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1) The correct option is C and E.
Cyclone Mekunu - Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia.
Cyclone Sagar - Yemen, Horn of Africa
2) The correct option is HeH+.
Scientists have spotted the helium hydride molecule (HeH+) for the first time in space. This is
significant because HeH+ is thought to be the first molecule ever to have formed in the early
universe, at a time colloquially called the ‗dawn of chemistry‘, about 100,000 years after the Big
Bang. HeH+ is a positively charged stable molecule and the strongest acid known.
3) The correct option is None.
On April 26, 2019, President Donald Trump announced in his speech at an annual NRA meeting
that the United States will be withdrawing from the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) .
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is a multilateral treaty that regulates the international trade in
conventional weapons. It entered into force on 24 December 2014. 101 states have ratified the
treaty, and a further 34 states have signed but not ratified it. India, China and Russia have not
even signed it.
4) The correct option is Both.
The question was to select "incorrect" statements.
PepsiCo has sued the nine farmers of Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts of North Gujarat for
allegedly growing the FL2027 or FC5 variety of potatoes for which it has claimed Plant Variety
Protection (PVP) rights.
The Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Right Act, 2001 (PPVFR Act) is an Act of the
Parliament of India that was enacted to provide for the establishment of an effective system for
protection of plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders, and to encourage the
development and cultivation of new varieties of plants.
5) The correct option is Fungus.
Scientists have found how a common fungus — found virtually everywhere on the Earth — can
knock out our body‘s defence system, enabling a potentially fatal infection to develop. The
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fungus "Aspergillus fumigatus" can be found on damp walls or in spores that blow through the air
and cling to on wallpaper, mattresses and floors.
6) The correct option is Russia.
Russia‘s highest civilian award – the ―Order of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First,‖ will be
awarded to PM Narendra Modi for his work on bilateral ties.
7) The correct option is Venezuela.
The Miraflores Palace is the official workplace of the President of Venezuela.
8) The correct option is None.
The Solar Charkha Mission is a Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) initiative
launched during June 2018. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) would
implement the programme.
The objectives of the Scheme are as follows:
1. To ensure inclusive growth by generation of employment, especially for women and youth,
and sustainable development through solar charkha clusters in rural areas.
2. To boost rural economy and help in arresting migration from rural to urban areas.
3. To leverage low-cost, innovative technologies and processes for sustenance
9) The correct option is A only.
The question was to select "incorrect" statements.
The Board of Management(BoM)will report to the Board of Directors(BoD) which will continue to
oversee the general direction and control of a UCB.
10) The correct option is Winner is decided through a lot.
According to Section 102 of the Representation of the People Act, if there is equality of votes
and if one additional vote would entitle either of them to win, and if no decision has been made
by the Returning Officer under the provisions of the Act, then the High Court decides by a lot.
The candidate who wins the lottery wins the election. In 2017, for instance, in the election to
ward number 220 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Shiv Sena's Surendra Bagalkar
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and the BJP's Atul Shah got the same number of votes. The result was decided by lottery, and
Mr. Shah won
11) The correct option is World Bank.
http://iresearch.worldbank.org/servicetrade/aboutData.htm
There is also Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) by the OECD.
12) The correct option is B only.
The beluga whale is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is also known as the white whale, as it
is the only marine mammal of this colour. Its IUCN status is "Least Concern".
Beluga whales are restricted to the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. They feed in shallow,
coastal waters during the summer and near the ice edge in winter.
[Russia may be resorting to more unconventional methods of espionage these days, dragooning
Mother Nature into helping the country extend its spying capabilities. That‘s what Norway
officials think, at any rate, after the capture of a Beluga whale that was wearing a strange
Russian harness — presumably that a GoPro could fit into — that didn‘t seem to be related to
scientific work.]
13) The correct option is More than the age of the Universe.
Xenon-124 is an isotope of xenon that undergoes double electron capture to tellurium-124 with a
very long half life of 1.8×1022 years, more than 12 orders of magnitude longer than the age of
the universe ((13.799±0.021)×109 years). Such decays have been observed in the XENON1T
detector in Italy, and are the rarest processes ever directly observed.[10] Even slower decays
have been measured, but by detecting decay products that have accumulated over billions of
years rather than observing them directly.
14) The correct option is INS Kohassa.
