Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 13:33

Question 4
Answer – D
India has been holding the position of leading milk producing nation in the world for the last several years with sustainable increase in the annual milk production wherein the research developments played a crucial role. Improvement of indigenous cattle breeds through selection project was conceptualized for the genetic improvement of Gir, Kankrej and Sahiwal cattle in their home tracts.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 13:31

Question 2
Answer – A
The “Make in India” effort of Indian Railways has culminated into India's first Semi High Speed Train, "Vande Bharat Express". Earlier known as Train 18 or T18, is the all-new engine-less and a self-propelled train.
Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, a Railways Production unit, has been the force behind a completely in-house design and manufacture, computer modelling and working with a large number of suppliers for system integration in just 18 months.
Further, it has an intelligent braking system with power regeneration for better energy efficiency thereby making it cost, energy and environment efficient which can save up to 30% of electrical energy.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 05:45

Q. 10 With reference to the public debt management in India, consider the following statements:
1. RBI manages the debt of both Central and state government.
2. The government of India does not borrow directly from International Capital Markets.
3. Post office saving deposits forms part of internal debt of the Union Government.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 05:41

Q. 8 With reference to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), consider the following statements:
1. It is an office attached to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
2. Its mandate is to develop and disseminate technologies for sustainable development and management of India's ground water resources.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:39

Question 10
Answer – C
Coffee is a tropical plantation crop. Coffee needs abundant rainfall, i.e., 100 to 200 cm annually. The hill slopes which receive orthographic rainfall are thus best for coffee cultivation. Direct sunlight is harmful for coffee plants; therefore, these are planted under shade of taller trees such as bananas. In Brazil, leguminous plants are used which not only provide shade but also enrich soil with nitrogen.
Generally, coffee is grown on slopes having height between 600 to 1,800 meters. The suitability of slopes for coffee is because these are well-drained and also cooler. Water stagnation is very harmful for coffee plants; therefore, hill slopes are best suitable for it.
The ideal soil is one with a good sub-surface drainage. The presence of humus, nitrogenous matter, potash, iron in the soil is an advantage. Well-drained volcanic soils are also suitable.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:37

Question 8
Answer – C
• Unlike South India which usually have elaborate boundary walls or gateways North India Nagara style, it is common for an entire temple to be built on a stone platform with steps leading up to it. There is not much focus on gateways and boundary walls.
• Entrance to the North Indian temple’s garbhagriha, it would be usual to find images such as mithunas and the river goddesses, Ganga and Yamuna, in the south you will generally find sculptures of fierce dvarapalas or the door-keepers guarding the temple.
• The North Indian idea of multiple shikharas rising together as a cluster was not popular in South India. At some of the most sacred temples in South India, the main temple in which the garbhagriha is situated has, in fact, one of the smallest towers. This is because it is usually the oldest part of the temple.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:35

Question 6
Answer – C
During his reign, Balban ruled with an iron fist. He broke up the 'Chahalgani', a group of the forty most important nobles in the court because he himself once was part of Chahalgani and thus feel threatened by it.
He started Iranian method Sijda and Paibos to the sultan in India. He also introduced the Persian festival Navroz.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:33

Question 4
Answer – C
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has launched the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.
DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. As a part of the Skill India campaign, it plays an instrumental role in supporting the social and economic programs of the government like the Make In India, Digital India, Smart Cities, and Start-Up India, Stand-Up India campaigns.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:31

Question 2
Answer – A
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act) provides to every child of the age of six to fourteen years the right to free and compulsory education in a neighborhood school till the completion of elementary education.
Children are entitled to the following:
o Free Textbooks & uniforms.
o Library with books, newspapers, magazines
o Sports equipment
o Play material
o Mid-day Meal
o Special Training for age-appropriate education
o Transfer Certificates
o Completion Certificates
o Other expenses
Its interventions include, inter alia, the opening of new schools, construction of schools and additional classrooms, constructing toilets and drinking water facilities, in-service training for teachers and academic resource support, support for improving learning achievement levels, research, evaluation and monitoring.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:46

Q. 10 Which of the following are essential growth conditions required for Coffee cultivation?
1. Direct Sunlight is necessary for the Coffee plantation.
2. Coffee plant needs abundant rainfall.
3. Fertile soils rich in iron and potash are most suitable for its cultivation.
4. Coffee cannot tolerate water stagnation.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:40

Q. 6 Consider the following statements regarding Sultan Balban of Delhi Sultanate
1. He dissolved Chahalgani, a group of the forty most important nobles in the court.
2. He introduced to India the celebration of Persian festival Navroz.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:36

Q. 4 Consider the following statements with respect to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana:
1. It is focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families.
2. It is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:32

Q. 2 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2010 has provision for which of the following interventions?
1. Construction of toilets and drinking water facilities
2. In-service training for teachers
3. Free textbooks and uniforms
4. Free medical facilities

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:39

Question 10
Answer – C
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in the economic territories of a country in a given year, irrespective of who the producer of the goods and services are.
The services rendered by an Indian working in Dubai will not be considered in calculating India’s Gross Domestic Product. The services rendered by an Indian working and residing abroad will be counted for the calculation of the respective country’s GDP.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:37

Question 8
Answer – C
It is found only in the northern hemisphere [due to great east-west extent. Absent in the southern hemisphere because of the narrowness in the high latitudes]. It stretches along a continuous belt across central Canada, some parts of Scandinavian Europe and most of central and southern Russian. [50° to 70° N]

