PS TET Paper 2: Social Science Test - 1 - PS TET MCQ

The final wave of annexations of Indian territories occurred under Lord Dalhousie who was the Governor-General from 1848 to 1856.
He devised a policy that came to be known as the Doctrine of Lapse.
The doctrine declared that if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would “lapse”, that is, become part of Company territory.
One kingdom after another was annexed simply by applying this doctrine:

• Satara (1848)
• Sambalpur (1850)
• Udaipur (1852)
• Nagpur (1853)
• Jhansi (1854).

Thus, we can conclude that by  applying the policy of  'Doctrine of Lapse', the British annexed the kingdoms of Satara, Udaipur and Jhansi.

To be marginalised is to be forced to occupy the sides or fringes and thus not be at the centre of things.

• In the social environment too, groups of people or communities may have the experience of being excluded.
• Their marginalisation can be because they speak a different language, follow different customs or belong to a different religious group from the majority community.
• They may also feel marginalised because they are poor, considered to be of ‘low’ social status and viewed as being less human than others.
• Sometimes, marginalised groups are viewed with hostility and fear.
• This sense of difference and exclusion leads to communities not having access to resources and opportunities and in their inability to assert their rights.
• They experience a sense of disadvantage and powerlessness vis-a-vis more powerful and dominant sections of the society; who own land, are wealthy, better educated and politically powerful.
• Thus, marginalisation is seldom experienced in one sphere.
• Economic, social, cultural and political factors work together to make certain groups in society feel marginalised.

Thus, option 4 is correct.

97% of the Earth's water lies in the Hydrosphere, and not in the Lithosphere

The teaching of social sciences must adopt methods that promote creativity, aesthetics, and critical perspectives, and enable children to draw relationships between past and present, to understand changes taking place in society. Role play is one such method. It is thus the most suitable method for developing an understanding of social problems.

Many people use the abbreviations B.C. and A.D. with a year (for example, A.D. 2012).

• B.C. refers to "Before Christ,".
• The initials, A.D., stand for Anno Domini, which is Latin for "In the year of our Lord."
• So 2012 can also be written as AD 2012.
• This system was devised by a monk in the year 525.

Raja Rammohun Roy​:

• ​Rammohun Roy was keen to spread the knowledge of Western education in the country and bring about greater freedom and equality for women.
• He founded a reform association known as the Brahmo Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj) in Calcutta.
• People such as Rammohun Roy are described as reformers because they felt that changes were necessary in society, and unjust practices needed to be done away with. 
• They thought that the best way to ensure such changes was by persuading people to give up old practices and adopt a new way of life.

Swami Dayanand Saraswati:

• ​Around the same time, young intellectuals and reformers in Bombay pledged themselves to work for the same cause
• ​Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founded the reform association called Arya Samaj, supported widow remarriage. 

Swami Vivekananda:

• ​The Ramakrishna Mission named after Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda’s guru, the Ramakrishna Mission stressed the ideal of salvation through social service and selfless action.
• He was convinced that many of the problems facing mankind could only be overcome if the nations of the world come together on an equal footing.

 Jyotirao Phule:

• One of the most vocal among the “low-caste” leaders was Jyotirao Phule.
• Phule claimed that before the Aryan rule, there existed a golden age when warrior-peasants tilled the land and ruled the Maratha countryside in just and fair ways.
• He proposed that Shudras (labouring castes) and Ati Shudras (untouchables) should unite to challenge caste discrimination.
• The Satyashodhak Samaj, an association Phule founded, propagated caste equality.

So we conclude that the correct matching is: 

• Article 22 deals with the protection against arrest and detention in certain cases.
• The Right to be informed at the time of arrest of the offence for which the person is being arrested.
• The Right to be presented before a magistrate within 24 hours of arrest.
• A boy under 15 years of age and women cannot be called to the police station only for questioning.
• This article is applicable to citizens as well as non-citizens.
• According to this article, every person has a Fundamental Right to be defended by a lawyer.

Thus, we can say the right to be informed at the time of arrest of the offence for which the person is being arrested and the right to be presented before a magistrate within 24 hours of arrest are correct regarding Article 22 of the Indian Constitution.

Putting the values given in the options on the LHS of the equations, and putting in the values of x = 5 and y = 8 we get,

So, LHS = RHS
The correct option is (1).

Our bodies are not crushed by the atmospheric pressure because of the equality between the body pressure and the atmospheric pressure. Human bodies are used to air pressure. The air pressure in our lungs, ears and stomachs is the same as the air pressure outside of our bodies, which ensures that we don't get crushed.

• Kalidasa- Meghaduta, Kumarasambhava, Raghuvamsa, Malvika and Agnimitra. So, option 2 is correct.
• Banabhatta- Harshacharita, Kadambari
• Amarasimha- Amarakosha
• Bilhana- Caurapañcāśikā

Sangeet Natak Akademi was established in 1952 and it recognised nine classical forms of dance including Kathak.

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallised carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.

This is an inappropriate statement, and hence the correct answer. Social Science lets the students know about our pasts, and not about the lives of kings and battles. Without the knowledge of history we cannot have the background of our religion, customs institutions, administration and so on. Our present conditions are thus the result of the past problems.

