UP-PSC TEST-08: State, Local and Various Goverment Bodies Code: UPPSCT08 Q. Ans. Explanations 1. C Exp. Recently, the NITI Aayog in partnership with the Institute of Competitiveness released the Export Preparedness Index (EPI) report 2020. Gujarat, Maharastra and Tamil Nadu came at first, second and thrid respectively. 2. A 3. A Prime Minister of Narendra Modi has announced the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” (OSOWOG) plan. 4. B Minimum age required for the appointment of Governor shall be 35 years. 5. A Sudha Murty and Sivakumar Surampudi are among the winners of the Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras. Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskaras instituted by Gramodaya Chamber of Commerce and Technology (GCOT), a not-for-profit organisation founded by the alumni of Osmania University. 6. A Generally, every state has a Governor but 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 laid the provision that same person can be appointed as Governor of two or more states. 7. D 8. B Governor of state is appointed by President of India on the recommendation of Union Council of Ministers. 9. D “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana will aim to make the forest dwellers of the state self reliant. Under this scheme, Chhattisgarh Government has planned to cover 19 lakh families in scheduled areas through the youth groups. 10. C

11. C Krishi Megh (National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services) has been launched virtually by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. 12. C 13. C 14. D Option (a) is discretionary power of Governor. Option (b) is executive power of Governor. Option (c) and (d) both are legislative powers but in such questions we need to pick most appropriate answer. Ordinance making power is the most important legislative power of Governor. Hence, the option (d) will be the correct answer. 15. A The MoU will bring the artisans, weavers and craftsmen under the ODOP scheme into the scope of the “Flipkart Samarth” initiative. 16. D 17. A A “state of environmental emergency” has been declared by the island nation of Mauritius. 18. A 19. D Monument will establish for the Indian soldiers who died in 1971 during the ’s struggle for independence from . 20. C

21. C 22. B According to Article 316(1), The Chairman and other members of a Public Service Commission shall be appointed, in the case of the Union Commission or a Joint Commission, by the President, and in the case of a State Commission, by the Governor of the State. 23. B According to a Personnel Ministry, Ajay Tyagi has been given an 18-month extension, as the chairman of markets regulator SEBI. 24. C 25. A The “Thenzawl Golf Resort” Project has been virtually inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in Mizoram on 5th August 2020. The project has been implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. 26. A 27. A A book titled “Siyasat Mein Sadasyata” authored by former Speaker of Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Choudhary. 28. A 29. C India has fallen 26 spots to rank at the 105th position on the Global Economic Freedom Index 2020, as per an annual report released on September 10, 2020. The country was ranked at the 79th spot in last year's rankings. 30. A

31. A Madhya Pradesh Gov. has launched a public awareness campaign “Ek Mask-Anek Zindagi” from August 1-15. The Scheme will spread awareness about wearing masks as prevention from Covid-19 infection. 32. A Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula One British Grand Prix 2020 held at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. 33. A 34. C 35. A World Sanskrit Day, (also known as Sanskrit Diwas), is celebrated every year on Shraavanapoornima, that is the Poornima day of the Shraavana month in the Hindu calendar, which is also marked as Raksha Bandhan. 36. D 37. A Cabinet Minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Kamal Rani Varun passed away due to COVID-19. She was the minister of technical education in the state government. 38. A 39. D Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched ‘Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan, 2020-21’. It is a national programme which has been launched to popularize science among school students of Class 6th to 11th. 40. C 41. A Former Guyanese housing minister, Mohamed Irfaan Ali has been named as the President of the country. He is a member of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). 42. D 43. A 44. A 45. A 46. C 47. C 48. B 49. D 96519-50301 || 1st Floor Tulsiani Grance, Building Strachey Road, Civil Lines, Prayagraj - 2110001|| www.yuvaias.com || 2

50. A 51. B The Chhatarpur Police of Madhya Pradesh has been running a campaign “Ek Sankalp-Bujurgo ke naam” in the midst of corona infection in the state. 52. B 53. B The longest river ropeway of India has been inaugurated in Assam. The ropeway is 1.8 Km long and connects Guwahati and North Guwahati over Brahmaputra river. 54. B It is the body consisting of all registered voters in a village. Article 243A related to Gram Sabha. 55. B A book titled ‘One Arranged Murder’ authored by Chetan Bhagat released globally on September 28, 2020. The fiction book portrays a murder mystery in the backdrop of an arranged marriage. 56. C The National Human Rights Commission was established as a statutory body on 1993 under a legislation enacted by the Parliament, namely, the Protection of Human Right Act (1993). 57. B has successfully launched 5th Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-9 (05), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The satellite, sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, is an optical remote-sensing satellite with a resolution up to the sub-meter level. 58. A The RTI Act applies only on governments institutions and not on private enterprises. 59. A German professional sports club, Bayern Munich won the UEFA Champions League 2019-20 title by defeating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. 60. B State election commission is appointed by the Governor of that state.

61. C WWF-India Kerala State Office is joining hands with the Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam for the first-ever state “Dragonfly Festival” in Kerala, christened ‘Thumbimahotsavam 2020’. 62. A 63. D The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has announced 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India. Here is the list of all 7 new circles:  Trichy in Tamil Nadu  Raiganj in  Rajkot in Gujarat  Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh  Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh  Meerut in Uttar Pradesh  Hampi in Karnataka 64. B 65. D Uttar Pradesh government has launched the NRI unified portal. 66. A 67. A The contest aims to further boost startups and software products with special attention on Tier-II towns of India. 68. C 69. B Kerala will establish the first international women’s trade centre (IWTC) of India at Angamaly. The IWTC would be set by Kerala in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 70. A 73rd Constitutional Amendment commenced on 24th April, 1993. This Act does not apply to the state of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram and certain other areas.