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 13:32

Question 3
Answer – B
Directorate of Enforcement was set up at New Delhi in 1956 for enforcement of the provisions of the
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 1947.
The directorate is entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), which came into force in 2005.
At present, the Directorate of Enforcement enforces two laws viz., the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) apart from looking after the residual work initiated under FERA.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 13:30

Question 1
Answer – C
Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica, as a part of the Indian Antarctic Program. Located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres from the South Pole, it was established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983/84. This was the first time an Indian team spent a winter in Antarctica to carry out scientific work. It got buried in ice and was abandoned in 1990/91. Now it only acts as a supply base.
Maitri is India‘s second permanent research station in Antarctica. It was built and finished in 1989, shortly before the first station Dakshin Gangotri was buried in ice and abandoned in 1990/91. Maitri is situated on the rocky mountainous region called Schirmacher Oasis. India also built a freshwater lake around Maitri known as Lake Priyadarshini. The research station is only 5 km away from the Russian Novolazarevskaya Station and is equipped to carry out research in various disciplines, such as biology, earth sciences, glaciology, atmospheric sciences, meteorology, cold region engineering, communication, human physiology, and medicine. Bharati is India's third Antarctic research facility working on trial basis since 2012. Research here focuses on oceanographic studies and the phenomenon of continental breakup. Both Bharati and Maitri are operational.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

27 Jan 2023 05:43

Q. 9 With reference to the National Cadet Corps (NCC), consider the following statements:
1. The National Cadets Corps came into existence under the National Cadet Corps Act, 1948.
2. Age limit for a student to join NCC is up to 26 years.
3. NCC programme is applicable for both private and Govt Schools & Colleges.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 17:31

https://epaper.thehindu.com/ccidist-ws/th/th_delhi/issues/21046/OPS/G0LAO0C9E.1+GSBAO1307.1.html

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:38

Question 9
Answer – C
Lex Loci Act (the Act proposed in 1845 and passed in 1850) provided the right to inherit ancestral property to Hindu converts to Christianity.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:36

Question 7
Answer – D
The Mahanadi rises in the Satpura Range of central India, and flows east to the Bay of Bengal. The Mahanadi drains most of the state of Chhattisgarh and much of Orissa. The Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers together form a large delta where they meet the Bay of Bengal. Tributaries of the Mahanadi include the Tel, Mand, and Hasdo rivers.
Left Tributaries: Seonath, Mand, Ib and Hasdeo
Right Tributaries: Ong, Jonk and Tel.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:34

Question 5
Answer – B
The Food Corporation of India was set up under the Food Corporation's Act 1964, in order to fulfil the following objectives of the Food Policy:
o Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.
o Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for the public distribution system.
o Maintaining a satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of foodgrains to ensure National Food Security.
It also regulates market price to provide foodgrains to consumers at a reliable price.
The economic cost of food grains is greater than the MSP.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:32

Question 3
Answer – B
Para 4 of the Fifth Schedule provides for the establishment of a Tribes Advisory Council (TAC) in any State having Scheduled Areas.
If the President so directs, there will be established a TAC in a State having Scheduled tribes but not Scheduled Areas therein.
It consists of not more than twenty members of whom, three-fourths shall be the representatives of the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 13:30

Question 1
Answer – D
Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (IDWH) is an on-going Centrally Sponsored Scheme which has been made operational by adding more components and activities to the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Scheme - Assistance for the Development of National Parks and Sanctuaries.
Under the scheme, the financial assistance is provided to State/UT Governments for protection and conservation of wildlife and its habitats in Protected Areas (PAs) as well as outside PAs and also for the recovery programmes of the critically endangered species.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:43

Q. 8 With reference to the difference between the Nagara and Dravidian style of temple architecture, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Nagara temple has elaborate boundary walls whereas the Dravidian temple doesn’t have them.
2. Nagara temple has images of Mithunas and the river goddesses, Ganga and Yamuna whereas Dravidian temple has sculptures of door-keepers guarding the temple.
3. Nagara style of temples had multiple shikharas rising together as a cluster whereas the Dravidian temples did not exhibit the same.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:38

Q. 5 With reference to the Food Corporation of India (FCI), consider the following statements:
1. FCI is a statutory body established under National Food Security Act, (NFSA) 2013.
2. FCI regulates market prices to provide foodgrains to consumers at reliable prices.
3. The economic cost of food grains procured by the FCI is less than the MSP.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:34

Q. 3 Consider the following statements regarding the Tribes Advisory Council:
1. It shall be established only in states having Scheduled Areas.
2. Its three-fourth members shall be the representatives of the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative Assembly of the State.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

10 Jan 2023 05:30

Q. 1 Which of the following is not correct with reference to the Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats Scheme?
a) It aims to recover critically endangered species.
b) Both Protected Areas and conservation of wildlife and its habitats outside the protected areas are covered under this scheme.
c) It provides financial to the State/UT Governments for activities aimed at wildlife conservation.
d) It is a central sector scheme and fully funded by central government.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:38

Question 9
Answer – B
Coniferous forests favor lumbering as it has limited number of species. Pine, spruce and fir in the northern forests and larch in the warmer south are the most important.
In Coniferous forests lumbering are normally carried out in the winter when the sap ceases to flow. This makes felling much simpler.
The snow-covered ground makes logging and haulage [commercial transport of goods] a relatively easy job.

Edubridge IAS Discussion group

07 Jan 2023 13:36

Question 7
Answer – D
Most of the parts of central and north China experiences as The Warm Temperate Eastern Margin Climate.
The British type of climate has adequate rainfall throughout the year with a tendency towards a slight winter or autumn maximum from cyclonic sources. Since the rain-bearing winds come from the west, the western margins have the heaviest rainfall. The amount decreases eastwards with increasing distance from the sea.