Kerala PSC KAS Prelims Paper 1 Mock Test - 4 - Kerala PSC KAS MCQ

• The Akali Movement is also known as Gurdwara Reform Movement came into full swing from the early 1920′s. Its aim was to bring reform in the management of Sikh Gurdwaras and wrest control from the corrupt mahants. The campaign which gained tremendous support, especially, from the rural masses, took the form of a peaceful agitation-marches, divans, religious gatherings, and demonstrations for Sikhs to assert their right to manage their places of worship. Hence option (b) is the correct answer.

• The Gurdwaras, its property, and wealth were being misused by the Mahants and Priests of the temple. With the establishment of British rule in Punjab, the lands and property attached to the Gurdwaras were entered against the names of the Priests or Mahants. Gurdwara Reform Movement or Akali Movement was created to free the Sikhs historic Gurdwaras from these Mahants who were supported by the British rule. The Sikhs had to give supreme sacrifices and endure untold brutalities to free historic Gurdwaras like Tarn Taran, Nanakana Sahib and Guru-Ka-Bagh. In addition, Sikhs had to fight for the freedom of faith and management of the Gurdwaras against the Government in respect of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj, Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, and Gurdwara Jaito.

• In this movement, the Sikhs faced with great calm and courage the cruelties and death inflicted on them by the British Government and the Mahants, supported by the British. Eventually, the Gurdwara Reform Act was passed in July 1925 which placed all Gurdwaras in Punjab under Panthic control. This control was to be exercised through elected Panthic bodies viz, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandak Committee and local Gurdwara Committees.

Giuseppe Garibaldi was one of the key leaders in the unification of Italy. He was a skilled military leader and played a significant role in the Italian unification movement. Garibaldi's efforts, along with other leaders like Camillo di Cavour, contributed to the formation of a unified Italian state.

Kingdom of Sardinia played a significant role in the unification of Italy and became the nucleus of the unified state. Led by Victor Emmanuel II and Prime Minister Camillo di Cavour, the Kingdom of Sardinia expanded its territory and actively worked towards the unification of other Italian states.

Young Italy Movement was the name of the movement that sought to promote Italian nationalism and unity in the 19th century. It was founded by Giuseppe Mazzini, and its aim was to unite various Italian states and establish a single Italian nation.

Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 marked the formal proclamation of the unified Italian state. Victor Emmanuel II was declared the King of Italy, and the Kingdom of Italy was established with its capital in Turin.

The Second World War began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. This invasion led to Britain and France declaring war on Germany, officially starting the global conflict.

The United States entered the Second World War on December 7, 1941, following the surprise attack by the Japanese on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack led to the U.S. declaring war on Japan and, subsequently, Germany and Italy.

The Iranian civilization predominantly corresponds to modern-day Iran, which was historically known as Persia.

Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest religions, originated in ancient Iran and was founded by the prophet Zoroaster.

Statement 1 is correct. The Governor has certain powers to recommend dismissal of the State government and the dissolution of the Assembly. Besides, even in normal circumstances, the Governor has the power to reserve a bill passed by the State legislature, for the assent of the President. This gives the central government an opportunity to delay the State legislation and also to examine such bills and veto them completely.

Statement 2 is correct. The President’s proclamation has to be ratified by the Parliament. President’s rule can be extended till three years beyond which a Constitutional Amendment is needed for the emergency to continue.

Federal Government means establishing dual government with clear separation of power. However in India a strong centre is provided by giving more sets of power to the centre as compared to the states.

Statement 1 is correct. The Parliament is empowered to ‘form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States’. It can also alter the boundary of any State or even its name. The Constitution provides for some safeguards by way of securing the view of the concerned State legislature.

Statement 2 is correct. The Constitution has certain very powerful emergency provisions, which can turn our federal polity into a highly centralized system once emergency is declared. During an emergency, power becomes lawfully centralized. Parliament also assumes the power to make laws on subjects within the jurisdiction of the States.

Statement 3 is correct. Even during normal circumstances, the central government has very effective financial powers and responsibilities. In the first place, items generating revenue are under the control of the central government. Thus, the central government has many revenue sources and the States are mostly dependent on the grants and financial assistance from the centre.

Statement 2 is correct. To move such a resolution, a 14 days’ notice is to be given. Such a resolution, though passed by the Rajya Sabha only must be agreeable to the Lok Sabha. Unlike the President, there is no process of impeachment of the Vice President. Vice President is removed by a resolution passed by Rajya Sabha by effective majority (i.e. majority of all the then members of Rajya Sabha) and agreed by a simple majority in the

Lok Sabha.

The offence of contempt of court is committed when a person either disobeys a court order (civil contempt), or when a person says or does anything that scandalizes, prejudices, or interferes with judicial proceedings and the administration of justice (criminal contempt).

Statement 2 is incorrect. The judiciary is not financially dependent on either the executive or legislature. The Constitution provides that the salaries and allowances of the judges are not subjected to the approval of the legislature.