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71. A Under this scheme, 19 international players from the state of Uttar Pradesh will get road connectivity to their houses. 72. B 73. A World’s Largest Solar Tree has been developed by the CSIR-CMERI. The solar tree has been installed at the Residential Colony of CSIR-CMERI in Durgapur, West Bengal. 74. D 75. C 76. D All three countries are members of the European Union, NATO, the eurozone and the OECD.

77. C 78. A It is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913. 79. D 80. A It is a village in Leh, Ladakh, India. It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, in the area known as “Chushul valley”. 81. D 82. A It is an illegal software used for cornering confirmed Railway reservation. This commonly banned software makes the complete process of Indian Rail ticket booking at a fly speed.

83. C 84. C 85. A 86. A Its documentation was done in 2018 and reported from the Eastern Ghats. It was thought to be endemic to the hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats. It is found in both Eastern Ghats as well as Western Ghats. 87. C 88. C 89. D 90. C 91. D 92. C 93. A UMANG provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services.

94. C The Zila Panchayat or District Council or Mandal Parishad or District Panchayat is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system.

95. A 96. B 97. B 98. A 99. C 100. B Kerala on September 23, 2020 received an award from the United Nations for its “outstanding contribution” towards preventing and controlling the spread of non-communicable diseases. The UN Interagency Task Force award was announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 101. D

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102. D Pilgrimage, agriculture, ponds are the subject of the state list while conservation of wild animals and birds is the concurrent list. 103. C Article 365. Effect of failure to comply with, or to give effect to, directions given by the Union.— Where any State has failed to comply with, or to give effect to, any directions given in the exercise of the executive power of the Union under any of the provisions of this Constitution, it shall be lawful for the President to hold that a situation has arisen in which the Government of the State cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. 104. B 105. A 106. A 107. B 108. B 109. A 110. D 111. B 112. D 113. C 114. B 115. C 116. A 117. B 118. B 119. C 120. C 121. D 122. C 123. C 124. D 125. B 126. A The Gram Panchayat is established on the basis of direct election. 127. A 128. C 73rd Constitutional amendment was implemented in 1992. 129. D 130. B Ordinary Bill can be introduced in either of the Houses. The process given in Article 196 is applied here and once it gets the sign from the Governor it becomes law. 131. A One-third posts (for both the member and the chief) are reserved for women. As per provisions contained in Article 243 D of the Constitution, 1/3rd of the Seats of Panchayati Raj Institutions and 1/3rd offices of the Chairperson at all level of Panchayati Raj Institutions covered by Part IX of the Constitution are reserved for women. 132. A The maximum validity of an ordinance is 6 months and 6 weeks. An ordinance will expire after 6 weeks once both houses of the Parliament are in session. 133. B 134. B The seventy third Amendment Act of 1992 the village panchayats have been blessed Constitutional status. Nyaya Panchayats are the judicial components of the panchayat system, which forms the lowest rung of our judiciary. They are created for the administration of justice at the local or rural level. 135. A Article 165 of the Indian Constitution is related to the office of Advocate General of State. He is the highest

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law officer of the state. 136. B It is the longest highway in Uttar pradesh. 137. B Asutosh Museum- Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, the first public museum in any university in India, was established in 1937 at . Prince of Wales Museum - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is one of the premier art and historical museum in India. Calico Museum- The Calico Museum of Textiles is located in the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat in western India. The museum is managed by the Sarabhai Foundation. Raja Kelkar Museum, Pune- It contains the collection of Dr. Dinkar G. Kelkar (1896–1990), dedicated to the memory of his only son, Raja. The three-storey building houses various sculptures dating back to the 14th century. 138. C Padma Vibhushan- The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Padma Shri- Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India. Bharat Ratna- The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Padma Bhushan- The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India 139. C The Legislative Assembly consists of not more than 500 members and not less than 60. The biggest state like Uttar Pradesh has 403 members in its Assembly. 140. D The Red Data Book is a public document which is created for recording endangered and rare species of plants, animals, fungi as well as some local subspecies which are present in a particular region. 141. A The Indian Space Research Organisation is the national space agency of the Republic of India, headquartered in Bengaluru 142. A Ctrl, Shift, Fn and Alt are called Modifier keys. 143. D 144. D 145. A The Correct match will be: Aga Khan Gold Cup – Hockey Durand Cup – Football The Ranji Trophy - Cricket Rangaswamy Cup – Hockey 146. B 3G (third generation) is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology. It is the upgrade for 2.5G GPRS and 2.75G EDGE networks, for faster data transfer. 147. A 148. C 149. A Jayaprakash Narayan popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader. He is also known as the "Hero of Quit India Movement". He is remembered for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, for whose overthrow he had called for a "total revolution". 150. A Sardar- It was by the women of Bardoli, during the struggle and after the Indian National Congress victory in that area, that Patel first began to be referred to as Sardar (or headman). Sardar Patel was accomplished the difficult task of bringing 562 princely states into the fold of the Union of India.

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