Test: HP TGT Social Studies Mock - 5 - Software Development MCQ

The quit India movement was launched in response to Cripps Mission.

Cripps Mission was sent by the British government in March 1942. It was aimed to obtain Indian support in the 2nd world war. It was headed by Sir Richard Standford Cripps, who was labour minister in Winston Churchill's government. The Mission was rejected by the INC, the Muslim League, and other Indian groups.

Few proposals of Cripps Mission are:

• Dominion status to India after the war.
• Constitution-making body after the war.
• Constitution so framed would be acceptable by the British Government only if certain province desires to stay away from the Union of India. Any province which wouldn't accept the new constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with the British.

Gandhi called Cripps Mission 'A post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank' due to the Cripps offer of Dominion Status after the war.

Panama Canal is called the  ”Gateway to the Pacific”.

The Panama Canal is a shortcut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Using the Panama Canal enables shipping to avoid the longer and stormy passage around Cape Horn (the southern tip of South America).

The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 by the 52nd Amendment Act.

It deals with the Anti defection law i.e, provisions as to disqualification on the ground of defection.

Decision on questions as to disqualification on the ground of detection:-

• If any question arises as to whether a member of a House has become subject to disqualification under this Schedule, the question shall be referred for the decision of the Chairman or, as the case may be, the Speaker of such House and his decision shall be final
• Provided that where the question which has arisen is as to whether the Chairman or the Speaker of a House has become subject to such disqualification, the question shall be referred for the decision of such member of the House as the House may elect in this behalf and his decision shall be final.

If you see a conflict between two students in the classroom, then as a teacher the best option is to:

Have a face-to-face conversation with both students individually, which will help you to know the magnitude of the issue.

Counseling may help them to change their behavior, if not; future courses of action can be decided.

Drupad is a genre in Hindustani Classical music.

The Dhrupad is considered one of the oldest forms of Hindustani vocal music.

In ancient literature, Natyashastra is considered a source of Drupad.

It is a form of devotional music and spiritual music that emphasis maintaining the purity of the Raga. 

It traces its origin to the ancient text of Samveda

A Dhrupad has at least four stanzas, called Sthayi (or Asthayi), Antara, Sanchari, and Abhoga.

Drupad music evolved with Sanskrit language scripts in itself.

Kazakhstan produces the largest share of uranium from mines (42% of world supply from mines in 2019), followed by Canada (13%) and Australia (12%).

Over two-thirds of the world's production of uranium from mines is from Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia. An increasing amount of uranium, now over 50%, is produced by in situ leachings.

The Banihal Pass is situated in Pir Panjal Himalayan Range.

The Pir Panjal Range is a range of Inner Himalayan mountains stretching from east-southeast (ESE) to west-northwest (WNW) through Himachal Pradesh, the Indian state, and Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Union Territory. Pir Panjal is the greatest range of the Lesser Himalayas.

Unlike other disasters, the damages caused by earthquakes are more devastating. Since it also destroys most of the transport and communication links, providing timely relief to the victims becomes difficult. It is not possible to prevent the occurrence of an earthquake. So, the next best option is to emphasise mitigation rather than curative measures. Hazard mitigation involves activities that will reduce the effects of future disasters of a similar kind.

Earthquake Hazard Mitigation strategy:

• Establishing earthquake monitoring centres (seismological centres) for regular monitoring and fast dissemination of information among the people in the vulnerable areas.
• The use of the Geographical Positioning System (GPS) can be of great help in monitoring the movement of tectonic plates.
• Preparing a vulnerability map of the country.
• Dissemination of vulnerability risk information among the people and educating them about the ways and means minimising the adverse impacts of disasters.
• Modifying the house types and building design in the vulnerable areas.
• Discouraging construction of high-rise buildings, large industrial establishments and big urban centres in such areas.
• Finally, making it mandatory to adopt earthquake-resistant designs and use light materials in major construction activities in vulnerable areas.

They should wait for the vibration to stop and only then come out of hiding.

They should turn off all electricity, gas and water and unplug all appliances in case of any fire hazard due to gas leak or electric short-circuiting.​

Thus, the incorrect statement with respect to earthquake hazard mitigation is to turn off all electricity, gas and water and unplug all appliances.

Iltutmish (1211-1236):

• He succeeded to the throne after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak.
• He was the third ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, belonging to the Mamluk dynasty.
• He constituted corp of forty loyal slave Amirs known as Turkan-i-Chihalgani also called Chalisa.
• He introduced the silver coin (tanka) and cooper coin (jittal).
• He made Delhi the capital in place of Lahore.

Seismograph measures the seismic waves. A seismograph, or seismometer, is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes. Generally, it consists of a mass attached to a fixed base. During an earthquake, the base moves and the mass does not. The motion of the base with respect to the mass is commonly transformed into an electrical voltage.

Harivansh Rai Bachchan was the first recipient of Saraswati Samman Award.

Harivansh Rai Bachchan was the first winner of the Saraswati Samman for his four-volume autobiography, Kya Bhooloon Kya Yaad Karoon, Basere Se Door, Needa Ka Nirman Phir and Dashdwar se Sopan Tak.

The Vice President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consists of all the members of both the Houses of the Parliament.

Election of the Vice-President:

• The election is in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferred vote and the voting is by secret ballot.
• The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting in such election is by secret ballot.
• The Electoral College to elect a person to the office of the Vice-President consists of all members of both Houses of Parliament.
• The Vice-President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters his office.

The aim of physical education is to make every child physically, mentally and emotionally fit and also to develop in him such personal and social qualities as will help him to live happily with others and build him up a good citizen.

