Insights Prelims Revision 2017 Test – 44

Solution: b)
Tilak made it very clear that he did not want to overthrow the British government. What he wanted instead was Swaraj. These words of his brought him closer to the moderates. This stand of Tilak was responsible for the merger of the two streams (moderates and extremists) at the Lucknow session of Congress.

Solution: d)
There were only 22 casualties and that too were in India, not in Canada. The ship was simply returned from Canada without letting it enter their premises.
It fuelled Ghadr movement as it involved mainly the Punjabi Sikh and Muslim population. The Ghadr leaders could sympathize with the victims.

Solution: c)
With a view to revamping financial-sector laws to bring them in tune with current requirements, the GoI set up the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) on 24 March 2011. The Commission submitted its Report on 22 March 2013. The FSLRC has given wide-ranging recommendations on the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework, and operational changes in the Indian financial sector. Broadly, the recommendations of the Commission can be divided into two parts, legislative and non-legislative aspects.
The legislative aspects of the recommendations relate to revamping the legislative framework of the financial-sector regulatory architecture through a non-sectoral, principle-based approach and by restructuring existing regulatory agencies and creating new agencies wherever needed. The Commission has recommended a sevenagency structure for the financial sector.
The non-legislative aspects of the FSLRC recommendations are broadly in the nature of governance-enhancing principles for enhanced consumer protection, greater transparency in the functioning of financial-sector regulators in terms of their reporting system, greater clarity on their interface with the regulated entities, and greater transparency in the regulation making process by means of mandatory public consultations, incorporation of cost-benefit analysis, etc.

Solution: b

Atmospheric gases such as nitrogen and oxygen can dissolve in water. The amount of gas dissolved depends on the temperature of the water and the atmospheric pressure at the air/water interface. Colder water and higher pressure allow more gas to dissolve; conversely, warmer water and lower pressure allow less gas to dissolve.
When you draw a glass of cold water from your faucet and allow it to warm to room temperature, nitrogen and oxygen slowly come out of solution, with tiny bubbles forming and coalescing at sites of microscopic imperfections on the glass. If the atmospheric pressure happens to be falling as the water warms, the equilibrium between gas molecules leaving and joining the air/water interface becomes unbalanced and tips in favor of them leaving the water, which causes even more gas to come out of solution. Hence bubbles along the insides of your water glass.
An air bubble in water that is shaped like a normal glass lens would have roughly the opposite effect of the glass lens. There are at least three ways to see why.
The first way is by analogy. If we consider a convex bubble and a concave glass lens in air or vacuum, we can see that the interface between water and air in the bubble and the glass and air in the lens is really exactly the same: the material with the higher index (water or glass) curves in and the material with the lower index of refraction curves out. The only difference is that with the bubble, two of these interfaces are face to face and in the lens, they are back to back. Thus the convex bubble and the concave lens should behave the same.
The second way to analyze the problem is to do some ray tracing. A ray of light is bent toward the perpendicular when entering a higher index medium (like water or glass) and away from the perpendicular when exiting a higher index medium. For a concave bubble, a ray going through the center of the bubble will not be refracted at all at either transition. A ray perpendicular to the plane of the “lens” formed by the bubble will be refracted away from the center of the bubble as it enters the bubble and then only partially back toward the original direction as it exits the bubble. The net effect is one of divergence.
The third method is to analyze a spherical lens using the lens-maker’s formula. This will give a negative focal length for a convex lens of air inside water.

Solution: b)
This evoked a strong response from Nehru and his colleagues. Gandhi was certain that if Jinnah is made the PM, he would stop making demand for a separate Pakistan.

Solution: d)
Denotified Tribes (DNTs), also known as vimukta jat1, are the tribes that were originally listed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as Criminal Tribes and “addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences.” Once a tribe became “notified” as criminal, all its members were required to register with the local magistrate, failing which they would be charged with a crime under the Indian Penal Code. The Criminal Tribes Act of 1952 repealed the notification, 1.e. ‘de-notified’ the tribal communities. This act, however, was replaced by a series of Habitual Offenders Acts, that asked police to investigate a suspect’s criminal tendencies and whether his occupation is “conducive to settled way of life.” The denotified tribes were reclassified as habitual offenders in 1959.
The creation of these categories should be seen in the context of colonialism. The British authorities listed them separately by creating a category of castes or tribes labelled as criminal.
The name “Criminal Tribes” is itself a misnomer as no definition of tribe denotes occupation, but they were identified as tribes doing their primary occupation. The first Census was in 1871 and at that time there was neither consensus nor any definition of “tribe”. The terms “tribe” and “caste” were used interchangeably for these communities.

Solution: d)
A speaker giving part of his or her speaking time to another speaker. While this practice is allowed in some legislative bodies, it is not allowed in deliberative assemblies, unless specifically authorized in the rules.

Solution: b)
Radial tyres increase the life of the tyre and the high speed of the vehicle.
Catalytic converter reduces the pollution emitted by the vehicle.
Streamlined body helps the car overcome air friction and thus reduce energy and the amount of fuel taken to cover the same distance.

Solution: d)
The deposit made by a candidate shall be returned if the following conditions are satisfied:-

(i) the candidate is not shown in the list of contesting candidates, that is to say, either his nomination was rejected or after his nomination was accepted, he withdrew his candidature; or

(ii) he dies before the commencement of the poll; or

(iii) he is elected; or

(iv) he is not elected but gets more than 1/6th of the total no. of valid votes polled by all the candidates at the election.

N.B (1) If the candidate has polled exactly 1/6th of the total number of valid votes

polled by all the candidates, the deposit will not be refunded.

(2) if the candidate was elected, the deposit will be refunded even if he did not poll more than 1/6th of the total valid votes polled by all the candidates.

Hence, if the number of candidates is very large, very few will be able to secure onesixth of votes. Others will lose the deposit.

Solution: a)
In ecology, edge effects refer to the changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two habitats. Areas with small habitat fragments exhibit especially pronounced edge effects that may extend throughout the range. As the edge effects increase, the boundary habitat allows for greater biodiversity.
Types:
 Inherent—Natural features stabilize the border location.
 Induced—Transient natural disturbances (e.g., fire or flood) or human related activities, subject borders to successional changes over time.
 Narrow—One habitat abruptly ends and another begins (e.g., an agricultural field.)
 Wide (ecotone)—Substantial distance separates border from point where physical conditions and vegetation do not differ from interior of patch.
 Convoluted—Border is non-linear.
 Perforated—Border has gaps that host other habitats.
Height can create borders between patches as well

Solution: d

Effective discount = 1 – (0.8 * 0.7 * 0.5) = 1 – 0.28 = 0.72

Selling Price = 200 (1 – 0.72) = 56

Solution: b

Solution: a

if largest number is ‘a’, smallest will be a-100

Average in A.P = n/2(smallest + largest)

750 = 5/2(a-100+a)

a = 200

Solution: d

Solution: b.

All the male member of the family went out to take part in a picnic. It is given that daughters were invited to a feast. Nothing is specified about men’s wife. Hence, the statement that the man’s wife is likely to be left at home is true.

Solution: a.

Total students = 130

Total students failed= (62 + 52) – 24 = 114 – 24 = 90 Number of students passed finally= 130 – 90 = 40

Solution: a.

A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of the number is divisible by 9, so least value for x = 1

8+4+5+6+7+3+2 = 35 => 8

Solution: c.

Surface area of the sphere =  4πr²

Surface area of the cone = πr(r + l) where l = √r²+h²

Solution: d.

Solution: c