JPSC Prelims Paper 2 Mock Test - 1 - JPSC (Jharkhand) MCQ

• Kartik Oraon opposed the conversion of tribal people to Christianity under the influence of Christian missionaries.
• He was also called the 'Sole Hindu Tribal Chief'.
• He also found the Organisation "Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad".
• He also fought against the Missionaries in the Jharkhand High Court against David Munzni in the year 1963 for Illegal Religious Conversion of Tribals to Christianity.
• As a part of his fight against attempts to convert tribals, he submitted a memorandum to the government of India signed by 322 members from Lok Sabha and 26 members from Rajya Sabha in 1967.
• He requested putting restrictions on the reservation benefits to converted individuals.
• He also demanded to not give the Schedule Tribe Reservations to the tribal who opted for Christianity in the year 1964 and he also calls the tribals to avoid entry of Missionaries in Tribal areas.

• Pratap Rai shifted the capital of Nagvanshi state from Sutiyambe to Chutia.
• He invited all people to come and settle in his new capital.
• Few ruins of Chutia trace back to the 2nd Century CE.
• The Nagvanshis of Chotanagpur was an ancient Indian dynasty that ruled the parts of the Chota Nagpur plateau region during much of the ancient, medieval and modern periods.
• According to Nagvanshi annals, Phani Mukut Rai was the founder of the Nagvanshi dynasty.
• Lal Chintamani Sharan Nath Shahdeo was the last ruling king of the dynasty until the estate was merged with the Republic of India.
• Some important rulers of the dynasty- Raja Madhu Singh, Raja Durjan Sal, Maharaja Udai Pratap Nath, etc.

• India, acting as a responsible nation, has made voluntary commitments to reduce GHG emissions from economic activities.
• In order to take a comprehensive sector-wide approach for adaptation, the Government of India launched its National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008.
• Under its NAPCC, India has enshrined eight National Missions which cover almost every sector representing a long-term, multi-pronged and integrated approach with a time-bound programme.
• These eight missions focus on-
  • enhancing energy efficiency
  • increasing the penetration of solar in the total energy mix
  • developing climate-friendly sustainable habitats
  • a water mission for integrated water resources management
  • a mission on sustainable agriculture for making it more resilient to climate change
  • a green mission for enhancing ecosystem services of forests and for enhancing its carbon sequestration capacity
  • a mission on the Himalayan ecosystem for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan glacier and mountain ecosystems
  • the mission is aimed towards developing a strategic knowledge base to address the concerns of climate change.

• Jharkhand fares poorly in terms of canal irrigation because the area is hilly. 
• An irrigation canal is an artificial channel that is the main waterway that brings irrigation water from a water source to the area to be irrigated.
• They can be lined with concrete, brick, stone or a flexible membrane to prevent seepage and erosion.
• Jharkhand is a mountain region that is covered with a dense growth of forests.
• Much of Jharkhand lies on the Chota Nagpur Plateau where many rivers pass through such as Damodar, Brahmani, Koel, Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers.
• The main concentration of canal irrigation is in the northern plain of India. The digging of canals in rocky and uneven areas is difficult and uneconomic.
• The undulating relief and hard rocks make it difficult to dig canals and wells.
• It is also difficult to artificially flow water from ground level to the level of hills. It is not economical to use this much electrical energy to lift water.
• Since Jharkhand has most of the hilly area, canal irrigation is poor.

• PVTGs Dakia Yojana
  • It is a first of its kind welfare scheme designed to provide social protection to PVTGs families. 
  • It was launched in April 2017 in three blocks - Sundar Pahari, Chainpur and Barhait of districts Godda, Palamu and Sahebganj respectively.
  • It aims to enable PVTGs to cope with the adverse effects of risks to income insecurity. 
  • It provides 35 kilograms of rice, which is the primary food of PVTGs, at zero price.
  • The rice is delivered to PVTGs at their doorstep, freeing them from the burden of travelling costs.
  • It contributes to fulfilling the nutritional needs of PVTGs families by providing them with food grains and ensuring their physical strengthening.
• In Jharkhand state, Eight tribes are under primitive tribal groups (PTG) and they are Asur, Birhor, Birajia, Korwa, Parahiya (Baiga), Sabar, Mal Pahariya and Souriya Pahariya.

