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Prelims 2018 Question SET D

2018

1. With reference to solar power production in India, consider the following statements:

1. India is the third largest in the world in the manufacture of silicon wafers used in photovoltaic units.

2. The solar power tariffs are determined by the Solar Energy Corporation of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Asked in 2014

With reference to technologies for solar power production, consider the following statements :

[2014 - I]

1. ‘Photovoltaics’ is a technology that generates electricity by direct conversion of light into

electricity, while ‘Solar Thermal’ is a technology that utilizes the Sun’s rays to generate heat which
is further used in electricity generation process.

2. Photovoltaics generates Alternating Current (AC), while Solar Thermal generates Direct

Current (DC).

3. India has manufacturing base for Solar Thermal technology, but not for Photovoltaics.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only

Ans

(a) Photovoltaics' is a technology that generates electricity by direct conversion of light into electricity,
while 'Solar Thermal' is a technology that utilizes the Sun's rays to generate heat which is further
used in electricity generation process. Both Photovoltaic cells

and solar thermal generate direct current (DC). India has a manufacturing base for both.

2018

2 Which of the following leaf modifications occur(s) in the desert areas to inhibit water loss?

1. Hard and waxy leaves

2. Tiny leaves

3. Thorns instead of leaves

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(a) 2 and 3 only

(b) 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

2013

Which of the following leaf modifications occurs/occur

in desert areas to inhibit water loss? [2013 - I]

1. Hard and waxy leaves

2. Tiny leaves or no leaves

3. Thorns instead of leaves

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 only

2018

3 Which one of the following links all the ATMs in India ?

(a) Indian banks' Association

(b) National Securities Depository Limited

(d) Reserve Bank of India

See the Explanation
2017

Consider the following statements:

1. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

helps in promoting financial inclusion in the

country.

2. NPCI has launched RuPay, a card payment

scheme.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Solution: C

Justification: Statement 1: NPCI is an umbrella

organization for all retail payments system in India.

Thus, an important objective of NPCI is to facilitate

an affordable payment mechanism to benefit the

common man across the country and help financial

inclusion.

Statement 2: Rupay is a domestic card payment

network that provides an alternative to international

card schemes. It was introduced by NPCI.

2018

4 Increase in absolute and per capita real GNP do not connote a higher level of economic
development, if

(a) industrial output fails to keep pace with agricultural output.

(b) agricultural output fails to keep pace with industrial output.

(d) imports grow faster than exports.

1986

Standard of living of a nation can be judged by

(a) Increase in GNP at factor cost

(b) Increase in GNP at cost including taxes and

duties

(d) None of the above

1991

As the GNP (Gross National Product) of a

nation increases,

the share of the tertiary sector in the total GNP

(a) Decreases

(b) Increases

(d) None of the above

Inflation tends to reduce the share of labour

in the GNP (Gross

National Product) because

(a) Wages lag behind prices

(b) Prices lag behind wages

(d) Profits lag behind wages

1998

According to the World Development Report, low

income economics are those for which the per capita

GNP in 1994 was: [1998]

(a) US $ 925 or less (b) US $ 825 or less

2018

5. Despite being a high saving economy, capital formation may not result in significant increase
in output due to

(a) weak administrative machinery

(b) illiteracy

(d) high capital-output ratio

1995

The main reason for low growth rate in India, inspite
of high rate of savings and capital formation is : [1995]
(a) high birth rate
(b) low level of foreign and
(c) low capital output ratio
(d) high capital output ratio

2013

Economic growth in country X will necessarily have

to occur if [2013 - I]

(a) there is technical progress in the world economy

(b) there is population growth in X

(d) the volume of trade grows in the world economy

Which of the following are the main causes of

slow rate of growth of per capital income In India?

