🚨 This story is part of our special initiative for UPSC and other competitive exams. Look out for UPSC KEY on weekdays and UPSC Essentials everyday, Weekly news express with MCQs, Key Terms of the past week, Quizzes as well as The Indian Express 360° Upsc Debate, Society & Social Justice, UPSC Mains Practice, Art and Culture with Devdutt Pattanaik, UPSC Ethics Simplified, Experts Talk, and more. 🚨 UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of daily subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Each day, we cover one new subject. Attempt today’s subject quiz on History, Culture, and Social Issues to check your progress. Come back tomorrow to solve the Environment, Geography, Science and Technology MCQs. Don’t miss checking the answers and explanations at the end of the quiz. QUESTION 1 With reference to the Kui Language, consider the following statements: 1. It is one of the uncultivated aboriginal dialects of the Austric group of languages. 2. Absence of words that signify the higher forms of thought - is a general characteristic of Kui language. Which of the Statement(s) given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 QUESTION 2 With reference to the SAKSHAM Learning Management Information System (LMIS), consider the following statements: 1. It is a unified platform for providing online training and medical education to all health professionals in the country. 2. The digital learning platform has been developed by the Ministry of Education. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 QUESTION 3 The Zo peoples were recently in the news. Consider the following tribes 1. Kuki 2. Paitei 3. Thadou 4. Lai How many of the above tribes come under the category of Zo people? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) Only three (d) All of the above QUESTION 4 Consider the following demands associated with Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny: 1. Release of all political prisoners including those from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA). 2. Revision of pay and allowances to put RIN employees on a par with their counterparts in the Royal Navy. 3. Demand for better food and working conditions. 4. To keep Indian forces stationed in Indonesia. How many of the statements given above are correct? (a) Only one (b) Only two (c) Only three (d) None QUESTION 5 Which of the following states has received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Ngotekherh? (a) Mizoram (b) Manipur (c) Assam (d) Sikkim ANSWERS TO THE MCQs 1. (b) FYI: According to the Author, Friend-Pereira, J. E. in his book - A Grammar of the Kui Language, the Kui language is one of the uncultivated aboriginal dialects of the Dravidian group of languages. Hence, statement 1 is not correct. The Dravidian languages belong to the class of Agglutinative languages. The general characteristics of Kui languages are: 1. Absence of words that signify the higher forms of thought. Hence, there are no abstract nouns to express an ideal entity as existing separate and distinct from a concrete object. Hence, statement 2 is correct. 2. Inadequate number of words to mark and differentiate between the various kinds of moral qualities and the various forms of higher activities. 3. Absence of any systematic attempt by the addition of formative particles as in the literary languages: (i) to draw a distinction between the substantival and verbal forms of words. (ii) to discriminate between the intransitive and transitive signification of verbs and the substantial adjectival forms of nouns, and (iii) to form a group of related words from a common generic root. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer. (Source: indianculture.gov.in) 2. (a) FYI: The digital learning platform, SAKSHAM (Stimulating Advanced Knowledge for Sustainable Health Management), a Learning Management Information System (LMIS) has been developed by the National Institute of Health & Family Welfare (NIHFW). Hence, statement 2 is not correct. It is a dedicated and unified platform for all health professionals in the country to get online training and medical education. Hence, statement 1 is correct. This digital learning platform will enable the inclusive capacity building of health professionals ranging from basic healthcare clinics in rural and remote locations to tertiary care and corporate hospitals in metropolitan cities. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer. (Source: pib.gov.in) 3. (d) FYI: The Chin Hills, or Indo-Chin hill ranges, is a thickly forested region with an elevation of 2,100-3,000 metres in northwestern Myanmar. The Hills are home to a large number of tribes that come under the Zo umbrella. The Zo peoples include all tribes of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo ethnic group spread across Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh, along with many sub-tribes and clans such as the Chin, Kuki, Mizo, Lushei, Zomi, Paitei, Hmar, Ralte, Pawi, Lai, Mara, Gangte, Thadou, etc. The tribes are believed to have migrated from China through Tibet to settle in Myanmar and speak a group of Tibeto-Burman languages. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer. 4. (c) FYI: The morning after February 18, 1946, somewhere between 10,000-20,000 sailors joined the strike, as did shore establishments in Karachi, Madras, Calcutta, Mandapam, Visakhapatnam, and the Andaman Islands. The immediate trigger was the demand for better food and working conditions, the agitation soon turned into a wider demand for independence from British rule. Hence, statement 3 is correct. The protesting sailors demanded: Release of all political prisoners including those from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA). Hence, statement 1 is correct. Action against the commander for ill-treatment and using insulting language. Revision of pay and allowances to put RIN employees on a par with their counterparts in the Royal Navy. Hence, statement 2 is correct. Demobilisation of RIN personnel with provisions for peacetime employment. Release of Indian forces stationed in Indonesia, and better treatment of subordinates by their officers. Hence, statement 4 is not correct. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer. 5. (a) FYI: Ngotekherh is generally 63" in length and 45" in breadth. The size can vary slightly depending on the size of women wearing it. The ground fabric of Ngotekherh is white with horizontal shadowy black stripes which is produced by using white and black weft alternately in the white vertical warp. Ngotekherh is woven in two pieces lengthwise and are sewn together (called Zungthui, meaning sewn together or stitched by hand) in the middle forming a complete puan. It is a popular traditional cloth of the Mizo people. Mizoram has received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Ngotekherh under Sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer. (Source: search.ipindia.gov.in) Previous Daily Subject-Wise-Quiz Daily subject-wise quiz — Polity and Governance (Week 21) Daily Subject-wise quiz — History, Culture, and Social Issues (Week 20) Daily subject-wise quiz — Environment, Geography, Science and Technology (Week 20) Daily subject-wise quiz — Economy (Week 20) Daily subject-wise quiz – International Relations (Week 20) Subscribe to our UPSC newsletter and stay updated with the news cues from the past week.
