UPSC Essentials : Daily Subject-wise quiz | History, Culture, and Social Issues (Week 34)

The above-mentioned lines refer to which nationalist leader?

(a) Chittaranjan Das

(b) Shyamji Krishna Varma

(c) Dadabhai Naoroji

(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

QUESTION 2

Consider the following statements:

1. Khajuri Guda (Date Palm Jaggery/gur) is a natural sweetener with delicious taste as it is produced from sweet juice of palm called Neera.

2. The Khajuri Guda is prepared by the tribal communities.

3. Diabetics can use this guda in their dishes in conjunction with their doctors because of its low sugar content.

The above-mentioned statements refer to a GI product Khajuri Guda. It belongs to:

(a) West Bengal

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Meghalaya

(d) Odisha

QUESTION 3

Consider the following events:

1. Cripps Mission

2. Quit India Movement

3. Wavell Plan

4. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny

What is the correct chronological order of these events?

(a) 2—3—4—1

(b) 2—1—3—4

(c) 2—4—1—3

(d) 2—1—4—3

QUESTION 4

The Nobel Prize for Literature 2023 has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Olav Fosse

(a) for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.

(b) for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.

(c) for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.

(d) for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.

QUESTION 5

Which of the following villages is being recognised as the “World’s Best Tourism Village” by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) for conserving local values, sustainable development, cultural diversity and local cuisine?

(a) Ladhpura Khas

(b) Dhordo

(c) Kongthong

(d) Pochampally

ANSWERS TO THE MCQs

1. (b)

FYI:

— Shyamji Krishna Varma was considered as a staunch nationalist, who founded the Indian Home Rule Society, India House and The Indian Sociologist in London.

— The monthly Indian Sociologist became an outlet for nationalist ideas and through the Indian Home Rule Society, he criticised the British rule in India.

— Shyamji Krishna Varma became the first President of Bombay Arya Samaj, was an admirer of Dayanand Saraswati, and he inspired Veer Savarkar who was a member of India House in London.

— He also served as the Divan of a number of states in India.

— In the face of criticism by the British, Varma, shifted his base from England to Paris and continued his movement. After the outbreak of the Second World War, however, he moved to Geneva in Switzerland and spent the rest of his life there. He died on March 30, 1930.

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

2. (d)

FYI:

— Odisha Khajuri Guda (Odisha Date Palm Jaggery/gur) is a natural sweetener with delicious taste as it is produced from sweet juice of palm called Neera.

— The Khajuri Guda is prepared by the tribal communities (Soura/ Lanjia Soura) of Gajapati, Boudh, Angul & Dhenkanal districts in Odisha.

— During the production season, from October to March, Khajuri Guda is produced in large numbers in the Odisha districts of Gajapati, Boudh, Angul, and Dhenkanal.

— Odisha Khajuri Guda is natural and organic by default prepared traditionally.

— Due to its low sugar percentage and the diabetics can also use this guda in their dishes in consultation with physicians. This jaggery is delicious and supplements the iron and vitamin deficiency.

Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.

(Source: search.ipindia.gov.in)

3. (a)

FYI:

Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.

4. (c)

FYI:

— The Nobel Prize for Literature 2023 has been awarded to Norwegian author Jon Olav Fosse, for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”.

— Jon Fosse presents everyday situations that are instantly recognisable in our own lives. His radical reduction of language and dramatic action expresses the most powerful human emotions of anxiety and powerlessness in the simplest terms.

— Jon Fosse writes in Norwegian Nynorsk, the less popular of the two official Norwegian dialects. After receiving the Nobel honour, he stated that he saw the award as an acknowledgment of this language and the movement that promotes it, and that he ultimately owed the honour to the language itself.

Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.

5. (b)

FYI:

— Dhordo village in Kutch district is being recognised as the “World’s Best Tourism Village” by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

— Of the eight entries from India, Dhordo is the only village that has been awarded with the distinction.

— Since 2021, the UNWTO has recognised villages in order to promote sustainable tourism development. The UNWTO is a United Nations agency that promotes tourism for long-term sustainability.

— Villages leading in conserving local values, sustainable development, cultural diversity and local cuisine are considered for the best village.

— Dhordo in Kutch is celebrated for its rich cultural heritage and natural beauty.

Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

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