’s will.

54. Ans:b

Exp:The Lion Capital discovered

at Sarnath, near Varanasi, is generally referred to

as Sarnath




Lion Capital. This is one of the finest examples of

sculpture

from the Mauryan period. Built in commemoration

of the

historical event of the first sermon or the

Dhammachakrapravartana

by the Buddha at Sarnath, the capital was built by

Ashoka.

The capital originally consisted of five component

parts:

(i) the shaft (which is broken in many parts now),

(ii) a lotusbell base, (iii) a drum on the bell base

with four animals

proceeding clockwise, (iv) the figures of four

majestic addorsed

lions, and (v) the crowning element,

Dharamchakra, a large

wheel, was also a part of this pillar. However, this

wheel is

lying in a broken condition and is displayed in the

site museum

at Sarnath. The capital without the crowning wheel

and the

lotus base has been adopted as the National

Emblem of

Independent India.

55. Ans: b

Explanation: Statement 1 is correct. Statements 2

and 3 are incorrect. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti

Bima Yojana is available to people in the age group

of 18 to 50 years. Under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha

Bima Yojana, risk coverage will be Rs. 2 lakh for

accidental death and permanent total disability and

Rs. 1 lakh for permanent partial disability.

56. Ans:c

Exp: The rise in sea-level because of the passage

of hurricane(cyclone) is called as storm surge.It can

attain even abnormal heights upto 15-20

meters.Hurricane winds over open oceans produce

large waves which raise the sea level by few

metres. These are called as ocean swells.

57. Ans: b

Explanation: Recently a plea was filed in the

Supreme Court of India challenging the legal

provision that allows an individual to contest

elections simultaneously from two constituencies.

Section 33(7) of the Representation of People Act

permits a candidate to contest any election

(Parliamentary, state assembly, biennial council, or

byelections) from up to two constituencies,

presumably to give greater flexibility to candidates

and increase their chances of winning a seat.

Dinesh Goswami Committee had recommended

that a person should not be allowed to contest

elections from more than two constituencies.

58. Ans:c

59. Ans:d




Exp:The main architectural features of Odisha

temples

are classified in three orders, i.e., rekhapida,

pidhadeul

and khakra. Most of the main temple sites are

located in

ancient Kalinga—modern Puri District, including

Bhubaneswar or ancient Tribhuvanesvara, Puri and

Konark. The temples of Odisha constitute a distinct

substyle

within the nagara order.

60. Ans:c

Exp:All the above themes of paintings are found in

ajantha caves.

61. Ans:d

Exp:Mikir and garo hills are part of Meghalaya

plateau. Meghalaya plateau is an extension of

deccan plateau and not part of Himalayan

mountain system.

62. Ans:d

Exp:Daulatabad had several strategic devices to

confound the

enemy, such as staggered entrances so that gates

could not be

opened even with the help of elephants.

The Gwalior Fort was invincible because its steep

height made it impossible to scale.

Other complexities woven into such topography

were concentric circles of outer walls as in

Golconda, so that the enemy had to breach

63. Ans:a

Exp: Revenue was assessed on the basis

of land under cultivation. Further revenue was

collected in cash and salary to army was also paid

in cash. The prices of foodgrains were regulated

inorder to provide foodgrains at cheap prices.

64. Ans:b

Exp:Mt. Girnar is the highest peak in Kathiawar

peninsula.

65. Ans:b

Exp:Karuvurar was the guru of King Raja raja chola.

Vidyaranya re-admitted harihara and bhukka into

Hinduism and they founded the vijayanagara

kingdom.

66. Ans:a

Exp:The differences over the question of council

entry between the two

schools of thought resulted in the defeat of the

Swarajists' proposal of

'ending or mending' the councils at the Gaya

session of the Congress

(December 1922). C.R Das and Motilal Nehru

resigned from the

presidentship and secretaryship respectively of the

Congress and

announced the formation of Congress-Khilafat

Swarajya Party, with C.R.

Das as the president and Motilal Nehru as one of

the secretaries.

The Swarajists were allowed to

contest elections as a group within the

Congress. The Swarajists accepted the

Congress programme with only one

67. Ans:d




Exp:There was a chorus of protest by all Indians

against the appointment of

an all-white, seven-member Indian Statutory

Commission, popularly known

as the Simon Commission (after the name of its

chairman Sir John Simon),

on November 8, 1927. The commission was to

recommend to the Government

whether India was ready for further constitutional

reforms and on what

lines. (Although constitutional reforms were due

only in 1929).

The Congress session in Madras (December 1927)

meeting under thepresidency of M.A. Ansaii

decided to boycott the commission "at every stage

and in every form.Those who decided to support

the Congress call of boycott included the Liberals of

the Hindu Mahasabha and the majority faction of

the MuslimLeague under Jinnah. Some others, such

as the Unionists in Punjab and the Justice Party in

the south, decided not to boycott the commission.

68. Ans:d

Exp:There was a chorus of protest by all Indians

against the appointment of

an all-white, seven-member Indian Statutory

Commission, popularly known

as the Simon Commission (after the name of its

chairman Sir John Simon),

on November 8, 1927. The commission was to

recommend to the Government

whether India was ready for further constitutional

reforms and on what

lines. (Although constitutional reforms were due

only in 1929).

The Congress session in Madras (December 1927)

meeting under the

presidency of M.A. Ansaii decided to boycott the

commission "at every

stage and in every form.Those who decided to

support the Congress call of boycott included the

Liberals of the Hindu Mahasabha and the majority

faction of the Muslim

League under Jinnah. Some others, such as the

Unionists in Punjab and

the Justice Party in the south, decided not to

boycott the commission.

69. Ans:c

Exp: Floud Commission a land revenue commission

established by the government of Bengal in

1938.Tebhaga Movement, In September 1946, the

Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha

gave a call to implement, through mass struggle,

the Floud Commission

recommendations of tebhaga— two-thirds' share—

to the bargardars, the

share croppers also known as bagehasi or adhyar,

instead of the one-half

share. The bargardars worked on lands rented from

the jotedars. The

communist cadres, including many urban student

militias went to the

countryside to organise the bargardars. The central

slogan was "nij

khamare dhan tolo"—i.e., sharecroppers taking the

paddy to their own




threshing floor and not to the jotedar's house, as

before, so as to

enforce tebhaga.

70. Ans:b

Exp:Bardoli Satyagraha sparked off in January 1926

when the

authorities decided to increase the land revenue by

30 per cent.

The Congress leaders were quick to protest and a

Bardoli Inquiry Committee

was set up to go into the issue. The committee

found the revenue hike to

be unjustified. In February 1926, Vallabhbhai Patel

was called to lead

the movement, The women of Bardoli gave him the

title of "Sardar". Under

Patel, the Bardoli peasants resolved to refuse

payments of the revised

assessment until the Government appointed an

independent tribunal or

accepted the current amount as full payment. To

organise the movement,

Patel set up 13 chluzvanis or workers' camps in the

taluqa. Bardoli

Satyagraha Patrika was brought out to mobilise

public opinion.

71. Ans:c

Exp:Both the statements are correct.

72. Ans:d

Exp:Presently, there are 18 notified biosphere

reserves in India.

73. Ans:d

Exp:Kuka Revolt, The Kuka Movement was founded

in 1840 by Bhagat Jawahar Mal

(also called Sian Saheb) in western Punjab. After

the British took the

Punjab, the movement transformed from a

religious purification campaign

to a political one. Its basic tenets were abolition of

caste and similar

discriminations among Sikhs, discouraging the

eating of meat and taking of alcohol and drugs, and

encouraging women to step out of

seclusion.

The Great Kuki Rebellion of 1917-1919 was a

defining event not only for the Kukis but for all

Manipuris as well. The first resistance to British

hegemony by the Kuki people was the Kuki

Rebellion of 1917-19 after which their territory was

subjugated by the British and divided between the

administrations of British India and British

Burma.Up until their defeat in 1919, the Kukis had

been an independent people ruled by their

chieftains.

74. Ans: c

Explanation: The Supreme Court has recently

directed the Centre to hold meetings with prison

officials across the states and the Union Territories

to set up open prisons in the country. The issue

came up when the court was hearing a PIL on the

poor state of the prisons in the country. Prisons in

India are governed by the Prisons Act, 1900 and

each state follows their prison rules and manuals.




Open prisons have relatively less stringent rules as

compared to the controlled jails. They go by many

names like minimum-security prison, open air

camps or prison without bars. The fundamental

rule of an open prison is that the jail has minimum

security and functions on the self-discipline of the

inmates. Every state in India has a prison law, like

the Rajasthan Prisoners Rules and Andhra Pradesh

Prison Rules, 1979. Seventeen states are reported

to have functional open jails with Rajasthan having

29 such prisons, the highest that any state has.

