Corrigendum

Insights Prelims Test

Series 2016
Tests 1-10

Clarification: Hallur is in Karnataka.

NCERT wrongly mentions it to be in
present day AP.

Test 2
14. Clarification: Karnataka announced
the IT policy in 1997. Rest will be same.
30. Correct answer will be A.

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asked/raised/requested. We tried to
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quickly address your doubts.

Test 1
21. Correct answer will be B instead of
C.

Clarification: Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

was established by MG Ranade in 1870
along with Ganesh Vasudeo and others.
So, statement 1 is correct.
70. Clarification: The Regulating Act of
1773 created the office with the title of
Governor-General of the Presidency of
Fort William, or Governor-General of
Bengal. The Government of India Act
1833 re-designated the office with the title
of Governor-General of India.
So, the first ever Governor-general
(without the official title) of British India
was Warren Hastings (1773-1785). With
the passing of the charter act in 1833,
Lord William Bentinck became the first
governor general of India.
With the Act of 1858, the GovernorGeneral of India became the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India.
Warren Hastings was NOT involved in the
Battle of Buxar. He was involved in
reforming the administration in the
aftermath. Please modify option B
accordingly. Rest will remain the same.
65. Clarification: Statement 1 should
read It has been declared as the state
animal of Andhra Pradesh instead of
Telangana. Spotted Deer is the State
Animal of Telangana, whereas Black Buck
is that of AP.

45. Correct answer will be B as per the

explanation.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/indianews-india/fifth-state-to-sign-pactrailways-chhattisgarh-sign-jv-forinfrastructure-development/

74. Correct answer will be C, instead of

A.

23. Correct answer will be A instead of

C.

Clarification:
Both
relief
and
continentality will play a role in
determining the weather and climate of a
place. Mountains may accentuate the
effect of continentality. Please refer to
http://tinyurl.com/gp9gejq
for
understanding it better.

Clarification: IBSA members are major

democracies
of
their
respective
continents, not all are the largest. Nigeria
is the largest democracy in Africa.

76. Option (b) should be North and NorthWestern India. Rest is same.

Clarification: Conversion of light energy

to chemical energy and splitting of water
molecules into hydrogen and oxygen is
one of the processes involved in
photosynthesis.

Test 3

Test 4
32. Correct answer will be A instead of
B.
Clarification: In grafting two plants are

used to develop a new plant with

combined traits from the two parent
plants. So, that makes option (a) valid.
Option (a) should be read as a
possibility, i.e. Multiple plants can be
involved to produce a progeny. Option
(b) will not be entirely correct as it says
Only one plant is involved in creating
an offspring.

Test 5
11. Correct answer will be C instead of
B.
Clarification: Inclusion of states is a new
model of infrastructural development in
railways where joint vehicles are formed
by both Central and state governments.
You can read the link for more information.

47. Correct answer will be B instead of

D.

51. Correct answer will be D instead of

B.
Clarification: India has ratified the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent

Organic Pollutants (POPs).

Test 6
10. Clarification: In the explanation part,
it should actually be "both regions have
active volcanoes like the Ring of Fire",
NOT Both regions come under Ring of
Fire. The Alpine-Himalayan belt is the
next most seismically active region after
the Ring of Fire.

Test 7
Question numbers 6, 9, 11, 13 and 89
were incompletely given in the online

version of the Test. We have attached

an APPENDIX to this corrigendum with
complete questions and explanations.

95. All the bacteria given in the statement

1, 2 and 3 are used for bio-remediation.
Correct answer will be D instead of A.

21. Please exchange the words latitude

and longitude between statement 1 and 2.
Statement 1 should read It is spread in a
large geographical area longitude-wise,
and statement 2 should read as It is
spread in a large geographical area
latitude-wise. Rest will be the same.

Test 9

31. Clarification: The cold winds are

largely blocked by Himalayas due to which
India is saved from a very cold and dry
weather. But, as the blocking is not
complete, the cold winds from Central
Asia still affect the climate of northern
regions such as Delhi.
You can see it here.
http://tinyurl.com/hdgwyou
40. Clarification: ADB was formed in
1966 and not in 1997, as given in the
explanation.
48. Clarification: In the explanation,
statement 3 is correct, as also clear by
the solution and reasoning given there.
69. Answer is option (a) as also given
clearly in the explanation.
70. Clarification: Kunlun mountains are
not in India. So, 3 would be incorrect.
91. Clarification: The speaker does not
appoint the LoP. S/he recognizes the LoP
in case the criteria (e.g. Mavalankar Rule)
are fulfilled. LoP is not like a minister who
is appointed by President on the advice
of PM.

Test 8

51. Clarification: Statement 3 is incorrect

as also given in the solution. The
explanation says that all three statements
are correct but the answer is A (1 and 2
are correct).

Test 10
40. Clarification: Port blair is NOT a
major port of India, as also given in the
explanation.
https://community.data.gov.in/major-portsin-india/