Social Studies MCQ (1 Mark)

(a) 3.28 million sq km
Explanation: 3.28 million sq km

(b) Disguised unemployment
Explanation: Disguised unemployment: In this situation, more people are engaged in work than required. They all appear to be employed. It is also called Hidden unemployment.

(a) 1905 Revolution
Explanation: The incident, known as Bloody Sunday, started a series of events that became known as the 1905 Revolution.

(a) Chilika lake
Explanation: Chilika lake

(c) Goa
Explanation: Goa (with 3,702 Sq km area is the smallest state)

(a) Cultural and educational right
Explanation: As per Cultural and Educational Right, admission to any educational institution maintained by the government or receiving government aid cannot be denied to any citizen on the ground of religion or language.

(b) Marie Antoinette
Explanation: Louis XVI get married the Austrian princess Marie Antoinette. She was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.

(b) iv, iii, ii, i
Explanation:
iv. September 1, 1939: Beginning of the Second World War.
iii. June 23, 1941: Mass murder of the Jews begins.
ii. December 8, 1941: The United States joins the Second World War.
i. January 27, 1945: Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz.

(c) Fiji
Explanation: In Fiji, the electoral system is such that the vote of an indigenous. Fiji has more value than that of an Indian-Fijian.

(b) A is true but B is false
Explanation: In our country we follow an area based system of representation. The country is divided into different areas for purposes of elections. These areas are called electoral constituencies. Hence A is true but B is false

(d) Paris
Explanation: Paris

(a) Cabinet
Explanation: The Cabinet of India is the collective decision-making body of the Government of India, consists of the Prime Minister and Ministers.

(c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 aims to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household to ensure livelihood security in rural areas

(b) People are free to believe in and practise any religion.
Explanation: People are free to believe in and practice any religion, is not a valid reason for arguing that there is a lesser possibility of famine in a democratic country.

(c) Joseph Goebbels
Explanation: Joseph Goebbels was the Propaganda Minister in Hitler's Government, who committed suicide alongside Hitler in the month of April. He said that he felt compelled to remain with Hitler "for reasons of humanity and personal loyalty".

(a) A is false but B is true
Explanation: The President is the head of the State. In our political system the head of the State exercises only nominal powers.
A.The President is not elected directly by the people. The elected Members of Parliament (MPs) and the elected Members of the Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) elect president. B.The President can never claim the kind of direct popular mandate that the Prime Minister can. This ensures that President remains only a nominal executive. Hence A is False and B is True

(c) PDS
Explanation: PDS had universal coverage, which means there was no special target group for this scheme. Hence, it was open to all.

(b) Remuneration
Explanation: Market activities involve remuneration to anyone who performs i.e., activity performed for pay or profit.

(d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Explanation: If it is a Fundamental Right we can directly approach the Supreme Court or the High Court of a state. That is why Dr. Ambedkar called the Right to Constitutional Remedies, ‘the heart and soul’ of our Constitution.