UKPSC Prelims 2024

The McMahon line demarcates the boundary between which of the following options?

The shape of Atoll is:

The bright outer layer of the sun is known as:

Epeirogenic forces are result of:

Dry winds blowing from north-east and east to west of Sahara desert are known as:

The landform of 'Hanging Valley' is associated with which of the following geomorphic process?

Consider the following statements regarding the tropical dry deciduous forest in India: (1) It is found in the regions, where rainfall is between 25 and 75 cm. (2) They occur in an irregular wide strip running from the foot of the Himalayas. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Which one of the following Peninsular rivers has longest course length?

Which of the following statements is not true, with respect to 'Laterite soils' in India?

Which drainage pattern is commonly found in Ganga plains and Assam Valley, characterized by wide plains, gentle slopes, heavy rains and large number of tributaries?

Which one of the following groups of forest is spread over larger area in India?

River Kabini is a tributary of the:

When the Coriolis effect is counter balanced by the pressure gradient force, the resulting wind is termed as:

Which of the following is a point of confluence of river Jadganga and Bhagirathi?

‘Utadhura Pass’ is situated near which one of the following glaciers of Uttarakhand?

Which of the following has traditionally been called the “Farmer’s best friend” in Uttarakhand?

Temporary habitats in the high-altitude pastures of Garhwal Himalayas are called:

Which of the following statements are true according to Census of India 2011 data? (1) Uttarkashi district has the lowest population density in Uttarakhand. (2) Rudraprayag district has the highest sex ratio in Uttarakhand. (3) Udham Singh Nagar has the highest percentage of Muslim population. Choose the correct option:

Which of the following National Parks of Uttarakhand was included in the Project Tiger Scheme in 2015?

Arrange the following districts in descending order according to percentage of Scheduled Tribe population to total population (Census of India 2011) and choose the correct option:

Durmital is located in which of the following districts of Uttarakhand?

Arrange the districts in ascending order of female literacy rate and choose the correct option:

Which of the following streams is a tributary of the Girthi river in Uttarakhand?

Who started the “Maiti Movement” aimed at plantation?

Select the correct pair of river basins separated by the Dudhatoli Mountain Range.

According to Forest Survey Report-2021, which of the following district has the highest percentage of forest cover (percentage of forest cover to total geographical area of the district) in Uttarakhand?

According to the Constitution of India, who among the following is the Head of the State?

Which of the following Parts of the Indian Constitution deals with the relations between the Union and the States?

What is the main function of the Public Accounts Committee?

In which of the following cities is the central secretariat of the ‘Association of South-East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) located?

Which of the following treaties does NOT match with the year it was executed?

Which of the following is NOT a philosophy of the Indian Constitution?

Which of the following words were NOT present in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution adopted on November 26, 1949? (1) Republic (2) Reliable (3) Socialist (4) Non-religious

Which of the following statements is NOT correct regarding the issuance of an Ordinance by the President?

Match the hydroelectric projects with the river on which they are constructed: A. Koteshwar B. Kulhal C. Tapoban Vishnugad D. Vishnuprayag 1. Asan 2. Alaknanda 3. Bhagirathi 4. Dhauli

Which one of the following is not in existence now?

Which of the following Lok Sabhas did not complete its full five-year term?

Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution has the Inter-State Council been constituted?

Which of the following rights is NOT enjoyed by a British citizen residing in India?

The President has power to make regulations regarding which of the following? 1. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2. Daman & Diu 3. Goa, Daman & Diu 4. Puducherry

The mind of the makers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT one of the UNESCO Creative Cities from India?

The Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission can be removed from his post by:

Regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

Who among the following was the first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?

How many women MLAs were there in the first Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Which parliament seat of Uttarakhand State is reserved for Scheduled Caste?

Who among the following was the Human Resource Development/Education Minister from Uttarakhand in the Central Government in the year 2019?

National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was launched in

In which year did the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) come into existence?

Which of the following statements related to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) is NOT true?

