MPPSC Paper 1 (GS) Mock Test - 7 - MPPSC (Madhya Pradesh) MCQ

The graphical user interface is used by the most commercially popular computer operating systems 

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows you to enter commands by pointing and clicking at objects that appear on the screen. It consists of picture-like items (icons and arrows for example).

In most operating systems, the primary user interface is graphical.

Linux mint, Android and MS Windows all are GUI-based operating systems.

• Typhoid is an infection caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi.
• Measles is caused by the Rubeola virus. Measles is a highly contagious and serious disease.
• Polio or Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.
• Hepatitis B is caused by a virus.

• The Satpura Maikal Range experiences a monsoon type of climate.
• The region's rainfall varies from 125-175 cm.
• Pachmarhi experiences the highest rainfall of 199 cm.
• Whereas, Patalkot in Chindwara experiences the lowest rainfall in this range.
• The average temperature in Summer is 35-40°C.
• The average temperature in Winter is 12-10°C.

The Gross National Product is always greater than the Net National Product because of the Depreciation.

The National Income enables us to measure and analyze how much is the aggregate economic production of a country in a given period.

• The gross national product of a country (GNP) is defined as:
• "The total money value of all final goods and services produced by the residents of a country in one year period".
• It is the GDP of a country + Income from Abroad or GDP of a country - Income from Abroad.
• Income from abroad includes Trade balance, Private Remittance and Interest on External Loans.
• For India, the Income from Abroad is Negative Because of heavy outflow in the trade deficit and Interest payment on foreign loans.

The Net National Product (NNP) is defined as:

• The monetary value of finished goods and services produced by a country's citizens, overseas and domestically, in a given period.
• It is the equivalent of the gross national product (GNP), the total value of a nation's annual output, minus depreciation.
• The amount of GNP required to purchase new goods to maintain existing stock is the Capital Consumption Allowance otherwise known as depreciation.

Delhi Lahore Conspiracy case:

• It took place in the year 1912.
• It was also known as Hardinge Bomb Case.
• It was an assassination attempt on the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge.
• A bomb was thrown into the Viceroy’s carriage, on the occasion of transferring the capital of British India from Calcutta to New Delhi.
• Lord Hardinge was injured and an Indian attendant was killed.
• It was led by Rash Bihari Bose and Sachin Chandra Sanyal.

• State Human Rights Commission is a non-constitutional body of India.
• The State Human Rights Commission is a multi-member body.
• It consists of a Chairman and two members.
• It can enquire into violation of human rights only in respect of subjects mentioned in the state list and concurrent list.
• The chairman should be retired Chief Justice of High Court or a member who should be serving or retired judge of the high court for the district judge in the state with a minimum of 7 years experience as a district judge and a person having knowledge of practical experience with respect to human rights.
• The chairperson and members are appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the Chief Minister as its head.
• The chairperson and members hold office for a term of 3 years or until they attend the age of 70.
• The members of the State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the Governor.
• The members of the State Human Rights Commission can only be removed by the president.
• The commission is not empowered to enquire into any matter after the expiry of one year from the date on which the act constituting a violation of human rights is alleged to have been committed.

• Two common types of low-level programming languages are assembly language and machine language.
• Examples of high-level programming languages in active use today include Python, Visual Basic, Delphi, Perl, PHP, ECMAScript, Ruby, C#, Java.
• A software developer can create and edit source code in a high-level language using a programming IDE or even a basic text editor.

• Web Crawler is also known as Web Spider.
• A web crawler downloads and indexes content from all over the Internet.
• Crawling means automatically accessing a website and obtaining data via a software program.
• These bots are operated by search engines.

The largest city in Madhya Pradesh is Indore. Total area of Madhya Pradesh is 3,08,252 km² including 3,00,505.59 km² rural area and 7,746.41 km² urban area. Madhya Pradesh has a population of 7,26,26,809 peoples.

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, also known as Stupa No. 1, was commissioned by none other than the Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka, in the 3rd century BCE. It is believed that his intention behind constructing this Stupa was to preserve and spread the Buddhist philosophy and way of life.

Rabindranath Tagore, is not a scientist.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism.

Amazon, with a market value of $299.3 billion, is recognized as the most valuable brand in the world as of January 2024, showcasing its influence and diverse ventures in commerce, technology, and entertainment.

The correct answer is Net National Product

Key Points

• Net national product (NNP) is gross national product (GNP), the total value of finished goods and services produced by a country's citizens overseas and domestically, minus depreciation.
• NNP is often examined on an annual basis as a way to measure a nation's success in continuing minimum production standards.
• Depreciation describes the devaluation of fixed capital through wear and tear associated with its use in productive activities.

The correct answer is the Battle of Ambapani.

