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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Indian Plate:
1. Until roughly 140 million years ago, the Indian Plate formed part of the super continent Gondwana.
2. About 140 million years before the present, the subcontinent was located as south as 50◦ S. latitude.
3. It was a large island situated off the African coast, in a vast ocean.Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
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https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/indian-subcontinents-collision-with-asia-boosted-oxygen-in-worlds-oceans/
When the landmass that is now the Indian subcontinent slammed into Asia about 50 million years ago, the oxygen in the world’s oceans increased, altering the conditions for life.
Until roughly 140 million years ago, the Indian Plate formed part of the supercontinent Gondwana. It was a large island situated off the Australian coast, in a vast ocean.
The Tethys Sea separated it from the Asian continent till about 225 million years ago.
India is supposed to have started her northward journey about 200 million years ago at the time when Pangaea
India collided with Asia about 40-50 million years ago causing rapid uplift of the Himalayas.
About 140 million years before the present, the subcontinent was located as south as 50◦ S. latitude. The two major plates were separated by the Tethys Sea and the Tibetan block was closer to the Asiatic landmass.
During the movement of the Indian plate towards the Asiatic plate, a major event that occurred was the outpouring of lava and formation of the Deccan Traps. This started somewhere around 60 million years ago and continued for a long period of time.
From 40 million years ago and thereafter, the event of formation of the Himalayas took place.Incorrect
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/indian-subcontinents-collision-with-asia-boosted-oxygen-in-worlds-oceans/
When the landmass that is now the Indian subcontinent slammed into Asia about 50 million years ago, the oxygen in the world’s oceans increased, altering the conditions for life.
Until roughly 140 million years ago, the Indian Plate formed part of the supercontinent Gondwana. It was a large island situated off the Australian coast, in a vast ocean.
The Tethys Sea separated it from the Asian continent till about 225 million years ago.
India is supposed to have started her northward journey about 200 million years ago at the time when Pangaea
India collided with Asia about 40-50 million years ago causing rapid uplift of the Himalayas.
About 140 million years before the present, the subcontinent was located as south as 50◦ S. latitude. The two major plates were separated by the Tethys Sea and the Tibetan block was closer to the Asiatic landmass.
During the movement of the Indian plate towards the Asiatic plate, a major event that occurred was the outpouring of lava and formation of the Deccan Traps. This started somewhere around 60 million years ago and continued for a long period of time.
From 40 million years ago and thereafter, the event of formation of the Himalayas took place. -
Question 2 of 5
2. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding National Clean Air Programme (NACP) and choose the “incorrect” statement:
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https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/committee-constituted-to-oversee-clean-air-programme/
The government has announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
The NCAP unveiled in January is envisaged as a scheme to provide the States and the Centre with a framework to combat air pollution.
This is the first ever effort in the country to frame a national framework for air quality management with a time-bound reduction target.
The programme will not be notified under the Environment Protection Act or any other Act to create a firm mandate with a strong legal back up for cities and regions to implement NCAP in a time bound manner for effective reduction.
Achieve a national-level target of 20-30% reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by between 2017 and 2024.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will execute this nation-wide programme in consonance with the section 162 (b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1986.
The plan includes 102 non-attainment cities, across 23 states and Union territories, which were identified by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the basis of their ambient air quality data between 2011 and 2015.
Non-attainment cities are those which have been consistently showing poorer air quality than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. These include Delhi, Varanasi, Bhopal, Kolkata, Noida, Muzaffarpur, and Mumbai.
The plan proposes a three-tier system, including real-time physical data collection, data archiving, and an action trigger system in all 102 cities, besides extensive plantation plans, research on clean-technologies, landscaping of major arterial roads, and stringent industrial standards.Incorrect
https://www.civilsdaily.com/news/committee-constituted-to-oversee-clean-air-programme/
The government has announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).
The NCAP unveiled in January is envisaged as a scheme to provide the States and the Centre with a framework to combat air pollution.
This is the first ever effort in the country to frame a national framework for air quality management with a time-bound reduction target.
The programme will not be notified under the Environment Protection Act or any other Act to create a firm mandate with a strong legal back up for cities and regions to implement NCAP in a time bound manner for effective reduction.