INS Kohassa has been named after a White-Bellied Sea Eagle, which is a large bird of prey,
endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
NAS Shibpur was established in 2001 as a Forward Operating Air Base (FOAB) for enhanced
surveillance in North Andaman. Naval Air Station (NAS) Shibpur was commissioned as INS
Kohassa.
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The airfield provides sustained detached operations of Indian Navy, Indian Air Force and Coast
Guard aircraft. These aircraft undertake EEZ Surveillance, Anti-Poaching Missions, Search and
Rescue (SAR) and Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) missions within the ANC Area
of Responsibility.
15) The correct option is B only.
"Intensity" is a qualitative measure of how people experience earthquakes, rather than the
energy released, which is measured by the magnitude scale.
The Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale, also known as the MSK or MSK-64, is a macroseismic
intensity scale used to evaluate the severity of ground shaking on the basis of observed effects
in an area of the earthquake occurrence.
16) The correct option is 1,2,3.
According to Article 169, abolition of the Legislative council of the states does not need the
ratification of not more than half of the states.
17) The correct option is UNESCO.
The Gender Parity Index is a socioeconomic index usually designed to measure the relative
access to education of males and females. This index is released by UNESCO. In its simplest
form, it is calculated as the quotient of the number of females by the number of males enrolled in
a given stage of education.
18) The correct option is 1 and 2.
This refers to an electoral system in which the distribution of seats corresponds closely with the
proportion of the total votes cast for each party. This is a more complicated but representative
system than the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, which is used in India. If a party gets 40% of
the total votes, for example, a perfectly proportional system would allow it to get 40% of the
seats. Some countries used a combination of the proportional representation system and the
FPTP system.
19) The correct option is 1 only.
The Oath of office to the Vice President is administered by the President or some person
appointed in that behalf by him/her.
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20) The correct option is 2 only.
The Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha is a member of the house.
Ministers hold office till they enjoy confidence in the Parliament.
21) The correct option is None.
Both the statements are correct.
22) The correct option is 1 only.
Since India has an integrated judicial system, the Supreme Court of India has superintendence
and control over state high courts. However, the American supreme court doesn't have sucha
power.
Unlike the American Supreme Court, the Supreme court of India has advisory jurisdiction.
23) The correct option is 1 only.
Both the measures were the results of First Amendment act of 1951.
24) The correct option is 1 only.
Criminal proceedings can be instituted against them for acts done in their official capacity with
the prior permission of the President or the governor , where necessary.
Criminal Procedure Code says that, where a public servant who is not removable from his office
save by or with the sanction of the Central or State government is accused of an offence,
committed by him while acting or purporting to act in the discharge of his/her official duty , no
court can take cognizance of such offence without the previous sanction of the central
government or the state government, as the case may be.
25) The correct option is 1,2,3.
Lok Adalats are held for all these cases.
Lok Adalat is one of the alternative dispute redressal mechanisms, it is a forum where
disputes/cases pending in the court of law or at pre-litigation stage are settled/ compromised
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amicably. Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act,
1987.
Nature of Cases to be Referred to Lok Adalat
1. Any case pending before any court.
2. Any dispute which has not been brought before any court and is likely to be filed before the
court.
Provided that any matter relating to an offence not compoundable under the law shall not be
settled in Lok Adalat.
26) The correct option is 1 only.
A person cannot be a member of both Houses of Parliament at the same time. Thus , the
Representation of People Act(1951) provides for the following:
1. If a person is elected to both Houses of Parliament, he/she must intimate within 10 days in
which house he/she desires to serve. In default of such intimation, his/her seat in the rajya
Sabha becomes vacant.
2. If a sitting member of one House is also elected to other House, his seat in the first House
becomes vacant.
3. if a person is elected to two seats in a House, he/she should exercise his/her option for one.
Otherwise, both seats become vacant.
Similarly, a person cannot be a member of both the Parliament and the state legislature at the
same time. If a person is so elected, his/her seat in Parliament becomes vacant, if he/she
doesn't resign their seat in the state legislature within 14 days.
27) The correct option is 1,2,3,4
28) The correct option is 1 and 2.
A port trust is created by an Act of Parliament. It consists of both elected and nominated
members. It's Chairman is an official. It's civic functions are more or less similar to those of a
municipality.
29) The correct option is 1 only.
The service conditions of the Chief Elction Commissioner cannot be varied to his/her
disadvantage after his/her appointment.
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30) The correct option is 1,2,3.
All the mentioned statements are correct.
31) The correct option is 3 only.
