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UPPSC Prelims 2021 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 12)

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

    1. Wholesale Price Index
    2. Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker
    3. Combined Consumer Price Index
    4. Urban Consumer Price Index
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  2. A non-renewable source of energy is:

    1. Solar energy
    2. Petroleum
    3. Wind energy
    4. Biogas
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  3. 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 :

    1. II, I, IV and III
    2. IV, II, I and III
    3. I, III, II and IV
    4. III, II, IV and I
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  4. "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?

    1. Somnath Lahiri
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
    4. N. G. Ranga
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  5. Largest saline water lake in India is:

    1. Chilka
    2. Sambhar
    3. Lonary
    4. Wullar
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  6. The name of the foreign journalist who reported about Satyagraha at Dharsana salt works was:

    1. Francis Louis
    2. Mark Tully
    3. Web Miller
    4. Philip Sprat
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  7. 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 ?

    1. Chauri Chaura
    2. Shahjahanpur
    3. Rampur
    4. Ballia
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  8. The Nobel Peace Prize, 2020 was awarded to which of the following organisations ?

    1. World Food Programme
    2. United Nations Development Programme
    3. World Health Organisation
    4. World Bank
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  9. Which of the following is NOT mosquito borne disease?

    1. Dengue fever
    2. Filariasis
    3. Sleeping sickness
    4. Malaria
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  10. Which among the following organisations released the World Population Report, 2021 ?

    1. International Monetary Fund
    2. United Nations Population Fund
    3. World Health Organisation
    4. United Nations Development Programme
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