Test 31 Environment
Attempted 48
Correct 39
Incorrect 9
Unattempted 2
Marks =72.06
Incorrect
Recognition of Forest Rights Act
Island Protection Zone Notification
population of species of bees
Geothermal Energy
Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI)
Bio medical waste management amendment rules
hazardous Waste Management Rules
Cogeneration Power Plant
Genetically Engineered trees
Unattempted
Irrigation projects
bioremediation
Polity 15th July
Correct: 45
Incorrect: 5
Fraternity
(Though felt that DPSP is for govt & nothing specific fraternity related therein; I tend to mark all of above in such Q, logic: kahin forum bol de ki 39(b)(c), 43A/B se bhi fraternity badhti hai)
Elusive prince, striped hairstreak AP
(Had read an article about largest butterfly of India: Himalayan female gold birdswing; 2nd:southern birdswing; mujhe bas south yaad aa raha tha, so eliminated AP/A&N. Actually I had missed this, even felt that that article was about some record & not new species. Tend to attempt 90%+, should learn smart skipping)
Budget discussion (1892 act)
(Galat yaad tha ki 1861: discussion, 1892:questions)
St helena act 1833
(Marked 1813, b/c waterloo, lol, even thay was 1815)
Federalism
(B/c FC - tax devolution - federalism)
16th July:
correct: 45
Incorrect: 5
q 17; didn't see 'not correct' :/
q 25 Fundamental Duties;
(confusing wording: "legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties"; laws can be made to enforce them, but no such process has been provided for in the constitution)
Article 26
(missed 'educational' in statement 1; thought it only provides for 'immovable property')
Basic Structure
(logic: social justice = DPSP)
popular sovereignty
(logic: parliament = popular)
guesswork:
Yukti 2.0; logic: didn't read Meity related news lately, innovation = AIM/HRD/DST
Correct 43
Incorrect- 7
RNA and DNA are self-replicating in nature; coronavirus yaar :/
Private Bill can be introduced by any Member of the Parliamentother than a minister.(negligence)
Deputy Chairman's removal (was under the impression that for all officers of parliament procedure is: majority of all the then members of RS/LS and agreed to by LS/RS)
Climate Adaptation and Resilience for South Asia (CARE) Project: World Bank
Chairman can't vote in first instance
test 4:
correct: 37
incorrect: 13
score: 65.33
q2. read parliament as president
4. Lokpal's (prelim) inquiry wing. (thought ki investigation toh CBI karti hai)
7. Constitution requires President to appoint leader of majority party in in LS as PM (b/c art 75(1)&(3))
11. Bor Tiger Reserve: Maha
18. state party
(thought "only 6% votes to LS" is enough; logically, "+ 1 LS seat" makes sense, since it differentiates from "8% votes to LS/SLA" condition)
20. logic: CoM are collectively responsible, not Cabinet. Cabinet takes decisions and CoM endorse 'em ->speeds up govt activities
Q 32 didn't focus on "ask A minister" i.e. individual responsibility. knew about 164(1A), but thought maybe rules mein bhi add kar diya ho
33. read improper as proper
35. b/c NCRWC did recommend
36. change ko decrease man liya
38. concepts clear nahi the as to president/governor's role wrt 5th/6th sch (area/application of acts)
40. didn't notice distinction b/w discharge & acting as
47. sarakaria's hung aseembly-order of preference
test 5
correct: 43
incorrect: 7
81.33
comets & asteroids (logic: thoda pani toh hota hi hoga; asteroids erratically move karte honge; basics hi clear nahi hain)
Privy Council (b/c laxmikanth mentions 1947 Independence Act along with PC Act, mujhe laga 1947 mein hi abolish ho gaya tha)
All India Judicial Services (b/c RS resolution but power toh Parliament ki hi hai :/ )
Seventy-third Amendment Act, 1992 inapplicable in Nagaland (lag raha tha)
Chattogram Port (logic: Bangladesh mein toh Chittagong port hai lol)
both Parliament/SL (governor reserves!) can change HC jurisdiction; posting and promotion of DJ by Gov (consults HC)
lok adalat: criminal cases (logic: wahan mediation hota hai, so won't cover criminal; only compoundable offences!)