• Jharkhand has large deposits of minerals.
• 40% of the total minerals of the country are available in the state. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• The state is the sole producer of cooking coal, Uranium and Pyrite. It ranks first in the production of coal, mica, Kyanite and copper in India. 
• As per the current ranking, the first rank in terms of ease of doing business goes to Gujarat and the second to Andhra Pradesh. Hence, statement 2 is not correct.
• The Industrial Policy of Jharkhand was formulated in 2001. Hence, statement 3 is not correct.
• The basic objective of the policy was to optimally utilize the available resources in a planned and systematic manner for the industrialization of the State.
• It was aimed at enhancing the value addition of the natural and human resources in an efficient manner to generate additional employment and resources for the growth and development of the State.
• The Industrial Park Policy came into force in September 2015 to promulgate employment opportunities.

Hence, statement 4 is correct.

• Deposits like Bhatin, Narwapahar, Turamdih, Jadugoda are well-known uranium mines of Jharkhand.
• Uranium is commonly understood as a naturally occurring radioactive material with a huge source of energy.
• Singhbhum Thrust belt holds the potential for a commercial uranium mining operation.
• Jaduguda in Singhbhum Thrust Belt is the first uranium deposit to be discovered in the country in 1951 and exploratory mining activities commenced in this deposit in 1957.
• Some of the other areas like Kanyaluka, Nimdih, Nandup in this belt are also known for occurrences of very limited poor grade reserve of uranium.
• Presently, all the operating units of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd are located in the Singhbhum East district of Jharkhand.
• Narwapahar mine is located 12km west of Jaduguda and it was commissioned in 1995. 
• Cut-and-fill is the principal stoping method adopted in the Narwapahar mine.
• The deslimed mill tailings of Jauguda mill and the waste generated from the mine are used as the filling material.
• Turamdih uranium deposit is located about 24km west of Jaduguda.
• This mine started operation in 2003.

• Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (CNT act) is a significant act for the tribal population of Jharkhand.
• The Act came into force on the 11th of November 1908.
• It was first published in the Calcutta Gazette.
• It received the assent of the Governor-General on the 29th of October 1908.
• It prohibits the transfer of tribal land to non-tribals and protects community ownership.
• The act is listed in the Ninth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Hence, it is beyond judicial review. 
• This Act is applicable in North Chota Nagpur, South Chota Nagpur and Palamau divisions, including areas under several municipalities and notified area committees.
• Section 4 of the Act includes the Classes of tenants. These are-
  • tenure-holders, including under-tenure-holders
  • Raiyat, namely
    • occupancy-raiyats, that is to say, Raiyats having a right of occupancy in the land held by them
    • non-occupancy Raiyats, that is to say, Raiyats not having such a right of occupancy
    • Raiyats having khunt-Katti rights
  • under-raiyats, that is to say, tenants holding, whether immediately or mediately, under raiyats
  • Mundari khunt-kattidars
• ​Bhuinhari Khunt Kattidar is not included in this.

• National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology at Ranchi was set up in collaboration with UNDP-UNESCO.
• The Institute was established in the year 1966.
• NIFFT is registered as Society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.
•  Vision
  • Accomplishing excellence in technical education and acting as repository and leader for disseminating state-of-the-art knowledge and expertise in the field.
• Some of the objectives-
  • To carry out industrial research, design and development work in the areas of materials technology
  • To promote collaborative research work with industries and research laboratories.
  • To create a centre of excellence and to encourage advanced studies to promote academic research.
  • To promote international & National collaborations and a joint ventures in research & academic programmes.

• Paila is not a traditional ornament of women in Jharkhand.
• The tribal groups of Jharkhand wear a variety of jewellery made from bell-metal, brass and other natural materials.
• Jharkhand tribal jewellery includes hasuli, thela, tarpat, pahuchi, mandli, jhumka, matar rola, Sikri and Kadhas are very common among them.
• A string of thick red coral beads worn by them during festive occasions is called the paila.
• Paila is worn by people of Meghalaya.

Urja Ganga gas pipeline project was started off on 24th October 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi.

• The length of the pipeline will be 2540 km from Uttar Pradesh to Odisha.
• The aim of this project is to directly provide piped cooking gas to the households of different cities.
• It will cover Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha.
• The major cities benefiting from this project will be Patna, Varanasi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Ranchi, Kolkata, Cuttack, and Bhubaneswar.
• It is being developed by the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).
• Urja Ganga Jagdishpur - Haldia gas pipeline will cover Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Orissa.
• The districts included for the Jharkhand state are Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Giridih, Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Ramgarh, Gumla, Simdega, and Saraikela Kharsawan.

According to sub-clause(a) of clause(1) of Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the Collector or District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, of the district who shall be ex officio Chairperson of District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).

• Section 25 of the  Disaster Management Act, 2005 says that every State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the State with such name as may be specified in that notification.

