MPPSC Mock Test - 1 - MPPSC (Madhya Pradesh) MCQ

The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was a committee appointed by the Government of India in 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme (1952) and the National Extension Service (1953) and to suggest measures for their betterment. The committee's recommendations led to the establishment of the 'Panchayati Raj' system in India. The key recommendations of the committee were:

1. Establishment of a three-tier panchayati raj system - Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zila Parishad at the district level.
2. The Gram Panchayat should be the base of the Panchayati Raj system and should be directly elected by the people. The committee suggested that this body should be in charge of planning at the village level.
3. The Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad should be the other two tiers, with the members of the Panchayat Samiti being indirectly elected by the members of the Gram Panchayat.
4. The Zila Parishad should be the apex tier of the Panchayati Raj system, with members also indirectly elected from among the Panchayat Samiti members.
5. The Panchayat Samiti was designated as the executive body, and the Zila Parishad as the advisory and supervisory body.

Based on the above, the correct statement related to the recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee is:
The  Panchayat Samiti should be the executive body and Zila Parishad should be the supervisory body.
The statement about the zila Parishad being constituted with indirectly elected members aligns with the committee's recommendations.

So the correct option is: Both 1 and 2

• Rotation of Earth does cause wind movements; change of day and night; distribution of heat on Earth etc. However, it does not explain several other phenomena such as seasons on Earth; extreme heat and cold in Poles etc.
• Sun’s energy causes all these and is ultimately responsible for life and activity on Earth, which also subsumes weather phenomena.
• Earth’s hydrological cycle is only partly responsible for the weather. For example, rainfall patterns, movements of ocean water etc.

Kuhls are a traditional irrigation system in Himachal Pradesh. They are surface channels diverting water from natural flowing streams (khuds). A typical community Kuhl services 6 to 30 farmers, irrigating an area of about 20 ha.

The beginning of the Marxist approach in India was heralded by two classic books—Rajni Palme Dutt’s India Today and A.R. Desai’s Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Originally written for the famous Left Book Club in England, India Today, first published in 1940 in England, was later published in India in 1947. A.R. Desai’s Social Background of Indian Nationalism, was first published in 1948. 

He was christened 'Helium Bat' very early in his career by team mates, due to his habit of lifting his bat over his shoulder and letting anything bowled outside the off-stump go by.

• Ocean acidification is the change in ocean chemistry - lowering of ocean pH (i.e. increase in the concentration of hydrogen ions) driven by the uptake of carbon compounds by the ocean from the atmosphere.
• As the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide by the ocean increases, the concentration of hydrogen ions in the ocean increases, the concentration of carbonate ions decreases, the pH of the oceans decreases and the oceans become less alkaline – this process is known as ocean acidification.

• This consists of stretches of bare rocks, swept clear of sand and dust by the wind.
• The exposed rocks are thoroughly smoothed and polished. The region is bare and sterile.
• The best known rocky deserts are those of the Sahara Desert, e.g. the Hamada el Homra, in Libya, which covers almost 20,000 square miles.

The meristematic cell layer which is responsible for the development of the periderm is called phellogen. It produces cells both in and outwards. Cells which grow inwards will be phelloderm, and cells which develop outwards will be phellem or cork

The Preamble has only been amended once through the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.

• VVP was announced in the Union Budget FY 2022-23.
• VVP is aiming at enhancing infrastructure in villages along India’s border with China, in states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh.
• Activities under the VVP include building infrastructure such as housing, tourist centres, road connectivity, providing decentralised renewable energy, direct-to-home access for Doordarshan and educational channels, and support for livelihood generation.

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi). Its drainage basin is 2,117,700 km² in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded by the Nile and the Congo River. Its main tributary is the Benue River.

Meteorites are INDIRECT source of information about the Earth’s Interior.

• Meteorites and Earth are born from the same nebular cloud. Thus, they are likely to have a similar internal structure.
• When meteoroids fall to the earth, their outer layer is burnt during their fall due to extreme friction and the inner core is exposed.
• The heavy material composition of their cores confirms the similar composition of the inner core of the earth. 

But because they are not from inside the earth, they act as an INDIRECT source of information due to similar composition.

Asoka had served as the viceroy of Taxila after serving as the viceroy in Ujjain before becoming the Governor.

• Tropical Deciduous Forests thrive where the rainfall is between 70cm And 200 cm.
• The trees in these forests shed their leaves for about six to eight weeks in summer.
• They are also called the monsoon forests.

• Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. It was created in 1986 to conserve some of the coastal woodland ecosystems of the Western Ghats and consists of 6,979 ha (17,250 acres) of forest, grasslands, and wetlands. The sanctuary is rich in flora and fauna. The forest types are semi-evergreen, evergreen, mixed and dry deciduous forests. So, pair 1 is not correctly matched.
• Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. Recently a final proposal was made before NTCA to notify the sanctuary as a tiger reserve. Once notified, the Chamarajanagar district will have a rare distinction in the country of harbouring three tiger reserves. It already has Bandipur and Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve within its territorial limits. So, pair 2 is not correctly matched.
• Recently, Kawal Tiger Reserve is increasingly getting threatened by growing human encroachment rampant poaching and habitat loss. Kawal Tiger Reserve is located in Adilabad district, Telangana. Government of India declared Kawal wildlife sanctuary as Tiger Reserve in 2012. It is the oldest sanctuary in the northern Telangana region. It is well known for its abundant flora and fauna. This sanctuary is a catchment for the rivers Godavari and Kadam, which flow towards the south of the sanctuary. So, pair 3 is not correctly matched.