The question was to choose the incorrectly matched.
The Battle of Kharda took place in 1795 between Nizam and Maratha Empire's Madhavrao II, in
which Nizam was badly defeated.
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 21 October 1764, during the Bengal War was between the
forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the
combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1763; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula;
and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. It was a decisive victory for the British East India
Company. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.
The Battle of Wandiwash was a decisive battle in India during the Seven Years' War. The Count
de Lally's army, burdened by a lack of naval support and funds, attempted to regain the fort at
Vandavasi, now in Tamil Nadu. He was attacked by Sir Eyre Coote's forces and decisively
defeated. The French general Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau and the French were then restricted
to Pondichéry, where they surrendered on 16 January 1761. Wandiwash is the Anglicised
pronunciation of Vandavasi.
32) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Warren Hastings , an English statesman, was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William
(Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and thereby the first de facto Governor-
General of Bengal from 1773 to 1785. In 1787, he was accused of corruption and impeached,
but after a long trial, he was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1814.
33) The correct option is Ishwar Cahndra Vidyasagar
34) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an
agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised
from land, with far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the
entire British Empire and the political realities of the Indian countryside. It was concluded in 1793
by the Company administration headed by Charles, Earl Cornwallis, also known as Lord
Cornwallis. It formed one part of a larger body of legislation enacted, known as the Cornwallis
Code. The Cornwallis Code of 1793 divided the East India Company's service personnel into
three branches: revenue, judicial, and commercial. Revenues were collected by zamindars,
native Indians who were treated as the landowners. This division created an Indian landed class
that supported British authority.However, by the Permanent Settlement Act of 1793, their power
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of keeping the armed forces were taken back. They remained just the tax collectors of the land.
There were considerably weakened as they were now banned from holding any court, as it was
brought under the supervision of collector appointed by the company. British officials believed
that investing in the land would improve the economy.
35) The correct option is 2 only.
The Bill was introduced during the Viceroyship of Lord Ripon. It proposed to give Indian judges
the right to conduct trial of Europeans.
36) The correct option is "British denial to cancel tax hike even after floods and famines.
In 1925, the taluka of Bardoli in Gujarat suffered from floods and famine, causing crop
production to suffer and leaving farmers facing great financial troubles. However, the
government of the Bombay Presidency had raised the tax rate by 30% that year, and despite
petitions from civic groups, refused to cancel the rise in the face of the calamities. The situation
for the farmers was grave enough that they barely had enough property and crops to pay off the
tax, let alone for feeding themselves afterwards.
The Gujarati activists Narhari Parikh, Ravi Shankar Vyas, and Mohanlal Pandya talked to village
chieftains and farmers, and solicited the help of Gujarat's most prominent freedom fighter,
Vallabhbhai Patel. Patel had previously guided Gujarat's farmers during the Kheda struggle, and
had served recently as Ahmedabad's municipal president. He was widely respected by common
Gujaratis across the state.
Patel told a delegation of farmers frankly that if they should realize fully what a revolt would
imply. He would not lead them unless he had the unanimous understanding and agreement of all
the villages involved. Refusing payment of taxes could lead to their property being confiscated,
including their lands, and many would go to jail. They could face complete decimation. The
villagers replied that they were prepared for the worst, but definitely could not accept the
government's injustice.
Patel first wrote to the Governor of Bombay, asking him to reduce the taxes for the year in face
of the calamities. But the Governor ignored the letter, and reciprocated by announcing the date
of collection.
Patel then instructed all the farmers of Bardoli taluka to refuse payment of their taxes. Aided by
Parikh, Vyas and Pandya, he divided Bardoli into several zones – each with a leader and
volunteers specifically assigned. Patel also placed some activists close to the government, to act
as informers on the movements of government offcials.
Above all, Patel instructed the farmers to remain completely non-violent, and not respond
physically to any incitements or aggressive actions from officials. He reassured them that the
struggle would not end until not only the cancellation of all taxes for the year, but also when all
the seized property and lands were returned to their rightful owners.
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37) The correct option is "The complete disruption of the old agrarian order of the tribal
communities".
This was a common factor behind all tribal insurrections.
38) The correct option is Thakkar Baba.
39) The correct option is 2-1-3.
Pitts India Act-1784.
Warren Hastings served as the Governor General Of Bengal from 1773- 1785.
