Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) Solved Questions Paper

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) Solved Questions Paper 1. The distance of Moon from the Earth is? (A) 364 thousand kms (B) 300 thousand kms (C) 446 thousand kms (D) 384 thousand kms Ans : (D) 2. Japan is one of the leading industrial countries of the world because? (A) It has ample mineral resources (B) It has ample bio-energy resources (C) Industrial revolution was initiated here (D) It has high technological capacity Ans : (D) 3. The planet which is called twin sister of earth is? (A) Mercury (B) Venus (C) Mars (D) Pluto Ans : (B) 4. The deepest lake of the World is? (A) Pushkar lake in Rajasthan (B) Lake superior in America (C) Victoria lake in Africa (D) Baikal lake in Russia Ans : (D) 5. The deepest trenches of the ocean are found in? (A) Indian Ocean (B) Pacific Ocean (C) Arctic Ocean (D) Atlantic Ocean Ans : (B) 6. The Fundamental Duties of a citizen do not include duty? (A) to protect and improve the natural environment (B) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom (C) to strive towards abolition of untouchability (D) to develop scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform Ans : (C) 7. Education which was initially a state subject was transferred to the Concurrent list by the? (A) 24th Amendment (B) 25th Amendment (C) 42nd Amendment (D) 44th Amendment Ans : (C) 8. The Constitution is silent in the Directive Principles of State Policy about? (A) adult education (B) living wages for workers (C) free legal aid to the poor (D) Primary education to children till they complete the age of 6 years Ans : (A) 9. The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly under Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had how many other members ? (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 Ans : (B) 10. The distribution of legislative power between the centre and the states in the Constitution is given in? (A) Sixth schedule (B) Seventh schedule (C) Eighth schedule (D) Ninth schedule Ans : (B) 11. The number of High Court of Judicature in India is? (A) Twenty (B) Twenty one (C) Twenty two (D) Twenty three Ans : (B) 12. Which one of the following states does not have a bicameral legislature ? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Bihar (D) Karnataka Ans : (B) 13. The cardinal features of political system in India are? 1. It is a democratic republic. 2. It has a Parliamentary form of government. 3. The supreme power vests in people of India. 4. It provide for a unified authority Select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes : (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 2 and 3 (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) All the four Ans : (D) 14. The basis of determining dearness allowances to employees of India is? (A) National Income (B) Consumer Price Index (C) Standard of Living (D) Per Capita Income Ans : (B) 15. Narsinham Committee related to? (A) Higher education reforms (B) Tax structure reforms (C) Banking structure reforms (D) Planning implementation reforms Ans : (C) 16. Note issuing department of Reserve Bank of India should always possess the minimum gold stock worth? (A) Rs. 85 crore (B) Rs. 115 crore (C) Rs, 200 crore (D) None of the above Ans : (B) 17. ?Smart Money? is a term used for? (A) Internet Banking (B) Credit Card (C) Saving Account in the Bank (D) Current Account in the Bank Ans : (B) 18. The aim of differentiated Interest scheme was to provide concessional loans to? (A) Weaker Section of Society (B) Public Sector Industries (C) Public Limited Companies (D) Big Exporters Ans : (A) 19. The first Industry to develop in India was the? (A) Cottage industry (B) Cement industry (C) Iron and steel industry (D) Engineering industry Ans : (A) 20. Which one of the following states was having the highest Human Development Index in the year 2001 ? (A) Assam (B) Kerala (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh Ans : (B) 21. In which one of the following Countries High Yield variety seed were developed for the first