DAY – 61 ( INSTA REVISION TEST – 61 )INSTA REVISION PLAN 3.0, 2021

Solution: C

The Sannyasi rebellion or Sannyasi Revolt (1770-1820) were the activities of sannyasis and fakirs in Bengal against the East India Company rule in the late 18th century.

The reminder of the Rebellion is in literature, in the Bengali novel Anandamath, written by India’s first modern novelist Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

Solution: D

National Board for Wildlife (NBWL):

• National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is a statutory Board constituted in 2003 under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
• It is the apex body tasked with according permissions for forest land diversions for industrial development. The NBWL is a multi member body, chaired by the Prime Minister.
• No alteration of the boundaries of a National Park except on a recommendation of the National Board.
• No alteration or de-notification of Tiger Reserves without the approval of the National Board for Wildlife.

Solution: A

Moinuddin Chishti (1143–1236 CE), known more commonly or  Khwājā Ghareeb Nawaz, was the first saint of chisti sufi order in South Asia. He was the contemporary of Prithivraj Chauhan (1166–1192 CE).

Baba Farid, Qutubuddin Bhaktiyar Kaki, Salim Chisti, Khwaja Banda Nawaz or Gesu Daraz, Nasir-ud-in Chirag Dehalvi  are all saints of the Chisti Order.

Though most of the sufi orders led a pious and austere life, the Suhrwardi order accepted offices in royal courts.

The Sufi orders are broadly divided into two: Ba-shara – Those who followed the Islamic Sharia Law and Be-shara – Those who were not bound by the Islamic Sharia law.

Solution: B

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is a statutory multi-disciplinary body established by the Government of India under the MoEFCC. It’s not an autonomous body

Under Section 38 (Z) of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, it is mandated:

• To collect and collate intelligence related to organized wildlife crime activities.
• To disseminate the same to State and other enforcement agencies for immediate action so as to apprehend the criminals.
• To establish a centralized wildlife crime data bank.
• Co-ordinate actions by various agencies in connection with the enforcement of the provisions of the Act.
• Assist foreign authorities and international organization concerned to facilitate co-ordination and universal action for wildlife crime control.
• It also assists and advises the Customs authorities in inspection of the consignments of flora & fauna as per the provisions of Wild Life Protection Act, CITES and EXIM Policy governing such an item.

It is to combat organized wildlife crime in the country.

Solution: C

India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC):

Some of the salient points of the INDC are:

• To put forward and further propagate a healthy and sustainable way of living based on traditions and values of conservation and moderation.
• To adopt a climate-friendly and a cleaner path than the one followed hitherto by others at corresponding level of economic development.
• To reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 per cent by 2030 from 2005 level.
• To achieve about 40 per cent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030, with the help of transfer of technology and low cost international finance, including from Green Climate Fund.
• To create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
• To better adapt to climate change by enhancing investments in development programmes in sectors vulnerable to climate change, particularly agriculture, water resources, Himalayan region, coastal regions, health and disaster management.
• To mobilize domestic and new and additional funds from developed countries to implement the above mitigation and adaptation actions in view of the resource required and the resource gap.

To build capacities, create domestic framework and international architecture for quick diffusion of cutting edge climate technology in India and for joint collaborative R&D for such future technologies.

Solution: A

The ILO convention 189 on domestic workers mainly aims to provide domestic worker a decent working condition with daily and weekly (at least 24 h) rest hours, entitlement to minimum wage, to choose the place where they live and spend their leave and protective measures against violence etc.

Indian Health Fund was launched in 2016 by Tata Trusts in collaboration with The Global Fund, to drive innovations towards key infectious disease challenges in India.
It supports individuals and organisations with already germinated innovative strategies, services, products, such that they become sustainable and scalable solutions in addressing TB and malaria.
The initiative is a long-term exercise aligned with country’s goal of eliminating TB by 2025 and malaria
by 2030. It will promote innovative solutions such that they are widely accessible and are affordable.

