Question Discussion & Solution

Udaipur is NOT correct.

• The princely state, Udaipur which was not the part of Rajasthan Union formed on 25th March 1948.
• The Kota Naresh (Bhim Singh II) was appointed as the Rajpramukh and Shri Gokul Lal Asawa was appointed as the Chief Minister.
• State merged:
  • Banswara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, Kota, Tonk, Shahpura, Kishangarh.

Additional Information

Stages of the Unification of Rajasthan:

• Matsya Union: The first stage took place on 18 March 1948.
  • Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli and Alwar formed Matsya Union.
  • Shobhlal Kumawat became the Prime Minister.
  • Capital - Alwar
• Rajasthan Union: The second stage took place on 25 March 1948.
  • Banswara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Pratapgarh, Shahapura, Tonk and Kota formed a Rajasthan Union separate from Matsya Union.
  • The head of Kota was appointed as the Rajpramukh and Shri Gokul Lal Asawa was appointed as the Chief Minister.
• United of Rajasthan: In the third stage on 18 April 1948 Udaipur was merged into Rajasthan Union.
  • Manikyalal Verma became the Prime Minister.
  • Capital - Udaipur
• Greater Rajasthan: In the fourth stage on 30 March 1949, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer are merged into United Rajasthan.
  • Heeralal Shashtri became the Prime Minister.
  • Udaipur king Bhupal Singh became Chief King.
• United States of Greater Rajasthan: In the fifth stage on 15 May 1949, Matsya Union was merged with Greater Rajasthan. 
  • Heeralal Shashtri became the first Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
• United Rajasthan: The sixth stage was completed by 26 Jan 1950.
  • 18 states of the United Rajasthan & princely state of Sirohi got merged with the exception of Abu & Delwara.
• Rajasthan: The seventh stage was completed on 1 November 1956.
  • Ajmer – Merwara, Abu – Dilwara (Sirohi) and Sunel Tappa of Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh were included in Rajasthan and the Sironj subdivision of Jhalawar was given to Madhya Pradesh.
  • Mohanlal Sukhadia became Chief Minister and Gurumukh Nihal Singh became Governor.

The correct answer is section - 372.

Key Points

• Selling children for prostitution comes under section 372.
  • According to section 372, when a woman under the age of eighteen years is sold, hired, or otherwise disposed of to a prostitute or any person who owns or operates a brothel, such woman shall be disposed of. The person, unless the contrary is proved, is presumed to have housed her with the intention that she would be used for the purpose of prostitution.
  • Sections 372 and 373 make the sale and purchase of minor girls for the purpose of prostitution an offense punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 10 years and also with a fine.
  • Metropolises such as Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata are major players in the prostitution industry.
  • The Ministry of Home Affairs produced a report in 2016 titled National Crime Records Statistics, which depicts crimes against women among other crimes.

Additional Information

• ​According to Section 361- kidnapping from lawful guardianship means, whoever takes or entices any minor under (sixteen) years of age if, without the permission of any guardian, a male or under-(eighteen) year of a child, or any adult of unsound mind, is said to have kidnapped any minor or adult from legal guardianship.
  • The purpose of this section is to protect minors and unsound-minded persons from being exploited and to protect the rights of guardians who have their wards’ lawful charge or custody. 
• According to section 398 of the Indian penal code, If, at the time of attempting to commit robbery or dacoity, the offender is armed with any deadly weapon, the imprisonment with which such offender shall be punished shall not be less than seven years.
  • The punishment for IPC 398 is Rigorous Imprisonment for not less than 7 Years.
• Section 376 - Punishment for rape:
  •  Whoever, except in the cases provided for in subsection (2), commits rape, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than seven years, but which may extend to imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine.
  • IPC 376 is a Non-bailable offence.

SRAM (static RAM) is random access memory (RAM) that retains data bits in its memory as long as power is being supplied.

Inside a dynamic RAM chip, each memory cell holds one bit of information and is made up of two parts: a transistor and a capacitor.

The correct answer is Mount Batten​.

Key Points 

• Cabinet Mission (1946): 
  • ​This mission to India was launched by the British Government in March 1946 to discuss plans for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • The members of the mission were:
    • Lord Patrick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India,
    • Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,
    • A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty.

Important Points

• On 22nd January 1946, the decision to send Cabinet Mission was taken and on 19th February 1946, the British PM C.R Attlee Government announced in the House of Lords about the mission and the plan to quit India.

Additional Information

• Important dates to remember:
  • 23 March-29 June: Cabinet mission visits India
  • 16 May: constitutional scheme
  • 16 June-plan for the formation of interim government)
  • 16 August-‘Direct Action Day’
  • 02 September: Congress forms interim government with Nehru as Vice-President
  • 13 October-Muslim League decides to join the interim government
  • 3-6 December: London conference of major Indian leaders aborted

Given:

The only one figure that satisfies the given pattern is: 

Hence, A is the correct answer.