BPSC365 Mains General Studies Practice – 01 (2022)
GS PAPER I – Modern History of India and Indian culture
- What were the causes of the Santhal revolt? What were its course and outcome?
GS PAPER I – Current events of national and international importance
2. What are rare earth elements? Why is India keen to join a global alliance – Mineral Security Partnership (MSP) to ensure their supply?
GS PAPER I – Statistical analysis, graphs and diagrams
3. The pie chart provided below gives the distribution of land (in a village) under various food crops. Study the pie chart carefully and answer the questions given below:
Distribution of Area (in acres) under various food crops
(a) Which combination of three crops contributes to 50% of the total area under the food crops?
(b) If the total area under jwar was 1.5 million acres, then what was the area (in million acres) under rice?
(c) If the production of wheat is six times that of barley, then what is the ratio between yield per acre of wheat and barley?
(d) If the yield per acre of rice was 50% more than that of barley, then the production of barley is what percent of that of rice?
(e) If the total area goes up by 5% and the area under wheat production goes up by 12%, then what will be the angle for wheat in the new pie chart?
