Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-III

Total Questions: 50

1. Match List-I (Place of Archaeological Monument) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2006]

List-I (Place of Archaeological Monument)List-II (State)
A. Sisupalgarh1. Assam
B. Piprahwa2. Manipur
C. Goalpara3. Orissa
D. Bishnupur4. Uttar Pradesh

Codes:

OptionABCD
(a)2413
(b)2143
(c)3412
(d)3142
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:(A) Sisupalgarh - Orissa

(B) Piprahwa - Uttar Pradesh

(C) Goalpara - Assam

(D) Bishnupur - Manipur

2. In which State is the Rajiv Gandhi-National Institute of Youth Development located? [2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu
Solution:Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is located in Tamil Nadu.

India Youth Development Index Rankings

It has been developed by The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The index tracks the trends in Youth Development across the States. It enables the government to recognize the high and low performing states, helps in identifying the weak domains and informs the policymakers about the priority areas of intervention for youth development in the states.

In the India Youth Development Index 2017, the first five dimensions same as that of Global YDI are retained. The weights and indicators have been revised based on data availability at the state level and the significance of indicators in describing Youth Development with the objective of capturing the multidimensional properties that indicate progress in youth development at the state level. Global YDI is different from YDI constructed for India in 1 distinct manner.

IYDI has an extra domain of social inclusion, to evaluate the inclusiveness of societal progress. This is a relevant domain in the assessment of YDI as structural inequalities still exist in Indian society. This construction helps in knowing the gaps that need intensified policy intervention besides identifying the achievements made.

3. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2007]

Correct Answer: (c) AM Khusro : Former Chairman, Union Public Service Commission
Solution:А.М. Khusro was Chairman of eleventh Finance Commission of India
• The Finance Commission is a constitutional body in India established under Article 280 of the Constitution, tasked with maintaining fiscal federalism by recommending the distribution of tax revenues between the central and state governments. Constituted every five years by the President, it comprises a Chairman and four members with expertise in finance, economics, or public administration.
• It recommends the sharing of net tax proceeds (e.g., income tax, GST) between the Union and states, grants-in-aid for revenue-deficient states, and measures to enhance local body resources for grassroots governance.
• It also advises on fiscal discipline, public expenditure, and other financial matters referred by the President.

4. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union? [2007]

Correct Answer: (b) Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh
Solution:Nagaland-1962, Haryana-1966, Sikkim-1975, Arunachal Pradesh-1986

5. In which one of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Centre being set up? [2007]

Correct Answer: (a) Chennai
Solution:The Global Automotive Research Center (GARC), Chennai, is situated in the SIPCOT Industrial Growth Center at Orgadam  near Chennai in the close proximity of manufacturing facility of Indian and Global automotive giants.

6. Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund? [2007]

Correct Answer: (d) Raghuram Rajan
Solution:Raghuram Govind Rajan is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Between 2003 and 2006 he was Chief Economist and director of research at the International Monetary Fund. From September 2013 through September 2016 he was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. In 2015, during his tenure at the RBI, he became the Vice-Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements.

7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2007]

PersonKnown As
A. Bhajan Sopori1. Bharatanatyam dancer
B. Birju Maharaj2. Exponent of Santoor
C. Priyadarsini3. Mridangam maestro
D. TV Gopalakrishnan4. Kathak dancer

OptionABCD
(a)2143
(b)3142
(c)2413
(d)3412
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:(A) Bhajan Sopori - Exponent of Santoor

(B) Birju Maharaj - Kathak dancer

(C) Priyadarsini - Bharatnatyam dancer

(D) TV Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam Maestro

8. Who among the following wrote the book-Ayodhya : 6 December 1992? [2007]

Correct Answer: (b) PV Narasimha Rao
Solution:PV Narasimha Rao was 9th Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He wrote the book Ayodhya 6 December 1992.

Important Facts about P V Narasimha Rao

  1. On 28th June 2020, the 99th year of P V Narasimha Rao’s birth was celebrated. P V Narasimha Rao’s centenary celebration was in the news.
  2. His term as the Prime Minister of India was 1991-1996.
  3. He was born to a farmer’s family in Laknepalli (Telangana’s Warangal District).
  4. His parents were Sitarama Rao and Rukminamma.
  5. He was a pioneer of all rural economies and rural welfare.
  6. In his tenure, the fund to implement schemes for rural development was increased to Rs.30000 crores in the 8th Five Year Plan, from Rs. 7000 crore in the Seventh Five Year Plan.
  7. During his tenure, foreign exchange had increased 15-fold in 1996. It was Rs. 3000 crores in 1991.
  8. With his economic reforms, the GDP hovered around 7-7.5 percent.
  9. He is also called the pioneer of inclusive growth.

9. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following? [2007]

Correct Answer: (c) Journalism
Solution:The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.

10. Raghu Rai is well-known for which one of the following areas? [2007]

Correct Answer: (b) Photography
Solution:

Raghu Rai is an Indian photographer and photojournalist.
Key Facts About World Photography Day
• About: World Photography Day (19th August) is celebrated to honor the invention of the daguerreotype process (‘Daguerreotype Camera’).
• On this day in 1839, the French government officially announced the daguerreotype, developed by Louis Daguerre in 1837.
• The daguerreotype process was an early photographic process that produced a highly detailed, one-of-a-kind positive image on a silver-coated copper plate and laid the foundation for modern photography