TEST-52- INSIGHTS IAS REVISION PLAN FOR PRELIMS 2019 – DAILY REVISION TESTS: 05 May 2019

Solution: C

Learning:

About Kumbh Mela:

• The Kumbh Mela (the festival of the sacred pitcher) is anchored in Hindu mythology. It is the largest public gathering and collective act of faith, anywhere in the world.
• Crowds gather at the sacred confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna, and the mystical Saraswati.
• The Mela was included in the list of “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO in 2017.
• Kumbh Mela is celebrated four times over a course of 12 years.
• The geographical location of Kumbh Mela spans over four locations in India, Haridwar on the Ganges in Uttarakhand; Ujjain on the Shipra in Madhya Pradesh; Nashik on the Godavari in Maharashtra and Prayagraj.

Solution: B

Learning-

About the Campaign:
• The Campaign has been launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India in association with the NGO Breakthrough and Twitter India.
• Through the campaign, the Ministry aims to recognize the fortitude of Indian women stalwarts from across the globe who have used the power of social media to run positive & niche campaigns to steer a change in society. The Campaign is aimed at encouraging, recognizing and acknowledging the efforts of these meritorious Women.

Solution : A

Learning- Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Power have joined hands under the initiative SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help Small Industries) in order to sustain and accelerate the adoption of energy efficient textile technologies in the powerloom sector and cost savings due to use of such technology.

Solution: A.

Learning-

The present NCBC (a statutory body) can only recommend inclusion and exclusion of castes from the OBC list and the level of income that cuts off the “creamy layer” among these castes from the benefits of reservation.

Till now, it was the National Commission of Scheduled Castes that addressed the grievances of the OBCs.

Solution: C

Learning-

Hindi and English are the official languages of the islands. Bengali is the dominant and most spoken language, with 26% of the population speaking Bengali. The other major languages spoken in the islands are Hindi (18.23%), Tamil (17.68%), Telugu (12.81%), Malayalam (8.11%) and Nicobarese (8.05%) according to 2001 Census of India. Other minor spoken languages are Kurukh/Oraon, Munda and Kharia. Andaman Creole Hindi is widely used as a trade language in the Andamans.

Solution: C

Learning-

As per the National Policy on Disaster Management, 2009, the National Crisis Management Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary deals with major crises that have serious or national ramifications.

Solution: B

Learing-

The Syrian government forces recently retook control of the rebel-held part of Deraa, the birthplace of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Solution: D

Learning-

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity. This sub-regional organization came into being on 6 June 1997 through the Bangkok Declaration. It constitutes seven Member States: five deriving from South Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and two from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and Thailand. The regional group constitutes a bridge between South and South East Asia and represents a reinforcement of relations among these countries. BIMSTEC has also established a platform for intra-regional cooperation between SAARC and ASEAN members.

Solution: C

Learning- ISRO has successfully developed ISROSENE, which is a rocket grade version of kerosene as an alternative to conventional hydrazine rocket fuel.

Solution: D

Solution- C

Anti-Defection was added under 52^nd constitutional amendment act 1985

Solution- D

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187793

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-celebrates-70th-republic-day-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/67698234.cms

Solution: B

Learning- Akbar’s favourite was the nastaliq, a fluid style with long horizontal strokes. It is written using a piece of trimmed reed with a tip of five to 10 mm called qalam, dipped in carbon ink (siyahi). The nib of the qalam is usually split in the middle to facilitate the absorption of ink.

Solution: C

Learning-

Kailash temple – around 8th century

Rani kivav, Patan and Brihadeshwara temple, Thanjavur – 11th century

Qutb Minar – 13th century

Solution- C

Learning- The National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) is the institutional mechanism under GST law to check the unfair profit-making activities by the trading community.
• The Authority’s core function is to ensure that the benefits of the reduction is GST rates on goods and services made by GST Council and proportional change in the Input tax credit passed on to the ultimate consumers and recipient respectively by way of reduction in the prices by the suppliers.

Solution: B

Learning- The Compensatory afforestation Fund Act, 2016 is an Act to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from such agencies under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

Solution: A

Learning- The world’s largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90% since the 1980s, research suggests. Aerial and satellite images show breeding pair numbers have fallen 88% in the last three decades, an article in the journal Antarctic Science says. The colony lies on the France’s uninhabited Île aux Cochons between Africa and Antarctica in the Indian Ocean. Researchers say there is no clear reason for the decline.

Solution: D

Solution: C

https://www.insightsonindia.com/2018/07/31/insights-daily-current-affairs-31-july-2018/

Solution: D

Learning:

The word “guano” originates from the Quichua language of the Andes and means “the droppings of sea birds”. Andean peoples collected guano from the coast of Peru for use as soil enricher.

Solution: C

Loess is a depositional landform (aeolian sediment formed by accumulation of wind-blown silt) whereas the others namely, Inselbergs, Zeugen and Buttes are erosional landforms.

Solution: B

Solution: D

In the Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court held that ‘the Indian Constitution is founded on the bedrock of the balance between the Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles. They together constitute the core of commitment to social revolution. They are like two wheels of a chariot, one no less than the other.

Solution:  C

Solution: B

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