Recently India’s first all-women’s open jail was

opened in Pune, Maharashtra.

75. Ans:b

Exp:According to the recommendations of

Montford Reforms (1921), a Chamber

of Princes (Narendra Mandal) was set up as a

consultative and advisory

body having no say in the internal affairs of

individual states and having no powers to discuss

matters concerning existing rights and freedoms.

For the purpose of the

chamber the Indian states were divided into three

categories

1. Directly represented-109

2. Represented through representatives-127

3. Recognised as feudal holdings or jagirs.

76. Ans: d

Explanation: Recently, the Ministry of Labour and

Employment has launched an online portal named

PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for

Child Labour) in order to combat the menace of

child labour, trafficking and menace.

77. Ans:b

Exp:It receives rainfall around 100cm. hence it

cannot support evergreen forest. The rainfall is well

distributed even in winter season. This gives

growth to dry evergreen forest with short statured

trees.

78. Ans: D

Explanation: The main Himalayan river systems are

those of the Indus and the Ganga-Brahmaputra-

Meghna system. The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna

has the principal sub-basins: Bhagirathi and the

Alaknanda, which join at Dev Prayag to form the

Ganga. It traverses through Uttarakhand, Uttar

Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.

Source: India Year Book, Chapter 1, River Systems

79. Ans: d

Explanation: Both the pairs are incorrectly

matched. Setu bharatam aims to ensure road

safety by making all national highways free of

railway level crossings by 2019. Special Accelerated

Road Development Programme aims at improving

connectivity of district headquarters and remote

places in the North East region to state capitals.

80. Ans:c

Exp:The term ‘Federation’ has nowhere been used

in the

Constitution. Article 1, on the other hand,

describes India as a ‘Union of




States’ which implies two things:

one, Indian Federation is not the result of an

agreement by the states;

and two, no state has the right to secede from the

federation.

81. Ans: b

Explanation: The objective of the Scheme is to

provide hostel facilities to SC boys and girls

studying in middle schools, higher secondary

schools, colleges and universities. The state

governments/union territory administrations and

the Central and state universities/institutions are

eligible for central assistance, both for fresh

construction of hostel buildings and for expansion

of the existing hostel facilities while NGOs and

deemed Universities in the private sector can avail

the benefit only for expansion of their existing

hostel facilities.

82. Ans: d

Explanation: Scientists have developed an artificial

leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen

fuel from water, an advance that may provide

clean energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the

future. The ultra-thin wireless device mimics plant

leaves to produce energy using water and sunlight.

83. Ans: d

Explanation: All the statements are incorrect. The

India State-level Disease Burden Initiative is a joint

initiative between the Indian Council of Medical

Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India

(PHFI), and Institute for Health Metrics and

Evaluation (IHME) in collaboration with the

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,

Government of India along with experts and

stakeholders associated with over 100 Indian

institutions. The disease burden due to Child and

Maternal malnutrition has dropped to 15% but it

still remains single largest risk factor in India. The

Disease burden due to above is improving but it

continues to contribute 5% of total disease burden

though it has improved since 1990. The disease

burden due to unsafe Water and Sanitation is 40

times higher in India than in China. The

contribution of cardiovascular diseases and

diabetes has increased from 10% to 25% when

1990 and 2016.

84. Ans:d

Exp:

IV-A Fundamental Duties 51-A

IX-A The Municipalities 243-P to243-ZG

IX-B The Co-operative Societies 243-ZH to243-ZT

XIV-A Tribunals 323-B

both Part IV-A and Part XIV-A were added

by the 42nd Amendment Act (1976), while Part IX-

A was added by the 74th

Amendment Act (1992), and Part IX-B was added

by the 97th Amendment

Act (2011).

85. Ans: d

Explanation: Operation Insaniyat - Humanitarian

assistance to Bangladesh on account of influx of

refugees.




In response to the humanitarian crisis being faced

on account of the large influx of refugees into

Bangladesh, Government of India has decided to

extend assistance to Bangladesh. The relief

material consists of items required urgently by the

affected people, namely rice, pulses, sugar, salt,

cooking oil, tea, ready to eat noodles, biscuits,

mosquito nets etc.

86. Ans:c

Exp:1. The Preamble is neither a source of power to

legislature nor a prohibition

upon the powers of legislature.

2. It is non-justiciable, that is, its provisions are not

enforceable in courts of law.

