UPSC Prelims Questions

Q.901Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following is not a part of compound microscope ?

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Q.902Miscellaneous2024Easy

In this question, you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find item based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the item based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only. We live in a time when globalisation is rapidly encompassing travel, information, trade and investment. The internet ties people together in ways unimaginable a few years ago. The globalisation of health, however, remains an elusive goal, similar to the globalisation of economic well-being. Laurie Garrett, in The Coming Plague, describes an unwelcome form of globalisation: the globalisation of disease. Garrett examines the recent history of emerging diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, Hantavirus, Rift Valley Fever, Legionnaires’ disease, and others. She also explains the resurgence of familiar diseases like tuberculosis, cholera, and pneumonia as a consequence of the widespread and unwise use of antibiotics. Many of the new diseases are clearly linked to changes in land use, which brings humans into close contact with rodents or other animals that harbour viruses previously unknown to medicine and often deadly to humans. Resurgent diseases, by contrast, are a creation of our medical practice. By treating people with antibiotics without restraint, we unknowingly select strains that are immune to the antibiotics and that pass on their resistant genes to unrelated bacteria by way of plasmid transfer. The heroes of her book are the women and men on the frontlines of epidemiology. Garrett makes a plea for a greater commitment from our universities, medical schools, and government agencies to train workers who will be capable of recognizing new diseases and who will be able to move about equally well in the laboratory, the hospital and the field in pursuit of knowledge and public-health intervention around the world. What is the meaning of the word “epidemiology” in the passage?

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Q.903Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following statements : 1. DNA replication takes place when chromatin is opened up. 2. Chromatin organises itself into rod-shaped chromosomes before cell division. 3. Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have the same process for cell division. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Q.904Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following statements regarding soils : 1. Soils having a very high content of sodium and calcium and pH of more than 7·0 are alkaline soils. 2. Black cotton soil had developed on the Deccan basaltic lava under hot and humid conditions. 3. Laterite soils are characterised by a deep weathered layer from which silica has been leached. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Q.905Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following characteristics of a grassland : 1. An extensive area of mid latitude grasslands are devoid of trees and shrubs. 2. The climate is characterised by hot summers, cold winters and relatively low rainfall occurring mainly in spring and summer. 3. In humid parts, grasses grow to a meter or more in height. On the basis of the above characteristics, select the correct grassland from the options given below :

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Q.906Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements regarding animal cell membrane is correct ?

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Q.907Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which one of the following does not apply to sound waves in fluids ?

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Q.908Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements regarding Regur soil is/are correct ? 1. It is a light coloured, clayey and fertile soil. 2. It is developed on Deccan basaltic lava under hot and humid conditions. 3. Cotton is extensively cultivated in this soil. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Q.909Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements regarding clouds is/are correct ? 1. Clouds are classified on the basis of altitude and their form. 2. According to altitude they are classified as High, Middle and Low clouds. 3. Stratus, Nimbostratus and Stratocumulus are high clouds. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Q.910Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements regarding Barchan is/are correct ? 1. It is a crescent shaped mound of sand, which is deposited by the wind blowing constantly from one direction in a desert. 2. The windward side has a convex steep slope with maximum height at the centre. 3. Two ends of Barchan are called horns and point opposite to the direction the wind blows. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Q.911Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which one among the following compounds has a sweet and fruity smell ?

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Q.912Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which one among the following separation techniques is used for blood tests in diagnostic laboratories?

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Q.913Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements regarding ‘aurora’ is/are correct ? 1. The solar wind upon reaching the Earth’s atmosphere is directed towards two magnetic poles and a colourful display of lights is seen in the night sky. 2. The particles interact with the different gases of the atmosphere and each gas glows with a particular colour. 3. In April 2023, aurora was captured in the night sky in India by the Indian Astronomical Observatory at Hanle, Ladakh. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Q.914Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which one of the following statements regarding simple pendulum is correct ? Simple pendulum has a time period independent of amplitude :

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Q.915Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following statements regarding ‘fronts’ : 1. The movement of a front causes a slow change in weather in the area over which it moves. 2. Cold fronts are associated with thunderstorms. 3. Warm front is the boundary between an advancing mass of warm air where it is overriding and rising above a mass of colder air. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Q.916Miscellaneous2024Easy

In this question, you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find item based on the passage. Read the passage carefully and answer the item based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and the opinion of the author only. We live in a time when globalisation is rapidly encompassing travel, information, trade and investment. The internet ties people together in ways unimaginable a few years ago. The globalisation of health, however, remains an elusive goal, similar to the globalisation of economic well-being. Laurie Garrett, in The Coming Plague, describes an unwelcome form of globalisation: the globalisation of disease. Garrett examines the recent history of emerging diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, Hantavirus, Rift Valley Fever, Legionnaires’ disease, and others. She also explains the resurgence of familiar diseases like tuberculosis, cholera, and pneumonia as a consequence of the widespread and unwise use of antibiotics. Many of the new diseases are clearly linked to changes in land use, which brings humans into close contact with rodents or other animals that harbour viruses previously unknown to medicine and often deadly to humans. Resurgent diseases, by contrast, are a creation of our medical practice. By treating people with antibiotics without restraint, we unknowingly select strains that are immune to the antibiotics and that pass on their resistant genes to unrelated bacteria by way of plasmid transfer. The heroes of her book are the women and men on the frontlines of epidemiology. Garrett makes a plea for a greater commitment from our universities, medical schools, and government agencies to train workers who will be capable of recognizing new diseases and who will be able to move about equally well in the laboratory, the hospital and the field in pursuit of knowledge and public-health intervention around the world. According to the passage, many new diseases are emerging due to change in land use because

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Q.917Miscellaneous2024Easy

If two sides of a square lie on the lines 2x + y - 3 = 0 and 4x + 2y + 5 = 0, then what is the area of the square in square units?

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Q.918Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following UN Declarations/Covenants : 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 3. International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 4. Convention on Refugees Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting with the earliest) of the above ?

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UPSC Prelims Questions

Which of the following is not a part of compound microscope ?

Which of the following statements regarding animal cell membrane is correct ?

Which one of the following does not apply to sound waves in fluids ?

Which of the following statements regarding Regur soil is/are correct ? 1. It is a light coloured, clayey and fertile soil. 2. It is developed on Deccan basaltic lava under hot and humid conditions. 3. Cotton is extensively cultivated in this soil. Select the answer using the code given below :

Which one among the following compounds has a sweet and fruity smell ?

Which one among the following separation techniques is used for blood tests in diagnostic laboratories?

Which one of the following statements regarding simple pendulum is correct ? Simple pendulum has a time period independent of amplitude :

If two sides of a square lie on the lines 2x + y - 3 = 0 and 4x + 2y + 5 = 0, then what is the area of the square in square units?

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