JPSC Prelims Paper 2 Mock Test - 8 - JPSC (Jharkhand) MCQ

• The meeting of Panchayat in a Munda village is held at a place known as Akhra.
• Munda village has special sites with different purposes-
  • Sarnasthal- where their village deity resides.
  • Akhada- where the panchayat meets, and where young men and women gather and dance
  • Sasan- where dead bodies are buried.
  • Gitiora- the youth house of Munda
• Munda
  • They mainly inhabit the region of Jharkhand, Although they are well spread in the states of West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Bihar. Munda generally means headman of the village.
  • They have traditionally been farm labourers, woodcutters and basket weavers.
  • The main occupation of the Munda men and women is agriculture with most working fields owned by others.

• Jharkhand was awarded the cleanest state in Swachh Survekshan 2019 and ranked at second position.
• Indore was awarded the cleanest city and Bhopal was awarded the cleanest capital.
• The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs conducted its first survey ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ survey for ranking 73 cities (Urban Local Bodies), in January 2016, under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).
• Swachh Survekshan 2019 scaled even greater heights, covering 4,237 cities, in a record time of 28 days, in a completely paperless manner.
• Other awards in Swachh Survekshan 2019-
  • Fastest Mover Big City (>10 Lacs)- Raipur
  • Best City in Solid Waste Management (>10 Lacs)- Surat
  • Best City in Citizens Feedback  (>10 Lacs)- Navi Mumbai
  • Best City in Innovation & Best Practices  (>10 Lacs) - Jabalpur

• Jharkhand State Water Policy 2011 reduces vulnerability towards natural hazards. 
• Jharkhand State Water Policy 2011 
  • The policy is to ensure the sustainable development and optimal use and management of the State’s water resources to provide the greatest economic and social benefit for the people.
  • It is to be done in a manner that maintains important ecological values within rivers and adjoining lands.
• The policy visualises a five-pronged strategy-
  • The State will adopt a new State Water Policy framework to create the enabling environment for better and more equitable and productive water resources management.
  • The State will restructure the fundamental roles and relationships of the State and the water users
  • The State will create a new institutional arrangement at the State level and at the river basin level to guide and regulate water resources planning, development
  • The State will place a high priority on promoting technology to improve efficiency and productivity, expansion of the knowledge base of the sector
  • The State will formulate appropriate legislation/ administrative orders and enable rules to give effect to the above-mentioned strategies in a short time.

• Leeds Arts University is not covered under the recently launched Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Overseas Scholarship scheme of the Government of Jharkhand. 
• Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Overseas Scholarship scheme 
  • It is a first-of-its-kind initiative to encourage tribal students to pursue high education abroad.
  • The scheme has been rolled out for the students of Jharkhand from the ST category to pursue higher studies in the universities of England and Ireland.
  • It gives financial support to 10 students from ST communities of Jharkhand intending to do a one year Masters or a two year MPhil in 22 courses in select 15 top universities of the United Kingdom.
• Jaipal Singh Munda was born in an ST family at Takra Pahantoli hamlet. He was taken by missionaries to England after they recognised his exceptional talent and he graduated with Honours in Economics from St John’s College, Oxford.
• Jaipal Singh Munda had taken up teaching assignments abroad. He returned to India in 1937 and became a voice for the rights of tribal people.
• He had formed the Adivasi Mahasabha in 1938, raising the demand for a separate Jharkhand state for STs.

• Jharkhand Export Policy 2015 was introduced with a view to boosting exports by providing support to entrepreneurs. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• The mission of the policy was to facilitate the rapid and sustained growth of exports from Jharkhand and to increase its share in all Indian exports to 2% by 2020. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• Some of the important objectives-
  • Strengthening the export infrastructure such as warehouses, Inland Container Depots (ICDs), Cold Storages, rail-road connectivity from Industrial Clusters etc.
  • Provide a simple, proactive, responsive and supportive institutional mechanism for the rapid growth of exports.
  • To bring about technology and skill up-gradation in the traditional export sectors like Mineral-based products, Handicrafts, Handlooms, Agriculture and Processed Food products to enhance value addition and quality competitiveness. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
  • To focus on existing exporting industries and to provide them with the necessary support to give a further boost to exports from these industries especially the MSME sector has very high potential.
• Jharkhand Export Promotion Board has been set up to promote export. Hence, statement 4 is correct.
• The Board will meet once in six months to discuss and address various policy level issues and provide suggestions to enhance exports from the state.

All statements are correct.

