TEST-62- INSIGHTS IAS REVISION PLAN FOR PRELIMS 2019 – DAILY REVISION TESTS: 15 May 2019

Solution: D

All the statements given above are correct.

Solution: C

Surendranath Banerjee was one of the earliest political leaders during the British Rule. He
founded the newspaper “The Bengalee” in 1879 and founded the Indian National Association
with Anandmohan Bose, the first Indian political organization of its kind on July 26, 1876.

Rabindranath Tagore was the founder of the weekly Hitabadi (1891).

Krishna Kumar Mitra (1852-1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist and leader of the Brahmo Samaj. He is remembered for his contributions to the Swadeshi movement through his
journal Sanjibani.

Solution: D

In the year 1917-18, severe famine conditions and plague affected the Indian farmers and
people’s. So, in Ahmedabad mill owners given a bonus to the workers and asked them to return
the bonus partially. After conditions got improved, workers demanded an extension of salary
but the mill owners were against the demand.

So, in 1918, Gandhiji intervened in a dispute between the workers and mill owners and he took a fast death to force a compromise. Finally, the mill owner agreed to give rise of 35 percent in wages to the workers. It also led to the formation of Textile Labour Association. The Association completed 100 years in 2018.

Solution: D

Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in 1894. This organisation led non-violent protests against the oppressive treatment of the white people towards the native Africans and Indians.

Started newspaper: Indian Opinion.

Found Passive Resistance Association.

Found Tolstoy farm with the help of Kallenbach.

During the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, Gandhi gathered around 1,100 Indians and organised the Indian Ambulance Corps for the British but the ethnic discrimination and torture continued on Indians.

Solution: C

Kanaklata Barua also called Birbala and Shaheed Kanaklata Barua was an Indian freedom fighter
from Assam who was shot dead while leading a procession bearing the National Flag during the
Quit India Movement of 1942.

Gaidinliu was a Rongmei Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement of her cousin Haipou Jadonang.

Solution: C

Both the statements are correct.

Solution: D    

Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy was a great social reformer. In 1921, during the anti-liquor campaign he cut down 1000 coconut trees in his own farm.

In 1924, he took an active part in the Vaikom Satyagraha. The objective of the Satyagraha was to secure for untouchables the right to use a road near a temple at Vaikom in Kerala.

Solution: D

She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.

She became an active member of Congress Party after marrying Asaf Ali and participated in public processions during the Salt Satyagraha.

In 1954, she helped form the National Federation of Indian Women, the women’s wing of CPI but left the party in 1956 following Nikita Khrushchev’s disowning of Stalin.

Solution: B

The Komagata Maru incident provoked revolutionary nationalistic response in India.

It was a Japanese steamship that sailed from Hong Kong to Vancouver, Canada via Japan in 1914. It was carrying 376 passengers who were immigrants from Punjab, India. Of these, only 24 were granted admittance in Canada when the ship docked in Vancouver. At that time, Canada had laws restricting entry of migrants of Asian origin.

Solution: A

Sister Nivedita met Swami Vivekananda in 1895 in London and travelled to Calcutta, India in 1898. Her 150^th birth anniversary was celebrated recently.

Swami Vivekananda gave her the name Nivedita (meaning “Dedicated to God”) when he initiated her into the vow of Brahmacharya in 1898.

Nivedita had close associations with the newly established Ramakrishna Mission. However, because of her active contribution in the field of Indian Nationalism, she had to publicly dissociate herself from the activities of the Ramakrishna Mission under the then president Swami Brahmananda.

She started taking interest in the teachings of Gautama Buddha, Swami Vivekananda as alternate source of peace and benediction.

Solution: A

The statue of Gomateshvara at Sravanabelagola represents Bahubali not last Thirthankara – Mahavir.

Solution: B

World Development Report. The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published since 1978 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World Bank. Each WDR provides in-depth analysis of a specific aspect of economic development.

Solution: A

The 93rd Constitutional Amendment allows the government to make special provisions for “advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens”, including their admission in aided or unaided private educational institutions.

Solution: D

Solution: D

https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/shinkansen/

Solution: D

Cyclone-30, the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application became operational this month when 30 MeV beam reached the Faraday Cup for the first time last week. Subsequently, beam from this facility was used to produce ¹⁸F (Fluorine-18 isotope) for the preparation of [¹⁸ FlFluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), a radio-pharmaceutical used by Board of Radiation & Isotope Technology (BRIT).

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=183536

WAYU is developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research –National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) as a part of Technology Development Project being funded by Department of Science and Technology.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=183664

Solution: C

Both the statements are correct.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=183787

Solution: B

Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) is an independent body constituted to give advice on economic and related issues to the Government of India, specifically to the Prime Minister.

The Council consists of economists of high repute and eminence: Dr. Bibek Debroy (Chairman), Shri Ratan P. Watal (Member Secretary), Dr. Rathin Roy (Part-Time Member), Dr. Ashima Goyal (Part-Time Member) and Dr. Shamika Ravi (Part-Time Member).

http://eacpm.gov.in/

Solution: D

All the statements are correct.

https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/cabinetcommittees/english/1_Upload_805.pdf

Solution: C

http://polioeradication.org/who-we-are/

Solution: C

Both the statements are correct.

https://www.insightsonindia.com/2019/04/01/environment-pollution-prevention-and-control-authority-epca/

Solution: B

The International Civil Aviation Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations.

Solution: C

Uniting for Consensus (UfC) is a movement, nicknamed the Coffee Club, that developed in the 1990s in opposition to the possible expansion of permanent seats in the United Nations Security Council.

Under the leadership of Italy, it aims to counter the bids for permanent seats proposed by G4 nations (Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan) and is calling for a consensus before any decision is reached on the form and size of the Security Council.

Solution: A

Yazidis largely found in Iraq and Syria.

Tashkent is located in Uzbekistan.

Solution: C

https://olc.worldbank.org/content/global-solar-atlas