Therefore, the answer is (d).

Ujjain served as the capital for King Chandragupta II, ruler of the Gupta Empire. Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India. Since the fourth century BCE, it has served as the first meridian of longitude for Hindu geographers.

The reckoned to be the first political association of modern India. Formally launched in Calcutta in March 1838, it was renamed the Landholders' Society shortly afterwards. Landed magnates like Raja radhakant dev, dwarkanath tagore, Prasanna Kumar Tagore, Rajkamal Sen and Bhabani Charan Mitra were its leading members. The promotion of landholders' interests through petitions to government and discreet persuasion of the bureaucracy was its professed object. Among its aims were securing a halt to the resumption of rent-free tenures and an extension of the permanent settlement of land all over India, including the grant of lease of waste land to their occupants. The demand for reform of the judiciary, the police and the revenue departments was also on its agenda.

The cloudy nights are warmer because clouds prevent escape of radiation of heat from the ground and the air.

Because the specific gravity of the needle is greater than that of water displaced by it. Specific gravity (or relative density) = Density of the substance / Density of the water at 4°C The average density of iron needle is greater than water, therefore, it sinks.

• HSN stands for Harmonised System of Nomenclature code. It is mandatory for both B2B and B2C tax invoices on the supplies of Goods and Services.
• This was introduced in 1988 by the World Customs Organization (WCO). This was introduced for a systematic classification of goods both national and international. This is a 6-digit code that classifies various products. India has been using HSN codes since 1986 to classify commodities for Customs and Central Excise.
• HSN codes apply to Customs and GST. The codes prescribed in the Customs tariff are used for the GST purposes too. HSN is used all over the world. There are different HSN codes for various commodities.
• HSN codes remove the need to upload details about the goods which makes filing of GST returns easier.
• HSN code is required for anything from animal products, mineral products, plastic articles to footwear, arms and ammunition and machinery.

• The peaks of the loftier mountains project above the surface as nunataks. When the ice sheets reach the sea, they often extend outwards into the polar waters and float as ice shelves. 
• They terminate in precipitous cliffs. When they break into individual blocks, these are called icebergs.

M.S. Swaminathan is known as father of green revolution. Green revolution increased the food production about three times the previous one. Use of hybrid seeds, fertilizers and modern method of agriculture results this achievement.

Sour milk – Lactic acid Vinegar and pickel – Acetic acid Soda water – Carbonic acid Apple – Malic acid

• All organisms (from virus to man) are obligatorily dependent on the other organism and environment for food, energy, water, oxygen, shelter and other needs.
• The relationship and interaction between organisms and environment are highly complex. It comprises both living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components. The environment is not static.
• Both biotic and abiotic factors are in flux and keep changing continuously.

• Tundra means a “barren land” since they are found where environmental conditions are very severe. There are two types of tundra - arctic and alpine.
• Distribution: Arctic tundra extends as a continuous belt below the polar ice cap and above the tree line in the northern hemisphere. It occupies the northern fringe of Canada, Alaska, European Russia, Siberia and the island group of the Arctic Ocean. On the South Pole, tundra is very small since most of it is covered by the ocean.
• They are protected from chillness by the presence of thick cuticle and epidermal hair. Mammals of the tundra region have large body size, small tail and small ear to avoid the loss of heat from the surface.

As a gemstone used in jewellery, silicon carbide is called "synthetic moissanite" or just "moissanite". Moissanite is similar to diamond in several important respects it is transparent and hard . Moissanite has become popular as a diamond substitute, and may be misidentified as diamond, since its thermal conductivity is close to that of diamond, more than any other diamond substitute. The properties of carbon fibres, such as high stiffness, high tensile strength, low weight, high chemical resistance, high temperature tolerance and low thermal expansion, make them very popular in aerospace, civil engineering, military, and motor sports. Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12) is a colourless gas, and usually sold under the brand nameFreon-12, is a chlorofluorocarbon halo-methane (CFC), used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant. In photosynthesis, solar energy is converted to chemical energy. The chemical energy is stored in the form of glucose (sugar). Carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight are used to produce glucose, oxygen, and water.

The capital of Madhya Pradesh is “Bhopal”.

Unemployment refers to the situation where an individual is able and willing to work at an existing wage rate but does not finds any work.

• Tiger reserves are areas that are notified for the protection of the tiger and its prey and are governed by Project Tiger which was launched in the country in 1973.
• Initially, 9 tiger reserves were covered under the project and have currently increased to 42, falling in 17 States (tiger reserve States).
• The State Government shall, on the recommendation of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, notify an area as a tiger reserve.