87. Ans: d

Explanation: Nairobi Package on Agriculture-

All export subsidies are to be

immediately eliminated by

developed countries. Developing

country members have until the end

of 2018 to do so or in the case of

cotton products by January 1, 2017,

with exceptions with respect to

support for producers of basic

agricultural products until the end of

2023. For least developed countries

(LDCs) and the thirty-one net-food

importing developing countries

these exceptions remain in place

until the end of 2030. Developing

countries are nevertheless required

to ensure that their programs are

not used to circumvent their

obligations under this Decision.

Bali Package on Agriculure- At the 2013 Ministerial

Conference in Bali, Indonesia, ministers agreed on

a package of issues, including four decisions on

agriculture:

an agreement to negotiate a

permanent solution to public

stockholding for food security

purposes, and to refrain from

challenging breaches of domestic

support commitments resulting

from developing countries' public

stockholding programmes for food

security provided certain conditions

are met

a call for more transparency in tariff

(or tariff-rate) quota administration

– whereby quantities inside a quota

are charged lower import duty rates

- and for governments not to create

trade barriers by how they distribute

quotas among importers

an expansion of the list of "General

Services" - to include spending on

land use, land reform, water

management, and other poverty-

reduction programmes -that qualify

for Green Box support (i.e. domestic

support that is allowed without

limits because it does not distort

trade, or at most causes minimal

distortion)




a declaration to reduce all forms of

export subsidies and to enhance

transparency and monitoring

88. Ans:c

Exp:Any question regarding disqualification arising

out of defection is to be

decided by the presiding officer of the House.

Originally, the act provided

that the decision of the presiding officer is final and

cannot be questioned in

any court. However, in Kihoto Hollohan case2

(1993), the Supreme Court

declared this provision as unconstitutional on the

ground that it seeks to take

away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the

high courts. It held that

the presiding officer, while deciding a question

under the Tenth Schedule,

function as a tribunal. Hence, his decision like that

of any other tribunal, is

subject to judicial review on the grounds of mala

fides, perversity, etc. But,

the court rejected the contention that the vesting

of adjudicatory powers in the

presiding officer is by itself invalid on the ground of

political bias.

89. Ans: d

Explanation: Recently, DRDO successfully test fired

NIRBHAY missile. It is an indigenously designed and

developed long range subsonic cruise missile

‘Nirbhay’, which can carry warheads weighing up to

300 kg. Powered by a solid rocket motor booster

developed by the Advanced Systems Laboratory

(ASL), the missile has an operational range of 1,000

km. The two-stage missile is 6 metre long, 0.52

metre wide with a wing span of 2.7 metre. It can fly

at a speed of 0.6 to 0.7 Mach. Its launch weight is

about 1,500 kg.

90. Ans:c

Exp:The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its

judgement in the Menaka case in the

subsequent cases. It has declared the following

rights as part of Article 21:

(1) Right to live with human dignity.

(2) Right to decent environment including pollution

free water and air and

protection against hazardous industries.

(3) Right to livelihood.

(4) Right to privacy.

(5) Right to shelter.

(6) Right to health.

(7) Right to free education up to 14 years of age.

(8) Right to free legal aid.

(9) Right against solitary confinement.

(10) Right to speedy trial.

(11) Right against handcuffing.

(12) Right against inhuman treatment.

(13) Right against delayed execution.

(14) Right to travel abroad.




(15) Right against bonded labour.

(16) Right against custodial harassment.

(17) Right to emergency medical aid.

(18) Right to timely medical treatment in

government hospital.

(19) Right not to be driven out of a state.

(20) Right to fair trial.

(21) Right of prisoner to have necessities of life.

(22) Right of women to be treated with decency

and dignity.

(23) Right against public hanging.

(24) Right to hearing.

(25) Right to information.

(26) Right to reputation.

(27) Right of appeal from a judgement of

conviction

(28) Right to social security and protection of the

family

(29) Right to social and economic justice and

empowerment

(30) Right against bar fetters

(31) Right to appropriate life insurance policy

(32) Right to sleep

(33) Right to freedom from noise pollution

(34) Right to electricity.

91. Ans:d

Exp:The Constitution also authorises the governor

to determine the

conditions of service of the chairman and members

of the Commission.

Although the chairman and members of a SPSC are

appointed by the

governor, they can be removed only by the

president (and not by the

governor).

92. Ans:a

Exp:Its recommendations are only advisory in

nature.

93. Ans: (a)

Explanation: The Countering America's Adversaries

Through Sanctions Act, (CAATSA) is a United States

federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North

Korea, and Russia. The bill was passed during the

115th Congress. On August 2, 2017, President

Donald Trump signed it into law. It came into effect

in January 2018.

