PRELIMS 2017 REVISION TEST 11

Solution: a)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 3

Deccani painting is a Deccan form of miniature painting, evolved in south-western India—(also known as Deccan), during the inception of Bahmani Sultanate in 1347 AD. The style developed under the patronage of Deccan sultanates—( namely, Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, and Berar ) and lasted until the extinct of the Qutb Shahi dynasty in 1687 AD.

It lost its features under Mughals.

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

Solution: a)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 5

The charter act of 1833 is also known as Saint Helena Act 1833. (you will know answer if you had studied carefully the test question)

It is one of the very important Charter Acts.

The Saint Helena Act 1833 or The Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will 4 c 85) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

As this Act was also intended to provide for an extension of the royal charter granted to the East India Company, it is also called the Charter Act of 1833.^[3] This Act extended the charter by 20 years. It contained the following provisions:

• It redesignated the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India. Under this provision Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India.
• It deprived the Governors of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers. For the first time, the Governor-General’s Government was known as the ‘Government of India’ and his council as the ‘India Council’. The Governor-General and his executive council were given exclusive legislative powers for the whole of British India.
• It ended the activities of the British East India Company as a commercial body and it became a purely administrative body. In particular, the Company lost its monopoly on trade with China and other parts of the Far East.
• It attempted to introduce a system of open competitions for the selection of civil servants. However this provision was negated after opposition from the Court of Directors who continued to hold the privilege of appointing Company officials.
• The island of Saint Helena was vested in His Majesty.^[4]

With the exception of section 112, vesting Saint Helena in the monarchy, the act was repealed by the Government of India Act 1915

Solution: c)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 6

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

Solution: b)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 8

Tributaries of Krishna

Solution: c)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 11

http://blog.artoflegendindia.com/2010/12/bengal-school-of-arts-heritage-of.html

Solution: b)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 20

They belong to Pallava Dynasty. They depict Mahabharata figures.

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

Solution: b)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 24

Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank became part of the State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday, catapulting the country’s largest lender to among the top 50 banks in the world.

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT), besides Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), merged with SBI with effect from 1 April 2017.

Solution: a)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 26

DPC and CMP are different. CMP should send its development plan to the state government, not to DPC (which sends its own plan to state government)

Please read few basics about all the bodies mentioned in solution (Q 26).

http://www.sanchitha.ikm.in/node/2307

http://www.sanchitha.ikm.in/node/2306

Solution: a)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 35

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

It is not yet a UNESCO World heritage site.

Solution: d)

Insights Prelims Tests 2017, Test 19, Q 42

It’s Hindu temple complex.

It has both Shaivaite and Vaishnavaite dieties.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasa_temple,_Ellora

Solution: d)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 7

Rajgir (originally known as Girivraj) is a city and a notified area in Nalanda district in the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Rajgir (ancient Rājagṛha; Pali: Rājagaha; Hindi: राजगृह) was the first capital of the kingdom of Magadha, a state that would eventually evolve into the Mauryan Empire. Its date of origin is unknown, although ceramics dating to about 1000 BC have been found in the city. This area is also notable in Jainism and Buddhism[3] as one of the favorite places for Lord Mahavira and Gautama Buddha and the well known “Atanatiya” conference was held at Vulture’s Peak mountain.

Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara spent fourteen years of his life at Rajgir and Nalanda, spending Chaturmas (i.e. 4 months of the rainy season) at a single place in Rajgir (Rajgruhi) and the rest in the places in the vicinity. It was the capital of one of his Shravaks(follower) King Shrenik. Thus Rajgir is a very important religious place for Jains.The twentieth Jain tirthankara, Munisuvrata is supposed to have been born here.An ancient temple(about 1200 years old) dedicated to Munisuvrat bhagwan is also present here along with many other jain temples.This temple is also a place for four Kalyanakas of Bhagwan Munisuvratnath.

Solution: b)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 7 – 8

It is in Mathura district of UP.

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

Solution: b)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 8-9

It was taken away from Maharaja Ranjit Singh (either forcibly or as a gift).

The return of Kohinoor diamond to India has been a long-standing demand, with many claiming that the diamond was taken forcibly. The fight to get back the diamond has been ongoing since India’s independence.  The Indian government, believing the gem was rightfully theirs, made the first demand for the return of the Kohinoor diamond soon after independence. A second request followed in 1953, the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Each time, the British government refuted the claims, saying that ownership was non-negotiable

Solution: d

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 10

In total, there have been 78 tropical cyclones globally in 2016 as of October 31, close to the long-term average.  The most significant, in terms of casualties, was Hurricane Matthew affecting Haiti and parts of the U.S. Typhoon Lionrock caused destructive flooding and heavy casualties in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Cyclone Winston was the most severe tropical storm on record to affect Fiji.

Solution: a)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 12

California state with highest population has largest electoral votes.

Solution: c)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 32-33

The scheme is aimed at ensuring that every pregnant woman undergoes essential checkup during pregnancy to avoid unnecessary complication. This is expected to significantly bring down maternal deaths, mainly in rural areas.  Scheme is applicable to women through their third to sixth month of pregnancy.  A key feature of the scheme includesservices by gynaecology specialists and physicians with support from private sector doctors to supplement the efforts of the government sector.  Under the scheme, pregnant women will be provided special antenatal check-up in theirsecond or third trimester at government health care facilities. These services include ultrasound, blood and urine tests, in addition to routine antenatal check-up.  It also invitesthe private sector to provide free ante-natalservices(ANC) on the 9th of every month on a voluntary basis to pregnant women, especially those living in under-served, semi-urban, poor and rural areas.

Solution: d)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 34

Pneumonia is usually caused by infection with viruses or bacteria and less commonly by other microorganisms, certain medications and conditions such as autoimmune diseases.

Solution: a)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 35

Brucellosis[2][3] is a highly contagious zoonosis caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or undercooked meat from infected animals, or close contact with their secretions.[4] Brucella species are small, gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. They function as facultative intracellular parasites, causing chronic disease, which usually persists for life. Four species infect humans: B. abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, and B. suis. B. abortus is less virulent than B. melitensis and is primarily a disease of cattle. B. canis affects dogs. B. melitensis is the most virulent and invasive species; it usually infects goats and occasionally sheep. B. suis is of intermediate virulence and chiefly infects pigs. Symptoms include profuse sweating and joint and muscle pain. Brucellosis has been recognized in animals and humans since the 20th century.

Solution: c)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 47

A fast neutron reactor or simply a fast reactor is a category of nuclear reactor in which the fission chain reaction is sustained by fast neutrons. Such a reactor needs no neutron moderator, but must use fuel that is relatively rich in fissile material when compared to that required for a thermal reactor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast-neutron_reactor

Solution: b)

Insights Current Affairs, November 2016, Page 47 – 48

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) was created in December 1999. The successor to the secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, it was established to ensure the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (General Assembly (GA) resolution 54/219). UNISDR is part of the United Nations Secretariat and its functions span the social, economic, environmental as well as humanitarian fields. UNISDR supports the implementation, follow-up and review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan. The Sendai Framework is a 15-year voluntary, non-binding agreement that maps out a broad, people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction, succeeding the 2005-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action