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CLAT 2021 || Passage Based Current Affairs Quiz || 22.06.2020

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Question 1

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

“A” in the passage is the State in which the festival called “Raja Parba” is celebrated recently. Choose the correct option from the following.

Question 2

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

The Raja Parba festival is dedicated to womanhood and “B”. “B” represents which of the following?

Question 3

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

Choose the correct option to complete the statement :- “This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____””.

Question 4

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

While following various customs related to the Raja Parba festival, the peoples consume which of the following nutritious food during the festival, referred as “C” in the passage?

Question 5

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

Which of the following is true about the names given to each of the four days of the festival?

1. The first day is called Pahili Raja

2. The second day is Mithuna Sankranti

3. The third day is Bhu daaha or Basi Raja

4. The fourth day is called Vasumati snana

Options:-

Question 6

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

Who is “A” from the following, who is recently giving his views on the topic of challenges in Personal data protection?

Question 7

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

What was the objective of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 which was present by Minister of Electronics and Information Technology in the Parliament?

Question 8

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

“B” in the passage is referring to which of the following Application?

Question 9

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

In which of the following case, Supreme Court had held that right to privacy as a facet of the fundamental right to life was instrumental in initiating debate on the absence of data protection laws in India?

Question 10

Direction: Read the following passage and answer the given questions.

Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival celebrated in “A”, India. The second day of the festival signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna from, which the season of rains starts.

This is a three-day-long festival dedicated to “B” and womanhood at large. The festivities begin a day before Mithuna Sankranti and conclude two days after that. The first day of the festival is called Pahili Raja, the second is Mithuna Sankranti and the third Bhu Daha or Basi Raja.

The preparation begins one day before Pahili Raja, and it is called Sajabaja. Primarily, it is a time for the unmarried girls to prepare for their matrimony.

They follow various customs related to the festival by consuming nutritious food like “C”, not walking barefoot, taking a bath on the first day, and merrily swinging on ropes attached to a tree. According to popular belief as women menstruate, which is a sign of fertility, so also “B” menstruates. So all three days of the festival are considered to be the menstruating period of “B”. During the festival, all agricultural operations remain suspended. As a mark of respect towards the Earth during her menstruation days, all agricultural works comes to a standstill during these days. Significantly, it is a festival of the unmarried girls, the potential mothers. They all observe the restrictions prescribed for a menstruating woman. The very first day, they rise before dawn, do their hair, anoint their bodies with turmeric paste and oil and then take the purificatory bath in a river or tank. Peculiarly, bathing for the rest two days is prohibited. They don't walk bare-foot do not scratch the earth, do not grind, do not tear anything apart, do not cut and do not cook. During all the three consecutive days they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

During the Parba, people of “A” do no undertake any construction works or tilling that requires the earth to be dug. And by not doing such activities, they pay ode to the “B” who needs a break from routine work.

The festival concludes with a custom called Vasumati Snana or the bathing of Bhuma Devi. Women worship a stone that symbolises the “B”. They give her a bath with turmeric paste and offer her flowers and smear her with Sindoor.

This festival is also associated with the end of the “_____” and the arrival of the “____”. And therefore, it is also associated with agriculture and cultivation related communities and activities.

SOURCE:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(festival)

Who is the current Minister of Electronics and Information Technology who presented the Personal Data Protection Bill in the Parliament in Dec. 2019?
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