MPPSC Paper 1 (GS) Mock Test - 2 - MPPSC (Madhya Pradesh) MCQ

".edu.us" at the end of a domain name means that it is an educational institution of the USA.

".com" is a domain for commercial purposes.

".org" is a domain for non-profit organizations.

".au" is a domain of Australia.

".net" is a domain pointing to a distributed network of computers or "umbrella" sites.

• The highest point of the Vindhyas is the Sad-bhawna Shikhar (Goodwill Peak)
• It is also known as Kalumar Peak.
• It lies near Singrampur in the Damoh district, in the area known as Bhanrer or Panna hills.

• Rohilkhand is a region centered around Bareilly and Moradabad divisions in Northern UP.
• It is bounded by the Ganges Doab to the south and west, Uttarakhand to the north, Nepal to the east, and the Awadh region to the southeast.
• Rohilkhand lies on the upper Ganges alluvial plain with a stretch of about 25000 square km.
• Rohilkhand includes the cities of Amroha, Bareilly, Bijnore, Budaun, Khutar, Moradabad, Najibabad, Pilibhit, Rampur, Bahjoi , Kakrala and Shahjahanpur.

Melting of ice is a reversible change.

As an ice cube melts, its shape changes as it acquires the ability to flow. However, its composition does not change.

 Melting is an example of a physical change.

Physical changes can further be classified as reversible or irreversible.

The melted ice cube may be refrozen, so melting is a reversible physical change.

The largest city by area in Madhya Pradesh is Indore. It surpasses other major cities in the state such as Bhopal, Jabalpur, and Gwalior. Here are some key points:

• Indore is not only large in terms of area but also a major hub for commerce and education.
• It is known for its rich cultural heritage and vibrant lifestyle.
• Indore has a well-developed infrastructure, contributing to its expansive urban area.

The 'Kati Bihu' festival is celebrated in the state of Assam. It is an agricultural festival being celebrated in the month of October. It is an important festival, during which they light up their homes and agricultural fields. They also perform cultural dances and organise feasts across the state.

Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles.

These lines are known as meridians.

The meridians of longitude converge at the poles.

Unlike the parallels of latitude, longitudes are all equal in length. Hence statement 1 is not correct.

Altitude is the height of a place over sea level.

Altitude has no correlation with latitude or longitude of a place. Hence statement 2 is not correct.

As longitudes converge towards the poles, the distance between the longitudes decreases polewards.

30% is directly reflected back i.e re-radiated towards space by clouds, the earth's surface, and different gases and particles in the atmosphere (the earth's albedo is 0.3 on average). ~20% is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds.

The Vedic Civilisation in India flourished along the river Saraswati.

Book 6 of the Rigveda includes a hymn called the ‘Nadistuti Sukta’, which sings praises of the Saraswati as being “perfect mother, unsurpassed river, supreme goddess”.

The Rig Veda mentions a mighty, snow-fed river Saraswati on whose banks the literature was supposed to be derived. 

Considered sacred by devout Hindus, it is described as “surpassing in majesty and might of all other rivers, pure in her course from the mountains to the ocean”. 

The efforts to trace the Saraswati had initially been put on fast track in 2003. 

A Saraswati Heritage Project was launched by the Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture but it was shelved in 2005.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to showcase its aerial prowess in Exercise Vayu Shakti-24, scheduled for 17 February 2024, at the Pokhran Air to Ground Range near Jaisalmer. This exercise aims to demonstrate the IAF's offensive and defensive capabilities, both during the day and nigh

• Betul and Narsinghpur are situated in the Malwa Plateau region.
• Malwa Plateau in Madhya Pradesh is called Maika of rivers.
• The Malwa Plateau region is bounded by the Madhya Bharat Plateau and Bundelkhand Upland to the north, The Vindhya range to the south, and Gujrat Plains to the west.
• The main rivers of this region are Mahi, Betwa, Dhasan, Ken, Shipra, Choti Kali Sindh also Chambal, Parbati and Gambhir rivers.
• The region includes the Madhya Pradesh districts of Agar, Dewas, Dhar, Indore, Jhabua, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Shajapur, Ujjain, and parts of Guna and Sehore, and the Rajasthan districts of Jhalawar and parts of Kota, Banswara and Pratapgarh.
• The plateau is an extension of the Deccan Traps, formed between 60 and 68 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.

