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UPPSC Prelims 2016 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 2)

  1. Quinine, the effective medicine in the treatment of malaria, is extracted from

    1. Bark of Cinnamon
    2. Leaves of Ocimum
    3. Bark of Cinchona
    4. Bark of Acacia Catechu
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  2. Which one of the following is an artificial ecosystem?

    1. Rice field
    2. Forest
    3. Grassland
    4. Lake
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  3. In which State the Nelong Valley is located?

    1. Himachal Pradesh
    2. Jammu & Kashmir
    3. Sikkim
    4. Uttarakhand
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  4. During the Mughal Period, the Madarsa which was specialized in the teaching of 'Muslim Jurisprudence', was located in

    1. Lucknow
    2. Sialkot
    3. Delhi
    4. Hyderabad (India)
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  5. Who was called 'a slave of a slave' ?

    1. Mohd. Ghori
    2. Qutubuddin Aibak
    3. Balban
    4. Iltutmish
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  6. Which of the following age groups is eligible for enrolment under 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan"?

    1. 4-12 years
    2. 5-15 years
    3. 6-14 years
    4. 5-16 years
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  7. Sir Thomas Munro was Governor of Madras during years

    1. 1820-1827 AD
    2. 1822-1829 AD
    3. 1819-1826 AD
    4. 1818-1825 AD
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  8. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Institution) - List-II (Articles)

    (A) Controller and Auditor General of India - (1) Article 315
    (B) Finance Commission - 2) Article 280
    (C) Administrative Tribunal - (3) Article 148
    (D) Union Public Service Commission - (4) Article 323 (A)

    1. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
    2. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
    3. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
    4. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
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  9. India's first National Action Plan on climate change was released in:

    1. 2008
    2. 2012
    3. 2014
    4. 2015
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  10. The first woman recently elected to Local Council of Mecca in Saudi is:

    1. Mariam Bint
    2. Hanouf Bint
    3. Salma Bint
    4. Aasma Bint
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