94. Ans: (d)

Explanation:

Established in 1930, the BIS is owned by 60 central

banks, representing countries from around the

world that together account for about 95% of

world GDP. Its head office is in Basel, Switzerland

and it has two representative offices: in Hong Kong

SAR and in Mexico City. BIS’s mission is to serve

central banks in their pursuit of monetary and

financial stability, to foster international

cooperation in those areas and to act as a bank for

central banks.




95. Ans: (d)

Explanation: On 1st April 2015, the new Foreign

Trade Policy (FTP) for the period 2015-20 was

announced which replaces the 2009-14 FTP which

expired on 31st March 2014. Target is doubling the

export (both Merchandise and Service) to $900

million and achieve 3.5% share of world export by

2019-20. Recently, government has introduced the

Mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP)

2015-20.

The Council for Trade Development and Promotion

was constituted in 2015 under the chairpersonship

of the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry,

in pursuance to the provisions of Foreign Trade

Policy statement 2015-20.

96. Ans: a

Explanation: National Food Security Act salient

features:

Up to 75% of the rural population

and 50% of the urban population

will be covered under TPDS, with

uniform entitlement of 5 kg per

person per month. However, since

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)

households constitute poorest of

the poor, and are presently entitled

to 35 kg per household per month,

entitlement of existing AAY

households will be protected at 35

kg per household per month.

Foodgrains under TPDS will be made

available at subsidised prices of Rs.

3/2/1 per kg for rice, wheat and

coarse grains for a period of three

years from the date of

commencement of the Act.

Thereafter prices will be as fixed by

the Central Government from time

to time, not exceeding MSP.

97. Ans: c

Explanation: Permaculture is an innovative

framework for creating sustainable ways of living.

It is a practical method of developing ecologically

harmonious, efficient and productive systems that

can be used by anyone, anywhere. Permaculture

encourages us to be resourceful and self-reliant. It

is not a dogma or a religion but an ecological

design system which helps us find solutions to the

many problems facing us - both locally and globally.

98. Ans: c

Explanation: The 49th Sveriges Riksbank prize in

economic sciences – commonly referred to as the

Nobel Prize for economics – has been awarded to

Richard H Thaler for his contributions to

behavioural economics. He was a key proponent of

the idea that humans do not act entirely rationally.

By applying insights from psychological research,

he helped the world better understand people’s

economic decision-making in particular. People

tend to be loss averse: they’d rather expect a

smaller payoff with the same risk, but cap their

losses. Another contribution of Thaler was the

concept of mental accounting: people don’t, it

turns out, think about their total lifetime welfare

when making financial decisions. Instead they focus

on the performance of individual decisions and are

less concerned with making savings if they are a

small percentage of what’s being spent.

99. Ans: (b)




Explanation: In a major move, the Reserve Bank of

India (RBI) has decided not to pursue a proposal for

introduction of Islamic banking in the country.

What is Islamic banking?

Islamic banking or Islamic finance or sharia-

compliant finance is banking or financing activity

that complies with sharia (Islamic law) and its

practical application through the development of

Islamic economics. Some of the modes of Islamic

banking/finance include Mudarabah (Profit and

loss sharing), Wadiah (safekeeping), Musharaka

(joint venture), Murabahah (cost plus), and Ijar

(leasing).

Sharia prohibits riba, or usury, defined as interest

paid on all loans of money (although some Muslims

dispute whether there is a consensus that interest

is equivalent to riba). Investment in businesses that

provide goods or services considered contrary to

Islamic principles (e.g. pork or alcohol) is also

haraam ("sinful and prohibited").

100. Ans: d

Explanation: Prohibition of Employment as Manual

Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 came

into force on 6 December 2013 across India except

Jammu and Kashmir. The law prohibits the

employment of manual scavengers, the manual

cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without

protective equipment and the construction of

insanitary latrines. The law also provides

rehabilitation of manual scavengers and alternative

employment to them within the time bound

manner. From now onwards, the construction and

maintenance of the insanity latrines has became an

offence, therefore no one can be employed or

engaged as the manual scavenger. However

neither the state nor the centre is mandated under

the Bill to provide financial assistance for the

conversion of insanitary latrines. This may

adversely impact implementation of the Bill. The

District Magistrate and the local authority shall be

the implementing authorities. The identification of

the insanitary latrines and their conversion has not

been made time bound under the Act.



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