Current Affairs & General Knowledge Test - 4

“Public Good” is a Commodity whose benefits are indivisibly spread among the entire community.

Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar, popularly known as Thakkar Bapa founded the Bhil Seva Mandal in 1922. He was an Indian social worker who worked for the upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat state in India.

Idol worship was practiced in this period' is correct regarding the nature of the religion of the Later Vedic period.

In the Later Vedic period, the two outstanding Rig Vedic Gods, Indra and Agni, lost their former importance. On the other hand, Prajapati, the creator, came to occupy the supreme position in the later Vedic pantheon. Some of the other minor Gods of the Rig Vedic period also came to the forefront Rudra, the god of animals, became important in later Vedic times and Vishnu came to be conceived as the preserver and protector of the people who now led a settled life instead of a semi-nomadic life as they did in Rig Vedic times. Therefore option (A) is incorrect.

In addition, some symbolic objects began to be worshipped, and we notice signs of idolatry in later Vedic times. Therefore, option(B) is correct.

As society became divided into social classes such as Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, vaishyas and Shudras, some of the social orders came to have their own deities. Pushan, who was supposed to look after cattle, came to be regarded as the God of the Shudras. Therefore, option (C) is incorrect.

People worshipped Gods for the same material reasons in this period as they did in earlier times. However, the mode of worship changed considerably. Prayers continued to be recited, but they ceased to be the dominant mode of placating the gods. Sacrifices became far more important, and they assumed both public and domestic character. Therefore, option (D) is incorrect.

Ala-ud-Din Hasan Bahman Shah established the Bahmani Kingdom.

The Bahmani Kingdom was a Muslim state of the Deccan in South India and one of the major medieval Indian kingdoms.

This empire was established by Turkic general Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah after revolting against the Delhi Sultanate of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

The Marathi stage and film actor, Shrikant Moghe has passed away. He was popular for his work in both Marathi and Hindi languages. He was born at Kirloskarwadi in the Sangli district of Maharashtra. He is known for his performances in Marathi films like Madhuchandra, Sinhaasan, Gammat Jammat and Umbaratha, and plays such as Varyavarchu Varaat and Tuze Aahe Tujapashi.

Economic Survey is presented in the Parliament a working day before the Budget.

Since Independence, the Economic Survey was presented alongside the Budget, but was delinked in 1964 and was presented in advance, a practice that continues to date. The Economic Survey 2022 was presented on 31 January 2022 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The level of urbanization is not an indicator of the Human Development Index.

The Human Development Index(HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (literacy rate, gross enrollment ratio at different levels and net attendance ratio), and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. A country scores a higher HDI when the lifespan is higher, the education level is higher, and the gross national income GNI(PPP) per capita is higher.

Urbanization refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. So the term urbanization can represent the level of urban development relative to the overall population, or it can represent the rate at which the urban proportion is increasing.

The Isotherm Line,  which divides the India North-South into almost two equal parts in January is 20°C. 

• Isotherms are the lines that connect points of equal temperature on weather maps, so at every point along a given isotherm, the temperature values are the same.
• Isotherms help to visualize and to interpret the horizontal temperature distribution of an area by showing the patterns of temperature on a weather or oceanography map.
• Constructing the map of isotherms is an elementary step in the temperature data analysis, and the process, in general, is known as contouring.
• It can even be done for other parameters like barometric pressure (isobars), dew point temperature (isodrosotherms), geopotential height (isohypses), wind speed (isotachs), and salinity (isohalines). Isotherms are always smooth, labeled with the values, and mostly parallel to each other. 
• The isotherm of 20°C runs roughly parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.

Journalist P. Sainath has been selected as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka Prize 2021.

Shri Sainath will receive the 'Grand Prize' of the Fukuoka Prize, while the Academic Award and the Art and Culture Award will be presented by Prof. Kishimoto Mio and Thailand-based filmmaker Prabda Yoon. In the last 30 years, 115 people from 28 countries have received the award.

A car moving in a uniform circular motion will have a non-zero but not a constant acceleration.

The acceleration is related to the change in velocity, either in magnitude (speed), or direction.

• The direction of the car would continuously change when it is in a uniform circular motion.
• So, even if the speed is constant, there is an associated acceleration which is not zero, but a non-zero number.
• Again, acceleration is not a constant as the sharper the curve would be, the greater would be the acceleration.