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UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 247
Question 66 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Bengal Gazette | |
The India Gazette | |
Samvad Kaumadi | |
The Orientalist |
The given extract refers to the Irishman James Augustus Hicky's Bengal Gazette.
To read in slight detail about him and India's first printed newspaper, refer: TH ;
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Question 67 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
- Vishakhadatta - Drama
- Varahamihira - Astronomy
- Charaka - Medicine
- Brahmagupta - Mathematics
1 and 3 only | |
1, 2 and 3 only | |
2 and 4 only | |
1, 2, 3 and 4 |
Question 68 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
- The Phase-III of PMGSY aims at consolidation of 1 lakh 25 thousand Kilometers through Routes and Major Rural Links that connect habitations to Gramin Agricultural Markets, Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals.
- The scheme has used waste plastic and cold mix technology to build major portion of roads.
- The project is funded both by the Centre and States.
1, 2 | |
1, 3 | |
2, 3 | |
1, 2, 3 |
The Phase-III of PMGSY aims at consolidation of 1 lakh 25 thousand Kilometers through Routes and Major Rural Links that connect habitations to Gramin Agricultural Markets, Higher Secondary Schools and Hospitals with an estimated cost of 80 thousand 250 crore rupees for the period 2019-20 to 2024-25.
The funding pattern for the scheme will be 60:40 between Centre and the States. For North-East and the Himalayan States the ratio will be 90:10.
A road length of 36 thousand 63 Kilometres has been constructed using green technologies, a major portion of which includes Waste plastic and cold mix technology.
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Question 69 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
The establishment of an All India Federation. | |
Provincial Autonomy. | |
Establishment of Federal Court. | |
Federal Legislature. |
For the implementation of All India Federation, consent of half of the princely states was required which never happened.
Question 70 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
- The act provided for appointment of a Governor-General along with four Councillors in the Presidency of Fort William (Calcutta), jointly called the Governor-General in Council.
- The Governors in Councils at Madras and Bombay were brought under the control of Bengal, especially in matters of foreign policy. Now, they could not wage war against Indian states without Bengal's approval.
1 only | |
2 only | |
Both 1 and 2 | |
Neither 1 nor 2 |