IASbaba’s 60 Day Plan- Prelims Test 2017 History and Current Affairs [Day 19]

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So, here we are with the 19th Day of 60 Days Plan. It is the third edition of 60 Days program but seems like the first one because of the excitement involved everywhere, including us 🙂

We are equally excited and pumped. Our Team is working hard to make you realize your dream. Do not take it insincerely and let us down. Your faith and participation has to be in sync with the amount of hard work and effort we do.

Let us pledge to make it a big game changer (better than last year) in the next 60 days!

Importance of Self – Tracking: Learning from Last Year

Last year, aspirants used to comment their answers in the comment box on daily basis. There were huge participation in discussion. Putting answers in comment box has been very effective to self track yourself after updating the score. In the end you can cross check your performance through disqus profile.

It was highly effective in the last edition of 60 Days that propelled aspirants to monitor their performance and learn through discussion. Let you solve these questions with full honesty and write your result in the comment box. Interact with peers to know your mistakes.

The importance of this initiative stands time bound and aggressive reverse engineering to learn the concepts. Many of you must be busy with your own strategy but let us tell you honestly that in the last two months, it is very important to revise and consolidate your learning. Just reading won’t suffice.

So, take out few hours from your schedule and make it a revision exercise.

How you can make the best use of it?

Be honest to your effort and do not start competing with XYZ aspirants here just for the sake of marks. It is more important for you to introspect and check your learning than focusing on others. Try to answer the questions in 20 minutes only. 

Do not get into negative feeling that I don’t have enough knowledge to answer these questions. Feel like you are taking the real exam. What would be your response then?

The same will be replicated in UPSC exam. Here, you get marks only and nothing else matters. So make effort to know the answers of all questions. Do not cheat 😛

Baba’s Gyan for REVISION

Many of you, almost all, asks about effective revision strategy! Can there be any?

Let us tell you something Baba does 😀 

You guys study a lot and there is no issue with the hard work that has been put in. But when it comes to input-output comparison, your performance is questionable.

What to do?

Just do this for a Week: Go to bed before stipulated time of your sleep, at least 1 hour before. Close your eyes and try to relax your mind. You should attain full comfort and calmness.

Do this on the First Day: Imagine the full story of a recent movie that you have watched. Try to recollect from starting to end. See, whether you are able to depict the clear picture or not!

Now, do the same for everything you learnt from morning specially the ones you struggled with. Since it is fresh, most of the things should flow into your mind smoothly. Check what is your recollecting capacity.

For example, if you prepared Polity Day 2: Topics- Try to collect all important concepts and learning of the day.

Trust us, this exercise if done with sincerity will give you immense confidence as well as boost your performance. There is no ideal time for revision and there cannot be any specific date put for it, as commonly done.

This will always expose your weaknesses the very same day and if you tend to forget something, can always get back to consolidate and cement it.

REPEAT IT FOR A WEEK & SEE THE MAGIC 😀 

Must to Do: Read the detailed article regarding Micro Analysis Matrix and follow the guidelines- Click Here

Try to hold your nerves and learn to control the temptation. This is very important art to learn and implement!

Are you ready? Let’s start

[Day 19]: HISTORY & CURRENT AFFAIRS 

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Q.1) Consider the following statements with reference to the Chamber of Princes.

1. It was constituted in 1921, on the recommendation of Montagu-Chelmsford report.
2. It had executive powers in dealing with the affairs of all the Princely States.
3. The Viceroy was the Crown’s agent in dealing with the States.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.2) Consider the following statements with reference to the National Planning Committee (NPC)

1. The Haripur session of the INC in 1938 set up the National planning Committee.
2. Subhash Chandra Bose was the President of the National Planning Committee.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.3) Consider the following statements with reference to M.N. Roy.

1. He started bi-monthly paper called Vanguard of Indian Independence.
2. He published a book called India in Transition in 1922.
3. He started a trade union called Indian Federation of Labour in 1941.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.4) Consider the following statements with reference to Mrs. Annie Besant

1. She started two newspapers Commonweal and New India.
2. She was the first Woman President of the Indian National Congress.
3. Through the Home-Rule Movement she advocated complete independence of India.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.5) Consider the following statements with reference to the Karachi Session of INC (1931).

