UPSC Mains Mock Test 9 - Online MCQ Exam

In which sport do you score a goal?

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Soccer Soccer
Baseball Baseball
Tennis Tennis
Volleyball Volleyball

Detect analogy : Rockies : Appalachian : Andes

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Ranges Ranges
Slopes Slopes
Peaks Peaks
Hills Hills

She makes cakes every Sunday.

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Every Sunday cakes made by her. Every Sunday cakes made by her.
Cakes are made by her every Sunday. Cakes are made by her every Sunday.
Cakes make her every Sunday. Cakes make her every Sunday.
Cakes were made by her every Sunday. Cakes were made by her every Sunday.

The East India Association was founded by __________ in 1866

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Lord Lyveden Lord Lyveden
Raja radhakanta dev Raja radhakanta dev
Debendranath Tagore Debendranath Tagore
Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji

How were the streets of cities in Indus Valley Civilization?

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Wide and Straight Wide and Straight
Narrowand Unhygienic Narrowand Unhygienic
Slippery Slippery
Narrow and Curved Narrow and Curved

The strait separating Asia and North America is:

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Bering Strait Bering Strait
Gibraltar Gibraltar
Malacca Malacca
Dover Dover

The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because ________

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It gets hidden behind Venus It gets hidden behind Venus
It goes too far away from the Earth It goes too far away from the Earth
It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.

He is so ...... to light that he never leaves the house without sunglasses.

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insensitive insensitive
sensitive sensitive
afraid afraid
immune immune

Synonym of “OFFEND” is _________?

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Consent Consent
Resent Resent
Exasperate Exasperate
None of these None of these

Don't thrust your nose into my affairs.

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Advise me about Advise me about
Be in opposition Be in opposition
Deal with Deal with
Meddle officiously in Meddle officiously in

Nowadays Raktim studies . . . . . . . . the whole day.

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with with
from from
throughout throughout
under under

The breaking up of the rocks at its place is known as

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Erosion Erosion
Weathering Weathering
Mass Destruction Mass Destruction
Degradation Degradation

DIVERSION

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Amusement Amusement
Distortion Distortion
Deviation Deviation
Bylane Bylane

The Bhoodan movement was started by ________ in 1951

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Baba Amte Baba Amte
Vinoba Bhave Vinoba Bhave
Medha Ptkar Medha Ptkar
Vinayak Damdar Savarkar Vinayak Damdar Savarkar

Kaziranga National Park is famous for which of the following

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Rhinos Rhinos
Tiger Tiger
Deer Deer
Elephant Elephant

Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by

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Pratiharas Pratiharas
Chalukyas Chalukyas
Both A and B together Both A and B together
None of the above None of the above

Who built Hawa Mahal?

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Guru Ramdas Guru Ramdas
Maharaja Pratap Singh Maharaja Pratap Singh
RabindraNath Tagore RabindraNath Tagore
British Govt British Govt

Who founded the "Swaraj Party"?

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C.R. Das & Motilal Nehru C.R. Das & Motilal Nehru
Gandhi & Nehru Gandhi & Nehru
Bose & Tilak Bose & Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai

Something that can be heard

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Auditory Auditory
Audio-visual Audio-visual
Audible Audible
Audition Audition

He hesitated to listen to what his brother was saying.

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listened to hesitate listened to hesitate
hesitated listen to hesitated listen to
hesitates to listening hesitates to listening
is hesitated to listen to is hesitated to listen to
No correction required No correction required

Which one of the following characteristics is NOT found in the Mediterranean climate?

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Temperatures range from 21°C in summer to 10°C or below in the winter
Off-shore trade winds blow in the summer
On-shore westerly winds blow in the winter bringing cyclonic rain
The annual rainfall ranges from 1500 mm to 2000 mm

Football is . . . . . . . . most popular sport in the world.

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a a
an an
the the
none of the above none of the above

Which of the Organisation is mainly related with environmental planning?

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CSIR CSIR
NEERI NEERI
CIFRI CIFRI
ICAR ICAR

In which place of Himachal Pradesh, an army regiment was set up in 1842 by British General Gilbert?

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Shimla Shimla
Dag-e-Shai Dag-e-Shai
Subathu Subathu
Kasauli Kasauli

Tomaras took over Gwalior in which year?

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1319 1319
1390 1390
1398 1398
1399 1399

If you are not clear about the meaning of a word, it is wise to look to a dictionary.

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look for look for
look at look at
look up look up
No improvement No improvement

The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called

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Mulching Mulching
Contour barriers Contour barriers
Rockdam Rockdam
Terrace Farming Terrace Farming

Which planet is known as the "Winter Planet" (Trick question, usually applied to Uranus or generally Coldest)? Let's switch to Indian Geo. The "Cold Desert" of India is:

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Sikkim Sikkim
Himachal Himachal
Ladakh Ladakh
Uttarakhand Uttarakhand

Synonym of “lackluster” is _________?

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dull dull
fitful fitful
steady steady
obscure obscure

Which one of the following was an important Port of the eastern coast during Gupta period?

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Kalyan Kalyan
Tamralipti Tamralipti
Sopara Sopara
Baroch Baroch

Due to growing demand of which of the following product, tropical forest are being damaged the most

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Pork Pork
Sugar Sugar
Meat of Goat Meat of Goat
Beef Beef

INTIMIDATE

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To hint To hint
Frighten Frighten
Bluff Bluff
Harass Harass

What is the largest library in the world?

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British Library British Library
Library of Congress Library of Congress
New York Public Library New York Public Library
Bibliothèque nationale Bibliothèque nationale

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