UPPSC Prelims 2017 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 8

Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2017 (GS Paper I) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the UP PSC (PCS) subcategory under the Previous Year Questions (PYQs) category. Each question includes verified answer and detailed explanation for effective practice.

All Questions

71) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I List – II

(A) Tropical forest - (a) Sunderbans
(B) Conifer forest - (b) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Mangroves - (c) Rajasthan
(D) Deciduous forest - (d) Silent Valley

Codes:

A) A-a, B-b, C-d, D-c
B) A-b, B-a, C-d, D-c
C) A-a, B-d, C-b, D-c
D) A-d, B-b, C-a, D-c

72) Who among the following supported the Swaraj Party in Central Legislative Assembly in pre-independent India?

A) M. Jinnah
B) M. K. Gandhi
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D) Jawaharlal Nehru

73) Arrange the following schemes launched by Government of India in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
I. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
II. Atal Pension Yojana
III. Make in India
IV. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana

A) IV, III, I and II
B) I, II, III and IV
C) III, II, I and IV
D) IV, I, Il and III

74) Which among the following is not a parameter for estimating Global Gender Gap Index of World Economic Forum?

A) Health
B) Education
C) Economy
D) Leisure

75) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Country - Capital

(a) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
(b) Taiwan - Taipei
(c) Nicaragua - Managua
(d) Maldives - Malabo

A) Guinea Bissau - Bissau
B) Taiwan - Taipei
C) Nicaragua - Managua
D) Maldives - Malabo

76) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A) Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar
B) Lord Hastings – Anglo Nepal War
C) Lord Wellesley – Fourth Anglo Mysore War
D) Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo Maratha War

77) Who heads the panel on National Education Policy constituted in June 2017 by the Human Resource Development Ministry?

A) K. J. Alphonse
B) Ram Shankar Kureel
C) K. Kasturiranjan
D) M. K. Shridhar

78) Which one of the following states is ranked economically at the top but lowest on the basis of sex ratio?

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) West Bengal
D) Haryana

79) Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List I [Tirthankara] List II [Cognizance]

(A) Adinatha - (a) Bull
(B) Mallinatha - (b) Horse
(C) Parsavnatha - (c) Snake
(D) Sambhavnatha - (d) Water Jar

A) A-a, B-d, C-c, D-b
B) A-a, B-c, C-b, D-d
C) A-b, B-d, C-c, D-a
D) A-c, B-a, C-d, D-b

80) Which one of the following is a natural polymer?

A) Bakelite
B) Silk
C) Kevlar
D) Lexan