Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:35

Question 6
Answer - A
Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces - Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh. As the federal part did not come into existence after the Government of India Act, 1935 due to reservations of princely states, no elections were held at the federal Level.
After a few months’ tussles with the Government, the Congress Working Committee decided to accept office under the Act of 1935. During July, it formed Ministries in six provinces: Madras, Bombay, Central Provinces, Orissa, Bihar and U.P. Later, Congress Ministries were also formed in the North-West Frontier Province and Assam. The Non-Congress Ministries were formed in Bengal (Krishi Praja Party with the support of Muslim League and Independent Muslims), Punjab (Unionist Party) & Sindh (United Sindh Party).

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:33

Question 4
Answer – B
The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was first conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer of the British Indian Army.
Recruits were sought from civilians, funds were gathered, and even a women’s regiment called the Rani Jhansi regiment was formed.
Subhas Bose set up two INA headquarters, in Rangoon and in Singapore, and began to reorganize the INA.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:31

Question 2
Answer – D
Geofencing is a location-based service in which an app or other software uses GPS, RFID, Wi-Fi or cellular data to trigger a pre-programmed action, when a mobile device or RFID tag enters or exits a virtual boundary set up around a geographical location, known as a geofence.
The government has tested the Geofencing application that triggers e-mails and SMS alerts to an authorized government agency if a person has jumped quarantine or escaped from isolation, based on the person's mobile phone's cell tower location.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:47

Q. 10 The monetary value of final goods and services produced by which of the following entities is used in calculating India’s Gross Domestic Product?
1. A private sector firm exporting services to Canada
2. An Indian working in Dubai
3. An Indian public sector enterprise producing goods in India
4. A Japanese company manufacturing buses in India

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:43

Q. 8 Which of the following regions experiences the Cool Temperate Continental Type of Climate?
1. Southern Chile
2. Tasmania and most parts of New Zealand
3. Central Canada
4. Central and southern Russian.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:39

Q. 6 Consider the following statements about 1937 elections:
1. Only provincial elections were held and no elections were held at the federal level.
2. Congress Ministries were formed in all the provinces except Bengal and Punjab.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:35

Q. 4 Consider the following statements about the Indian National Army (INA):
1. The idea of INA was first conceived by Mohan Singh, an officer of the British Indian army.
2. Recruits were sought only from Indian prisoners of war and ex-army men in British forces.
3. INA was headquartered in Calcutta.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:30

Q. 1 With regard to the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, consider the following statements:
1. It provides for setting up of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries.
2. The National Tiger Conservation Authority was constituted under the provisions of this Act.
3. It was the first umbrella act which established a schedule of protected plant species.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:38

Question 9
Answer – B
The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of the Government of India. As an interior ministry of India, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) discharges multifarious responsibilities, the important among them being - internal security, border management, Centre-State relations, administration of Union territories, management of Central Armed Police Forces, disaster management, etc.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:36

Question 7
Answer – A
Government need not invite bids for the projects in this method. Any private players with good experience who wants to develop an infrastructure can submit the proposal to the government for initiating the process. That proposal will be made online and a second person can give suggestions to improve and beat that proposal. An expert committee will accept the best proposal and the original proposer will get a chance to accept it if it is an improvement on his proposal.
If merit is found in proposal the Infrastructure Authority will require the Government Agency or the Local Authority to invite competing proposals using the Swiss Challenge Method. The original proponent will be given an opportunity to match any competing counter proposals that may be better than the original proposal, if the original proponent matches or improvises upon any such counter proposal the project shall be awarded to the original proponent, otherwise, the bidder making the competing offer will be allowed to execute the project.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:34

Question 5
Answer – C
Hard currency is the international currency in which the highest faith is shown and is needed by every economy. The strongest currency of the world is one which has a high level of liquidity. Basically, the economy with the highest as well as highly diversified exports that are compulsive imports for other countries (as of high-level technology, defence products, lifesaving medicines and petroleum products) will also create high demand for its currency in the end become the hard currency. It is always scarce.
Heated currency is a term used in the forex market to denote the domestic currency which is under enough pressure (heat) of depreciation due to a hard currency’s high tendency of exiting the economy (since it has become hot). It is also known as currency under heat or under hammering.
A soft currency is one with a value that fluctuates because there is less demand for that currency in the forex markets. This lack of demand may be driven by a variety of factors, but is most often a result of the country's political or economic uncertainty. Soft currencies are unlikely to be held by central banks as foreign reserves.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:32

