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INSIGHTS MOCK TEST SERIES 2015: TEST – 30 SOLUTIONS 1. Solution: c) Jaya Prakash once stated that Total Revolution is a combination of seven revolutions, viz., political, social, economic, cultural, ideological or intellectual, educational and spiritual; and the main motive being to bring in a change in the existing society that is in tune with the ideals of the Sarvodaya. JP had a very idealistic notion of society and it is in this endeavor, he shifted from Marxism to Socialism and later towards Sarvodaya. By the early 1970s, JP completely withdrew from party and power politics, and concentrated more on social regeneration through peaceful means. JP Narayanan has been in news for some time. 2. Solution: a) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/Jaitleys-Buddha-Circuit-plan-is-a- masterstroke/articleshow/38184422.cms The complete map of the Buddhist Circuit comprises Lumbini in Nepal, Bodh Gaya, Vaishali and Rajgir in Bihar and Sarnath in Varanasi, Shravasti and Kushinagar. The Buddh International Circuit is also a motor racing circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The circuit is best known as the venue for the annual Formula One Indian Grand Prix, which was first hosted in October 2011 but has been suspended since the 27th of October 2013 due to an ongoing tax dispute with the Uttar Pradesh government. 3. Solution: c) This is a centenary (100 years) for Tagore’s Gitanjali Noble prize award. These lines are the very first lines of Gitanjali. Hence, such unexpected questions may be expected by UPSC. http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/1000-voices-bengali-choir-celebrate- 100-years-of-tagores-gitanjali/article7382975.ece You can read interesting stuff about Gitanjali here (not very useful for the exam though) - http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/tagore/gitnjali.htm 4. Solution: b) http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 1 INSIGHTS MOCK TEST SERIES 2015: TEST – 30 SOLUTIONS As per the census there are 24.39 crore total number of households in the country, of which 17.91 crore live in villages. Of these, 10.69 crore households are considered as deprived. 50 percent or 5.37 crore deprived households in rural areas are landless and depend on manual labour for livelihood. House hold size: Average size of a rural Indian household is 4.93. Highest in Uttar Pradesh at 6.26. Lowest in Andhra Pradesh at 3.86. Male dominance: majority of 87 per cent households is male-headed. Nearly 13 per cent do have a female head. In rural areas of Rajasthan, around 91 per cent households are headed by men. In Kerala 26 per cent are women-headed households (highest among the states). Literacy: Over one-third of population living in rural areas is illiterate. Higher literacy in terms of percentage is in Kerala (88.62), Delhi (86.42), Goa (84.58), Sikkim (79.88) and Himachal Pradesh (77.95). Lowest literacy is in Rajasthan (58), Madhya Pradesh (44.19), Bihar (43.85), Telangana (40.42) and Chattisgarh (39.59). SC and ST Population:Large proportion of the households across the country belong to the SC and ST category i.e. about 30 per cent of rural households. Employment: Rural India is largely self-employed or employed in the unorganised sector. Around 10 per cent households are on salaried jobs of which the majority are in government jobs. 5. Solution: c) Forex reserves do not serve any useful purpose apart from acting as a hedge against BoP crisis; to maintain the value of rupee in international market in case of excessive volatility; and to undertake sterilization in the economy. Therefore, there was a proposal to use them for infrastructure projects. While the proposal look simple and straight enough, there are a number of strategic considerations like nature of financing; risk in projects; BoP status; effect on money supply and inflation etc. A decision should be made considering all the above factors. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-wants-to-break-forex- reserves/article7400569.ece 6. Solution: a) Eligibility to get rights under the Act is confined to those who "primarily reside in forests" and who depend on forests and forest land for a livelihood. Further, either the claimant must be a member of the Scheduled Tribes scheduled in that area or must have been residing in the forest for 75 years • Title rights - i.e. ownership - to land that is being farmed by tribals or forest dwellers as on 13 December 2005, subject to a maximum of 4 hectares; ownership is only for land that is actually being cultivated by the concerned family as on that date, meaning that no new lands are granted • Use rights - to minor forest produce (also including ownership), to grazing areas, to pastoralist routes, etc. http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 2 INSIGHTS MOCK TEST SERIES 2015: TEST – 30 SOLUTIONS • Relief and development rights - to rehabilitation in case of illegal eviction or forced displacement; and to basic amenities, subject to restrictions for forest protection • Forest