MPPSC Prelims 2013 Solved Question Paper

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Solution: The word ‘monsoon’ is derived from the Arabic word ‘mausim’, which means seasonal wind, the direction of these winds varies according to the weather.

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Solution: Gandak Project – This is on the Gandak river originates in Nepal. The Gandak project is between Bihar and Nepal.

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Solution: India has 7 union territories among which the smallest is Lakshadweep, according to the area.

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Solution: The confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi occurs in Dev Prayag, where the combined form of these two rivers is called Ganga river.

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Solution: The great ice age is related to the Pleistocene.

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Solution: ‘Regur mud’ is also called black soil and cotton clay. This soil is found in the Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and western region of Maharashtra in India

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Solution: Article 24 of the Indian Constitution prohibits the employment of children, that is, a child under the age of 14 years cannot be employed in factories or any other risky work.

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Solution: P.I.L. – Public interest litigation.

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Solution: Universal Declaration of Human Rights has a total of 30 articles.

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Solution: Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa between 1948 and 1991.

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Solution: ‘The right is without duty

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Solution: Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10, 1950. It was decided in 1950 to celebrate it by the United Nations on 10th December in this form.

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Solution: Soli J. Sarabli is the author of the book ‘World of All Human Rights’.

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Solution: U.N. observed 1975 as International year for women

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Solution: A court can presume that any act constituting offence was committed on the ground of ‘untouchability’- if such offence is committed in relation to a member of scheduled castes.

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Solution: Article 17 relates to the abolition of untouchability in the Indian Constitution.

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Solution: The power to impose a collective fines belongs to the state government, hence this power can not be exercised by the court.

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Solution: An offence committed under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 1989 will be investigated by the police officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent.

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Solution: Under section 8 of the the act Anticipatory bail is denied.

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Solution: In order to consider the crimes under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the State Government may specify the Special Court to the Sessions Court with the consent of the Chief Justice of the High Court.

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Solution: Under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, the court may presume abetment, common intention and common object.

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Solution: Under the Civil Rights Protection Act, 1955 all offenses are cognizable.

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Solution:Two parts of the e-mail address are the name of the user and the address of the domain.

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Solution: In the ‘menu’ there is a list of all the commands.

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Solution: Junk e-mail is also called spam.

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Solution: Excel is a software while all other mouse, printer, monitor are computer hardware.

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Solution: A digital clock has an embedded computer.

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Solution: Tim Berners-Lee is inventor of WWW

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Solution: OMR is used to test the answer in objective type testing.

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Solution: The ‘akashwani kendra’ was established on May 22, 1955 in Indore.

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Solution: After the division of Madhya Pradesh (2000) the number of assembly seats in the state is 230, Lok Sabha seat 29 and Rajya Sabha seat 11.

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Solution: The original name of the famous musician Tansen was Ramtanu Pandey. He was one of Akbar’s navratanas.

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Solution: The largest tribe of India is Gond and in the state it is the second large tribe after Bhil.

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Solution: Currency notes are printed in Dewas. It was established in 1975-76 AD.

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Solution: Bhojpuri dialect is spoken in Bihar and not in Madhya Pradesh.

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Solution: The Tomb of Maharani Laxmibai is located in Gwalior. Rani was born in Varanasi in 1835 and on 18th June 1858 the country was sacrificed.

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Solution: Bhimbethka is the world’s largest cave group, it is in Abdullaganj Raisen district.

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Solution: The Mahakal Temple located in Ujjain is situated on the banks of the river Kshipra.

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Solution: The temple of Khajuraho is located in Chhattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. They were built by Chandel kings in 950-1050 AD.

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Solution: Dr. Harisingh Gaur Sagar, the oldest and only central university of Madhya Pradesh, was established in 1946.

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Solution: Madhya Pradesh’s energy capital is Singroli.

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Solution: The famous textile of Madhya Pradesh is Chandari. Chanderi is a city which is famous in the Ashok Nagar District, it is famous for Chanderi saris.

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Solution: The author of ‘Golden Girl’ book is P.T. Usha.

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Solution: The weight of a ball of cricket is 159.9 grams to 163 grams and the length of the bat is 38 inches and width is 4.25 inches. The length of the cricket pitches is 22 yards.

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Solution: In the 400 meters race of Asian Games, India’s Kamaljeet Sandhu received the first gold medal.

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Solution: Cricket is not included in the Olympic Games, while skiing, cycling, archery is included.

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Solution: A board of chess contains 64 square .

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Solution: In the Kho-Kho game, 12 players are in a team.

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Solution: Places related to Indus Valley Civilization are Kalibangan (Rajasthan), Ropar (Punjab), Lothal (Gujarat). But Pataliputra was the capital of the Nandavansh, Maurya, Kanva, etc..

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Solution: The origin of Sanskrit literature is the oldest Veda by Rigveda.

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Solution: ‘Panchantantra’ written by Vishnu Sharma. This is India’s most translated book.