The Battle of Chillianwala was fought in January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in the
Chillianwala region of Punjab (Mandi Bahauddin), now part of modern-day Pakistan. The battle
was one of the bloodiest fought by the British East India Company. Both armies held their
positions at the end of the battle and both sides claimed victory.The battle was a strategic check
to immediate British ambitions in India and a shock to British military prestige
40) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The revolt of 1857 brought about an end to the company rule and brought India under the direct
rule of the British queen.
Lord Canning was the Governor General during the revolt.
41) The correct option is 2 only.
There are five temples in all, each with its own unique identity. Each is named after the small
village in which it is located. These are:
Vimal Vasahi, dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankara, Shri Rishabhadev.
Luna Vasahi, dedicated to the 22nd Jain Tirthankara, Shri Neminatha.
Pittalhar, dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankar, Shri Rishabhadev.
Parshvanath, dedicated to the 23rd Jain Tirthankara, Shri Parshvanatha.
Mahavir Swami, dedicated to the last Jain Tirthankara, Shri Mahaviraswami.
Among all the five legendary marble temples of Dilwara, the most famous of those are the Vimal
Vasahi and the Luna Vasahi temples.
These Jain temples were built by Vimal Shah and designed by Vastupala-Tejpal, Jain ministers
of Dholka , between the 11th and 13th centuries AD and are famous for their use of marble and
intricate marble carvings.
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42) The correct option is 1 and 2
43) The correct option is Hindustani music.
Taan is a virtuoso technique used in the vocal performance of a raga in Hindustani classical
music. It involves the singing of very rapid melodic passages using vowels, often the long "a" as
in the word "far", and it targets at improvising and to expand weaving together the notes in a fast
tempo. It is similar to the technique ahaat, used in Arabic music.
The murki, a type of ornamentation, is a swift and taan-like movement that is heavily used in
thumri.
44) The correct option is 2 and 3.
Alkap is a rural dance drama performed in Jharkhand and parts of West Bengal.
Biraha dance is practised in Bihar. It is a portrayal of the pain of women , whose partners are
away from home.However, this dance is performed solely by males, who play the role of female
characters as well.
Jhumar is a popular harvest dance , performed by the tribal people of Jharkhand and Odisha.
45) The correct option is 1 only.
Panduranga Mahatmyam was written by Tenali Ramakrishna, who was the court jester and poet
in the court of Krishna Devaraya.
46) The correct option is Bhitarkanika national park.
Bhitarkanika National Park is the core area of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary located in the
north-east region of Kendrapara district in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It spreads over
145 km2 (56 sq mi) and is surrounded by the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary spread over 672
km2 (259 sq mi). It was designated as national park on 16 September 1998 and as a Ramsar
site by UNESCO on 19 August 2002. Gahirmatha Beach and Marine Sanctuary lies to the east,
and separates swamp region cover with canopy of mangroves from the Bay of Bengal.
The national park is home to Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), Indian python, King
cobra, black ibis, darters and many other species of flora and fauna.[1] It hosts a large number of
mangrove species, and is the second largest mangrove ecosystem in India.
The national park and wildlife sanctuary is inundated by the rivers Brahmani, Baitarani, Dhamra,
Pathsala.
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47) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a wild cat occurring from the Himalayan foothills
through mainland Southeast Asia into China. Since 2008, it is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN
Red List. Its total population is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a
decreasing population trend, and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults. It is
also known as the mainland clouded leopard, to distinguish it from the Sunda clouded leopard
(Neofelis diardi). It is the state animal of the Indian state of Meghalaya.
48) The correct option is 1 and 2.
49) The correct option is 1,2,3,4.
Phytoplanktons are limited to the uppermost layers of the Ocean where light intensity is sufficient
for photosynthesis to occur.
The major inorganic nutrients required by phytoplankton for growth and reproduction are
nitrogen and phosphorous.
Besides temperature, salinity also plays a major role in primary production.
50) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Saponins are a class of chemical compounds found in particular abundance in various plant
species. More specifically, they are amphipathic glycosides grouped phenomenologically by the
soap-like foam they produce when shaken in aqueous solutions, and structurally by having one
or more hydrophilic glycoside moieties combined with a lipophilic triterpene or steroid derivative
51) The correct option is Kosa.
Kosa was the term used to denote treasury. The rest were related with family relations.
52) The correct option is 2 only.
Jains believed in extremities of penance. The finest method of salvation in Jainism is called
Sallekhana which involves death by fasting.
