UPSC Mains Mock Test 13 - Online MCQ Exam

A group of Apes is called?

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Pod Pod
Herd Herd
Shrewdness Shrewdness
Drove Drove

Who was the founder of Bundela state?

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Sohan Pal Sohan Pal
Rudrapratap Bundela Rudrapratap Bundela
Veer Singh Dev Veer Singh Dev
None of the above None of the above

CANDID

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Apparent Apparent
Explicit Explicit
Frank Frank
Bright Bright

This present is _____ my grandmother.

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by by
from from
on on
at at

The Great Wall of China was built to protect against:

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Mongols Mongols
Romans Romans
Japanese Japanese
Indians Indians

The geographical unity among the South-East Asian countries is maintained by

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climate climate
economy economy
culture culture
topography topography

The First Opium War was fought between British and __________

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Chinese Chinese
Indian Indian
Japanese Japanese
Thai Thai

Who among the following Indian cracks the British Indian Civil Services Examination in the first time of Indian History?

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Satyendranath Tagore Satyendranath Tagore
R. C. Dutt R. C. Dutt
Behari Lal Gupta Behari Lal Gupta
Surendranath Banerjee Surendranath Banerjee

It was P : in keeping with my mood Q : a soft summer evening R : as I walked sedately S : in the direction of new house The Proper sequence should be:

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SRPQ SRPQ
QRPS QRPS
QPRS QPRS
SQPR SQPR

SEZ stands for:

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Special Economic Zone Special Economic Zone
Small Economic Zone Small Economic Zone
South East Zone South East Zone
State Economic Zone State Economic Zone

Kaparada taluka is located in which district of Gujarat?

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Valsad Valsad
Navsari Navsari
Tapi Tapi
Amreli Amreli

The available information amounts to very little ‘in toto’. Here ‘in toto’ is?

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Adjective Adjective
Adverb Adverb
Preposition Preposition
None of these None of these

Which one of the following countries produces the largest amount of crude steel of the world?

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Japan Japan
USA USA
South Korea South Korea
China China

Antonym of CONFABULATION is: __________?

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Verification Verification
Fabrication Fabrication
Distortion Distortion
Exaggeration Exaggeration

'Mahima Mela' or 'Joranda Mela' is held in which day?

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Falgun Purnima Falgun Purnima
Jyestha Purnima Jyestha Purnima
Magha Purnima Magha Purnima
Ashadha Purnima Ashadha Purnima

Mastic : Gum : : Suet : _________?

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Milk Milk
Fat Fat
Hide Hide
Fur Fur

Whose model is based on the Mandate of Heaven?

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Ban Gu Ban Gu
Li Ling Li Ling
Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang
Sima Qian Sima Qian

Choose analogous pair: Triangle : Hexagon

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Cone : Sphere Cone : Sphere
Rectangle : Octagon Rectangle : Octagon
Pentagon : Heptagon Pentagon : Heptagon
Angle : Quadrilateral Angle : Quadrilateral

Choose analogous pair: Coronation : Reign

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Vaccination : Immunity Vaccination : Immunity
Sculptor : Statue Sculptor : Statue
Degree : Graduate Degree : Graduate
Summer : Rain Summer : Rain

Choose analogous pair: Spring : Summer

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Adolescence : Youth Adolescence : Youth
Fight : Battle Fight : Battle
Stagger : Walk Stagger : Walk
Read : Learn Read : Learn

__________ , the viceroy of India decided to partition Bengal for administrative purposes, creating a new province of East Bengal and Assam, with a population of 31 million people and with its capital at Dhaka

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Lord Curzon Lord Curzon
Lord Rippon Lord Rippon
Lord Hastings Lord Hastings
Wellesley Wellesley

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

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Mother Teresa Mother Teresa
Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin
Marie Curie Marie Curie
Dorothy Hodgkin Dorothy Hodgkin

What is changed in metamorphic rocks?

