MCQ - 30.05.2020 1. Consider the following statements with respect to 'National Career Service' 1. National Career Service has been launched in a Mission Mode to improve the employment opportunities to uneducated youth of the country 2. National Career Service is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India Which of the above given statements is/are correct? a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 1.) Ans: D Explanation ● Statement 1 is incorrect: National Career Service is a Five Year Mission Mode Project launched ​ ​ ​ by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 20th July, 2015. The project is being implemented by the Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour & Employment. ● Statement 2 is incorrect: National Career Service (NCS) is a one-stop solution that provides a ​ ​ wide array of employment and career related services to the citizens of India. It was launched ​ to improve the situation of educated youth in the country in finding right job opportunities ​ ​ ● It works towards bridging the gap between jobseekers and employers, candidates seeking ​ ​ training and career guidance, agencies providing training and career counselling ● The NCS project reaches out to the people of this country through its three essential pillars i.e. ​ ​ well designed Information and communications technology (ICT) based portal which is NCS ​ portal, Country wide set up of Model Career Centers and Interlinkage with all the states through ​ ​ employment exchanges. ● The digital centralized portal provides a wide range of career related services including job ​ ​ ​ search, job matching, rich career content, career counselling, information on Job Fairs etc ​ ● The website is a part of the Labour ministry’s plan to modernise employment exchanges and ​ ​ revamp them into Career Centres that will provide information on jobs and also facilities such ​ as career counselling. ● Around 1000 employment exchanges including 200 Model Career Centers across the country ​ ​ are integrated with NCS ​ ● This portal facilitates registration of Job Seekers, Employers, Skill Providers, Career Counsellors, ​ ​ Local Service Providers (LSP’s), Career Centers, Placement Organisations, Households (for ​ ​ availing the services of the LSP’s) and Government Departments ❖ Recently, the Ministry of Labour and Employment under its National Career Service (NCS) project ​ has started offering free online “Career Skills Training” in partnership with TCS ION for its registered ​ ​ job-seekers. ❖ This course on soft skills assists the learners in enhancing personality development with modules ​ ​ on corporate etiquette, improving inter personal skills, making impactful presentation including other necessary soft skills demanded by the industry today. https://www.ncs.gov.in/pages/about-us.aspx https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1627652 https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/govt-to-launch-first-of-its-kind-national-por tal-for-job-search/ 2. In the 'Index of Eight Core Industries', which one of the following is given the highest weight? a) Coal b) Electricity c) Refinery Products d) Steel 2.) Ans: C Explanation ● Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index that shows the performance of different ​ ​ industrial sectors of the Indian economy. The IIP is estimated and published on a monthly basis ​ ​ by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) . ​ ​ Importance of Index of Industrial Production ● The IIP is used by public agencies including the Government agencies/ departments including ​ ​ that in the Ministry of Finance, the Reserve Bank of India etc. for policy purposes. ● The all-India IIP data is used for estimation of Gross Value Added of Manufacturing sector on ​ ​ quarterly basis. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) – New series ● The modification made by the CSO is to bring a new base year of 2011-12. Besides the new ​ ​ base year, different sectors have been amended based on National Industrial Classification ​ ​ (NIC), 2008. ● National Industrial Classification (NIC) is an indigenized version of the International Standard ​ Industrial Classification (ISIC) developed by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). ​ Components of IIP ● The IIP is basically divided into three sectors. Following are the three sectors of the IIP as per the ​ ​ revision based on 2011-12 series. Mining Manufacturing and Electricity as in the old series ● Number of item groups has been increased from 399 under 2004-05 series to 407 under the ​ 2011-12 series The Eight Core Industries ● The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 % of the weight of items included in the Index of ​ ​ Industrial Production (IIP). These industries are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity. ​ ​ Industry Weight Coal 10.33 Crude oil 8.98 Natural Gas 6.88 Refinery Products 28.04 Fertilizers 2.63 Steel 17.92 Cement 5.37 Electricity 19.85 Total 100 ● The table here shows the eight core industries and their weights. Refinery products has the ​ largest weights among the core industries ❖ Recently, the Office of Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released the Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) for the Month of April, ​ ​ 2020. ❖ The growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for April 2020 declined by 38.1% compared to ​ ​ decline of 9% previous month of March 2020 https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1627656 https://www.indianeconomy.net/splclassroom/index-industrial-production-iip/ 3. In the context of British Indian history, consider the following pairs Organisation Founder 1. Abhinav Bharat Society - V.D. Savarkar 2. Hindustan Republican Association - Bhagat Singh 3. The Indian Home Rule Society - Shyamji Krishna Varma Which of the above given pairs is/are correctly matched? a) 2 and 3 only b) 1 only c) 1 and 3 only d) 3 only 3.) Ans: C Explanation Abhinav Bharat Society ● Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1904. ​ ​ ● Initially founded at Nasik as "Mitra Mela" when Vinayak Savarkar was still a student of Fergusson College at Pune, the society grew to include several hundred revolutionaries and ​ political activists with branches in various parts of India, extending to London after Savarkar ​ went to study law ● It carried out a few assassinations of British officials, after which the Savarkar was convicted ​ ​ and imprisoned. The society was formally disbanded in 1952 ​ Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) ● Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was a revolutionary organization established in 1924 at ​ ​ ​ ​ in East Bengal by Sachindra Nath Sanyal, Narendra Mohan Sen and Pratul Ganguly as an ​ ​ offshoot of Anushilan Samiti ● The Objective of the HRA was to establish “Federated Republic of the United States of India” ​ through an organized armed revolution ​ ● The tactics of HRA were killing the officials; organize political dacoties to raise funds, etc ​ ​ ● The Kakori Conspiracy was a train robbery that took place on 9 August 1925 against the British ​ ​ ​ ​ Indian Government. The robbery was organised by Hindustan Republican Association (HRA). ​ ​ The robbery was conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan who belonged to the ​ ​ HRA, which later became the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. ​ Bhagat Singh was associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association ​ The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) ● The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation founded in London in 1905 ​ that sought to promote the cause of self-rule in British India. ​ ​ ● The organisation was founded by Shyamji Krishna Varma, with support from a number of ​ ​ prominent Indian nationalists in Britain at the time, including Bhikaji Cama, Dadabhai Naoroji ​ and S.R. Rana ● It intended to be a rival organisation to the British Committee of the Indian National Congress ​ ​ that was the main avenue of the loyalist opinion at the time ❖ Recently, the invitation extended by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for inauguration of the Yelahanka flyover in Bengaluru sparked off a political controversy with the ​ ​ ​ initial intimation indicating that it would be named after Hindutva ideologue V.D. Savarkar. ​ ​ VD Savarkar ● Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian independence activist and politician who formulated ​ ​ the Hindu nationalist philosophy of Hindutva ​ ​ ● VD Savarkar was the first to call the 1857 revolt as ‘The first war of independence' in his book, ​ ​ The Indian War of Independence 1857 ● Savarkar began his political activities as a high school student and continued to do so at ​ ​ Fergusson College in Pune ● He was against foreign goods and propagated the idea of Swadeshi. In 1905, he burnt all the ​ ​ foreign goods in a bonfire on Dussehra ● He founded a secret society called Abhinav Bharat Society. When he went to the United ​ ​ Kingdom for his law studies, he involved himself with organizations such as India House and the ​ ​ Free India Society. ​ ● After 1937, he started travelling widely, becoming a forceful orator and writer, advocating ​ ​ Hindu political and social unity. Vinayak Savarkar was a president of Hindu Mahasabha from ​ ​ 1937 to 1943. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sparks-fly-over-naming-of-yelahanka-flyover/article3 1688541.ece 4. The equator passes through which of the following countries? 1. Colombia 2. Central African Republic 3. Uganda 4. Indonesia Select the correct answer