53) The correct option is " Three main styles of Indian temple architecture".
54) The correct option is 1 and 2
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55) The correct option is 1 only.
The Harappan seals were an urban feature and were discovered from Urban centres of Indus
valley civilization sites.
We don't have much information about the administrative setup of Indus valley civilization since
their script remains undeciphered till now.Anyway , with the available information it is inferred
that religion had a backseat in Harappan civilization.
56) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Barabar rock cut caves are the oldest rock cut caves in India.They were originally made for the
Ajivikas during the Mauryan period.
Lepakshi temple is reknown for being one of the best repositories of mural paintings of the
Vijayanagar kings.
57) The correct option is " secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and Badakshan which bordered Kabul".
58) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Abdul Hamid Lahori was a traveller and historian during the period of Shah Jahan who later
became a court historian of Shah Jahan. He wrote the book Padshahnama also referred as
Badshahnama, about the reign of Shah Jahan. He has described Shah Jahan's life and activities
during the first twenty years of his reign in this book in great detail.
59) The correct option is 2 only.
Mongols came on their invasion of India during the reign of Iltutmish.
Ghiyas ud din Balban (reigned: 1266–1287) was the ninth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi.
He introduced the Persian festival of Nauroz in India.
60) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Ramananda was a 14th-century Vaishnava devotional poet saint, in the Ganges river region of
Northern India.The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the founder of the Ramanandi
Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times.
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He was the first Bhakti saint to use Hindi for the propagation of his message.
61) The correct option is 1,2,3.
To qualify as a biodiversity hotspot, a region must meet two strict criteria:
1. It must have at least 1,500 vascular plants as endemics — which is to say, it must have a high
percentage of plant life found nowhere else on the planet. A hotspot, in other words, is
irreplaceable.
2. It must have 30% or less of its original natural vegetation. In other words, it must be
threatened.
62) The correct option is 1 only.
India and Australia has more than half of world's Thorium reserve.
Monazite sands occur on east and west coasts and in some places in Bihar. But the largest
concentration of monazite sand is on the Kerala coast.
63) The correct option is 1 and 2.
A mantle plume is a proposed mechanism of convection of abnormally hot rock within the Earth's
mantle. Because the plume head partly melts on reaching shallow depths, a plume is often
invoked as the cause of volcanic hotspots, such as Hawaii or Iceland, and large igneous
provinces such as the Deccan and Siberian traps. Some such volcanic regions lie far from
tectonic plate boundaries, while others represent unusually large-volume volcanism near plate
boundaries or in large igneous provinces.
64) The correct option is 1,2,4.
From West to East Big cities Nearby This Line Are Following:-
State-City-Location From Equator
1-Gujrat-Gandhinagar-23′23
2-Rajasthan-Banswara-23′30
3-Madhya Pradesh-Bhopal-23′16
4-Chhatisgarh-Ambikapur-23′13
5-Jharkhand-Ranchi-23′34
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6-West Bengal-Durgapur-23′52
7-Tripura-Nutan Bazar-23′42
8-Mizoram-Sabual-23′48
65) The correct option is None.
Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, meteorological bomb, explosive
development, bomb cyclone or bombogenesis) is the rapid deepening of an extratropical
cyclonic low-pressure area. The change in pressure needed to classify something as explosive
cyclogenesis is latitude dependent.
This is a predominantly maritime, winter event, but also occurs in continental settings, even in
the summer. This process is the extratropical equivalent of the tropical rapid deepening.
Although their cyclogenesis is totally different from that of tropical cyclones, bombs can produce
winds of 74–95 mph, the same order as the first categories of the Saffir-Simpson scale and give
heavy precipitation. Even though only a minority of the bombs become so strong, some have
caused significant damage.
66) The correct option is 1 only.
The Sargasso Sea is a region of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an
ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas, it has no land boundaries. It is distinguished
from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often
calm blue water.
The sea is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream, on the north by the North Atlantic Current,
on the east by the Canary Current, and on the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current, a
clockwise-circulating system of ocean currents termed the North Atlantic Gyre. It lies between
70° and 40° W, and 20° to 35° N, and is approximately 1,100 km wide by 3,200 km long (700 by
2,000 statute miles). Bermuda is near the western fringes of the sea.