• Piparwar, Ashok, Saradhu & Magedh are coal mines in the Upper Damodar Valley in the C.D. Block of Tandwa.
• Tandwa is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand state.
• Gram panchayats of the Tandwa CD block include Saradhu.
• The Damodar valley along the Bihar–West Bengal border includes India's most important coal- and mica-mining fields
• It has long been an area of active industrial development.
• The major coalfields (Jharia, Raniganj, and Giridih) are mostly open-pit and are easily mined.
• The North Karanpura Coalfield is spread across parts of the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Chatra and Latehar districts of Jharkhand covering an area of 1,230 km².
• Karkatta, KD Hesalong, Manki, Churi, Bachara UG, Bachara OC, and Dakara have established collieries south of the Damodar.
• North of the Damodar lies comparatively new major mines such as Piparwar Mine and Ashoka Project.

These all are a part of Tandwa C.D Block.

• Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act
  • It is the first codified law of tenancy in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand.
  • It prohibits the sale of Adivasi land to Non-Adivasis in the Santhal Pargana region accompanied by Jharkhand’s border with Bengal.
• Santhal Pargana is located in Jharkhand and it comprises six districts in the northeastern part of the state- Dhumka (sub-capital of the state), Deoghar, Godda, Pakur, Sahi Bganj and Jamtara.
• Section 33 of the Act
  • Settlement of wasteland liable to be set aside if not cultivated within five years.
  • In the event of any land settled as aforesaid not being brought under cultivation within a period of five years from the date of settlement, it shall be open to the Deputy Commissioner on an application made by a jamabandi raiyat, the village headman, mulraiyat or the landlord, as the case may be, to set aside the settlement.

• Kenan Stadium
  • It is an International Cricket Stadium in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
  • It is named after John Lawrence Keenan, a former general manager of Tata Steel.
  • The venue staged its first international match in December 1983 when West Indies beat India in a One Day International.
• Mecon Stadium
  • It is one of the oldest stadiums in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
  • It was famous for Ranji matches.
• Paramveer Albert Ekka Stadium
  • It is in Gumla, Jharkhand.
  • Games like Kho-Kho and Football are played/practised in this stadium.
• Indoor Stadium
  • It is in Dumka, Jharkhand.
  • Games like badminton, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, weightlifting are played/practised in this stadium.

• The Ho tribe is one of the major tribes of Jharkhand after the Santals, Oraons and Mundas.
• S.R. Tickell called the Hos 'Larka Kols'.
• He served in the 31st Bengal Native Infantry during the Kol campaign (1832–33).
• By around the 10th-century A.C.E., the Hos had established themselves as a very powerful people in Kolhan with the extraordinary talent of fighting outsiders.
• Hence, they were called Larka (fighting) Kols (Hos) since they had fought and defeated the chiefs of Porahat, Seraikela, Kharsawan, Mayurbhanj.
• The Ho people have a strong belief in religion, spirit and supernatural powers.
• The Singhbonga or the Sun God is the supreme deity worshipped by them, who is mainly responsible for the rain, crop, life, and other necessities related to life.
• Each Ho village has their own headman called Munda.

• The Jharkhandi leaders had been talking of the entire region that was covered by the Chota Nagpur Division during the British rule as being within the geographical scope of their demand.
• They advanced economic, socio-political and cultural grounds for the creation of a new state.
• They argued that linguistically, culturally and ethnically the whole region was separate from other regions.
• Jharkhand party raised the slogan 'Jharkhand Abua Daku Diko Senoa' (Jharkhand is ours, the decoit Diko shall have to quit) in the 1952 general election.
• During the early 1950s, Jaipal Singh campaigned for the creation of a province in Jharkhand as the only solution to the region’s problems.
• While the party tried to entice the non-tribal residents of the Chota Nagpur area, simultaneously, the support of the tribal people was sought under the slogan: “Jharkhand abua, Daku diku senoa” [Jharkhand is ours and all robbers (exploiters) and dikus will have to leave].
• This ideology was against unity in strength but the first General Elections in 1952 represented the peak of the popularity of the JHP.
• The party was able to secure large-scale tribal as well as non-tribal support.

