Test: HP TGT Arts General Awareness and EVS Mock - 9 - Software Development MCQ

Nicholas Roerich Art Gallery And Museum located in Naggar Himachal Pradesh.

The Nicholas Roerich art gallery was founded in 1962 by Svyetoslav Roerich, son of Nicholas Roerich. The building that now houses the gallery once served as the residence of Nicholas Roerich. Himachal Pradesh Government and the Russian Government have formed a trust to run this art gallery as the Roerich Heritage Museum.

Paintings of Kullu, Spiti and Lahaul made by the painter have been housed in the ground floor of the gallery. A great number of his works are preserved in museums all over the world. Most of the paintings show the beauty of ice-covered valleys and peaks during the early hours of the evening.

In the grasslands, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of water limits and fire.

Electronic devices also comprise toxic heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium and beryllium, mercury, polluting PVC plastic and hazardous chemicals such as brominated flame retardants, which can harm human health and the environment.

Dachang festival in Lahaul area is only celebrated by men.

This festival is celebrated during the peak winter season, either towards the end of February or early March. Local dancers dressed up in traditional clothes perform mask and sword dances. Some of the other highlights of the festival are comic charades, community bonfires and archery games organized among the villagers. The festival is held for a total of 7 days.

In October 1871 A.D. Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India visited Mandi.

It is a major town and a municipal corporation in Mandi District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated 145 kilometres north of the state capital, Shimla in the northwest Himalayas at an average altitude of 764 meters and experiences pleasant summers and cold winters.

The present District Of Mandi was formed with the merger of two princely states Mandi and Suket on 15th April 1948, when the State of Himachal Pradesh came into existence. Ever since the formation of the district, it has not witnessed any changes in its jurisdiction. Lord Mayo stabilized the northwestern frontier of India by cultivating closer relationships with Sher Ali, the emir of Afghanistan.

Indian author Prem Rawat launched his book 'Hear Yourself' for Indian subcontinent in Mumbai. This New York Times bestseller book is already available in 58 countries and five languages. He said that, this book is to help people understand their own potential. It will help them find peace in a noisy world. He also advised others that they have more wisdom in themselves than they perceive. This book is to help them develop better self-understanding.

In this warm, wise book, Prem Rawat teaches us how to turn down the noise to “hear ourselves” that is to listen to the subtle song of peace that sings inside each of us. Once we learn this, we can hold on to it as we face all the turmoil of the world.

Pierre de Coubertin proposed the Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius", which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger".

Curriculum of EVS has been designed on themes.

The syllabus of EVS consists of six themes: 

(1) Family and friends, which consists of four subthemes – (1.1) relationships (1.2) work and play, (1.3) animals and (1.4) Plants. 

Others are: (2) food, (3)Water; (4) Shelter; (5) Travel and (6) Things we make and do.

Productivity is the rate of organic matter or biomass production. The average ocean productivity is about 50 grams carbon per square meter per year, while, the average land productivity is 160 grams carbon per square meter per year.

Lahauli Language in Spoken in Lahaul Spiti.

The Lahauli or Western Innovative Tibetan languages are a subgroup of the Tibetic languages spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India. They are more closely related to Standard Tibetan than to the neighboring Ladakhi–Balti languages spoken further north.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Law and Justice, released the 1st edition of the Dogri version of the Constitution of India 08 April 2023, at the University of Jammu, Jammu, and Kashmir.

Article - Organisation of village panchayats:

The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

Akodara village of Gujarat situated in Sabarkantha district became the first digital village of India.

• ICICI Bank in 2015 under its Digital Village Project adopted Akodara village and made cashless by adopting digital technology.
• The village has its own official website, has 100% financial rate and mobile banking facilities in Hindi, English and Gujarati languages.
• Digital India was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015.

Hence, the correct option is (C).

In 1365 A.D Firoz Shah Tughlaq attacked Nagarkot.

In order to teach a lesson to Raja Rup Chand of Kangra, Firoz Shah Tughlaq invaded Nagarkot and besieged the fort with his army in 1365 A.D.

Seaweed Farming:

​In Budget 2021, the Finance Minister has proposed to set up a multi-purpose seaweed park in Tamil Nadu. It will be a part of the Seaweed Farming promotion in India.

Seaweed: It is the name given to the many species of marine algae and plants.  These species grow in water bodies such as rivers, seas and oceans. The practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed is known as Seaweed Farming.

Seaweed Species in India: The commercially exploited seaweed species in India mainly include Kappaphycus alvarezii, Gracilaria edulis, Gelidiella acerosa, Sargassum spp. and Turbinaria spp. So, statements 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) is a national park in India, located in the Kullu region in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The park was established in 1984 and is spread over an area of 1171 km² altitudes within the park range between 1500 and 6000 m.

The concept of five-year plans in the Constitution of India is borrowed from Russia.