could've got most of these correct if relied onrevision+memory & not logic
SFG Test #6 - Polity
correct: 43
incorrect: 7
81.33
article 4 doesn't exempts all amendments
art 5: 5 years (not 1)
GST: three-fourth votes (not 2/3rd)
7th schedule (missed ""executive" ! )
Additional Customs (Countervailing) Duty subsumed under GST
Svanidhi (knew that central sector, changed option b/c banks lend)
Test 7
Correct: 46
Incorrect: 4
89.33
1. 243 ZS: applies by default; President directs: shallnotapply (ulta yaad tha)
2. term of Constitutional bodies (CEC ka 5 yr b/c CIC ka 5 tha; sabka 6 hai)
3. CVC ischairman (=member) of selection committee
4. AG: pleasure (thought Art 76 explicitly doesn't mention; it does)
Test #8
M86.67 - 45C 5W
Helicopter Money= printing; (Qt. Easing = buy bonds)
Private sector: % infrastructural investment has not steadily increased (CG/SG fell: last 2/1 FY)
aren'tPSCsan Antarctica phenomenon that makes its hole >Artic's?
minute ur/thorium in coal/ 10 x fly ash
liability of informant: PDVA: no liability if she (may) gives info in good faith;
#9
Correct: 39
Incorrect: 10
CRISPR-Cas9adapted from a naturally occurring genome editing system inbacteria
SARFAESI Act covers Cooperative banks
floor wage: minimum living standards (overthinking: must be more than just min std)
zoonosis: usually vertebrates to human
MHA doesn't include psychotherapists and psychoanalysts
NAM: Pakistan;(Brazil/China: observer)
Botanical Garden: subordinate officeof Ministry of Environment
Open Skies Treaty: with consent;72 hours' advance notice
May Fourth Movement: China
Presidio Principles: Blockchain Technology
Unattempted:
Purandara Dasa: father of Carnatic music; introduced raga 'maya malava gowla (basic scale for music instruction)
sfg test - #10
M: 84 - 44C 6W
Farrukhsiyar's Farman: privileges not inentireBritish India (negligence!)
common factor for tribal insurrection: disruption of old agrarian order
Ikarnamahs only to stop disturbances in Bundelkhand; not for land transfer
Treaty of Bassein, 1802: nowar indemnity
Anasis-2: SK's 1st military sat(yahi mark kiya tha, phir laga ki 2 kyun hai, lol. Israeli (Heron) UAV/Russian (Tor) missile systembhi lag rahe the since haal mein hi padha tha)
Spirit of Renaissance, not Industrial Revolution (negligence)
test 11
correct: 43
Incorrect: 6
score: 82
1. Azad: involved in Kakori/Tilak: founding members of Deccan Education Society.
2. Vivekodayam: mouth piece of SNDP
3. Balshastri Jambhekar attacked Brahminical orthodoxy
4. Indian Bullfrog invasive/ Sch IV
5. Stree Purush Tulna: Tarabai Shinde
6. creation of Privy Council decided at Delhi Durbar of 1877
1. reform Organisation order of formation:
SFG Test #13 - MIH
M84 - 44C 6W
1.Navy Revolt atKarachi
2. 1933, .Nellie Senguptapresided.
3. Ramgarh sessionMarch, 1940 ->aug offer -> Individual Satyagraha; satyagrahi's FoE v WWII
4. Wavell Plan: GovGen's veto on advice of min
5. Quit India movement: no violence vs zamindars
6. Rajagopalachari: founder of Swatantra
SFG Test #14 - MIH
78.67M - 42C 8W
1. GT Road Cal to Del 1839; 1st Telegraph Cal to Diamond Harbour 1851, PWD 1854. (should've skipped)
2. 'Bombay Manifesto: by B's Biz, no support otherwise
3. PS didn't fix taxes to be collected by zamindars from cultivators. (negligence)
4. Moturphastextile tax
5. INC's INTUC 1947
6. Kuki(1917) Santhal (1855-56); Munda (1899); Oroans (1914),
7. Cornwallis Code: off answerable to civil courts foroff actions
8. 1833 Actlaw member (1853: legis council)
Test #15
39C 11W
1. Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam AP's only
2. Myanmar border
3.chair: Min.- NationalStart-UpAdvisory Council
4. LTRO to Lowershort-term interest
5. Ballistic Missile Défense Prog: two-tiered shield
6. 1st Van Dhan Vikas Kendra in Bijapur Chattisgarh.
