OPSC OCS 2017 Previous Year Question with Solutions

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Here is the solution for OPSC OAS exam Previous Year Question 2017-18 General Studies Paper 1 conducted on February 18, 2018.

Here, we have discussed topic-wise MCQs from the OPSC OCS prelims 2017-18 exam for your quick revision; all questions are collected from the OPSC website.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Which of the following- Miss World Title holders are from India?

(1) Diana Hayden (2) Yukta Mookhay

(3) Priyanka Chopra (4) Manushi Chillar

(A) (3) and (4)

(B) (2), (3) and (4)

(D) (1), (2) (3) and (4)

Note: Diana Hayden (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999), Priyanka Chopra (2000), Manushi Chhillar (2017)

2. What is the rank of India in the Inclusive Development Index as given by the World Economic Forum:

(A) 50th (B) 60th (C) 55th (D) 66th

3. What is the theme of the International Day for the Disaster Reduction, 2017:

Ans: Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement

4. Recently, International Union of concerned scientists down-listed which of the following from the list of endangered to vulnerable species?

(A) Black necked crane (B) Snow leopard

5. Taking in view Naxal attack in Sukma, Ministry of Home Affairs response to Naxal Problem was:

Ans: Samadhan doctrine

6. Which of the following ports are used by China for its string of pearls policy?

(A) Hambantota

(B) Gwadar

(D) (A) and (B)

7. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named two mountains ranges on the dwarf planet Pluto after whom?

(A) Tenzing Norgay and Arunima Sinha

(B) Arunima Sinha and Edmund Hillary

(D) Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary

8. Name the Indian boxer who has won the gold medal in 2017 Asian Women’s Boxing Champions:

Ans: Mary Kom

9. India has been re-elected as member of the Executive Board of which organization of UNO?

Ans: UNESCO

10. Which state became the first state of India to ratify GST bill:

Ans: Assam

11. GST was introduced as the Amendment Act:

Ans: 101st Amendment Act

12. Which of the following denomination note was introduced immediately after announcing Demonetization:

Ans: 2000

13. Which state govt. has put in force ‘No helmet no petrol’ rule for two-wheeler riders?

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

14. Three US Scientists have been awarded the Nobel prize in Physics for their work on gravitational waves. Which of the following is not one of them?

(A) Rainer Weiss

(B) Kip Thorne

(D) Jay Hannigam

HISTORY

1. Indica was written by:

Ans: Megasthenes

2. The Rajtarangini composed by Kalhana in the twelfth century is the main source of:

(A) History of Assam (B) History of Nepal

(C) History of Medieval Kashmir

(D) Post-Gupta Economics

3. Match the List – I with List – II and select the code given below:

List-1 (Scholars)

(a) Dayanand Saraswati

(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d) Ganganath Jha

List-II (Original homeland of the Aryans)

1. Central Asia

2. Tibet

3. Sapta Sindhu Region

4. Arctic Region

Codes:

a b c d

(A) 2 4 1 3

(B) 1 2 4 3

(D) 1 3 4 2

4. King Ashoka became Buddhist after he was horrified with the tyranny of Kalinga War. It was in

Ans: 260 BC

5. The story that Alauddin Khilji invaded to secure Padmini, the queen of Rana Ratna Singh of Mewar, was vividly described by

(A) Malik Muhammad Jayasi in his epic Padmavat

(B) lbn-Batuta in his Rehla

(D) Col. J. Todd in Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan

6. Who among these was never elected to the Presidentship of INC?

(A) George Yule

(B) Alfred Webb

(D) Nawab Syed

7. Which among the following places were set up as Vedanta Centres when Swami Vivekananda visited U.S.A. in 1899?

1. Chicago

2. New York

3. San Francisco

4. Los Angeles Codes:

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3

8. Who moved (and withdrew) a resolution for the enfranchisement of women in the 1917 Session of Indian National Congress:

Ans: Sarojini Naidu

9. V.D. Savarkar authored the book:

(A) Eighteen Fifty Seven

(B) The Sepoy Mutiny

(C) The Indian War of Independence

(D) Rebellions in the Indian Mutinies

10. Which of the following peasant movements is not properly matched with the state in which it was launched?

(A) Moplah Rebellion – Kerala

(B) Pabna Agrarian Movement – Maharashtra

(D) Bardoli Satyagraha- Gujarat

11. Who founded the Satyabadi School with Nationalist Spirit in Odisha ?

(A) Acharya Harihar

(B) Madhusudhan Rao

(D) Kripasindhu Mishra

12. Who among these was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?

(A) A. V. Alexander

(B) Archibald Wavell

(D) Pethick Lawrence

13. The greatest crisis that Akbar faced in 1580-81 was when:

(A) Salim revolted

(B) The disgruntled nobles and officers declared Akbar’s half-brother Mirza Hakim as their ruler

