Test: HP TGT Social Studies Mock - 3 - Software Development MCQ

Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das, and Ajoy Ghosh were the leaders of the HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army) formed in 1928.

The Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was a revolutionary party set up by Ram Prasad Bismil and his associates to fight against British colonial rule in India and achieve independence for the country through an armed rebellion if necessary. The party was initially named Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) by Bismil when he formed it in 1923. The main reason for the party’s formation was Mahatma Gandhi’s calling off the non-cooperation movement in 1922 because of the Chauri Chaura incident.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was the first Indian to be President of UN General Assembly.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the first woman appointed to 6th Governor of Maharashtra and 8th President of the United Nations General Assembly. Hailing from a prominent political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India. Pandit was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as Nehru's envoy to the Soviet Union, the United States and the United Nations. Her time in London offers insights into the wider context of changes in Indo–British relations. Her High-Commissionership was a microcosm of inter-governmental relations.

Prior experience of the learner is highly related to the effectiveness of teaching in the following ways: 

a) If students do not get correct information, or did not understand the study material in previous classes, they may have some trouble learning the recent material. 

b) As the students who understand the correct information, have a better chance of success learning the recent material.

Raga Kalyan belongs to Kalyan Thaat. It is an evening Raga.

It uses all seven notes. five notes in the ascent and seven notes in the descent. It uses tivra (sharp) Madhyam and all other notes are shuddha (full). The derivative ragas out of this structure are grouped under the broad head of Kalyan Thaat. The ten thaats are Bilawal, Kalyan, Khamaj, Bhairav, Poorvi, Marwa, Kafi, Asavari, Bhairavi, and Todi.

Cabinet Secretary, who is the highest executive officer, heads the National Crisis Management Committee. 

Secretaries of all the concerned Departments as well as organizations are the members of the Committee.

The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow waterway connects the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea. This 13-kilometer-wide waterway also separates Europe and Africa, with Spain and Gibraltar on the left and Morocco on the right.

The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar in the west and to the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, in the east.

Firewood is a non-commercial source of energy widely used in rural areas.

Commercial sources are coal, petroleum and electricity as they are bought and sold. Non-commercial sources of energy are firewood, agricultural waste and dried dung. These are non-commercial as they are found in nature/forests.

The Governor-General who partitioned Bengal was Lord Curzon.

• Partition of Bengal, (1905), division of Bengal carried out by the British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, despite strong Indian nationalist opposition.
• It began a transformation of the Indian National Congress from a middle-class pressure group into a nationwide mass movement.

The dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest time is Khalji dynasty.

The Khalji dynasty was of Turko-Afghan heritage. The Khaljis ruled only for 30 years from 1290-1320. They had long been settled in present-day Afghanistan before proceeding to Delhi in India. The first ruler of the Khalji dynasty was Jalal ud-Din Firuz Khalji(1290-96). The last Khalji ruler was Ala ud-Din Khalji's 18-year-old son Qutb ud-Din Mubarak Shah Khalji, who ruled for four years before he was killed by Khusro Khan.

Asteroids are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Apart from the stars, planets, and satellites, numerous tiny bodies also move around the sun. These bodies are called asteroids. They are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Scientists are of the view that asteroids are parts of a planet that exploded many years back. Asteroid Belt is a circumstellar disc in the Solar System.

Tsunami occurs due to underwater earthquakes of the sea. Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea. Out in the depths of the ocean, tsunami waves do not dramatically increase in height. But as the waves travel inland, they build up to higher and higher heights as the depth of the ocean decreases. The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from the source of the wave.

Since proteins are the building blocks of the body, protein cannot be ignored, but consuming protein will damage the damaged kidney. In such cases, instead of taking protein, essential amino acids are consumed. These essential amino acids are directly absorbed by the body. This allows the body to function normally and the pressure on the kidneys is kept to a minimum.

R. K. Narayan is the author of the book "Malgudi Days".

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, located in South India.

In seventh century the Brahmanas were rewarded by grants of land recorded on copper plate.

The kings had inscriptions carved on copper plate as details of donation or grants were noted in the temple walls  or engraved on copper plates that were rustproof & relatively cheap. This was to make aware he general public of the donation and also prevent misuse of the funds.

The Bum La is a border pass located in Arunachal Pradesh.

Bum La or Bum Pass is a mountain pass in the Himalayas between the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Lhokha Department of Tibet (China-controlled). It is situated at a distance of 37 km from Tawang city of Arunachal Pradesh at an altitude of 15,200 feet above sea level.

The Directive Principles of state policy have been included in articles 36 to 51 in Part IV of the Constitution.

Article 51 refers to the promotion of international peace and security.

Directive Principles of the policy are not binding, so it cannot be enforced by the court.

A universal language of the map can be understood by the way of the Conventional Symbol.

• Conventional Symbols are widely accepted signs or sign systems that signify an idea or concept.
• They represent different features on the map and are not to draw to scale. It is not possible to draw various features such as buildings, roads, bridges, railway lines, trees. So they can be shown by using letters, shades, color lines, pictures. With the use of this symbol map can be drawn easily. 
• There is an international agreement regarding these symbols to draw on the map.

​So, it can be concluded that A universal language of the map can be understood by way of Conventional Symbols.

U Shaped Valley is formed by Glacier. 

• Glacial Valley also called the glacial trough. stream valley that has been glaciated, usually to a  typical catenary, or U Shaped cross-section. 
• Glacial erosion produces U Shaped valleys are so shaped because the lower part of the U is far underwater, the visible walls of fjords may rise vertically for hundreds of feet from the water's edge, and close to the shore the water may be many hundreds of feet deep.
• U Shaped valleys occur in many parts of the world and are characteristic features of mountain glaciation. 
• The common V-Shaped stream valley is converted to a U-Shaped valley because the U- Shape provides the least frictional resistance to the moving glacier.
• Because a glacier has a much greater viscosity and cross-section than a river, its course has fewer and broader bends,  and thus, the valley becomes straighter and smoother. 
• The valley walls may be almost vertical and maybe striated by boulders dragged by the glacier, and the valley floor may be covered with till or moraines.

Babur was also known as 'Qalandar'. Babur was a descendant of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and also of the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane). Barbur's father, "Umar Shaykh Mirza, ruled the small principality of Fergana to the north of the Hindu Kush mountain range.

The Mughal court chronicles were written in Persian.

​Mughal chronicles such as the Akbar Nama were written in Persian, others, like Babur's memoirs, were translated from the Turkish into the Persian Babur Nama. Urdu came from the amalgamation of Persian with Hindavi.  Chronicles commissioned by the Mughal emperors are an important source for studying the empire and its court.

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Malanjkhand and Khetri are copper mines of India.

Malanjkhand Copper Belt comprises of a large body of copper ore in granitic rocks varying from diorite to granite in composition. Prominent deposits are: Malanjkhand, Shitalpani (Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh), Gidhri Dhorli, Jatta and Garhi Dongri.

The major copper mines are the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan. The belt comprises of tightly folded Proterozoic metasediments that rest over basement gneisses and is a part of the North Delhi fold belt.

Disaster Management includes prevention, preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation.

Prevention: It means identifying potential hazards and devising safeguards to mitigate their impact.

Preparedness: It is defined by ensuring the highest level of readiness.

Mitigation: Mitigation aims to minimize the loss of human life that would result from a disaster.

Response: The response is what happens after the disaster occurs. It involves both short- and long-term responses.

Recovery: It involves stabilizing the area and restoring all essential community functions.

Reconstruction: The process of reconstruction involves partial or complete relocation and rebuilding the essential physical infrastructure and shelter (house) so that vulnerability levels are reduced and families are able to get back to their feet.

Rehabilitation: Rehabilitation plays a crucial role in natural disasters owing to the significant upsurge of survivors with complex and long-term disabling injuries. Rehabilitation professionals can minimize mortality, decrease disability, and improve clinical outcomes and participation.

The last Mauryan ruler to be killed by Pushyamitra Shunga was Brihadratha.

Brihadratha Maurya was the last ruler of the Maurya empire. He ruled from 187-180BCE, was assassinated by Pushyamitra Shunga,who was actually a general of the Maurya Empire. He instigated a coup in 185 BCE, went on to establish the shunga empire.

For the success of Indian Democracy, the most important factor is development of education.

The fate of the country not just depends on its ruler but mainly on citizens. For the success of Indian Democracy, it is very important that Indians must be well educated. Development of education is important for a successful democracy because with education we gain knowledge and skills to make an informed decision. The democracy can't be celebrated in absence of civilized solutions for the growth and development issues. That can be achieved only through education.

The effect of overpopulation leads to increase in demands of basic amenities.  More people means an increased demand for food, water, housing, energy, healthcare, transportation, and more. And all that consumption contributes to ecological degradation, increased conflicts, and a higher risk of large-scale disasters like pandemics.  

One of the best ways to reduce the incidence and spread of diseases is not by having poor hygiene. Poor hygiene is linked to transmission of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio and exacerbates stunting.

Collaborative filters, Technical words and Ambiguous statements must not be a part of effective communication because they affect the quality of communication. 

Technical words are considered as jargons in business communication and ambiguous statements are those statements whose meaning is not clear. 

When you make statements that are ambiguous, you confuse the reader and hinder the meaning of the text. However, sometimes ambiguity is used deliberately to add humour to a text.

India won 8 medals at the Singapore Weightlifting International in February 2022.

Indian weightlifters Vikas Thakur and Venkat Rahul Ragala qualified for the Commonwealth Games by winning gold and bronze medals respectively at the Singapore Weightlifting International on 27 February 2022. India thus ended its campaign in the competition with 8 medals, including 6 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the “Atmiya Sabha” a precursor organization in the socio-religious reforms in Bengal in the year 1814 in Kolkata. 

Atmiya Sabha was a philosophical discussion circle in India. In the sabha, they used to conduct debate and discussion sessions on philosophical topics, and also used to promote free and collective thinking and social reform.

The Raja Ampat Coral Reef is located in the Indonesia.

The Raja Ampat Coral Reef is located off the northwest tip of Bird’s Head Peninsula in the West Papua Province of Indonesia. It forms part of the famous Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth.