UPSC Mock Test – 8

Consider the following statements about Participatory notes(P Notes) and choose the correct code:

1. P-notes are Offshore Derivative Instruments (ODIs).They are issued by brokers and foreign institutional investors (FIIs) registered with SEBI.
2. P-notes can be used within the country as well when an offshore institution invests in India.

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Flavonoids are found in:

Consider the following statements:

Assertion: Asteroids that are 140 metres or larger are of “the greatest concern”

Reason: Asteroids that are smaller than 140 metres are less likely to hit the earth’s surface and cause destruction.

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Which of the following mentions “Behrupiya Art”?

Consider the following statements:

Assertion: unfair division of social labour is one of the ethical challenges associated with development.

Reason: The burden of realising national goals such as development is not equally shared by all

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Who among the following has been called the “the most important Dalit leader of modern Kerala”?

Which among the following Ministries has launched “Chunauti”- Next Generation Startup Challenge Contest?

V. Ramagopal Rao committee is associated with:

Consider the following statements and choose the correct code:

1. The Indus Water Treaty (1960) between India and Pakistan allowed India free and unrestricted use of Ravi, Beas and Sutlej.
2. However, Haryana is unwilling to share water because it is facing severe water crisis due to over-exploitation of its underground aquifers for the wheat/paddy monocycle.

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Consider the following:

1. The EU and its allies in West Asia and North Africa have made plans to build a gas pipeline from the Mediterranean to Europe’s mainland to transport the gas.
2. However, they have kept France out of it.

Choose the correct code:

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pension, has decided to integrate the electronic Pension Payment Order (e-PPO) with Digi Locker. Which software was used to create the facility?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct code:

1. The Brahmaputra is also called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, Siang/Dihang River in Arunachal Pradesh and Luit, Dilao in Assam. It is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.The Assam government has inaugurated a 1.8-km ropeway across the
2. Brahmaputra River- India’s longest river ropeway.

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WHO has recently declared which country polio free?

Pulikkali art form belongs to:

Bondas tribal community belongs to:

First-ever State Dragonfly Festival, named Thumbi Mahotsavam 2020, shall be held in:

Which among the following is the cleanest city of India according to Swach survekshan 2020?

Which country has recently connected its Barakah nuclear power plant to the national grid in a new first for the Arab world?

Teesta river is a tributary of:

The special Neelakurinji flowers (Strobilanthes kunthiana) that bloom once every 12 years and the next sighting is expected to be in 2030 is associated with:

National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (NLSM) is a national programme on landslide susceptibility mapping – Macro scale (1:50,000).This project is launched by:

After a long gap of 125 years, scientists have found 140 are species of butterflies, including 77 new ones, in:

PM Modi launched a new Central Sector Scheme of financing facility under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs. 1 Lakh Crore.The scheme will support:

Which among the following is going to be developed as a maritime and start-up hub?

Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was signed by India and Pakistan in:

Tripartite agreement between the United Kingdom, India and Nepal was a treaty signed in 1947 concerning:

Which of the following statements is correct about eSanjeevani?

1. The telemedicine service platforms of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare i.e. ‘eSanjeevani’ and ‘eSanjeevaniOPD’ have completed 1.5 lakh tele-consultations.
2. The top two States which have registered highest consultations through the platforms are Tamil Nadu (32,035 consultations) and Kerala (28,960).
3. The platform has been developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali.

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Consider the following statements and select the correct code:

1. India ranked 102nd on the Global Hunger Index, despite high food production.
2. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report is prepared by the Concern Worldwide (an Irish agency) and the Welt Hunger Hilfe (a German organization).

Which of the above statements are correct?
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The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the UNFCCC, which commits its parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997 and entered into force in:

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is one of the key agreements adopted in:

Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP):

1. It is a campaign launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India, to provide quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through special kendras known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
2. PMBJP Kendra is set up to provide generic drugs, which , though very less effective than branded drugs , are easily available to poor sections of society.
3. BPPI (Bureau of Pharma Public Sector Undertakings of India) has been established under the Department of Pharmaceuticals for co-coordinating in procurement, supply and marketing of generic drugs.

Which of the above statements are correct?
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Which of the following is not correctly matched?

What is “miR-155”?

Who was the founder of udbodhan magazine?