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Solution: Mahakumbh is held at four places of India, Haridwar, Ujjain, Nasik and Allahabad. Generally, Mahakumbh is held at a span of 12 years.

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Solution: Shehnai musical instrument does not have any Islamic influence while Sitar, Tabla, Sarangi were invented by Amir Khusro thus said to be of Indo-Islamic origin.

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Solution: The first Five Year Plan started in 1951-52. In this scheme, emphasis on agricultural development and community development program was initiated. This plan was based on the Har-Dorm model.

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Solution: Jai Prakash Narayan was involved in formulating the ‘Sarvodaya Yojana’ outline

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Solution: The National Planning Committee was formed by Subhash Chandra Bose.

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Solution: India is the third largest producer and consumer of fertilisers in the world after China and USA. It contributes to 12.1% of world production .

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Solution: China is the largest source of total import of India.

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Solution: Out of the above, India Electronics Limited is included in Navaratna, whereas other companies given are included in Maharatna.

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Solution: Viticulture is related to grapes production.

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Solution: The ‘Fundamental Rights’ are justiciable (It is in Part 3-Article 12 to 35) means that a writ can be filed in court in relation to the violation of the fundamental rights of any citizen.

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Solution: Hedgewar established the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in 1925.

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Solution: The social base of the communist is the workers of the agricultural and industrial sectors, the educated classes, the youth, etc. in India. But not the business class.

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Solution: The Bicameral legislature was established in the centre by the Act of 1919, in which the first State Council and the second Central Legislative Assembly were held.

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• ‘Directive Principles’ are non-justiciable meaning that it cannot be enforced by the

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Solution: The 42nd Constitution Convention (1976) brought about widespread changes in the constitution, in which the words ‘socialist’, secular and unity and integrity were added in the preface.

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Rabi crops are sown in India from October to November. Its main crops are wheat, barley, gram, peas, mustard, potato etc.

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Solution: narmada river does not make delta

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Solution: In fact Urbanization itself is one of the major cause of deforestation. Rest all the options are sad outcome of deforestation.

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Solution: National Atlas and Thematic Map organization is located in Kolkata.

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Solution: Bhagirathi river emerges from the Gomukh Himani near Gangotri. Which joins the Alaknanda in Devprayag, becomes the Ganges River.

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Solution: Nanda Devi Peak is located in Uttarakhand.

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Solution: The Shiwalik hills are part of the Himalayas. The mountains of Aravali are in Rajasthan state and Satpura mountain is situated in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

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Solution: India’s main harbour is Cochin, Mangalore, Kandla etc. while Bengaluru is not a harbour.

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Solution: India’s longest international border is with Bangladesh.

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Solution: Swami Vivekanad delivered his speech at the World Religions Conference held in Chicago in 1893.

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Solution: The ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission is the Prime Minister of India. This is not a constitutional institution. It was established on March 15, 1950.

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Solution: The head office of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ was in Rangoon, capital of Myanmar. Azad Hind Fauj was established in 1942 by Rasbihari Bose.

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The third battle of Panipat occurred on 14 January 1761 between the army of Maratha and Ahmed Shah Abdali. Marathas lost in this war.

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Solution: Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the author of the ‘Satyarth Prakash’ Granth. In 1875 he founded ‘Arya Samaj’. He was an Indian social reformer.

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Solution: The Gadar Party was formed on November 1, 1913 under the leadership of Lala Hardayal in San Francisco (America).

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Solution: ‘ASEAN’ is a union of Southeast Asian nations. Its members are Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia etc. But South Korea is not a member of this organization.

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Solution: It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

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Solution: Firstly in China, the ‘3 D’ television broadcast has been experimentally used.

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Solution: The ‘Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna’ is concerned with the development of highways. This project will have a well-developed development of highways.

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Solution: “Edward Jenner”is the father of ‘Immunology’. He invented the smallpox vaccine.

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Solution: Jumpa Lahiri is the author of ‘Namesake’ book, some of her other famous works are LaLand, Uncustomed Earth, etc.

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Solution: Constitution came into force on January 26, 1950 in India and the Supreme Court was inaugurated in India on January 28, 1950.

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Solution: The United Kingdom has expressed a desire to partner with the state of Kerala in the health sector. With the completion of this partnership, the health sector will improve in the state.

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Solution: The ‘Boat Race’ is related to ‘Onam’ festival which is a special festival of the state of Kerala. Festival of Pongal is of Tamil Nadu and Bihu of Assam state.

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Solution: The international decade of natural disaster reduction is considered to be 1991-2000. Its basic objective was to decrease the loss of life, property destruction and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters.

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Solution: Madhubani paintings belong to Bihar state. It is a plaster painting on the wall in the Mithila area of Bihar state.

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Solution: The Environment Protection Act (EPA) is known as umbrella legislation. This act is designed to reduce the damage to the environment and to provide security to the environment.