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UPPSC Prelims 2017 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 10)

  1. Given below are two statements:

    Assertion (A|: The scope of judicial review is limited in India.
    Reason [RI: Indian constitution has some borrowed items.

    Select the right answer from the code given below:

    1. Both [A] and [R] are correct and [R] is the right explanation of [A]
    2. Both [A] and [R] are correct but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
    3. [A] is correct, but [R] is wrong.
    4. [A] is wrong, but [R] is correct.
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  2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

    1. Prabna revolt - 1873
    2. Deccan Kisan revolt - 1875
    3. Sanyasi revolt - 1894
    4. Kol uprising - 1831
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  3. The target to reduce Infant Mortality Rate [IM] during the eleventh plan period was kept at:

    1. 27 per 1000 live birth
    2. 28 per 1000 live birth
    3. 29 per 1000 live birth
    4. 30 per 1000 live birth
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  4. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? Green House Gas – Source

    1. Carbon dioxide – Thermal Power Stations
    2. Chloro Fluro carbon – Automobile
    3. Nitrous Oxide – Waterlogged Paddy fields
    4. Sulphur dioxide – Brick Kilns
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  5. In which year was Rajya Sabha constituted for the first time?

    1. 1950
    2. 1951
    3. 1952
    4. 1953
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  6. What is meant by a Bullock–Capitalist?

    1. Farmers who are poor
    2. Farmers who are rich
    3. Farmers who have some resources but are not rich
    4. Farmers who are big Zamindars
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  7. Which of the following trials attracted world-wide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein, H.G.Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?

    1. INA trial
    2. Lahore conspiracy case
    3. Meerut conspiracy case
    4. None of the above
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  8. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed the Jury Act of 1826?

    1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
    4. Rajnarayan Basu
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  9. Which of the following iron and Steel plants is not close to the raw material area?

    1. Jamshedpur
    2. Rourkela
    3. Durgapur
    4. Salem
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  10. Which one of the following does not fall within the purview of Article 21 of the Constitution?

    1. Medical aid to injured by a doctor
    2. Sexual Harassment of Women at work place
    3. Pollution of the quality of water
    4. Capital punishment
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