UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz: History, Culture and Social issues MCQs on Northeast India, underwater tourism, and more (Week 97)

QUESTION 1

Arrange the following events/committees in chronological order:

1. Montford Reforms

2. Hartog Committee

3. Komagata Maru Incident

4. Muddiman Committee

Select the correct code:

(a) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2

(b) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4

(c) 3 – 4 – 1 – 2

(d) 1 – 4 – 3 – 2

Explanation: 

Komagata Maru Incident (1914) → Montford Reforms (1919) → Muddiman Committee (1924) → Hartog Committee (1929).

Therefore, (a) is the correct answer. 

QUESTION 2

Recently, historical evidence has been obtained establishing the literary contributions of poetess Shilabhattarika. She was associated with which of the following dynasties of India?

(a) Chalukya

(b) Maurya

(c) Kadamba

(d) Chera

Explanation: 

Linguists at the city-based Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) have recently obtained historical evidence establishing the literary contributions of poetess Shilabhattarika, the daughter of Chalukya ruler Pulakeshin II.

The evidence was obtained from one of five copper plates that contained more than 60 sentences in Sanskrit written in Brahmi script.

Therefore, (a) is the correct answer. 

QUESTION 3

Match the following places with their corresponding locations:

Monuments/Projects                                                       Locations

1. Dara Shikoh Library Building                                       A. Dwarka

2. National Maritime Heritage Complex                         B. Delhi

3. India’s First Underwater Tourism Facility                 C. Lothal

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 – B, 2 – C, 3 – A

(b) 1 – C, 2 – A, 3 – B

(c) 1 – A, 2 – B, 3 – C

(d) 1 – B, 2 – A, 3 – C

Explanation: 

1. Dara Shikoh Library Building     : Delhi

2. National Maritime Heritage Complex    : Lothal

3. India’s First Underwater Tourism Facility   : Dwarka

Therefore, (a) is the correct answer. 

QUESTION 4

The Bhoomi Rashi Portal is designed for:

(a) Land acquisition for infrastructure projects

(b) Assessing agricultural land fertility

(c) Digitization of rural land records

(d) The process to transfer the property in the legal heirs name

Explanation: 

According to morth.nic.in, “The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India has designed Bhoomi Rashi as a single point platform for online processing of land acquisition notifications under the National Highways Act, 1956 to accelerate highway infrastructure development projects in India.”

Therefore, (a) is the correct answer. 

QUESTION 5

Consider the following statements regarding Northeast India:

1. The North-Eastern Council (NEC) is a constitutional body responsible for the development planning of Northeast India.

2. Before Independence, seven present-day Northeastern states were part of colonial Assam.

3. Sikkim became an independent country in 1947, before being annexed by India in 1975.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 3 only

(d) 1 and 3 only

Explanation: 

The Northeast

Northeast India officially comprises eights states — Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura — which are a part of the North-Eastern Council, a statutory advisory body that plays a role in development planning, and region-level policy making. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect. 

Pre-Independence, five of these eight present-day states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram) were a part of colonial Assam. Manipur and Tripura were princely states, with resident British political officers answering to the governor of Assam. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect. 

Sikkim, the most unique of the eight, was juridically independent but under British paramountcy. It became an independent country in 1947, before being annexed by India in 1975. In 2001 Sikkim was made a member of the North Eastern Council, and thus officially a part of the Northeast. Hence, statement 3 is correct.

Therefore, (c) is the correct answer. 

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