Kheer Bhawani Mela is an annual fest associated with:

Consider the following:

Assertion: In the aftermath of the pandemic, several manufacturing companies operating from China are predicted to relocate their businesses to other destinations.

Reason: Relying heavily on China for building capacities and sourcing manufacturing goods is not an ideal business strategy due to supply chain disruptions in the country caused by COVID-19.

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Which among the following statements is incorrect?

1. There are three species of rhino in Asia — Greater one-horned, Javan and Sumatran.
2. Javan and Sumatran Rhino are critically endangered and the Greater one-horned (or Indian) rhino is vulnerable In IUCN Red List.

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The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has begun a project to create DNA profiles of which animal in the country.

Consider the following statements about naxalism and select the correct code:

1. The Naxalism in India was an offshoot of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) wherein a small group of the party workers decided to break away to launch an armed struggle against big landowners and establishment.
2. Naxals promote an ideology of“bringing about a New Democratic Revolution by launching protracted People’s War, establish base areas, organise People’s Army, and undertake militant mass movements”.
3. The origin of the word can be traced to the book The naxalite movement in India by Prakash Singh (2006).
4. The phrase of Urban Naxals is loosely attributed to the people with naxalite bent of mind residing in urban areas and working as activists, supporters and protectors of the ideology while the active Naxals battle it out in the jungles and vast swathes of Maoist-dominated areas.

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Which among the following statements is incorrect about Earth’s magnetosphere?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?

The most common state of matter in the universe as a whole is:

Consider the following statements and select the correct code:

1. Kashmir saffron has been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry.
2. It is cultivated and harvested in the Kumau (highlands) of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Kovilpatti kadalai mittai (chikki or sweet made of peanuts and jaggery) has got geographical indication (GI) tag.It is produced in:

Kisan Sabha App was launched recently by:

Consider the following:

Assertion: Facebook has acquired a 9.99 % stake in Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms making it the largest FDI for minority investment in India.
Reason: It marks Facebook’s formal entry into India’s telecom sector.

Choose the correct answer:

“Noor” is the first military satellite of which country?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about India’s first indigenously developed high-temperature based Fuel Cell System?

1. The developed fuel cells are based on Low-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane (LTPEM) technology.
2. It is a 5.0 kW fuel cell system that generates power in a green manner.

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The International Conference on NanoScience and NanoTechnology (ICONSAT) 2020 is being organized in:

Match list one with list two:

1. Luhman 16 – property of light
2. Brown Dwarfs – two stars orbiting a common center of mass
3. Binary star systems – failed stars
4. Polarimetry – contains second brown dwarf

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The Meitei people are the majority ethnic group of:

Which among the following is incorrect?

Match list one with list two:

1. Mir Qasim – British army major
2. Shuja Ud Daulah – Ali Gauhar
3. Shah Alam 2 – Nawab of Awadh
4. Hector Munroe – Administrator of Bengal

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The capital of British India was moved to Delhi from Calcutta in:

Arrange the following in chronological order for the Delhi Sultanate:

1. Slave dynasty
2. Lodhi dynasty
3. Tughlaq dynasty
4. Khilji dynasty
5. Sayyid dynasty

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During which age did Jainism and Buddhism come into being?

Under which of the following were the companies territories in India called “the British possession in India”?

Consider the following statements:

Assertion: AITUC, the oldest trade union federation in India was set up in 1920.

Reason: The deteriorated living conditions caused by the first world war and the exposure with the outside world.

Select the correct answer:

Berubari dispute was resolved by:

Which among the following is incorrect about the Indo-China war of 1962?

Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Non Alignment Movement?

1. Drawing on the principles agreed at the Bandung Conference in 1955, the NAM was established in 1961 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia through an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito.
2. The term non-aligned movement first appeared in the fifth conference in 1976, where participating countries are denoted as “members of the movement”.

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Which among the following is incorrect?

Which among the following is incorrect?

Which of the following is incorrect?

Consider the following about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and choose the correct answer:

Assertion: India withdrew from RCEP.

Reason: India has a bilateral trade deficit with most of the member countries of RCEP.

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Consider the following about national emergency and choose the correct code:

1. The 38th Amendment Act of 1975 made the declaration of National Emergency immune to judicial review. But, this provision was subsequently deleted by the 44th Amendment Act of 1978.
2. In Minerva Mills case (1980), the Supreme Court held that National Emergency can be challenged in the court on the ground of malafide or that the declaration was based on wholly extraneous and irrelevant facts

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Yuelu declaration made by UNESCO at Changsha, The People’s Republic of China, in 2018 is related to:

Which among the following is not a classical language of India?

