Uttarakhand PCS Prelims Exam 2012 Question Paper

Sadaqat Ashram is located in Patna, this was one of the residences of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, who lived there after retirement and spent the last days of his life there.

Sir Elijah Imphey was the first chief justice of Supreme Court. 

The accused in the cases included, among others, important communist organisers who worked in India, such as S.V. Ghate, S.A. Dange, Muzaffar Ahmad and Akshay Thakur, Rafiq Ahmad and Shaukat Usmani.

The creation of the abyssal plain is the result of the spreading of the seafloor (plate tectonics) and the melting of the lower oceanic crust.

Now, to create a difference of 6 hours, one must have to travel 6X15 = 90 Degrees.

But, there is a transmission delay of 12 Minutes, so it will result in (12/60)X15 = 3 Degrees.

Net difference will be 90-3 = 87 Degrees.

Now, what about East / West?
The Position will be East of the Old Position as the Time is 6PM and it is passed the 12 Noon Time.

So, 87 Degree East.

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed principally of calcium carbonate.
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock. 

Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve located in the southernmost end of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Nokrek National Park is in Meghalaya it is famous for Red Panda and Wild Orange.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India was established on 12 October, 1993.

The agreement involved representatives from 44 nations and brought about the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

Its member states are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

It came into existence in 1985. 

The members of State Legislature can not participate in the election of Vice President of India. 

Bill is more authentic compared to resolution.

How is a bill different from a resolution?
The joint resolution is generally used for continuing or emergency appropriations.

Resolutions are generally used to make or amend rules that apply to both houses. They are also used to express the sentiments of both of the houses.

Joint resolutions become law in the same manner as bills.

Judges of High Court are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of Collegium.

Note: For ‘consultation’ process for the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court, the collegium is to be constituted comprising Chief Justice and four senior most Judges of the Supreme Court.

For the High Courts, the collegium comprises of Chief Justice of India and two senior most judges of the Supreme Court.

A PIL can be filed either in Supreme Court or in the High Court. 

He’s popularly called the Gandhi of Uttarakhand for his practice of non-violence and satyagraha.

Do you know who administers the Oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Justice of High Court?
– Governor of the State

Key points of the recommendation of Dinesh Goswami committee:
(Anti Defection Law):In line with the Anti Defection Law, the Disqualification should be limited to following cases:

1. A member voluntarily gives up the membership of his political party.

2. A member abstains from voting, or votes contrary to the party whip in a motion of vote of confidence or motion of no-confidence. Political parties could issue whips only when the government was in danger.

L M Singhvi committee: It talked about the constitutional safeguard to the local bodies.

Ashok Mehta Committee: Recommended the two tier Panchayati Raj system in India.

Sadik Ali Committee: The Committee was appointed in 1964 by the Rajasthan Government to study the reasons for failure of the institution.

Do you know when ‘Right to Information’ came into force?
– 2005

The agreement involved representatives from 44 nations and brought about the creation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

Hawtrey describes the trade cycle as a purely monetary phenomenon, in this sense that all changes in the level of economic activity are nothing but reflections of changes in the flow of money.

Therefore, “the trade cycle is a monetary phenomenon, because general demand is itself a monetary phenomenon.”

He introduced fiscal policy as a tool to rectify the Great
Depression of 1929-30.

He led the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms 2008. 

Five-Year Plans were a formal model of planning adopted by the Indian government after Independence, for an effective and balanced utilisation of resources.

It leads to the government lowering taxes and spending more, or one of the two. The aim is to stimulate the economy and ensure consumers’ purchasing power does not weaken.

What is full convertibility?
Full convertibility means freedom to convert domestic currency with other currency in both capital and current account with least restriction. The restriction is always there in sectors like Defence and Security; hence no currency is fully convertible.

The Indian rupee was made convertible (Current Account) since March,1994. 

Following the recommendations of the Malhotra Committee, in 1999 the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) was constituted to regulate and develop the insurance industry and was incorporated in April 2000.

Actually, A carbon credit is a tradable permit or certificate that provides the holder of the credit the right to emit one ton of carbon dioxide or an equivalent of another greenhouse gas and it’s essentially an offset for producers of such gases.

One Carbon Credit is equal to 1000 kg of CO2. 

Kedar valley disaster of June, 2013, was cause by heavy rains in the catchment area of Mandakini River. 

In general, it increases towards equator due to increased Sun Light availability. 

As a metal, Tungsten is a good electrical conductor. It is also a good thermal conductor.

It is celebrated on 2nd October.