GK Express of 25/02/2025

 Geography Coach

1) Which is the longest glacier in India?

Siachen Glacier (Located in the Karakoram Range, it is around 76 km long.)

2) Which Indian river is known as the ‘Dakshina Ganga’ (Ganga of the South)?

Godavari River (It is the second-longest river in India after the Ganges)

3) What is the term for the boundary line between India and China?

McMahon Line (Drawn in 1914 between British India and Tibet, but disputed by China.)

4) Which state in India has the highest percentage of forest cover?

Mizoram (Over 85% of its land is covered with forests)

5) What is "Water Divide" ?

A "water divide" in India refers to an elevated geographical area, like a mountain range or plateau, that separates two different drainage basins, meaning it determines which direction water flows - essentially dividing the water between different river systems; the most prominent example is the area around Ambala, where water flows either towards the Indus River system (west) or the Ganges-Brahmaputra system (east) depending on which side of the divide it falls on. 

Indian Society Coach

6) Which committee recommended the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs?

Mandal Commission (1979)

7) What is ‘Dowry Death’ under IPC?

Section 304B (If a woman dies due to harassment for dowry within 7 years of marriage, it is considered dowry death)

8) Which article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?

Article 17

9) What case led to abolishment of Triple Talaq in India?

The Supreme Court of India's 2017 ruling in the Shayara Bano vs Union of India case declared triple talaq unconstitutional. This was followed by the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act in 2019, which made triple talaq illegal and punishable.

10) Who authored the book ‘The Psychology of Social Norms’? 

 Muzafer Sherif was a Turkish-American social psychologist. He helped develop social judgment theory and realistic conflict theory. 

Anthropology Coach

11) Which tribe in India is known for its matrilineal system? 

Khasi Tribe (Meghalaya)

A matrilineal system is a kinship system that traces lineage through a person's mother and other female ancestors. In a matrilineal system, people are considered to belong to the same descent group as their mother. 

How does a matrilineal system work?

A person is considered to belong to their mother's kinship group. A

 person's clan is traced through a female line. 

A person is considered to belong to their grandmother, great-grandmother, and so on. 

A person's property, titles, rights, and obligations may be inherited through their mother's line. 

12) Which indigenous tribe of the Andaman Islands is considered one of the oldest in the world? 

Sentinelese Tribe (They live in isolation and reject contact with the outside world)

13) Which anthropologist is known as the ‘Father of Indian Anthropology’? 

Sarat Chandra Roy (1871-1942) is known as the father of Indian anthropology and ethnography. He was a scholar who conducted ethnographic research among tribal communities in India. 

14) What is the meaning of  "Acclimatization"?

In anthropology, "acclimatization" refers to the process by which an organism, including humans, gradually adjusts its physiological functions to adapt to changing environmental conditions within its lifetime, like changes in temperature, altitude, or humidity, allowing it to maintain fitness in a new environment; essentially, it's a short-term adaptation that happens within an individual's lifespan, unlike evolutionary adaptation which occurs across generation.

15)Which branch of anthropology studies human skeletal remains?

Osteology is the study of bones and the bony structure of an organism. It is a branch of anatomy, anthropology, and paleontology.