7.NCrisis MgmtCom: Cabinet Secretary
8. DPP '16: increasedoffset threshold to Rs. 2,000 crores.Buy Indian, domestically designed min 40% indigenous
9.NMIZ declaredbySG as anindustrial township u Constitution.
10. ParamShivay 1st(Shakti is also part of NSM)
11. India has5th-largest coal reserves
Test #16 - Geography
42C 8W
1. Nile: 11 nations; White: prime tributary;largest source: blue
2. Higgs Boson: energy field ->mass. :/
3. Podzols: cool and humid
4. MTCR by G-7
5. SC can punish for HC's contempt
6. Continental drift theory explained evolution of man.
7. Victoria Falls on Zambezi; Combo crosses Equator twice
8. primordial atmosphere lost - Degassing- Oceans- photosynthesis
1. Ventifacts(flat)-Dreikanters(pyramidal): stones polished by windblown sand.
@Patrick_jane bro, all good?
#24 39C 11W
1. biomass releases same amt of CO2 as burning fossil fuels
2. GE trees u.CDM
3. densely populatedruralareas; CRZ III.
4.Montreal: Developed/Developing to phase out HCFCs by2020and 2030
5. Non-ionising radiations: reflections from sand, snow (->snow blindness), looking at eclipse
6. S.Sand Mining Guidelines 2020: bans during Monsoon; 2016: District Survey Reports before grant
7. Green HWs: 1% project cost
8. geothermal springs ->CO2
9. ESP ->pay $ ->invest in env friendly
10. Wind- Solar Hybrid Policy: both AC/DC; capacity of one resource min 25% of other resource
11.IRENA 2009, not at COP
#25
C42 W7
1. Prop roots = extra support b/c they eventually enter ground
2.1storchid (CITES: app II) survey BSI
endemism : Ghats/peninsula>E. Himalaya/NE >NW Himalaya >A&N
species no: Himalayan>NE>WG>deccan >A&N
states: AP >Sikkim>WB
3. Phytoplanktons' biomass >plants; marine/freshwater
4. Arthropods= crustaceans/insects/arachnids, hard exoskeleton; Annelids =worms
5. Agar-agar= Sea Weed
6. Pygmy Hog, endg., constructs nests, NE grasslands
7. Cr endg.: Jerdon's Courser, Spoon Billed Sandpiper
1. BIO-FIN: UNDP/EC
#27
C40 9W
DE: Dept of Revenue; enforces FEMA, PMLA
Gadgil- Mukherjee Formula: Decentralization and forest conservation are not parameters
NSDC by Min of Fin; PPP
Bombay Plan: Abolish intermediaries in agriculture; Promote MSME/cottage
Naxalbari: 1967; privy purses: 26th 1971,
ICG: artificial Islands, offshore terminals, etc in any maritime zone; safety at sea; scientific data
1st Gen Reforms: De-reservation/de-licencing
Inflationary Gap=fiscal deficit
Inflation -> import goods causing inflation
1. ILO Convention No. 182: Worst Forms of Child Labour
#28
C37 W13
1. Rangarajan Commission on Disinvestment (1991)
2. rural/agro households: OBC: 45% (Raj: #1; Kerala: 60%+ non-agro rural)
3. GNH: Bhutan (err)
4. PISA: 3 yrs
5. 20% old by 2050
6. direct subsidy: MSP
7. 175 GW by 2022 (negligence)
8. Long term Irrigation fund, NABARD: medium/major irrigation projects (not micro)
9. Nat Mfg Policy: NIMZ (not SEZ)
10. DDUGJY: only 10% households + public places = electrified village (hence, SAUBHAGYA)
11. ASPIRE: innovation ->MSME; Make + SIDBI ->India Aspiration Fund & SMILE ;AVATARAN: Rail reforms
12. RCEP [marked the wrong option b/c too sleepy]
13. MPI (only one statement was posted)
#31
1. Ind Gas Exchg. subs of Ind energy exchg: only for imported (domestic: govt price)
2. ICAR: Cyber Agro-Physical Systems
3. UCBs do all banking activities permitted to commercial banks
4. Public debt = CFI (inclsecurities issuedto NSSF); doesn't incl.Pub acc. liabilities
5. Autho. Eco. Operator: WCO
6. formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises:incl Minor Forest Produce
