BPSC Test 09

Ans: (B)

Solution: Jaayaprakash Narayan escaped from Hazaribagh jail and organised underground activities during the Quit India Movement. He along with Ram Manohar Lohia and Aruna Asaf Ali, took charge of the ongoing stir when all the senior leaders had been arrested.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Chittaranjan Das was the President of the Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The correct answer is Food and Agriculture. Rajendra Prasad was allocated this ministry in the interim government.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The Ghadar Party was an international political movement consisting of expatriate Indians to overthrow British rule in India. It was found in USA. 

Ans: (D)

Solution: The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra in 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. 

Ans: (C)

Solution: Unhappy India is a book authored by Lala Lajpat Roy.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The First Conference of the Round Table took place in 1930. The Second Conference of the Round Table was in 1931. The Third Conference of the Round Table was in 1932. All three round table conferences were attended by Dr. B.R.Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The association was founded in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda Mohan Bose.  It soon displaced the Indian League, which had been founded the year before, and rivaled the long-standing British Indian Association, which it regarded as a reactionary body of landlords and industrialists.

Ans: (C)

Solution: He earned the title ‘Netaji’, in Germany by the Indian soldiers of the Azad Hind Fauj.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt in 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in the Bengal Presidency of British India by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The theme of the Bengali novel ‘Anandamath’ was set in the backdrop of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the 18^th century.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Cripps Mission: The Cripps Mission was sent by the British government to India in March 1942 to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts in the 2nd World War.

Quit India movement: On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement.

Lord Wavell: On 15 June 1943, Prime Minister Winston Churchill offered Lord Wavell the position of Viceroy of India, which he accepted.

Cabinet Mission: The Cabinet Mission arrived in New Delhi on 24 March 1946, it was sent by the British government.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the Lahore session of the Congress.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The Champaran Satyagraha marked Mahatma Gandhi’s first appearance in Indian politics as a leader of the masses. Young nationalists like Rajendra Prasad and J B Kripalani had worked with Mahatma Gandhi at Champaran.

Who called Gandhi Champaran Satyagraha?

Mahatma Gandhi was invited to Champaran at the behest of Raj Kumar Shukla and Sant Raut.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Kunwar Singh, who led the great revolt of 1857 from Bihar (Jagdishpur) was the Zamindar. The British deprived him of his estate and that is why he joined the revolt against the British.

Ans: (B)

Ans: (A)

Ans: (B)

Ans: (B)

Ans: (C)

Ans: (C)

Ans: (B)

Ans: (C)

Ans: (D)

Ans: (B)

Ans: (C)

Solution: Insectivorous plants like Nepenthes, Ultricularia, Drosera and Dionea grow in soil deficient in nitrogen. They capture insects to get nitrogen from their protein.

Ans: (E)

Solution: The primary functions of the stem are to support the leaves; to conduct water and minerals to the leaves, where they can be converted into usable products by photosynthesis; and to transport these products from the leaves to other parts of the plant, including the roots.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The Rh factor is one of the proteins on RBCs used to indicate whether the blood of two different people is compatible when mixed

Ans: (D)

Solution: The main function of your pituitary gland is to produce and release several hormones that help carry out important bodily functions, including Growth,  Metabolism, Reproduction etc.

It is located inside brain.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Ultrasonography is an imaging test. An ultrasound picture is called a sonogram. Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to create real-time pictures or video of internal organs or other soft tissues, such as blood vessels.

Ans: (C)

Solution: AB  is the blood group which is a universal acceptor since it has both kinds of antigens, which are Antigen A and Antigen B. People having a blood group of AB can accept blood from any person of any blood group.

Note: Although the blood type O can donate blood to all positive blood types (A , B , AB , and O ), it is not a universal donor. Blood type O- is the universal blood donor, meaning that people with this blood type can donate blood to all other types.

Ans: (D)

Solution: It is a lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection

Ans: (A)

Solution: The formation of image on Concave Mirror depends upon the location of the object in front of the Mirror.

Concave mirrors form both real and virtual images.

Case 1: When the concave mirror is placed very close to the object, a virtual and magnified image is obtained

Case 2: If we increase the distance between the object and the mirror, the size of the image reduces and real images are formed

Ans: (D)

Solution: Skin starts to evaporates faster with blowing air from the fan.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Stars appear to twinkle due to atmospheric refraction. The light of star after the entry of light in earth’s atmosphere undergoes refraction continuously till it reaches the surface of the earth.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The principle behind the hydrogen bomb is based on uncontrollable nuclear fusion.

Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles. The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as the release of energy.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Cooking is fast in pressure cooker just because the trapped steam increases the atmospheric pressure inside the cooker. At that pressure, boiling point of water is increased and this higher temperature cooks food faster.

Ans: (B)

Solution: If doors of refrigerators are kept open then room temperature will increase. Heat is merely recycled from room into fridge & then back to room.

Ans: (D)

Solution: When the ice will melt, it will occupy the volume of displaced water. So, water remains at the same level, as it was on before. It can also be said that the density of water is more than that of ice or vice versa, so the volume of water or the water level remains the same.

Ans: (D)

Solution: A galvanometer is a device (instrument) used in a circuit to detect weak electrical voltages and currents.

Ans: (D)

Solution: There will be equal force due to gravity and there will be no air to oppose the movement.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The colors of a soap bubble come from white light, which contains all the colors of the rainbow. When white light reflects from a soap film, some of the colors get brighter, and others disappear. Colours are seen due to interference between waves reflected from the top and bottom of the soap bubble.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Cement is manufactured through a closely controlled chemical combination of calcium (Limestone), silicon, aluminum, iron and other ingredients. Common materials used to manufacture cement include limestone, shells and chalk.

Ans: (B)

Solution:  Isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons but that have a different number of neutrons. Since the atomic number is equal to the number of protons and the atomic mass is the sum of protons and neutrons, isotopes are elements with the same atomic number but different mass numbers.

Ans: (D)

Solution: In thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is the temperature and pressure at which the three phases of that substance coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Bauxite is the most common aluminum ore. Approximately 98% of primary aluminum production is based on bauxite.

Ans: (B)

Solution: pH is measured on a scale of 0 to 14. On this scale, a pH value of 7 is neutral, which means it is neither acidic nor basic. A pH value of less than 7 means it is more acidic, and a pH value of more than 7 means it is more basic.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Electrons are not present inside the Nucleus of the Atom.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Acrylic is known as artificial wool or synthetic wool because it resembles wool.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Diamond and Graphite, both are known as the allotropes of carbon. These minerals chemically consist of carbon atoms with different physical properties. These minerals, in general, are known to be as polymorphs, having the same type of chemistry, but of the various crystalline structures.

Both has same chemical properties.

Ans: (C)

Solution: LPG is composed hydrocarbons containing three or four carbon atoms. The normal components of LPG thus, are Propane (C3H8) and Butane (C4H10).

Ans: (D)

Solution: Osmosis is responsible for the ability of plant roots to draw water from the soil. Plants concentrate solutes in their root cells by active transport, and water enters the roots by osmosis. Osmosis is also responsible for controlling the movement of guard cells.

Whereas, transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Bacteria play an important role in decomposition of organic materials, especially in the early stages of decomposition when moisture levels are high. In the later stages of decomposition, fungi tend to dominate.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Plants release oxygen during the day in the presence of natural light through the process of photosynthesis. While at night, the plants uptake oxygen and release carbon dioxide, which is called respiration.

Ans: (D)

Solution: During the pandemic, the Bihar government took the initiative to transfer financial assistance directly to the accounts of 21 lakh stranded workers outside Bihar through the Bihar Sahayata Mobile App. For this effort, the state won pandemic category Digital India Awards 2020.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The Bihar Legislative Assembly currently have 243 members, out of which 38 seats are reserved for SC.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Bihar provided for 50% reservation to women in panchayat bodies in 2006.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Jharkhand was carved out of the southern portion of Bihar in 2000.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The new ministry will focus on skill and entrepreneurship development.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The Government of Bihar has constituted the Bihar Vikas Mission to ensure the implementation of 7 Nishchay in mission mode.

Ans: (D)

Solution: ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ is a massive rural public works scheme of Government of India to empower and provide livelihood opportunities to the returnee migrant workers and rural citizens.

The Abhiyaan was launched on 20th June, 2020 from Khagaria District of Bihar.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Serum Institute of India manufactures it.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Atal Tunnel is a highway tunnel built under the Rohtang Pass in the eastern Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal Pradesh, India. Its total length is 9.02 Km.

Ans: (C)

Solution: In 2017, the Railway Budget was merged with the Union Budget, ending a practice that began in 1924 under the British.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The Act has amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 to give eligibility for Indian citizenship to illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and who entered India on or before 31 December 2014. The Act does not mention Muslims.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The project includes converting North and South Blocks into public museums, creating an ensemble of new parliament, secretariat buildings to house all ministries, relocating the Vice President and the Prime Minister’s offices and residences near the North and South Blocks.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Ladakh was established as a union territory of India on 31 October 2019, following the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act. Prior to that, it was part of the Jammu and Kashmir state. Ladakh is the largest and the second least populous union territory of India.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 was promulgated on January 7, 2021. It amends the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The Act provides for the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) into the Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory of Ladakh.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The All India Football Federation, simply known as the AIFF, is the governing body of football in India under jurisdiction of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.

