SAT (Stage-1) Mock Test - 46

Tropical rainforests appear green all the year round as there is no definite time for the trees to shed their leaves.
These forests are found on the western slope of the Western Ghats, upper Assam through Cachar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Baby boom refers to a dramatic increase in fertility rates and in the absolute number of births. People born during these periods are often called baby boomers. The most well-known baby boom occurred in the middle of the twentieth century, beginning in late 1930s or early 1940s and ending in 1960s.

Silviculture is the practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values. It can benefit the forests by replenishing tree cover.

The rich were amateurs for two reasons:

(i) They considered sport a kind of leisure. To play for the pleasure of playing and not for money was an aristocratic value.
(ii) There was not enough money in the game for the rich to be interested.

The social superiority of amateurs was built into the customs of cricket. Amateurs were called Gentlemen while professionals had to be content with being described as Players. They entered the ground from different entrances. Amateurs tended to be batsmen, leaving the energetic, hardworking aspects of the game, like fast bowling, to the professionals. That is partly why the laws of the game always give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman.

The Koravar were one of the tribes of the Madras Presidency during the British Raj in India. They were primarily involved in the salt trade.
The Gonds are among the largest tribal groups in South Asia, and perhaps the world. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha.
The Santhals are an ethnic group native to India and Bangladesh in South Asia. The Santhals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand state of India in terms of population and are also found in the states of Assam, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal. They are the largest ethnic minority in northern Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division.

First estate consisted of the clergy that held vast land and wealth. They were a privileged class. The land owned by the first estate was tax free.
Second estate consisted of the aristocracy and controlled all the top positions in the government, parliament, the army and the navy. They were virtually exempt from paying taxes of any kind.
Third estate consisted everyone who was neither nobility nor clergy, and constituted 90% of the population. They were the poorest section, but were most heavily taxed.

John Locke sought to refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch in 'Two Treaties of Government'.
John Locke was inspired by the humanistic and enlightened viewpoint that all individuals are equal. He was of the view that no individual is created superior by the God. Hence, no individual can have any absolute and divine right to rule over others. He propounded the idea that the government should rule according to law and with the consent of the people.

Non-cooperation Movement demonstrated the willingness and ability of the masses to endure hardships and make sacrifices. It was the real mass movement with the participation of different sections of Indian society such as peasants, workers, students, teachers and women. It also marked the height of Hindu-Muslim unity as a result of the merger of Khilafat Movement.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak started two weeklies, Kesari ("The Lion") in Marathi and Mahratta in English.

The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. So, Cripps mission basically was a compromise between Congress's demand of united India and Muslim League's demand for a partitioned India.

'Jana Gana Mana' is the national anthem of India. It was originally composed as Bharat Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song Bharat Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24^th January, 1950. The poem was published in February 1905 under the title 'Bharat Bhagyo Bidhata' in the Tatwabodhini Patrika, which was the official publication of the Brahmo Samaj with Tagore as the Editor.

In a novel written in an epistolary form, private and personal form of letters is used to tell the story. Samuel Richardson wrote the novel 'Pamela' in this form in the eighteenth century.

'Yamuna Paryatan' is the earliest Marathi novel known. It was written by Baba Padmanji in 1857. It deals with the plight of widows. The simple story-telling style of this novel is effective in depicting the life, misery and hardships of widows in the 19^th century.

The forests were considered waste lands by the Britishers as these lands did not yield agricultural product nor any other revenue.
According to the waste land rules, uncultivated lands were taken and given over to selected individuals. They were granted concessions. Some of them were made Headmen.

In 1928, Motilal Nehru and eight other Congress leaders drafted a constitution for India. Thus, this was the first time the constitution for India was drafted.