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Prelims Booster - 01-August-2024 | 5 Questions daily| UPSC and State PSC

 1. Justice Gorla Rohini's Commission is related to the?

a) Committees of Poverty Estimation

b) Committees of Panchayati Raj Institution

c) Committees of Women Reservation in Parliament and State Assemblies

d) Sub-categorisation of OBCs


Answer. d) Sub-categorisation of OBCs.

The Rohini Commission was instituted on October 2, 2017. The Commission conducted a background study on the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes.


2. "Transit Oriented Development (TOD)" often appears in the news, it is related to?

a) Skill Development Program

b) Improvement in Higher education

c) Urban Planning Approach

d) Employment generation 


Answer. c) Urban Planning Approach.

In the Union Budget 2024-25, Transit Oriented Development (TOD) for 14 large cities was announced.

"Transit Oriented Development (TOD)" is an urban planning approach that focuses on creating compact, walkable communities centered around high-quality public transport systems.


3. In the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, an initiative of six countries, which of the following is/are not a participant/ participants? (UPSC 2015)

a) Thailand

b) Cambodia

c) China

d) Myanmar


Answer. c) China.

Both the Ganga and the Mekong are civilizational rivers, and the initiative aims to facilitate closer contact among the people living in these two major river basins.

Mekong-Ganga Cooperation was established in 2000.

India, Myanmar,  Lao, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are the six member countries of the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation.


4. Gandikota Canyon of South India was created by which one of the following rivers? ( UPSC 2022)

a) Cauvery

b) Manjira

c) Pennar

d) Tungabhadra


Answer. c) Pennar River is located in Andhra Pradesh and is known as the Grand Canyon of India.


5. The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of: ( UPSC 2021)

a) Brown forest soil

b) Fissure volcanic rock

c) Granite and schist

d) Shale and limestone


Answer. b) Fissure volcanic rock

The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of Fissure volcanic rock.


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