Section 14 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 empowers the Governor of a State to establish State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).
Section 14 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 deals with the establishment of State Disaster Management Authority:-

• Every State Government shall, as soon as may be after the issue of the notification under sub-section (1) of section 3, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a State Disaster Management Authority for the State with such name as may be specified in the notification of the State Government.
• A State Authority shall consist of the Chairperson and a such number of other members, not exceeding nine, as may be prescribed by the State Government and, unless the rules otherwise provide, the State Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- a)  the Chief Minister of the State, who shall be ex officio Chairperson, (b) other members, not exceeding eight, to be nominated by the Chairperson of the State Authority, (c) the ex officio Chairperson of the State Executive Committee.
• The Chairperson of the State Authority may designate one of the members nominated under clause (b) of sub-section (2) to be the Vice-Chairperson of the State Authority.
• The Chairperson of the State Executive Committee shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the State Authority, ex officio :
• Provided that in the case of a Union territory having Legislative Assembly, except the Union territory of Delhi, the Chief Minister shall be the Chairperson of the Authority established under this section, and in case of other Union territories, the Lieutenant Governor or the Administrator shall be the Chairperson of that Authority:- Provided further that the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Delhi shall be the Chairperson and the Chief Minister thereof shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the State Authority.
• The term of office and conditions of service of members of the State Authority shall be such as may be prescribed.

Disaster Management Act 2005 was passed in December 2005 by Rajya Sabha.
It comprises 11 chapters and 79 sections.
This act applies to the whole of India and focuses on giving help to the people in disaster-affected areas.
Under section 14(1) it says that all state governments have to establish state disaster management authority (SDMA).
The Chief Minister of the state will be the head person of this committee and he can appoint a maximum of eight members. 

The Jharkhand government assigned the duty to the Forest Department to work on climate change issues.

• The government works in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and formed a Jharkhand state climate change cell (JSCCC) which advises the government on how to tackle and adapt to climate change.
• The technical support will work under the guidance of UNDP who will develop technology to tackle environmental issues and provide appropriate support of experts and consultants and develop a network with NGOs who are working on climate change.
• The major functions of Jharkhand State Climate Change Cell are as follows:-
  • Knowledge Products on climate change developed for use by multiple stakeholders including simplified issue briefs listing mitigation and adaptation options.
  • The climate change cell will provide enhanced outreach on Climate Change issues and will develop a network with organizations working on issues related to climate change in the region.
  • The cell will support the capacity development of Government officers for mainstreaming Climate Change Concerns

• The chief minister of Jharkhand Shri Raghubar Das started a yojana for widows which is known as Bhimrao Ambedkar Awas Yojana on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar.
• At the time of the inauguration of the program, during the financial year 2016- 2017, a target of 11,000 houses per year had been set for the program and a budget of 80 crores was allotted.
• Addressing a program on this occasion, Mr. Das announced that an amount of Rs 75,000 would be granted to construct a house in districts of hilly terrains and Rs 70,000 in plains.

Jharkhand Industrial Policy 2016 aimed to create an industry-friendly environment to maximize the investment in mineral and natural resource-based industries.

• Also to restart infrastructure development industries having viable sick units.
• This policy remained operational for a period of 5 years.
• According to the government report, the State Government may at any time amend any provision of this policy. Normally the policy will remain operational for 5 years (01.04.2016 to 31.03.2021).
• The government aimed to set up natural resource-based industries to maximize revenue and create employment.
• The government also aimed to make Jharkhand an investor-friendly destination and promote sustainable industrial growth of the state.
• Industries were classified as MSME, large industry, mega projects, and ultra mega projects. 
• The main objective of this policy is to maximise the value addition to the state’s natural resources by setting up industries across the state, generating revenue and creating employment.
• The state intends to be the most preferred destination for investors by providing a favorable business climate, excellent infrastructure, good law and order, and peaceful industrial relations. 
• The new industrial and investment promotion policy focuses on creating a conducive ecosystem that makes industries based in Jharkhand innovative and globally competitive.
• Government of Jharkhand lays utmost emphasis on sustainable industrial development anchored by capacity building at the grassroots level.

• The height of Parasnath Hill is 1365 Meter.
• Parasnath is a mountain peak located in the Parasnath Range.
• It is situated towards the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district of the Indian state of Jharkhand, India.
• The hill is named after Lord Parshvanatha who was the 23rd Tirthankara of Jains.
• This is one of the holiest, sacred and revered sites for the Jain community.
• They make it call as Sammed Sikhar.
• It is a major pilgrimage site for the Jain community.
• Out of 24 Tirthankaras of Jains, 20 got nirvana on Parshvnatha Hills, situated in Jharkhand.

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

• Jain dharma traces its spiritual ideas and history through a succession of twenty-four leaders or Tirthankaras, with the first in the current time cycle being Rishabhanatha, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years ago.
• The twenty-third Tirthankara Parshvanatha whom historians date to the 8th century BCE, and the 24th Tirthankara, Mahavira around 600 BCE.
• Jainism is considered to be eternal dharma with the Tirthankaras guiding every time cycle of the cosmology.