1. Jawaharlal Nehru was the President of the Karachi Congress session.
2. It passed a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic policy.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.6) Consider the following statements with reference to the Civil-Disobedience Movement.

1. Gandhiji started the Movement by undertaking a March from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi.
2. Non-acceptance of the 11-point Ultimatum by the Viceroy became the immediate cause for the launching of the movement.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.7) Consider the following Statements with reference to the Nehru Report of 1928.

1. The Report was prepared by a committee headed by Jawaharlal Nehru.
2. The main demand of the report was Poorna Swaraj/Complete Independence.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.8) consider the following statements with reference to the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917.

1. It was launched against the practice of compulsory growing of indigo by the peasants.
2. Gandhiji was persuaded by Raj Kumar Shukla to come to Champaran.
3. Gandhiji was accompanied by Sardar Vallabbhai Patel during the Champaran Satyagraha.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.9) Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

                        Conspiracy case                     :           Related to

1. The Meerut Conspiracy case    :           Arrest of Philip Spratt and Benjamin F.                                                                              Bradley.
2. The Lahore conspiracy Case   :             Arrest of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and                                                                                   Rajguru.
3. The Alipore Conspiracy case  :              Arrest of Nalini Gupta and S.A. Dange.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.10) Who among the following played an important role in the signing of Gandhi-Irwin pact?

1. Motilal Nehru.
2. Tej Bahadur Sapru.
3. Madan Mohan Malaviya.
4. M. R. Jayakar
5. Maulana Azad.

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below

1. I and 2 only
2. 2 and 4 only
3. 2 and 3 only
4. 3 and 5 only.

Q.11) Consider the following statements with respect to the Communal Award of 1932.

1. It was announced by the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald.
2. It provided for the separate electorates for Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Anglo Indians.
3. Depressed classes and women were not given separate electorates under the award. 

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.12) Consider the following statements with respect to Bardoli Satyagraha.

1. It was launched against the tax demands made by the government.
2. It was launched against the local Zamindars and money lenders.
3. Sardar Vallabhai Patel was the leader of the Satyagraha.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.13) In 1939, the Congress ministries in the state legislatures resigned, as a reaction to

1. Declaring India as a belligerent state without consulting Indian people.
2. The arrests of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
3. The severity of repression unleashed on the Quit India demonstrators.
4. Government’s callousness in handling the War related inflation.

Q.14) The Azad Hind Government of 1943 was set up in which of the following countries?

1. Germany
2. Japan
3. Singapore
4. Austria

Q.15) Consider the following statements with reference to the Worlis revolt of 1945.

1. It was a tribal uprising against the forest contractors and money lenders.
2. It was a peasant uprising against the land revenue demands of the zamindars.
3. The Kisan Sabha took up their cause and launched a movement in 1945.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. All of the above

Q.16) India has been ranked 138th in the 2016 ICT Development Index out of a total of 175 countries. It is released by

1. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
2. International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
3. Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development
4. World Economic Forum

Q.17) Consider the following statements about ‘Pusa Arhar 16’

1. It is a variant of pigeon pea developed by Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB)
2. It has a maturity period of 120 days instead of 160-270 days needed by varieties in use now

Select the correct statements

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.18) Consider the following statements about ‘Mridaparikshak’

1. It is a MINILAB that can determine soil health
2. It is developed by Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal
3. It is not compatible with the ‘Soil Health Card’ which led to discontinuation of the app

Select the correct statements

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

Q.19) Demchok is located in which of the following states?

1. Sikkim
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Jammu & Kashmir

Q.20) Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)

1. It aims to reach out to all pregnant women who are in the 2nd & 3rd trimesters of pregnancy.
2. A minimum package of antenatal care services will be provided to the beneficiaries on the 9th day of every month at the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Clinics

Select the correct statements

1. Only 1
2. Only 2
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Q.21) Global Business Optimism Index is released by

1. World Bank
2. World Economic Forum
3. World Trade Organisation
4. None of the above

Q.22) Consider the following statements about Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMM)

1. It is a joint mission by NASA and ESA
2. It holds the Guinness World Record for highest altitude fix of a GPS signal
3. Magnetic reconnection occurs when magnetic fields around Earth connect and disconnect, explosively releasing energy

Select the correct statements

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 1 and 3
4. All of the above

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