Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – December 3, 2018

Statement 1 and 3 is Correct:

Sahitya Academy is the Indian National Academy of letters meant to promote the cause of Indian literature through publications, translations, seminars, workshops, cultural exchange programmes and literary meets organised all over the country.

The Academy was founded in March 1954 as an autonomous body fully funded by the Department of Culture.

The Academy has recognised 24 languages. It has an Advisory Board for each of the languages that suggests various programmes and publications in the concerned languages. Its head office is in New Delhi.

The highest honour conferred by the Academy on a writer is by electing him its fellow. This honour is reserved for the ‘Immortals of Literature’ and limited to 21 at any given time

Munda Rebellion (1899-1900):

One of the most important and prominent rebellion which took place after 1857 was the Munda Rebellion. The Mundas traditionally enjoyed certain rights as the original clearer of the forest which was not given to the other tribes. But this land system was getting destroyed in the hands of the merchants and moneylenders long before the coming of the British. But when the British actually came into these areas they helped to destroy this system with a rapid pace when they introduced contractors and traders. These contractors needed people to work with them as indentured laborers.  This dislocation of the Mundas at the hands of the British and their contractors gave birth to the Munda Rebellion.

The most prominent leader of this rebellion was BirsaMunda who was more aware than the others as he had received some education from the Missionaries

Both the statements are correct:

Maratha did not emphasised on Science and technology for the development modern weaponry.

Maratha did not emphasised on the development of trade and industry. They were interested in raising revenue from the helpless peasantry and failed to give sound administration to the people. They were more focussed towards waging wars and bringing more and more territories under their control. They were not concerned about consolidating their gains. It seems they lacked outlook and program necessary for founding all India empire.

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of India especially. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.Carnatic music is completely melodic with improvised variations. PurandaraDasa is credited with having founded today’s Carnatic music.  He is credited with having elevated Carnatic music from religious and devotional music into the realm of a performing art.Carnatic music is usually performed by a small ensemble of musicians consisting of a principal performer (vocalist) a violin, mridangam,  and a tamburu.

Important elements of carnatic music:

Sruti: commonly refers to musical pitch

Swara: refers to type of musical sound that is a single note, which defines a relative position of a note, rather than a defined frequency.

Raga :A raga in carnatic music prescribes a set of rules for building a melody.

Tala:Tala refers to the beat set for a particular composition ( a measure of time)

M.S. Subbulakshmi : was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. She also received Ramon Magsaysay Award. Some of the famous works include Suprabhatam, Bhajagovindam, Vishnu Sahasranamam, Hanuman Chalisa etc.

Nagpur Session, December 1920

The Napur (special session )was presided by C. Vijayaraghavachariar

The programme of non-cooperation was endorsed.

An important change was made in Congress creed; now, instead of having the attainment of self-government through constitutional means as its goal, the Congress decided to have the attainment of Swaraj through peaceful and legitimate means, thus committing itself to an extra-constitutional mass struggle.

Note: Resolution on fundamental rights which included primary education as a fundamental right was introduced in Karachi Session of INC, 1931.

Statement 1 is incorrect:

The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra on June 17, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Statement 2 and 3 are correct:

The Society organised many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse. It chose to remain away from political activities and national organisations like the Indian National Congress. Though the servants of India Society declined after the death of Gokhale it still continues its activities with a small membership in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

The Battle of Palkhed was fought on February 28, 1728 at the village of Palkhed, near the city of Nashik, Maharashtra, India between the Maratha Peshwa, BajiRao I and the Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad. The Marathas defeated the Nizam.

The battle of Ambur (3 August 1749) was the first battle of the Second Carnatic War, and saw Anwar-ud-Din, the incumbent Nawab of the Carnatic, defeated and killed by an allied army formed by the new Nizam of Hyderabad, the French, and a claimant to the Nawabship of the Carnatic.

The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757

Battle of Wandiwash, (Jan. 22, 1760), in the history of India, a confrontation between the French, under the comte de Lally, and the British, under Sir Eyre Coote. It was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle in southern India during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63).