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यूपीएससी आईएएस (प्री) सामान्य अध्ययन वर्गीकृत परीक्षा पेपर UPSC IAS (Pre.) General Studies Categorized Exam (Paper - 1) "भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था"

निर्देशः इस पुस्तक में दिए गए कथन (A) और कारण (R)

संबंधी प्रश्नों के उत्तर निम्न कूटों का प्रयोग कर दिए जाने हैं:

कूटः

(a) A और R दोनों सही हैं, और R, A का सही स्पष्टीकरण है।
(b) A और B दोनों सही हैं, परन्तु R, A का सही स्पष्टीकरण नहीं है।
(c) A सही है, परन्तु R गलत है।
(d) A गलत है, परन्तु R सही है।

1. किसी उत्पाद का वार्षिक कृषि उत्पादन नीचे दिए गए चित्रा में 1991-92 से 1998-99 की अवधि के लिए दर्शाया गया है

निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा एक वह विचाराधीन उत्पाद है?

(a) दालें
(b) गेहूँ
(c) तिलहन
(d) चावल

2. सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली को बनाए रखने और सुरक्षित भंडार के निर्माण के लिए जिन कीमतों पर सरकार खाद्यान्न खरीदती है, वेः (2001)

(a) न्यूनतम समर्थन कीमतों के नाम से जानी जाती है
(b) वसूली कीमतों के नाम से जानी जाती है
(c) निर्गम कीमतों के नाम से जानी जाती है
(d) उच्चतम (सीलिंग) कीमतों के नाम से जानी जाती हैं

3. व्यापक फसल बीमा योजना के स्थान पर राष्ट्रीय कृषि बीमा योजना लागू की गईः (2001)

(a) वर्ष 1997 में
(b) वर्ष 1998 में
(c) वर्ष 1999 में
(d) वर्ष 2000 में

4. भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित गतिविधियों पर विचार कीजिएः (2002)

1. कृषि, वानिकी और मात्स्यिकी
2. विनिर्माण
3. व्यापार, होटल, परिवहन और संचार
4. वित्त-पोषण, बीमा, भूमि-भवन तथा व्यवसाय सेवाएं

इन क्षेत्रों का साधन लागत पर निवल धरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) के लिए स्थिर कीमतों (2000-01) पर अंशदान का घटना क्रम है

(a) 3, 1, 2, 4
(b) 1, 3, 4, 2
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2
(d) 1, 3, 2, 4

5. निम्न कथनों पर विचार कीजिएः (2003)

1. फल उत्पादन में भारत का विश्व में प्रथम स्थान है।
2. तम्बाकू के निर्यात में भारत का विश्व में द्वितीय स्थान है।

इनमें से कौन-सा/से कथन सही है/हैं?

(a) केवल 1
(b) केवल 2
(c) दोनों 1 तथा 2
(d) दोनों में से कोई भी नहीं

6. निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिएः (2004)

1. खाद्यान्नों के प्रापण के संबंध में भारत सरकार ने प्रापण लक्ष्य अपनाया है न कि मुक्त प्रापण नीति।
2. भारत सरकार केवल अनाज के लिए न्यूनतम समर्थन कीमत की घोषण करती है।
3. लक्षित सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली (TPDS) के अन्तर्गत वितरण में भारत सरकार द्वारा राज्यों/केन्द्रशासित प्रदेशों को गेहूँ तथा चावल समान केन्द्रीय निर्गम कीमतों पर दिए जाते हैं।

उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?

(a) 1 और 2
(b) केवल 2
(c) 1 और 3
(d) केवल 3

7. निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिएः (2004)

देश में तिलहन की माँग को पूरा करने के लिए भारत अभी भी आयात पर निर्भर करता है, क्योंकि

1. किसान अन्य खाद्यान्नों के पैदा करने को अधिमान देते हैं जिनकी समर्थन कीमतें अधिक लाभकारी हैं
2. तिलहन की फसलों की पैदावार अधिकांशतः वर्षा पर निर्भर करती है
3. पेड़ों से उत्पन्न बीजों तथा चावल चोकर से तेल निकालने की प्रक्रियाओं को अभी प्रयोग में नहीं लाया गया
4. तिलहन की फसल को पैदा करने की अपेक्षा तिलहन का आयात बहुत सस्ता पड़ता है

उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन-से सही हैं?