• The term ‘Bhuinhari Tenure’ is defined in the Chota Nagpur Tenure Act, 1869 includes Butkheta.
• Whereas from a very premature time-certain tenure have happened in Chota Nagpur, known as bhuinhari, held by persons claiming to be descendants of the original founders of the villages in which such lands are located, or their assigns; and also, certain similar tenures were known as bhetkheta, dalikatari and pahnai, consisting of lands set apart for the duties which the village pahan, or priest, is required to perform, and for his maintenance, and also other similar tenures known as mahtoai, consisting of lands allotted to the village mahto, or collector of rents.

And whereas, where the above tenures are moulded, there are also lands known as majhahas, reticent for the use of the respective proprietors of the villages, and their accomplished disposal, and also lands known as bhetkheta, ordinarily assigned as remuneration to the villagers who work for the proprietor or his assigns on the majhahas land.

XLRI Jamshedpur was established by the Society of Jesus in 1949  and is among the oldest business schools in the country.

• It aims at being a management institute with a passion for academic excellence, uncompromising human values, sensitive social conscience, an abiding commitment to improving quality of life in organizations and society.
• It offers master's degree programs and Fellowship programs.

Kajli is a song sung during the Rainy season.

• The connection of these kajri style songs is with the rains and is evident from the very name, which is symbolic of the kaajar-like or kohl-like dark rain clouds.
• When farmers see their crops flowering their hearts and minds also bloom like a flower and they sing Kajli songs to show their gratitude to God. Kajli is one of the most striking genres of Indian music and was born in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
• The most popular examples of this folk song can be found in the Bhojpuri language, but there are similar songs in the sister languages Awadhi, Maithili also.

Freedom fighter Poto Sardar was a Munda.

• Munda:- Munda is an ethnic group. They mostly live in Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
  • They are one of India's largest scheduled tribes.
• Oraon:- The Oraon tribe also called Kurukh is a Dravidian ethnic group residing mainly in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
  • This speaks the Kurukh language.
• Nagbansi:- They were the rulers of Chotanagpur since the beginning of the Christian era.
  • The first nagvanshi king was Phani Mukut Rai.
  • He was the founder of the Nagvanshi dynasty.

• The sacerdotal and secular head of the Oraon villages before the office of Manto in the earlier period was known as Baiga.
• Pahan or Baiga (the village priest) and Mahto (Secular Head) were found in Oraon villages.
• The Baiga (who declare themselves Bhumiaraja or Bhumijan) is a Munda or Kolarian people (part of the Bhuiya tribe) situated in the central highlands of India.
• The name "Baiga" means "sorcerer, medicine man" and is germane in this sense to the priests of the Chota Nagpur tribe.
• The Bhuiyar of Mirzapur is also known as Baiga, as are any Individuals who operate in the capacity of the village priest in this immediate region.
• The Kol and Gond consider the Baiga as priests having intellectuality of the secrets of the region's soil.
• They also distinguish the Baiga as a more ancient people than themselves and respect their decisions in boundary disputes.
• It is believed that the Baiga transmigrate from Chhattisgarh into the Satpura Hills on the western borders of the plains, and were among the earliest residents of the Chhattisgarh Plains and the northern and eastern hill country.

Port Gwadar:

• The Gwadar Port is the deepest seaport present in the world.
• It is located on the Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan and is under the administrative control of the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan and operational control of the China Overseas Port Holding Company.
• The port features exquisitely in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan and is considered to be a link between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Maritime Silk Road projects.
• It is located about 120 kilometers (75 mi) southwest of Turbat and 170 kilometers (110 mi) to the east of Chabahar Port in Iran's Sistan and Balochistan Province.
• Gwadar's capability to be a deepwater seaport was first noted in 1954, while the city was still under Omani sovereignty.
• Plans for the development of the port were not realized until 2007, when the port was inaugurated by Parvez Musharraf after four years of construction, at a cost of $248 million.

• Bhutan is not a member of BRICS.

BRICS:

• BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major emerging developing economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
• The BRICS members are known for their vital influence on regional affairs.
• Since 2009, the governments of the BRICS states have met yearly at formal summits.
• Russia hosted the most recent 12th BRICS summit on 17 November 2020 virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• BRICS was formed in the year 2009.
• Its official languages are Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, English, and Hindi.
• South Africa became its member on 24 December 2010.
• The 2021 Edition of BRICS is going to be organized at New Delhi.

• Park Geun-Hye is the first woman President of South Korea.

