SAT (Stage-1) Mock Test - 13

The 42^nd Amendment changed the description of India from a "sovereign democratic republic" to a "sovereign, socialist secular democratic republic", and also changed the words "unity of the nation" to "unity and integrity of the nation".

Mica is a non-metallic mineral and is one of the indispensable minerals used in electrical and electron­ics industry.

Monazite is an important ore for thorium. Thorium is found abundantly in beach sands of Kerala.

Bauxite is the primary ore of aluminium.
Biotite is an ore for mica.
Magnetite is an ore of iron and anthracite is a compact variety of coal.

Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram touch the boundaries of Myanmar. Meghalaya is not one of them.

Ladakh is the highest altitude plateau region in India (much of it being over 3000 m), incorporating parts of the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River Valley.

Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia. It is sited in Bandipora district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River.

The moist deciduous forests are more pronounced in the regions which record rainfall between 100-200 cm. Teak, sal, shisham, hurra, mahua, amla, semul, kusum, and sandalwood, etc. are the main species of these forests.

The Nanda Devi National Park, established in 1982, is a national park and a bio-reserve situated around the peak of Nanda Devi (7816 m) in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India.

In India, Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram. Bihar is not one of them.

India is rich in biodiversity. It is one of the Megadiverse Countries of the world. The great variety of ecological conditions prevailing in India such as its tropical location, climate and physical features all aid in supporting an enormous diversity of wildlife.

Liberalisation of the economy means to free it from direct or physical controls imposed by the government.

The poverty ratio of Bihar is 33.74%, while that of Himachal Pradesh is 8.06%, of Assam is 31.98% and of Uttar Pradesh is 29.43%

Cooperative Credit Societies Act came out in 1904. Subsequently, a more comprehensive legislation called the Cooperative Societies Act was enacted. This Act, inter alia, provided for the creation of the post of registrar of cooperative societies and registration of cooperative societies for various purposes and audit.

DH Robertson defines money as: "The term money will be used to denote anything which is widely accepted in payment for goods, or in discharge of other kinds of business obligations."