DAY – 40 (InstaTest-40): Insta 75 Days Revision Plan-2022: Topic – MODERN INDIA, Subject-wise Tests 19 , Text Book Based Test 24 , April 2022 CA – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: C

The Muslim League was formed at Decca by Aga Khan, and Nawab Salimullah of Decca played an important role in its formation. The objectives of the league were to create or promote a sense of loyalty among the Muslims towards the British government and to protect the political rights and other interests of the Muslims.

Amar Sonar Bangla is the national anthem of Bangladesh was written by Rabindranath Tagore, which was sung by huge crowds during the swadeshi movement.

Solution: A

Barrah Dacoity was organized by Decca Anushilan under Pulian Das to raise funds for revolutionary activities.

Rashbehari Bose and Sachin Sanyal staged a bomb attack on Viceroy Hardinge.

In 1908, Prafulla Chaki and Kudiram Bose threw a bomb at a carriage supposed to carrying the judge, Kingsford, in Muzzafarpur.

Solution: B

The newspapers and journals advocating revolutionary activity after the failure of Swadeshi movement included Sandhya and Yugantar in Bengal and Kal in Maharashtra.

Solution: C

By boycotting the Simon commission, an All Parties Conference met in February 1928 and appointed a sub-committee under the chairmanship of Motilal Nehru to draft a constitution.

Nehru report recommended the Dominion status on the lines of self-governing dominions as the form of government desired by Indians.

Report called for joint electorates with reservation of seats for Muslims at the Centre and in provinces where they are in minority.

Nehru report recommended 19 fundamental rights including equal rights for women, right to form union and universal adult suffrage.

Solution: A

Appointment of Simon Commission: November 8, 1927

Jinnah’s fourteen points as against Nehru Report was given in March 1929.

A pact was signed between the viceroy Irwin, representing the British government, and Gandhi, representing the Indian people, in Delhi on February 14, 1931 popularly known as Gandhi- Irwin Pact.

Poona pact was agreed between Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar. Poona Pact was signed by B.R. Ambedkar on behalf of the depressed classes on September 24, 1932, which abandoned the idea of separate electorate for the depressed classes. However, it increases seats reserved for depressed classes in both central legislature and provincial legislature.

Solution: D

On September 3, 1939, Britain declares war against Germany and declares

India’s support for the war without consulting Indian opinion. On October 23,

1939, the CWC meeting decided not to support the war, and called upon the Congress ministries to resign in the provinces.

Hence, option (d) is correct.

Solution: A

Cripps Mission: March, 1942

Quit India Movement: August 1942

Wavell Plan: June, 1945

Cabinet Mission: March, 1946

Solution: B

After calling off of the non-cooperation movement, differences over the question of council entry aroused. It resulted in the defeat of the Swarajists’ proposal of ‘ending or mending’ the councils at the Gaya session of the Congress

(December 1922).

C.R Das and Motilal Nehru resigned from the presidentship and secretaryship respectively of the Congress and announced the formation of Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party, with C.R. Das as the president and Motilal Nehru as one of the secretaries.

Important members of swarajya party are C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru, Vithalbhai Patel and Ajmal Khan. They were known as pro-changers.

Those who opposed council entry were known as no-changers. Important leaders belonging to this section were Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, C. Rajagopalachari and M.A. Ansari. They advocated ,concentration on constructive work, and continuation of boycott and noncooperation, and quiet preparation for resumption of the suspended civil disobedience programme.

Solution: C

After the failure of August offer Gandhi decided to initiate a limited satyagraha on an individual basis by a few selected individuals in every locality.

The aims of launching individual satyagraha were :

(i) to show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness; Hence, statement 1 is correct.

(ii) to express people’s feeling that they were not interested in

the war they made no distinction between Nazism and the

double autocracy that ruled India; and

(iii) to give another opportunity to the Government to accept

Congress’ demands peacefully.

Vinoba Bhave was the first to offer the satyagraha and Nehru, the second. By May 1941, 25,000 people had been convicted for individual civil disobedience.

Solution: C

During Civil Disobedience Movement, a powerful agitation was organized in Assam against the infamous ‘Cunningham circular’ which forced parents, guardians and students to furnish assurances of good behavior.

Solution: C

Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Bose rejected the idea of Dominion status by Nehru report and jointly set up the Independence for India League. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

National Planning Committee set up in 1938 under Congress president Subhash Bose who had been persuaded by Meghnad Saha.

Solution: A

Bhulabhai Desai, leader of the Congress Party in the Central Legislative Assembly, met Liaqat Ali Khan, deputy leader of the Muslim League in that Assembly, and both of them came up with the draft proposal for the formation of an interim government at the centre, consisting of:

• An equal number of persons nominated by the Congress and the League in the central legislature. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• 20% reserved seats for minorities. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect. No settlement could be reached between the Congress and the League on these lines.

Solution: A

The Zimmerman Plan is an Indo-German plan which aimed to bring about an all-India insurrection against British government during the time of World war I.

The Jugantar party raised funds through a series of dacoities which came to be known as taxicab dacoities and boat dacoities, so as to work  ut the Indo-German conspiracy. It was planned that a guerrilla force would be organised to start an uprising in the country, with a seizure of Fort William and a mutiny by armed forces. Unfortunately for the revolutionaries, the plot was leaked out by a traitor.

Solution: D

Congress party won 364 of the 489 seats in the first Lok Sabha and finished way ahead of any other challenger. The Communist Party of India that came next in terms of seats won only 16 seats.