Ans: (E)

Solution: Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi is an initiative by the government of India in which all farmers will get up to ₹6,000 per year as minimum income support. It was started from 24th Feb 2019.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Neeraj Chopra won India’s first-ever athletics gold medal in the javelin throw final in Tokyo.

Ans: (A)

Solution: India ended up winning 19 medals in all, including 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze, to mark its best ever outing at the Paralympic Games.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The 10 non-permanent members of UNSC are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years. The General Assembly elects each year five non-permanent members of the Security Council. Indian a non permanent member of UNSC.

India’s two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the Security Council began on January 1, 2021.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The last US service member to leave Afghanistan was Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The Indian Air Force inducted French-made Rafale fighter jets in the fleet, manufactured and developed by Dassault Aviation of France. 

Ans: (D)

Solution: On June 15, 2020, Ladakh’s Galwan Valley witnessed a violent clash between the Armies of India and China.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones running most versions of iOS and Android.

Ans: (C)

Solution: India officially began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on 1 January, 2021.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Sputnik V COVID vaccine was created and exported to India by Russia. 

Ans: (A)

Solution: He took office as the 46th US president.

Ans: (E)

Solution: There was no foreign chief guest present at the republic day parade due to COVID Pandemic in the year 2021.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Permanent Representative of India to UN was T. S. Tirumurti, hence (B) is the correct answer.

Update: Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was has been appointed India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Ruchira Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Gopalganj has registered the highest sex ratio with 1015 females against 1000 males in 2011. On the other hand, Bhagalpur and Munger districts have recorded the lowest sex ratio at 879 females per 1000 males.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The first sitting of Bihar Legislative Council was held on 20 January 1913. It has held in the auditorium of Patna College.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Rashmi Kumari is an International Carrom champion from Bihar.

Ans: (B)

Solution: In Bodh Gaya, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha sat in meditation under the Bodhi tree, and attained the enlightenment.

Ans: (C)

Solution: A branch of Anushilan Samiti was established in Patna by Sachindranath Sanyal in 1913.

Sachindra Nath Sanyal was an Indian revolutionary and co-founder of the Hindustan Republican Army that was created to carry out armed resistance against the British Empire in India. He was a mentor for revolutionaries like Chandra Shekhar Azad and Bhagat Singh.

He wrote Bandi Jivan.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Bihar Socialist Party was formed in the year 1931 by Phulan Prasad Varma and Jayaprakash Narayan.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The tomb of Sher Shah Suri is in the Sasaram town of Bihar state, India. The tomb was built in memory of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, a Pathan from Bihar who defeated the Mughal Empire and founded the Suri Empire in northern India.

He introduced the currency of rupee. Sher Shah of Sur took control of the Mughal Empire in 1540.

Sher Shah defeated Humayun in two battles. On 26 June 1539, he defeated him in the Battle of Chausa and on 17 May 1540 in the battle of Kannauj.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Lothal is a site of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, located in Gujarat. It was first excavated in 1957 by S R Rao. The notable structures at Lothal include a dockyard. 

Ans: (A)

Solution: The Cholas ruled for more than 1,500 years, making them one of the longest-ruling families in human history, if not the longest. The Chola Empire was based in the Kaveri River Valley, which runs southeast through Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.

The Chola Empire was founded by Vijayalaya. Thanjavur became the capital of the Imperial Chola Dynasty.

The reign of the Cholas began in the 9th century when they defeated the Pallavas to come into power.

The most powerful ruler of the Chola Empire is Rajaraja l. He is remembered for reinstating the Chola power and ensuring its supremacy in south India and Indian Ocean.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The first Buddhist council was held just after Buddha’s Parinirvana, and presided over by Mahakashyap, one of His most senior disciples, at a cave in Rajgir with the support of king Ajatashatru.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Kiratarjuniya is a very famous story in the Mahabharata. The two main characters in the story are Kirata (Shiva) and Arjuna. Bharavi, Sanskrit poet who was the author of Kiratarjuniya.

Shudraka was an Indian playwright. He composed Mrichchhakatika, Vinavasavadatta, and Padmaprabhritaka.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The founder of the Slave dynasty, Qutub-ud-din Aibak started the construction of the Qutub Minar in the memory of the famous Sufi saint Khawaja Qutubuddin Bhaktiyar Kaki. But, he could complete only the first storey of the building. The Qutub Minar was later completed by Iltutmish.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The kingdom of Vijayanagar was founded by Harihara and Bukka. 

