UPPSC Prelims 2010 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 13

Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2010 (GS Paper I) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the UP PSC (PCS) subcategory under the Previous Year Questions (PYQs) category. Each question includes verified answer and detailed explanation for effective practice.

All Questions

121) The great Jain Scholar Hemachandra adorned the court of

A) Amoghavarsha
B) Kumarapala
C) Jaysimha Siddharaja
D) Vidyadhara

122) Arrange the following million cities of Uttar Pradesh in ascending order of their population size:

1. Agra 2. Allahabad
3. Meerut 4. Lucknow

Use the code given below to select the correct answer.

A) 1,3,2,4
B) 4,2,1,3
C) 2,1,4,3
D) 2,3,1,4

123) Sukna scam case was recently (first quarter of 2010) much in the news. With which State is it concerned?

A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Rajasthan
D) West Bengal

124) The official historian of India's struggle for independence was:

A) R.C. Majumdar
B) Tarachand
C) V.D. Savarkar
D) S.N. Sen

125) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II

A. Arihant - 1. American Cryogenic Rocket
B. AWACS - 2. Anti-tank missile
C. Atlas Centaur - 3. For Air Defence
D. Nag - 4. Missile Submarine

Codes:

A) 4 3 2 1
B) 4 3 1 2
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 3 4 2 1

126) The author of the book which recently became the root cause of the controversy regarding the script of the film "Three Idiots" is

A) Adhijat Joshi
B) Mohammad Khalid
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Rajkumar Hirani

127) The hypo solution used in photography is the aqueous solution of

A) Sodium thiosulphate
B) Sodium tetrahionate
C) Sodium sulphate
D) Ammonium per sulphate

128) Open-market operations of Reserve Bank of India refer to

A) trading in securities
B) auctioning of Foreign Exchange
C) transaction in gold
D) none of the above

129) Which of the following leguminous plant is also a petro-plant?

A) Pigeon-pea
B) Pea
C) Gram
D) Pongam

130) In which year the Government of India included ten new tribes of Uttar Pradesh as Scheduled Tribes?

A) 2004
B) 2003
C) 2002
D) 2001