Railway TTE Mock Test - 6 - RRB NTPC/ASM/CA/TA MCQ

IRDA is responsible for regulating the Indian insurance sector market.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) is an autonomous regulatory body that protects the interests of the policyholder. IRDA has the duty to regulate, promote and ensure orderly growth of the insurance business and re-insurance business. 

One of the major reasons is the conversion of forest to agricultural land so as to feed the growing human population. Trees are axed for timber, firewood, cattle ranching and for several other purposes. Slash and burn agriculture, commonly called as Jhum cultivation in the north-eastern states of India, has also contributed to deforestation. In slash and burn agriculture, the farmers cut down the trees of the forest and burn the plant remains. The ash is used as a fertiliser and the land is then used for farming or cattle grazing. After cultivation, the area is left for several years so as to allow its recovery.

The Nanda Devi Fair is organised in the Kumaon region in the month of September every year.
The best-known fair in Kumaon Division is Nanda Devi Fair. It is organised in many places like Almora, Nainital, Bageshwar, Bhowali, Kot (Dangoli) and also in the far-flung villages of Johar ( like Milam and Martoli ) of Kumaun during the month of September.
The main fair is held at Almora town, it is organized since the Chand kings ruled this place. It is believed that 'Nanda' used to be the family Goddess of the Chanda dynasty. The word meaning of the word 'Nanda' is prosperity. The temple of 'Nanda' in Almora was built by Dyot Chanda in the seventeenth century, the then ruler of this place. Presently this temple remains the core of the festival. The duration of the festival is five days and approximately twenty-five thousand people tourists come to attend the festival. Nanda Devi Fair is also organised at Nainital, where a week-long festival is held at Nanda Devi temple. At last, a great procession of Maa Nanda Devi was organised in the city.

Former Indian women's hockey team captain, Elvera Britto has passed away at 81 due to old-age-related problems on April 2022. Elvera Britto led Karnataka's domestic team to win seven national titles. She ruled the domestic circuit from 1960 to 1967. She also represented India against Japan, Sri Lanka, and Australia. She is the second women hockey player to be conferred with the Arjuna Award(1965) after Anne Lumsden.

India has a significant presence in the services sector exports. It remained among the top ten trading countries in commercial services in 2019 accounting for 3.5 percent of world services exports. Notwithstanding the setback witnessed in the wake of the pandemic, India’s services sector remained relatively resilient when compared to merchandise trade. The resilience of the services sector was primarily driven by software services, which accounted for 49 percent (largest component ) of total services export. So, statement 1 is not correct.
According to Economics Survey 2020-21, net capital flows was modest in H1: FY 2020-21 at US$ 16.5 billion, as against US$ 40.0 billion in HI: FY 2019-20, mainly accounted for by net repayments of external commercial borrowings (ECBs) and decline in banking capital. During April-October, 2020, net FDI flows recorded an inflow of US$27.5billion, 14.8 percent higher as compared to the first seven months of 2019-20. According to RBI statistics, it can be said that India has been maintaining a capital account surplus in recent years. So, statement 2 is not correct.

Ashok Soota, founder and Executive Chairman of Happiest Minds Technologies, has been conferred with CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 on 3 July 2022.
This award is given annually in recognition of outstanding leadership, contribution, and distinguished service to the Quality Movement in India. It was constituted in the year 2019.
President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Sanjiv Bajaj.

The average propensity to consume measures the percentage of income that is spent rather than saved.
It may be calculated who wants to know where the money is going or by an economist who wants to track the spending and saving habits of an entire nation.

In 1905, Shyamji Krishna Varma opened the Indian Home Rule Society, (not to be confused with Home Rule Leagues of Tilak and Annie Besant). In the same year, a branch of the Indian Home Rule Society was opened in Paris which was named the Paris Indian Society. So, statement 1 is correct.
After being exiled in 1902 for sedition, Madam Cama was active in Britain and France. She formed the Paris Indian Society along with Munchershah Burjorji Godrej and Sardar Sinhji Ravji Rana.
Several Indian nationalists, who were associated at various times with Krishna Varma‘s India House during its short existence, also were part of the Paris Indian Society.
The society developed close links with the Socialist Party and Russian socialists in exile in Paris. So, statement 2 is correct.
A delegation consisting of herself, Sardar Rana and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya, went to the Second International Socialist Congress, held at Stuttgart Germany on August 22, 1907, Madame Cama addressed the congress and after her speech, she waved an Indian flag Madam Bhikaji Cama became the first person to hoist Indian flag on foreign soil in Stuttgart in Germany. So, the statement 3 is correct.

