{"id":3718,"date":"2018-04-17T05:51:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T05:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/STATE.TOPPERSNOTES.COM\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2018-09-13T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T10:40:07","slug":"solution-of-question-posted-on-facebook-group-ias-preparation-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/STATE.TOPPERSNOTES.COM\/solution-of-question-posted-on-facebook-group-ias-preparation-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Solution of Question posted on Facebook Group : IAS Preparation Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS01<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Statement 1:\u00a0It is introduced by any member who is not a Minister. A bill introduced by a Minister is called as a public bill.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0Around 14 private member\u2019s bills have been passed since independence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Statement 2:\u00a0The Indus valley people knew the use of copper, bronze, silver, gold but not iron. So, 2 is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 1:\u00a0The Ramayana mentions chariots covered with leather. The Rig Vedic charioteers used Varma (coats of mail) and sipra\/sironastra (helmets).<\/p>\n<p>Equipped with asi (swords), hanas (arrows) and ilhianus (bows), the Kshatriyas on the chariots went to combat.<\/p>\n<p>Since statement 2 is wrong, given the options 1 must be correct.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 3:\u00a0\u00a0This is a disputed Statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Rig Veda mentions horse-drawn chariots with spoked wheels.<\/p>\n<p>But there is very little archaeological evidence of horses during the Harappan era and none at all earlier. The existence of the Harappan horse is a\u00a0<strong>hotly disputed<\/strong>\u00a0topic among archaeologists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arguments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some claim that a horse was\u00a0<strong>NOT<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Among the numerous seals found in Harappa, there is none which represent a horse, while other animals like the bull, buffalo, and goat are represented.<\/li>\n<li>Moreover, the cavalry (of horses) as an organized force can be traced only to the post-Vedic period, but not earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Arguments against:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, some scholars claim that the horse was widely domesticated and used in India in the area covered by the Indus-Sarasvati (or Harappan) Civilisation, but this evidence remains unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL VIEW:<\/strong>\u00a0But, based on the above, to say that \u201cthere is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal\u201d is WRONG because there is no conclusive evidence that tells us whether they knew about horses, or whether they were aware of horses. We have insufficient evidence to claim anything about the connection between horses and the Indus valley.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 3 is thus incorrect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS03<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0Aspirants cover core schemes and programmes but often miss covering ancillary and peripheral aspects. This was picked from \u2018between the lines\u2019 on the official website of PMKVY. Such ancillary questions can be expected even in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Option A:\u00a0The \u2018Recognition of Prior Learning\u2019 scheme \u2014 underway across construction sites in five states \u2014 to certify skills acquired by workers through traditional learning channels.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The project may be of particular relevance to a country where just 2 percent of the workforce is certified as skilled.<\/li>\n<li>Most deemed to be outside the skilled category in India are those who have typically picked up a skill while on the job, without any formal degree to back this up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Option D\u00a0is incorrect since it talks about trainees who are not fully skilled to get recognition of any prior learning.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals with prior learning experience or skills will also be assessed and certified under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) in Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), but this isn\u2019t applicable to trainees. So, D is incorrect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS04<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0UPSC has the habit of picking up options from questions of its past year papers and asking new questions after improvising them. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve can be found occasionally mentioned in CSP and CAPF papers; hence the question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Sathyamangalam forest range is a significant wildlife corridor in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve between the Western Ghats and the rest of the Eastern Ghats and a genetic link between the four other protected areas which it adjoins, including the Billigiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Sigur Plateau, Mudumalai National Park, and Bandipur National Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS05<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Article 18 of the constitution justifies this. Under Right to equality, A18 abolishes titular privileges (except military or academic) granted to citizens of India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS06<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0WWF and related agencies\/schemes\/initiatives are a hot favorite of UPSC, one example being Earth hour. Try to cover WWF website comprehensively to answer such questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Statement 1:\u00a0It is an NGO, not a bureau under UNEP. So, 1 is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>TRAFFIC is governed by the Traffic Committee, a steering group composed of members of TRAFFIC\u2019s partner organizations, WWF and IUCN.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0It is working globally on Wildlife trade monitoring network.<\/p>\n<p>It specializes in investigating and analyzing wildlife trade trends, patterns, impacts and drivers to provide the leading knowledge base on trade in wild animals and plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS07<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0The 42nd Amendment added a new Directive Principles, viz Article 39A, Article 43A, and Article 48A.