Key Points

• The Battle of Ambapani took place between the region of Barwani and Silawad.
• This battle was held between the Britishers and Khwaja Nayak.
• The British had declared a reward of 1000 rupees on Khwaja Nayak.
• On 11th April 1858, Khwaja Nayak was killed by British Colonel James Outram.
• Daulat Singh, son of Khwaja Nayak, was also martyred in this war.
• Khwaja Nayak Martyr's Day is celebrated every year on 11 April by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Important Points

• About Khwaja Nayak:
  • Khwaja Nayak was the leading revolutionary leader of the Bhil tribe, was born in Sangli village in the Nimar region.
  • His father Gaman Nayak was a British watchman.
  • After the death of his father, Khwaja Nayak was made the watchman in the British Bhil platoon.
  • He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing a criminal during his job as a watchman.
  • But Khajya Nayak was released after 5 years due to good behavior.
  • Khwaja Nayak played an important role in the revolution of 1857.

ASCII-encoded data have unique values for 128 alphabetic, numeric, or special extra characters and control codes. 

Key Points

• ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• The most prevalent character encoding system for text data in computers and on the internet is ASCII. 
• The ASCII character encoding standard was the first major character encoding standard for data processing.
• It's a standard for character encoding that includes ASCII encodings.
• For fundamental data transfers, ASCII provides a generally accepted and understood character set.

Therefore, In computers, ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

Additional Information

• It allows programmers to create user interfaces that are intuitive to both people and computers.
• ASCII encodes a string of data as ASCII characters which may be read and presented by humans as plain text. 

correct answer is Citrus fruits

Key Points

• VITAMIN C
  • It is also known as ascorbic acid and is found in citrus fruits (like orange, lemon), kiwifruit, guava, broccoli, strawberries, etc.
  • It is an essential nutrient and is not synthesized by the human body.
  • It is on the List of Essential Medicines of the World Health Organization.
  • Discovery - It was discovered in 1912 and first isolated in 1928.
  • Functions - Repair of tissues, Act as a co-factor in many enzymatic reactions, Important for the Immune system, Acts as an antioxidant 
  • Deficiency Disease - The deficiency of Vitamin C causes scurvy.
  • Structure and Chemical Formula - C6H8O6 is the chemical formula of Vitamin C, and the structure is depicted below:

Additional Information 

Vitamin D

• Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin  that has long been known to help the body absorb and retain calcium and phosphorus; both are critical for building bone
• Vitamin D promotes calcium absorption in the gut and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations.
• Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, foods, and supplements are biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for activation. 
• Foods that provide vitamin D include Solmon Fatty fish, Fish-liver oil, Meat ,Egg yolk
• Foods fortified with vitamin D, like some dairy products, orange juice, soy milk, and cereals.
• Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteoporosis in adults, rickets in children and adverse outcomes in pregnant women.

The correct answer is The Rajya Sabha.

Key Points

• The Vice President of India is the second-highest constitutional office in India after the President.
• Article 67 of the Constitution states that the Vice President can be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by an effective majority and agreed by the Lok Sabha with a simple majority.
• According to Article 63 of the Indian Constitution, India will have a Vice President.
• The election of the Vice President is governed by Article 66 of the Indian Constitution.
• He is the Rajya Sabha's ex-officio chairman.
• Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was India's first vice president.
• India's current Vice President is Jagdeeep Dhankar.
• Qualifications of Vice President, a person:
  • Should be a citizen of India.
  • Have completed more than 35 years of age.
  • Not hold any office of profit.

Additional Information

• The First Lok Sabha was established on April 17, 1952.
  • The first session began on May 13, 1952.
  • On April 4, 1957, it was disbanded.
  • With 364 seats, the Indian National Congress (INC) gained the majority in the first general election.
• The Rajya Sabha is India's bicameral Parliament's upper house, established under Article 80 of the Indian constitution.
  • It's also known as the Elders' House.
  • The Rajya Sabha convened for the first time on May 13, 1952.
  • The Vice President of India serves as the Rajya Sabha's ex-officio Chairman.
  • The Rajya Sabha is a permanent body that cannot be dissolved.

The correct answer is Australia.

Key Points

• The Great Barrier Reef is located parallel to the north-eastern coast of Queensland (Australia).
• It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusc.
• It also holds great scientific interest as the habitat of species such as the dugong (‘sea cow’) and the large green turtle, which are threatened with extinction.
• The length is more than 1,900 km.
• It is the world’s largest coral reef.
• The coral reef formed by the deposition of coral polyps of very small creatures.
• The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was established to protect its ecosystems in 1975.
  

The correct answer is option 4.

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• The Indian Express: Despite Supreme Court’s caution on a Governor’s role, Ravi tests the limits.

Key Points

Article 164:

• Article 164(1) of the Indian Constitution states that the Council of Ministers, headed by the Chief Minister, is appointed by the Governor. The Ministers hold office during the pleasure of the Governor. Hence option 4 is correct.
• However, the Governor cannot remove the ministers on his own. According to Article 164(2), the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State.
• Therefore, the ministers can be removed by a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly.