7. FDI Auto Route, inform RBI after making investment.
8. NIP: 6 yrs?
9. UN's Multi-Donor Trust Fund for COVID19 Response and Recovery for low-middle-income
10. 2020-21:subsidies decreaseb/cfertilizer& other(MSP/interest etc) decrease
food increase b/c revised< budget 2019 by 40%;
#32
1.Bharat Biotech's Typbar (world's 1st) TCV: Typhoid Conjugate (strong antigen)Vaccine:WHO
2. Davos in the desert: Future Investment Initiative
3. Li battery high costs b/c REE
4. env min's nrimal tat (SICOM)
5. LOTUS-HR: waste water mgmt: Netherlands
6. Microbial fuel cells: chem (organic) energy into E
#33
C35 W13
1. Handicrafts: solely handmade
2. ‘Tikuli’ glass beads: Patna; ‘panchkora’ glass toy
1. Puthukkuli shawls: Todas Nilgiri; Sujani embroidery: Bihar (Muzaffarpur/Madhubani); UppadaJamdani silk sari: E.Godavari AP
2. National strategy for Financial Education of Financial Stability and Development Council?
3. classical lang: 1500-2000
4. ARIIA: MHRD
5. Kagzi Pottery: Alwar; Gopichandan: Saurashtra; Khurja: UP; Blue Pottery belongs to Jaipur
6. Rangmala: North Paintings
7. Raags & moods: Bhairav = peace
8.Thangka painting: Himalayan Buddhism
9. raag basis of melody; rythmic beats = taal
10. Pithora paintings: Guj/MP tribal, horses
11. Alkap dance: bengal & Jharkhand
12.Tawlhopuan: Mizo fabric
13. Manganiyar: musicians of NW
#34
W7 U1
1. religious buildings Akbar: arcuate; admin: trabeate
2. Tholung monastery in Khangchendzonga
3. aurangzeb: badshahi mosque @ Lahore
4. Shalimar Bagh in Lahore: Shah Jahan; Kashmir: Jehangir
5.Indian Gaur(Vulnerable)inSEA
6.BRW: late Harappa too
7. Barabar case in Bihar
1. Venkateshwara=tirupati; Padmanabhaswamy: Kerala
#35
W12 U2
1. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Maha Upanishad/ Rig Veda
2. Pure Nondualism=Pushtimarg: Vallabha(subtradition of Rudra Sampradaya) 16th c. Krishna;
Madhav: dualism 13th
3. Priyadarshika: Harsha; Kadambari: Banabhatta
4. Bakhshali manuscript: earliest mention of Zero
5. Bhasa's Swapnavasavdatta, sequel to Pratijnayaugandharayana: Vatsa king Udayana and Vasavadatta daughter of Pradyut of Avanti
6. Rashtrakuta Amoghvarsha: earliest Kannada poetic Kavirajmarg / Prashnottar Ratnamalika
7. Yoga: Salvation by meditation (not knowledge) and yoga
8. baburnama by Rahim
9. Ramayana has seven khandas
10. Rupyarupa (silver), Suvarnarupa, Tamrarupa: Mauryan
11. malla khamba: Maha
12. Futuhat-e-Firozshahi - auto
1. TIFR's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope @Pune; Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope is run by Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), autonomous- DST
2. Amarkosha by Amarsimha; Dandin: Daskumarcharita
#36
W9 U1
1. Noconfidence: 50 members
2. Bactria/Parthia became independent from Syrian empire; not Persian
3. Mohenjodaro: cotton cloth
4. Chalukyas: centralised, no village autonomy; navy
5. Mauryan governors: collection of taxes
6. Allahabad Pillar (not Mehrauli: chandra II): samudragupta
7. 1st copper use: chalco
8. sabha: select folks; samiti: all
9. Sangrihirti: later vedic taxation
1. Madhuben/ Sonpat plate inscriptions: Harsha.
#38
W6 U1
1. Foot and Mouth Disease: viral (negligence)
2. UMMID: DBT
3. ANGAN (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New-habitat):intl conference; BEE; GIZ; Indo German Technical Cooperation
4. Laghu Vyapari: turnover 1.5 cr
5. Industrial Finance Corporation: 1st development bank; 1948.
6. Bimal Jalan: total reserves: 20% to 24.5 %of its total assets as Economic Capital (CF: 5.5-6.5%)
1. New Southern Policy: South Korea
a. 2nd multi modal terminalat Sahibganj, Jharkhand.
