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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3361.Consider the following statements: Statement I : Circular economy reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases. Statement II : Circular economy reduces the use of raw materials as inputs. Statement III : Circular economy reduces wastage in the production process. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

ABoth Statement II and Statement III are correct and both of them explain Statement I BBoth Statement II and Statement III are correct but only one of them explains Statement I COnly one of the Statements II and III is correct and that explains Statement I DNeither Statement II nor Statement III is correct

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2001

Q3362.Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

AHaider Ali BMir Qasim CShah Alam II DTipu Sultan

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3363.Consider the following statements: 1. Capital receipts create a liability or cause a reduction in the assets of the Government. 2. Borrowings and disinvestment are capital receipts. 3. Interest received on loans creates a liability of the Government. Which of the statements given above are correct?

AI and II only BII and III only CI and III only DI, II and III

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2022

Q3364.With reference to Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. The Dutch established their factories/warehouses on the east coast on lands granted to them by Gajapati rulers. 2. Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate. 3. The English East India Company established a factory at Madras on a plot of land leased from a representative of the Vijayanagara empire. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A1 and 2 only B2 and 3 only C1 and 3 only D1, 2 and 3

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3365.Consider the following countries: 1. Austria. 2. Bulgaria 3. Croatia 4. Serbia 5. Sweden 6. North Macedonia How many of the above are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

AOnly three BOnly four COnly five DAll the six

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2021

Q3366.In the first quarter of the seventeenth century, in which of the following was/were the factory/factories of the English East India Company located? 1. Broach 2. Chicacole 3. Trichinopoly Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A1 only B1 and 2 C3 only D2 and 3

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3367.Consider the following countries: 1. Bolivia 2. Brazil 3. Colombia 4. Ecuador 5. Paraguay 6. Venezuela Andes mountains pass through how many of the above countries?

AOnly two BOnly three COnly four DOnly five

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2010

Q3368.With reference to Pondicherry (now Puducherry), consider the following statements: 1. The first European power to occupy Pondicherry were the Portuguese. 2. The second European power to occupy Pondicherry were the French. 3. The English never occupied Pondicherry. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A1 only B2 and 3 only C3 only D1, 2 and 3

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3369.Consider the following water bodies: 1. Lake Tanganyika 2. Lake Tonle Sap 3. Patos Lagoon Through how many of them does the equator pass?

AOnly one BOnly two CAll the three DNone

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2007

Q3370.Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre-independence India as traders? (2007)

ADutch BEnglish CFrench DPortuguese

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3371.Consider the following statements about turmeric during the year 2022-23: 1. India is the largest producer and exporter of turmeric in the world. 2. More than 30 varieties of turmeric are grown in India. 3. Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are major turmeric producing States in India. Which of the statements given above are correct?

AI and II only BII and III only CI and III only DI, II and III

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2003

Q3372.With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

AThe Portuguese captured Goa in 1499. BThe English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam. CIn Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633. DUnder the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746.

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2025

Q3373.Which of the following are the evidences of the phenomenon of continental drift? 1. The belt of ancient rocks from Brazil coast matches with those from Western Africa. 2. The gold deposits of Ghana are derived from the Brazil plateau when the two continents lay side by side. The Gondwana system of sediments from India is known 3. to have its counterparts in six different landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

AI and III only BI and II only CI, II and III DII and III only

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EnglishUPSC CSE Prelims 2003

Q3374.In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at:

ASurat BPulicat CCochin DCassimbazar

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