(D) Yusufzais revolted in the North-West Frontier

GEOGRAPHY

1. Which of the following rock types is Quartzite related to ?:

(A) Igneous Rocks

(B) Sedimentary Rocks

(D) None of the above

2. Which of the following towns of India is located on Tropic of Cancer?

(A) Bhuj

(B) Bhopal

(D) Banswada

3. On the basis of area which of the following is the correct descending order of Indian Union Territories?

(A) Delhi, Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar

(B) Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar and Delhi

(C) Andaman and Nicobar, Delhi and Pondicherry

(D) Andaman and Nicobar, Pondicherry and Delhi

4. Which of the following mountains is the oldest?

(A) Dinaric Alps

(B) Aravalli

(D) Satpura

5. Which of the following pairs of Indian Forests is not correctly matched?

(A) Monsoon Forest – Teak

(B) Mangrove Forest – Sundari

(D) Savanna Forest-Pipal

6. On which of the following Indian Rivers the Maitoor Project has been constructed?

(A) Kaveri

(B) Krishna

(D) Narmada

7. The ideal temperature of ocean water for the growth of Corals is:

(A) 10°C- 15°С

(B) 15°C – 20°C

(D) 25°C – 30°C

8. Tropical cyclones are not found between 10° north latitude and 10° south latitude due to:

(A) High Temperature

(B) Low Salinity

(D) Minimum Coriolis Effect

9. Which of the following is famous for the Cotton Textile Industry?

(A) Lancashire

(B) New Castle

(D) Durham

10. Which of the following metals, the Zawar mines of Udaipur are famous for?

(A) Iron ore

(B) Mica

(D) Manganese

11. Which of the following Indian States is the greatest producer of wind energy?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Maharashtra

(D) Rajasthan

12. Which of the following Iron and Steel Plants does not function under the Steel Authority of India Limited?

(A) Durgapur

(B) Rourkela

(D) Jamshedpur

13. The Pygmy tribe is associated with :

ANs: Congo Basin

14. Dark coloured soil with high water-holding capacity is considered highly productive as it contains:

Ans: Clay and humus

POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. Which of the following are matters on which the Parliament has power to modify provisions of the Constitution by the simple majority?

1. Alternation of names, boundaries and areas of States

2. Appointment of Additional Judges

3. Abolition of second chamber of State Legislature

4. Administration of Scheduled Areas Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1, 2 and 4

2. Who among the following was the Chairman of the Committee of the Constituent Assembly:

Ans: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

3. The Indian Federation is based on the pattern of:

(A) Switzerland (B) USA (C) Russia (D) Canada

4. Which of the following are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India?

1. Uniform Civil Code for the citizens

2. Separation of Judiciary from Executive

3. Protection of monuments of national importance

Select the correct answer by using the codes given below:

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3

5. The philosophical postulates of the Constitution of India are based on:

Ans: Objective Resolution of Pandit Nehru, 1947

6. Who, among the following, was not a member of the State Reorganisation Commission (SRC) appointed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

(A) Justice Fazl Ali

(B) Potti Sriramulu

(D) Haridayanath Kunzru

7. Under Article 368, the Parliament has no power to repeal Fundamental Rights because these are:

(A) Enshrined in Part-3 of the Constitution

(B) Human Rights

(D) Part of Basic Structure of the Constitution

8. Which of the following is not an element of ‘Secular State’ in India?

Ans: Taxation on religious property

9. Which of the following Act introduced bi-Cameral Legislature at the central level in India?

ANs: The Government of India Act, 1919

10. Who said, “All communalism is harmful. The logic of minority communalism is separatism, and majority communalism culminates into fascism”?

Ans: Bipin Chandra

11. Article 371 of the Constitution of India provides for special provision with respect to which of the following state(s):

(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Assam (C) Nagaland and Sikkim (D) Maharashtra and Gujarat

12. Which of the following is not a correct statement regarding unitary system?

(A) In a unitary system, there is one State and one Government

(B) There is constitutional division of powers between the Central and the Local Governments

(D) Unitary system is particularly suited for a small country

13. 73rd Amendment does not apply to the states of:

1. Nagaland
2. Mizoram
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Meghalaya

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1,2, 3 and 4
(D) 2 and 3

14. The Chairman and members of the UPSC hold office for the term of:

Ans: Six Years

15. Which one of the following is not a salient feature of the Constitution of India?

(A) Written Constitution and Supremacy of the Constitution

(B) Quasi-federal structure

(C) Committed Judiciary

(D) Distribution of Powers

16. Which Committee has been constituted by the Union Government to continuously monitor the solutions to air pollution?

(A) Bhure Lal Committee

(B) Sunita Narain Committee

(C) C. K. Mishra Committee

(D) Harsh Vardhan Committee

ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY

1. The introduction of new life forms in a denuded habitat is initiated by the process of:

Ans: Migration

2. Biological equilibrium is the balance between:

(A) Producers and consumers

(B) Producers and nutrients

(D) Producers, consumers and decomposers

3. In a pond ecosystem, the BOD increases due to :

(A) Photosynthetic activity of algae

(B) High density of aquatic macrophytes

(D) Increase in the population of bacteria

4. Ozone layer in the stratosphere is affected by the increase in the atmospheric concentration of:

(A) CO2

(B) NH3

(D) CFC

5. Considering the global warming potential of CO2 as one, the global warming potential of CH4 has been estimated to be approximately:

