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UPPSC Prelims 2013 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 9)

  1. Under which one of the following articles of Indian Constitution, the provision of creation or abolition of Legislative Councils in States is made?

    1. Article 168
    2. Article 169
    3. Article 170
    4. Article 171
  2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Place) - List-II (Industry)

    A) Churk - 1) Lock
    B) Firozabad - 2) Sport's goods
    C) Aligarh - 3) Cement
    D) Meerut - 4) Bangles

    1. A-1 B-3 C-2 D-4
    2. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4
    3. A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
    4. A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4
  3. The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be held in

    1. Australia and New Zealand
    2. England
    3. South Africa
    4. West Indies
  4. Provision for the representation of Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha has been made in the Constitution under the article

    1. 331
    2. 221
    3. 121
    4. 139
  5. The members of the Panchayat Samiti are

    1. Nominated by the Block Development Officer
    2. Nominated by the Zila panchayat Chairman
    3. Directly elected by the people
    4. Indirectly elected by the members of the Village Panchayat
  6. Who as declared the best actress at the 60th National Film Award function held on 18thMarch 2013?

    1. Dolly Ahluwalia
    2. Rani Mukherjee
    3. Sridevi
    4. Usha Jadhav
  7. The recently released film "Kai Po Che" is based on the novel

    1. Lashkar
    2. The loving Doll
    3. The Story of My Marriage
    4. The 3 Mistakes of My Life
  8. According to a recent news (March 2013) the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and United States Space Agency NASA, have agreed to form a working group for cooperation in which of the following endeavours?

    1. Moon and Mars Missions of future
    2. Meteorology and Space Exploration
    3. Heliophysics
    4. All the above
  9. Lahore Session of Muslim League (1940) was presided over by

    1. Liaqat Ali Khan
    2. Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman
    3. Mohammad Ali Jinah
    4. Fatima Jinah
  10. After the formation of ministries in the provinces in 1937, Congress rules lasted for

    1. 28 months
    2. 29 months
    3. 30 months
    4. 31 months