SAT (Stage-2) Mock Test - 39

As per Article 32, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India is the guardian and protector of fundamental rights and any person, whose fundamental rights are violated, can directly approach the Supreme Court for remedy. Any matter regarding the enforcement of fundamental rights comes under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
Apart from this, Supreme Court is the highest interpreter of the Constitution and tribunal for final settlements of the disputes between centre and states, as well as between states.
If one's property is forcefully occupied by the other, he cannot file a case directly in the Supreme court.

Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forest, having thin organic and organic-mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on an illuvial red layer. Red soils are generally derived from crystalline rock. They are usually poor growing soils, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate because of its low water holding capacity.

Sesame is one of the oldest oilseed crops widely grown in Africa and Asia for its high-quality nutritional seeds.
Copra, an oilseed, refers to the dried coconut kernels from which coconut oil is expelled.

Rabi Crops- Rabi crops or rabi harvest are agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The major rabi crop in India is wheat, followed by barley, mustard, sesame and peas.

Zaid Crops- Zaid crops are summer season crops. They grow for a short time period between kharif and rabi crops, mainly from March to June. Some of the crops produced during zaid season are watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops. Sugarcane takes almost a year to grow.

Kharif Crops- Kharif crops lasts from June to November depending on the area. Rice, maize, jute and cotton are some of the major Kharif crops in India.

Hence, the correct answer is (A) – (i), (iii); (B) – (v), (vi); (C) – (ii), (iv)

India lies in the region of north easterly winds. These winds originate from the subtropical high-pressure belt of the northern hemisphere.

The rivers Ganga and Brahmputra form the Sunderban delta. The Sundarban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Ganges, Hooghly, Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh. The seasonally flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe.

Palk Strait separates India from Sri lanka. The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest.

The Sivalik Hills is a mountain range of the outer Himalayas. This range is about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) long enclosing an area that starts almost from the Indus and ends close to the Brahmaputra, with a gap of about 90 kilometres (56 mi) between the Teesta and Raidak rivers in Assam. The width of the Sivalik Hills varies from 10 to 50 km (6.2 to 31.1 mi), their average elevation is 1,500 to 2,000 m (4,900 to 6,600 ft).

Jog Falls, Gerosppa Falls or Joga Falls is the second highest plunge waterfall in India, located in Sagara, Taluk, Karnataka.

National Highway connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata is termed as Golden Quadrilateral because these cities are big and most famous cities in India.

Out of all the options, only Narmada is the river valley which is not associated with coal deposits.

Reserve - energy from water; national resource - canal; potential resource - wind energy; community owned - parks.

Population becomes human capital when there is investment made in the form of education, training and medical care.

Under collectivisation, land was taken away from peasants, Kulaks eliminated and large state controlled farms established. Peasants were forced to cultivate on these collective farms (Kolkboz). Many peasants resisted collectivisation. Resistance was severely punished. Many peasants were deported or exiled.

Option 4 is correct. By 1862, the Assam region produced over 1.5 million pounds of tea per year, and by 1888 the British tea imports from India comprised more of the nation's tea than did imports from China. The Assam Company still exists and is a major player in the tea industry, with annual manufacturing numbers of over 15 million pounds of tea.