#39
W8
1. Einstein ring is created when light passes by a massive object
2. faulty Mitochondrial DNA: diabetes, Huntington, Parkinson, Alzheimer; no cure; nuclear DNA->autosomes & sex chromosomes
3. supercritical (above its critical temp 31°C and critical pressure) C02 Brayton cycle (steam ->turbine) test loop: 1st with solar heat source; more efficient
4. MicroLED v OLED: emerging; gallium nitride/inorganic->no ageing; more power-efficient; reduces need for polarizing/encapsulation layer->thinner, doesn't limit screen shapes/sizes b/c “modular”; both: self-emissive (no backlight)
5. Bose–Einstein condensate has properties of a superfluid (0 friction)
6. CDSCO: u. DGHS
7. Biometric Seafarer Id: Convention 185 of ILO
8. Penrose–Hawking Singularity Theorem: where General Theory of relativity breaks down
#40
W8 U1
1. Peatlands: Coastal, Beneath tropical rainforests
2. Green-Ag: FAO, GEF, GoI; 5: Chambal, Dampa , Similipal, Desert NP, Corbett-Rajaj
3. MTCR by G7: 1987
4. Industries which do not require consent under Water /Air Acts exempted from Hazardous Waste Rules authorization (2019 amend)
5. UNEP Finance Initiative: Principles for Responsible Banking/RInvest/Sustainable Insurance & StockEx
6.Four seismic zones b/c no Zone I
7. Daporijo: Subansiri, Arunank, LAC
8. BSVI norms by CPCB
1. Nalbana BS: Chilka
#41
W10
1.Culture Min's Seva Bhoj: GST imbured on food distribution
2.Formation FPOs:'19: Ctrl Sec
3. voluntarily retired not covered under OROP
4. FAME-India II: Buses, 2/3/4 Wheelers, Passenger Cars (overthinking: 3/4 mainly commercial or pub transport; 2: pvt)
5. arogya nidhi: chemotherapy/bone marrow transplant (overthinking: 1 time grant)
6. National Institute for Medical Statistics (ICMR) +PopulationCouncil:National Data Quality Forum
7. Interest subvention scheme: RBI & NABARD
8. BharatNet: fibre + radio/satellite
9. BioTech-Kisan: DBT
10. textiles mission: four yrs
#43
W7
1. Ind: FAIR (antiproton) @ Germany; Square Km array (1st galaxies) @ SA/Aus [Kagra (gwaves) @ Japan]
2. DST's Inspire: award/fellowship/faculty based on academic results (Inspire Manak: kids)
3. Li-Sulphur stores more energy than Li-ion
4. asteroid b/w mars and Jupiter (negligence)
5. Forest Plus 2.0: 5 yrs
6. permafrost: frozen for 2 yrs
7. forest cover :Mizo (85%), AP(<80),Megh Manipur Naga [total: MPAPChhattisgarh, Odisha Maha]
#44
W6
1. Begumpura: Ravidas
2. Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) is a Sec8 company: Technology Development Board, DST, CII
3. Central Adoption Resource Authority statutory body u. MWCD (negligence)
4. BSVI introduces Real Driving Emission: measure vehicle’s emission in real-time
5. FDI (galat mark kar diya :/ ) [govt route doesn't require informing RBI either before/after]
6.SUTRA PIC: dept of Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development (SEED) + DBT, CSIR, AYUSH, ICMR
[Fully Accessible Route: NRIs buy G-sec;
BASEL-III implementation: 2023;
2020 EGoS: convener- DPIIT secy & ProjectDevCells u secy for investments
Insights lander: 1st to explore interior, upto core]
Let's revive this. Please consider pinning the post @root
#1
- China joined (UN) Arms Trade Treaty 2020 (India? Nope)
- Incheon: S.korea, WEF, SDG #4; Qingdao (China): ICT, edu
#3
- not all tiger range countries have rolled out CA|TS
- GEF's Green-ag: Chambal, Dampa, Similipal, Desert National Park; Corbett-Rajaji Landscape.
- Postal ballot:preventive detention;Special voters (President etc, Cabinet ministers, Speaker), ‘absentee voters’ (essential services: eg Delhi Metro, Northern Railway, media)
