SAT (Stage-1) Mock Test - 33

Tawa Dam is located at the joining of Tawa river and Denwa river, in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. It was built in 1978. It was mainly built for irrigation purpose. This dam irrigates a large area of Hoshangabad district.

Option (2) is correct. Construction of such dams displaces large number of peasants and tribals, which stay nearby. Also, poor tribals who do not get any benefits from these projects are alienated from their lands without adequate compensation. The oustees of the Tawa Dam are still fighting up for the benefits they were promised.

Silviculture is the practice of controlling the growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values. Silviculture prevents soil erosion, maintains a perfect water cycle in nature and increases the area of earth under forests.
Silviculture usually relies on management of ecosystems that closely mimic those found in nature. For this reason, silviculture is often described as applied forest ecology.

The use of private vehicles causes traffic congestion and lot of pollution in the city. Also, The large urban cities span a bigger area and have a high population density. Therefore, the authorities and activists promote the use of public transport in big cities.

Hence, both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Cartographers use colours on maps to represent certain features. Colour use is always consistent on a single map and often consistent across different types of maps made by different cartographers and publishers. The yellow colour on a map represent plateaus and highlands.

Plains - Green colour
Water bodies - Blue colour
Mountains - Brown colour

Maps do not help in finding the temperature of a place.
There are two types of maps: political and physical. The most important purpose of a political map is to show territorial borders. The purpose of a physical map is to show features of geography such as mountains, soil type or land use including infrastructure such as roads, railroads and buildings.

The European Theory about the origin of the Aryans has been supported by Sir William Jones, Giles (Hungary) and Morgan (Western Siberia).
Max Muller was the supporter of Central Asian Theory.

The source of the Doctrine of Trimurti is Maitrayani Upanishad.
Trimurti in Hinduism is a triad of three gods - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The concept was known at least by the time of Kalidasa's poem 'Kumarasambhava'. The Trimurti collapses the three gods into a single form with three faces. Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as destroyer.

The ninth Mandala of the Rig Veda is compilation of Soma Hymns. The mandala has 114 hymns, entirely devoted to Sóma Pávamāna, "Purifying Soma", the sacred potion of the Vedic religion.

Sabha is a smaller body of elites. Sabha was a gathering of elect and the rich patrons, as clear from the term 'Sabheya', i.e. 'worthy of assembly', used for its members. Its decisions (resolutions) were binding on all and inviolable. It also definitely acted as the national judicature.

Samiti is a folk assembly. The Samiti, which was then existing, corresponds to a national assembly (of all the people) and the Sabha to the Council of Elders. This broadly suggests that the Sabha probably was a Council of Elders or Nobles corresponding to the second chamber.

Vidatha is a tribal assembly. Vidatha was an assembly meant for secular, religious and military purpose. Vidatha is frequently associated with woman women actively participated in the deliberations with men.

Gana is an assembly or a troop. The leader of the Gana is generally called Ganapati.

The motto 'Satyamev Jayate' has been taken from the Mundaka Upanishad. It is also inscribed below the Emblem of India. Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950. It is inscribed in script at the base of the Lion Capital of Ashoka and forms an integral part of the national emblem. The emblem and the words "Satyameva Jayate" are inscribed on one side of all Indian currency. The emblem is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka which was erected around 250 BCE at Sarnath, near Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A large group of protestors, participating in the Non-Cooperation Movement, clashed with the police at Chauri Chaura, who opened fire. In retaliation, the demonstrators attacked and set fire to a police station, killing all of its occupants. The incident led to the deaths of three civilians and 22 or 23 policemen. Mahatma Gandhi, who was strictly against violence, halted the Non-Cooperation Movement on the national level as a direct result of this incident.

The first Satyagrahi selected was Acharya Vinoba Bhave, who was sent to jail when he spoke against the war. The second Satyagrahi was Jawahar Lal Nehru. The Individual Satyagraha was not to seek independence but to affirm the right of speech. Individual Satyagarh was the outcome of August Offer.

Rabindranath Tagore was a famous personality who returned the knighthood bestowed upon him by the British in 1915 in the wake of Non-Cooperation Movement started by Gandhi.
Rabindranath Tagore, while being quite liberal in his approach towards politics, had a firm stand favouring his countrymen in the fight for freedom. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the English empire's knighthood in February of 1915, which reminds us of the nationalist in him. He returned his knighthood to the British Empire in the wake of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919.

The Sepoy Revolt was the first serious threat to British rule in India in the 1800s. It was begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company. It spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow. Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence was widespread, but it was unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59.
Gulab Singh was a soldier in the 22^nd Infantry Regiment. He was posted at Ambala, Haryana, and took part in the Great Revolt of 1857.
So, both the given statements are true.

Solankis ruled in Kathiawar, Gujarat and not Eastern Rajasthan. All others are correctly paired, Kalachuris ruled in Jabalpur, Tomars in Delhi, and Chandellas in Bundelkhand.