General Knowledge (Part-B: English) NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2021-II (101 to 150)

Total Questions: 50

31. Which of the following statements about the Indian Councils Act of 1861 is/are correct?

1. It enlarged the Governor General's Council for the purpose of making laws.
2. The Governor General was not authorised to increase the number of members.
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Correct Answer: (a) 1 only
Solution:The Indian Councils Act 1861 was an act of the British Parliament that made significant changes in the Governor-General's Council. Some provisions of the Act are:
  • For the executive functions of the Council, a fifth member was added. Now there were five members for home, military, law, revenue and finance. (A sixth member for public works was added in 1874.)
  • Lord Canning, who was the Governor-General and Viceroy at the time, introduced the portfolio system. In this system, each member was assigned a portfolio of a particular department.
  • For legislative purposes, the Governor-General's Council was enlarged. Now, there were to be between 6 and 12 additional members (nominated by the Governor-General).

32. Which one of the following statements about Tattvabodhini Patrika is correct?

Correct Answer: (a) It promoted a systematic study of India's past in the Bengali language.
Solution:The Tattwabodhini Sabha was a group started in Calcutta on 6 October 1839 as a splinter group of the Brahmo Samaj.
  • Debendranath Tagore founded Tatvabodhini Sabha to propagate Rammohan Roy's ideas.
  • It promoted a systematic study of India's past in the Bengali language. It also helped spread a rational outlook among the intellectuals of Bengal.
  • The main objective of the Sabha was to promote a more rational and humanist form of Hinduism based on the Vedanta, the Upanishads that form the last part of the Vedas.

33. In which one of the following years did the British demarcate a large area of land as Damin-i-koh for settling the Santhals?

Correct Answer: (d) 1832
Solution:In 1832, a large number of areas were demarcated by the British Government as Damin-i-Koh or Santal Pargana. However, gradually the exploitation started from the British side and to such an extent, that it gave rise to Santhal Rebellion.

34. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which one of the following States.

Correct Answer: (a) Manipur
Solution:The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India: Gujarat (Jasdan), Rajasthan (Kalinjarh), Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur), Chhattisgarh (Sonhat), Jharkhand (Lohardaga), West Bengal (Krishnanagar), Tripura (Udaipur) and Mizoram (Champhai). It does not pass through Manipur.

35. Which of the following pairs of crop and product is/are correctly matched?

List-IList-II
Food cropRagi
Cash cropJute
Plantation cropCoconut

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Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:All the options are correctly matched.
Ragi is a food crop.|
Jute is a cash crop.
Coconut is a plantation crop.

36. Which one of the following coalfields is not located in Jharkhand?

Correct Answer: (d) Umaria
Solution:Umaria Coalfield is located in Umaria district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in the valley of the Umrer River, a tributary of the Son River.

37. Which one of the following is the longest parallel of latitude?

Correct Answer: (d) Equator
Solution:The equator is the circle that is equidistant from the North Pole and the South Pole. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
Of the parallels or circles of latitude, it is the longest, and the only 'great circle' (a circle on the surface of the Earth, centred on Earth's centre).

38. The periodic rise and fall of ocean water in response to gravitational forces is called

Correct Answer: (c) Tides
Solution:Tides are the short term periodic rise and fall of the world's oceans. They result from the gravitational interaction between the Earth, the moon and to a lesser extent, the Sun. The difference in height between high tide and low tide is called the tidal range.

39. Which of the following statements about the first Indian Factory Act passed in 1881 is/are correct?

1. The act dealt primarily with the problem of child labour.
2. The Act laid down that children between 7 years and 12 years of age would not work for more than 9 hours a day.
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Correct Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2
Solution:Through the Factory Act of 1881, the major decision was taken to limit the number of working hours for children below the age of twelve. Some Provisions of the Factory Act 1881 are:
  • Children between the age of 7-12 were to work for 9 hours/day
  • Employment of children below years was prohibited
  • Mid-day meal interval, 4 holidays/month and fencing of machinery in the factors also were provided
  • This act applied only to factories using mechanical powers, employing not less than 100 workers and working for not more than for 4 months in a year limitations.

40. Which of the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi's anti-untouchability campaign is/are correct?

1. The All India Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded for this purpose.
2. The campaign was to root out untouchability, since it did not enjoy the sanction of the Hindu shastras.
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Correct Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2
Solution:In 1932, Gandhi founded the Harijan Sevak Sangh,as part of his efforts to eradicate the concept of 'untouchability' from India's caste system. He put his close friend, the pioneering industrialist Ghanshyam Das 1 Birla, in charge of the organisation.