Achieve a national-level target of 20-30% reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by between 2017 and 2024.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will execute this nation-wide programme in consonance with the section 162 (b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1986.
The plan includes 102 non-attainment cities, across 23 states and Union territories, which were identified by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the basis of their ambient air quality data between 2011 and 2015.
Non-attainment cities are those which have been consistently showing poorer air quality than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. These include Delhi, Varanasi, Bhopal, Kolkata, Noida, Muzaffarpur, and Mumbai.
The plan proposes a three-tier system, including real-time physical data collection, data archiving, and an action trigger system in all 102 cities, besides extensive plantation plans, research on clean-technologies, landscaping of major arterial roads, and stringent industrial standards. -
Question 3 of 5
3. Question
1 pointsConsider the following statements regarding Bharati Script:
1. Bharati is a unified script for nine Indian languages which is being proposed as a common script for India.
2. The scripts that have been integrated include Devanagari, Bengali, English, Urdu, Nepali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil.Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
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https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/iit-madras-easy-ocr-system-for-nine-indian-languages/article26966671.ece
A team of scientists at IIT Madras have developed a method for reading documents in Bharati script using a multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR) scheme.
What is Bharati script?
Bharati is a unified script for nine Indian languages which is being proposed as a common script for India. It is developed by an IIT Madras team.
Bharti script aims to bring down the communication barriers in India with a common script.
The scripts that have been integrated include Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil.
English and Urdu have not been integrated so far.Incorrect
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/iit-madras-easy-ocr-system-for-nine-indian-languages/article26966671.ece
A team of scientists at IIT Madras have developed a method for reading documents in Bharati script using a multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR) scheme.
What is Bharati script?
Bharati is a unified script for nine Indian languages which is being proposed as a common script for India. It is developed by an IIT Madras team.
Bharti script aims to bring down the communication barriers in India with a common script.
The scripts that have been integrated include Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil.
English and Urdu have not been integrated so far. -
Question 4 of 5
4. Question
1 pointsWorld’s only floating nuclear power unit, which was in news recently, is located in which country?
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-floating-power-station-akademik-lomonosov-chukotka-a8886526.html
Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s only floating nuclear power unit. The plant was launched by Russia on May 19, 2018 at the St Petersburg shipyard.
It is ready to start commercial operations in Russia.
The power plant is ready to start generating power after a series of comprehensive and successful tests on its twin KLT-40 reactor system.Incorrect
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-floating-power-station-akademik-lomonosov-chukotka-a8886526.html
Akademik Lomonosov is the world’s only floating nuclear power unit. The plant was launched by Russia on May 19, 2018 at the St Petersburg shipyard.
It is ready to start commercial operations in Russia.
The power plant is ready to start generating power after a series of comprehensive and successful tests on its twin KLT-40 reactor system. -
Question 5 of 5
5. Question
1 pointsThe Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsang) who visited India recorded the general conditions and culture of India at that time. In this context, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The roads and river-routes were completely immune from robbery.
2. As regards punishment for offences, ordeals by fire, water and poison were the instruments for determining the innocence or guilt of a person.
3. The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries and barrier stations.Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
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UPSC 2013 Previous Year Question
As per the journal, Yuan Chwang himself was robbed and the thugs had decided to sacrifice him, but he was saved by a hurricane. Thus statement 1 is incorrect.
The narrative proceeds to describe the four ordeals by which the innocence or guilt of an accused person is determined. These are by water, by fire, by weighing, and by poison.
Under Revenue and taxation system, Yuan Chwang notes that Tradesmen go to and fro bartering their merchandize after paying light duties at ferries and barrier stations.
By using Tikdam, we can solve the question now because statement 1 is given in rest of the three options.Incorrect
UPSC 2013 Previous Year Question
As per the journal, Yuan Chwang himself was robbed and the thugs had decided to sacrifice him, but he was saved by a hurricane. Thus statement 1 is incorrect.
The narrative proceeds to describe the four ordeals by which the innocence or guilt of an accused person is determined. These are by water, by fire, by weighing, and by poison.
Under Revenue and taxation system, Yuan Chwang notes that Tradesmen go to and fro bartering their merchandize after paying light duties at ferries and barrier stations.
By using Tikdam, we can solve the question now because statement 1 is given in rest of the three options.
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