I. High capital output ratio

II. High rate of growth of population

III. High rate of capital formation

IV. High level of fiscal deficits

Select the correct answer from the codes given

below:

Codes:

(a) I, II, III and lV

(b) II, III and IV

(d) I and I

2018

6 The well-known painting "Bani Thani" belongs to the

(a) Bundi school

(b) Jaipur school

(d) Kishangarh school

Answer.d

1989

The well known painting ‘Bani Thani’ belongs to the (1989)

(a) Kangra School

(b) Kishangarh School

(d)Jaipur School

2018

7 With reference to cultural history of India, consider the following statements :

1. Most of the Tyagaraja Kritis are devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna.

2. Tyagaraja created several new ragas.

3. Annamacharya and Tyagaraja are contemporaries.

4. Annamacharya kirtanas are devotional songs in praise of Lord Venkateshwara.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 4 only

(d) 2, 3 and 4

2010

Among the following, who was not a proponent of Bhakti cult ? [2010]

(a) Nagarjuna (b) Tukaram

Consider the following Bhakti Saints: [2013 - I]

1. Dadu Dayal

2. Guru Nanak

3. Tyagaraja

Who among the above was/were preaching when the

Lodi dynasty fell and Babur took over?

(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 only

(d) 1 and 2

2018

8 In the federation established by The Government on India Act of 1935. Residuary Power
were given to the

(a) Federal Legislature

(b) Governor General

(d) Provincial Governors

Answer.b

2012

The distribution of powers between the Centre and the States in the Indian Constitution is based
on the scheme provided in the [2012 - I]

(a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

(b) Montagu-Chelmsford Act, 1919

(d) Indian Independence Act, 1947

2000

Which one of the following is not a feature of the

Government of India Act of 1935? [2000]

(a) Diarchy at the Centre as well as in the provinces

(b) a bicameral legislature

(d) an All-India federation

Consider the following statements:

Some of the main features of the Government of India

Act, 1935 were the :

1. abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces

2. power of the Governors to veto legislative action

and to legislate on their own

3. abolition of the principle of communal

representation .

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 [2004]

2018

9 Which of the following is/are the aim/aims of "Digital India" Plan of the Government of India?

1. Formation of India's own Internet companies like China did.

2. Establish a policy framework to encourage overseas multinational corporations that collect Big
Data to build their large data centres within our national geographical boundaries.

3 Connect many of our villages to the Internet and bring Wi-Fi to many of our school, public places
and major tourist

Select the correct answer using the code given below

(a ) 1 and 2 only

( b) 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer.b

2016

UPSC has asked question related to Digital India in 2016 as well as 2017

Regarding ‘DigiLocker’, sometimes seen in the

news, which of the following statements is/are

correct?(2016)

1. It is a digital locker system offered by the

Government under Digital India Programme.

2. It allows you to access your e-documents

irrespective of your physical location.

Select the correct answer using the code given

below

a) 1 only

b) 2 Only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Ans. C

2017

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Smart India Hackathon 2017?(2017)

1. It is a centrally sponsored scheme for developing

every city of our country into Smart Cities in a

decade.

2. It is an initiative to identify new digital technology

innovations for solving the many problems faced

by our country.

3. It is a programme aimed at making all the

financial transactions in our country completely

digital in a decade.

Select the correct answer using the code given below

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 only

(d) 2 and 3 only

Solution: B

Why: It is a part of Digital India programme of the

government. Expect related questions from official

events and schemes

2018

10 Consider the following countries :

1. Australia

2. Canada

3. China

4. India

5. Japan

6. USA

Which of the above are among the 'free-trade partners' of ASEAN ?

(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5

(b) 3, 4, 5 and 6

(d) 2, 3, 4 and 6

Answer.c

2016

The term ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic(2016)

Partnership’ often appears in the news in the

context of the affairs of a group of countries

known as

(a) G20

(b) ASEAN

(d) SAARC

Ans. B Explanation:

RCEP is a FTA between ASEAN and sic other countries

(Australia,China, India, Japan, S.Korea and NewZealand)

Why the question Came:

Recently it has been in the news for two reasons-Doctors

without borders has asked India not to accept RCEP lest it

won't be a medicine market of the world and recently the

ASEAN members ave asked India to either reduce the tariffs

or to quit the talks on FTA held by RCEP.

2018

11 With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements:

1. The value of the vote of each MLA varies from State to State.

2. The value of the vote of MPs of the Lok Sabha is more than the value of the vote of MPs of the
Rajya Sabha.

Which of following statements given above is/are Correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 Or 2

Answer.c

1990

The value of a vote of a member of the Parliament for the election of the President of India is

determined by dividing the (1990)

(a) Nation’s population as per thelatest

census by the number of Lok

Sabha members.

