UPSC Level 1 Prelims Quiz #68

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#1. Which of the following statements relating to Comptroller and Auditor General in India is/are correct? 1. He/She is not an officer of the Parliament but an officer under the President. 2. He/She is an independent constitutional authority not directly answerable to the House. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#2. Consider the following statements : 1. Weathered rock with change of volume is called saprolite. 2. The process of landscape formation by deep weathering followed by stripping of the saprolite is called etching. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#3. What would be the influence on the weather conditions when in mid-winter a feeble high pressure develops over the north-western part of India? 1. High and dry winds would blow outward from this high pressure area. 2. The northern plain would become cold. 3. Scorching winds (locally called loo) would blow during the day-time. 4. There would be torrential rains brought by thunderstorms. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

3 and 4 only

1, 2, 3 and 4

#4. Which one among the following was not a proposal of the Cabinet Mission, 1946?

The Constituent Assembly was to be constituted on the democratic principle of population strength

Provision for an Indian Union of Provinces and States

AU the members Constituent Assembly be Indians

British Government supervise the affairs Constituent Assembly

#5. Which of the following statements regarding the duration of day and night is correct?

Difference is least near the Equator and progressively increases away from it

Difference is maximum at the Equator and progressively decreases away from it

Difference is least at the Tropics and progressively increases towards the Equator and Poles

Difference is maximum at the Tropics and progressively decreases towards the Equator and Poles

#6. Which one of the following is a land-locked harbour?

Vishakhapatnam

Ennore

Mumbai

Haldia

#7. Which of the statements to the Deputy Speaker of Sabha is/are correct? 1. The office of the Deputy Speaker acquired a more prominent position after the enforcement of the Constitution of India in 1950. 2. He/She is elected from amongst the members. 3. He/She holds office until he/she ceases to be a member of the House. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1 only

1 and 2 only

1, 2 and 3

2 and 3 only

#8. Arrange the locations of four oil refineries of India from west to east.

Koyali — Kochi — Panipat — Mathura

Kochi — Koyali — Panipat — Mathura

Koyali — Panipat — Kochi — Mathura

Koyali — Panipat — Mathura — Kochi

#9. The Departmental Committee of the Parliament of India on the Welfare of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs} shall 1. examine whether the Union Government has secured due representation of the SCs and the STs in the services and posts under its control 2. report on the working of the welfare programmes for the SCs and the STs in the Union Territories Select the correct answer using the code given below.

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#10. Veliconda group of low hills is a structural part of

Nilgiri Hills

Western Ghats

Eastern Ghats

Cardamom Hills

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Hemant Bhatt is a B. Tech from Pantnagar University and has studied Social Sciences at SciencesPo, Paris. He teaches at Oracle IAS, Dehradun.
He is a bibliophile and a fitness enthusiast.