BRICS is important in the global economy. Which of the following statements about BRICS is NOT correct?

As per the Sustainable Development Report 2023, what is the rank of India?

‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM-KISAN) scheme came into effect from:

The long-term objective of the National Population Policy 2000 is to achieve a stable population by

Which of the following is NOT a member of the South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (SAPTA)?

A measure of the total inflation within an economy, including such factors as food and energy prices, is called

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog?

Who among the following has NOT been the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

What percentage (approximately) of Uttarakhand is plain area?

Which of the following programme is NOT associated with the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)?

UTDB is established in Uttarakhand to promote ______.

In Uttarakhand State, which district got first place in fish production in 2022-2023?

Which district of Uttarakhand has the highest forest-cover share (percentage) with respect to its total geographical area?

When did the Government of Uttarakhand pass the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act?

On the basis of NFHS-2019-21 survey, the multidimensional poverty in Uttarakhand in 2019-21 was

The term GHz is the indicator of which feature of the computer?

Which of the following is the 5th generation AI programming language?

Which modulation technique is preferred for medium-speed communication range up to 1200 to 2400 bits per second?

Consider a tightly wound 100-turn coil of radius 10 cm, carrying a current of 1 A. What will be the magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of the coil?

Two slits are made one millimetre apart and the screen is placed one metre away. What is the fringe separation when blue-green light of wavelength 500 nm is used?

What will be the de Broglie wavelength of a ball of mass 0.12 kg moving with a speed of 20 m s⁻¹?

Food cans are coated with Tin instead of Zinc, because

As per Census-2011, which of the following districts of Uttarakhand had the lowest female literacy rate?

Which one of the following is the highest reactive metal?

The geographical regions that are particularly rich in endemic, rare and threatened species, found relatively in small areas and facing significant habitat loss, are referred to as:

Organisms which grow best in the temperature range of 0-15 °C are referred to as:

Which Constitutional Amendment Act relates to the protection and improvement of environment and safeguarding of forests and wildlife?

Which of the following helps some hydrophytes to thrive in wetlands and marshes where the water level fluctuates from time to time?

The relative contribution of different greenhouse gases to global warming is given below. Identify the incorrect pair.

The term antibiotic was coined by

Which of the following is the first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology?

The hybridoma technique was developed by whom?

Which of the following is used as an immunosuppressor for kidney transplantation?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

‘Malogam’, the polling station with only one voter during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, falls in which state?

The half-life of a radioactive substance is 4 months. How much time will it take to decay 3/4th of the substance?

“Prawasi Bharatiya Diwas” (PBD) or NRI Day is celebrated in India every year on which date?

In March 2024, who created history as the first woman sniper of the Border Security Force (BSF)?

What is India’s rank in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index 2024?

Mission “Divyastra” is related to which of the following?

In February 2024, which bank raised US $ 300 million through its first ever sustainable-finance bond issue?

Besides Urdu poet Gulzar, who is the other recipient of the 58th Jnanpith Award?

The Government of India has extended the O-SMART scheme till 2026. The scheme primarily aims at

Prior to Jyoti Aree, the record of oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest was held by

In which city were the 37th National Games inaugurated in October 2023?

How many Gold Medals did India win in the 19th Asian Games, Hangzhou 2023?

In February 2024, who became the first Indian citizen to receive an Honorary Knighthood from the United Kingdom’s King Charles III?

Which film won the Best Animated Feature Film award at the 96th Academy Awards?

Daniel Kahneman, who passed away in March 2024, received the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his contribution to which field?

Who won the first prize in the National Youth Parliament Festival 2024?

Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, belongs to which country?

Which Indian city was added to UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the ‘City of Literature’ category in 2023?

The first International Summit on the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Military was held in which country?

The Permanent Secretariat of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is located at:

Which of the following books won the 2024 International Booker Prize?

In March 2024, which company acquired the educational platform ‘Udacity’?

Nivedita Karki, honoured with the Teelu Rauteli State Level Award 2023, is associated with which sport?