Solution: A

Justification:

The Dīn-i Ilāhī was a syncretic religion propounded by the Mughal emperor Akbar the Great in 1582 AD, intending to merge the best elements of the religions of his empire, and thereby reconcile the differences that divided his subjects. From the discussions he led at the Ibādat Khāna, Akbar concluded that no single religion could claim the monopoly of truth. This inspired him to create the Dīn-i Ilāhī in 1582. Various pious Muslims, among them the Qadi of Bengal and the seminal Sufi personality Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, responded by declaring this to be blasphemy to Islam.

The purported Din-i-Ilahi was more of an ethical system and Din-i-Ilahi prohibits lust, sensuality, slander and pride, considering them sins.

Piety, prudence, abstinence and kindness are the core virtues. The soul is encouraged to purify itself through yearning of God.

Celibacy is respected and the slaughter of animals is forbidden.

There are neither sacred scriptures nor a priestly hierarchy in this religion. To commemorate Din-e-Ilahi, he changed the name of Prayag to Allahabad (pronounced as ilahabad) in 1583.

Din-i- Ilahi believed in one God

Solution: B

Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. It is constituted by the president of India every fifth year or at such earlier time as he considers necessary.

The Constitution authorises the Parliament to determine the qualifications of members of the commission and the manner in which they should be selected. Accordingly, the Parliament has specified the qualifications of the chairman and members of the commission

The recommendations made by the Finance Commission are only of advisory nature and hence, not binding on the government. It is up to the Union government to implement its recommendations on granting money to the states.

Solution: D

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted on 4 August 2009, which describes the modalities of the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21a of the Indian Constitution. India became one of 135 countries to make education a fundamental right of every child when the Act came into force on 1 April 2010.

The Act makes education a fundamental right of every child between the ages of 6 and 14 and specifies minimum norms in elementary schools. It requires all private schools to reserve 25% of seats to children (to be reimbursed by the state as part of the public-private partnership plan). Kids are admitted in to private schools based on economic status or caste based reservations. It also prohibits all unrecognised schools from practice, and makes provisions for no donation or capitation fees and no interview of the child or parent for admission. The Act also provides that no child shall be held back, expelled, or required to pass a board examination until the completion of elementary education. There is also a provision for special training of school drop-outs to bring them up to par with students of the same age.

Solution: D

Justification

Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department every year from November 21 to 30. The Tourism Festival, since 2010 has been renamed as the Sangai Festival as Sangai is the state animal of Manipur.

Homage is paid to this shy and gentle Brow-Antlered Deer which is found only in the state’s floating Keibul Lamjao National Park in Loktak Lake.

The festival showcases tourism potential of Manipur in field of arts & culture, handloom, handicrafts, indigenous sports, cuisine, music and adventure sports of the state etc.

Sangai Deer

The Sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur, India.

IUCN status: Endangered

The brow-antlered deer or the dancing deer is found in its natural habitat only at Keibul Lamjao National Park over the floating biomass locally called “phumdi” in the south eastern part of Loktak Lake.

Solution: C

Edge Effect – Edge Species

• Edge effect refers to the changes in population or community structures that occur at the boundary of two habitats (ecotone).
• Sometimes the number of species and the population density of some of the species in the ecotone is much greater than either community. This is called edge effect.
• The organisms which occur primarily or most abundantly in this zone are known as edge species.
• In the terrestrial ecosystems edge effect is especially applicable to birds.
• For example, the density of birds is greater in the ecotone between the forest and the desert.

Solution: D

The recognition granted by the Election Commission to the parties determines their right to certain privileges like allocation of the party symbols, provision of time for political broadcasts on the state-owned television and radio stations and access to electoral rolls.

Further, the recognized parties need only one proposer for filing the
nomination. Also, these parties are allowed to have forty “star campaigners” during the time of elections and the registered–unrecognized parties are allowed to have twenty “star campaigners”. The travel expenses of these star campaigners are not included in the election expenditure of the candidates of their parties.

Solution: A

Belum Caves is the second largest cave in the Indian subcontinent and the longest caves in plains of Indian subcontinent. Belum Caves is 3229 meters long, making it the second largest natural caves in Indian subcontinent. Belum Caves have long passages, spacious chambers, fresh water galleries and siphons. The caves reach its deepest point (120 ft from entrance level) at the point known as Patalganaga. Belum Caves is located at Belum Village in Kolimigundla Mandal of Kurnool district in State of Andhra Pradesh.

Vadhavan near Dahanu is located in Maharashtra.

Vadhavan port will be developed on “land lord model“. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed with Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) as the lead partner with equity participation equal to or more than 50% to implement the project. The SPV will develop the port infrastructure including reclamation, construction of breakwater, besides establishing connectivity to the hinterland. All the business activities would be undertaken under PPP mode by private developers.

Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan.

The prospect of clearing entire 82 acres of the ‘Ther Mound’ — a protected archaeological site which has nearly 50,000 people living there — continues to haunt the Haryana government. The Mound is believed to hold clues to the ancient city of ‘Sarishika’, but it must be cleared for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to confirm its historicity.

Falling on the old route to Takshashila, the 6th-5th century BC city of ‘Sarishika’, found mention in the Mahabharata, Panini’s Ashtadhyayi and the Buddhist text Divyavadana.

The Mound rises 15-18 metres above nearby areas, but there is a dispute over the size of the protected area. It was under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904 that Sirsa’s ‘Ther Mound’ was declared a protected monument back in 1932.

Solution: C

India is a party to the treaty.

The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58. It entered into force in 1961 and has since been acceded to by many other nations. The total number of Parties to the Treaty is now 53.

Some important provisions of the Treaty:

Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only (Art. I)

Freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica and cooperation toward that end shall continue (Art. II).

Scientific observations and results from Antarctica shall be exchanged and made freely available (Art. III).

Among the signatories of the Treaty were seven countries – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom – with territorial claims , sometimes overlapping. Other countries do not recognize any claims. The US and Russia maintain a “basis of claim”. All positions are explicitly protected in Article IV, which preserves the status quo:

No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting , supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica or create any rights of sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force.

Solution: B

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a permanent  intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was preceded by the Shanghai Five mechanism.

The organisation has two permanent bodies — the SCO Secretariat based in Beijing and the Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) based in Tashkent. The SCO Secretary-General and the Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO RATS are appointed by the Council of Heads of State for a term of three years.

SCO comprises eight member states, namely the Republic of India, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

SCO counts four observer states, namely the Islamic Republic  of Afghanistan, the Republic of Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran and  the Republic of Mongolia.

SCO has six dialogue partners, namely the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, the Republic of Turkey, and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Solution: C

Diwan-I-Insha- was the minister who looked after the local correspondence of and different offices.

Diwan –I- Risalt – was the minister of foreign affairs and he was assigned the task of alliancing with powerful rulers.

Diwan –I- Ariz – He was the head of the department of diwani-i-arz and in that capacity was the controller-general of the military department.

Other departments:

Sadr –Ur -Sadar – was the head of the religious department. His work was to the safeguard the Islamic Laws and its upkeep.

Amir –I-Mazls -Shahi – he was the minister who looked after the festivals of the state

Solution: C

Exercise Yudh Abhyas, a joint Indo-US Military exercise which started in 2004 under US Army Pacific Partnership Programme. Exercise Yudh Abhyas strengthens and broadens interoperability and cooperation between the Indian and US armies.

Solution: B

It is found in the later Upanishads like the Jabala that four stages of life persist in sequential form. According to Jabala the studentship stage must precede that of the ‘Grihastha’. The ‘Grihastasrama’ must be followed by the order of the hermit, while the order of ascetic must necessarily be preceded by those of the grihastha (householder) and the hermit (Vanaprastha).

Solution: D

National commission for women was set up as a statutory body in 1992 under the National Commission for
Women Act, 1990.

• Its mission is to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women, recommend remedial legislative measures, facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
• It consists of a Chairperson, 5 members and a member-secretary. All the members and Chairperson are nominated by the central government.
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development has nominated 3 members to National Commission for Women. They shall hold office for a period of 3 years or till the age of 65 years or until further orders from the date of assumption of charge of office, whichever is the earlier.

Solution: D

LCA is an advanced technology, single seat, single engine, supersonic, light-weight, all-weather, multi-role, air superiority fighter designed for air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea combat roles.

Tejas is an Indian single-engine, multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India’s ageing MiG-21 fighters.

Solution: D

• Recently WHO has endorsed TrueNat for molecular diagnostic test for TB.
• TrueNat is a molecular test that tests the genotype of the bacterial strain instead of phenotype that is done under conventional microscopic tests.
• It use PCR technology to multiply the pathogen in the laboratory condition thereby producing enough sample to be viable for conducting the test
• Given that TrueNat is battery operated it is handy and therefore produces faster test results.

Solution: C

Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Articles
343 to 351. Its provisions are divided into four heads—Language of the
Union, Regional languages, Language of the judiciary and texts of laws and
Special directives.

The legislature of a state may adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the state or Hindi as the official language of that state. Until that is done, English is to continue as official language of that state.

The Parliament enacted the Official Language Act in 1963. The act provides for the continued use of English (even after 1965), in addition to Hindi, for all official purposes of the Union and also for the transaction of business in Parliament. Notably, this act enables the use of English indefinitely (without any time-limit). Further, this act was amended in 1967 to make the use of English, in addition to Hindi, compulsory in certain cases.

Solution: C

The fundamental principle underlying the working of parliamentary system
of government is the principle of collective responsibility. Article 75 clearly states that the council of ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. This means that all the ministers own joint responsibility to the Lok Sabha for all their acts of ommission and commission. They work as a team and swim or sink together. When the Lok Sabha passes a no-confidence motion against the council of ministers, all the ministers have to resign including those ministers who are from the Rajya Sabha.

The principle of collective responsibility also means that the Cabinet
decisions bind all cabinet ministers (and other ministers) even if they differed in the cabinet meeting. It is the duty of every minister to stand by cabinet decisions and support them both within and outside the Parliament. If any minister disagrees with a cabinet decision and is not prepared to defend it, he must resign.

Solution: A

Ellora Caves

Ellora Caves are the prime example of ancient rock-cut architecture set in Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra. The ancient name for Ellora was Elapura. It is also called ‘Elura’ or ‘Verul’ in local language. They are a group of Buddhist and Brahmanical group of caves that were built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty.

Most of the Hindu caves were built during the reigns of the Kalachuri and Chalukya dynasty but the group of five Jain cave temples called the Jagannatha Sabha were built in the 9th century by the Rashtrakuta rulers. All the Jain caves belong to the Digambara sect and illustrate their philosophy and tradition.

Solution: B

Huntington Disease (HD)

It is a progressive genetic disorder which affects the brain. It causes uncontrolled movements, impaired coordination of balance and movement, a decline in cognitive abilities, difficulty in concentrating and memory lapses, mood swings and personality changes.

Mutations in the HTT gene (also called Huntington or HD gene) cause Huntington Disease (HD)

Huntington disease affects an estimated 3 to 7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry. The disorder appears to be less common in some other populations, including people of Japanese, Chinese, and African descent.

Solution:  A

The clock gains 15 min in 24 hours. Therefore, in 16 hours, it will gain 10 minutes. Hence, the time shown by the clock will be 4.10 am.

Solution: B

It is known that the hour hand traces 360° in 12 hours.
So, Angle covered by hour hand in 1 hour = 360/12 = 30°.
Angle traced in half an hour = 15°
The time-period 5:15 AM to 5:45 PM is half hour more than 12 hours.

Solution: A

Here, n = 3 and (n + 1) = 4
∴ Two hands will coincide at 60n / 11 min past n hour

= 60 x 3 / 11 min past 3
=180 /11 min past 3.
= aprrox 16.36 past 3 o clock

Solution: C

Total number of buzzes =2 (1+2+3+……….+12).

This is an A.P. in which a=1, d=1, n = 12 and L = 12.

(1+2+3+ ………+12) = 12/2* (1+12) = 78.

∴ Total number of buzzes = (2 * 78) = 156.

Solution: A.

The passage focuses on bringing out the lack of sustainable practices in Indian agriculture which are creating several issues. All the examples given above are examples of measures undertaken to boost productivity at the expense of sustainability. Hence A is the correct answer.