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UPPSC Prelims 2019 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 12)

  1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Movement) List-II (Year)

    A. Pabna - 1. 1855-56
    B. Eka - 2. 1873-85
    C. Santhal - 3. 1922
    D. Tana Bhagat - 4. 1914

    Codes:
    A B C D

    1. 1 2 4 3
    2. 2 3 1 4
    3. 3 1 4 2
    4. 4 3 2 1
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  2. Under the Civil Registration System (CRS), It is legally mandatory to register birth and death events within how many days in India?

    1. 15 days
    2. 21 days
    3. 26 days
    4. 30 days
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  3. 'Moribund Delta' is a subdivision of which of the following Delta?

    1. Krishna-Godawari Delta
    2. Mahanadi Delta
    3. Bengal Delta
    4. Cauvery Delta
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  4. Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), a Social Movement has been associated with which of the following in India?

    1. RTE Act
    2. RTI Act
    3. MGNREGA
    4. National Health Mission (NHM)
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  5. Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI) is developed by

    1. Morris D. Morris
    2. UNDP
    3. Mehbub-ul-Haq
    4. None of the above
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  6. With reference to the measures of Tenancy Reform in India, which of the statements is/are correct?

    1. Regulation of rent
    2. Security of tenure
    3. Confirment of ownership on tenants

    Select the correct answer using codes given below:

    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2 only
    3. 2 and 3 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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  7. Arrange the following battles in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes below:

    I. Battle of Sarnal
    II. Battle of Bilgram
    III. Battle of Dharmat
    IV. Battle of Jajau

    1. II, I, III, IV
    2. II, III, IV, I
    3. III, II, I, IV
    4. III, I, II, IV
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  8. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

    Assertion (A): The Asiatic Society of Bengal was established in the period of Warren Hastings and he modestly declined the offer of Presidentship of that learned body in favour of Sir William Jones.

    Reason (R): Warren Hastings was himself a great scholar and an ardent orientalist who used to encourage the study of Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
    Codes:

    1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
    3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
    4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
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  9. National Family Health Survey (NFHS) – 5 does not include:

    1. High blood - pressure
    2. Diabetes
    3. HIV Test
    4. Registration of death
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  10. Black-hole is:

    1. a flight recorder in aeroplane
    2. a spot on the sun
    3. a place in Antarctica
    4. a collapsed star
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