Zamindari system, a decade later, was extended to Orissa, Northern Sarkars, Malabar and Benaras. This extension was done by:

Choose the incorrect statement about fundamental duties:

Consider the following statements and choose the correct code:

1. For the first time, a large-scale, hospital-based study in India involving over 14.5 lakh patients had found the incidence (number of new cases occurring each year) of dry eye disease to be 21,000 (1.46%).
2. It is caused by a chronic lack of sufficient lubrication and moisture on the surface of the eye.

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Match list one with list two?

1. Revenue deficit – revenue not generated from taxes
2. Primary deficit – total expenditure – (total receipts – borrowings)
3. Fiscal deficit – Fiscal deficit – interest payments
4. Non tax revenue – expenditure over revenue receipts

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Which of the following is incorrect about directive principles of state policy?

Which of the following is not one of the fundamental duties?

With respect to census 2011, which of the following is incorrect?

Choose the correct code for the correct statement:

1. The 42nd Amendment Act introduced these provisions in accordance with the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee.
2. The Amendment introduced Part XIV-A to the Constitution.
3. This Part is called ‘Tribunals’. It contains two articles- article 323A and 323B
4. While 323A deals with all other types of tribunals (like National Green Tribunal, Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT), Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), etc., 323B deals with administrative tribunals.

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The city of Abu, the only mountain place in Rajasthan, is situated at:

Who launched Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI) app?

The Finance Ministry of India has imposed definitive anti-dumping duty on all imports of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) from:

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Red blood cells are called Leucocytes or Leukocytes.
2. White Blood Cells are called Erythrocytes.

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Which among the following statements is incorrect about the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. e-Cigarettes are battery powered devices that work by heating a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales and exhales.The e-cigarette liquid typically contains nicotine, propylene glycol, glycerin, flavorings, and other chemicals.
2. Nicotine is a plant alkaloid that contains nitrogen, which is found in several types of plants, including the tobacco plant and can also be produced synthetically.

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Which of the following statements is/are correct about the election commission of India?

1. The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th January 1950.
2. Article 324 to 329 of the constitution deals with powers, function, tenure, eligibility, etc of the commission and the member.

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Hurricane Dorian developed from:

Who was the defence minister of the Interim Government of India?

India is committed to eliminate tuberculosis by:

Nagardhan served as the capital of:

Queen Prabhavatigupta was the daughter of:

Consider the following statements and choose the correct code option:

1. Particulate matter (PM), also called particle pollution is a mixture of solid particles and liquid droplets found in the air.
2. Most particles form in the atmosphere as a result of complex reactions of chemicals such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which are pollutants emitted from power plants, industries and automobiles.
3. They are indirectly formed when gases from burning fuels react with sunlight and water vapor.

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Consider the following statements about national human rights commission and select the code for correct statements:

1. NHRC of India is an independent statutory body established in 1993 as per provisions of Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, later amended in 2006.
2. It was established in conformity with the Paris Principles, adopted for the promotion and protection of human rights in Paris (October, 1991) and endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 20 December, 1993.

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The state which showed the maximum increase in forest cover area, according to forest report 2019, is:

Which among the following is incorrect?

Which of the following is incorrect?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct code:

1. The Zonal Councils are the constitutional bodies. They are established by an Act of the Parliament, that is, States Reorganisation Act of 1956.
2. The act divided the country into five zones (Northern, Central, Eastern, Western and Southern) and provided a zonal council for each zone. The Union Home Minister is the common chairman of the five Zonal Councils

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Consider the following statements about fundamental rights and select the correct code:

1. They are not absolute but qualified.
2. Some of them are negative in character.
3. They are justiciable, allowing persons to move the courts for their enforcement, if and when they are violated.
4. They are not sacrosanct or permanent.

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Which article abolishes Titles?

Consider the following about Teflon and choose the correct code:

1. The chemical compound is produced by tetrafluoroethylene undergoing free radical polymerization.
2. The compound is used as the coating for non-stick pans as they are hydrophobic and have a high resistance capacity to heat.

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Amma Vodi Scheme is associated with: 

Which of the following is incorrect?