UPSC Prelims Past Year Paper 2012: Paper 1 (GS) - UPSC MCQ

The person who is not a member of either house of Parliament can be appointed as Prime Minister. But within six months he should become the member of either house of Parliament otherwise he ceases to be the Prime Minister. This was held in Supreme Court in 1997.

• The Delimitation commissionor Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act.
• The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundariesof the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent census.
• The representation from each Stateis not changed during this exercise. However, the number of SCand ST seats in a state are changed in accordance with the census.
• The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 censusunder the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.
• The Commission is a powerful and independent body whose orders cannot be challenged in a court of law. The orders are laid before the Lok Sabhaand the respective State Legislative Assemblies. However, modifications are not permitted.

In March 1943, B. P. Adarkar was appointed by Government of India to create a report on health insurance scheme for industrial workers. The report became the basis for the Employment State Insurance (ESI) Act of 1948
The act was initially intended for factory workers but later became applicable to all establishments having 10 or more workers. As on 31 March 2016, the total beneficiaries are 82.8 million.

The reports and statements get by president to be laid before parliament is / are as follows:

1. Annual Financial Statement
2. Reports of Auditor General
3. Annual report of UPSC
4. Reports of Finance Commission
5. Reports of Special officers of SC & ST
6. Report of the Special officers of Linguistic Minorities and Backward Classes.

• Joint sitting is an extraordinary machinery provided by the Constitution to resolve a deadlock between the two Houses over the passage of a bill.
• A deadlock is deemed to have taken place under any one of the following three situations after a bill has been passed by one House and transmitted to the other House:
• if the bill is rejected by the other House;
• if the Houses have finally disagreed as to the amendments to be made in the bill;
• or if more than six months have elapsed from the date of the receipt of the bill by the other House without the bill being passed by it.
• In the above three situations, the president can summon both the Houses to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose of deliberating and voting on the bill.
• In the case of a money bill, the Lok Sabha has overriding powers, while a Constitutional amendment bill must be passed by each House separately.üIt must be noted here that the provision of joint sitting is applicable to ordinary bills or financial bills only and not to money bills or Constitutional amendment bills.
• If the bill (under dispute) has already lapsed due to the dissolution of the Lok Sabha, no joint sitting can be summoned.üIn reckoning the period of six months, no account can be taken of any period during which the other House (to which the bill has been sent) is prorogued or adjourned for more than four consecutive days.

But, the joint sitting can be held if the Lok Sabha is dissolved after the President has notified his intention to summon such a sitting (as the bill does not lapse in this case). After the President notifies his intention to summon a joint sitting of the two Houses, none of the Houses can proceed further with the bill

• to abide by the constitution and respect its ideal and institutions;
• to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;
• to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
• to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;
• to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional diversities, to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;
• to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
• to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, and wild-life and to have compassion for living creatures;
• to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform;
• to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
• to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity, so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavor and achievement. Further, one more Fundamental duty has been added to the Indian Constitution by 86^thAmendment of the constitution in 2002.
• who is a parent or guardian , to provide opportunities for education to his child, or as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years

C is the correct option. Only statement 4 is true.

• The Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution. CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA : 2. Appointment to the office of the Chief Justice of India should be of the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office.

• A member of the higher judiciary, which means the Judges and Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India and the state High Courts, can be removed from service only through the process of impeachment under Article 124 (4) of the Constitution.

• There are two types of expenditure made from the Consolidated Fund of India- voted and charged. Voted expenditures are those which are discussed upon in the parliament or legislature and later becomes the budget of the country. (salaries are to be voted)

• While appointing the Supreme Court Judges, the President of India has to consult the Chief Justice of India. ... All appointments of officers and staffs of the Supreme Court of India are made by the Government only after consulting the Chief Justice of India.

