UPPSC PCS Prelims exam 2018 - Q.26 to Q.50

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission PCS Preliminary exam 2018 

Q.26 to Q.50

26. Mary Kom has recently (Sept. 2018) been made brand ambassador of which of the following?

(a) Swachcha Bharat
(b) BSNL
(c) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
(d) Project Khel

27. Supreme Courts judgement regarding homosexuality is related to which of the following?

(a) Section 377 of IPC
(b) Article 377 of the Indian Constitution
(c) Article 277 of the Indian Constitution
(d) None of the above

28. Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos is joint venture of which of the following?

(a) Indian and Russia
(b) India and China
(c) India and Israel
(d) None of the above

29. Andrez Manuel Lopez Obrador is President elected in July 2018 of which of the following country ?

    (a) Venezuela     (b) Argentina
    (c) Mexico     (d) Nicaragua

30. On the basis of Panama Papers, the Prime Minister of which of the following countries was sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption?

(a) Maldives
(b) Trinidad
(c) Pakistan
(d) None of the above

31. As per draft National Register of Citizen (NRC) of July 2018, which of the following States more than 40 lakh illegal migrants were found?

(a) Nagaland     (b) Mizoram
(c) Assam     (d) Tripura

32. Who of the following inaugurated SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting) in July 2018 ?

(a) Ravishankar Prasad
(b) Piyush Goyal.
(c) Dr. Harshvardhan
(d) None of the above

33. As per report released by U.S. Journal, 'SCIENCE' on 26th July, 2018, a massive underground lake has been detected on which planet? .

(a) Jupiter
(b)Saturn
(c) Venus
(d) Mars

34. American President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong on 12 June, 2018 in which country ?

    (a) Malaysia     (b) Indonesia
    (c) Singapore     (d) Thailand

35. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.

    List - I                   List - II     I
(Samudra Gupta's       (Their Kingdoms)
Contemporary Kings
of South India)
A. Dhananjaya           1. Avamukta
B. Nilaraja             2. Kanchi
C. Ugrasena            3. Kusthalpura
D. Vishnugopa           4.Palaka
Code:
    A   B   C   D
(a)  1    2    3   4
(b)  2    1    4   3
(c)  3   1    4  2
(d)  4     3    2   1

36. Which of the following centres related to Indus Valley are situated in Uttar Pradesh?
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

I. Kalibanga
II. Lothal
III. Alamgirpur
IV. Hulas
Codes:
(a) I, II, III, IV
(b) I, II
(c) II, III
(d) III, IV

37. Which of the following institutions belonged to foreign trade?

    (a) Sreni     (b) Nagaram
    (c) Nanadesis     (d) Manigrama

38. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Many Sanskrit works on music were translated into Persian during the medieval period.
Reason (R) : The early chisti sufis were fond of musical assemblies called, 'sama'.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b)Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c)(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(d)(A) is false, but (R) is true.

39. Which of the following inscriptions gives the information about two Ashwamedha Yajnas performed by the King Pushyamitra Shung?

(a) Saranath inscription
(b) Besnagar inscription
(c) Ayodhya inscription
(d)Hathigumpha inscription

40. The term 'chakla' has been used in Medieval Indian History sources. This was

(a) Identical to Paragnah
(b) Identical to Sarkar
(c) Territorial unit between Subah and Paragnah, but not Identical to Sarkar
(d)None of the above

41. The Maratha claim of revenue for protection is known by what name?

(a) Sardesh Mukhi    (b)Chauth
(c) Abwab         (d) Jamadani

42. The mosque-the Khayr-ul-manzil opposite to the Purana Qila in Delhi was constituted by whom?

(a) Hamida Banu Begum
(b) Salima Sultan
(c) Jiji Anga
(d) Maham Anaga

43. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

      Place            Leadership
    (a) Sambhalpur    Surender Sahi
    (b) Ganjam         Radhakrishna Dandsena
    (c) Kashmir        Gulab Singh
    (d) Lucknow       Liyaqat Ali

44. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

   State           Ruler
(a) Devgiri         Shankar Dev
(b) Warangal       Ramehandra Dev
(c) Hoysal         Veer Ballal
(d) Madura        Veer Pandya

45. Arrange the following into chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

A. Muhammad Shah
B. Jahandar Shah
C. Alamgir II
D. Ahmadshah

Codes:

(a) A  C  D  B
(b) B  A  D  C
(c) C  A  B  D
(d) D  B  C  A

46. The development of the concept of 'Global Village' is based on

(a) Social development
(b) Political development
(c) Transport and Communication Development
(d) International organisations

47. Which of the following States of India has the longest coastline?

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Gujarat

48. Which of the following rivers of Uttar Pradesh has been declared a 'Biological Disaster' due to environmental
pollution?

(a) Yamuna
(c) Sai
(b) Gomati
(d) Tamsa

49. In which of the following hills the world famous temple of Lord Venkateshwar (Tirupati) is located?
    (a) Shevaroy     (b) Biligiriranga
    (c) Javadhee     (d) Mallmalla

50. Rajasthan desert or Thar desert is the expanse of which of the following?

(a) Pliocene
(b) Paleocene
(c) Pleistocene and recent deposits
(d) Oligocene