It approves proposals for taxation, budgets and annual financial statements is not the powers of Rajya Sabha.

Kanada was associated with Vaisheshika School of Philosophy.

• The Sanskrit philosopher Kanada Kashyapa (2nd–3rd century) expounded its theories and is credited with founding the school. 
• Vaisheshika, one of the six systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy, significant for its naturalism.
• The Vaisheshika school attempts to identify, inventory, and classify the entities and their relations that present themselves to human perceptions.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated pilot project for Hydrogen based advanced Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).
It has been launched by Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. along with International Center for Automotive Technology (ICAT).
It will be first of its kind project in India aimed at spreading awareness about Hydrogen, FCEV technology and disseminating its benefits to support hydrogen-based society for India.

The Satavahanas appeared as the successors of the Mauryas in the Deccan region. 
The Matsya Purana lists their origin and rule for over 450 years. The Satavahanas were also known as Andhras, Andhrajatiyah and Andhrabhrityas in Purana.  It was founded by Simuka. They emerged at the banks of the Godavari river in Maharashtra and Andhra state. 
Gautamiputra Satkarni (86-110 AD): 
He was the greatest ruler of this dynasty. 
His achievements are mentioned in Nashik inscription. So, statement 1 is correct.
They were the first rulers to give land grants to brahmans, sometimes to Buddhist monks. They granted tax-free villages to them. Also, the cultivated fields and villages granted to them were declared free from intrusion by the royal policemen, soldiers and other royal officers. So, statement 2 is correct.
The Romans first started trade with the southernmost part of India. Their earliest coins are found in the Tamil kingdoms which lay outside the Satavahana kingdom dominions. So, statement 3 is incorrect.

Ozone is found in the upper part of the atmosphere called the stratosphere, and it acts as a shield absorbing ultraviolet radiation from the sun. UV rays are highly injurious to living organisms since DNA and proteins of living organisms preferentially absorb UV rays, and its high energy breaks the chemical bonds within these molecules. The thickness of the ozone in a column of air from the ground to the top of the atmosphere is measured in terms of Dobson units (DU).

A 7 metre high sculpture known as 'Sadashiva’, representing three aspects of Lord Shiva is found at Elephanta Caves.
The Elephanta Caves are located in Western India on Elephanta Island (otherwise known as the Island of Gharapuri), which features two hillocks separated by a narrow valley. The small island consists of numerous ancient archaeological remains that are the sole testimonies to its rich cultural past. These archaeological remains reveal the existence of life since the 2nd century BC.

In 1942, Robert King Merton launched four sets of institutional imperatives to explain the ethos of modern science. They are:
Communalism: Communalism means that all scientists should have common ownership of scientific goods such as the intellectual property which will help them in promoting collective collaboration.
Universalism: Under this norm, scientific validity is independent and free from any sociopolitical status or personal attributes of its participants.
Disinterestedness: A scientist should act for the benefit of a common scientific enterprise and not for personal gain.
Organized scepticism: This refers to abstaining from judgement or detaching oneself from critical scrutiny while on the process of study.

Criminal Procedure Code is not included in the state list in the Constitution of India. Criminal law and criminal procedure fall under the Concurrent List while matters relating to Police and Prisons fall under the State List.

Prime Minister Modi is set to virtually launch the redevelopment of 508 railway stations under the Amrit Bharat Scheme.

India has won the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles Squash titles held in Glasgow in April 2022.
Dipika Pallikal won the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles with Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal, respectively at the World Doubles Squash Championships in Glasgow on 9 April 2022.
Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal defeated England's Adrian Waller and Alison Waters 11-6, 11-8 in the final at the Scotstoun Leisure Centre.

Treatment of wastewater is done by the heterotrophic microbes naturally present in the sewage.
This treatment is carried out in two stages:
1. Primary treatment: These treatment steps basically involve the physical removal of particles – large and small – from the sewage through filtration and sedimentation.

• These are removed in stages; initially, floating debris is removed by sequential filtration.
• Then the grit (soil and small pebbles) is removed by sedimentation.
• All solids that settle form the primary sludge and the supernatant forms the effluent. 
• The effluent from the primary settling tank is taken for secondary treatment.

2. Secondary treatment or Biological treatment: The primary effluent is passed into large aeration tanks where it is constantly agitated mechanically and the air is pumped into it.

