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1. Which of the following inscriptions refer to sudarsana lake: (a) Asokan inscriptions (b) Rudraman’s inscriptions (c) Junagarh inscription (d) Harsha’s inscriptions
2. Under the Kisan Credit Card scheme, short-term credit support is given to farmers for which of the following purposes? 1. Working capital for maintenance of farm assets 2. Purchase of combine harvesters, tractors and mini truck 3. Consumption requirements of farm households 4. Post-harvest expenses 5. Construction of family house and setting up of village cold storage facility Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1, 2 and 5 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only (c) 2, 3, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 3. Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the recent past? 1. Minimum Support Price 2. Government’s trading 3. Government’s stockpiling 4. Consumer subsidies Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1, 2 and 4 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4. 4. Consider the following pairs: River                             Flows into 1. Mekong                    Andaman Sea 2. Thames                     Irish Sea 3. Volga                         Caspian Sea 4. Zambezi                    Indian Ocean Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 3 only (c) 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2 and 4 only 5. With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements: 1. The leader of an elephant group is a female. 2. The maximum gestation period can be 22 months. 3. An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only. 4. Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Kerala. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 4 only (c) 3 only (d) 1, 3 and 4 only   ANSWERS 1. (c) The Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman which is of Shak Samvat 72 (150-151 AD) gives information about the history of the Sudarshan lake, which is as follows-
  • Sudarshana lake was built by Pushyagupta the provincial ruler of Chandragupta Maurya. Ashoka’s governor Tushak, later drew a canal from it.
  • During the time of Rudradaman, the lake dam was broken due to excessive rainfall. Repaired it. This was done by Suvishakh, the provincial ruler of Rudradaman. No additional tax on people.
  • During the time of Skandagupta, the dam of the lake broke the due to excessive rainfall. Which was rebuilt. Chakrapalit, the son of Parnadatta, the provincial ruler of Saurashtra, repaired the lake.
2. (b) The scheme aims at providing adequate and timely credit for the comprehensive credit requirements of farmers under single window for their cultivation and other needs as indicated below: • To meet the short term credit requirements for cultivation of crops • Post harvest expenses • Produce Marketing loan • Consumption requirements of farmer household • Working capital for maintenance of farm assets, activities allied to agriculture, like dairy animals, inland fishery and also working capital required for floriculture, horticulture etc. • Investment credit requirement for agriculture and allied activities like pump sets, sprayers, dairy animals, floriculture, horticulture etc • Short term credit requirements of rearing of animals, birds, fish, shrimp, other aquatic organisms, capture of fish. 3. (d) By the following ways the price of rice in India gets affected: • MSP increases the overall price of rice in market as the traders have to buy near MSP value otherwise farmers have the option to sell to government appointed agency at MSP. • Government also carries out auction of the excess stockpile or intervenes when market prices soar to stabilize them. • Similarly stockpiling is done to offload the stock when market prices soar providing cheap rice to consumers and stocking when prices fall ensuring remunerative prices to farmers. • Government also provides subsidised food to poor at Fair price Shops. This reduces the overall demand in the open market and prices are affected. 4. (c) Mekong river flows into South China Sea after crossing Laos, (Also some parts of Myanmar) Thailand, Cambodia and lastly in Vietnam. • Thames flows into English channel. It passes through London which is on the Eastern part of U.K. Irish sea is on the Western side. • Zambezi river flows into Indian Ocean after crossing Mozambique. It is in the East Africa. • Volga flows into Caspian Sea after meandering through Russia   5. (a) Elephants live in small family groups led by old females (cows) and Gestation is the longest of any mammal (18–22 months). According to the report, released by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Karnataka has the highest number of elephants (6,049), followed by Assam (5,719) and Kerala (3,054).


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