SSC Havaldar Session II Mock Test - 1 - SSC Havaldar MCQ

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to conduct ‘Gagan Shakti-2024’, the nation’s largest air military exercise, involving all Air Force stations. Held every five years, it will commence on April 1, 2024, at Pokhran’s field firing range. Approximately 10,000 airmen will participate, with maneuvers spanning the Western and Northern fronts. The Indian Army is aiding logistical support, ensuring synergy across sectors for operational rail mobilization.

Utility, in ordinary sense, means usefulness. But, in economics, it means want-satisfying power of a commodity or service — the power to satisfy a human want. Utility is addable. One can add utility obtained from each unit of a commodity to get total utility obtained from the entire stock. In other words, by adding marginal utility from successive units, we obtain total utility of the stock.

Dantidurga, also known as Dantivarman or Dantidurga II was the founder of the Rashtrakuta Empire of Manyakheta. His capital was based in Gulbarga region of Karnataka. His successor was his uncle Krishna I who extended his kingdom to all of Karnataka.
Reign: c. 735 – c. 756 CE
Krishna I, an uncle of Dantidurga, took charge of the growing Rashtrakuta Empire by defeating the last Badami Chalukya ruler Kirtivarman II in 757. This is known from the copper plate grant of Emperor Govinda III of 807 and a copper plate grant of the Gujarat Rashtrakuta Emperor Karka from Baroda.
Reign: c. 756 – c. 774 CE
Dhruva was one of the most notable rulers of the Rashtrakuta Empire. He ascended the throne after replacing his elder brother Govinda II. Govinda II had become unpopular among his subjects on account of his various misconducts as a ruler, including excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Reign: 780 – 793 CE
Amoghavarsha I was a Rashtrakuta emperor, the greatest ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and one of the great emperors of India. His reign of 64 years is one of the longest precisely dated monarchical reigns on record.
Reign: c. 815 – c. 877 CE (63-64 years)
Indra III was the grandson of Rashtrakuta Krishna II and son of Chedi princess Lakshmi. He became the ruler of the empire due to the early demise of his father Jagattunga. He had many titles such as Nithyavarsha, Rattakandarapa, Rajamarathanda and Kirthinarayana.
Reign: 914–927 CE
Krishna III whose Kannada name was Kannara was the last great warrior and able monarch of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty of Manyakheta. He was a shrewd administrator and skillful military campaigner.
Reign: 939 – 967 C.E
 

Abu'l Fazl was assassinated while he was returning from the Deccan by Vir Singh Bundela (who later became the ruler of Orchha) between Sarai Vir and Antri (near Narwar) in a plot contrived by Akbar's eldest son Prince Salim (who later became the Emperor Jahangir)[16] in 1602, because Abu'l Fazl was known to oppose the accession of Prince Salim to the throne. His severed head was sent to Salim at Allahabad. Abu'l Fazl was buried at Antri.[17][18] Abu'l Fazl's son Shaikh Afzal Khan (29 December 1571 – 1613) was later appointed governor of Bihar in 1608 by Jahangir.

• Pair 1 is correctly matched: Non-violence (Ahimsa) is a core principle of Jainism, strongly associated with Mahavira.
• Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Eightfold Path is a fundamental teaching of Buddhism, introduced by Gautama Buddha as a means to end suffering.
• Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Discarding clothes is associated with Mahavira and the Digambara sect of Jainism, not Chandragupta Maurya.

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has announced the launch of a pilot phase of ‘Mission 50K-EV4ECO’
The pilot scheme aims at strengthening the EV ecosystem, including uptake for two, three and four-wheelers through direct and indirect lending.

Anurag Kumar (IPS), a 1994-batch Indian Police Service officer, has been appointed as the Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). This appointment is significant in the context of government appointments.

The correct answer is Delhi.

Key Points 

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

• HRA was later reorganized as the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA).​
• It was established in 1928 at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi by Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee.

Additional Information 

Hindustan Republican Association

• The HRA was founded in October 1924 in Kanpur by Ramprasad Bismil, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee and Sachin Sanyal, with an aim to organise an armed revolution to overthrow the colonial government and establish in its place the Federal Republic of United States of India whose basic principle would be an adult franchise.
• The HRA formed centres, besides Allahabad, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Lucknow, Shahjahanpur, and Saharanpur.
  • It also had bomb manufacturing units at Calcutta and Deogarh.
• A manifesto for the party was written by Sanyal titled ‘Revolutionary’
• It also demanded universal suffrage. The material espoused a socialist society for India.
• The pamphlets were distributed in many cities in northern India.
• In 1924 – 25, many young people joined the party, prominent among them being Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Chandrasekhar Azad.
• Under the leadership of Chandra Shekhar Azad, the name of HRA was changed to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).

The correct answer is 42.

Key Points

• 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act:
  • 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act sometimes called (mini-constitution) is the most comprehensive amendment carried out in the year 1976 during an internal emergency (1975-1977). It has brought about widespread changes to the Constitution most of which were curtailed in the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act 1978.
  • The 42nd Amendment made fundamental changes in the constitutional structure and it incorporated the words ‘ SOCIALIST’, ‘ SECULAR’, and ‘INTEGRITY’ in the Preamble. Fundamental Duties were added in part IVA.