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Structure Structure
Formation Formation
(1) and (2) both (1) and (2) both
Actual chemical composition Actual chemical composition

ESSENTIAL

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Extra Extra
Noughts Noughts
Minors Minors
Trivial Trivial

The seasonal contrasts are maximum in ________

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Low latitudes Low latitudes
Mid-latitudes Mid-latitudes
Sub tropics Sub tropics
High latitudes High latitudes

The team was well trained and strong, but somehow their ...... was low.

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feeling feeling
moral moral
consciousness consciousness
morale morale

Which is the Arunachal Pradesh state Bird?

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Black necked crane Black necked crane
Black crested bulbul Black crested bulbul
Great hornbill Great hornbill
None of These None of These

God's Own Country refers to:

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Kerala Kerala
Goa Goa
Kashmir Kashmir
Himachal Himachal

In comets the planetesimals are made of:

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heat heat
fire fire
ice ice
rock rock

According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions __________ was known as the land gifted to temples?

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Vellanvagai Vellanvagai
Brahmadeya Brahmadeya
Shalabhoga Shalabhoga
Devadana Devadana

Coastline formed by a drowned river mouth is a

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Fjord Fjord
Dalmatian Dalmatian
Ria Ria
Haff Haff

choose the right meaning of idiom ” In the blue funk ” :

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To get rid off To get rid off
In a state of terror In a state of terror
To be against person wishes To be against person wishes
To make a challenge. To make a challenge.

Underhand :

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Hidden Hidden
Surreptitious Surreptitious
Obscure Obscure
Exposed Exposed

Which ruler's reign is considered as the Golden Period in the history of Jammu?

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Goghar Dev Goghar Dev
Jag Dev Jag Dev
Damodar Dutt Damodar Dutt
Mal Dev Mal Dev

Consider the following statements about Hala: 1. Hala was the seventeenth king of Satavahanas 2. Hala was known as Kavivatsala or patron of poets Select the correct statement from the given options

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Only 1 Only 1
Only 2 Only 2
Both 1 & 2 Both 1 & 2
Neither 1 nor 2 Neither 1 nor 2

When I listened to his cogent arguments, all my _________ were ________ and I was forced to agree with his point of view.

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Senses- Stimulated Senses- Stimulated
Doubt- Confirmed Doubt- Confirmed
Doubt- Dispelled Doubt- Dispelled
Questions- Asked Questions- Asked

Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

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Dorjee Khandu Dorjee Khandu
Gegong Apang Gegong Apang
Nabam Tuki Nabam Tuki
Prem Khandu Thungan Prem Khandu Thungan

Uber Cup is associated with:

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Tennis Tennis
Badminton Badminton
Golf Golf
Squash Squash

Choose analogous pair: Rocket : Fuel

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Man : Energy Man : Energy
Machine : Oil Machine : Oil
Current : Electricity Current : Electricity
River : Water River : Water

During the time of which Muslim invader, the population of Brahmins and Rajputs started settling in Western Himalayas?

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Mohammad Ghori Mohammad Ghori
Muhammad-Bin-Tugulaq Muhammad-Bin-Tugulaq
Mahmud Ghaznavi Mahmud Ghaznavi
Timur-i-lang Timur-i-lang

As per the Batiagarh inscription, which ruler constructed a palace at Damoh?

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Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq
Firoz Shah Tughlaq Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Both (A) and (B) Both (A) and (B)
Jalal-ud-din-Khalji Jalal-ud-din-Khalji

The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of the following states?

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Karnataka Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
Kerala Kerala
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu

How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?

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7 7
4 4
3 3
5 5

Which word represents “understanding and entering into another’s feelings”?

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Emulate Emulate
Evanescent Evanescent
Ephemeral Ephemeral
Empathy Empathy

Trumpet is to Band as Knife is to ___________?

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Fork Fork
Metal Metal
Cutlery Cutlery
Cut Cut

The process by which plants absorbs sunlight and produces their food is called:

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respiration respiration
photosynthesis photosynthesis
transpiration transpiration
translocation translocation

Swami Vivekananda was graduated from __________University

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Delhi Delhi
Hyderabad Hyderabad
Calcutta Calcutta
Karachi Karachi

I’ve never __ to England.