Ans: 21

6. The pollutants like phenol and mercury can be removed from water by:

(A) Sedimentation

(B) Electro-dialysis

(C) Filtration

(D) Biological oxidation

7. The pollutant generated in high quantity by the thermal power plants is:

Ans: Fly ash

8. Which of the following cities is associated with organization of “Earth Summit”

Ans: Rio De Jeneiro

9. Kyoto Protocol was signed by member countries at Kyoto (Japan) in:

Ans: 1997

10. The two major functional components of any ecosystem are:

(A) Energy flow and producers

(B) Nutrients cycling and energy flow

(D) Consumers and energy flow

11. Extinct, critically endangered and vulnerable are the categories assigned to the species by:

(A) UNO

(B) IUCN

(D) UNEР

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

1. Which of the following is not a cause of Inequality in India?

(A) Inequality in the ownership of assets

(B) Laws of Inheritance

(D) Growth of Service Sector in India

2. Which of the following is not an objective of Niti Aayog?

(A) Allocating financial resources to states

(B) To foster cooperative federalism by evolving a shared vision of National Development Priorities

(C) To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans to the village level and aggregate these progressively at higher levels of government

(D) To pay attention to the weaker sections of the society that may not have benefitted from economic progress

3. Which statement depict the best definition of Sustainable Develoрment?

(A) It means optimal utilisation of natural resources

(B) Sustainable use and natural resources without considering the need of the future generation

(C) Present generation fulfils it’s needs while considers the need of future generation as well

(D) None of the above

4. NAFED is a cooperative organisation of the:

Ans: National Level

5. ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ is run by:

(A). Scheduled Commercial Banks

(B) Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance

(D) Reserve Bank of India

6. What does it mean by Human Capital Formation?

(A) Development of Infrastructure for the Economy

(B) Development of abilities and skills of people

(D) Growth of Bank deposits

7. The main argument to establish ‘Special Economic Zones’ in India is:

(A) To give a boost to export of manufactured goods

(B) To promote export of agricultural goods

(D) None of the above

8. Janani Surakhya Yojana is a:

(A) Hundred percent Centrally Sponsored Scheme

(B) Hundred percent State Sponsored Scheme

(D) Fully sponsored by the private sector

9. Inclusive Growth in India can be achieved:

(A) Through a Progressive tax

(B) Through a Regressive tax

(D) By completely scrapping all taxes

10 .Payment Banks are different from other Commercial Banks in the following ways:

(A) These banks only accept deposits

(B): Only provide payments and remittances services

(D) Accept deposit, provide payments and remittances services, distribute third party financial products but are not allowed to lend or issue cards

11. Usual Principal Status Employment is measured in:

(A) Number of persons who did not find even an hour of work during the survey week

(B) Number of persons who remained unemployed for a major part of the year

(D) None of the above

12. Tendulkar Committee was appointed on:

Ans: Poverty Estimation

13. Which of the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment flows into India during the recent years?

(A) Chemicals other than fertilizers

(B) Services Sector

(D) Telecommunication

ART & CULTURE

1. Which of the following Odisha type Nagara style temples are found at Bhubaneswar?

1. Jagannath temple

2. Lingaraja temple

3. Sun temple

4. Mukteswar temple

5. Parasurameswara temple

Choose the answers from the codes below:

(A) 4 and 5 (B) 2 only

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. LNG stands for:

Ans: Liquefied Nitrogen Gas

2. The first nuclear reactor in India was built in the year 1956. Its name was:

Ans: Apsara

3. What is a bio-gas plant?

(A) Digester

(B) Aerobic digester

(C) Anaerobic digester

(D) Gassifier

4. What for OTEC stands:

Ans: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Bronze is an alloy of:

Ans: Copper and Tin

5. Which of the following is an ore of Iron?

(A) Siderite

(B) Malachite

(D) Anglesite

6. Silviculture is the:

Ans: Art and Science of cultivating forest trees

7. Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) is situated at:

Ans: Jodhpur

8. It is thought that dozens of ships and planes have disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the area. To most people, it is an area of bad luck and extra-terrestrial activity. This area is known as:

Ans: Bermuda triangle

9. Bleaching powder used in Fish pond is working as:

Ans: Disinfectant

10. What is a fishing gear?

(A) Motorised boats

(B) Wooden boats

(C) Devices used to catch prawn and lobsters such as nets, traps, hooks and even hands

(D) None of the above

11. The approximate life time of a common electric bulb is 1,000 hrs whereas the approximate life time of a LED bulb is:

(A) 5,000 hrs

(B) 10,000 hrs

(D) 50,000 hrs

12. The safe threshold limit of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere in ppm is:

(A) 350 (B) 600

13. The detection of gravitational wave on 14th September, 2015 by the LIGO collaboration from the merger of two black holes, is the first direct detection of gravitational waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger. This provides evidence for:

(A) Arrhenius theory of electrolytic dissociation

(B) Einstein’s general theory of relativity

(D) Theory of black body radiation

15. What is a syngas?

(A) It is a gas mixture of CO, H₂ CO, and N₂

(B) It is a gas mixture of CH4, O2 and CO

(D) It is a gas mixture of H₂and O2