UPPSC Prelims 2021 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 4

Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2021 (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

31) Which among the following organisations released the World Population Report, 2021 ?

A) International Monetary Fund
B) United Nations Population Fund
C) World Health Organisation
D) United Nations Development Programme

32) Which of the following is NOT mosquito borne disease?

A) Dengue fever
B) Filariasis
C) Sleeping sickness
D) Malaria

33) The Nobel Peace Prize, 2020 was awarded to which of the following organisations ?

A) World Food Programme
B) United Nations Development Programme
C) World Health Organisation
D) World Bank

34) Ministry of Culture, Government of India as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrated the birth anniversary of Saheed Ram Prasad Bismil in June, 2021 at which one of the following places in Uttar Pradesh ?

A) Chauri Chaura
B) Shahjahanpur
C) Rampur
D) Ballia

35) The name of the foreign journalist who reported about Satyagraha at Dharsana salt works was:

A) Francis Louis
B) Mark Tully
C) Web Miller
D) Philip Sprat

36) Largest saline water lake in India is:

A) Chilka
B) Sambhar
C) Lonary
D) Wullar

37) "Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? The British element is gone, but they have left mischief behind". Who among the following said the above-mentioned statement in the Constituent Assembly debates?

A) Somnath Lahiri
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
D) N. G. Ranga

38) Arrange the following foreign travelers in chronological order of their arrival in India :

I. William Hawkins
II. Ralph Fitch
III. Sir Thomas Roe
IV. Nicholas Dawnton

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :

A) II, I, IV and III
B) IV, II, I and III
C) I, III, II and IV
D) III, II, IV and I

39) A non-renewable source of energy is:

A) Solar energy
B) Petroleum
C) Wind energy
D) Biogas

40) Headline inflation refers to the change in value of all goods on the basket. On which basis is the headline inflation measured ?

A) Wholesale Price Index
B) Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker
C) Combined Consumer Price Index
D) Urban Consumer Price Index