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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.13285·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The lower growth of coal production in India during 2011-2012 was primarily due to 1.environmental restrictions 2,non-availability of forestry clearance 3.poor law and order situation in coal-producing States 4.excessive rainfall in coal-mining areas Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13286·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The sharp depreciation of rupee in the Forex market in the year 2011 was due to 1.flight to safety by foreign investors 2.meltdown in European markets 3.inflation in emerging market economies 4.lag effect of monetary policy tightening Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13287·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which of the following occupations are included under secondary sector as per the national income accounts? 1.Manufacturing 2.Construction 3.Gas and water supply 4.Mining and quarrying Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13288·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The government can influence private sector expenditure by 1.taxation 2.subsidies 3.macroeconomic policies 4.grants Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13289·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following is a fixed cost to a manufacturing firm in the short run?

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Q.13290·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which of the following are included in the category of direct tax in India? 1.Corporation Tax 2.Tax on Income 3.Wealth Tax 4.Customs Duty 5.Excise Duty Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13291·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following programmes has now been restructured as the National Rural Livelihood Mission?

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Q.13292·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The concept which tries to ascertain the actual deficit in the revenue account after adjusting for expenditure of capital nature is termed as

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Q.13293·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which of the following institutions was/were asked by the Government of India to provide official estimates of black (unaccounted) money held by Indians, both in India and abroad? 1.National Institute of Public Finance and Policy 2.National Council of Applied Economic Research 3.National Institute of Financial Management Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.13294·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Outstanding historian Eric Hobsbawm who expired on 1st October, 2012, has authored a large number of books. The title of his famous autobiography is

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Q.13295·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

'Global Dimming' means

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Q.13296·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2012 was given for the work on

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Q.13297·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following statements about Grigori Perelman is not correct?

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Q.13298·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Who among the following was declared as the immediate future President of China in the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in November 2012?

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Q.13299·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

During the last part of November 2012, there was a severe fire accident which took away the lives of more than hundred people in Bangladesh. The accident occurred inside a

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Q.13300·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Which one among the following statements about Barack Obama is not correct?

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Q.13301·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Consider the following statement: "Rich countries have largely cheated the developing countries of the 30 billion dollars of funds they had committed to transfer to the poor ones between 2010 and 2012." Which one among the following relating to the above statement is not correct?

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Q.13302·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Who among the following is/are the Indian writer(s) short-listed for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for the year 2013? 1.Amitabh Ghosh 2.Jeet Thayil 3.Uday Prakash Select the correct answer using the code given below .

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