Statement 1 is correct. The Delimitation Commission decides the basis on which constituencies are reserved for SC and ST candidates as well as declares which of the constituencies would be reserved.

A quota of constituencies to be reserved in each State is fixed depending on the proportion of SC or ST in that State. After drawing the boundaries, the Delimitation Commission looks at the composition of population in each constituency. Those constituencies that have the highest proportion of Scheduled Tribe population are reserved for ST. In the case of Scheduled Castes, the Delimitation Commission looks at two things. It picks constituencies that have higher proportion of Scheduled Caste population. But it also spreads these constituencies in different regions of the State. This is done because the Scheduled Caste population is generally spread evenly throughout the country. These reserved constituencies can be rotated each time the

Delimitation exercise is undertaken Statements 2 and 3 are correct. The Delimitation Commission is appointed by the President of India and works in collaboration with the Election Commission of India. It is appointed for the purpose of drawing up the boundaries of constituencies all over the country.

Statement 1 is correct. Constituent assembly did ratify India’s membership to the Commonwealth.

Statement 2 is incorrect. Constituent Assembly was a partly elected and partly nominated body. Moreover, the members were to be indirectly elected by the members of the provincial assemblies, who themselves were elected on a limited franchise.

Article 12 has defined the term for the purposes of Part III. According to it, the State includes the following:

(a) Government and Parliament of India i.e. executive and legislative organs of the Union government.

(b) Government and legislature of states i.e. executive and legislative organs of state government.

(c) All local authorities i.e. municipalities, panchayats, district boards, improvement trusts, etc.

(d) All other authorities i.e. statutory or non-statutory authorities like LIC, ONGC, SAIL, etc.

Thus, State has been defined in a wider sense so as to include all its agencies. It is the actions of these agencies that can be challenged in the courts as violating the Fundamental Rights.

According to the Supreme Court, even a private body or an agency working as an instrument of the State falls within the meaning of the ‘State’ under Article 12. High Court does not comes under article 12 of Indian constitution.

The man in the photo is the son of the sister of Bajpai. Hence, Bajpai is the maternal uncle of the man in the photograph.

Suppose their paths cross after x minutes.

Then, 11 + 57x = 51 - 63x    ⇔    120x = 40

x =1/3

Number of floors covered by David in (1/3) min. =((1/3)x 57)= 19

So, their paths cross at (11+19) i.e., 30^th floor.

X+(1/X) = 2 ;

(X^2+ 1)/ X = 2 ;

X^2+1 = 2X ;

X^2 - 2X + 1= 0 ;

By factorisation method ,

X = 1 ;

Now substitute X= 1 in X +(-1/X) ;

we get , 1 - 1/1 = 0 ;

Therefore , X = 0 ;

Avg of 7 no= (7+1)/2 = 8/2 = 4
Avg of 9 no = (9+1)/2 = 5
5- 4 = 1
Hence increased by 1

Runs scored by Kohli in first 4 innings = 48*4 = 192
Average of 5 innings is 60, so total runs scored after 5 innings = 60*5 = 300
Hence runs scored by Kohli in fifth inning = 300 – 192 = 108
It is given that in 6th innings he scores 12 runs more than this, so he must score 120 in the sixth inning. Hence total runs scored in 6 innings = 300+120 = 420
Now average of last five innings is 78, so runs scored in last innings = 390
Hence runs scored in first inning = 420 – 390 = 30.

• X’s five day work = 5/20 = 1/4. Remaining work = 1 – 1/4 = 3/4.
• This work was done by Y in 15 days. Y does 3/4th of the work in 15 days, he will finish the work in 15 × 4/3 = 20 days.  
• X & Y together would take 1/20 + 1/20 = 2/20 = 1/10 i.e. 10 days to complete the work.

So Option C is correct

• Statement 1 is correct. Climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions can have different climates. To describe the climate of a place, we might say what the temperatures are like during different seasons, how windy it usually is, or how much rain or snow typically falls. Weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere. Even though there’s only one atmosphere on Earth, the weather isn’t the same all around the world. Weather is different in different parts of the world and changes over minutes, hours, days, and weeks.

• Statement 2 is incorrect. The elements of weather and climate are the same, i.e. temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity and precipitation. At any point of time, the elements to decide the weather and climate of the region does not change, but remains constant.

Jog Falls project suffers setback as Centre asks Karnataka about impact assessment.

• Statements 1 and 2 are correct : Jog Falls is created by the Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 m (830 ft), making it the second-highest plunge waterfall in India.

  It is also called by alternative names of Gerusoppa falls, Gersoppa Falls and Jogada Gundi.

• Statement 3 is not correct : Located near Sagara, Shimoga District of Karnataka state.

• Statement 1 is correct. Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission has included the on-going centrally sponsored schemes - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme under its ambit.

• Statement 2 is correct. Ayushman Bharat is a National Health Protection Scheme which covers over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage upto 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. Statement 3 is correct. Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country and a beneficiary covered under the scheme is allowed to take cashless benefits from any public/private enlisted hospitals across the country.

