Daily MCQs – 9th Nov 23

General Studies UPSC Prelims:

Top Multiple-Choice Questions for UPSC/ IAS Paper, PCS and other Competitive Exams: Daily MCQs on Indian Polity, Indian Geography, History, Environment, Science and Technology, Current Affairs, Economics, Art and Culture, etc.

 

Q1. Citizenship of India can be acquired in which of the following ways?

1. Citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution
2. Citizenship by birth
3. Citizenship by descent
4. Citizenship by registration
5. Citizenship by naturalization
6. By incorporation of territory (by the Government of India)

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
• 3, 4 and 5 only
• 1, 2 and 6 only
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Answer: (d)

Explanation:

• People who were domiciled in India as on 26th November 1949 automatically became citizens of India by virtue of citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution.
• Persons who were born in India on or after 26th January 1950 but before 1st July 1987 are Indian citizens.
• A person born after 1st July 1987 is an Indian citizen if either of the parents was a citizen of India at the time of birth.
• Persons born after 3rd December 2004 are Indian citizens if both parents are Indian citizens or if one parent is an Indian citizen and the other is not an illegal migrant at the time of birth.
• Citizenship by birth is not applicable for children of foreign diplomatic personnel and those of enemy aliens.
• Termination of citizenship is possible in three ways according to the Act:
• Renunciation: If any citizen of India who is also a national of another country renounces his Indian citizenship through a declaration in the prescribed manner, he ceases to be an Indian citizen. When a male person ceases to be a citizen of India, every minor child of his also ceases to be a citizen of India. However, such a child may within one year after attaining full age become an Indian citizen by making a declaration of his intention to resume Indian citizen ship.
• Termination: Indian citizenship can be terminated if a citizen knowingly or voluntarily adopts the citizenship of any foreign country.
• Deprivation: The government of India can deprive a person of his citizenship in some cases. But this is not applicable for all citizens. It is applicable only in the case of citizens who have acquired the citizenship by registration, naturalization, or only by Article 5 Clause (c) (which is citizenship at commencement for a domicile in India and who has ordinarily been a resident of India for not less than 5 years immediately preceding the commencement of the Constitution).

 

Q2. Eye of the tropical cyclone is the region of:

• Lowest surface pressure and lowest temperature
• Lowest surface pressure and warmest temperature
• Highest surface pressure and lowest temperature
• Highest surface pressure and warmest temperature

Answer: (b)

Explanation:

The eye is region of lowest surface pressure and warmest temperatures. The eye is surrounded by eyewall, it is the area of highest surface winds in the tropical cyclone. The eye is composed of air that is slowly sinking and the eyewall has a net upward flow.

 

Q3. Consider the following statements:

1. Dark Sky Reserve is a public or private land of substantial size possessing an exceptional or distinguished quality of starry nights and nocturnal environment.
2. A dark sky reserve requires a “core” area that has a clear sky without any light pollution.

Choose the correct statement(s) using the code given below

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (c)

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: India’s first dark sky reserve is set to come up in Hanle, Ladakh, by the end of the year.At present, there are 20 dark sky reserves around the world, seven in the United Kingdom; four in France; two each in the USA and Germany; and one each in New Zealand, Canada, Namibia, and Australia.The International Dark Sky Association (IDSA) defines an international dark sky reserve (IDSR) as a public or private land of substantial size (at least 700 km², or about 173,000 acres) possessing an exceptional or distinguished quality of starry nights and nocturnal environment, and that is specifically protected for its scientific, natural, educational, cultural heritage, and/or public enjoyment.

Statement 2 is correct: A dark sky reserve requires a “core” area that has a clear sky without any light pollution, which can enable telescopes to see the sky in its natural darkness.To support the core, it should be surrounded by a “peripheral” or “buffer” area that supports dark sky values in the core while receiving the same benefits.

 

Q4. Ten-degree channel lies between

• Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island
• South Andaman and Little Andaman
• North Andaman and Middle Andaman
• Little Nicobar and Great Nicobar

Answer: (a)

Explanation:

Refer the map

 

Q5. Consider the following statements:

1. Aurobindo Ghose was qualified the Indian Civil Services examination.
2. Aurobindo Ghose published Indu Prakash and New Lamps for Old.

Choose the correct statement(s) using the code given below

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b)

Explanation:

Statement 1 incorrect: He did not share the hatred for the British that drove Phadke and the Chapekar brothers, both from families that had little access to English education. Born in 1872 in a professional middle-class Bengali family, Ghose was educated in England and trained to take the Indian Civil Services examination. He failed to qualify on account of poor horsemanship, returned to India and was employed by the Gaekwad of Baroda in the state’s land-revenue department in 1893.

Statement 2 is correct: Titled ‘New Lamps for Old’ and published in the Bombay weekly Indu Prakash between 1893 and 1894, the series offered a systematic critique of the Congress from a nationalist perspective.