In Kerala Education Bill (1957), the Supreme Court said that in case of a conflict between Fundamental Right and Directive Principles, the principle of harmonious construction should be applied. The court observed that: “though the directive principles can not override the fundamental rights, nevertheless, in determining the scope and ambit of fundamental rights the court could not entirely ignore the directive principle but should adopt the principle of harmonious construction and should attempt to give effect to both as much as possible“.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said it would conduct an Open Market Operation (OMO) purchase of State Developments Loans. Open market operations are the sale and purchase of government securities and treasury bills by RBI or the central bank of the country. These include both, outright purchase and sale of government securities, for injection and absorption of durable liquidity, respectively. It is one of the quantitative monetary policy tools. RBI carries out the OMO through commercial banks and does not directly deal with the public. Outright Purchase - When the central bank wants to infuse liquidity into the monetary system, it will buy government securities in the open market. This way it provides commercial banks with liquidity. Sale of government securities - In contrast, when it sells securities, it curbs liquidity. Thus, the central bank indirectly controls the money supply and influences short-term interest rates.

The correct answer is Bauxite.Key Points

• Bauxite is an aluminium-rich sedimentary rock formed from laterite soil.
• It is found in tropical or subtropical regions.
• Bauxite is used for the production of Aluminium.
• Bauxite is a non-ferrous metallic mineral that is used in the manufacturing of aluminium.
• Bauxite is found mainly in tertiary deposits and is associated with laterite rocks.

 Important Points

• Odisha is the largest bauxite-producing state in India.
• More than half of India's bauxite deposits are found in Odisha.
• Bauxite is an important mineral used in the production of aluminium.

 Additional Information

Important ores:

• Lightning is an electrical discharge that occurs in the atmosphere, and it travels at the speed of light, which is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second.
• Thunder, on the other hand, is the sound produced by the rapid expansion of air that occurs as a result of the lightning discharge. It travels at a much slower speed than light, which is approximately 343 meters per second.
• The reason why we see lightning before we hear thunder is that light travels much faster than sound, and therefore it reaches our eyes before the sound reaches our ears.
• The time interval between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder can be used to estimate the distance of the lightning strike, as sound travels at a constant speed and the distance can be calculated using the formula distance = speed x time.

• Thunder is always produced after lightning - This statement is incorrect as thunder is produced as a result of lightning, so it always occurs after lightning.
• Light travels slower than sound - This statement is incorrect as light travels much faster than sound.
• Thunder is always produced before lightning - This statement is incorrect as thunder is always produced after lightning.

The correct answer is Shipra.

Key Points

• The Ujjain Kumbh Fair is organized on the bank of the Shipra River.
• It is held in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh.
• It is organised when Jupiter is in Leo, Sun in Aries, or Jupiter, Sun, and Moon in Libra on the day of Kartik Amavasya.
• It is organized four times every twelve years in the four Indian cities namely- Prayagraj, Haridwar, Ujjain, or Nasik.
• It is also known as Ujjain Simhastha.
• The city is famous for the temple of Mahakaal the most sacred shrine of Lord Shiva.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Key Points

• Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that the Gwalior-Chambal Expressway will be named Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Chambal Progressway.
• This announcement was made on the second death anniversary of the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the prime minister in 1996, from 1998 to 1999, and a term of five years from 1999 to 2004.
• It is a proposed Six-lane expressway to connect the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
• The expressway will connect the historic town of Kota in Rajasthan to Etawah in Uttar Pradesh alongside the Chambal River.

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu.

Key Points

• Among the 28 Indian States, Tamil Nadu and Kerala are closest to the equator.
  

Additional Information

• Some other cities which lie closest to the equator
  • Quito, Ecuador
  • Kampala, Uganda
  • Pekanbaru, Indonesia
  • Padang, Indonesia
  • Libreville, Gabon
  • Pontianak, Indonesia
  • Kisumu, Kenya
  • Macapa, Brazil
  • Mbandaka, Dem. Republic of Congo
  • Manta, Ecuador
  • Kismayo, Somalia
  • Entebbe, Uganda
  • Nuevo Loja, Ecuador
  • Sao Tome, Sao Tome 

The Correct Answer is "Hindi".

Key Points

• Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest Indian State in size with an area of 3,08,000 sq. km.
• Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 1956.
• It was reorganized on 1 November 2000 to create a new Chhattisgarh state.
• The successive state, now, is bounded in the north by Uttar Pradesh, east by Chhattisgarh, south by Maharashtra, and west by Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Important Points

• Agriculture is the mainstay of the State's economy as 74.73 percent of the people are rural.
• As much as 49 percent of the land area is cultivable.
• The net sown area during 2010-11 was estimated at about 2,08,36,000 ha. (both Rabi and Kharif).
• The food grain production was 171.77 lakh metric tonnes.
• The productivity of major crops like wheat, rice, pulses has also been good.

