Test: HP TGT Social Studies Mock - 1 - Software Development MCQ

No, Gandhiji was disgusted at the Second Round Table Conference because nobody paid any attention to his demands for immediate and full responsible Government for India.

The Second Round Table conference was held in London from September to December 1931. Gandhiji was the sole representative of the Congress. Nothing could be achieved from the Second Round Table Conference. Gandhiji was disappointed, he came back and started the Civil Disobedience Movement.

The maximum depth of Lithosphere is found in the Pacific Ocean.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean and the deepest location on Earth about 11,035 meters (36,201 feet) deep. The deepest point of Mariana Trench is Challenger Deep. It is located in the South Pacific Ocean and so the maximum depth of Lithosphere is found in the Pacific Ocean.

According to Article 214 of the Constitution, a High Court has been established in every state.

• The Chief Justice of the state is appointed by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the state.
• Each judge of the High Court can hold office until the age of 62 years.
• The High Court judges submit their resignations to the Governor.
• The High Court judge can only be removed on the charge of incompetence.
• Removal is the same as the impeachment of the President.

16-yr-old Rameshbabu Praggnandhaa won against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters tournament, in Feb 2022. Pragganandhaa is the fifth youngest to become a Grandmaster after Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov. He has become the third Indian to defeat Magnus Carlsen, after chess legend Vishwanathan Anand and P Harikrishna.

The Busan Harbour is situated in South Korea.

Busan Harbour-

• It is located at the mouth of the Nakatong River in South Korea.
  
• It is the fifth busiest container port in the world and the largest transshipment port in northeast Asia.
• Apart from Jeju City, the Port of Busan was the only city that was not occupied by North Korea during the Korean War (1950-1953).
• The city has become home to major industries including shipbuilding, automobiles, steel, electronics, chemicals, ceramics, and paper.
• It is developed, managed, and operated by the Busan Port Authority (BPA) which was established in January 2004.
• The Port uses state-of-the-art facilities to enable it to handle active exchange with 500 ports in 100 countries, including the latest generation high-speed container cranes.

The highest peak in the Western Ghats is Anamudi.

• Anamudi is located in Kerala.
• Anamudi is the highest peak in Kerala.
• Anamudi is also known as the Everest of South India.
• Anamudi is the highest peak in peninsular India.
• The elevation of Anamudi hill is 2,695 meters.
• The name Anamudi means "elephant's head". 

ISDR stands for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in its full form. ISDR is a worldwide framework for disaster risk reduction developed by the United Nations in 1999 as part of the IDNDR Programme Forum in July 1999. It is put in place to take precautionary steps in a disaster or hazard. It includes a vision, aims, and objectives for lowering the risk of loss of life and property due to catastrophes and hazards.

The subject of International Relations in the Constituent Assembly was addressed with deliberations on Article 51 under Directive Principles. This article provides that States shall endeavour to:

• Promote international peace and security
• Maintain just and honourable relations betw.een nations.
• Foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another.
• Encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.

Diwan-i-Khairat was set up by Feroz Shah tughlaq to make provision for the marriage of poor girls.

• Feroz Shah Tughlak belonged to Tughlaq dynasty of Delhi Sultanate.
• He built the city of Fatehabad, Hissar, Jaunapur, and Firozabad.
• He paid a lot of attention to the development of irrigation.

The structural and functional unit of the environment is the ecosystem.

The ecosystem is the structural and functional unit of the environment by which the different biotic and abiotic components interact with each other with respect to their environment.

Pesticides can harm to human health if they use in excess proportion in the environment. Pesticides are intentionally toxic substances linked to various diseases like cancer, birth defects, mutations and other health problems.

Laboratory diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica depends on identification in the stools. Microscopic identification of cysts and trophozoites in the stool is the common method for diagnosing.

Co-curricular activities are mostly related to the all-around development of students.

Co-curricular activities make learning meaningful by:

• ensuring the overall development of learners.
• providing a practical approach towards the topics.
• making learners apply theoretical concepts practically.
• stimulating interest in activities beyond routine classwork.

Origin of the Palas:

• In 750 AD this dynasty was founded by Gopala.
• He was the military general, elected by the king.

Rulers of Pala Empire:

• Gopala (750 - 770 AD)
• Dharmapala (770 - 810 AD)
• Devapala ( 810 -850 AD)
• Mahipala
• Ramapala
• Madanapala (1144 - 1162 AD)

Pala period is also called the "Golden Era" in Bengal history.

The dynasty ruled in Bengal and Bihar regions for about 400 years, from the 8th century until the end of the 11th century.

About 20 leaders ruled during this period.

Hence, Palas is the new dynasty developed in the Eastern part of the country.

The Moti Masjid in Agra was built by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan.

• It is located in Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
• Shah Jahan constructed the Moti Masjid for his members of the royal court.
• Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal emperor who reigned the dynasty from 1628 to 1658.
• The historical structures built during the reign of Shah Jahan are:
• Taj Mahal.
• Red Fort.
• Jama Masjid.
• Shalimar Garden in Lahore.
• French traveller Bernier and Tavernier visited India during the reign of Shah Jahan.
• The Afghan noble Khan Jahan Lodi rebelled and was defeated by Shah Jahan.
• Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in 1658 in Agra.

Strike valley:

• Many longitudinal valleys follow the strike of the rock strata or significant geological fault lines. 
• Strike and dip is a measurement convention used to describe the orientation, or attitude, of a planar geologic feature.
• A feature's strike is the azimuth of an imagined horizontal line across the plane, and its dip is the angle of inclination measured downward from the horizontal. 
• A valley eroded along a belt of weak strata and therefore followed their trend or strike.

