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  • - Total Questions: 100
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UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 1

'Crisis of distribution' referred to in the context of poverty alleviation indicates

Detailed Solution: Question 1

A is the correct option.Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a person's needs. According to UN poverty exceeds more than the mere lack of these abilities.'Crisis of distribution' referred to in the context of poverty alleviation indicates problem of distribution of fruits of development. In that context it illustrates that resources deployed in fighting hunger directly. 

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 2

Proclamation of emergency by the President of India can be made on the written advice of the Cabinet only. This provision has been added

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 3

Consider the following statements: Legitimacy entails
1. generating beliefs that ensure the survival of a democracy in capaitalist societies
2. a process by which power gains acceptance
3. an efficient police system for maintaining law and order
4. the absence of coercion

Q. Which of the statements given above are correct?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 4

Cultural nationalism is a form of nationalism that places primary emphasis on the regeneration of the nations as

Detailed Solution: Question 4

The correct option is B.
A form of nationalism that places primary emphasis on the regeneration of the nation as a distinctive civilization rather than on self-government. The belief that human beings are culturally-defined creatures, culture being the universal basis for personal and social identity.
 

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 5

Consider the following statements:
1. For election of the President of India, each elected member of either House of Parliament shall have such number of votes as may be obtained by dividing the total number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States by the number of the members of the Lok Sabha. 2. The Vice-President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both the Houses of Parliament and theelected members of the Legislative Assemblies of each State.

Q. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 6

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 7

Match List I (Fundamental Rights) with List II (Articles of the Indian Constitution)

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 8

Consider hthe following statements:
A. Democratic majorities can essily decide not to respect particular rights, especially those of unpopular minorities.
R. Democracy must respect some basic rights, namely those necessary for the effective exercise of democratic citizenship.

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 9

Consider hthe following statements:
A. In a multiparty electoral system, through a preelection coalition with smaller parties; major party enhances the possibility of winning more seats than it would have won on its own.
R. In a multiparty system there is no necessary correspondence between the votes received and the seats won by a political party.

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 10

Consider the following statements:
A. The original plan in the Draft Constitution concerning Governors was to have elected Governors. This was replaced by the method of appointment of the Governors by the President.
R. The method of appointment of the State executive by the Federal executive is in consonance with the federal system as it obtains in the USA and Australia.

Detailed Solution: Question 10

C is the correct option.While the President is elected by the representatives of the people, namely, the Members of Parliament and the Members of the State Legislatures, the Governor is merely appointed by the President which really means, by the Union Council of Ministers.
The reason is not correct for the given assertion.
 

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 11

Consider the following statements in respect of distribution between the Federal and the State governments:
1. As evidenced from the history of federations, there is no logical relationship between the location of residuary powers and the strength of the government.
2. Under the Commerce Clause of the American Constitution. enormous centralisation has taken place in the American political system.

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 12

Where did the concept of 'Scheduled Caste' originate from?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 13

Which one from among the following is the correct formula for determining 'Quota' required for the election of a candidate under Proportional Representation with single transferable vote?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 14

A multi-member constituency is better than a singlemember constituency becuase

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 15

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 16

The function of interest aggregation indicates

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 17

'We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is, what the judges say it is.' Besides USA, to which one of the following countries can this be applicable?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 18

In which of the following conditions can the Indian Parliament pass a bill on subjects mentioned in the State list?

Detailed Solution: Question 18

The correct answer is A  According to Article 249 of the Constitution, if the Rajya Sabha passes any of the subjects of the state list with 2/3 majority of the present and eligible voters of the House, declaring the subjects to have national importance, then on that subject parliament acquires the power to legislate i.e. to make laws.

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 19

The most important of the Committee of the Indian Parliament is

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 20

The idea of co-operative federalism indicates a constitution

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 21

Which one of the following statements describes a unitary system?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 22

Which one of the following statements differentiaties correctly the Indian nation from its various nationalities?

Detailed Solution: Question 22

D is the correct option.Nation represents a 'total sense of belongingness' while a nationality identifies itself, narrowly, with either religion, region, race, colour, caste or language.

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 23

Which one of the following statements is correct?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 24

Which one of the following statements correctly depicts the true nature of the Indian Federal System?

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 25

Consider the following statements regarding "Composition Scheme" in GST:
(i) It reduces the compliance cost for small businesses
(ii) It exempts small taxpayers from payment of GST
(iii) It allows small businesses to pay tax at a fix percent of their turnover

Q. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 26

The Macroeconomic Vulnerability Index (MVI) of a country is constructed by adding together which of the following:
(i) External Debt
(ii) Fiscal Deficit
(iii) Current Account Deficit
(iv) Inflation

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 27

Consider the following statements regarding “Inverted Duty Structure”:
(i) It makes domestic manufactured goods less competitive against finished product imports in the domestic market.
(ii) Finished goods are taxed at higher rate than the raw materials
(iii) Raw materials are taxed at higher rate thanthe finished products
(iv) The duty in the “Inverted Duty Structure” is Customs Duty

Q. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 28

In a country, jobs are available but still people are unemployed as there is a serious mismatch between what companies need and what workers can offer. This kind of unemployment is referred as:

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 29

The "Consumer Confidence Survey" in India is conducted by which of the following:

UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 24 - Question 30

Consider the following indices and their organisations and match the columns: Index
(i) Ease of doing business Index                                        1. International Food Policy Research Institute
(ii) Human Development Index                                           2. World Bank
(iii) Global Hunger Index                                                     3. United Nations Development Programme
(iv) Universal Health Coverage Index Organisations          4. International Monetary Fund

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