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10000 Questions for Prelims 2020 | Prelims 2020 Marathon

Dear Friends,

Let is share and post / paste here questions of various test series . If we crowd source enough, we know that questions will come from here. There was a thread of crowd sourced questions in the past, where @wunwun @burger @pizza and all had contributed and that year we had many questions come from there. 


Let us start this initiative. Also please follow the convention followed last year by @neyawn Sir, let us number the questions in a serial number.


Here I am starting


#1Choose correct statements

1) M N Roy was the founder of Communism in India

2) M N Roy first mooted the idea of Constituent Assembly

3) Patel was the Chairman of Committee on negotiating with states

4) Nehru was the Chairman of Drafting Committee


Select correct

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 and 3 only

c) 2 and 4 only

d) None of t

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Incognitosaid

Which of the following are the reasons for the existence of deserts on the western margin of continents?

1. Westerlies

2. Easterlies

3. Cold Ocean currents

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a 1 and 3 only
b 2 only
c 2 and 3 only
d 3 only

D?

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Incognitosaid

upsc2020said

The term Operation Clean Art, recently seen in news, is related to
A. Smuggling of Elephant tusks
B. Ancient Indian paintings
C. Smuggling of Mongoose hair
D. Indian Sculptures

C

Correct 

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Incognitosaid

upsc2020said

The term ‘Torrefaction’ recently seen in news is related to which among the following?

a) New technology for soft landing on moon

b) Physical property of metals defining their ability to be hammered, pressed, or rolled into 
thin sheets without breaking

c) Process for making high energy bio-coal from agri-waste

d) A method to produce bio-diesel

C

Correct 

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Incognitosaid

upsc2020said

As per the Central Water Commission’s (CWC) ‘Status of Trace and Toxic Metals in Indian Rivers, 2019’, consider the following statements.


1. Iron is most common contaminant found in Indian rivers.

2. Concentration of sodium chloride is very high in all rivers in India.

3. Two-thirds of the water quality stations spanning India’s major rivers are contaminated by one or more heavy metals.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a) 2 and 3 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

C ?

Yes.. correct. 

acquaintedeconomist99941,
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Consider the following statements about 
the Manibeli Declaration:

1. This Declaration calls for a moratorium on the World Bank funding of large dams. 
2. It highlighted the difficulties faced by the poor due to development projects.
3. It was named after a village of Punjab.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only 
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Consider the following statements about the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve:

1. It is located in the Satpura mountain range.
2. Dhoopgarh peak is inside it.
3. Bhils are the principal tribal population of the region.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Which of the following Acts are administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate 
Change?

1. The Public Liability Insurance Act, 
1991
2. The Water Cess Act, 1977
3. The River Boards Act, 1956

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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upsc2020said

Which of the following Acts are administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate 
Change?

1. The Public Liability Insurance Act, 
1991
2. The Water Cess Act, 1977
3. The River Boards Act, 1956

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

A

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upsc2020said

Consider the following statements about the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve:

1. It is located in the Satpura mountain range.
2. Dhoopgarh peak is inside it.
3. Bhils are the principal tribal population of the region.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

a

bhils are from Rajasthan

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upsc2020said

Incognitosaid

Which of the following are the reasons for the existence of deserts on the western margin of continents?

1. Westerlies

2. Easterlies

3. Cold Ocean currents

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a 1 and 3 only
b 2 only
c 2 and 3 only
d 3 only

D?

Correct

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Which of the following is/are regulated by Reserve Bank of India?
1. Government Securities Market
2. Money Market
3. Foreign Exchange Market
Select the correct code:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
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The terms like ‘Kanmai and Oorani’ recently in news is associated with?
a) Water Bodies
b) Ethnic Groups in South India
c) Story Telling Art forms
d) Religious Festival
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QUESTION 17. 
Match the following accounts of Foreign Travellers in India:
Foreign Traveller Account
1. Francois Bernier : : Indianised Christianity
2. Roberto Nobili : : Practice of Sati
3. Jean Baptiste Tavernier : : Diamond
4. Manucci : : Life and Activities in the Mughal Empire
Select the correct match:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 1, 2 and 4 only
d) 3 and 4 only
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QUESTION 22. If you wish to see Bengal Slow Loris in its natural habitat, where will you visit?
a) Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Western Ghats
c) Eastern Ghats
d) Sundarbans
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Consider the following statements w.r.t ‘Nematodes’ found in Soil:
1. They are also important bioindicators of soil ecosystem health.
2. Nematodes play a crucial role in the environment as they are responsible for production of
ammonia of the soil.
3. The highest abundance of nematodes is found in the order, Sub-Arctic>Temperate>Tropical
Regions.
Select the correct statement/s:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
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Incognitosaid

Which of the following is/are regulated by Reserve Bank of India?
1. Government Securities Market
2. Money Market
3. Foreign Exchange Market
Select the correct code:
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

d

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Incognitosaid

QUESTION 22. If you wish to see Bengal Slow Loris in its natural habitat, where will you visit?
a) Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Western Ghats
c) Eastern Ghats
d) Sundarbans

a

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Incognitosaid

The terms like ‘Kanmai and Oorani’ recently in news is associated with?
a) Water Bodies
b) Ethnic Groups in South India
c) Story Telling Art forms
d) Religious Festival

a

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 Gogabeel, a wetland , Important Bird area has been recently declared as a Community reserve in
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Jharkhand
C) Bihar
D) Chattisgarh
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The Term Bio rock technology which is recently in news is related to

A) Extraction of Minerals from ores in Environmental friendly manner.

B) Extraction of Minerals from ores by utilizing Microbes and plants.

C) An Artificial structure to facilitate revival of Coral reefs.

D) A Technologies to filter Arsenic impurities from aquifers.
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