All the currents deposit the marine plants and refuse they carry into this sea, yet the ocean water
in the Sargasso Sea is distinctive for its deep blue color and exceptional clarity, with underwater
visibility of up to 61 m
67) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The weather in the month of October in the Indian sub-continent is called 'October heat'. During
October and November, with the apparent movement of the sun towards the south, the monsoon
trough or the low-pressure trough over the northern plains becomes weaker. This is gradually
replaced by a high-pressure system. The south-west monsoon winds weaken and start
withdrawing gradually. By the beginning of October, the monsoon withdraws from the northern
plains. The months of October and November form the period of transition from the hot rainy
season to dry winter conditions. The retreat of the monsoon is marked by clear skies and a rise
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moist and the weather becomes rather oppressive during the day and is commonly known as
October heat.
Most severe and devastating tropical cyclones originate in the Indian seas especially in the Bay
of Bengal during this time.
68) The correct option is 3 and 4.
After originating near near Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, the Subarnarekha traverses a long
distance through Ranchi ,Seraikela Kharsawan and East Singhbhum districts in the state.
Thereafter, it flows for shorter distances through Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal for
83 kilometres ) and Balasore district of Odisha. There, it flows for 79 kilometres and joins the Bay
of Bengal near Talsari. The total length of the river is 395 kilometres.
The Tapti River (or Tapi) is a river in central India between the Godavari and Narmada rivers. It
flows westwards over a length of 724 km before draining through the Gulf of Khambhat into the
Arabian Sea. It flows through Surat.
The river Tapti rises in saptura range .
69) The correct option is 1 only.
Bhabar is a naroow belt ranging between 8-10 km parallel to the Shiwalikfoothills at the break up
of the slope.As a result of this, the streams and rivers coming from the mountains deposit heavy
materials of rocks and boulders , and at times disappear in this zone. It doesn't have luxurious
vegetation.
However, the Tarai region has a luxurious growth of vegetation and houses a varied wild life.
70) The correct option is Arunachal Pradesh.
71) The correct option is None.
It is a pioneer project to provide strategic development to the horticulture sector, so as to
increase farmers‗ income. This project is being implemented by National Crop Forecast Centre
(MNCFC) using remote sensing technology and is likely to be completed in March 2018 in all the
states.
72) The correct option is 1 and 2.
FDI is an investment that a parent company makes in a foreign country. On the contrary, FII is
an investment made by an investor in the markets of a foreign nation.
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The FDI flows into the primary market, while the FII flows into secondary market.
While FIIs are short-term investments, the FDI‘s are long term investment.
FII can enter the stock market easily and also withdraw from it easily. But FDI cannot enter and
exit that easily.
The Foreign Direct Investment is considered to be more stable than Foreign Institutional
Investor.
73) The correct option is None.
A helicopter drop, or helicopter money, is a hypothetical, unconventional tool of monetary policy
that involves printing large sums of money and distributing it to the public in order to stimulate
the economy. Helicopter drop is largely a metaphor for unconventional measures to jumpstart
the economy during deflationary periods.
Fiscal stimulus refers to increasing government consumption or transfers or lowering taxes.
Effectively this means increasing the rate of growth of public debt, except that particularly
Keynesians often assume that the stimulus will cause sufficient economic growth to fill that gap
partially or completely.
74) The correct options is "It is the impact of the price levels of previous year on the calculation of
inflation".
75) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The scheme provides a web based system for redressal of consumers‗ grievances relating to
pricing and availability of medicines
It would serve as a robust e-governance tool for protection of consumers‗ interests through
effective implementation of the Drugs (Price Control) Order 2013
National pharmaceutical pricing authority (NPPA) will initiate action on any complaint within 48
hrs of its receipt.
76) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Micro-irrigation, also called localised irrigation, low volume irrigation, low-flow irrigation, or trickle
irrigation is an irrigation method with lower pressure and flow than a traditional sprinkler system.
Low volume irrigation is used in agriculture for row crops, orchards, and vineyards. It is also used
in horticulture in wholesale nurseries, in landscaping for civic, commercial, and private
landscapes and gardens, and in the science and practice of restoration ecology and
environmental remediation.
It reduces fertiliser and nutrient loss by reducing runoff.
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77) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Under Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana, at least one village (having a minimum of 100
households) will be identified in each of the revenue districts of the country, wherein endeavour
will be made to cover all households of that identified village with a minimum of one RPLI (Rural
Postal Life Insurance) policy each. Coverage of all households in the identified Sampoorna Bima
Gram village is the primary objective of this scheme.