(the correct statement)

The advantages of thorium

• According to the UN nuclear agency IAEA there are many benefits with thorium compared to uranium, which is currently used in nuclear reactors.
• To begin with, there is limited radioactive debris when thorium is used. And in terms of chemical stability and resistance to radioactivity thorium is a safer alternative compared to uranium.
• Depending on the core process utilized, thorium leads to more energy that can be recovered from this cheap, available and relatively safe energy.
• thorium is regarded as a less dangerous, less expensive, more accessible and more environmentally friendly alternative to uranium,

Carbon dioxide molecules trap heat as they are transparent to sunlight but not to the heat radiation. If the amount of carbon dioxide crosses the delicate proportion of 0.03 per cent, the natural greenhouse balance may get disturbed. Carbon dioxide is the major contributor to global warming. 

The correct option is B.
Carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen were primarily responsible for the origin of life on earth.

The most effective contribution made by Dadabhai Naoroji to the cause of Indian National Movement was that he was first Indian t get british parliament membership. He lived in London and got to know how Indian economy was being exploited by britishers, he wrote books like “unbritish rule” and hailed the concept of wealth drain from india to England. With his continuous efforts Indians  came to know about their wealth exploitation,this sensed nationalism among the people.

• Dhrupad is the oldest surviving form of Indian Classical music and traces its origin to the chanting of vedic hymns and mantras. Though a highly developed classical art with a complex and elaborate grammar and aesthetics, it is also primarily a form of worship, in which offerings are made to the divine through sound or nada.
• Dhrupad is a vocal tradition based on the practice of nada yoga, and is also performed on instruments like the Rudra Veena and the Sursringar. For the past five centuries Dhrupad has thrived primarily under the patronage of Mughal and Rajput kings.
• A Dhrupad performance starts with the alap which is a slow and elaborate development of a Raga (mode) using free flowing melodic patterns. The elaboration of Dhrupad alap is done using the syllables of a mantric phrase 'om antaran twam, taran taaran twam, ananta hari narayan om'.

Correct Answer :- a

Explanation : Dancing on brass plate is a feature of Kuchipudi and not Bharatnatyam.

The early Sufis led an austere, simple life and conversed with people in their dialect, Hindawi or Hindi. These Sufi saints made themselves popular by adopting musical recitations called 'Sama', to create a mood of nearness to God. Many saints like Nizamuddin Auliya adopted Yogic breathing exercises, so much so that the Yogis called him a Sidh or "Perfect". So all the given statements are true.

In the year 1919, the British Government passed a new rule called Rowlatt Act, under which the Government had the authority and power to arrest people and keep them in prisons without any trial if they are suspected with the charge of terrorism. The government also earned the power to refrain the newspapers from reporting and printing news. The Act was ill famed as 'Black Act' by the people and Indians revolt in protest against the Rowlatt Act.

the lahore session was of great in the indian national movement for independence.it was in this session that purna swaraj was declared as india's goal.the leaders aimed for nothing but complete independence.this session also formed an important cause for the civil disobedience movement.

• The Act provided a dual form of government (dyarchy) for the major provinces.
• In each such province, control of some areas of government, (transferred list), were given to a Government of ministers answerable to the Provincial Council. The transferred list included Agriculture, supervision of local government, Health and Education.
• All other areas of government (reserved list) remained under the control of the Viceroy. The reserved list included Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Communications.

Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose.

• Congress was founded in 1885 in Bombay, its organizers had a feeling that along with the political topic, a place should be given to the discussion of social topics also.
• R. Raghunath Rao and MG Ranade addressed the congress on the subjects related to social reforms.

Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) was founded by Dr. Ambedkar in 1942 to fight for the rights of the Dalit community. SCF was the successor organization of the Independent Labour Party led by Ambedkar.

• Sesamum is mainly a rain fed crop and is grown on marginal, dry and sloppy lands. Nearly 80% of the area sown to groundnuts in India is rain fed and relies entirely on summer monsoon rainfall.
• Among cereals, the main rain fed cereals grown in India are sorghum, pearl millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi).
• Nearly 80% of the area sown to groundnuts in India is rain fed and relies entirely on summer monsoon rainfall.
• Among cereals, the main rain fed cereals grown in India are sorghum, pearl millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi).

• Himalayas young mountain, youthful river flowing through that so deep gorges and U turn river courses 
• Young and fold, so originated in series so parallel ranges
• Steep gradient