MPPSC Prelims 2017 Solved Paper

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Solution: Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. He is regarded as the father of Indian archaeology.

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Solution: Akbar II gave the title of Raja to Raja Rammohan Roy. He was known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage.

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Solution: Government of India Act 1909 is associated with the Separate electorate to Muslims.

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Solution: The Battle of Chandawar (year: 1193 was fought between Muhammad of Ghori and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty. It took place at Chandawar (modern Chandawal near Ferozabad), on the Yamuna River close to Agra, giving Muhammad control of much of northern India.

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Solution: The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206–1526). Five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially: the Mamluk dynasty (1206–1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290–1320), the Tughlaq dynasty (1320–1414), the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451), and the Lodi dynasty (1451–1526).

The shortest period was of Khilji.

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Solution: The Indian National congress was found in the year 1885. The British ICS offices A O Hume was the founder of congress.

Lord Dufferin was the viceroy of India during the formation of Congress.

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Solution: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad became the youngest person to serve as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1923, at an age of 35.

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Solution: The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.

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Solution: Second round conference was held in 1931, Gandhiji participated from the Congress side but Nehru ji was not a participant.

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Solution: Caspian Sea is situated above Iran. Iraq does not share boundary with Caspian Sea.

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Solution: Kayals are the shallow lagoons (coastal) lying parallel to the coastline.

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Solution: An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated ruins of hilly region eroded by the running water. This geomorphic feature is formed in the final stage of cycle or erosion.

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Solution: The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act was enacted in 1974 to provide for the prevention and control of water pollution, and for the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water in the country.

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Solution: The population density of India has gone up to 382 persons per square kilometre in 2011 from 325 persons per square kilometre in 2001.

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Solution: Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Sikkim and West Bengal.

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Solution: In geomorphology the peneplain is a low-relief plain formed by erosion. This is the ultimate final stage of cycle of erosion.

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Solution: Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group who live in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Solution: In 1980, the World Health Assembly declared smallpox eradicated (eliminated), and no cases of naturally occurring smallpox have happened since.

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Solution: A bacteriophage is a type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word “bacteriophage” literally means “bacteria eater,” because bacteriophages destroy their host cells.

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Solution: The speed of sound in solid is 6000 m/s, sound moves 35 times faster in diamonds than in air.

Note: Diamond is much denser than air.

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Solution: The images are formed on Retina.

Additional Facts: Images formed in the eye are inverted but the brain inverts them to make them seem upright.

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Solution: Malaria is caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium.

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease.

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Solution: Convection is the process by which heat is transferred by movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.

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Solution: Elmer McCollum discovered Vitamin A, Vitamin B and Vitamin D.

James Lind discovered Vitamin C.

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Solution: Power of Lens is measured in Dioptre. The Numerical Value of Power of the Lens (Dioptre) is equal to (1/f), where f is the Focal Length of the Lens. Positive Value of Dioptre shows Convex Lens and the Negative Value shows the Cancave Lens.

How will you calculate the Power of the Diode in case two Lences are joined together?

1/f = (1/f1) (1/f2), where f1 and f2 are the focal length.

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Solution: Graphite has been used for many years as lubricant. The lubricating mechanism of graphite is thought to be mechanical in nature.

Cuprite is an oxide mineral composed of copper(I) oxide Cu2O, and is a minor ore of copper.

Hematite is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe₂O₃ and is the ore of Iron.

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Solution: Nitrous oxide is commonly known as laughing gas.

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Solution: Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of energy.

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Solution: The Government of India Act, 1935 paved the way for the formation of Indian Federation with considerable degree of autonomy to the states.

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Solution: A closed economy is one that has no trading activity with outside economies. The closed economy is therefore entirely self-sufficient, which means no imports come into the country and no exports leave the country.

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Solution: The Swarn Singh Committee recommended the inclusion of a separate chapter on fundamental duties in the Constitution.

The Congress Government at Centre accepted recommendations and enacted the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act in 1976.

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Solution: It is the constitution of India that empowers the State and Central government at the same time the constitution places certain limitation on these institutions.

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Solution: A pressure group is a group of people who are organised actively for promoting and defending their common interest, e.g. Trade Unions, Student Organization, Bar Council etc.

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Solution: “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries.

It grants loan to the member countries only but World Bank gives loan to non member country also. “