UPPSC 2018 Prelims Paper 1 Answer Key (English Paper)

81. Andrez Manuel Lopez Obrador is President elected in July 2018 of which of the following country?
(a) Venezuela
(b) Argentina
(c) Mexico
(d) Nicaragua
Show AnswerAnswer – C

82. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

83. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

84. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

85. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – D

86. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

87. Match List – I with List – Il and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List – I List – II
(Samudra Gupta’s Contemporary Kings of South India) (Their Kingdoms)
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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

88. 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, IV
(d) III, IV
Show AnswerAnswer – D

89. Which of the following institutions belonged to foreign trade?
(a) Śreni
(b) Nagaram
(c) Nanadesis
(d) Manigrama
Show AnswerAnswer – C, D

90. 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.
Show AnswerAnswer – B

91. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – C

92. The term ‘chakla’ has been used in Medieval Indian History sources. This was
(a) Identical to Paragnah
(b) Identieal to Sarkar
(c) Territorial unit between Súbah and Paragnah, but not identical to Sarkar
(d) None of the above
Show AnswerAnswer – C

93. The Maratha claim of revenue for protection is known by what name?
(a) Sardesh Mukhi
(b) Chauth
(c) Abwab
(d) Jamadani
Show AnswerAnswer – B

94. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – D

95. 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
Show AnswerAnswer – B

96. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched ?
State  –  Ruler
(a) Devgiri  –  Shankar Dev
(b) Warangal  –  Ramchandra Dev
(c) Hoysal  –  Veer Ballal
(d) Madura  –  Veer Pandya
Show AnswerAnswer – B

97. Arrange the following into chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A. Muhammad Shah
B. Jahandar Shah
C. Alamgir ll
D. Ahmadshah
Codes :
(a) A C D B
(b) B A D C
(C) C A B D
(d) D B C A
Show AnswerAnswer – B

98. Which of the following States of India has the longest coastline ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Gujarat
Show AnswerAnswer – D

99. Which of the following rivers of Uttar Pradesh has been declared a ‘Biological Disaster due to environmental pollution ?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Gomati
(c) Sai
(d) Tamsa
Show AnswerAnswer – B

100. In which of the following hills the world famous temple of Lord Venkateshwar (Tirupati) is located ?
(a) Shevaroy
(b) Biligiriranga
(c) Javadhee
(d) Mallmalla
Show AnswerAnswer – *
The temple of Lord Venkateshwar (Tirupati) is located on the Tirumala Hills (specifically the Venkatadri peak, which is part of the Seshachalam hill range).

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