time ? (A) Argentina (B) China (C) Mexico (D) India Ans : (C) 22. Which one of the following per capita daily calorie intake has been recommended for determining the poverty line in rural areas in India ? (A) 2200 (B) 2400 (C) 2500 (D) 2600 Ans : (B) 23. In India which agency is entrusted with the collection of data of capital formation ? (A) RBI and Central Statistical Organisation (B) RBI and SBI (C) RBI and all other Commercial Banks (D) Central Statistical Organisation and National Sample Survey Ans : (D) 24. Which one of the following duration is related to XI Five Year Plan in India ? (A) 2005-10 (B) 2006-11 (C) 2007-12 (D) 2008-13 Ans : (C) 25. Open market operations of RBI refer to? (A) buying and selling of shares (B) auctioning of foreign exchange (C) trading in securities (D) transactions in gold Ans : (A) 26. Which of the following is the smallest bone in the human body ? (A) Vomer (B) Stapes (C) Malleus (D) Incus Ans : (B) 27. Which of the following is fish ? (A) Sea cucumber (B) Sea cow (C) Sea horse (D) Sea lion Ans : (C) 28. The yellow colour of human urine is due to a pigment called? (A) Cytochrome (B) Urochrome (C) Haemochrome (D) Phenolichrome Ans : (B) 29. The branch of study dealing with old age and aging is called? (A) Oncology (B) Gerentology (C) Teratology (D) Ornithology Ans : (B) 30. Emphysaema is a disease caused by environmental pollution in which the affected organ of the body is? (A) liver (B) kidney (C) lungs (D) brain Ans : (C) UPPSC Placement Paper Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) Previous Year Question Paper with Answers 1. Subhas Chandra Bose had founded ?Forward Bloc? in the year? (A) 1936 A.D. (B) 1937 A.D. (C) 1938 A.D. (D) 1939 A.D. Ans : (D) 2. The Gujarra minor rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in? (A) Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh (B) Datia district of Madhya Pradesh (C) Jaipur district of Rajasthan (D) Champaran district of Bihar Ans : (B) 3. Choose the correct pair from the following? (A) Khajuraho ?Chandellas (B) Ellora caves ?Saka (C) Mahabalipuram?Rashtrakutas (D) Meenakshi Temple?Pallavas Ans : (A) 4. Which of the following sites has yielded skeleton of dog along with human skeleton in burial ? (A) Brahmagiri (B) Burzahom (C) Chirand (D) Maski Ans : (B) 5. Which of the following Ashokan inscriptions is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely ? (A) Rock edict XIII (B) Rock edict XII (C) Pillar inscription VII (D) Bhabru minor rock edict Ans : (C) 6. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent comes from? (A) Koldihwa (B) Lahuradeva (C) Mehargarh (D) Tokwa Ans : (C) 7. Which of the following mentions about the meeting of Sandrokottas (Chandragupta Maurya) with Alexander, the Great ? (A) Pliny (B) Justin (C) Strabo (D) Megasthenese Ans : (D) 8. Which Sultan of Delhi assumed the title of Alexander the Great ? (A) Balban (B) Alauddin Khalji (C) Mahammad Bin Tughlaq (D) Sikandar Lodi Ans : (B) 9. Who among the following was given the title of ?Shaikh-ul-Hind? ? (A) Baba Fariduddin (B) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (C) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (D) Shaikh Salim Chishti Ans : (C) 10. Which one of the following is correctly matched ? (A) Kakatiya : Devagiri (B) Hoyasala : Dwarsamudra (C) Yadav : Warangal (D) Pandya : Madura Ans : (B) 11. Who of the following introduced silver coin called ?tanka? ? (A) Alauddin Khilji (B) Qutub-ud-din Aibak (C) Iltutmish (D) Balban Ans : (C) 12. From the following names identify the one who was not the brother of Humayun. (A) Kamran (B) Usman (C) Askari (D) Hindal Ans : (B) 13. ?Permanent Settlement? was introduced during the tenure of? (A) Warren Hastings (B) Lord Cornwallis (C) Sir John Shore (D) Lord Wellesley Ans : (B) 14. In whose reign was the ?Treaty of Chittor? signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar ? (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Shahjahan (D) Aurangzeb Ans : (B) 15. Which medieval Indian ruler prior to Akbar has been referred to as the ?Akbar of Kashmir? ? (A) Ibrahim Shah Sharqi (B) Sultan Sikandar (C) Zainul Abedin (D) Mahmud Gawan Ans : (C) 16. The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious reforms and support orthodoxy was? (A) Radhakant Deb (B) Nemisadhan Bose (C) Hemchandra Biswas (D) Hemchandra De Ans : (A) 17. Varindra Ghosh was associated with? (A) Anushilan Samiti (B) Sadhava Samaj (C) Abhinava Bharat (D) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti Ans : (A) 18. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to have levied ?Haqq-i-Sharab? or irrigation tax ? (A) Alauddin Khalji (B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (C) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq (D) Firoz Tughlaq Ans : (D) 19. Which Sultan of Delhi had established a separate agriculture department and had planned the ?rotation of crops? ? (A) Iltutmish (B) Balban (C) Alauddin Khalji (D) Mohammad Bin Tughlaq Ans : (D) 20. As per world statistics 2008, what approximate percentage of world population lives in Asia ? (A) 61% (B) 63% (C) 65% (D) 66% Ans : (A) 21. The State having highest scheduled caste population in India is? (A) Rajasthan (B) Maharashtra (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh Ans : (D) 22. Ujjain is situated at the bank of? (A) Chambal river (B) Kschipra river (C) Godavari river (D) Narmada river Ans : (B) 23. Bagalihar Project lies on the? (A) Jhelum river (B) Ravi river (C) Chenab river (D) Indus river Ans : (C) 24. Drakensberg is a mountain of? (A) Botswana (B) Namibia (C) South Africa (D) Zambia Ans : (C) 25. Which one of the following is a cold current of the South Atlantic Ocean ? (A) Canary Current (B) Benguela Current (C) Agulhas Current (D) Brazil Current Ans : (B) 26. Which region of the world, would you associate with ?Bushmen? ? (A) East Africa (B) Sahara Desert (C) New Zealand (D) Kalahari Ans : (D) 27. Identify the only tributary of River Ganges which rises in the plains? (A) Son (B) Sharda or Saryu (C) Gomti (D) Ram Ganga Ans : (C) 28. Uttar Pradesh holds the first place in India in the production of? (A) Rice and wheat (B) Wheat and sugarcane (C) Rice and Sugarcane (D) Wheat and pulses Ans : (B) 29. Which one of the following is the tertiary activity ? (A) Forestry (B) Manufacturing (C) Farming (D) Marketing Ans : (D) 30. Chilka lake is situated in? (A) West Bengal (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Orissa (D) Tamil Nadu Ans : (C) UPPSC General-Studies Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission General Studies Old Question Paper 1. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent is found at? (A) Lothal (B) Harappa (C) Mehrgarh (D) Mundigak Ans : (C) 2. During the Rig Vedic period Niska was an ornament of? (A) Ear (B) Neck (C) Arm (D) Wrist Ans : (B) 3. Which of the following were regarded as the hub of Aryan culture during the later Vedic period ? (A) Anga, Magadh (B) Kosal, Videha (C) Kuru, Panchal (D) Matsya, Surasena Ans : (C) 4. Who among the following was the first to take initiative for water resource management in the Girnar region ? (A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) Asoka (C) Rudradaman (D) Skandagupta Ans : (A) 5. That Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama Buddha, is confirmed by an inscription of? (A) Asoka (B) Kanishka (C) Harsha (D) Dharmapala Ans : (A) 6. Who among the following Gupta Kings had another name Devagupta ? (A) Samudragupta (B) Chandragupta II (C) Kumaragupta (D) None of the above Ans : (B) 7. Kumaradevi, a queen of Govinda Chandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharma-Chakra Jina Vihara at? (A) Bodha Gaya (B) Rajgrih (C) Kushinagar (D) Sarnath Ans : (D) 8. Which of the following dynasties frequently assigned to the ladies high ranking positions in administration ? (A) Chola (B) Chalukya (C) Pala (D) Sena Ans : (B) 9. Who among the following Rajput rulers is known to have written a book on music ? (A) Jayachandra Gahadavala (B) Prithviraj Chauhan (C) Rana Kumbha (D) Man Singh Ans : (C) 10. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan ? (A) Iltutmish (B) Razia (C) Balban (D) Alauddin Khalji Ans : (A) 11. Who among the following was the continuing link between Sher Shah and Akbar in the field of land revenue administration ? (A) Birbal (B) Todar Mal (C) Bhagwan Das (D) Bhar Mal Ans : (B) 12. With which medieval ruler would you associate the statement ?I would have lost the empire just for a handful of millet? ? (A) Alauddin Khalji (B) Muhammad Tughlaq (C) Sher Shah (D) Aurangzeb Ans : (C) 13. The Maratha King became a nonentity and the Peshwa the virtual ruler from the time of? (A) Balaji Vishwanath (B) Baji Rao I (C) Balaji Rao (D) Madnav Rao I Ans : (B) 14. Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jehangir at? (A) Agra (B) Ajmer (C) Delhi (D) Fatehpur Sikri Ans : (A) 15. Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb ? (A) Sitar (B) Pakhawaj (C) Veena (D) None of the above Ans : (C) 16. Which son of Aurangzeb revolted against his father, weakening the latter?s position against the Rajputs ? (A) Azam (B) Akbar (C) Muazzam (D) Kam Baksh Ans : (B) 17. Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade ? (A) Dutch (B) English (C) French (D) Portuguese Ans : (D) 18. What did the Act V of 1843 make illegal ? (A) Child marriage (B) Infanticide (C) Sati (D) Slavery Ans : (D) 19. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam ? (A) Diwan Maniram Dutta (B) Kandarpeshwar Singh (C) Purandar Singh (D) Piali Barua Ans : (A) 20. Which of the following Acts transferred the Government of India from East India Company to the Crown ? (A) Government of India Act 1858 (B) Indian Councils Act 1861 (C) Royal Titles Act 1876 (D) Indian Councils Act 1892 Ans : (A) 21. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at? (A) Bombay (B) Poona (C) Madras (D) Calcutta Ans : (A) 22. The paper ?Indian Mirror? was published during 1861 from? (A) Bombay (B) Calcutta (C) Madras (D) Pondicherry Ans : (B) 23. Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886? (A) East India Association (B) London India Society (C) Indian Association (D) Indian National Conference Ans : (C) 24. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ? (A) Lord Lytton (B) Lord Ripon (C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Hastings Ans : (A) 25. The President of Surat Session of Indian National Congress, 1907 was? (A) R. B. Ghosh (B) B. G. Tilak (C) Annie Besant (D) G. K. Gokhale Ans : (A) 26. Who among the following had started Indian Home Rule Society in London ? (A) Annie Besant (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (C) Shyamji Krishna Varma (D) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Ans : (C) 27. The first Trade Union was founded in India in the year 1918 by? (A) N. M. Joshi (B) B. P. Wadia (C) V. V. Giri (D) S. A. Dange Ans : (B) 28. Who resigned from the membership of Viceroy?s Executive Council as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Rabindranath Tagore (C) Shankaran Nair (D) Jamnalal Bajaj Ans : (C) 29. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) N. G. Ranga (C) Rajkumar Shukla (D) Rajendra Prasad Ans : (A) 30. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published ? (A) Urdu (B) Hindi (C) English (D) Marathi Ans : (A) 31. Who was the author of the book ?Bandi Jiwan? ? (A) Dinabandhu Mitra (B) Hema Chandrakar (C) Ram Prasad Bismil (D) Sachindra Sanyal Ans : (D) 32. Consider the following events connected with Indian National Movement : 1. Gandhi-Irvin Pact 2. Execution of Bhagat Singh 3. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress, 1931 4. Martyrdom of Chandra Shekhar Azad Find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given below? Codes : (A) 4, 1, 2, 3 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4 (C) 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 4, 1, 3, 2 Ans : (A) 33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists : List-I (a) Annie Besant (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Ambika Charan Majumdar List-II 1. Home Rule Movement 2. Champaran Satyagraha 3. Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress, 1916 4. Lahore Session of Indian National Congress, 1929 Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 1 2 3 4 (C) 4 3 2 1 (D) 3 2 1 4 Ans : (A) 34. Who among the following said about the Act of 1935 ?a car which has brake but no engine? ? (A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) C. Rajgopalachari (C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) S. C. Bose Ans : (A) 35. Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940 ? (A) Indrasen (B) M. N. Roy (C) Somendranath Tagore (D) Shachindranath Sanyal Ans : (B) 36. Who started the individual Satyagraha ? (A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Pattabhi Sitaramayya (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru (D) Vinoba Bhave Ans : (D) 37. Who among the following called the movements of Gandhiji as ?political blackmail? ? (A) Lord Chelmsford (B) Lord Wavel (C) Lord Linlithgow (D) Lord Montague Ans : (C) 38. Muslim League observed the ?Direct Action Day? on? (A) 12 August 1942 (B) 16 August 1943 (C) 16 August 1946 (D) 14 August 1947 Ans : (C) 39. Arrange in chronological order the following events which occurred during post-independence period : 1. Liberation of Goa 2. Dalai Lama fled to India 3. Chou En-Lai visited India 4. India visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin Select the correct answer from the codes given below? Codes : (A) 1, 3, 2, 4 (B) 2, 1, 4, 3 (C) 3, 4, 1, 2 (D) 4, 2, 3, 1 Ans : (D) 40. Who among the following were responsible for the creation of Ratha monuments at Mamallapuram ? (A) Cholas (B) Pallavas (C) Pandyas (D) Chalukyas Ans : (B) 41. The ancient monuments of Elephanta are mostly 1. Buddhist 2. Jain 3. Saivite 4. Vaishnavite Select the correct answer from the code given below? Code : (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1 and 3 Ans : (C) 42. Which of the following temples is considered as a wonder of rock-cut architecture ? (A) Brihadisvara Temple, Tanjavur (B) Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneshwar (C) Kailash Temple, Ellora (D) Kandaria Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho Ans : (C) 43. Ruins of which of the following represent the old capital of Vijayanagar ? (A) Ahmadnagar (B) Bijapur (C) Golconda (D) Hampi Ans : (D) 44. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ? (A) Akbar?s Tomb ?Sikandara (B) Jahangir?s Tomb ?Sahdara (C) Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti ?Fatehpur Sikri (D) Tomb of Shaikh Nizamuddin Aulia ?Ajmer Ans : (D) 45. Which of the following was the birth place of Guru Nanak ? (A) Amritsar (B) Nabha (C) Nankana (D) Nander Ans : (C) 46. Where did Maharaja Jaisingh II built observatories ? 1. Delhi 2. Jaipur 3. Ujjain 4. Varanasi Select the correct answer from the codes given below? Codes : (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Ans : (D) 47. Who among the following transformed the traditional Ganapati festival of Maharashtra into a national festival and gave it a political character ? (A) Ramdas (B) Shivaji (C) Mahadev Govind Ranade (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Ans : (D) 48. Who among the following had founded the ?Indian Society of Oriental Art? to revive ancient art traditions of India ? (A) Abanindra Nath Tagore (B) Nand Lal Bose (C) Asit Kumar Haldhar (D) Amrita Shergill Ans : (A) 49. Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris ? (A) Dadabhai Naoroji (B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta (C) Raja Rammohan Roy (D) Vivekanand Ans : (B) 50. The first University Chair of Sanskrit was founded in? (A) England (B) France (C) Germany (D) Russia Ans : (C) UPPSC Question-Paper Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission Lower Subordinate Services Preliminary Previous Year Question Paper 1. The Thermometer suitable to measure 2000°C temperature is? (A) total radiation thermometer (B) gas thermometer (C) mercury thermometer (D) vapour pressure thermometer Ans : (A) 2. The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is? (A) ethane (B) ethylene (C) carbon dioxide (D) oxytocin Ans : (B) 3. In which of the following districts India?s largest mica belt is found ? (A) Balaghat and Chhindwara (B) Udaipur, Ajmer and Alwar (C) Hazaribagh, Gaya and Monghyr (D) Salem and Dharmapuri Ans : (C) 4. Silent valley is situated in? (A) Uttarakhand (B) Kerala (C) Arunachal (D) Jammu and Kashmir Ans : (B) 5. The fastest computer of the world is? (A) Param-10000 (B) J-8 (C) Yenha-3 (D) T-3A Ans : (A) 6. Which one of the following organizations is not related to science and technology ? (A) DST (B) CSIR (C) ICSSR (D) DAE Ans : (C) 7. The name of the ICBM developed by India with a strike range of more than 2000 km is? (A) Prithvi (B) Trishul (C) Akash (D) Agni-II Ans : (D) 8. Geneco technology is? (A) A defence system for prevention from AIDS (B) A method for the development of species for food crops (C) A techniques for pre-information regarding genetic diseases (D) A technique for prevention of cataract Ans : (C) 9. 2, 4-D is? (A) an insecticide (B) an explosive (C) a fungicide (D) a herbicide Ans : (D) 10. The percentage of nuclear enery in India?s total energy generation is? (A) 60% (B) 27% (C) 10% (D) 2% Ans : (D) 11. ?Satish Dhawan Space Centre? is located at? (A) Vishakhapatnam (B) Goa (C) Shri Hari Kota (D) Chennai Ans : (C) 12. Which one of the following scientists has carried out researches both in the field of biology and physics ? (A) Jagdish Chandra Bose (B) Har Govind Khorana (C) C. V. Raman (D) Homi J. Bhabha Ans : (A) 13. Which one of the following is a bacterial disease ? (A) Herpes (B) Polio (C) Pox (D) Tetanus Ans : (D) 14. An Offshore Patrol Vessel was inducted into Coast Guard in March 2010. It is named? (A) Eagle (B) Vishwast (C) Jatayu (D) Aashwast Ans : (B) 15. To insulate the country from disruptions in supply of crude oil, India has eastablished ?India Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd.? It will construct underground storages at three places. Identify the place which has not been selected for the purpose. (A) Vishakhapatnam (B) Manglore (C) Padur (D) Ankaleshwar Ans : (D) 16. Presidents of USA and Russia recently signed a historic treaty committing their respective country to drastically reduce arms. It was signed on? (A) 15 January, 2010 (B) 18 May, 2009 (C) 08 April, 2010 (D) 12 February, 2010 Ans : (C) 17. Russia has agreed recently to construct how many units of nuclear Reactor at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu ? (A) 02 (B) 04 (C) 05 (D) 06 Ans : (A) 18. Who of the following has been appointed as Chairman of Mumbai Stock Exchange in March, 2010 ? (A) Prof. Rakesh Mohan (B) Prof. Bhagawati (C) S. Ram Dorai (D) Prof. Manoranjan Misra Ans : (C) 19. Who of the following is the fourth woman Judge appointed in the Supreme Court in India in April, 2010 ? (A) Justice Fatima Beevi (B) Justice Sujata Manohar (C) Justice Gyan Sudha Misra (D) Justice Ruma Pal Ans : (C) 20. A World Expo 2010 as a grand event to showcase the best achievements of human civilisation has been opened on May 1, 2010. Where was this expo opened ? (A) In Shanghai (B) In Kuala Lumpur (C) In Tokyo (D) In Moscow Ans : (A) 21. Air Force Exercise Garuda-2010 was held by India jointly with which of the following countries ? (A) France and Singapore (B) Australia and France (C) Singapore and Australia (D) None of these Ans : (A) 22. Which one of the following states bagged the ?National Rural Health Mission Award? of the Government of India in April, 2010 ? (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Orissa (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Rajasthan Ans : (D) 23. Who of the following has been included in the ?Hall of Fame? by I.C.C. in March, 2010 ? (A) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Sunil Gavaskar (C) Kapil Dev (D) Anil Kumble Ans : (C) 24. Who said, ?Imperialism? is dead as ?dodo? ? (A) Ramje Macdonald (B) Winston Churchill (C) Clement Attlee (D) Lord Wavell Ans : (B) 25. The annual session of Muslim League in the year 1970 was held at? (A) Dacca (B) Karachi (C) Aligarh (D) Lucknow Ans : (B) 26. The Indian National Congress had launched the Non Co-operation Movement in the year? (A) 1918 A.D. (B) 1919 A.D. (C) 1920 A.D. (D) 1921 A.D. Ans : (C) 27. Who amongst the following made regular broadcast on Congress Radio operated during Quit India Movement ? (A) Jaya Prakash Narayan (B) Subhas Chandra Bose (C) Ram Manohar Lohia (D) Sucheta Kriplani Ans : (C) 28. Which of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of Indian freedom struggle ? 