Question 3
Answer – B
The act considerably increased the size of the legislative councils, both Central and provincial. The number of members in the Central Legislative Council was raised from 16 to 60. The number of members in the provincial legislative councils was not uniform. Indian Council Act (Morley-Minto Act) 1909 retained official majority in the Central Legislative Council but allowed the provincial legislative councils to have non-official majority. The act enlarged the deliberative functions of the legislative councils at both the levels. For example, members were allowed to ask supplementary questions, move resolutions on the budget, and so on.
The act provided (for the first time) for the association of Indians with the executive Councils of the Viceroy. Satyendra Prasad Sinha became the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council. He was appointed as the law member. Two Indians were nominated to the Council of the Secretary of State for Indian Affairs.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:30

Question 1
Answer – C
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (1856-1895) was an educationist and social reformer from Maharashtra. He criticised the blind dependence on tradition and false glorification of the past.
G.G. Agarkar and Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded the newspaper Kesari (in Marathi) and Mahratta (in English) in 1881. G. G Agarkar was also the first editor of Kesari.
The 19th century intellectual space in Maharashtra was neatly divided into two camps —the nationalists, led by Lokmanya Tilak and the rationalists, led by Gopal Ganesh Agarkar. The Lokmanya Tilak School focused on the primacy of political freedom with a conservative approach towards social reform. The Agarkar School wanted social reforms ahead of political freedom. Tilak was aggressive in his politics as well as in his writings. Agarkar was modest and mild-mannered.
Tilak always pushed for freedom and nationalist thought while for Agarkar, social reform came ahead of political freedom. The disagreement made Agarkar start his own journal Sudharak which spoke against untouchability and the caste system.
Agarkar was a cofounder of the Deccan Education Society established in 1884 with Bal Gangadhar Tilak. However, a quarrel ensured between Tilak and G.G. Agarkar where ultimately Tilak was pushed out of the Society. Thereafter there had been a constant tussle between the followers of Tilak on the one hand and his opponents on the other.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 05:45

Q. 9 Which of the following responsibilities are discharged by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)?
1. Internal security
2. Border management
3. Centre-State relations
4. Administration of Union Territories
5. Management of Central Armed Police Forces
6. Disaster Management

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 05:41

Q. 7 With reference to Swiss Challenge Method of Public Private Participation, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The private player in this method can submit the proposal for development of an infrastructure without any invitation from government.
2. In such method, the original proponent is not given any opportunity to match any competing counter proposals.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:34

Question 5
Answer - B
The Declaration promised India Dominion Status and a constitution-making body after the second world war whose members would be elected by the provincial assemblies and nominated by the rulers in case of the princely states.
The Pakistan demand was accommodated by the provision indirectly that any province which was not prepared to accept the new constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with Britain regarding its future status. For the present, the British would continue to exercise sole control over the defence of the country.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:32

Question 3
Answer – A
Government undertakes Sale of wheat and rice is undertaken through Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS) (Domestic) to check inflationary trend in prices of food grains.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:30

Question 1
Answer – D
The Act provides for setting up of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Community Reserves and Conservative Reserves.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body created in 2006 by amending Wildlife Protection Act 1972. It functions under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change for strengthening the tiger conservation.
The Wild Life Protection Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for protection of plants and animal species. It was the first umbrella act which established schedules of protected plant species. By this Act, hunting or harvesting these species was largely outlawed.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:45

Q. 9 Why the Coniferous forests favour lumbering?
1. The Coniferous forests have diverse species of trees.
2. The sap ceases to flow in trees of Coniferous forests at a fix time.
3. The snow-covered ground makes logging and haulage a relatively easy job.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:41

Q. 7 Which of the following statements is/are correct about the British Type of Climate?
1. This type of climate is experienced along the eastern coast of China.
2. It is a monsoonal type of climate.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:37

Q. 5 Consider the following statements about the Cripps Mission proposals, 1941:
1. It outrightly rejected the demand for a separate Pakistan put forward by Muslim League.
2. It proposed that a constitution-making body after the second world war would be set up.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 05:32

Q. 2 Consider the following statements:
Geofencing is:
1. used to set up a virtual boundary around a geographical location.
2. a service which supports networking technologies like e-mails and SMS alerts.
3. used to monitor suspected COVID-19 cases across the country.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:39