Park Geun-Hye:

• Park Geun-Hye is a former South Korean who served as President of South Korea from 2013 until 2017 until she was impeached and later convicted on related corruption charges.
• Park was the first woman President of South Korea and also the first female president plausibly elected as head of state in East Asia.
• She was also the first South Korean president to be born after the foundation of the First Republic of Korea.
• Her father, Park Chung-hee, was the president from 1963 to 1979, serving five incessant terms after he seized power in 1961.

Artificial Ecosystem

• An artificial ecosystem meets all the requirements of a natural ecosystem but is made and controlled by humans.
• It is made to mimic a natural ecosystem but often is less complex and with a very low genetic diversity.
• Orchards, farmlands, a garden, and man-made reservoirs are some different varieties of artificial ecosystems.
• Humans need to slouch each factor of the artificial ecosystem to make it a sustainable environment.
• A paddy field postulates fertilizers and a consistent supply of water in order to grow crops.
• When the crops are harvested, it leaves the farm an open system that pivots external sources in order for new plants and organic matter to develop and thrive.
• A garden needs to be tended by pulling out weeds and dislodging parasites through chemical or organic fertilizers.
• Small rodents, insects, and birds can also outlive in the garden and provide biodiversity, but humans drive away most of these animals to maintain the equilibrium of the garden.

Lewis Acid

• A Lewis acid is a species that contains an empty orbital and is of capable of accepting an electron pair from a Lewis base to form a Lewis adduct.

Lewis base

• It is a species that has a filled orbital containing an electron pair that is not involved in bonding but may form a dative bond with a Lewis acid to form a Lewis adduct.
• For example, NH₃ is a Lewis base, because it can donate its lone pair of electrons.
• Trimethylborane (Me₃B) is a Lewis acid as it is capable of accepting a lone pair.
• In a Lewis adduct, the Lewis acid and base share an electron pair furnished by the Lewis base, forming a dative bond.
• In the context of a specific chemical reaction between NH₃ and Me₃B, the lone pair from NH₃ will form a dative bond with the empty orbital of Me₃B to form an adduct NH₃•BMe₃.
• The terminology refers to the contributions of Gilbert N. Lewis.
• Examples of Lewis acid are: AlCl₃, BF_3, FeCl₃, CO₂, SO₃.

Technetium

• Technetium is a chemical element having the symbol Tc and atomic number 43.
• It is the slushiest element whose isotopes are all radioactive, none of which are stable other than the fully ionized state of 97Tc.
• Nearly all receivable technetium is produced as a synthetic element.
• Naturally occurring technetium is an unconstrained fission product in uranium ore and thorium ore.
• It is the most common source or the product of neutron capture in molybdenum ores.
• The most commonly certainly occurring isotope is 99Tc, in traces only.

Atomic Number of respective elements

• Neptunium - 93
• Plutonium - 94
• Francium - 87

• India is situated north of the equator between 8°4' N to 37°6' N latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude. That is, India lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
• The tropical region of the Earth is generally defined geographically as the area between the Tropic of Cancer, situated at 23.5°N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5°S. The tropics are also sometimes said to be the latitudes that lie between and partly include the subtropical high-pressure regions centered on average at about 30–35°N and S latitudes.

​Thus, the reason is false.

• India hosts two climatic subtypes- tropical monsoon climate, tropical wet and dry climate that fall under this group.
• The most humid is the tropical wet climate, also known as tropical monsoon climate, covering a strip of southwestern lowlands abutting the Malabar Coast, the Western Ghats, and southern Assam.

​Thus, India does have a tropical monsoon-type climate.
Hence, the assertion is true and the reason is false.

• In the given Diagrams if we start moving in a clockwise direction arrow comes first and the shaded portion comes after the arrow.
• But in the Diagram 'B' arrow is coming after the shaded portion.
• Therefore, Figure 'B' does not share the common characteristics with the other three figures.

Hence, the answer is option 2.

Four ladies A, B, C, D and four gentlemen E, F, G, H are sitting in a circle around a table facing each other.
(i) C, who is sitting between G and E, is facing D.

(ii) F is between D and A and is facing G.
(iii) H is to the right of B.

(iv) No two ladies or two gentlemen are sitting side by side.
Case 1 is eliminated because B and D or H and G are sitting together and it is clearly mentioned that no two ladies or two gentlemen are sitting side by side.

F is left to the A.
Hence, the correct answer is F.

• (6)² + 6 = 36 + 6 = 42
• (7)² + 7 = 49 + 7 = 56
• (10)² + 10 = 100 + 10 = 110
• (11)² + 11 = 121 + 11 = 132.

The correct answer is 132.