(b) Population as per the latest censusby

the total strength of the

two Houses of the Parliament.

of all the State

Legislative Assemblies by the elected

members of the two Houses of

the Parliament

(d)Particular State’s population as per the

latest census by the number of members of Parliament elected

from that State

2018

12 Which among the following events happened earliest ?

(a) Swami Dayanand established AryaSamaj.

(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.

(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.

Answer.b

2001

Consider the following statements: [2001]

1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835

2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj

to the authority of Vedas in support of its social

reform programme

2008

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer

using the code given below the Lists: [2008]

List-I (Author) List-II (Work)

A. Bankimchandra 1. Shatranj ke Khilari

B. Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Debi Chaudhurani

C. Premchand 3. Nil-Darpan

4. Chandrakanta

Code:

(a) A-2; B-4; C-1 (b) A-3; B-4; C-2

2018

13 Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true ?

1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.

2. Establishment of universities was recommended.

3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer. a

2003

The aim of education as stated by the Wood's Despatch

of 1854 was: [2003]

(a) the creation of employment opportunities for

native Indians

(b) the spread of western culture in India

English medium

(d) the introduction of scientific research and

rationalism in the traditional Indian education

2018

14 Right to Privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty.
Which of the following in the Constitution of India correctly and appropriately imply the
above statement?

(a) Article 14 and the provisions under the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution

(b) Article 17 and the Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV

(d) Article 24 and the provisions under the 44th Amendment to the Constitution

Answer.c

2004

Match List I (Articles of the Constitution of India) with

List II (Provision) and select the correct answer using

the codes given below the lists: [2004]

List-I List II

A. Article 14 1. The State shall not discriminate

against any citizen on grounds

only of religion, race, caste, sex

place of birth or any of term

B. Article 15 2. The State shall not deny to any

person equality before the law

or the equal protection of laws

within the territory of India

C. Article 16 3. ‘Untouchability’ is abolished

and its practice in any from is

forbidden

D. Article 17 4. There shall be equality of

opportunity for all citizens in

matters relating to employment

or appointment to any office

under the State

Codes:

(a) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 (b) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

2018

15 Consider the following statements :

1. In the first Lok Sabha, the single largest party in the opposition was the Swatantra Party.

2. In the Lok Sabha, a "Leader of the Opposition" was recognised for the first time in 1969.

3. In the Lok Sabha, if a party does not have a minimum of 75 members, its leader cannot be
recognised as the Leader of the Opposition.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

1989

The first Leader of the opposition to get

recognition in the

Indian Parliament was

(a) Y. B. Chavan

(b) Ram Subhag Singh

(d)C. M. Stephen

2018

16 Consider the following statements :

1. The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India.

2. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no
judgement can be made on

it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

1981

Acts and Regulations validated by Article 31 B

are specified in

_____ of the Constitution

(a) Concurrent List

(b) State List

(d) Ninth Schedule

2003

The Ninth Schedule to the Indian Constitution was

added by: [2003]

(a) First Amendment

(b) Eighth Amendment

(d) Forty Second Amendment

2018

17 How is the National Green Tribunal (NGT) different from the Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB)

1. The NGT has been established by an Act whereas the CPCB has been created by an executive
order of the Government.

2. The NGT provides environmental justice and helps reduce the burden of litigation in the higher
courts whereas the CPCB promotes cleanliness of streams and wells, and aims to improve the
quality of air in the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

2012

The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted

in consonance with which of the following provisions

of the Constitution of India? [2012 - I]

1. Right to healthy environment, construed as a

part of Right to life under Article 21

2. Provision of grants for raising the level of

administration in the Scheduled Areas for the

welfare of Scheduled Tribes under Article 275(1)

3. Powers and functions of Gram Sabha as

mentioned under Article 243 (A)

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 only

Ans

(a) The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was

enacted in consonance with the Right to healthy

environment, construed as a part of Right to life under

Art. 21.

2018

18 Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance
introduced by Lord Wellesley?

(a) To maintain a large standing army at other's expense

(b) To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger

(d) To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States

1992

A lot of questions have been already asked on this topic

The first Indian ruler who joined the

Subsidiary Alliance was

(a) the Nawab of Oudh

(b) the Nizam of Hyderabad

(d) the King of Travancore