Question 10
Answer – C
The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Shri M.P Bezbaruah, retired IAS and member of the North Eastern Council to look into the various concerns of the citizens hailing from the North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country and to suggest suitable remedial measure including legal measure which could be taken up by the Government.
Committee has recommended some key points such as, reach to NE people by social media, nodal police stations, dedicated public prosecutors, legal awareness, university lectures, victims relief funds, sports promotion in NE.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:37

Question 8
Answer – C
The five monolithic temples known as Rathams belong to the reign of Mahamalla. They are among the earliest specimens of rock-cut temple art, illustrating different types of superstructure. The Dharmaraja ratham is the highest and has a portrait of Mahamalla himself.
Another type of Pallava monument is the Tirtham or magnificient open-air carving in relief on a rock surface. A well-known tirtham is the one called Arjuna's penance, in fact representing Gangavatarana (the descent of Ganga).

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:35

Question 6
Answer- A
An inflationary gap occurs when real GDP exceed the potential GDP. It is a situation when the demand for goods and services exceeds production due to factors such as higher levels of overall employment, increased trade activities, or elevated government expenditure. The inflationary gap is named as such because the relative rise in real GDP causes an economy to increase its consumption, leading prices to climb in the long run.
Inflation premium is the difference between real interest rate and nominal interest rate, when inflation is taking place. The interest banks charge on their lending is known as the nominal interest rate. This might not be the real cost of borrowing. To calculate the real interest rate, the nominal interest rate is adjusted for inflation. Real interest rate is always lower than the nominal interest rate, if inflation is taking place. This bonus brought by inflation to the borrowers is known as the inflation premium.
Skewflation is price rise of one or a small group of commodities over a sustained period of time. Skewflation may also mean the skewness of inflation among different sectors of the economy — some sectors are facing huge inflation, some none and some deflation.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:33

Question 4
Answer – C
In January 1915, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to his homeland after two decades of residence abroad. The India that Mahatma Gandhi came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one that he had left in 1893. Although still a colony of the British, it was far more active in a political sense. The Indian National Congress now had branches in most major cities and towns. Through the Swadeshi movement of 1905-07 it had greatly broadened its appeal among the middle classes. His first major public appearance was at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in February 1916. Among the invitees to this event were the princes and philanthropists whose donations had contributed to the founding of the BHU. Also present were important leaders of the Congress, such as Annie Besant.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 13:31

Question 2
Answer - C
Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj. Among Dayananda’s contributions were his promoting of the equal rights for women, such as the right to education and reading of Indian scriptures.
Dayananda Saraswati’s views were published in his famous work, Satyarth Prakash (The True Exposition). His vision of India included a classless and casteless society, a united India (religiously, socially and nationally), and an India free from foreign rule, with Aryan religion being the common religion of all.
Dayananda did take inspiration from the Vedas and considered them to be ‘India’s Rock of Ages’, the infallible and the true original seed of Hinduism. He gave the slogan “Back to the Vedas”. However, his slogan of ‘Back to the Vedas’ was a call for a revival of Vedic learning and Vedic purity of religion and not a revival of Vedic times. He accepted modernity, denounced the idolatry and ritualistic worship and worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies. He advocated that God, soul and matter (prakriti) were distinct and eternal entities and every individual had to work out his own salvation in the light of the eternal principles governing human conduct.
Dayananda Saraswati give the call for “India for Indians” in 1876. He inspired many young nationalists with his forceful and articulate arguments, painting India’s past in brighter colours than the British ideologues had. He exploded the myth of western superiority by referring to the richness of Indian civilisation in the past.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 05:47

Q. 10 The committee/commission was formed to examine various kinds of concerns of the people hailing from Northeastern states of India who are living in different parts of the country especially in the metropolitan cities.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 05:43

Q. 8 With reference to ancient Art and Architecture of Pallavas, consider the following statements:
1. Rathams are the five monolithic temples during the reign of Narasimhavarman.
2. Tircham is a type of monument with open-air carving in relief on a rock surface.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

02 Jan 2023 05:39

Q. 6 Consider the following pairs in the context of inflation:
Terms : Meaning
1. Inflationary gap : Real GDP exceeds Potential GDP
2. Inflation Premium: Difference in real and nominal interest rates
3. Skewflation : Sustained increase in prices of all goods