UPPSC Prelims 2014 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 3
Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2014 (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
21) Who among the following shall preside over a joint sitting of two houses of Parliament ?
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
22)
Assertion (A) : The rivers of West Coast of India do not form delta.
Reason (R) : They flow through short courses on relatively harder rocks.
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
23) In which of his following books did Mahatma Gandhi call British Parliament as sterile and prostitute?
A) Sarvodaya or Universal dawn
B) An Autobiography or the story of my experiments with truth
C) Hind Swaraj
D) The Story of a Satyagrahi
24) The book 'Narendra Modi - The man, the times' is written by:
A) Dr. Ajay Sharma
B) Professor Chaman Lal
C) Kingshuk Nag
D) Neelanjan Mukhopadhyay
25) The largest warship formally included in Indian Navy in June,2014 is:
A) I.N.S. Vikramaditya
B) I.N.S. Prithviraj
C) I.N.S. Rajendra
D) I.N.S. Ashok
26) Which one of the following is the most urbanized country of South Asia ?
A) India
B) Bhutan
C) Sri Lanka
D) Pakistan
27)
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List - I - List - II
A. Growth in Food Production - 1. Green Revolution
B. Milk Production - 2. Blue Revolution
C. Fisheries - 3. White Revolution
D. Fertilizers - 4. Grey Revolution
Codes:
A B C D
A) 1 3 2 4
B) 3 1 4 2
C) 2 4 3 1
D) 3 2 4 1
28) In which of the following years was passed the Environment Protection Act?
A) 1982
B) 1986
C) 1990
D) 1994
29) In February, 2014 the Indo-Pakistan International Trade Fair was organized at:
A) Faridabad
B) Jalandhar
C) New Delhi
D) Noida
30) Ozone protects biosphere from:
A) Infra-red rays
B) Ultraviolet rays
C) X-rays
D) Gama rays