Intensive subsistence agriculture not predominantly practiced in Canada.

• Intensive farming is the kind of farming in which farmers grow their crops, fruits, and vegetables on a small piece of land using simple tools.
• These farmers usually grow food for personal use, or they sell it to local groceries.
• This type of agriculture can be found in China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

Gobi is not a tropical desert.

Gobi Desert:

• The Gobi is a great desert and semidesert region of Central Asia.
• In Mongolian gobi, means a waterless place.
• This desert stretches across huge portions of both Mongolia and China.
• The Gobi occupies a vast arc of land 1,600 km long and 500 to 1,000 km wide, with an estimated area of 1,300,000 square km.

Population control and family planning is listed in The Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution.

• The Constitution of India has provided for a division of powers between the Central and state governments.
• Under the Seventh Schedule, there are three lists – the Union, State, and Concurrent.
• The Concurrent List includes subjects that give powers to both the Centre and state governments.
• Subjects like Education including technical education, medical education and universities, population control and family planning, criminal law, prevention of cruelty to animals, protection of wildlife and animals, forests, etc.

The correct answer is Shahjahan.

• Shahjahan's reign (1628 - 1658) is known as the golden age of Mughal architecture.

Reasons:-

• He erected several large monuments like the Taj Mahal, the Red fort etc.
• There was peace during his reign.
• There were no foreign threats.
• He also did a lot of welfare work like constructing roads, canals.
• Trade and commerce flourished.

Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)

• Shah Jahan transferred his capital from Agra to Delhi in 1638.
• He created Shahjahanabad.
• He constructed the Jama Masjid and the Moti Masjid.
•  He also built the famous Peacock throne.
• Aurangzeb imprisoned him in 1658.

Hydrogen element occurs most abundantly in our universe.

Hydrogen has just one proton and one electron.it's the only element without a neutron. The simplest form of the element makes it abundant in the universe.

A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. It occurs when the consequence of a complex field of forces (stress is a force per unit area) active on a mass of rock or soil on the slope. The term landslide encompasses five modes of slope movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows. It happens due to geological causes, morphological causes, physical causes, and human causes. 

Kalinga war took place in the year 261 BC.

• Ashoka fought the Kalinga War in 261 BC in the 8th year of his coronation.
• The king was deeply saddened by the massacre that took place during the war and, therefore, abandoned the policy of physical occupation in favour of the policy of cultural conquest.

The deception detection tests (DDT) such as polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-mapping have important clinical, scientific, ethical and legal implications.

The Supreme Court judgment on May 5, 2010, related to the involuntary administration of deception detection tests (DDT) for the purpose of improving investigation efforts in criminal cases was questioned on the account of violation of fundamental rights such as:

Right against self-incrimination’ mentioned in Article 20(3) of the Constitution, which states that no person accused of an offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself/herself.

Article 21 (Right to life and personal liberty) has been judicially expanded to include a ‘right against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment’.

DDT also raises serious concerns associated with the professional ethics of medical personnel included in the administration of these techniques and violation of human rights of an individual.

The Lahore Declaration was a bilateral agreement and governance treaty between India and Pakistan. The treaty was signed on 21 February 1999, at the conclusion of a historic summit in Lahore and ratified by the parliaments of both countries the same year.

Orcharding refers to growing of fruit plants in an orderly manner and maintain them for successive economic returns.

Orchard refers to an area where intensive cultivation of fruit crops is done. Or it is an enclosed area where a fruit /group of fruit trees are grown.

Types of Orchards:

• ​Orcharding with single variety of a particular fruit crop.
• Orcharding with different variety of a fruit crop.
• Mixed orchard with different fruit crops of almost equal life span.
• Orcharding with intercrops/intercropping.
• Multistoried orchard.
• High density orchard.
• Dry land orchard.
• Clonal orchards

The diagnostic evaluation is conducted to identify the learning difficulties.

Diagnostic evaluation means to diagnose or discover the students' difficulties while learning and assess the problem accurately. A diagnostic test is performed to disclose weaknesses and strengths themselves.

Diagnostic assessments (also known as pre-assessments) provide instructors with information about students prior knowledge and misconceptions before beginning a learning activity and also diagnose students' strengths and areas of need.

Market Intervention Scheme is a price support mechanism for procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities which are generally perishable in nature Public Distribution system.

The basic objective of Market Intervention Scheme is to provide remunerative prices to the farmers in case of glut in production and fall in prices. Further, the Market Intervention Scheme is implemented on the specific requests of the State Government/UT Administrations willing to share the loss with Central Government on 50: 50 basis (75:25 in case of North-Eastern States).

The correct answer is Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

• Arya Samaj is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas.
• Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati in 1875 in Bombay.
• There are 10 principles related to Arya Samaj.
• The famous freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai was his disciple.
• Swami Dayananda Saraswati is known as the 'Grandfather of Indian Nation'.
• The original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswati - Mul Shankar.

The Rivers which follow the general direction of slope are known as the consequent rivers. Most of the rivers of peninsular India are consequent rivers. For example, rivers like the Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri, descending from the Western Ghats and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, are some of the consequent rivers of Peninsular India. Therefore, statement (B) is correct.

The Rivers that existed before the upheaval of the Himalayas and cut their courses southward by making gorges in the mountains are known as the antecedent rivers. The Indus, Satluj, Ganga, Sarju (Kali), Arun (a tributary of Kosi), Tista and Brahmaputra are some of the important antecedent rivers, originating from beyond the Greater Himalayas. Therefore, statement (A) is not correct.