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UPPSC Prelims 2019 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 11)

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

    A. National Programme for Control of Blindness - 1. 1975
    B. Integrated Child Development Scheme - 2. 1976
    C. National Leprosy Eradication Programme - 3. 2005
    D. National Rural Health Mission - 4. 1983

    Codes:
    A B C D

    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 2 4 1 3
    3. 2 1 4 3
    4. 4 3 2 1
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  2. A sample of any of the following substances disappears after sometime when exposed to air like camphor, naphthalene or dry ice. This phenomenon is called:

    1. Sublimation
    2. Evaporation
    3. Diffusion
    4. Radiation
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  3. In which year was the 'Native Marriage Act' passed?

    1. 1870
    2. 1872
    3. 1874
    4. 1876
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  4. The "Money Bill" is defined in which article of Indian Constitution ?

    1. Article 109
    2. Article 110
    3. Article 111
    4. Article 112
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  5. India aims to achieve land degradation neutrality by the year?

    1. 2025
    2. 2030
    3. 2035
    4. 2040
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  6. Arrange the following events in a chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    I. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession.
    II. Constitution of India was enforced.
    III. Accession to India ratified by the Sovereign Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.
    IV. New Constitution of the State of Jammu and Kashmir came into force.

    Codes:

    1. I, III, IV, II
    2. III, IV, I, II
    3. I, II, III, IV
    4. IV, III, II, I
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  7. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    I. Appointment of Simon Commission
    II. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
    III. Mahatma Gandhi Dandi March
    IV. Death of Ferozshah Mehta

    1. IV, II, I, III
    2. I, II, IV, III
    3. II, III, IV, I
    4. IV, III, II, I
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  8. Arrange the following substances in chronological order of their first synthesis in lab:

    1. Black gold
    2. Fullerene
    3. Graphene
    4. Kevlar

    Select correct answer from the codes given below:
    Codes:

    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 4 2 3 1
    3. 2 4 3 1
    4. 4 1 2 3
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  9. With reference to the Himalayan range, which of the statements is/are correct?

    1. The sedimentary rocks of the greater Himalayas were fossil less.
    2. Marine livings fossils are found in the sedimentary rocks of lesser Himalayas.
    3. Remains of human civilization are found in outer or Shivalik Himalayas.

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

    1. 1 and 2 only
    2. 2 and 3 only
    3. 1 and 3 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
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  10. In the Suez canal region, the correct order of lakes lying from North to South direction is:

    1. Lake Timsah – Little Bitter Lake – Great Bitter Lake – Lake Manzala
    2. Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah – Lake Manzala
    3. Lake Manzala – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake – Lake Timsah
    4. Lake Manzala – Lake Timsah – Great Bitter Lake – Little Bitter Lake
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