UPSC Paper 1 Mock Test - 23 - UPSC MCQ

A study undertaken by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, called the Logistics Efficiency Enhancement Programme (LEEP), identified key solution themes to improve the state of logistics in India. These themes include
1. Freight corridor upgradation
2. Logistics park development
3. Seamless interstate movement
4. Electronic toll collection systems
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The recent approval given by the Cabinet in order to increase oil palm area and production will
1. Encourage oil palm plantation on large scale by corporate bodies
2. Lead to reduction in the area of wetlands
3. Require allocation of additional funds to the National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
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Under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN,
1. Airlines will get exclusive rights to fly on a regional route for the first three years
2. Regional routes are awarded through a reverse bidding auction
3. Losses incurred by airlines flying regional routes will be compensated by passengers flying on national routes
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The Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network is an indigenously developed technology system in India that
1. Digitises vaccine stocks
2. Monitors the temperature of vaccine storage across cold chains
3. Keeps track of the dosage cycles in vaccinated children
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The United States of America recently announced its decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Which of the following countries did not sign up to the deal in the first place?
1. Syria
2. Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
3. North Korea
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The powers and functions of the Central Information Commission are
1. During the inquiry of a complaint, no public record may be withheld from the commission on any grounds
2. When a public authority does not conform to the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Commission can respond only by imposing penalties
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Which of the following members of the SCO are participants in the TAPI gas pipeline project?
1. Tajikistan
2. Afghanistan
3. Turkmenistan
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In the context of the ‘e-way bill’ related to the affairs of the Goods and Services Tax regime, consider the following statements:
1. A single e-way bill will be valid for a consignment from its point of origin to its destination regardless of the mode of transportation
2. The bill allotted for a consignment will be valid for a duration depending on the distance that the consignment needs to move
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which among the following states does NOT organise state-sponsored bird festivals?

Which among the following states was the first to launch a price deficit compensation scheme that seeks to address rural-agrarian distress?

The Dodd-Frank Act passed by the US Congress in 2010 has a section that declares certain minerals as ‘conflict minerals’. Which one of the following minerals is NOT one among them?

Consider the following statements about Ionosphere
1. It is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation
2. It influences radio propagation to distant places on the Earth
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Consider the following statements about SWAYAM PRABHA
1. It is a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. It is a group of 32 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of educational programmes on 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite
3. It is maintained by Information and Library Network Centre
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With reference to ISRO’s PSLV-C40 co-passenger payloads, consider the following statements:
1. This PSLV is the first to carry ISRO’s nanosatellite technology demonstrator
2. A satellite from Finland’s new space company ICEYE was aboard this PSLV
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements
1. Article 124 of the Indian Constitution deals with ‘Establishment and Constitution of Supreme Court’
2. Article 217 of the Indian Constitution deals with the ‘Ancillary powers of Supreme Court’
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Key issues that have been raised with reference to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 include
1. A civil wrong being treated as a criminal act
2. The utilisation of Waqf funds for payment of subsistence allowance to the estranged wife
3. The potential for misuse of the law against Muslim men due to the non-cognizable nature being assigned to the offence of pronouncing triple talaq
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Which state/part of India was the first to hold an election based on universal adult franchise in independent India?

Which of the following teams won 37th All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament held in Gangtok?

Which among the following assets can be regarded as the most dependable platform for a second-strike, given the country’s “no first use” policy on nuclear weapons?

Under whose chairmanship , the Union Government has set up a high level committee to address the problem of NPAs in India’s power sector?

Name the first northeastern state of India to launch Point of Sale (POS) facility for electricity bill payment?