UPPSC (GS I) Practice Test- 3 (Old Pattern) - UPPSC (UP) MCQ

Paradeep Port is an artificial, deep-water port on the East coast of India in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. It is situated at the confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal. It is situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Visakhapatnam.

1. Supreme Courts can issue writs that relate with only the Fundamental Rights of citizens

2. High Courts can issue writs on issues that relate with the Fundamental Rights of citizens as well as for other reasons

3. The jurisdiction with regards to writs is wider for the High Courts as compared to Supreme Court of India

4. The writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court can be extended by the Parliament, but never decreased.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

Commensalism benefits one organism and the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed .

• In Mutaualism both the organisms are benefited.
• In Amensalism one organism is harmed while the other receive no benefits.
• In the case of Parasitism one benefits while the other is harmed.
• Positive interactions are those in which at least one organism is benefited while no organism is harmed.

• The area of tropical evergreen forests in India is found in the western Ghat region. Apart from it, it is also found in Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, North East India, among others.

• These forests are characterised by around 200 cm rainfall and an annual temperature of 26-28 degree Celsius.

• The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to the invasion of Timur.

• The invasion of Timur left Delhi sacked and in ruins.

• It was death knell of the Sultanate and then Babur invaded India and laid the foundation of great Mughals.

This was announced at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The green guarantee financing will support clean and resilient infrastructure in sectors including clean energy, transport and urban development. UK committed over 210 million pounds at the UN climate summit under the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG).

Hence, the correct option is (B).

• Three tier structures at village, block and district level is the system of Local Self Government in the Panchayati Raj set up.

• In the structure of the Panchayati Raj, the Village Panchayat is the lowest unit. The Panchayat Samiti is the second on join tier of the Panchayati Raj. The Zilla Parishad stands at the apex of the three-tier structure of the Panchayati Raj system.

• An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer.

• The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface or a lunar eclipse when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow.

• Eclipses occur due to rectilinear propagation.

LCRD will ride to space on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 rocket. It will be NASA’s first end-to-end laser relay system, sending and receiving data over infrared lasers at a rate of approximately 1.2 gigabits per second from geo-synchronous orbit to Earth.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

As per the report, India is among the countries with the lowest quit rates for smoking. The quit rates for men are less than 20%. China and India have more than 500 million tobacco users between the ages of 16 and 64. India ranks second with over 250 million smokers between the age of 16 and 64.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

It will be used to cultivate microorganisms, which could enable scientists to carry out biological experiments in outer space. The research study has been published in Acta Astronautica.

Hence, the correct option is (D).

• There are 3 Prime Ministers have died while in office.

• Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and Smt. Indira Gandhi.

• Trace element belongs to Molybdenum in plant psychology.

• The elements required by the plants in very small amounts are called trace elements, e.g., molybdenum. Molybdenum is an essential trace element for several enzymes important to animal and plant metabolism: mammalian xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase, aldehyde oxidase, sulfite oxidase, formate dehydrogenase, nitrate reductase and nitrogenase.

• Molybdenum functions as an electron carrier in those enzymes that catalyze the reduction of nitrogen and nitrate.

The day is observed to raise awareness about the alternatives of conventional fossil fuels and the government of India’s endeavours to enhance the biofuel sector. The day is observed in honour of Sir Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine. The theme for World Biofuel Day 2021 is “the promotion of biofuels for a better environment.

Hence, the correct option is (A).

He will succeed Justice Shiva Kirti Singh.

His tenure shall be governed by Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021 and Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021

Aim: to adjudicate disputes and dispose of appeals protecting interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector.

Hence, the correct option is (B).