UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 6 - UPSC MCQ

The additional functions relating to the services of the Union can be conferred on UPSC by the Parliament. It can also place the personnel system of any authority, corporate body or public institution within the jurisdiction of the UPSC. Hence the jurisdiction of UPSC can be extended by an act made by the Parliament

The recommendations made by the Finance Commission are only of advisory nature and hence, not binding on the government. It is up to the Union government to implement its recommendations on granting money to the states. Chairman of FC is eligible for re-appointment.

Special officer for linguistic minorities is provided for in article 350-B. Advocate general of a state is provided under article 165. Solicitor general is not a constitutional post. Article 76 provides only for attorney general and not solicitor general.

The retired chief justice of the Supreme Court and all the chief justice of high courts can be appointed as the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission.

The chairperson and members of the NHRC and SHRC will hold office for 5 years or till the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier. The Act allows for the reappointment of members of the NHRC and SHRCs for a period of 5 years.

The Supreme Court hears only those who petition or appeal in English. In 1971, a petitioner insisted on arguing in Hindi a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court. But, the Court cancelled his petition on the ground that the language of the Court was English and allowing Hindi would be unconstitutional. The constitution has not specified the official language of different state and its left for the states to do so.

The Constitution does not specify the castes or tribes which are to be called the SCs or the STs. It leaves to the President the power to specify as to what castes or tribes in each state and union territory are to be treated as the SCs and STs. Thus, the lists of the SCs or STs vary from state to state and union territory to union territory. Unlike in the case of SCs and STs, the Constitution has defined the persons who belong to the Anglo-Indian community. Accordingly, ‘an Anglo-Indian means a person whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only’.

Article 300 of the Constitution deals with the suits by or against the Government in India. It lays down that the Government of India may sue or be sued by the name of the Union of India and government of a state may sue or be sued by the name of that state, eg, State of Andhra Pradesh or State of Uttar Pradesh and so on. Thus, the Union of India and states are legal entities (juristic personalities) for purposes of suits and proceedings, not the Government of the Union or government of states.

Interchange both statements to get the correct one. A nominated member of lok sabha becomes disqualified if he joins any party after 6 months from the date on which he take his seat. If he joins before 6 months, then not disqualified. An independent member of lok sabha becomes disqualified if he joins any party anytime.

Direct voting by being present in person is valid for everybody. In 1999, a provision was made for voting by certain classes of persons through postal ballot. Thus, any class of persons can be notified by the Election Commission, in consultation with the government, and the persons belonging to such notified class can give their votes by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at elections in their constituency or constituencies. In 2003, the facility to opt to vote through proxy was provided to the service voters belonging to the Armed Forces and members belonging to a Force to which provisions of the Army Act apply.

Delimitation commission is a statutory body formed under Delimitation commission act,1972 . The orders issued by delimitation commission cannot be challenged in any court.

Although it’s true that igneous rocks are formed due to cooling and solidification of magna, this however does not lead to it being called primary rocks. Igneous rocks were the first rock to originate during formation of earth `s crust. All other rocks are subsequently formed from igneous rock.

Though P waves travel with fastest speed, they are not most destructive. L waves are most violent and destructive. It’s the S waves that are analogous to light waves because S waves are transverse in the nature and the particle moves at right angles to the direction of propagation.

The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) is an index that is based on the difference in air pressure between Tahiti and Darwin. The SOI is closely related to the El Nino/La Nina climate phenomenon. A consistently negative SOI often indicates the presence of an El Nino. A consistently positive SOI often indicates the presence of a La Nina. This also indicates a good Indian monsoon.

The saline soils can be reclaimed by providing good drainage, applying lime or gypsum and cultivating salt resistant crops.

Rate of evaporation is very high in these regions. The water gets evaporated thus increasing the salt concentration in the remaining water. Crustaceans helps in decreasing salinity.

New oceanic crust is continuously formed at divergent ( or constructed ) plate margin because of continuous upwelling of lava. It is at conservative plate margin that crusts is neither created nor destroy as two plate slides pass each other.

Fallow lands are a separate category. Grazing lands are included under the category of “other uncultivated lands”.

Weathering is a static process because the breakdown of rocks occurs at the place of rocks (in-situ). There is no large scale transport of weathered materials except mass movement down the slope under the force of gravity.

Purna is a tributary of river Tapi. The Purna River is a river of Western India. It is one of the chief tributaries of Tapti river and empties in it at Changdev in Jalgaon, Maharashta. Tungabhadra is Krishna’s tributary. The Tungabhadra River is a river in southern India that starts and flows through the state of Karnataka, before flowing along the border between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and ultimately joining the Krishna River along the border of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Bamboo and tendu leaves are minor forest produce. Only Wood (timber) is a major forest product. All other products are minor. Minor forest products include all products obtainable from the forests other than wood and thus comprise products of vegetable and animal origin.

Loan recoveries are the money, which the government had lent out in past, their capital comes back to the government when the borrowers repay them as capital receipts. long-term capital accruals to the government through the Provident Fund (PF), Postal Deposits, various small saving schemes (SSSs) and the government bonds sold to the public (as Indira Vikas Patra, Kisan Vikas Patra, Market Stabilization Bond, etc.) are also capital receipts. Grants are revenue receipts.

This is an important point to be noted. Although, UPSC has asked a question on this in 2011, it may still resurface as a part/statement in a question.

Since 2007-08, the contribution of direct tax has been more than indirect tax. Before this, the trend was opposite. Corporation tax is the largest contributor among the taxes.

The Economic Survey is complied by Department of economic affairs, Ministry of Finance. Office of economic advisor publishes WPI, while CSO publishes IIP and CPI.

Gross capital formation, in simple terms is equivalent to investment made. It was earlier called gross domestic investment. The part of GDP that is used is called gross domestic consumption, while the part that is saved is gross domestic savings (GDS). Some part of this GDS will be re-invested back, and that is called gross capital formation. Now, an increase in GDP or GDS will not necessarily lead to an increase in capital formation. Because how much in invested back will depend on many other factors.

GNP = GDP + NFIA. India’s NFIA is negative. Thus India’s GDP is more than its GNP. NFIA = Factor income earned from abroad by residents – Factor income of non-residents in domestic territory.

ICDS provides Supplementary nutrition, Immunization, Primary healthcare (Health check-up, referral services.) and preschool education to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.

The Government’s support to the Central plan is called the Gross Budgetary Support. In the recent years the GBS has been slightly more than 50% of the total Central Plan. The share of the GBS in Central Plan has been rising since 2008-09

ERD = RD – Grants for capital formation. Therefore, here ERD = 3% – 1.8% = 1.2%. The rest two data about primary deficit and non-plan expenditure is not needed to calculate ERD. Effective Revenue was first introduced in the Union Budget 2011-12. While revenue deficit is the difference between revenue receipts and revenue expenditure, this accounting system includes all grants from the Union Government to the state governments as revenue expenditure, even if they are used to create assets. Such revenue expenditures contribute to the growth in the economy and therefore, should not be treated as unproductive in nature.

All the interest rates in India have been deregulated. The last one was savings interest rate which was deregulated in 2011.