Ans: (C)

Solution: An English Diplomat, Sir Thomas Roe represented England in the Mughal Empire. On 18 September 1615, he arrived at the Surat port as the ambassador of the English King, James I to Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Ain-i-Akbari’ and ‘Akbarnama’ were written by Abul Fazal . Akbarnama is the official history of Akbar’s time in three volumes. It includes the history of Akbar’s forefathers from Timur to Humayun and Akbar. The third volume of the book is known as Ain-i-Akabari.

Ans: (B)

Soution: Ryotwari system was introduced by Thomas Munro in 1820 in Madras. 

Ans: (A)

Solution: In India, the term First War of Independence was coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1909 book The History of the War of Indian Independence, which was originally written in Marathi.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Annie Besant was the First Woman President Of The Indian National Congress.

Ans: (D)

Solution: MookNayak (1920) and Bahishkrit Bharat (1927) were two Marathi journals edited by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Subhas Chandra Bose formed the Forward Block.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Liaquat Ali Khan was the Finance Minister. C Rajagopalachari was the Education and Arts Minister and Jagjivan Ram held the Labour Ministry. 

Ans: (A)

Solution:The rebellion of the Santhals began as a reaction to end the revenue system of the British East India Company (BEIC), and the zamindari system in India.

The brothers Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu revolted against the exploitative system in place.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Mahatma Gandhi was invited to Champaran at the behest of Raj Kumar Shukla and Sant Raut.

Ans: (C)

Solution:  Mica is found in Southeast Bihar in the districts of Nawada, Jamui, Muzaffarpur, Gaya.

Ans: (B)

Solution: River Son meets river Ganga in Patna district.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The rivers Damodar, Koel and Subarnarekha originate from Chota Nagpur Plateau.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Kabartal or Kabar in Begusarai becomes wetland of International importance in Bihar.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Brahmayoni is a sacred hill near Gaya in Bihar, which is mentioned in Mahabharata and Buddhist records.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Northern West agro-climatic regions of Bihar has the highest number of districts. It has 13 districts.

Ans: (E)

Solution: Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of the Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field— as well as the changes of these properties with time.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The theory of continental drift is most associated with the scientist Alfred Wegener. In the early 20th century, Wegener published a paper explaining his theory that the continental landmasses were “drifting” across the Earth, sometimes plowing through oceans and into each other.

Ans: (E)

Solution: The trench stretches from the Lesser Sunda Islands past Java, around the southern coast of Sumatra on to the Andaman Islands, and forms the boundary between Indo-Australian Plate and Eurasian plate. It is a zig-zag line.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The Coriolis Effect is an apparent effect produced by the rotation of Earth. 

Ans: (A)

Solution: The Dead Sea, located between Israel and Jordan with parts in the West Bank (Palestine). 

Ans: (C)

Ans: (D)

Solution: 

S1: Correct, Himalayan rivers are permanent watercourses that originate from the Himalayan mountains. Peninsular rivers, on the other hand, are non-perennial rivers that begin in the Western Ghats.

S2: Correct, the gradient of the Himalayan rivers is steeper than peninsular rivers.

S3: Incorrect, the Himalayan river causes more erosion on its way in comparison to the Peninsular river.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Geosyncline means a huge depression. Ganga Plain can be best described as a geosyncline. Peneplain means a more or less level land surface produced by erosion over a long period. Pediplain is an extensive plain formed in a desert by the coalescence of neighbouring pediments.

Ans: (E)

Solution: Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha.

Sambhar Lake is India’s largest saline lake and is the source of most of Rajasthan’s salt production.

Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. It is located in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in India. It is located in Manipur.

Hence, both Wular Lake and Loktak Lake are correct options here.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Saturn is mainly composed of the lightest two gases known, hydrogen and helium. It is the only planet in our solar system whose density is less than water.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Chiria located in West Singhbhum is famous for Iron Ore Mining.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project is a river interlinking project which connects Godavari River to Krishna River.

Ans: (E)

S1: Esker is a long, narrow, winding ridge composed of stratified sand and gravel deposited by a glacial meltwater stream. Eskers are believed to form when sediment carried by glacial meltwater gets deposited in subglacial tunnels. Hence, S1 is correct.

S2: Drumlins may comprise layers of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders in various proportions. Hence, S2 is correct.

DrumlinS3: When the rock, pebbles, sand and clay brought down by the glacier get deposited on the lowland like inverted boats, the topography looks like a number of eggs spread over the land. These are known as drumlins and the topography is known as ‘basket of eggs topography’. Hence, S3 is correct.