When internal parts of a switch are touched with naked hands, then it may cause an electric shock. Therefore, it should be touched with rubber gloves in hand because rubber cannot conduct electricity. Therefore, electricians wear rubber gloves while repairing a switch or any other electrical appliance.

Japan country is not a member of SAARC.

• The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia.
• Its member countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
• The Secretariat of the Association was set up in Kathmandu on 17th January 1987.

The Chola rulers like Rajaraja and Rajendra built two great temples of Thanjavur and Gangaikonda-Cholapuram respectively. Temples were the nuclei of settlements during this period. They were the centres of craft production and also controlled the financial aspects related to them. Hence they were not only the religious centres but also the hub of economic, social and cultural life as well.

During the Mughal Empire, Jiziya Tax was a tax levied by the Muslim rulers on NonMuslim citizens of the territory in return for their protection.

Jordan country is not grouped with the Caribbean.

It is an Arab country on the East Side of the Jordan River, in Western Asia. It is bordered to the south and east by Saudi Arabia, to the northeast by Iraq, to the north by Syria, and to the west by Israel and Palestine.

Electromotive force is not actually a force. It is basically a voltage. It is the voltage developed by any source of electrical energy. Electromotive force is defined as the electric potential produced by either electrochemical cell or by changing the magnetic field. The emf is the commonly used acronym for electromotive force.

On October 2, 1952, The Community Development Program was launched in India, on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

• It was recommended by the Fiscal Commission (1949) and the Grow More Food Enquiry Committee (1952).
• It was a multi-project programme with the aim of the overall development of villagers.
• This programme consisted of agriculture, animal husbandry, irrigation, cooperation, public wealth, education, social education, communication, village industries, etc.
• There are officials for each activity at the district level to plan execute and evaluate the programme up to the village level.

The 'Razmnama' (Book of War) is a Persian translation of Mahabharata.

The 'Razmnama' means "book of war." It was completed by the maktab khana, a translation bureau set up by Akbar to translate important Sanskrit texts into Persian.

It was Akbar's intention that the empire be Persian-speaking, and translating the Hindu epics (including the Ramayana, the epic narrating the life of Ram) was a way to encourage a sense of belonging and inclusion amongst Hindu subjects.

The layer of atmosphere near the surface of the earth or the lower-most one is called the troposphere. The average thickness of this layer is about 14 km. Most of the weather forming phenomena occur in this layer. The significance of this layer is very crucial for the earth. It is the most important layer of the atmosphere. 

The following statements are correct regarding the soil-water-crop relationship:

• Water utilization by plants is mainly from capillary water.
• The amount of irrigation water required to meet the evapotranspiration needs of the crop during its full growth duration is its consumptive irrigation requirement.

Correction in other statements:

• The depth of water required to bring the soil moisture content of a given soil upto its field capacity is called soil moisture deficiency.
• With the increase in the quantity of water supplied, the yield of most crops increases upto a certain limit and then decreases.

Indica is written by Megasthenes.

• Megasthenes stayed in the Mauryan Capital Pataliputra for five years.
• Whatever he saw during that time in India is given in detail in this book.
• From this book, we came to know about Chandragupta Maurya's Palace, capital, military organization, town planning, and Indian society.

The foundation of the finance commission is laid down under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution.

The finance commissions are commissions periodically constituted by the president of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. Articles 264 - 300 relate to Finance property, contracts, and suits. The tenure of the finance commission is five years.

Enabling children to learn the definitions of key terms of EVS is not an objective of the EVS curriculum in teaching-learning of EVS.

The objectives of the EVS curriculum includes:

• Providing concrete learning experiences for children.
• Linking classroom learning to life outside the school.
• Helping children to explore and connect to their surroundings.
• Developing sensitivity for the natural and physical environment.
• Nurturing the curiosity of the child in relation to the natural environment.
• Connecting learner's conceptual understanding with their own experiences.

Ramcharitmanas was originally written in Awadhi language.

Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas. The word Ramcharitmanas literally means "Lake of the deeds of Rama". In order to make the story of Rama as accessible to the layman as to the scholar, Tulsidas chose to write in Awadhi.

The lungs are protected by rib cage. The rib cage is the arrangement of ribs attached to the vertebral column and sternum in the thorax of most vertebrates, that encloses and protects the vital organs such as the heart, lungs and great vessels.

The Indian National Congress issued the Purna Swaraj declaration on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj or full independence from the British Empire. Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian flag on the banks of the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on December 31, 1929. The Congress had requested that India's people commemorate January 26 as Independence Day.

The Indian flag was raised in public around the country by Congress volunteers, nationalists, and the general public. The Congress designated January 26 as India's Independence Day, honoring those who fought for the country's independence. The British decided to hand over power and political clout to India in 1947, and 15 August was designated as India's official Independence Day. As drafted and approved by the Constituent Assembly, the new Constitution of India was to take effect on January 26, 1950, to commemorate the 1930 declaration. India became a republic on that day in 1950. Every year, January 26 is observed as India's Republic Day.

Zoji La is a mountain pass located in the Himalayas in Ladakh.

Zoji La connects Srinagar and Leh. It connects the Kashmir Valley to its west with the Dras and Suru valleys to its northeast and the Indus valley further east.

Zoji La pass is the lifeline that keeps the people of Ladakh in touch with the rest of the world. The elevation of Zoji La is 3,528m (11,575ft) above sea level.

It is one of the most treacherous passes in the world. Zojila tunnel project was launched in 2018.