The correct answer is Betul.

Key Points

• Betul is the only district in Madhya Pradesh where tin is found.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Malik Kafur.

• Malik Kafur:
  • He was also known as Taj al-Din Izz Al-Dawla.
  • He was an important slave-general of Alauddin Khalji of Delhi Sultanate.
  • He was the commander of Alauddin Khaljis forces during his Deccan Campaigns.

Key Points

• Alauddin Khalji:
  • He was the emperor of the Khalji dynasty.
  • He was known to drive back the Mongols invasion from India.
  • Malik Kafur was the commander of his forces during his Deccan Campaigns.
  • He had made significant administrative changes.
  • He was buried in Qutab Minar in Delhi. 

Additional Information

The dynasties which are part of the Delhi Sultanate are:

The correct answer is Environment friendly.

Key PointsEco Mark

• Eco-mark is issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as a certification mark for the products which are ecologically safe conforming to the standards prescribed by the BIS.
• The scheme first saw its application in 1991.
• It is voluntary in nature and helps in identifying eco-friendly products in the market.
• The mark is being issued in around 16 categories like food, medicines, chemicals, electronic goods, paper, lubricating oils, packing materials etc.
• The Eco-mark scheme falls under the ambit of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change. 
• The objective of the Eco-mark scheme
  • Encourage all citizens to use and buy products that are environment-friendly
  • Reward and promote genuine initiatives by companies to reduce the adverse environmental impact on their products.
  • Provide an incentive for manufacturers and importers to control the ill effects of their products on the environment
  • Improve the overall quality of the environment and promote sustainable management of resources in India.

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

Key PointsEcological niche

• The term ecological niche was developed by Charles Elton.
• Ecological niche may be defined as ‘the functional role and position (micro-habitat) of species in its ecosystem, including what resources it uses, how and when it uses the resources, and how it interacts with other species. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• The ecosystem stability depends upon the diversity of the niche.
• The greater the niche diversity, the more is ecosystem stability because of the larger number of pathways for the flow of energy and less fluctuation of the species population.
• Sometimes it becomes difficult for two species to inhabit the same niche.
  • In such cases the ‘Law of Competitive Exclusion’ works, which states that no two species will occupy the same niche and compete for exactly the same resources in the same habitat for very long.
  • Each species has a distinct niche. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
• A niche includes: the role the species plays (e.g. A pollinator, a decomposer), the food it eats, where it lives, where it reproduces, and its interactions with other species
• In such difficult situations, one species may adopt a few alternative paths i.e.
  • Either one species may migrate to a new niche
  • May become extinct
  • May change physiological behaviour for the competition of the same resources.
• The process of minimization of competition for resources is called ‘Resource Partition’ which can allow several species to utilize different parts of the same resource and coexist within a single habitat.
• Dominant species occupy an extensive and broader ecological niche in comparison to less dominant species.

The correct answer is the mante and the core.

Key Points

• The mantle-core boundary is the Gutenberg Discontinuity at a depth of about 2800 kilometres.
• The outer core is thought to be liquid because shear waves do not pass through it.
• This discontinuity occurs in Earth's interior below the surface.
• This discontinuity is also called Weichert-Gutenberg Discontinuity.
• The distinct boundary between the core and the mantle is referred to as the core-mantle boundary.

 Thus we can say that the two layers of the Earth in which "The Gutenberg Discontinuity" lies are the mantle and the core.

A red alert from the IMD signifies an extremely heavy rainfall forecast, indicating potential hazardous weather conditions. This alert system, which includes various color codes, aims to inform the public about severe weather phenomena to ensure safety and preparedness. The IMD's role is crucial in disaster management, helping communities take proactive measures during adverse weather events.

The Ujjayini Meridian, also referred to as 'madhya rekha', is significant as it passed through Ujjain, a renowned center for astronomy. This meridian was used by Indian astronomers for various calculations long before the establishment of the Greenwich Meridian. Ujjain's historical relevance is further highlighted by the contributions of the famous astronomer Varahamihira, who lived there around 1,500 years ago.

The PM SVANidhi Scheme is designed to offer affordable working capital loans to street vendors whose livelihoods have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched in June 2020, this scheme aims to support over 50 lakh street vendors, facilitating their recovery and promoting digital transactions, thereby enhancing their economic stability and resilience.

The Pradhan Mantri Colleges of Excellence initiative was launched in Madhya Pradesh to offer courses aligned with the New Education Policy 2020. This policy emphasizes holistic education, focusing not just on academic subjects but also on life skills and innovative thinking, aimed at fostering comprehensive youth development.

The Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojana aims to facilitate pilgrimage visits for senior citizens, enabling them to explore various religious sites both within Madhya Pradesh and across India. This initiative supports the spiritual and cultural engagement of the elderly population, ensuring they have opportunities to visit significant pilgrimage locations.