Jharkhand State Ganga River Conservation Authority was constituted in 2009.

• The main objective of the river conservation authority is to maintain minimum ecological flows and ensure water quality and riverfront development.
• The Ganga River Authority has launched the Nirmal Ganga Mission with a changed and comprehensive approach to tackle the challenges of Ganga.
• The main four focus areas are Wastewater management, Solid waste management, Industrial pollution, and riverfront development.
• The Ganga Action Plan was started as a 100% centrally funded scheme, whose main objective was to prevent pollution in the river and improve its water quality. This scheme was started in 1985. 

India's first and biggest Electronic Manufacturing Cluster is sanctioned by the Government of India in the Adityapur industrial area near Jamshedpur.

• The goal is to make the area a hub of electronic manufacturing units.
• 23 entrepreneurs are part of this factory creating around 20000 direct and 25000 indirect jobs.
• It will have an investment of Rs. 500 crore.
• Here electronic chips will be manufactured also LED TVs, LED bulbs and electronic parts used in automobiles and mobiles will be manufactured.

• Rajrappa is a waterfall and a holy expedition center in the Chitarpur CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
• Rajrappa is located at the confluence of the Damodar and Bhairavi (locally called Bhera) rivers.
• The most city located along Rajrappa in Bokaro.
• Rajrappa Falls has whopping geographical significance.
• The Damodar valley at Rajrappa is a typical illustration of the polycyclic valley or topographic discordance which is characterized by the two-storey valley.
• The Damodar constructed its broad and flat valley of dotard stage before the onset of Tertiary upliftment.
• The river was revitalized due to the ennoblement of landmass during the Paleogene and Neogene Periods by the side effects of the Himalayan orogeny and thus the Damodar excavated its new deep and narrow valley of youthful position within its broad and flat valley of the senile stage.

• The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 which is also known as Land Acquisition Act, 2013 is an Act of the Indian Parliament that synchronize land acquisition and lays down the procedure and rules for granting compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement to the affected persons in India.
• The Act has regulations to provide fair quid pro quo to those whose land is taken away, brings transparency to the process of acquisition of land to set up factories or buildings, infrastructural projects and assures rehabilitation of those affected.
• The Act lays down directives for land acquisition as a part of India's massive industrialisation drive driven by a public-private partnership.
• The Act supersedes the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, a nearly 120-year-old law enacted during British rule.

The time bar for ejectment under Section 46 is 12 years, that is after the expiry of said period, the transferee will perfect his title over transfer land by adverse possession.

• After January 2012, the Jharkhand High court has mandated the deputy commissioner's consent for this transfer.
• If the land is belonging to a scheduled caste or other backward classes then according to the Chhota Nagpur Tenancy Act Deputy commissioner consent will be required.
• Earlier normal authorities did these land transfers. 

Dineshwar Prasad played an important role in the cultural, literary, and political trends in the Jharkhand movement in the period 1970-2010.

• Dineshwar Prasad was a Hindi poet and scholar in folk literature and was a professor at Ranchi University.
• He had an immense knowledge of Mundari folk literature and its poetics.
• He was a socialist influenced by Lohia, and actively wrote and published several progressive poetry.
• He wrote various scholarly books and articles in English too and was widely respected. 

• The commonest form of marriage among Santhal is ‘Bupla’. 
• A Santal marriage takes five days and involves various, often complex, rituals.
• The center of the courtyard where some of the marriage rituals take place is called Mandwa.
• In Mandwa a branch of the Mahua, the blackberry, the mango or the Sal tree is planted.

• The Asuri language has become extinct from the Adivasi tribe of Jharkhand.
• The Asuri Adivasis draw their lineage from the buffalo demon Mahishasur and were portrayed as demons and enemies in the predominant text.
• They are also credited with being the country's first community of iron smelters.
• Today, they are one of India's dwindling Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Jharkhand.
• Asuri, their language, is on the verge of extinction, with less than 8000 people speaking it.

• The King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was the Chief Guest at the 64th Republic Day celebrations.
• Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck:
  • Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is a "Dragon King" of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
  • After his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck renounced the throne in his favor, he became the monarch on 9 December 2006.
  • A public accession ceremony was held on 1 November 2008, a year that marked 100 years of monarchy in Bhutan.

• Australia won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament, 2013.
• Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament
  • The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia.
  • It started in the year 1983 as a biennial contest.
  • The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its tremendous growth and popularity.
  • The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, an earnest fan of field hockey.
  • Since 2007 the tournament has been organized at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Perak. Kuala Lumpur and Penang have also hosted the tournament.
  • Australia has won the most number of Titles(10).

