GK Practice Question and Answer

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The following is not an example of gender stereotyping: 

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    Only boys being encouraged to in the football participate tournament.
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    Only the girls in class are asked to decorate the class boards.
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    While boys try to monopolise the class discussions, attention is given to both girls and boys to encourage participation.
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    Boys and girls are made to sit in separate rows for ensuring discipline in class.
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Answer : 3. "While boys try to monopolise the class discussions, attention is given to both girls and boys to encourage participation. "
Explanation :

The following is an example of gender stereotype.

( 1 ) Only boys being encouraged to in the football participate tournament.

( 2 ) Only the girls in class are asked to decorate the class boards.

( 3 ) Boys and girls are made to sit in separate rows for ensuring discipline in class.

Q:

Contemporary understanding of social science pedagogy encourages teachers . to do all of the following, except

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    Encourage learners to learn by reading local readin experiences of others and finding about their Suce own.
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    Promoting all learmers to give identical answers to questions so that all improve.
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    Appreciate learners ability to make questions on the given subject content and accepting it as a valid test of learning.
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    Give opportunities to learners to use their knowledge developed in the classroom Gat concrete situations.
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Answer : 2. " Promoting all learmers to give identical answers to questions so that all improve. "
Explanation :

Contemporary understanding of social science encourages teachers to do all of the following:

(1) Encourage learners to learn by reading local readin experiences of others and finding about their Suce own.

(2) Appreciate learners ability to make questions on the given subject content and accept it as a valid test of learning.

(3) Give opportunities to learners to use their knowledge developed in the classroom Gat concrete situations.

Q:

What are the D.K. Basu guidelines which were laid down by the Supreme Court of India?

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    guidelines related to prevention of sexual harassment at workplace.
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    guidelines related to protection of children from hazardous employment.
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    guidelines related to protection of women from domestic violence.
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    guidelines related to the procedures to be followed by police for arrest, detention and interrogation.
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Answer : 4. "guidelines related to the procedures to be followed by police for arrest, detention and interrogation. "
Explanation :

D.K. given by the Supreme Court of India. The Basu Instructions are instructions regarding procedures to be followed by the police during arrest, detention and interrogation.

Q:

Which of the following not a feature of Representative Democracy? 

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    Representatives chosen through elections.
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    Decision making in the hands of the representatives.
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    Direct participation of people in decision making.
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    Franchise rights to people.
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Answer : 3. "Direct participation of people in decision making. "
Explanation :

Which of the following is a characteristic of representative democracy.        

(1) Election of representative by voting

(2) The process of decision making in the hands of representatives

(3) The public has the right to vote

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What is true in the context of administration and consolidation under the Khaljis and Tughlaqs? 

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    Large parts of the subcontinent remained under the control of the Delhi Sultans.
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    The forested areas in the gangetic plain were penetrated for the first time.
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    It was difficult to control distant provinces like Bengal from Delhi .
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    Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Tughlaq forced their control in the gangetic plains for alonger duration.
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Answer : 3. "It was difficult to control distant provinces like Bengal from Delhi ."
Explanation :

1. The Khilji dynasty, founded by Jalal-ud-din Firoz Khalji, ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent between 1290 and 1320.

2. The use of slaves by the Delhi Sultans was criticized by the elites in the state.

3. Unity in the vast empire of the Sultanate depended on trusted administrators and governors.

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Under the Mahayana Buddhism

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    Buddha's presence was shown in sculpture by using certain signs.
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    Statues of Buddha were made.
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    Bodhisattvas were not accepted as they were yet to attain enlightenment.
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    Mathura and Taxila declined as centres of sculpture.
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Answer : 2. "Statues of Buddha were made. "
Explanation :

Buddhism is an Indian religion based on a series of core teachings attributed to Gautam Buddha. It originated in ancient India as a Shramana tradition between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, spreading to much of Asia.

Q:

The habitat of ‘Yakut’ tribe is

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    New Zealand
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    Congo Basin
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    Amazon Basin
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    North Siberia
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Answer : 4. "North Siberia"
Explanation :

1. Habitat of the Yakut tribe in Northern Siberia.

2. The Yakuts, or Sakha, are a Turkic ethnic group that lives primarily in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation. Their habitat also extends to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions and the Taimyr and Evenk districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

3. Yakut language belongs to the Siberian branch of Turkic languages. The Russian word Yakut is derived from Evenk Yoko.

4. In some old histories the Yakuts call themselves Sakha or Urangai Sakha.

5. The Yakuts engage in animal husbandry, traditionally focusing on the raising of horses.

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habitat of ‘Yakut’ tribe is

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    New Zealand
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    Congo Basin
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    Amazon Basin
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    North Siberia
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Answer : 4. "North Siberia"
Explanation :

1. Habitat of the Yakut tribe in Northern Siberia.

2. The Yakuts, or Sakha, are a Turkic ethnic group that lives primarily in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation. Their habitat also extends to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions and the Taimyr and Evenk districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

3. Yakut language belongs to the Siberian branch of Turkic languages. The Russian word Yakut is derived from Evenk Yoko.

4. In some old histories the Yakuts call themselves Sakha or Urangai Sakha.

5. The Yakuts engage in animal husbandry, traditionally focusing on the raising of horses.

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