The constitution of India has borrowed most of its provisions from the constitution of different countries in the world. According to Dr. B R Ambedkar, the constitution of India has been framed after ransacking all the known constitutions of the world.

The important provisions borrowed from Russia are:

• Five-year plan.
• Fundamental duties.

A food chain shows how energy is transferred from one living organism to another via food. It describes how energy and nutrients move through an ecosystem.

Abuja is the capital of which of Nigeria. Abuja is known for being one of the few purpose-built capital cities in Africa, as well as being one of the wealthiest. Abuja is Nigeria's administrative and political capital. It is also a key capital on the African continent due to Nigeria's geo-political influence in regional affairs.

Hence, the correct option is (D).

In January 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose was elected the President of the Congress for the Tripuri session. But due to opposition from Gandhiji, he resigned and on May 3, 1939, the Forward Bloc was established.

The integrated nature of EVS means the teacher aims to develop the different dimensions of one's personality (social, emotional, mental, moral) by teaching one or two subjects together in a collaborative manner because of the following reasons:

To create cognitive capacity and resourcefulness and to make the child curious:

• To nurture the creativity of the child particularly in relation to the natural and human environment (including artifacts and people).
• To develop an understanding based on observation and illustration, drawn from lived experiences and physical, biological, social, and cultural aspects of life.
• It feels less burdened by the learners as they can learn more comprehensively and they will also able to connect two subjects or topics.
• The child looks at his environment and learns in a holistic or integrated manner. because of the interdisciplinary nature of EVS.
• This approach is learner-centered and in this approach, a learner gets ample opportunity to achieve unified knowledge, which is meaningful.
• Integrating the concepts or issues of environmental studies with other disciplines like social sciences, mathematics, general sciences, languages, etc.

Therefore, in relation to EVS, the child looks at his environment in a holistic manner.

The state of Himachal Pradesh is spread over an area of 55,673 km² (21,495 sq mi) and is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on the north, Punjab on the southwest, Haryana on the south, Uttarakhand on the southeast, a small border with Uttar Pradesh in the south (touching Sirmaur), and Tibet on the east.

Himachal is a mountainous region, rich in natural resources.

Elevation ranges from 465 m to over 7,000 m above sea level.

The region extends from the Shivalik range of mountains.

There is a noticeable increase in elevation from west to east and from south to north.

At 6816 m Reo Purgyil is the second highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh, while Shilla is the highest.

There is conscious effort to discourage rote learning, is most appropriate feature about EVS textbooks at primary level. The main objective of the NCF 2005 was to bridge the gap between life and knowledge, in the process linking children's school life with outside life and discouraging rote learning.

Tamil Nadu's Republic Day Parade 2024 featured the Kudavolai system, an ancient electoral system dating back to the 10th century Chola era. Documented in the Uthiramerur inscriptions, it was used to elect representatives of the village administration. This system involved dividing villages into wards, in which residents elected their representatives through a unique process: the names of contestants on palm-leaf tickets (wolai) were placed in a pot (kuda), and elected A boy used to select tickets to announce the leaders. Tamil Nadu's tableau showcasing this historical system earned the third best prize.

An ecological niche describes how a species interacts with, and lives in, its habitat. It describes not only the physical space occupied, but also the functional role of an organism.

The glorious Pin Valley National Park is located in the cold desert area of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and is home to more than 20 species of animals and birds, including the endangered Snow Leopard. Set in the freezing landscpaes of Spiti Valley, this amazing park was established in 1987 as a part of the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area. Perched at an altitude that ranges between 3,300 and 6,632 meters above sea level, the Pin Valley National Park is a gem of an attraction, which is bestowed with an amazing assortment of flora and fauna.

The Congress did not participate in the First Round Table Conference (1930). Many leaders of other parties had participated, such as Maulana Muhammad Ali, Aga Khan, Jinnah, Mu. Shafi, Srinivas Shastri, etc.

"What step will you take to reduce air pollution in metro cities like Delhi?" is a divergent question a teacher of EVS will ask her students to promote creativity.

Divergent questions stimulate children to think independently. They are encouraged to do use their higher-order cognitive ability by combining original and known ideas into new ideas or explanations. Questions that students answer by analysis, synthesis, or evaluation using their related knowledge of a question, a problem, or a situation are referred to as divergent questions. For example-Multiple correct answer question.

The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.

The award is given for the "exceptional and distinguished service".

Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan was an Indian classical musician.

He was conferred with Padma Shri in 1991, after that with Padma Bhushan in 2006 and Padma Vibhushan in 2018. 

He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece's centre-right New Democracy (ND-Nea Demokratia) party, won the national election and secured a 2nd four-year term as the Prime Minister (PM) of Greece.

i. He was sworn in as the PM of Greece on 26th June 2023 by the Archbishop of Athens, head of the Church of Greece.

ii. Kyriakos Mitsotakis served as the PM of Greece for the first term from July 2019 to May 2023. He has been serving as the President of the ND party since 2016.