English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3341. Ashokan inscriptions suggest that the ‘Pradeshika’,
‘Rajuka’ and ‘Yukta’ were important officers at the
A village-level administration B district-level administration C provincial administration D level of the central administration
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Correct answer: district-level administration
English UPSC CSE Prelims 1998
Q3342. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the lists: (1998)
List-I
List-II
A.
1556
1.
Battle of HaldiGhati
B.
1600
2.
Nadir Shah’s capture of Delhi
C.
1686
3.
Death of Shivaji
D.
1739
4.
Grant of Charter to East India Company
5.
Accession of Akbar
Codes:
A A-3; B-4; C-2; D-1 B A-5; B-4; C-3; D-2 C A-5; B-2; C-1; D-4 D A-1; B-5; C-3; D-2
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Correct answer: A-5; B-4; C-3; D-2
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3343. Consider the following statements in respect of the
Non-Cooperation Movement:
1.
The Congress declared the attainment of ‘Swaraj’ by all
legitimate and peaceful means to be its objective.
2.
It was to be implemented in stages with civil disobedience
and non-payment of taxes for the next stage only if ‘Swaraj’
did not come within a year and the Government resorted to
repression.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A I only B II only C Both I and II D Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: Both I and II
English UPSC CSE Prelims 1997
Q3344. Which one of the following pairs of composers in
different languages and their works on the Mahabharata
theme is correctly matched?
A Sarladasa–Bengali B Kasirama–Oriya C Tikkana–Marathi D Pampa–Kannada
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Correct answer: Pampa–Kannada
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3345. With reference to investments, consider the
following:
1. Bonds
2. Hedge Funds
3. Stocks
4. Venture Capital
How many of the above are treated as Alternative Investment
Funds?
A Only one B Only two C Only three D All the four
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Correct answer: Only two
English UPSC CSE Prelims 1996
Q3346. The term ‘Apabhramsa’ was used in medieval
Sanskrit texts to denote:
A Outcastes among the Rajputs B Deviations from Vedic rituals C Early forms of some of the modern Indian language D Non-Sanskrit verse metres
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Correct answer: Early forms of some of the modern Indian language
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3347. Which of the following are the sources of income
for the Reserve Bank of India ?
1. Buying and selling Government bonds
2. Buying and selling foreign currency
3. Pension fund management
4. Lending to private companies
5. Printing and distributing currency notes
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
A I and II only B II, III and IV C I, III, IV and V D I, II and V
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Correct answer: I, II and V
English UPSC CSE Prelims 1996
Q3348. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
A Guru Amar Das–Miri and Piri B Guru Arjun Dev–Adi Granth C Guru Ram Das–Dal Khalsa D Guru Gobind Singh– Manji
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Correct answer: Guru Arjun Dev–Adi Granth
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3349. With reference to the Government of India, consider
the following information:
Organization
Some of its
It works
functions
under
I.
Directorate of
Enforcement of the
Internal
Enforcement
Fugitive Economic
Security
Offenders Act, 2018
Division-I,
Ministry of
Home Affairs
II.
Directorate
Enforces the
Department
of Revenue
Provisions of the
of Revenue,
Intelligence
Customs Act, 1962
Ministry of
Finance
III.
Department
Carrying out big data
Directorate
of Revenue,
analytics to assist
General of
Ministry of
tax officers for better
Systems
Finance
policy and nabbing
and Data
tax evaders
Management
In how many of the above rows is the information correctly
matched?
A Only one B Only two C All the three D None
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Correct answer: Only one
English UPSC CSE Prelims 1996
Q3350. Prem Vatika, poems on the life of Krishna, were
composed by:
A Bihari B Surdas C Raskhan D Kabir
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Correct answer: Raskhan
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3351. Consider the following statements:
1. The Reserve Bank of India mandates all the listed companies
in India to submit a Business Responsibility and Sustainability
Report (BRSR).
2. In India, a company submitting a BRSR makes disclosures in
the report that are largely non-financial in nature.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A I only B II only C Both I and II D Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: II only
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2010
Q3352. What was the immediate reason for Ahmad Shah
Abdali to invade India and fight the third battle of
Panipat?
A He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore. B The frustrated governor of Jalandhar Adina Beg Khan invited him to invade Punjab. C He wanted to punish the Mughal administration for non- payment of the revenues of the Chahar Mahal (Gujarat, Aurangabad, Sialkot and Pasrur). D He wanted to annex the fertile plains of Punjab up to the borders of Delhi in his kingdom.
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Correct answer: He wanted to avenge the expulsion by Marathas of his viceroy Timur Shah from Lahore.
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3353. Consider the following statements:
Statement I: In India, income from allied agricultural activities
like poultry farming and wool rearing in rural areas is exempted
from any tax.
Statement II: In India, rural agricultural land is not considered
a capital asset under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above
statements?
A Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II explains Statement I B Both Statement I and Statement II are correct but Statement II does not explain Statement I C Statement I is correct but Statement II is not correct D Statement I is not correct but Statement II is correct
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Correct answer: Statement I is not correct but Statement II is correct
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2007
Q3354. The ruler of which one of the following States was
removed from power by the British on the pretext of
misgovernance?
A Awadh B Jhansi C Nagpur D Satara
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Correct answer: Awadh
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3355. Consider the following statements :
1.
India has joined the Minerals Security Partnership as a
member.
2. India is a resource-rich country in all the 30 critical minerals
that (it) has identified.
3. The Parliament in 2023 has amended the Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 empowering the
Central Government to exclusively auction mining lease and
composite license for certain critical minerals.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A I and II only B II and III only C I and III only D I, II and III
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Correct answer: I and III only
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2004
Q3356. Consider the following princely States of the British
rule in India:
1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Satara
The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by
the British is:
A 1, 2, 3 B 1, 3, 2 C 3, 2, 1 D 3, 1, 2
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Correct answer: 3, 2, 1
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3357. Consider the following statements:
Statement I : As regards returns from an investment in a
company, generally, bondholders are considered to be relatively
at lower risk than stockholders.
Statement II : Bondholders are lenders to a company whereas
stockholders are its owners.
Statement III : For repayment purpose, bondholders are
prioritized over stockholders by a company.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above
statements?
A Both Statement II and Statement III are correct and both of them explain Statement I B Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement I explains Statement II C Only one of the Statements II and III is correct and that explains Statement I D Neither Statement II nor Statement III is correct
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Correct answer: Both Statement II and Statement III are correct and both of them explain Statement I
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2004
Q3358. Consider the following statements:
1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated
Ibrahim Lodi.
2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
3. Mir Jafar entered into a conspiracy with the English for the
defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A 1, 2 and 3 B 3 only C 2 and 3 D None
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Correct answer: 3 only
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2025
Q3359. Consider the following statements:
1.
India accounts for a very large portion of all equity option
contracts traded globally thus exhibiting a great boom.
2. India’s stock market has grown rapidly in the recent past even
overtaking Hong Kong’s at some point of time.
3.
There is no regulatory body either to warn the small investors
about the risks of options trading or to act on unregistered
financial advisors in this regard.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A I and II only B II and III only C I and III only D I, II and III
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Correct answer: I and II only
English UPSC CSE Prelims 2003
Q3360. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal. B Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore. C Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid’s Elements of Geometry’ translated into Sanskrit. D Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sharda in the Shringeri temple.
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Correct answer: Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal.