UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 166

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UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 166

Question 36 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
With reference to Indian polity, consider the following statements
    1. The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002
    2. Delimitation Commission of India's orders can be challenged in court of law
    3. Delimitation commissions have been set up four times in the past
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A
1 and 2
B
3 only
C
1 and 3
D
1, 2 and 3
Question 36 Explanation: 
  • The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act.
  • The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent census.
  • The representation from each State is not changed during this exercise. However, the number of SC and ST seats in a state are changed in accordance with the census.
  • The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.
  • The Commission is a powerful and independent body whose orders cannot be challenged in any court of law. The orders are laid before the Lok Sabha and the respective State Legislative Assemblies. However, modifications are not permitted.
  • Delimitation commissions have been set up four times in the past - 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002 - under Delimitation Commission Acts of 1952, 1962, 1972 and 2002.
  • The union government had suspended delimitation in 1976 until after the 2001 census so that states' family planning programs would not affect their political representation in the Lok Sabha. This had led to wide discrepancies in the size of constituencies, with the largest having over three million electors, and the smallest less than 50,000.

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Question 37 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Arrange the following events in sequential order as they happened in India:
1. Mahalanobis Model
2. Rolling Plan
3. Plan Holiday
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A
1, 2, 3
B
3, 2, 1
C
2, 3, 1
D
1, 3, 2
Question 37 Explanation: 
Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) is based on the P.C. Mahalanobis Model. Its main focus was on the industrial development of the country. This plan was successful and achieved growth rate of 4.1%.
The duration of plan holiday was from 1966 to 1969. The main reason behind the plan holiday was the Indo-Pakistan war & failure of third plan. During this plan annual plans were made and equal priority was given to agriculture its allied sectors and the industry sector.
Rolling Plan was started with an annual plan for 1978-79 and as a continuation of the terminated fifth year plan. "
Question 38 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Consider the following statements about NITI Aayog.
  1. NITI Aayog is a constitutional body which makes strategic and long-term policies and programmes for the Government of India.
  2. Team India Huband the Knowledge and Innovation Hub are part of NITI Ayog.
  3. Team India Hub builds NITI's think-tank capabilities.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A
1, 3
B
2 only
C
1, 2
D
2, 3
Question 38 Explanation: 

The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015. It's an extra-constitutional, non-statutory and advisory body. NITI Aayog is the premier policy 'Think Tank' of the Government of India, providing both directional and policy inputs.

At the core of NITI Aayog's creation are two hubs - Team India Hub and the Knowledge and Innovation Hub. The Team India Hub leads the engagement of states with the Central government, while the Knowledge and Innovation Hub builds NITI's think-tank capabilities.

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Question 39 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is Thikri pehra?
A
It is the term used primarily by various castes who traditionally pursued agriculture as a profession in the Indian states of Haryana.
B
It is community policing practiced in Punjab and Haryana.
C
It is a wheel used in irrigation in medieval India.
D
None of the above
Question 39 Explanation: 
  • It is community policing practiced in Punjab and Haryana.
  • The tradition made a comeback after more than two decades - communities guarded their villages in the aftermath of terrorist movement and when the infamous Kala Kachcha gang gave locals sleepless nights years ago.

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Question 40 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following pair(s) of Revolutionary Organisations and their Founders is/are correctly matched?
  1. Indian Republican Army: J.M.Chatterjee
  2. MitraMela: V.D.Savarkar
  3. Indian Independence League: RasBihari Bose
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A
3 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1 and 2 only
D
1, 2 and 3
Question 40 Explanation: 
  • The Indian Republican Army was a revolutionary group in Chittagong included various Indian revolutionaries and Indian freedom fighters who conducted and participated in the well known Chittagong Armoury Raid Case in the year 1930.The Indian Republican Army was led by Masterda Surya Sen.
  • Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by VinayakDamodarSavarkar and his brother GaneshDamodarSavarkar in 1903. Initially founded at Nasik as MitraMela when VinayakSavarkar was still a student Fergusson College at Pune, the society grew to include several hundred revolutionaries and political activists with branches in various parts of India, extending to London after Savarkar went to study law. It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar brothers were convicted and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952.
  • Rash Behari Bose was one of the unsung heroes of the Indian freedom struggle laid the foundation of the Indian Independence League in Japan, with the prime objective to form Azad Hind Fauz.
There are 40 questions to complete.