UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 255

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UPSC PRELIMINARY MOCK TEST 255

Question 46 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were the districts called in the Vijayanagara Empire?
A
Ur
B
Nagaram
C
Kottam
D
Nadu
Question 46 Explanation: 
Kottam
Question 47 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013?
A
Chairperson of the Lokpal must be the one, who has been a Chief Justice of India.
B
Lokpal will have maximum 8 members.
C
not less than 50% of the members should belong to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, minorities, and women.
D
Act mandates establishment of body in every State.
Question 47 Explanation: 
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 was notified on January 1, 2014. It provides for establishing a body to be called the Lokpal and headed by a Chairperson, who is or has been a Chief Justice of India, or is or has been a judge of the Supreme Court, or an eminent person who fulfils eligibility criteria as specified. Of its other members, not exceeding eight, 50% are to be judicial members, provided that not less than 50% of the members belong to the Scheduled Castess, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, minorities, and women.

For states, the Act says: "Every State shall establish a body to be known as the Lokayukta for the State.

Question 48 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following criteria/s a must satisfy to qualify as a Special Category Status
  1. Economic and infrastructural backwardness
  2. Hilly and difficult terrain
  3. High Population Density
  4. Non-viable nature of state finances
Select the correct answer using the code given below
A
1 and 3 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1, 2 and 3 only
D
1, 2 and 4 only
Question 48 Explanation: 

Criteria to give status of Special Category States;

  1. The state which is facing the problem of resources crunch
  2. Low per capita income
  3. Non-viable nature of state finances
  4. Economic and infrastructural backwardness
  5. Presence of sizeable tribal population
  6. Hilly and difficult terrain
  7. Strategic location along international borders
  8. Low population density

In News: A.P. BJP chief rules out special status for State. "

Question 49 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Minimum support price is declared on which of the following commodities
  1. Raw cotton
  2. Raw jute
  3. Sugarcane
  4. Maize
  5. Bajra
  6. Soyabean
Choose the correct option
A
1, 2 and 6
B
3, 4, and 5
C
3, 4, 5 and 6
D
All of the above
Question 49 Explanation: 
MSP is declared on the following commodities:
  • Cereals (7) - paddy, wheat, barley, jowar, bajra, maize and ragi
  • Pulses (5) - gram, arhar/tur, moong, urad and lentil
  • Oilseeds (8) - groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, toria, soyabean, sunflower seed, sesamum, safflower seed and nigerseed
  • Copra
  • De-husked coconut
  • Raw cotton
  • Raw jute
  • Sugarcane (Fair and remunerative price)
  • Virginia flu cured (VFC) tobacco
Question 50 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Consider the following statements with respect to "SuperCam":
1. It is a laser-toting robot used for studying mineralogy and chemistry of Mars Planet
2. It is developed by European Space Agency
Which of the following codes given below is/are correct?
A
1 only
B
2 only
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
Question 50 Explanation: 
In its mission to Mars this summer, NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot as one of seven instruments aboard the Mars 2020 rover. Called SuperCam, the robot is used for studying mineralogy and chemistry from up to about 7 meters away. It might help scientists find signs of fossilized microbial life on Mars. SuperCam packs what would typically require several sizable pieces of equipment into something no bigger than a cereal box. It fires a pulsed laser beam out of the rover's mast to vaporize small portions of rock from a distance, providing information that will be essential to the mission's success.
There are 50 questions to complete.