• The Asian Athletics Championship was held in Pune.
• Asian Athletics Championship
  • The Asian Athletics Championships is an occasion organized by the Asian Athletics Association.
  • The competition courted contention with the International Association of Athletics Federations when political in-fighting arose due to the barring of Israel from participation in 1977.
  • That edition of the competition was repealed and championships between 1979 and 1989 were regarded by the IAAF as unofficial and called the "Asian Track and Field Meeting" as a result.
  • The incident was resolved when Israel began competing in European Athletic Association events instead.

• International Women's Day is celebrated on 8th March.
• International Women's Day
  • The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2021 is 'Choose To Challenge'.
  • International Women's Day is a worldwide holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women.
  • It is also a focal point in the women's rights agitation, bringing consideration to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women.
  • International Women's Day is commemorated in many ways worldwide.
  • It is a public holiday in several countries and celebrated socially or locally in others.
  • The UN observes the holiday in connection with a certain issue, campaign, or theme in women's rights.
  • In many parts of the world, IWD still reflects its political origins, being marked by protests and calls for radical change; in other areas, particularly in the West, it is largely sociocultural and centered on a celebration of womanhood.

• Acid Rain
  • Acid rain, also called acid precipitation or acid deposition, precipitation possessing a pH of about 5.2 or below primarily produced from the emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx; the combination of NO and NO2) from human activities.
  • In acid-sensitive landscapes, acid deposition can reduce the pH of surface waters and lower biodiversity.
  • It weakens trees and increases their susceptibility to damage from other stressors, such as drought, extreme cold, and pests.
  • In acid-sensitive areas, acid rain also depletes the soil of important plant nutrients and buffers.
  • Acid rain contributes to the corrosion of surfaces exposed to air pollution.
  • It is responsible for the deterioration of limestone and marble buildings and monuments.

• Natural rubber is a polymer of isoprene.
• Natural Rubber
  • Natural Rubber is an additional polymer obtained as a milky white fluid known as latex from the tropical rubber tree.
  • Natural Rubber is obtained from the monomer of isoprene (2-methyl 1-1, 3 - Butadiene).
  • Since isoprene has two double bonds, it still retains one of them after the polymerization reaction.

Yellow Fever

• Yellow fever is spread by an acute viral hemorrhagic disease.
• Yellow fever is spread by a virus that is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
• These mosquitoes prosper in and near human habitations where they breed in even the cleanest water.
• It is categorized in the list of endemic in 34 countries in the sub-Saharan African region, despite the existence of a vaccine for the disease.
• According to a new study, the disease is advanced to shift to Central and East Africa from West Africa by 2050.
• The study also emerges that vaccination is the most important and effective measure against yellow fever.

Diseases

• Airborne Diseases - Corona Virus, Common Cold, Influenza
• Waterborne Diseases - Cholera, Typhoid fever, Diarrhoea, Dysentery
• Housefly Borne Diseases - Anthrax, Cholera, Salmonella, Tuberculosis.

• Education definitely protuberates the outlook of a person and his power of understanding becomes better.
• Whatever may be the character of the job, it needs a person who understands things clearly and executes them properly.
• If degrees are disconnected from jobs, zest for higher education will be extremely negligible, which might demotivate individuals to pursue higher education to upskill. Also, delinking Jobs with academic degrees and diplomas will diminish the need for higher education as many of them pursue such education for the purpose of the job. 
• Even if jobs are connected to degrees, there will be a method of selecting candidates for jobs.
• However, receiving applications from too many candidates with meagre qualifications is not a strong enough argument against the given statement. One can eliminate such candidates if they are lacking the skills for the job.

Hence only Argument 2 is strong.

• Number of Cubes in which there are two painted surfaces:
• (a - 2) * Number of Edges = (4 - 2) * 12 = 2* 12 = 24
• Number of Cubes with 3 painted surfaces = 8
• Number of Cubes with at least two surfaces painted with red colour = 24 + 8 = 32.

Hence, the answer is 32.

Five friends Sunil, Kamal, Manish, Anil and Raman.

1. Sunil is shorter than Kamal, but taller than Raman.
   Kamal > Sunil > Raman
2. Anil is little shorter than Kamal and little taller than Sunil.
   Kamal > Anil > Sunil > Raman
3. Manish is the tallest.
   Manish > Kamal > Anil > Sunil > Raman

Therefore, Anil has two persons taller and two persons shorter than him.