management rights - to protect forests and wildlife 7. Solution: d) Almost all States have performed poorly in reducing the number of underweight adolescent girls. Uttar Pradesh still has the highest levels of child stunting, with over 50 per cent of the children under the age of five underdeveloped, meaning that their height is more than two standard deviations less than the expected height for their age for that population. Jharkhand, meanwhile, has the highest number of underweight children under the age of five, meaning their weight for age is more than two standard deviations less than what would be expected. Kerala remains the best performing State in the number of child stunting cases, while Manipur and Mizoram have the lowest numbers of underweight children. 8. Solution: d) The stabilizing tendency of the market is often know as the “invisible hand”. When there is excess supply or lower demand for a commodity, price of a commodity lowers. This is turn revives the demand in the market and increases production of the commodity. The reverse is also true. Optimizing behaviour of the individuals means that every individual acts rationally in their maximum self-interest. This is at the core of the principle of market forces. Perfect competition ensures that all such transactions take place in an unrestricted and non- monopoly markets. 9. Solution: c) http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 3 INSIGHTS MOCK TEST SERIES 2015: TEST – 30 SOLUTIONS http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Haryanas-Bhirrana-oldest-Harappan-site- Rakhigarhi-Asias-largest-ASI/articleshow/46926693.cms Rakhigarhi, or Rakhi Garhi is a village in Hisar District in the state of Haryana in India, situated in the north-west about 150 kilometers from Delhi. In 1963, archaeologists discovered that this place was the site of the largest known city of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization, much larger and ancient than Harappa and Mohenjodaro sites. It is situated on the dry bed of the Sarasvati river, which is believed to have once flown through this place and dried up by 2000 BC. According to the archaeologists, Rakhigarhi is an ideal nucleus from where the Harappan civilisation began in the Ghaggar basin in Haryana and gradually grew from here and slowly expanded to the Indus valley. 10. Solution: a) http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/prime-minister-narendra-modis-central-asia- visit/article7396013.ece Here is the text from the article which discusses radicalism in Central Asia: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s eight-day visit to the five Central Asian States — Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — is taking place at the most opportune juncture, for Mr. Modi has indicated that he proposes to focus on the radical Islamist threat to the region. Given the kind of extremist winds sweeping across the region, the Muslim populations of these states face uncertain times. States such as Tajikistan are especially vulnerable, as many from the ranks of their security agencies are beginning to join the Islamic State (IS). The threats that these states face from radical Islamist elements are, indeed, real. At the same time, it is also significant that the leadership of these Central Asian States should look to India to provide them with answers on how to insulate their Muslim populations from these kinds of threats. India’s success, to date, in insulating its own Muslim population from such radicalism has gained wide acceptance, even as the so-called ‘counter radicalisation’ programmes followed in the West are proving to be a failure.” 11. Solution: d) http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/04/18/indias-change-in-gdp-calculation-method- seems-highly-sensible/ The CSO is responsible for coordination of statistical activities in the country, including National Income Accounting; conduct of Annual Survey of Industries, Economic Censuses, compilation of Index of Industrial Production, Consumer Price Indices etc. The most important indices used for compilation of GDP are Index of Industrial Production (IIP), Wholesale Price Index (WPI), and Consumer Price Indices – for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW), Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL). http://www.insightsonindia.com INSIGHTS Page 4 INSIGHTS MOCK TEST SERIES 2015: TEST – 30 SOLUTIONS This data is compiled by central and state ministries, independent departments, and other governmental organisations. For example, the Industrial Statistics Unit at the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, provides production data to the CSO for compiling IIP. Similarly, commodity-wise data on import-export, production, crop, area, WPI, CPI etc. is collected and analysed by the Price Monitoring Cell, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. 12. Solution: a) Article 29 provides that any section of the citizens residing in any part of India having a distinct language, script or culture of its own, shall have the right to conserve the same.