Important Points

• The amendment is nothing but a modification of the Constitution.
• The amendment of the Indian constitution is mentioned in PART XX of the constitution.
• Methods are mentioned to Amendment of the constitution:
  • Article 368 provides for two types of amendments,
  • By a special majority of the Parliament.
  • By a special majority of the Parliament and consent by at least half the states by simple majority.
  • Some other articles in the Constitution also provide for the amendment of the Constitution
  • Note: Please remember Article 368 provided 2 methods only. Amendment with a simple majority is mentioned outside the purview of Article 368 where ever it is required.

​Additional Information

The International Day of Zero Waste is celebrated every year on March 30th, as established by a resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly on December 14, 2022. This day is significant for raising awareness about reducing waste and promoting zero-waste initiatives to achieve sustainable development goals.

The zombie virus is related to global warming and the thawing of Arctic permafrost. The rising temperatures caused by global warming have led to the thawing of previously frozen ice, which could unleash “zombie viruses”. The zombie virus is an amoeba virus that scientists have revived from the melted ice. The new strain has one of 13 viral genomes, with Pandoravirus yedoma, 48,500 years old, being the longest frozen virus to become infectious. Scientists are developing an Arctic surveillance system to detect and contain outbreaks.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the 5th International and 44th All India Criminology Conference at the National Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The conference focused on Forensic Behavioural Science, an emerging field highlighted by Shah. Emphasizing the role of Behavioral Science in crime prevention, he inaugurated a Digital Forensic Excellence Centre for capacity building and investigations, underscoring its importance alongside a robust administration and judiciary.

• First schedule contains the list of states and union territories.
• First schedule comprises
• Indian constitution has 12 schedules.

How to remember 12 schedules?

Trick: TEARS OF OLD PM

1^st Schedule: T – Territory

2^nd Schedule: E – Enrolment

3^rd Schedule: A – Affirmations/Oaths

4^th Schedule: R – Rajya Sabha

5^th Schedule: S – Scheduled Areas

6^th Schedule: O – Other Scheduled Areas

7^th Schedule: F – Federal Structure

8^th Schedule: O – Official Languages

9^th Schedule: L – Land Reforms

10^th Schedule: D – Defection

11^th Schedule: P – Panchayats

The correct answer is Banga-Duta.

Key Points

• Banga-Duta newspaper was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
• It was published in 1822 in Calcutta in four languages- English, Bengali, Persian, and Hindi.

Additional Information

• Bombay Times newspaper was founded by Robert Knight and Thomas Benett.
• Bengal Gazette newspaper was founded by James Augustus Hickey.
• Rast Gofter newspaper was founded by Dadabhai Naoroji.

The idiom by fits and starts implies doing something irregularly and without any routine or regular schedule to do that particular thing. Among the given options we can choose option B since it gives us the correct meaning of the said idiom whereas the rest can be eliminated since they are irrelevant here.

This makes option B the correct choice among the given options.

Engender is to cause or create.

Use structure “By + question word + auxiliary + past participle + object ?”
As per the given above sentence is given in Passive Voice.
By whom was it written?
Therefore , option B will be required answer .

As we can say that ,
Tangible means available physically, concretely, elusive is something that eludes, i.e, is difficult to catch, touch or understand, palpable is a synonym to tangible.
Hence , Elusive is antonym word of Tangible . 

• Meaning of Indict: Formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
• Meaning of Condemn: express complete disapproval of; censure.
• Meaning of Reprimand: a formal expression of disapproval
• Meaning of Allege: claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof

Meaning of corpulent: Fat

Similar Words: 

• obese
• overweight
• plump

Additional Information:

• Meaning of Lean: to move the top part of your body and head forwards, backward or to the side
• Meaning of Gaunt: very thin because of hunger, illness, etc.
• Meaning of Emaciated: extremely thin and weak because of illness, lack of food, etc.

• Reckless or rash means "acting or done without considering the possible results".
• Courageous: not deterred by danger or pain; brave.
• Bold: (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.
• Daring: causing outrage or surprise by being boldly unconventional.

Hence Correct Answer is Option B

As the given sentence is talking about hunting animals, the word ‘poach’ fits correctly in the blank as it means ‘illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.’
Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

As the given passage is talking about respecting and preserving wildlife, the word ‘conservation’ fits correctly in the blank as it means ‘preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife’.
Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

Reciprocate: To behave or feel towards somebody in the same way as we behave or feel towards you ; give in return

To ossify is to harden or become inflexible, hence adaptable is an antonym.

Incentive means a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something
Some of its synonyms are inducement, motivation, motive, reason, stimulus, stimulant, spur, impetus, encouragement
He had no incentive to work after he was refused a promotion
Companies provide various incentives to attract and retain talent

As we know that ,
Sublime is magnificent and great, base is anything low, ordinary, concise means short or compact, partial is not complete, and Insist is to make a request.
Therefore , required word is base . 

As per the meanings given below, the correct idiom will be ‘playing devil’s advocate’.
Take a rain check: postpone a plan.
Rain on someone’s parade: to spoil a moment.
Play devil’s advocate: to argue, just for the sake of it.
Play by the ear: to improvise.
Correct Sentence:
He was not agreeing to back off, as if he was playing devil’s advocate.
Hence, the correct answer is option C.