(a) 1 और 2
(b) 1, 2 और 3
(c) 3 और 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 और 4

8. खाद्य और पोषण मंडल, भारत सरकार के कौन-से मंत्रालय के अधीन कार्यरत हैं? (2005)

(a) कृषि मंत्रालय
(b) स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय
(c) मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय
(d) ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय

9. भारत में, नीचे दिए गए खाद्यानों का उनके उत्पादन (मिलियन टन में) का सही हृसवान क्रम कौन सा है? (2007)

(a) गेहूँ - चावल - दालें - मोटे अनाज
(b) चावल - गेहूँ - दालें - मोटे अनाज
(c) गेहूँ - चावल - मोटे अनाज - दालें
(d) चावल - गेहूँ - मोटे अनाज - दालें

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शैलों की परिभाषा (Definition of Rocks)

साधारणतःशैल अथवा चट्टान शब्द से ऐसे पदार्थ का बोध होता है जो पत्थर की भाँति हो परन्तु वैज्ञानिक भाषा में वे समस्त पदार्थ जिनसे भू- पर्पटी का निर्माण हुआ है चाहे वे ग्रेनाइट की भाँति कठोर हो या चीका , रोड़ी अथवा मिट्टी की भाँति नरम एवं मुलायम हो , शैल कहलाते हैं।

शैलों का वर्गीकरण (Classification of Rocks)

उत्पत्ती के आधार पर शैलों को निम्न तीन भागो मे बाँटा जाता हैः

1. आग्नेय शैल (Igneous Rocks)
2. अवसादी अथवा तलछटी शैल (Sedimentary Rocks)
3. रूपान्तरित अथवा कायान्तरित शैल (Metamorphic Rocks)

शैलों का विस्तृत वर्गीकरण निम्न प्रकार किया जा सकता हैः

1. आग्नेय शैल (Igneous Rocks)

आग्नेय शब्द लातीनी भाषा के शब्द इग्नीस से लिया गया है जिसका अर्थ आग होता है (Latin Ignis = Fire) अतः ये ऐसी शैले है जिनका निर्माण पृथ्वी के भीतरी भाग मे उपस्थित गर्म द्रव के ठण्डा होने से हुआ है। (Igneous rocks are formed through the solidification of molten materials) सभी शैलों का मूल पदार्थ गर्म, तरल तथा चिपचिपा मैग्मा है जो भू -गर्भीय ताप के कारण 60से 100 कि0 मी0 की गहराई से दरारो से होता हुआ धरातल की ओर बढ़ता है। तरल मैग्मा जब पृथ्वी के तल पर पहुँचता है तो उसका गैसीय अंश वायुमंडल मे विलीन हो जाता है और यह लावा मे परिवर्तित हो जाता है। आग्नेय शैलो को मूल शैल कहा जाता है क्योकि अन्य सभी शैलो का निर्माण इन्ही शैलों से होता है।

आग्नेय शैलों का वर्गीकरण (Classification of Igneous Rocks):आग्नेय शैलो को रासायनिक संघटन तथा गठन के आधार पर वर्गीकृत किया जाता हैः

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1. The National Health Policy 2017 faces the challenging task of ensuring affordable, quality medical care to every citizen. Discuss

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Q1 - Which of the following is correct regarding NATGRID?

1. NATGRID is the integrated intelligence grid connecting databases of core security agencies of the Government of India.
2. It was started after terrorist attack in 2006.

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both
D. None

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:: National ::

Five cities across the country will be the first to start using plastic bank notes of Rs. 10

• Five cities across the country with diverse geographical and climatic conditions will be the first to start using plastic bank notes of Rs. 10 denomination, with the Centre approving a field trial.
• The plastic bank notes are considered to be cleaner than paper currency, will last longer and are difficult to counterfeit.
• Meanwhile, the Finance Ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India to go ahead with the procurement of the requisite plastic substrate material and approved the printing of Rs. 10 notes.

National security is an issue on which parties should refrain from blame games

• National security is an issue on which political parties should refrain from blame games, said Defence Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha
• In response to the statement of Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, during the debate on Defence Budget allocations, Mr. Jaitley said Indian security forces were fully prepared to meet any challenge.
• While there were long-standing problems in the defence sector, there were also good policies formulated, followed and developed over the past several decades under various regimes.
• Countering Mr. Scindia’s arguments on the lack of resources, Mr. Jaitley who is also the Finance Minister said in the past two years, 147 contracts worth over Rs. 2 lakh crore had been concluded for the procurement of equipment.
• As part of the deals, 155 mm ultra-light howitzers, BrahMos missiles, Pinaka rockets and ballistic helmets are being supplied to the Army.
• For the Navy and the Coast Guard, there are ongoing shipbuilding projects of P17A frigates, deep-sea rescue vessels, P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft, the upgrade of Kamov-28 helicopters, Dornier aircrafts, off-shore petrol vessels and fast patrol vessels.
• And for the Air Force, Rafale fighter aircraft, heavy-lift and Apache attack choppers are being procured.
• Of these, 100 projects worth Rs. 2.51 lakh crore are under ‘Buy and Make in India’ and 34 projects are under the Buy Global arrangements.
• A substantial part of the defence funds allocation also goes towards the payment of salaries and pensions.
• Revenue mobilisation of the State must increase, that is, the primary resource that the Government gets, and this is not necessary to be done by raising the level of taxation.
• The obvious method is, you expand the base check evasion.It is only then the slice, which will be available for national security, will also increase.