1. Sandhya 2. Yugantar 3. Kaal Choose the correct answer from the code given below : Codes : (A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 3 (C) 2, 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 Ans : (D) 29. The movement in India which became popular during the first World War was the? (A) Swadeshi and Boycott Movement (B) Home Rule Movement (C) Separatist Movement (D) Swarajist Party Movement Ans : (B) 30. Arrange the following events in chronological order and choose the correct answer using the code given below : 1. Jallianwalabagh Massacre 2. Chaurichaura Episode 3. Champaran Movement 4. Moplah Rebellion Codes : (A) 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 2, 1, 3, 4 (C) 3, 1, 4, 2 (D) 3, 1, 2, 4 Ans : (C) 31. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists : List-I (a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) Pherozeshah Mehta (c) Annie Besant (d) Mahatma Gandhi List-II 1. Bombay Chronicle 2. Al-Hilal 3. Young India 4. New India Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 2 1 4 3 (B) 1 2 3 4 (C) 2 1 3 4 (D) 3 2 1 4 Ans : (A) 32. Who of the following was the President of Indian National Congress for consecutive six years ? (A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Abul Kalam Azad (D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Ans : (C) 33. Who of the following had started the Khilafat Movement ? Choose the answer from the code given below : 1. Shaukat Ali 2. Mohammad Ali 3. Shariatullah 4. Abul Kalam Azad Codes : (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1, 3 and 4 (C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 Ans : (A) 34. Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in the year? (A) 1920 (B) 1925 (C) 1930 (D) 1935 Ans : (B) 35. In the Interim Government (1946) who held the Railways Portfolio ? (A) Baldev Singh (B) T. T. Chudrigar (C) Asaf Ali (D) Abdul Rab Nishtar Ans : (C) 36. The Province where Indian National Congress did not form ministry after the General election of 1937 was? (A) Orissa (B) Bihar (C) Madras (D) Bengal Ans : (D) 37. The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was effected during the period of? (A) Lord Minto (B) Lord Hardinge (C) Lord Chelmsford (D) Lord Reading Ans : (B) 38. Who was the leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras ? (A) Srinivas Sastri (B) Rajagopalachari (C) Chidambaram Pillai (D) Chintamani Ans : (C) 39. Which one of the following statements is not correct about Dadabhai Naoroji ? (A) He wrote a book ?Poverty and Un-British rule in India? (B) He worked as a professor of Gujarati in the University College, London (C) He laid the foundation of woman?s education in Bombay (D) He was elected as a member of British Parliament on the ticket of the Conservative Party Ans : (D) 40. Which one of the following was directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932 ? (A) Indian women (B) Indian labour class (C) Indian farmers (D) Indian depressed class Ans : (D) UPPSC Whole-Testpaper Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) GIC Lecturer Solved Previous Year Screening Paper General Studies (PART-II) 1. The Darghah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya lies in? (A) Agra (B) Ajmer (C) Delhi (D) Fatehpur-Sikri Ans : (C) 2. ?Purna Swarajya? was announced in the Indian National Congress Session of? (A) Karachi (B) Lahore (C) Calcutta (D) Nagpur Ans : (B) 3. Arrange the following events in the chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below? 1. Non-cooperation movement. 2. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. 3. Gandhi?s Champaran Satyagrah. 4. Civil Disobedience Movement. Codes : (A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 3 4 1 2 (C) 3 2 1 4 (D) 1 2 4 3 Ans : (C) 4. ?Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Raj.? Who made this statement ? (A) Bipin Chandra (B) R. Coupland (C) R. C. Majumdar (D) P. E. Roberts Ans : (B) 5. The first President of the Sovereign Constituent Assembly for the Dominion of India was? (A) C. Rajagopalachari (B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Rajendra Prasad (D) Sachidananda Sinha Ans : (D) 6. The Pakistan resolution was adopted by the Muslim League in? (A) February 1922 (B) December 1928 (C) March 1940 (D) September 1944 Ans : (C) 7. Which one of the following rights was described by B. R. Ambedkar as ?The Heart and Soul of the Constitution? ? (A) Right of freedom of religion (B) Right to property (C) Right to equality (D) Right to constitutional remedies Ans : (D) 8. Whcih Article of the Constitution of India lays down the procedure for the amendment in the Constitution ? (A) 348 (B) 358 (C) 368 (D) 378 Ans : (C) 9. Under which Article of the Constitution of India Supreme Court safeguards the fundamental rights of the Indian citizens ? (A) 74 (B) 56 (C) 16 (D) 32 Ans : (D) 10. The President of India may declare National Emergency if there is threat of? 1. External aggression 2. Internal disturbances 3. Armed rebellion 4. Communal clashes Select the correct answer from the code given below? Codes :(A) 1 and 2 only (B) 2 and 3 only (C) 3 and 4 only (D) 1 and 3 only Ans : (A) 11. Which one of the following is a Directive Principle of the State Policy ? (A) Uniform civil code (B) Freedom of the press (C) Freedom of the religion (D) Equality before law Ans : (A) 12. Which city of Turkey is the ?Gateway to the West? ? (A) Ankara (B) Adana (C) Izmir (D) Istanbul Ans : (D) 13. Falkland current flows along the? (A) Eastern coast of Australia (B) Western coast of South Africa (C) Eastern coast of Argentina (D) Eastern coast of Japan Ans : (C) 14. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? (A) Cyprus ? Baghdad (B) Lebanon ? Beirut (C) Turkey ? Ashgabat (D) Ukraine ? Akmola Ans : (B) 15. Bosporus strait connects? (A) Black Sea and Aegean Sea (B) Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea (C) Adriatic Sea and Mediterranean Sea (D) Black Sea and Sea of Marmara Ans : (D) 16. The largest producer of petroleum in the world is? (A) Kuwait (B) Iran (C) Saudi Arabia (D) Russia Ans : (C) 17. India played its 100th Cricket Test Match with? (A) Australia (B) South Africa (C) West Indies (D) Sri Lanka Ans : (D) 18. Dada Sahab Phalke Award 2007 was given to? (A) Lata Mangeshkar (B) Kishore Kumar (C) Manna Dey (D) Mohammad Rafi Ans : (C) 19. Tsunami killed hundreds of people in September 2009 in? (A) Hawaii Islands (B) Marshall Islands (C) Samoa Islands (D) Norfolk Islands Ans : (C) 20. The winner of the Durand Cup 2009 is? (A) Churchill Brothers (B) East-Bengal Club (C) Mahindra United (D) Mohun Bagan Ans : (D) 21. The name of the new research station being set-up in Antarctica by India is? (A) Dakshin Gangotri (B) Bharti (C) Dakshinayan (D) Maitri Ans : (D) 22. The working of a jet engine is based upon the conservation of? (A) Mass (B) Energy (C) Linear momentum (D) Angular momentum Ans : (C) 23. The law of planetary motion were enunciated by? (A) Newton (B) Keplar (C) Galileo (D) Copernicus Ans : (B) 24. Leprosy is caused by? (A) Bacteria (B) Virus (C) Fungus (D) Protozoa Ans : (A) 25. The gaseous pollutant responsible for acid rain is? (A) Carbon dioxide (B) Methane (C) Ammonia (D) Sulphur dioxide Ans : (D) 26. The unit of heredity in our body is called? (A) Chromosome (B) DNA (C) Gene (D) Nucleus Ans : (C) 27. Who among the following Pakistani national was awarded ?Bharat Ratna? by the Indian Government ? (A) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (B) Liaqat Ali Khan (C) M. A. Jinnah (D) Muhammad Iqbal Ans : (A) 28. ?Ashtadhyayi? was written by? (A) Vedavyas (B) Panini (C) Shukadeva (D) Valmiki Ans : (B) 29. The number of Puranas is? (A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 21 Ans : (B) 30. Which of the following Mughal Emperors granted duty-free trading facilities to the English in Bengal ? (A) Akbar (B) Jahangir (C) Bahadur Shah (D) Farrukhsiyar Ans : (B)