MPPSC Paper 1 (GS) Mock Test - 6 - MPPSC (Madhya Pradesh) MCQ

• Maan Project is situated in the Jeerabad village of Manawar Tehsil in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh. It is located on the Maan River (Tributary of Narmada).
• Maheshwar Dam is located near Maheshwar in the Khargone district. It generates 420MW of electricity. It is not used for irrigation purposes. 
• Mahi Project is located in the Dhar district. It is a joint project of the MP and Rajasthan. It irrigates 26400 hectares of land in Dhar, Ratlam and Jhabua districts. 
• Urmil Project is located near a Bhitora village in the Chattarpur district. It is a joint project of the MP and UP. It is situated on the Urmil river (Tributary of Ken River).

• Mahatma Gandhi first arrived on 6th January 1921 in Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh.
• It was the third visit of Gandhiji in Madhya Pradesh.
• The assembly was organized in Chitnisganj now known as Gandhiganj.
• He came to Chhindwara at the request of the Ali brothers.
• In those days, Mahatma Gandhi was giving the message of removing untouchability and keeping the society united.
• At that time 10,000 people came to Chhindwara to listen to him.

Bhitarkanika-

• Bhitarkanika is a mangrove wetland in Odisha in the Brahmani and Baitrani river deltas.
• It is home to a saltwater crocodile (endangered) and olive ridley turtle (vulnerable).
• Bhitarkanika National Park came into existence in 1998.
• It was designated the status of a Ramsar site as 'The Wetlands of International importance' in 2002.
• Bhitarkanika Biosphere reserve includes three protected areas: Bhitarkanika Wildlife sanctuary, Bhitarkanika National park and Gahirmaha marine wildlife sanctuary.

Dalma Hills-

• ​Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary established in 1975 is located in Jharkhand.
• It is famous for Indian wild elephants.

Kaziranga National Park-

• ​It is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam on the banks of the Brahmaputra river.
• It was recognized as a National Park in 1974 and a Tiger reserve in 2007.
• It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
• It is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International.
• The highest density of one-horned rhino is in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
• IUCN conservation status of One horned rhino is 'Vulnerable'.

Dachigam National Park-

• It was established in 1981 and is home to Kashmiri Stag or Hangul.
• Hangul is the state animal of Jammu and Kashmir.
• IUCN status: Endangered

Laxmidhar wrote the famous text Krityakalptaru.

Laxmidhar was a colloquialism of ethological texts.

• He wrote Krityakalptaru.
• He was minister of Majestic King Govindrachandra of Rathore (Gahadwal) dynasty.

Electronic commerce or e-commerce (sometimes written as eCommerce) is a business model that lets firms and individuals buy and sell things over the internet. E-commerce operates in all four of the following major market segments:

• Business to business
• Business to consumer
• Consumer to consumer
• Consumer to business

Hindola Mahal a ‘T’ shaped building is said to be built by Hoshang Shah, around A.D. 1425 as a Durbar hall or meeting hall at mandu. Hindola mahal, Baz Bahadur’s Palace, Hoshang Shah’s Tomb and Jahaz mahal are few famous sites located at Mandu city of Dhar district.

Plants prepare their food by Photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis occurs in the green parts of plants.

It involves the following reaction in presence of sunlight

Thus as we can see from the reaction, the preparation of food by plant involves Carbon dioxide, water, minerals, and sunlight.

The United Nations has played an important role in international human-rights law since its creation in 1945 at Yalta Conference. The allied powers agreed to create a new body to supplant the League’s role.

• Graphene is also an allotrope of carbon.
• Graphene is a Nanostructure of carbon.
• Carbon nanostructures include various low-dimensional allotropes of carbon including carbon fiber, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerene, and graphene.
• It is a sheet of a single layer of carbon atoms.
• It is a good conductor of electricity and also a pure form of carbon.
• Layers of graphene make up graphite. 
• It is widely used in electronics.

• Federalism is not a part of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
• A preamble is basically an introductory statement in a document explaining the philosophy and objectives of the document.
• The ideals of the Preamble were laid down in Objectives Resolution by Jawaharlal Nehru.
• The Preamble declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic.
• The word 'socialist' was added in the Preamble by 42nd Amendment, 1976.
• The word 'secular' was added in the Preamble by 42nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976.

The correct answer is option 4.

Key Points

• The  Gross primary productivity of an ecosystem is the rate of production of organic matter during photosynthesis. Hence, (A) is false.
• A considerable amount of GPP is utilized by plants in respiration. Gross primary productivity minus respiration losses (R), is the net primary productivity (NPP).
• GPP – R = NPP
• Net primary productivity is the available biomass for the consumption of heterotrophs (herbivores and decomposers). Hence, (R) is true.
• Secondary productivity is defined as the rate of formation of new organic matter by consumers.
• Primary productivity depends on the plant species inhabiting a particular area. It also depends on a variety of environmental factors, availability of nutrients and photosynthetic capacity of plants. Therefore, it varies in different types of ecosystems. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• The annual net primary productivity of the whole biosphere is approximately 170 billion tons (dry weight) of organic matter. Of this, despite occupying about 70 per cent of the surface, the productivity of the oceans is only 55 billion tons. The remaining productivity is on land.

The correct answer is Narmada River.Key Points

• The Tawa River is a tributary of the Narmada River of Central India.
• The Tawa is the Narmada's largest tributary, at 172 km.
• It rises in the Satpura Range of Betul and flowing north and west, joins the Narmada at the village of Bandra Bhan in the Hoshangabad District.
• In 1958, construction began on Tawa Dam, which was completed in 1978 in Tawa Nagar to create Tawa Reservoir in the southern Hoshangabad District.
• Forty-four villages were submerged by the reservoir.
• India's oldest forest preserve, the Bori Reserve Forest, was established in 1865 along the Tawa.

Narmada River

• The Narmada River rises from the Amarkantak Plateau in Anuppur district Madhya Pradesh.
• This river flows from east to west because of the slope created by the rift valley.
• The Narmada River is also called the Reva.
• It is the 5th longest river and overall longest west-flowing river in India.
• It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
• This river flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in India.
• It is also known as the "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat" due to its huge contribution to the two states in many ways.

Additional Information Tapti River

• The Tapi or Tapti River rises from the Multai (Multapti) in the Betul district.
• This river flows from east to west because of the slope created by the rift valley.
• The Tapti River is a river in central India located to the south of the Narmada river that flows westwards before draining into the Arabian Sea.
• The river has a length of around 724 km and flows through the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.

Son River

• Son River is a perennial river located in central India.
• It originates near Amarkantak Hill in the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges River near Patna in Bihar.
• Sone river is the second-largest southern tributary of the Ganges' after the Yamuna River.

Ganga River

• The Ganges (in India: Ganga in Bangladesh: Padma) is a transboundary river of Asia that flows through India and Bangladesh.
• The 2,704 km (Largest River Basin In India) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
• It flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India, receiving the right-bank tributary, the Yamuna, which also rises in the western Indian Himalayas, and several left-bank tributaries from Nepal that account for the bulk of its flow.

correct answer is Chloroplast

Key Points

• The chloroplast is an organelle that contains the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll that captures sunlight and converts it into useful energy, thereby, releasing oxygen from water. 
• Chloroplasts are found in all green plants and algae.
• They are the food producers of plants.
• These are found in the guard cells located in the leaves of the plants.
• They contain a high concentration of chlorophyll that traps sunlight.
• This cell organelle is not present in animal cells.

Explanation-

• RuBP enzyme is required for Photosynthesis.
• RuBP enzyme is the most abundant enzyme present in plants.
• It catalyzes the carboxylation reaction between carbon dioxide and Ribulose Bisphosphate.
• It is used in the Calvin cycle of Photosynthesis.
• Each molecule of carbon dioxide is attached to a five-carbon sugar called ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP).
• Rubisco is the most abundant protein found in chloroplasts.

Thus, Photosynthesis takes place in The chloroplast.

The correct answer is Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

• Dr. Rajendra Prasad did not participate in the Second Round Table Conference.

Key Points

• Second Round Table Conference:
  • The Indian National Congress nominated Gandhi as its sole representative.
  • A. Rangaswami Iyengar and Madan Mohan Malaviya were also there.
  • The representatives for Indian women were Sarojini Naidu, Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz, and Radhabai Subbarayan.
  • The Government of India was represented by C.P. Ramaswami Iyer, Narendra Nath Law, and M. Ramachandra Rao.

Additional Information

• Tej Bahadur Sapru and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar participated in all three Round Table Conferences.
• Mahatma Gandhi participated only in the Second Round Table Conference.

The correct answer is 11.