<\/p>\n<p>Article 43A deals with \u2018Participation of workers in management of industries\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS08<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Option C:\u00a0The philosophy of rights is grounded in preventing the exploitation of the citizen by the state. So, essentially it is the claim of an individual against the state.<\/p>\n<p>Option B:\u00a0This is wrong because rights are not privileges, they are the bare minimum for the formation of a democratic state. Also, the constitution abolishes the concept of special privileges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0India was ranked at a lowly 87th\u00a0position in the gender gap index that created headlines. It is an important report brought out by WEF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a part of the Digital India programme of the government. Expect related questions from official events and schemes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Statement 1 and 3:\u00a0There are no such provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0It was a digital product development competition during which teams of thousands of technology students built innovative digital solutions for the problems posed by different central govt. ministries\/ departments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0It was a major news break, and perhaps the most significant reform in India\u2019s monetary policy framework in the past few decades.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:\u00a0<\/strong>Statement 1:\u00a0It decides the repo rates, CRR, SLR etc. It replaced the earlier system of policy rate veto by the RBI governor.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0\u00a0It consists of six members (RBI Governor, Deputy Gov RBI, One RBI officer and three members nominated by the government), and they hold office for a period of four years.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 3:\u00a0\u00a0The Governor of the RBI is the ex-officio Chairperson of MPC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0Sankirtana is one of the few important Indian heritages inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:\u00a0<\/strong>Statement 1 \u00a0and 3:\u00a0\u00a0Sankirtana performers narrate the lives and deeds of Krishna through ritual singing, drumming and dancing of Manipur. So, both 1 and 3 are correct.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0\u00a0Since the drums are also used, statement 2 is incorrect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Statement 1 and 3:\u00a0The Ryotwari system was devised by Capt. Alexander Read and Thomas Munro at the end of the 18th century. It was later introduced by Thomas Munro when he was governor (1820\u201327) of Madras.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0He is associated with the Cornwallis Code 1793 and could not have been the answer since his tenure preceded the ryotwari settlement regime.<\/p>\n<p>The principle behind Ryotwari was the direct collection of the land revenue from each individual cultivator by government agents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0Expect around 6-8 standard conceptual questions on Eco-engineering every year. Bioremediation, biofuels, genetic engineering are some such standard concepts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Statement 1:\u00a0Bioremediation uses naturally occurring organisms to break down hazardous substances into less toxic or non-toxic substances.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 2:\u00a0\u00a0Always be cautious of extreme statements and words as we have repeatedly pointed out in our 2017 Prelims Test Series. Completely and readily (quickly) are such words here.<\/p>\n<p>Bio-remediation is a slow process, so. Heavy metals such as cadmium and lead are NOT readily absorbed or captured by microorganisms. UPSC had lifted this straight from Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Statement 3:\u00a0\u00a0This will be a standard practice in the industry in coming years. For e.g. \u00a0Alcanivorax, a bacteria with oil-eating abilities, can be used to create species that are much more capable of cleaning oil spills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: D<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong>\u00a0Labour reforms were hitherto largely ignored by UPSC, and only occasionally covered in NDA, CDS and CAPF papers in the form of Whitley Commission (employee-employer dispute resolution) and labor uprisings. Now, UPSC is moving to peripheral areas in history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justification:<\/strong>\u00a0Prior to the year 1947 (India\u2019s Independence), The Trade Disputes Act, 1929 used to settle industrial disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Tribunals:\u00a0The main object of the 1929 Act was to make provisions for the establishment of Courts of Inquiry and Boards of Conciliation with a view to investigate and settle trade disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Strikes:\u00a0The Act prohibited strikes or lock-outs without notice in public utility services; it also made any strike or lock-out illegal which had any object other than the furtherance of a trade dispute within the trade or industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTION ID: IS16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Option B:\u00a0Decentralization and grassroots empowerment are the core guiding principles of local self-government as under 73rd\u00a0and 74th\u00a0constitutional amendment. For e.g., Gram Panchayats can sanction sanitation and welfare projects on their own.<\/p>\n<p>Option A:\u00a0Local bodies are not federal entities as is the position of states in India.<\/p>\n<p>Option C:\u00a0This isn\u2019t administrative delegation because local self-government bodies are political entities that are elected directly (or indirectly) by people and managed by their representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Option D:\u00a0Since it involves election and indirect decision making by people\u2019s representatives, there can be no direct democracy (where all decisions are made directly by the people).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUESTION ID: IS01 ANSWER: D Justification:\u00a0Statement 1:\u00a0It is introduced by any member who is not a Minister. A bill introduced by a Minister is called as a public bill. Statement 2:\u00a0Around 14 private member\u2019s bills have been passed since independence. 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