UPPSC Prelims 2025 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 1
Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2025 (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
1)
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The interior part of Australia is desert and semi-desert
Reason (R): Northern Australia is situated in the temperate zone.
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
B) (A) is false, but (R) is true
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2)
Assertion (A): India is the second largest mobile gaming market in the world.
Reason (R): There are more than 950 million internet users in India.
Select the correct answer.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
B) (A) is false, but (R) is true
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
3)
Assertion (A): Babur wrote Tuzk-e-Babri in Chagatai Turki.
Reason (R): Turki was the official language of the Mughal Court.
Select the correct answer.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
B) (A) is false, but (R) is true
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
4)
Match List – I (Coal Field) with List – II (Country) and choose the correct answer.
A. Appalachian -1. England
B. Lancashire - 2. Germany
C. Ruhr - 3. Russia
D. Kuzbass - 4. United States of America
A) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
B) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2
C) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
D) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
5)
With reference to ‘Ecosystem’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Green plants in terrestrial ecosystems capture about 1% of energy of the sunlight that falls on their leaves.
2. Around 10% of organic matter reaches to the next higher level of consumers.
A) Only 2
B) Neither 1 nor 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Only 1
6)
Which of the following events took place in the year 1911?
1. Partition of Bengal revoked
2. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
3. Lucknow pact between Congress and Muslim League
A) 1 and 2
B) Only 3
C) 2 and 3
D) Only 1
7)
Consider the following events and arrange them in correct chronological order:
1. Poona Pact
2. End of Civil Disobedience Movement
3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
4. Second Round Table Conference
A) 3, 4, 2, 1
B) 4, 3, 1, 2
C) 4, 3, 2, 1
D) 3, 4, 1, 2
8)
As per the India State of Forest Report 2023, which of the following districts in Uttar Pradesh had forest over more than 20% of their total area?
1. Bahraich
2. Chandauli
3. Shravasti
A) 1 and 2
B) Only 3
C) 2 and 3
D) Only 1
9)
Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
(Coal Producing Area) (State)
1. Maolong - Arunachal Pradesh
2. Raniganj - West Bengal
3. Ramgarh - Jharkhand
4. Talcher - Odisha
A) Only 1 and 2
B) Only 2, 3 and 4
C) Only 1, 2 and 3
D) Only 1
10)
With reference to Delhi Government’s Bio-decomposer and Spray Programme’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Bio-decomposer solution is provided free of cost to farmers to help convert stubble into manure.
2. The Bio-decomposer solution is prepared using a mix of several fungi.
A) Only 2
B) Neither 1 nor 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Only 1