TEST-76- INSIGHTS IAS REVISION PLAN FOR PRELIMS 2019 – DAILY REVISION TESTS: 29 May 2019

East India Company’s monopoly of India trade was abolished by the

Consider the following statements regarding Tattwabodini Sabha.

1. It was a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj.

2. It was founded by Debendranath Tagore.

3. Its main objective was to promote a rational and humanist form of Hinduism based on the Vedanta.

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Who drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the Karachi session of Congress in 1931 ?

Consider the following statements regarding Madan Mohan Malaviya.

1. He took a vow not to join any legislative council.

2. He was the founder of Ganga Mahasabha.

3. He opposed the separate electorates for Muslims under the Lucknow Pact of 1916.

4. He was a President of the Indian National Congress (INC).

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G. Subramanya Aiyar founded which of the following publications?

1. The Hindu
2. Swadesamitran
3. Madras Express

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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I                                                    List-II

1. Butler Committee Report                             1. Jallianwala Bagh Report massacre
2. Hurtog Committee Report                           2. Relationship between the Indian State and the Paramount Power
3. Hunter Inquiry Committee Report            3. Working of Dyarchy as laid down in the Montague Chelmsford Reforms
4. Muddiman Committee Report                    4. The growth of education in British India and potentialities of its further progress

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Consider the following statements

The Non-Cooperation Movement led to

1. Hindu-Muslims unity

2. Removal of fear of the British might from the minds of the people

3. British government’s willingness to grant political concessions to Indians

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 Consider the following statements regarding Jawaharlal Nehru

1. He was the president of the Congress Party in 1947

2. He presided over the Constituent Assembly

3. He formed the first Congress ministry in United Province before India’s independence

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the:

Sharm El Sheikh Declaration, 2018, recently in news is related to

Global Food Policy Report is released by

 Modern Slavery Innovation Fund, recently seen in news is the initiative of which country?

What is/are common to the two historical places known as Ajanta and Mahabalipuram?

1.Both were built in the same period.

2.Both belong to the same religious denomination.

3.Both have rock-cut monuments.

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With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements:

1.The concept of Bodhisattva is central to Hinayana sect of Buddhism.

2.Bodhisattva is a compassionate one on his way to enlightenment.

3.Bodhisattva delays achieving his own salvation to help all sentient beings on their path to it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who of the following had first deciphered the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?

Which of the following is/are tributary/tributaries of Brahmaputra?

1. Dibang
2. Kameng
3. Lohit

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The FAO accords the status of ‘Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)’ to traditional agricultural systems. What is the overall goal of this initiative?

1. To provide modern technology, training in modern farming methods and financial support to local communities of identified GIAHS so as to  greatly enhance their agricultural productivity
2. To identify and safeguard eco-friendly traditional farm practices and their associated landscapers, agricultural biodiversity and knowledge systems of the local communities
3. To provide Geographical Indication status to all the varieties of agricultural produce in such identified GIAHS

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Consider the following statements.

1. The rate of population growth is increasing in the country

2. The death rate is declining faster in the country compared to birth rate

3. The birth rate is declining faster in the country compared to death rate

4. Rural-urban migration is taking place regularly in the country

Which one of the following conclusions may be true in the light of the above facts?

Consider the following statement:

“We shall go either for a picnic or for trekking”.

Which of the following, if true, would falsify this claim?

Five people A, B, C, D and E are seated about a round table. Every chair is spaced equidistant from adjacent chairs.

(i) C is seated next to A

(ii) A is seated two seats from D

(iii) B is not seated next to A

On the basis of above information, which of the following must be true?

1. D is seated next to B

2. E is seated next to A

3. D and C are separated by two seats

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There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular product from a customer. The firm produces 1000 quantity of that product per out of which 5% are unfit for sale. In how many days will the order be completed?

 We are witnessing a dangerous dwindling of biodiversity in our food supply. The green revolution is a mixed blessing. Over time farmers have come to rely heavily on broadly adapted, high yield crops to the exclusion of varieties adapted to the local conditions. Monocropping vast fields with the same genetically uniform seeds helps boost yield and meet immediate hunger needs. Yet high-yield varieties are also genetically weaker crops that require expensive chemical fertilizers and toxic pesticides. In our focus on increasing the amount of food we produce today, we have accidentally put ourselves at risk for food shortages in future.

Which among the following is the most logical and critical inference that can be made from the above passage?

 Anita’s mathematics test had 70 problems carrying equal marks i.e., 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra and 30 geometry. Although she answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the algebra and 60% of the geometry problems correctly, she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% marks. The number of more questions she would have to answer correctly to earn a 60% passing marks is:

 The nature of the legal imperatives in any given state corresponds to the effective demands that state encounters, and that these, in their turn, depend, in a general way, upon the manner in which economic power is distributed in the society which the state controls.

The statement refers to:

 A person walks 12 km due north, then 15 km due east, after that 19 km due west and then 15 km due south. How far is he from the starting point?