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UPPSC Prelims 2020 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 8)

  1. Joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha can take place to resolve deadlock over:

    1. Ordinary Legislation
    2. Money Bill
    3. Constitutional Amendment Bill
    4. Appropriation Bill
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  2. Which of the following State Governments has started "Pashu-Kisan Credit Card" Scheme in year 2020?

    1. Gujarat
    2. Haryana
    3. Punjab
    4. Rajasthan
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  3. With reference to the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

    1. In Ease of Doing Business Report 2020, India's rank is 63.
    2. India ranking for Ease of Doing Business in the year 2019 was 77.

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

    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither 1 nor 2
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  4. The first 'Kisan Rail' of India started its journey on 8th August, 2020 between which of the following two stations?

    1. Ghaziabad and Howrah
    2. Devlali (Maharashtra) and Danapur (Bihar)
    3. Nasik and New Delhi
    4. Nasik and Ahmedabad
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  5. What should be Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of a population in order to reach at the replacement level of fertility ?

    1. 1.0
    2. 1.6
    3. 2.1
    4. 2.3
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  6. In which of the following States of India the first-ever E-Lok Adalat was started during the COVID-19 period?

    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Chhattisgarh
    4. Bihar
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  7. Who had merged Sikkim in India ?

    1. Lord Hastings
    2. Lord William Bentinck
    3. Lord Dalhousie
    4. Lord Auckland
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  8. Consider the following tributaries of river Yamuna and arrange them from West to East:

    1) Betwa
    2) Ken
    3) Sindh
    4) Chambal

    1. 4, 3, 1, 2
    2. 1, 2, 3, 4
    3. 3, 2, 1, 4
    4. 2, 3, 1, 4
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  9. Consider the following Chairpersons of the National Women Commission :

    1. Jayanti Patnaik
    2. Mamta Sharma
    3. Dr. Girija Vyas
    4. Dr. Poornima Advani

    Select the correct chronological order of their appointment from the codes given below.
    Codes :

    1. 2, 1, 3 and 4
    2. 2, 3, 1 and 4
    3. 1, 3, 4 and 2
    4. 1, 4, 3 and 2
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  10. The book 'Silent Spring' published in 1962 which set the tone for an environmental movement in the world, was written by:

    1. Carolyn Merchant
    2. Karl Marx
    3. Rachel Carson
    4. Rajgopalan
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