All villages under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana will be brought under its ambit.
78) The correct option is 1 only.
A Limited Liability Partnership(LLP) shall be a body corporate and a legal entity separate from its
partners. It will have perpetual succession. Indian Partnership Act, 1932 shall not be applicable
to LLPs and there shall not be any upper limit on number of partners in an LLP unlike an
ordinary partnership firm where the maximum number of partners can not exceed 20.
The Registrar of Companies (RoC) shall register and control LLPs too.
79) The correct option is 1 only.
Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labor force is either left without work or is
working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero. It is unemployment
that does not affect aggregate output. An economy demonstrates disguised unemployment when
productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs.
Underemployment is the under-use of a worker due to a job that does not use the worker's skills,
or is part time, or leaves the worker idle.[2] Examples include holding a part-time job despite
desiring full-time work, and overqualification, where the employee has education, experience, or
skills beyond the requirements of the job
80) The correct option is 2 only.
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) is a government-owned
corporation in India. One of the public sector undertakings (PSU), it is wholly owned by the Union
Government and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty
Alleviation.
81) The correct option is 1 and 2.
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It aims to provide States with incentives to undertake essential urban sector reforms.
The Ministry has proposed to increase Reform Incentive Fund from Rs 500 crore during 2017-18
to over Rs 3,000 crore per year over the next three years.
The reforms to be undertaken by the States to receive incentives under URIF improve the
responsiveness of local real estate markets, increase resource mobilization in Urban Local
Bodies (ULBs), provide rigorous accounting of the management of public funds. The incentives
given to the states will be on a grant basis.
URIF receive funds from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and
Government of India.
82) The correct option is 1 only.
It is a centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) subsumes 3 erstwhile CSS schemes such as Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education
(TE).
It is an integrated Scheme for school education extending support to States from pre-school to
senior secondary levels for the first time.
83) The correct option is 1 and 2.
Employees' State Insurance Corporation under Ministry of Labour and Employment has recently
rolled out Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna
84) The correct option is None.
The question was to choose the incorrect one.
85) The correct option is Kalamsat.
India recently successfully launched military satellite Microsat-R for the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and students-built nano-satellite "Kalamsat" from Sriharikota
spaceport. The PSLV C44 is the first launch for the country's space agency in 2019.
Kalamsat is said to be the lightest satellite of India. Contributed by college students and the
members of a Chennai-based organisation -- Space Kidz India -- Kalamsat is the first to use PS4
(the fourth stage of the vehicle) as a platform to orbit around the earth.
The National Commission for Denotified Nomadic and Semi Nomadic Tribes (DNT/ NT/ SNT),
headed by "Bhiku Ramji Idate", was formed as part of its move to grant Constitutional protection
to these communities under a separate third schedule after Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes.
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A separate schedule would pave the way for bringing them under the cover of reservation in jobs
and education and the protection of Prevention of Atrocities Act. The Commission, had in its
report submitted to the ministry in January 2018 recommended that these ―most deprived‖
communities be recognised as Scheduled DNT/ NT/ SNT.
86) The correct option is Earth‘s atmosphere and outer space.
The Karman line is important for legal and regulatory measures; aircraft and spacecraft fall under
different jurisdictions and are subject to different treaties.
It is the internationally designated boundary between the Earth‘s atmosphere and outer space.
The Kármán Line is located at an altitude of 100 kilometers above the Earth‘s sea level.
The line is named after Theodore von Kármán (1881-1963), a Hungarian-American
mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist. He is known as the father of supersonic flight.
87) The correct option is B only.
Aanchal, the mother‘s milk bank established in 18 district government hospitals of Rajasthan,
has benefited about 20,000 infants and helped improve their nutrition levels. The bank collects
excess breast milk from lactating mothers and provides it to infants deprived of it.
Rajasthan is the first State in the country to establish a government-run community milk banking
system.
88) The correct option is the cleaning system of the brain cells.
Recently a study has pointed out that improving mitophagy — the cleaning system of the brain
cells — nearly removed the symptoms of Alzheimer‘s in the animals.
Mitophagy is the selective degradation of mitochondria by autophagy. Mitophagy is key in
keeping the cell healthy. It promotes turnover of mitochondria and prevents accumulation of
dysfunctional mitochondria which can lead to cellular degeneration.