Adiabatic Lapse Rate (ALR):

• The lapse rate is the rate of temperature change that is seen as an object rises through the Earth's atmosphere.
• The lapse rate is positive when the temperature is regarded as decreasing with height when.
• When constant with elevation it is zero and increasing with elevation when it is negative (temperature inversion).
• Radiation, convection, and condensation all have an impact on the lapse rate (ALR).
• The troposphere has an average lapse rate of  6.5 °C/km.

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate (DALR):

• The rate at which the temperature falls with altitude for a parcel of dry or unsaturated air.
• Air with less moisture that is rising under adiabatic conditions is known as the dry adiabatic lapse rate (DALR).
• Relative humidity in unsaturated air is less than 100%.
• The Earth's atmosphere has a dry adiabatic lapse rate of 10° C/km. 
• The dry adiabatic lapse rate is related to stable conditions.

Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate (WALR):

• Some of the water vapour will condense and produce latent heat when a water-filled air parcel rises.
• The parcel cools more slowly as a result of this process than it would if it weren't saturated.
• Because the amount of water vapour in the air is so varied, the moist adiabatic lapse rate changes greatly.
• The adiabatic lapse rate decreases as the amount of vapour increases. WALR is 4° C/km on average.
• It is mainly associated with unstable conditions.

Stable and Unstable Conditions:

• When the ALR > DALR, it results in anti-cyclonic conditions. Hence, option 1 is incorrect.
• When the WALR > ALR, it results in cyclonic conditions. Hence, option 3 is correct.
• When the DALR > ALR > WALR, it results in conditional stability with anti-cyclonic conditions. Hence, option 2 is incorrect.
• When the DALR > WALR, it results in anti-cyclonic conditions. Hence, option 4 is incorrect.

Reliability refers to the consistency or stability of a test's results over time. It is important to ensure that the test measures what it intends to measure and produces consistent results each time it is administered. This is particularly important for objective-type tests where the results are based on the objective scoring of the test takers' responses.

Precipitation is any form of water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the Earth's surface. It can take several forms, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
A) Flood is not a form of precipitation.

• Floods occur when there is an excessive amount of water in a river or other body of water, causing it to overflow onto the surrounding land.

B) Snow is a form of precipitation

• that occurs when water vapor in the atmosphere freezes into ice crystals. These ice crystals combine to form snowflakes, which fall to the ground as snow.

C) Hail is a form of precipitation

• that occurs during thunderstorms, when strong updrafts carry raindrops high into the atmosphere, where they freeze into ice.
• These ice particles can then grow larger as they are carried up and down by the storm's updrafts, eventually falling to the ground as hailstones.

D) Sleet is a form of precipitation

• that occurs when raindrops fall through a layer of freezing air near the ground, causing them to freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground.

Therefore, the forms of precipitation are rain, snow, and sleet, making option (2) (A), (B), (D) the correct answer

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan started a powerful non-violent movement in North-West Frontier Province, known as Khudai-Khidmatgar Movement.
Ghaffar Khan's goal was the formation of a united, independent, secular India. To achieve this end, he founded the Khudai-Khidmatgar ("Servants of God"), commonly known as the "Red Shirts" (Surkh Pōsh), during the 1920s.

Hence, the isohel is not related to wind direction and the crop production is not well represented by the relief map. So, 1 and 2 are correct only.

Social science is a collection of academic disciplines that study human behavior, specifically how people interact with one another, act, evolve as a culture, and influence things. This wide and diverse field of science includes disciplines like anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.

The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950.

A model of teaching is a plan or pattern that can be used to shape curriculum (long-term courses of studies), to design instructional materials, and to guide instruction in the classroom.

The Chronological sequence for the given theories,

• Continental drift theory:
  • This theory discusses the displacement of the continents of the ocean basins in the present form
  • The tidal force of the moon is a major cause of displacement
• Plate tectonic:
  • This theory describes the plate movements and the associated events
  • It describes the continental drift, sea-floor spreading, etc.
• Convectional current: 
  • The theory is about the possibility of convection currents in the mantle.
  • These currents are generated due to radioactive elements causing thermal differences in the mantle.

Therefore, the correct sequence is Continental drift - Convectional current - Plate tectonic

There are many harbours and ports in Atlantic Ocean because the coast line of the Atlantic Ocean has such an indented pattern which makes it suitable for natural harbours. These indents are also deep. Hence, there is a geographical advantage and humans are making use of it.

Geography is the science which deals with variations. The variable character is noted in both physical as well as human realms. There are variations over the space in terms of the physical landscape, such as mountains, hills, plateau, plains, and water bodies like oceans, lakes, rivers as well as climate, vegetation, wildlife, soils and minerals.

Right to Property was removed from Part III of the Constitution by the 44th Amendment in 1978.

The students must be encouraged to collect evidences related to the problem. The students will be able to find out the solution of the problem. This will engage the students in personal inquiry. They will also be able to learn, reflect and share their knowledge, views and opinions.

A rock is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. There are three kinds of rock: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Igneous rocks.

Industrial regions emerge when a number of industries are located close to each other and share the benefits of their closeness.