The Election Commission of India announced seven phases for General Elections 2024. In which phase were elections held in Uttarakhand?

Which of the following folk dances/celebrations of Uttarakhand is included in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list?

Who has been appointed as the first woman Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand?

The Hindu pilgrimage place named ‘Purnagiri’ is situated in which district of Uttarakhand?

The headquarters of which of the following is located in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand?

The train for the Manaskhand Corridor Yatra was proposed to start from which railway station?

Who has been appointed as the first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?

Which of the following new games have been approved by the International Olympic Committee for the Los Angeles Olympic Games 2028?

Who constructed the Lake Sudarshan?

Who established the Ajivika Sampradaya?

Who established the ‘Vikramshila’ University?

‘Milinda Panha’ is based on the questions of Maharaj Milinda. In which language was it written?

Shahjahan gave the title of ‘Shah Iqbal’ to which of his sons?

Arrange the Battles of Babur given below in chronological order: I. Battle of Ghaghra II. First Battle of Panipat III. Battle of Chanderi IV. Battle of Khanwa

Which one of the following works was written by Ziauddin Barani?

To commemorate the victory of which region did Akbar build the ‘Buland Darwaza’?

In 1336 A.D., who founded the Vijayanagar Empire?

Which document is considered the “Magna Carta” of English Education in India?

What was the primary aim of the ‘Aligarh Movement’?

The Central Hindu School of Banaras, which later developed into Banaras Hindu University, was established by whom?

To propagate the ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, who founded the ‘Tatvabodhini Sabha’ in 1839?

The play ‘Neel Darpan’ (1858-1859) highlights the plight of Indigo growers. Who wrote it?

Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon in 1905. In which year was the partition annulled?

Who said that the Brahmans and Shramanas were two types of philosophers?

Azad Hind Fauz was formed in which of the following country?

Which one of the following is correctly matched? Painted Rock Shelters Site — District

Who issued the ‘Chitreshwar’ type of coins in Uttarakhand?

Which Mughal Emperor sent the survey team to Garhwal to explore the origin of Ganga river?

Who among the following Garhwal prince was appointed Mansabdar in the Mughal Court?

In which year ‘Kumaon Water Rules’ were implemented?

In Tehri Riyasat under which Deputy Commissioner Thakur Jodh Singh Negi was appointed as a settlement officer?

Which Parmar ruler is known as ‘Garv-Bhanjan’ in the history of Garhwal?

Which one among the following royal dynasties is associated with the Taleshwar copper plate grants?

‘Barahat Shakti Stambh’ inscription is related to which of the following?

‘Chaumu Deity’ is worshipped in Uttarakhand for

Between which of the following two kingdoms the battle of ‘Tamadhaund’ was fought?

Who chaired the first conference of ‘Kumaon Parishad’ organised at Almora in 1917?

Who was the founder of newspaper ‘Samata’?

Which one of the following seas has highest salinity?

The “Khudai Khidmatgar” (Servants of God) was founded by –

Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same order from left to right) to complete the given expression in such a manner that “S < X” and “N ≥ P” definitely hold true? X __ N __ O ≥ S __ P

Which two numbers, from amongst the given options, should be interchanged in the equation to make it correct? (6)³ ÷ 12 + 4 × √81 – 28 ÷ 2 + 24 = 43

Statement: Excessive use of social media leads to decreased face-to-face social interaction. Argument: This statement overlooks the potential benefits of social media, such as facilitating new forms of social interaction and community building. What can be inferred from the argument in relation to the statement?

Statement: Regular exercise contributes to overall health and well-being. Argument: This statement is supported by numerous scientific studies showing the positive effects of exercise on physical and mental health. Which of the following options best describes the relation between the statement and the argument?

Statement: Implementing a four-day workweek will increase employees’ productivity. Assumption: Employees will be able to manage their workload efficiently within the reduced time frame. Which of the following options best describes the relationship between the statement and the assumption?