Additional Information

• About Madhya Pradesh:
  • An important tribal festival is Bhagoriya marked by traditional gaiety and enthusiasm.
  • Shivratri is celebrated in Khajuraho, Bhojpur, Pachmarhi, and Ujjain and has its own local flavor while the Ramnavami festival at Chitrakoot and Orchha has a unique sense of devotion imbued with tradition.
  • Festivals of Orchha, Malwa, Pachmarhi bring to the fore, repertoire of culture and art of the people.
  • Tansen Music Festival, Gwalior, Ustad Allauddin Khan Music Festival of Maihar, Kalidas Samaroh, Ujjain, and Festival of Dances at Khajuraho are some of the well-known art festivals of Madhya Pradesh.
  • An annual Narmada Festival has been started this year at Bedhaghat in Jabalpur, famous for its marble rocks.
  • A Shivpuri Festival has been started this year at Shivpuri.
  • Betwa festival has been started at Vidisha from this year.
  • King Ashoka first among all, ruled over Ujjain.
  • Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore, the Gond Maharani Kamalapti and Queen Durgawati, etc., were women rulers whose names have left an indelible imprint on Indian history for their outstanding rule.

The correct answer is Vermiform appendix

Concept-

Vestigial organs are the organs that once were useful in an animal's body millions of years ago, but now they are useless or very close to useless.

Key Points Vermiform appendix

• The human appendix may be considered a vestigial organ as it has been proved that the removal of the organ after infancy does not create any harm.
• Its function is to digest cellulose.

Additional Information Wisdom teeth

• Wisdom teeth are no longer totally necessary. Today, humans cook food to soften it, and we can cut and crush it with utensils. So at this time, they are vestigial.
• Early humans needed to chew coarse, hearty foods, they required a broader jaw.
• Wisdom teeth grew in to give them more chewing power for this purpose.

Nictitating membrane of the eye

• In humans, the nictitating membrane is the pink lump in the inner corner of the eyes which is known as the caruncula lacrimalis.
• In this structure, the remaining of nictitating membrane are permanently folded into that corner and no longer functional.  So it is vestigial.

The correct answer is Vidisha.

Key Points

• Sironj Tehsil of the Kota district of Rajasthan was incorporated within the Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh.
• Sironj was made part of Madhya Pradesh District Vidisha under the State Reorganization Act 1956.
• It was part of Tonk district of Rajasthan before independence of India.
• Sironj was part of Malwa region.

Additional Information

• Mandsaur  
  •    Famous Nail Artist Wajid Khan is related to that District.
  • Madhya Pradesh' only college of Horticulture is situtated at Mandsaur district.

The correct answer is DNA fingerprinting.

Key Points

• DNA fingerprinting (also called DNA profiling) is the process of determining an individual's DNA characteristics, which are as unique as fingerprints.
  • DNA analysis intended to identify a species, rather than an individual, is called DNA barcoding.
  • DNA profiling is a forensic technique in criminal investigations, comparing criminal suspects' profiles to DNA evidence so as to assess the likelihood of their involvement in the crime. 
  • It is also used in parentage testing, to establish immigration eligibility, and in genealogical and medical research. 
  • DNA profiling has also been used in the study of animal and plant populations in the fields of zoology, botany, and agriculture.

The strong law aims to hold all individuals involved in examination processes accountable for any malpractices, particularly exam paper leaks. This includes those managing examination centres, thus enhancing the integrity of the examination system and ensuring a fair process for all students. An interesting fact is that such laws are becoming more common in various states to combat corruption in educational assessments.

The earthquake in Singrauli had a magnitude of 3.5, indicating it was mild but still significant enough to be recorded. Earthquakes of this magnitude can cause weak shaking and are generally not dangerous, but they can be felt by people in the vicinity. Interestingly, the depth of this earthquake was recorded at 5 kilometers, which is relatively shallow, often resulting in stronger surface shaking.

The government provides Rs 50,000 for startups participating in national competitions and Rs 1.50 lakh for those in international competitions, which encourages innovation and participation in broader markets. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to foster entrepreneurship and ensure that local startups can compete on larger platforms. Supporting startups plays a crucial role in economic development and job creation.

The Parbati-KaliSindh-Chambal Link Project aims to harvest surplus water during the rainy season and ensure a steady supply for drinking and irrigation in eastern Rajasthan and parts of Madhya Pradesh. This is especially important for regions facing water scarcity. An interesting aspect of this project is that it not only addresses immediate water needs but also anticipates future demands, including those for livestock and industrial use.

The record for the largest Kathak dance performance was achieved by 1,484 artists. This event highlights the growing popularity and recognition of Kathak, one of the classical dance forms of India, showcasing the collaborative efforts of many performers in a culturally significant setting.

The Chief Minister announced the establishment of the country's first Gurukul aimed at training in tribal and folk arts. This initiative is significant as it focuses on preserving and promoting traditional art forms while providing aspiring artists with expert guidance and specialized training.