In addition to the selective removal of damaged mitochondria, mitophagy is also required to
adjust mitochondrial numbers to changing cellular metabolic needs, for steady-state
mitochondrial turnover, and during certain cellular developmental stages, such as during cellular
differentiation of red blood cells.
89) The correct option is Ecology.
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Linnean shortfall is named after Karl von Linné, or Linnaeus (1707–1778), and refers to the
discrepancy between formally described species and the number of species that actually exist.
90) The correct answer is A only.
The Generalized System of Preferences, or GSP, is a preferential tariff system which provides
for a formal system of exemption from the more general rules of the World Trade Organization
(WTO).
Specifically, it is a system of exemptions from the most favored nation principle (MFN) that
obliges WTO member countries to treat the imports of all other WTO member countries no worse
than they treat the imports of their "most favored" trading partner. In essence, MFN requires
WTO member countries to treat imports coming from all other WTO member countries equally,
that is, by imposing equal tariffs on them. GSP exempts WTO member countries from MFN for
the purpose of lowering tariffs for the least developed countries, without also lowering tariffs for
rich countries.
91) The correct option is Both.
National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is a statutory Board constituted under the Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972. It is chaired by the Prime Minister. Its vice chairman is Minister of
Environment.
92) The correct option is None.
The question was to select "incorrect" statements.
93) The correct option is 1 and 3.
94) The correct option is 1 and 2.
The Talanoa Dialogue is a process designed to help countries implement and enhance their
Nationally Determined Contributions by 2020. The Dialogue was mandated by the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change to take stock of the collective global
efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, in line with the goals of the Paris
Agreement, which is to limit the rise in average global temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial
levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C.
The Talanoa Dialogue was launched at COP 23 under the Presidency of the Republic of Fiji, and
is a year-long process that will culminate in political discussions at COP 24 in Katowice, Poland,
where political leaders will be expected to signal their commitment to increasing the ambition of
their NDCs.
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The Talanoa Dialogue represents an opening up of the UN Climate Negotiations because non-
state actors are able to actively participate and submit their ideas for how national governments
can improve their emission reduction targets.
Talanoa is a traditional word used in Fiji and across the Pacific to reflect a process of inclusive,
participatory and transparent dialogue. The purpose of Talanoa is to share stories, build
empathy and to make wise decisions for the collective good. The process of Talanoa involves
the sharing of ideas, skills and experience through storytelling
95) The correct option is "It separates North and South New Zealand".
96) The correct option is Meghalaya.
Climate change and India: a 4x4 assessment - a sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s . This
new report prepared by INCCA, provides an assessment of impact of climate change in 2030s
on four key sectors of the Indian economy, namely Agriculture, Water, Natural Ecosystems &
Biodiversity(Forests) and Health in four climate sensitive regions of India, namely the Himalayan
region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area and the North-East Region.
97) The correct option is A and C.
The question was to select "incorrect" statements.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental
economic organisation with 36 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic
progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to
democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences,
seeking answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and
international policies of its members.
Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index
(HDI) and are regarded as developed countries. As of 2017, the OECD member states
collectively comprised 62.2% of global nominal GDP (US$49.6 trillion) and 42.8% of global GDP
(Int$54.2 trillion) at purchasing power parity. OECD is an official United Nations observer.
Chile is a member of OECD.
The 34 OECD member countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
98) The correct option is Mythological Character.
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The Indian army recently stated it has discovered footprints in the Himalayas that appear to
belong to a "yeti", known in the United States as bigfoot or the abominable snowman.
The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a folkloric ape-like creature taller than an average human,
that is said to inhabit the Himalayan mountains. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly
used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology.
Recent scientific studies have ascribed the identity of yetis to the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus
arctos isabellinus), the Tibetan brown bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus) and the Himalayan black
bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger).
99) The correct option is Butterfly.
The Nilgiri Plain Ace, a butterfly species, was rediscovered after 130 years, during the Larsen
memorial butterfly survey, conducted by the Wynter-Blyth Association (WBA) and the Forest
Department.
The WBA added that a total of 301 different species of butterflies had been recorded in the
Nilgiris previously. Three new species were recorded for the first time – The Pale Green Awlet,
The Extra Lascar, and Many Tailed Oak Blue – while 18 recorded species need further
investigation and identification.
100) The correct option is an inadequacy of information on the geographic distribution of species.
This amounts to a Wallacean shortfall, named after British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
(1823-1913): an inadequacy of information on the geographic distribution of species.
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