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Been Been
Went Went
Going Going
Go Go

Choose analogous pair: Streptococci : Pneumonia

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Quinine : Malaria Quinine : Malaria
Boat : Sea Boat : Sea
Mosquito : Malaria Mosquito : Malaria
Malnutrition : Rickets Malnutrition : Rickets

Where is the oldest working 'Refinery'?

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Bahamas Bahamas
Basra Basra
Digboi Digboi
Texas Texas

Which sentence shows correct structure?

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Because it rained, and we stayed inside.
It rained, we stayed inside. It rained, we stayed inside.
Rained it, we stayed. Rained it, we stayed.
It rained, so we stayed inside. It rained, so we stayed inside.

'NEFA' is the old name of which state?

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Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh
Jharkhand Jharkhand

Which was the backbone of Indus Economy?

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Agriculture Agriculture
Trade Trade
Wheel Made Wheel Made
Carpentry Carpentry

Who wrote "Gitanjali"?

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Bankim Chandra Bankim Chandra
Sarat Chandra Sarat Chandra
Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore
Aurobindo Aurobindo

Detect analogy : Nissan : Toyota : Isuzu

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These are cities in Japan. These are cities in Japan.
These are ports in Japan. These are ports in Japan.
These are cars from Japan. These are cars from Japan.
These are tele-programmes. These are tele-programmes.

It's very kind of you to ...... to speak at the meeting.

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accept accept
agree agree
comply comply
concur concur

Who built Brihadeshwara Temple at Tanjore?

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Aditya Chola Aditya Chola
Raja Raj Chola Raja Raj Chola
Rajendra Chola Rajendra Chola
Karikala Chola Karikala Chola

Who made tripartite periodisation standard?

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Andreas Cellarius Andreas Cellarius
Christoph Cellarius Christoph Cellarius
Flavio Biondo Flavio Biondo
Genseric Genseric

Who said that he had not become His Majesty's first Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire?

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Attlee Attlee
Churchill Churchill
Disraeli Disraeli
Loyd George Loyd George

Which of the following rivers does not find frequent mention in Rigvedic Hymns?

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Ganges Ganges
Sindhu Sindhu
Brahmaputra Brahmaputra
Saraswati Saraswati

RANT

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Praise inordinately Praise inordinately
Formalise Formalise
To preach noisily To preach noisily
Treat with screen Treat with screen

Which one of the following railway zones has the maximum route length in kilometres?

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Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Central Central
Western Western

What is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?

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Moscow to Europe to Greenland; crossing Atlantic and then North America
Moscow to Europe; crossing Atlantic and East Coast of North America
Moscow to Siberia to Japan and crossing Pacific
Over the North Pole and over Canada Over the North Pole and over Canada

Parents were very surprised _______ his result.

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on on
from from
at at
about about

What is the capital of Bangladesh?

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Dhaka Dhaka
Chittagong Chittagong
Sylhet Sylhet
Khulna Khulna

Which article deals with "Freedom of Speech"?

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14 14
21 21
19 19
32 32

Who was invited by two Kashmiri noblemen, Mir Muquim Kant and Khwaja Zahir Didmari, to capture Kashmir in 1752 AD?

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Nadir Shah Nadir Shah
Gulab Singh Gulab Singh
Ranjit Singh Ranjit Singh
Ahmad Shah Abdali Ahmad Shah Abdali

Who invented the zipper?

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Thomas Edison Thomas Edison
Gideon Sundback Gideon Sundback
Whitcomb Judson Whitcomb Judson
Elias Howe Elias Howe

Cardamom Hills are located in:

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Karnataka Karnataka
Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu
Andhra Andhra
Kerala Kerala

Harihara and Bukka laid the foundation of the Vijayanagara empire under the influence of

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Jnaneshvara Jnaneshvara
Tukarama Tukarama
Ramanuja Ramanuja
Vidyaranya Vidyaranya

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