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Spotlight/News Analysis (19 March 2017):

• Topic of Discussion:  Discussion on opportunities and challenges before newly formed Uttarakhand Government
• Expert Panel:  Ashok Tandon ( Political Analyst), Omkareshwar Pandey (Senior Journalist)

Current Affairs MCQ for UPSC Exams – 19 March 2017

Q.1- Surya-Kiran exercise is between which of the following countries?

A. India and Bhutan
B. India and Bangladesh
C. India and Nepal
D. Nepal and Bhutan

Q.2- Which of the following is correct regarding GRAPES-3?

1. This experiment is an Indo-Japanese collaboration
2. This experiment is to develop grapes which have great nutritional value

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both
D. None

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Bilateral exercises new way to increase strategic cooperation

• India is leveraging bilateral military exercises to further strategic cooperation.

• The Indian Army is currently engaged in or has just concluded four separate exercises with the armies of Nepal, Oman, Singapore and the U.S., with a focus on aspects like counter-insurgency, jungle warfare.

• The exercise with Nepal also comes at a time when the Himalayan neighbour is expected to conduct its first military drills with China.

• The Surya Kiran exercise with Nepal is underway at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, while the Al Nagah-II exercise with Oman is underway at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh.

• They are infantry exercises meant to improve interoperability and focus especially on counter-terrorism. Both the exercises are spread over 14 days.

• During the last three years India has signed defence agreements/memorandum of understandings (MoU) with 21 countries.

• The Army has conducted exercises with 18 countries during the three-year period, including the current year, and Indian military personnel attended training and courses in 34 countries.

• This is the ninth edition of the Surya Kiran exercise from March 9-20 with Nepal. The Nepal contingent is represented by 300 personnel, including 26 officers.

• There is also a component on the study of Left Wing Extremism in South East Asia and the Indian Army hopes to gain from the experience of the Nepal Army, including their best practices.

• Meanwhile, the Army’s Para Special Forces and U.S. Army’s Special Forces honed their skills from February 27 to March 12 in Jodhpur. The exercise covered a range of activities, including advanced marksmanship, sniping techniques and military free fall.

• The Bold Kurukshetra exercise with Singapore is an armoured exercise under way at the Babina field firing range in Uttar Pradesh, involving 250 soldiers from each side.

• India and Singapore have an agreement that allows the latter to use the Indian Army’s facilities for training and exercises.

• The agreement on utilisation of facilities by the Singapore Air Force was initially signed in October 2007 and Army facilities in August 2008.

India’s longest road tunnel to open soon

• India’s longest road tunnel, built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, will open to traffic very soon following the success of the trial run.

• The work on the 9.2-km tube tunnel, which is part of a 286-km, four-lane project, started on May 23, 2011 in the lower Himalayan mountain range and cost Rs. 3,720 crore.

• The tunnel, which is located at an elevation of 1,200 metre, will be the first in India to be equipped with the world-class integrated tunnel control system, through which ventilation, fire control, signals, communication and electrical systems will be automatically actuated.

• The tunnel will reduce the travel time between Jammu and Srinagar by two-and-a-half hours. The road distance from Chenani and Nashri will now be 10.9 km, instead of the present 41 km.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the highway tunnel by month-end.

Central govt is planning for one lakh toilets in madrassas

• The Centre plans to build toilets in one lakh madrassas across the country as part of its efforts to revamp these traditional learning centres.

• Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government also plans to introduce mid-day meals.

India and Russia have begun firming up the agenda for PM’s visit to Russia

• India and Russia have begun firming up the agenda for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia in June.Mr. Modi will participate in a major international economic event in St. Petersburg on June 1 and 2.

• Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar held talks with Russian deputy foreign ministers Igor Morgulov and Sergey Ryabkov during a visit to the Russian capital on March 16 and 17.

• Apart from the talks with the two deputy foreign ministers, Mr. Jaishankar also held talks with Yuri Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy aide, and Konstantin Kosachev.

• Earlier, during the visit of Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to Delhi on Friday, both sides inked an agreement for a long-term pact on the maintenance of Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets of the Indian Air Force.