• Salient features of Ayushman Bharat include: Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission will be an entitlement-based scheme with entitlement decided on the basis of deprivation criteria in the SECC database.

• The beneficiaries can avail benefits in both public and empanelled private facilities.

• To control costs, the payments for treatment will be done on package rate (to be defined by the Government in advance) basis. One of the core principles of Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission is to cooperative federalism and flexibility to states.

• For giving policy directions and fostering coordination between the Centre and States, it is proposed to set up Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission Council (AB- NHPMC) at apex level Chaired by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister. States would need to have State Health Agency (SHA) to implement the scheme.

• To ensure that the funds reach SHA on time, the transfer of funds from Central Government through Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission to State Health Agencies may be done through an escrow account directly. In partnership with NITI Ayog, a robust, modular, scalable and interoperable IT platform will be made operational which will entail a paperless, cashless transaction.

• Statement 1 and 2 are incorrect. Government e Marketplace is the National Public Procurement Portal offering an online, end-to-end solution for procurement of common use goods and services by government departments. GeM provides an open, inclusive, transparent and efficient online marketplace.

• Statement 3 is incorrect. It is used by Central and State Government Ministries and Departments, Central and State Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs & SPSUs), autonomous institutions and local bodies. The National Mission on GeM (NMG) was launched on 5th September 2018 till 17^th October 2018. The objective of the Mission was to accelerate the adoption and use of Procurement by Major Central Ministries, States and UTs and their agencies (including CPSUs/PSUs, Local Bodies) on the GeM platform. The objectives GeM are: Promote inclusiveness by catapulting various categories of sellers and service providers Highlight and communicate the ‘value addition’ by way of transparency and efficiency in public procurement, including corruption free governance. Achieve cashless, contactless and paperless transaction in line with Digital India objectives. Increase overall efficiency leading to significant cost savings on government expenditure in Procurement. Maximizing ease in availability of all types of products and services bought by the Government.

• Venus is wrapped in a thick, toxic atmosphere filled with carbon dioxide that traps in heat.

• The temperature of Venus is too high, and its atmosphere is highly acidic, just two of the things that would make life impossible.

• Surface temperatures reach a scorching 880 degrees Fahrenheit (471 degrees Celsius), hot enough to melt lead.

• It has no moons and no rings.

• It spins from east to west, the opposite direction from all other planets in our solar system but the same as Uranus.

• Venus’ solid surface is a volcanic landscape covered with extensive plains featuring high volcanic mountains and vast ridges.

Scientists discovered a hidden landscape ‘frozen in time’ under Antarctic ice.

• Scientists used satellite photos combined with radio-echo sounding data to create an image of Antarctica’s hidden landscape.
• It is located in East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land region bordering the Indian Ocean, covering an area roughly the size of Belgium or the U.S. state of Maryland.
• It is a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers. The area spreads across 32,000 square kilometres (12,000 square miles) and was once home to trees, forests and probably animals,
• It has been “frozen in time” under the Antarctic ice for millions of years

Coastlines of Submergence:

Ria Coast: During the Ice Age a great deal of water was locked up in ice. The warmer climate that followed melted much of the ice. Subsequently there was an increase in the waters of the oceans and the sea level rose appreciably.

In some cases it is estimated that there was a rise of almost 300 feet! In upland coastal regions where the mountains run at right angles to the sea, that is transverse or discordant to the coast, a rise in the sea level submerges or drowns the lower parts of the valleys to form long, narrow branching inlets separated by narrow head­lands.

Statement 1 is incorrect. They differ from fiords in two important respects, i.e. they are not glaciated, and their depth increases seawards. A Ria coast is typical of the Atlantic type of coast like those of north-west France, north-west Spain, south-west Ireland, Devon and Cornwall. As Rias are generally backed by highland, they support few large commercial ports though they have deep water and offer sheltered anchorage. They have been

extensively used for siting fishing ports and naval bases such as Plymouth and Brest.

Fiord Coast: Fiords are submerged U-shaped glacial troughs. They mark the paths of glaciers that plunged down from the highlands. They have steep walls, often rising straight from the sea, with tributary branches joining the main inlet at right angles.

Statement 2 is incorrect. Due to the greater intensity of ice erosion fiords are deep for great distances inland but there is a shallow section at the seaward end formed by a ridge of rock and called the threshold. Off the fiord coast are numerous islands or skerries which, with the shallow thresholds, sometimes only 200 feet deep, complicate coastal navigation. Fiord coasts are almost entirely confined to the higher latitudes of the temperate regions which

were once glaciated e.g. Norway, Alaska, British Columbia, southern Chile and the South Island of New Zealand.

Some of the large fiords are extremely long and deep. For example, the Sogne Fiord of Norway is 110 miles long, 4 miles wide and almost 4,000 feet deep in its mid-channel. Despite their deep and sheltered water, few large ports are located in fiords. Their mountainous background with poor accessibility inland, attract few settlements.

Agriculture is confined to the deltaic fans, built up where streams flow down to the fjords. The few towns that exist either as fishing or market centres e.g. Trondheim, are only of local importance.