Goa GK Questions

[C] 1985

Notes:

Previously, Goa, Daman and Diu were administered as a single Union Territory. By the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, of 1987, a separate state of Goa and a separate Union territory of Daman and Diu were formed. This change was not deemed to be an amendment of the constitution under Article 368.

[B] Sattari

Notes:

Sattari is the fenny capital of Goa. This small town in Goa is known for producing the finest feni. The name “feni” comes from the Sanskrit word “phena”, which means froth or foam. The bubbles that form when the liquor is shaken or poured into a glass give it a frothy appearance.

Feni is a liquor made from cashew fruit. The tradition of distilling cashew fruit into feni dates back to the 16th century, when Portuguese colonists brought cashew trees to Goa. Feni is the most popular liquor in Goa.

[B] 1 & 3

Notes:

The Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) adjudicates the dispute over the allocation of water from the Mahadayi River. The dispute is between the governments of Karnataka and Goa.

The dispute has been ongoing for decades. Karnataka claims that the surplus from the Mahadayi drains into the sea and should be diverted into the deficit basin in Malaprabha. Karnataka needs water for drinking, irrigation, agriculture, and power generation.

In 2018, the MWDT awarded 42 tmc of water to Karnataka, 33 tmc to Maharashtra, 24 tmc to Goa.

Karnataka claimed 36.558 thousand million cubic feet of water. The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Goa have filed SLPs against the MWDT’s final decision. The SLPs are sub judice before the Supreme Court. The Central Government extended the period of submission of further reports by the MWDT for one year, effective from August 20, 2023.

[C] Afonso de Albuquerque

Notes:

Afonso de Albuquerque is known to have abolished the practice of the Sati system in Goa. He was the second Portuguese Governor and the real founder of the Portuguese colonial empire in India.

[A] June 18

Notes:

The Goa Revolution Day (GRD) was celebrated on 18th June 2018 to pay tributes to the martyrs of the state’s liberation struggle. On this day in 1946, freedom fighter Dr Ram Manohar Lohia gave a clarion call to the people of the state to unite and fight against the Portuguese colonial regime. The revolutionary call provided a spark to Goa’s freedom struggle and the state was finally liberated on 19th December 1961. Goa was ruled by the Portuguese for 451 years before the State was liberated by the Indian armed forces in 1961.

[B] 1, 2 & 3

Notes:

The Irula tribes of Tamil Nadu occupy the lower slopes and forests at the base of Nilgiri Hills. They constitute the second largest group of tribes after the Badagas and are similar to the Kurumbas in many ways.

[C] 1, 2, 3 & 4

Notes:

Sheep and goats were kept for meat and perhaps for their milk. It is usually assumed that sheep were also kept for their wool. Bones of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) have been found in many Harappan sites, as have several dog figurines. These indicate that there were several different breeds, including a squat animal resembling a bulldog and a rangy beast like an Afghan hound. There is considerable controversy about the presence of the domestic horse in early South Asia, made contentious by being bound up in the Indo- Aryan debate. Bones said to come from the domestic horse have been found at several Harappan sites. From detailed studies of these equid bones, however, the eminent archaeo-zoologist Richard Meadow concluded that none came from a domestic horse, and the balance of probability is that all the equid bones in Harappan and pre-Harappan contexts in India and Pakistan came from the onager (Equus hemionus, also known as the steppe ass).

[C] Both 1 & 2

Notes:

The first statement is incorrect because Dadabhai Naoroji was the president of this session. The second statement is correct.