Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon- August 28

In 1848, an incident sparked off Jyotiba’s quest against the social injustice of caste discrimination and incited a social revolution in the Indian society.

After reading Thomas Paine’s famous book ‘The Rights of Man’, Jyotirao was greatly influenced by his ideas. He believed that enlightenment of the women and lower caste people was the only solution to combat the social evils.

In 1851, Jyotiba established a girls’ school and asked his wife to teach the girls in the school. Later, he opened two more schools for the girls and an indigenous school for the lower castes, especially for the Mahars and Mangs.

SavitriBainoticed the plight of women who after falling prey to sexual exploitation, and becoming pregnant, either committed suicide or killed the newborn due to fear of banishment by the society. To cater to such women she along with Jyotiraoopened a care center for pregnant rape victims and helped deliver their children.

The care center was called “BalhatyaPratibandhakGriha” (Infanticide prohibition house).

All Statements are correct.

By the seventh century there were big landlords or warrior chiefs in different regions of the subcontinent. Existing kings often acknowledged them as their subordinates or samantas. They were expected to bring gifts for their kings or overlords, be present at their courts and provide them with military support. As samantas gained power and wealth, they declared themselves to be maha-samanta, mahamandaleshvara (the great lord of a “circle” or region) and so on. Sometimes they asserted their independence from their overlords. One such instance was that of the Rashtrakutas in the Deccan. Initially they were subordinate to the Chalukyas of Karnataka. In the mid-eighth century, Dantidurga, a Rashtrakuta chief, overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called hiranya-garbha (literally, the golden womb). When this ritual was performed with the help of Brahmanas, it was thought to lead to the “rebirth” of the sacrificer as a Kshatriya, even if he was not one by birth.

Statement 1 and 2 is correct: In 1600, the East Indian Company acquired a charter from the ruler England Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East. This meant that no other trading group in England could compete with East India Company. The company did not have to fear competition from other English Trading Companies. Mercantiletrading companies in those days made profit primarily by excluding competition, so that they can buy cheap and sell dear.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The first English factory was setupon the banks of river Hoogly, Bengal  in 1651.

Statement 1 is Incorrect: Hampi is located in the Krishna-Tungabhadra basin, which formed the nucleus of the Vijayanagara Empire, founded in 1336.

Statement 2 is Correct: Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Northern part of Karnataka. It lies within the ruins of the ancient, prosperous kingdom of Vijayanagar. The ruins at Hampi are a collection of heritage sitesdepicting the fine Dravidian style of art and Architecture.

There are several other monuments which are a part of this heritage site, Together, they’re collectively known as the ‘Group of Monuments at Hampi’. Some of the other known ones include the the Krishna temple complex, Narasimha, Ganesa, Hemakuta group of temples, Achyutaraya temple complex, Vitthala temple complex, Pattabhirama temple complex, Lotus Mahal complex, several puras or bazaars surrounding the temple complex, and also living quarters and residential areas.

Guru Nanak  Dev- AdiGranth

Guru Arjun Dev – Foundation of Golden Temple

Guru Gobind Singh-   Guru GranthSaheb

Guru  Angad – Invented Gurumukhi Script

In 1878, Lord Lytton introduced the Vernacular Press Act to ban the vernacular press in India. The first victim was nationalist Newspaper ‘Soma Prakash’.The act was later repealed by Lord Ripon.

Mohammad Shah Rangila was able to keep the throne for around 29 years partially because the first thing he did was to eliminate the Sayyid Brothers. During his time Nadir Shah attacked and looted Delhi and took the Peacock Throne with himself. The invasion of Nadir Shah fastened the disintegration of the Mughal Empire.

Statement 2 is correct. Most large scale cyclonic circulations are centered on areas of low atmospheric pressure.  Based on their latitude, the cyclones may be tropical cyclones or temperate cyclones (extra-tropical cyclones).

More about tropical cyclones:

Tropical Cyclones are low pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters and have gale force winds near the centre. Technically, they are defined as a non-frontal low pressure system of synoptic scale developing over warm waters having organized convection and a maximum mean wind speed of 34 knots or greater extending more than half-way around near the centre and persisting for at least six hours.