Key Points

• Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh is geographically a vast state with differences in geographical areas as well as socio-economic bases.
  • This wide area is characterized by soil type, rainfall, and physical features.
  • Based on the production of crops, 11 agro-climatic zones have been distributed in the state, whose brief
  1. Malwa Plateau: Indore, Dhar, (Dhar, Badnawar, Sardarpur tehsils) Shajapur, Mansour, Nimuch, Ratlam, Ujjain, Dewas Rajgarh districts, and Petlawad tehsil of Jhabua district.
  2. Vindhyan Plateau: Bhopal, Vidisha, Sehore (Sehore, Ashta, Ichhawar, Narsullaganj tehsils) Raisen (Raisen, Gairatganj, Begamganj, Silwan, Goharganj, Udaipur tehsils), Damoh, Guna (Chachora & Raghogarh tehsils) & Sagar districts.
  3. Central Narmada Valley: Hoshangabad (Seoni-Malwa, Hoshangabad, Sohagpur tehsils), Harda, Nasinghpur districts, Budhani and Barelli tehsil of Sehore and Raisen districts respectively.
  4. Satpura Plateau:  Betul, Chhindwara districts.
  5. Jhabua Hills: Jhabua, Jobat, Alirajpur tehsils of Jhabua district & Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district.
  6. Gird Region: Gwalior, Bhind, Morena, Shivpur-Kalan, Guna (Mungawali and Ashoknagar tehsils), Shivpuri (Shivpuri, Kalaras, Pohari tehsils).
  7. Kymore Plateau: Jabalpur, Katni, Rewa, Panna, Satana, Sidhi, Seoni, and Gopadbanas & Deosar tehsils of Sidhi district.
  8. Bundelkhand Region: Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Datia districts, Karela, Pachore tehsil of Shivpuri, and Guna tehsil of Guna district.
  9. Nimar Valley: Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani district, Manawar tehsil of Dhar district, and Harda district.
  10. Northern Hills of Chhattisgarh: Shahdol, Umariya Mandla, Dindori district & Singrauli tehsil of Sidhi district.
  11. Chhattisgarh plain: Balaghat district.

The correct answer is Bundelkhand.

Key Points

• Panchayat Raj system was not prevalent in the Bundelkhand region before the reorganization of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
• Panchayati Raj (Council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
  • The Gram Panchayats at village level
  • The Panchayat Samiti at the block level 
  • The Zila Parishad at the district level

Additional Information

•  The system later became known as Panchayati Raj, inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 at Nagaur in Rajasthan.
• The first elections under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 were held in September-October 1959.
• The 73rd Amendment envisages the Gram Sabha as the foundation of the Panchayat Raj System to perform functions and powers entrusted to it by the State Legislatures.

Important Point

• Currently, the Panchayati Raj system exists in all states except Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram, and in all Union Territories except Delhi. 

Cyclone:

• Cyclone is better known as depressions and is confined to temperate latitude.​
• Cyclone depressions vary from 150 to 2000 miles.
• In the cyclone, the wind blows inward into the low pressure in the center.

Key PointsThe direction of the cyclone:

• Cyclones are shaped by the Coriolis effect.
• Cyclones are large air masses that rotate around a center.
• As they rotate, cyclones pull air into their center, or "eye."
• These air currents are pulled in from all directions.
• In the Northern Hemisphere, they bend to the right.
• This makes the cyclone rotate counterclockwise.
• In the Southern Hemisphere, currents bend to the left.
• This makes cyclones rotate clockwise. 

Hence, the direction of winds in cyclones on the earth’s surface is both clockwise and anticlockwise.

The correct answer is Virtual Private Network.

Key Points:

• VPN creates a safe and encrypted connection over a less secure internet connection.
• A virtual private network extends a private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

Additional Information

• LAN (Local area network) is a network span of relatively short distance mostly confined to a single room, building, or group of building through a telephone line or radio wave and is operated through a single processor(CPU) from its main branch or nodal center.
• WAN(Wide Area Network) is a large-sized geographical sized span of a network to facilitate or share communication between users spread across the globe through a WAN provider. Access to it is granted by different mediums like Virtual private networks, wireless networks, or internet access.

The correct answer is One-tenth of the total number of Members of the House.

Key Points:

• Representatives of the Lok Sabha are elected directly by the citizens of India.
• Members of parliament are what they are called.
• Members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by representatives from state legislative assemblies.
• The quorum for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is the one-tenth of each house's total membership.
• If a quorum is not present, the house cannot conduct its business, pass bills, or pass resolutions. 

Additional Information:

• The minimal number of participants necessary for a meeting to start is known as a quorum.
• If a quorum is not present, it is the Speaker's responsibility to adjourn the House or suspend the meeting until a quorum is present.
• The Constitution establishes a quorum.
• Individual members have a Five-year term.
• Casual vacancies, when they occur, are filled through bye-elections for the remainder of the term. 

The correct answer is five years.

Governor:

• Governor is the head of the state.
• He is elected by the President of the country.
• The term of office of the Governor is 5 years.

Key Points

• Despite having 5 years tenure he can be removed by the President at any time.
• He may be transferred to other states by President and can be reappointed as well. 
• He must not belong to the state for which he has been appointed.
• To appoint the governor, the President must consult with the Chief Minister.
• Qualification:
  • He should be a citizen of India 
  • He must have completed the age of 35 years.

The correct answer is Archean.

Key Points

• Archean rock system
  • ​Marble in Madhya Pradesh belongs to the Archean rock system.
  • This rock system has the oldest hard rocks over the Earth.
  • It is formed due to the hot-molten earth becoming cold.
  • No fossil is found because at that time there was no life on the Earth.
  • It is found in the form of Pink Granite, Gneiss, Silt, Dike, etc.
    • Bundelkhand Gneiss is the oldest one.
  • It is mainly found in the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and some parts of Rajasthan.

