UPPSC Prelims 2019 (GS Paper I) – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – Page 1
Prepare better with this curated list of UPPSC Prelims 2019 (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
1) Central institute of Indian languages is located at of the following places?
A) Varanasi
B) Mysore
C) New Delhi
D) Shimla
2)
Arrange following events in chronological order and select correct answer from the codes given below:
1) Poona Pact
2) Gandhi-Irvin Agreement
3) Cripps Mission
4) Civil Disobedience Movement
A) 4, 2, 3, 1
B) 2, 4, 1, 3
C) 4, 2, 1, 3
D) 3, 1, 4, 2
3) Which one of the following natural regions is known as 'Land of Big Games'?
A) Temperate Grassland
B) Tropical Monsoon Region
C) Hot Desert Region
D) Tropical Savanna Region
4) Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
A) Dam – Copper coin
B) Desai – Revenue Collector
C) Diwan – Revenue Chief of a province
D) Jarib – A type of tax
5) Which of the following Direct Benefit Scheme (DBS) has been recognized by the 'Guinness Book of World Record' as the world's largest Direct Benefit Scheme?
A) MGNREGA
B) PAHAL
C) NSAP
D) None of the above
6) The 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was given to a woman for the second time, name the first woman who was earlier awarded this prize.
A) Esther Duflo
B) Gerty Theresa Cori
C) Maria Goeppert
D) Elinar Ostrom
7)
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Sugarcane and sugar production in U.P. is more than Maharashtra but productivity is less.
Reason (R): Most of the sugar factories in Maharashtra are in cooperative sector.
Codes:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
8) The book 'Venushilpa' by Chitracharya Upendra Maharathi relates to which of the following form of arts?
A) Jewellery
B) Painting
C) Bamboo art
D) Marble carving
9) Which Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle was used by ISRO to launch Chandrayaan-2 craft?
A) GSLV - MK III - M1
B) GSLV - MK II - M2
C) GSLV - MK V - MS
D) GSLV - Mk V - M4
10) The author of the Booker Prize Winner 2019 book's "Girl, Women, Other" is:
A) Margaret Atwood
B) Elif Shafak
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Bernadine Evaristo