• This allows vigorous growth of useful aerobic microbes into flocs (masses of bacteria associated with fungal filaments to form mesh-like structures).
• While growing, these microbes consume the major part of the organic matter in the effluent.
• This significantly reduces the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) of the effluent. BOD refers to the amount of oxygen that would be consumed if all the organic matter in one litre of water were oxidized by bacteria. Therefore, statement 1 is correct.
• The sewage water is treated till the BOD is reduced. The BOD test measures the rate of uptake of oxygen by micro-organisms in a sample of water and thus, indirectly,
• BOD is a measure of the organic matter present in the water. The greater the BOD of wastewater, the more is its polluting potential. Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.
• Once the BOD of sewage or wastewater is reduced significantly, the effluent is then passed into a settling tank where the bacterial ‘flocs’ are allowed to sediment.
• This sediment is called activated sludge.
• A small part of the activated sludge is pumped back into the aeration tank to serve as the inoculum.
• The remaining major part of the sludge is pumped into large tanks called anaerobic sludge digesters.
• Here, other kinds of bacteria, which grow anaerobically, digest the bacteria and the fungi in the sludge.
• During this digestion, bacteria produce a mixture of gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide. 
• These gases form biogas and can be used as a source of energy as it is inflammable.
• The effluent from the secondary treatment plant is generally released into natural water bodies like rivers and streams.

Author Paterson Joseph was announced as the winner of the 2023 Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Christopher Bland Prize for his debut novel 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho' on June 8.

Thimphu is the capital and largest city of the mountain nation of Bhutan. It is located in the west central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is Thimphu District, one of Bhutan's dzongkhas. In 1955 Thimphu was replaced by Punakha, the ancient capital of Bhutan, and in 1961 Thimphu was declared the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan by Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the third Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan.

On National Sports Day (29 Aug), Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain set a new national record with a timing of 10.25 seconds in the men's 100m race at the Inter-Railway Athletics Championships in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Statement I: In a scrubber, the exhaust from the thermal plant is passed through the electric wires to charge the dust particles. 
The limestone present in the slurry of scrubber removes SO2 from the exhaust. Therefore statement I is incorrect.
Statement II: Particulate matter (PM 2.5) can not be removed by a scrubber but can be removed by an electrostatic precipitator.
An electrostatic precipitator is the most effective device to remove 99% of particulate matter, ‘even PM 2.5’ present in the exhaust. Therefore statement II is correct.

Aurang was a Persian term for a warehouse where goods were collected before being sold. The term also refers to a workshop.
Weavers often belonged to communities that specialised in weaving. Their skills were passed on from one generation to the next. The tanti weavers of Bengal, the julahas or momin weavers of north India, sale and kaikollar and devangs of south India are some of the communities famous for weaving. For coloured textiles, the thread was dyed by the dyer, known as rangrez. For printed cloth, the weavers needed the help of specialist block printers known as chhipigars. 

Lord Macaulay:
Macaulay emphasised the need to teach the English language. Therefore statement 1 is not correct.

• He felt that knowledge of English would allow Indians to read some of the finest literature the world had produced; it would make them aware of the developments in Western science and philosophy.
• The teaching of English could thus be a way of civilising people, changing their tastes, values and culture.

A decision was taken to make English the medium of instruction for higher education and to stop the promotion of Oriental institutions like the Calcutta Madrasa and Benaras Sanskrit College.
Following Macaulay’s minute, the English Education Act of 1835 was introduced. Therefore statement 2 is correct.
The Court of Directors of the East India Company in London sent an educational despatch to the Governor-General of India, known as the Wood’s dispatch. Therefore statement 3 is not correct.

Like in Tibet, traditional houses in Ladakh are built using stones, timbers and mud in various forms, such as sun-dried mud bricks and rammed earth for plastering floors and roofs. The buildings reflect people's lifestyle, with pens for their cows on the ground floor and Buddhist altar rooms on the top floor.

Staggered rail joints are generally provided on curves.
Joints in one rail are staggered to the joints in the other rails. They hinder the centrifugal force which pushes the track outwards on joints and thus is used on curves.

Nalanda Project is an innovative Faculty Development Program of the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs. The Nalanda Project is being taken up at Aligarh Muslim University, a premier Minority University of world fame.

The headquarters of NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) is located at Mumbai.
The National Payments Corporation of India is a corporation established by the Reserve Bank of India which is conceived as a maternal institution for various retail payment systems in India. It was established in 2008. It is owned by a consortium of major banks.

March 4 is observed as National Security Day in India annually. It is also known as Rashtriya Suraksha Diwas, celebrated to honour the Indian Security Forces.