The state elections were held with the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress scored big victory in those elections as well. It won a majority of seats in all the states except Travancore-Cochin (part of today’s Kerala), Madras and Orissa. Finally even in these states the Congress formed the government.

The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was formed in 1951 with Shyama Prasad Mukherjee as its founder-President.

Solution: A

Clement Attlee, the British prime minister, sensing the trouble all around, made an announcement on February 20, 1947. The British House of Commons declared the British intention of leaving the Indian subcontinent.

A deadline of June 30, 1948 was fixed for transfer of power even if the Indian politicians had not agreed by that time on the constitution.

Solution: D

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• Once the SC collegium endorsed the recommendations, the central government was to make such appointments within 3-4 weeks of receiving the collegium’s decision.
• Government could return the collegium’s recommendation, but if sent again, the government is bound by it.
• Articles 124(2) and 217 of the Constitution govern the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts respectively.

Solution: C

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• Puttaswamy case is related to Validity of Aadhar and Right to Privacy.
• In Swapnil Tripathi v Supreme Court of India, 2018, the Supreme Court had given its nod to live stream court proceedings, saying Live streaming proceedings are a part of the right to access justice under Article 21 of the Constitution.
• On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India in Navtej Singh Johar and Ors. v. Union of India (the “Navtej Johar Case”), struck down parts of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“Section 377”) which criminalized sexual intercourse against the order of nature. The Supreme Court, effectively, allowed sexual intercourse between consenting adult members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) community.

Solution : B

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• CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The convention was opened for signature in 1973 and CITES entered into force on 1 July 1975.
• The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, also known as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) or the Bonn Convention.
• The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972, commonly called the “London Convention” or “LC ’72”,.
• The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs),

Solution : A

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• It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and later endorsed by United Nations General Assembly.Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it is composed of 195 member states
• The IPCC is an internationally accepted authority on climate change, and its work is widely agreed upon by leading climate scientists as well as governments.Its reports play a key role in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the Fifth Assessment Report heavily informing the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015.The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore for contributions to the human understanding of climate change.

Solution: D

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• Gati Shakti — a digital platform — will bring 16 Ministries including Railways and Roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

Solution : A 

Solution: Sahyadria denisonii (Miss Kerala) is a native freshwater fish commonly found in Karnataka and Kerala. Also known as Denison barb/red-line torpedo barb, or roseline shark it is an Endangered.

Solution : D

Solution : M-Sand  Substitute Of River Sand For Concrete Construction.  Produced From Hard Granite Stone By Crushing. It Does Not Have The Presence Of Impurities Such As Clay, Dust And Silt Coatings.

Solution: B

Solution : The blending of hydrogen with CNG provides a blended gas termed as HCNG. HCNG reduces emissions of CO up to 70%.

Solution : A

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JEEVAMRUTHA: It is a mixture of fresh cow dung and aged cow urine (both from India’s indigenous cow breed), jaggery, pulse flour, water and soil; to be applied on farmland. 

BIJAMRITA: It is a concoction of neem leaves & pulp, tobacco and green chilies prepared for insect and pest management, that can be used to treat seeds. o ACCHADANA (Mulching): It protects topsoil during cultivation and does not destroy it by tilling. 

WHAPASA: It is the condition where there are both air molecules and water molecules present in the soil. Thereby helping in reducing irrigation requirement.

Solution : D 

UNESCO Global Geoparks  These are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development  These are managed by a body having legal existence recognized under national legislation.  UNESCO Global Geopark status does not imply restrictions on any economic activity inside a UNESCO Global Geopark.

Ans-. ( a ) Since he takes 10 h to walk both ways , the number of hours to walk one way for him will be 5. If he walks one way and drives back the same way it takes him  6 h which means that the number of hours taken to drive one way is 6 – 5 = 1h .  Thus , number of hours to walk both ways will be 2 .

Ans- (a) Let the number at gold coins initially be x and the number of non – gold coins be y .  According to the question , 3x = y .

When 10 more gold coins , total number of gold coins become x + 10 and the number of non – gold coins remain the same at y .

Now , we have 2 ( 10+ x ) = y

Solving these two equations we get

x = 20 and y = 60 .

Total number of coins in the collection at the end is equal to

x + 10+ y = 20 + 10 + 60 = 90

Ans. (c) Malnutrition can occur even when there is adequate food in the house.  When mother is away for work, the young child is al mercy of older siblings to feed them.  It has been found that more then 50 % of children under 5 do not consume enough food and hence they suffer from malnutrition

Ans- (b) Let the original price of the jewel be P and the profit earned by the third seller be r %

Then  , ( 100+ x ) % of 125% of 120 % of

P = 165 % of P

( 100+ x )/100 X 125/100 X120/100 X P

=(165/100 XP)

= ( 100+ x ) = (465X100X100/ 125 x 120 )  = 110

Hence, profit earned by third seller is 10%.

Ans- B

Iron in 1st alloy  = 1/5 * 10 = 2kg

Aluminium in 1st alloy = 4/5 * 10 = 8 kg

Iron in 2nd alloy = ¾ * 16 = 12 kg

Aluminium in 2nd alloy = ¼ * 16 = 4 kg

Total Iron = 14 kg

Total aluminium  = 12 kg

Let pure aluminium added be x kg

Then accor to question, (12 + x )/ 14 = 3/2  => x = 9.

Required weight of new alloy =  12 + 14  + 9 = 35 kg