Important Point

• Marble
  • ​It is found in metamorphic rocks. 
  • Calcium Carbonate is the chemical formula of marble.
  • It is alkaline in nature.
  • The white marble is pure marble.
  • The colorful marbles come with impurities like clay and iron oxide.
  • Uses
    • Acid neutralization in rivers, lakes, sea, etc.
    • Medicines
    • Sculpture
    • Ornaments
    • Floor, Windows, Stairs, etc.
  • It does not attract dust and termites.
  • It keeps the interior spaces cool.

• Marble in Madhya Pradesh
  • ​The colorful marble in Madhya Pradesh is found in Chhindwara, Seoni, and Betul district.
  • White marble is found in the Jabalpur district.
  • Red and Green Marble are found in Bagh, Gwalior.
  • It is found in the Archian rocks of Chhindwara. 

The correct answer is Beas and Sutlej.

Key Points

• In the Rigveda, there is a hymn in the form of a dialogue between Sage Vishvamitra and two rivers Beas and Sutlej were worshipped as goddesses.
• Some of the hymns in the Rigveda are in the form of dialogues.
• This is part of one such hymn, a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra, and two rivers, Beas and Sutlej that were worshipped as goddesses.

Additional Information

• The Rigveda is in old or Vedic Sanskrit.
• The Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read. It was written down several centuries after it was first composed and printed less than 200 years ago. 

• The oldest Veda is the Rigveda, composed about 3500 years ago.
• The Rigveda includes more than a thousand hymns, called sukta or “well-said”.
• These hymns are in praise of various gods and goddesses. 

The correct answer is the United States of America.

Key Points

• The American Constitution served as a model for the idea of judicial review.
• The Indian Constitution specifies the Supreme Court's judicial review authority in Articles 32 and 136 and the High Court's judicial review authority in Articles 226 and 227.
• Judicial review states that the court has the authority to examine rules and laws determine whether they are constitutional and also to invalidate them if they are found to be unconstitutional.

Additional Information 

• The Weimar Constitution of Germany which addressed the suspension of fundamental rights during a national emergency served as the model for these clauses.
• The provisions relating to the Centre's residuary powers and the Centre's appointment of the Governors in the states were taken from Canada.
• The Russian Constitution which the Soviet Union is today is where the principles of fairness (social economic and political) in the Indian Preamble originated.

The correct answer is Agni Indra Soma.

• Agni Indra and Soma are the correct group of important gods of the Vedic period among the options.

Important Points

• The Sanskrit word meaning of Agni is fire.
  • Agni is the second most important god in the Vedic scriptures of ancient India.
  • 200 Rigvedic hymens are devoted to Agni.
• Indra is the king of the gods in Vedic Hindu scriptures.
  • Indra was considered to be the rain god.
  • Indra is sometimes referred to as “the thousand-eyed.”
• Soma was a plant-producing potent drink which was a fundamental offering of the Vedic sacrifices.
  • The personified deity Soma was the “king of plants”.

Additional Information

• Vishnu is a god that covered the earth in three steps.
• Garuda is the bird and the vahana (mount) of the god Vishnu.
• Yama is the god of death.
• During the Rig Vedic period the tribal society was divided into three groups—warriors priests and the people.
  • The fourth division called the Sudras appeared towards the end of the Rig Vedic period because it is mentioned for the first time in the tenth Book of the Rig Veda which is the latest addition.
• There are references to slaves who were given as gifts to the priests in the Rig Vedic period.
  • They were mainly women slaves employed for domestic purposes.
  • It is clear that in Rig Vedic times slaves were not used directly in agriculture or other producing activities. 
• In the age of the Rig Veda differentiation based on occupation was started but this division was not very sharp as there are references of various families in which different occupations were held within the same family.
• During the Rig Vedic period tribal elements in society were stronger and social divisions based on the collection of taxes or accumulation of landed property were absent.
  • ​The society was still tribal and largely egalitarian.
  • It clearly signifies that there was not any evidence of feudalism in the Rig Vedic period. 

The Madhya Pradesh government aims to prevent fatalities resulting from open borewells through the proposed legislation. The law outlines specific instructions for identifying and addressing hazards associated with open borewells, including penalties for landowners and officials who neglect to fill or secure them. This initiative is crucial in reducing tragic incidents, especially involving children, who may accidentally fall into open borewells.

Initially, eight Namibian cheetahs, comprising five females and three males, were reintroduced into enclosures at Kuno National Park. This initiative is part of a larger project aimed at reestablishing cheetah populations in India, which have been significantly reduced due to habitat loss and hunting. The reintroduction efforts are vital for biodiversity conservation and restoring the ecological balance.