S4: Eskers are built by glacier streams and drumlins result from glacier action. Hence, S4 is correct.

Ans: (C)

Solution: In Jharia, an underground coal fire has been raging for the past many years, making many of its areas uninhabitable.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Maharashtra was the first state to introduce the institution of Lokayukta through The Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971.

Ans: (B)

Solution: He was the 29th Chief Justice of India, serving from 10 October 1998 to 31 October 2001.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The eleventh schedule of the Indian constitution has 29 subjects. However, Rural Sport is not a part of it.

Ans: (E)

Solution: Generally, one demand for grant is presented in respect of each ministry or department. However, for large ministries and departments, more than one demand is presented. The number is not fixed.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The National Extension Service program was formulated in April 1953 and it was inaugurated on October 2, 1953.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Industrialist do not elect the members of State Legislative Council.

Ans: (C)

Solution: The secretariat system in India is based on the Split System.

It is base on the principle of separation of policy making function from that of policy execution.

Under this scheme of separation, the secretariat should be concerned only with policy making and, hence, should not indulge itself in process of policy execution.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The committee of subordinate legislation examines if the powers conferred by the Constitution or delegated under an Act passed by the legislature have been duly exercised and are within the conferment or delegation, and not beyond.

Ans: (D)

Solution: Article 300 deals with the suits and proceeding against the government of India or the State government.

Ans: (E)

Solution: Judicial Review is governed by the principle of “Procedure established by law” as given in Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The law has to pass the test of constitutionality if it qualifies it can be made a law. Hence, both options (A) and (D) are correct.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Krishi Yantra Banks have been started in 13 districts of Bihar in order to augment the agriculture prospects.

Ans: (D)

Solution: UNDP says Human Development Index of Bihar, which includes health, education and per capita income was 0.574 in the year 2019.

Ans: (A)

Solution: Fiscal deficit in 2021-22 is estimated to be Rs 22,511 crore (2.97% of GSDP).

Ans: (B)

Solution: Under Digital Bihar Program, all students of Class VI and above will receive computer education and training from 2021-22 onwards.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The divisible pool is that portion of gross tax revenue which is distributed between the Centre and the States. The divisible pool consists of all taxes, except surcharges and cess levied for specific purpose, net of collection charges. For Bihar, it is 4.12 percent.

Ans: (B)

Solution: The 15th Finance commission’s chairman is Nand Kishore Singh, with its full-time members being Ajay Narayan Jha, Ashok Lahiri and Anoop Singh. In addition, the commission also has a part-time member in Ramesh Chand.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced raising the cap of FDI to 74 per cent for insurance companies with effect from August 2021.

Ans: (D)

Solution: The finance ministry had estimated the deficit at 6.8 percent.

Ans: (B)

Solution: Per capita income is a measure of the amount of money earned per person in a nation or geographic region. Per capita income can be used to determine the average per-person income for an area and to evaluate the standard of living and quality of life of the population.

Ans: (C)

Solution: Phase 2 is being implemented between 2020–21 and 2024–25 to complete the work of Phase 1.

Ans: (E)

Solution: The chairman of the Finance Commission of India is not a member of National Development Council.

The Secretary to the Ministry of Planning and Program Implementation is also not a member of National Development Council.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The correct sequence is West Bengal> UP> Punjab> Andhra Pradesh

Ans: (B)

Solution: 

S1: Finance commission is a constitutional body. Hence, S1 is Incorrect.

S2: The finance commission was set up under article 280 of the constitution. Hence, S2 is Correct.

S3: The recommendations of finance commission is only advisory and not binding. Hence, S3 is correct.

S4: The First Commission was established in 1951. It was chaired by K. C. Neogy. Hence, the statement is incorrect.

Ans: (A)

Solution: The Finance Ministry in its Economic Survey for 2020-21 has introduced a new metric to gauge progress on the quality of bare necessities available such as drinking water, sanitation, shelter, electricity and LPG called the Bare Necessities Index (BNI).

S1: Correct, the economic survey has come up with the bare necessities index at rural and urban levels.

S3: Correct, the BNI summarizes 26 indicators on five dimensions viz., water, sanitation, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities.

Ans: (A)

Solution:

Narasimham Committee: The purpose of the Narasimham Committee was to study all aspects relating to the structure, organisation, functions and procedures of the Banking systems and to recommend improvements in their efficiency and productivity.

Parekh Committee: The union government appointed eminent banker Deepak Parekh as the new Chairman of the High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure.

Rangrajan Committee: It was formed to review the Methodology for Measurement of Poverty.

Sarkaria Commission: The Sarkaria Commission’s charter was to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments.