Daily MCQs – Day 10 – 26th July 2017 – Solutions

Q.1) Consider the following statements about Pulicat Lake:

1. Pulicat Lake is located at the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
2. Pulicat lake is the second largest fresh water lake in India.
3. It is an important sanctuary for Tortise hatching.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 Only
b) 1 and 2 Only
c) 2 and 3 Only
d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans. A

Explanation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulicat_Lake

Q.2) Consider the following statement with reference to Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013:

1. The Act provided for the establishment of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) at each and every office or branches of the organization employing 50 or more employees.
2. The Act provides for the establishment of local complaints committee (LCC) at the district level by the Government to investigate and redress complaints of sexual harassment of the unorganized sector.

Choose the correct statements from the options given below

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans. B

Explanation:

Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013

• The Act provided for the establishment of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) at each and every office or branches of the organization employing 10 or more employees, in order to provide a forum for filing complaints to facilitate fast redressal of the grievances pertaining to sexual harassment.
• It also provided for the establishment of local complaints committee (LCC) at the district level by the Government to investigate and redress complaints of sexual harassment of the unorganized sector or from those establishments where the ICC has not been constituted for the reason being, it having less than 10 employees.

Q.3) Consider the following statement with reference to Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP):

1. RCEP is viewed as an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
2. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the six states with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements.

Choose the correct statements from the options given below

a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans. C

Explanation:
http://www.ias4sure.com/wikiias/prelims/rcep-2/

Q.4) Consider the following statements regarding saprophytic nutrition.

1. The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition.
2. Fungi like yeast and mushrooms are examples of saprophytic nutrition.
3. Fungi also grow on pickles, leather, clothes and other articles that are left in hot and humid weather for long time.
4. The fungal spores are generally present in the air. When they land on wet and warm things they germinate and grow.

Which of the above are true?

a) 1 , 2 and 3 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 4 only
d) All of these.

Ans. D

Explanation:

You might have seen packets of mushrooms sold in the vegetable market. You may have also seen fluffy umbrella-like patches growing on rotting wood during the rainy season.These organisms are called fungi. They have a different mode of nutrition. They secrete digestive juices on the dead and decaying matter and convert it into a solution. Then they absorb the nutrients from it. This mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition.Plants which use saprotrophic mode of nutrition are called saprotrophs. Fungi also grow on pickles, leather, clothes and other articles that are left in hot and humid weather for long time.many fungi like yeast and mushrooms are useful, but some fungi cause diseases in plants, animals and humans. Some fungi are also used in medicines.
Hence all the statements are true. So correct answer is option d).

Source: NCERT Science Class 7th Chapter 1

Q.5) Which of the following can be reasons why children from Dalit , Adivasi and Muslim communities leave school?

1. Poor areas, there may not even be proper schools nor teachers who teach on a regular basis.
2. Families are too poor and unable to bear the cost of educating all their children
3. They are discriminated against by their teacher and classmates.

a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. All of these

Ans. D

Explanation:
There are several reasons why children from Dalit , Adivasi and Muslim communities leave school. In many parts of the country, especially in rural and poor areas, there may not even be proper schools nor teachers who teach on a regular basis. If a school is not close to people’s homes, and there is no transport like buses or vans, parents may not be willing to send their girls to school. Many families are too poor and unable to bear the cost of educating all their children. Boys may get preference in this situation. Many children also leave school because they are discriminated against by their teacher and classmates.