More than one crore face arsenic contamination in West Bangal

• West Bengal has the highest number of arsenic-affected people in the country.

• There are 83 blocks in eight districts — Bardhaman, Malda, Hooghly, Howrah, Murshidabad, Nadia, North and South 24 Paraganas — where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.

• Bengal topped the list with more than 1.04 crore arsenic-affected persons as on March 4, 2017. Bihar comes second with 16.88 lakh persons, with Assam in third spot with 14.48 lakh victims.

• The total number of arsenic-affected people in the country is about 1.48 crore.

• According to the WHO’s guidelines for drinking water quality (2011), the permissible limit of Arsenic in groundwater is .01 mg per litre. However, in India the permissible limit in drinking water has recently been revised from .05 mg per litre to .01 mg per litre.

• The ruling Trinamool Congress had claimed in its 2016 election manifesto that 91% of the population of arsenic-affected areas in the State have been provided with clean drinking water.

• The website of the PHE department also claims that arsenic contamination is “getting under control” and Bengal is expected to be “arsenic free” in another couple of years.

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Finance ministers of G-20 dropped an anti-protectionist pledge

• Finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies dropped an anti-protectionist pledge and a vow on action against climate change after Washington refused to sign up to the commitment.

• After a two-day meeting, ministers from G20 developed and developing nations said they were “working to strengthen the contribution of trade to our economies” but failed to spell out a pledge to reject protectionism.

• The conspicuous omission came amid a push by U.S. President Donald Trump to pursue an “America First" policy that includes penalising companies that manufacture abroad by heavily taxing their products.

Current Affairs Daily Voice Notes

Spotlight/News Analysis (20 March 2017):

• Topic of Discussion:  Discussion on opportunities and challenges before unielected Uttar Pradesh Government
• Expert Panel:  Mohan Sahay ( Political Analyst), Sharad Gupta (Senior Journalist)

(VIDEO) Lok Sabha TV : Insight Discussion "US Elections & Violence In Turkey"

Topic of Discussion: US Elections & Violence In Turkey

(VIDEO) Rajya Sabha TV : ''State Laws in GST: what is the final shape?"

• Topic of Discussion: State Laws in GST: what is the final shape?

Expert Panel Members:

• A.K. Bhattacharya, (Managing Editor, Business Standard)
• Ajay Dua, (Former Secretary, Ministry Of Commerce & Industry)
• Seshadri Chari, (National Executive Member BJP)
• Yatish Rajawat, (Policy Analyst)
• Tarun Jain, (Principal Associate, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan,)

Anchor: Frank Pereira

यूपीएससी आईएएस (प्री) सामान्य अध्ययन वर्गीकृत परीक्षा पेपर UPSC IAS (Pre.) General Studies Categorized Exam (Paper - 1) "सामान्य विज्ञान"

निर्देशः इस पुस्तक में दिए गए कथन (A) और कारण (R) संबंधी प्रश्नों के उत्तर निम्न कूटों का प्रयोग कर दिए जाने हैं:-

(a) A और R दोनों सही हैं, और त्ए । का सही स्पष्टीकरण है।
(b) A और R दोनों सही हैं, परन्तु त्ए । का सही स्पष्टीकरण नहीं है।
(c) A सही है, परन्तु R गलत है।
(d) A गलत है, परन्तु R सही है।

1. नाभिक के अलावा कोशिका के किस कोशिकांग में DNA होता है? (2001)

(a) तारक केन्द्र
(b) गॉल्जी उपकरण
(c) लाइसोसोम
(d) माइटोकॉण्ड्रियॉन

2. प्रोटीन संश्लेषण में निम्न कोशिकांगों में से किनकी भूमिका सबसे अधिक महत्वपूर्ण है? (2001)

(a) लाइसोसोम और सेंट्रोसोम
(b) अंतः द्रव्यी जालिका और राइबोसोम
(c) गॉल्जी उपकरण और माइटोकॉण्ड्रिया
(d) लाइसोसोम और माइटोकॉण्ड्रिया

3. मानव-शरीर के कौन-से अंग में लसीका-कोशिकाएँ बनती हैं? (2004)

(a) यकृत
(b) दीर्घ अस्थि
(c) अग्न्याशय
(d) तिल्ली

4. कथन (A): अमीबा, विभंजन द्वारा जनन करता है।
कथन (R): सभी एक-कोशिक जीव अलैंगिक विधियों से जनन करते हैं। (2005)

5. सूची-I (आनुवंशिकी में उपलब्धि) को सूची-II (वैज्ञानिक) से सुमेलित कीजिए तथा सूचियों के नीचे दिए गए कूटों को प्रयोग करते हुए सही उत्तर चुनिएः (2001)

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