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UPSC IAS Prelims 2023 Full Practice Test. Set 1 by Anupma Chandra

UPSC IAS Prelims 2023 Full Practice Test

UPSC IAS Prelims 2023 Full Practice Test. Set 1 : Take the test in one hour forty minutes in a single sitting.

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  1. Which country hosted the G7 summit in 2021?
    1. Canada
    2. Japan
    3. Italy
    4. United Kingdom

 

  1. Who won the French Open men’s singles tennis title in 2021?
    1. Rafael Nadal
    2. Novak Djokovic
    3. Roger Federer
    4. Stefanos Tsitsipas

 

  1. Which Indian state recently launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Covid-19 Parivar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’ for families affected by Covid-19?
    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Rajasthan
    4. Punjab

 

  1. Which Indian athlete won the gold medal in javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?
    1. Neeraj Chopra
    2. Bajrang Punia
    3. Mirabai Chanu
    4. PV Sindhu

 

  1. Which country recently became the first in the world to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 11 years?
    1. China
    2. Russia
    3. United States
    4. United Kingdom

 

 

  1. Who was the first governor-general of India?
    1. Lord William Bentinck
    2. Lord Mountbatten
    3. Lord Canning
    4. Warren Hastings

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate?
    1. Kerala
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Goa

 

  1. Who was the founder of the Maurya dynasty?
    1. Ashoka
    2. Chandragupta Maurya
    3. Bindusara
    4. Harsha

 

  1. What is the capital city of Australia?
    1. Sydney
    2. Melbourne
    3. Canberra
    4. Perth

 

  1. Which is the largest country in Africa by land area?
    1. Egypt
    2. Algeria
    3. Sudan
    4. Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

  1. Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the right to equality before the law?
    1. Article 14
    2. Article 19
    3. Article 21
    4. Article 32

 

  1. Which Indian state has the largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha?
    1. Maharashtra
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3. West Bengal
    4. Tamil Nadu

 

  1. Which is the highest court in India?
    1. Supreme Court
    2. High Court
    3. District Court
    4. Village Court

 

 

  1. What is the currency of Japan?
    1. Yen
    2. Won
    3. Yuan
    4. Euro

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest per capita income?
    1. Maharashtra
    2. Goa
    3. Tamil Nadu
    4. Delhi

 

  1. What is the full form of GST in India?
    1. Goods and Services Tax
    2. General Sales Tax
    3. Goods and Sales Tax
    4. General Services Tax

 

 

  1. Who is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
    1. Shaktikanta Das
    2. Raghuram Rajan
    3. Urjit Patel
    4. Duvvuri Subbarao

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest urban population?
    1. Maharashtra
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. West Bengal

 

  1. Which is the largest commercial bank in India by assets?
    1. State Bank of India
    2. HDFC Bank
    3. ICICI Bank
    4. Punjab National Bank

 

  1. Who is the current Minister of Finance in India?
    1. Nirmala Sitharaman
    2. Piyush Goyal
    3. Arun Jaitley
    4. Manmohan Singh

 

  1. Which is the highest civilian award in India?
    1. Bharat Ratna
    2. Padma Vibhushan
    3. Padma Shri
    4. Padma Bhushan

 

  1. Which organization is responsible for conducting the Census of India?
    1. Ministry of Home Affairs
    2. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
    3. Ministry of Rural Development
    4. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

 

  1. Which Indian state is the largest producer of coal?
    1. Odisha
    2. Jharkhand
    3. Chhattisgarh
    4. Madhya Pradesh

 

  1. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
    1. Jupiter
    2. Venus
    3. Mars
    4. Saturn

 

  1. Which is the largest gland in the human body?
    1. Liver
    2. Pancreas
    3. Thyroid
    4. Pituitary

 

  1. Who is known as the father of the computer?
    1. Steve Jobs
    2. Bill Gates
    3. Charles Babbage
    4. Tim Berners-Lee

 

  1. Which gas makes up the largest percentage of the Earth’s atmosphere?
    1. Oxygen
    2. Carbon dioxide
    3. Nitrogen
    4. Hydrogen

 

  1. What is the full form of ISRO?
  1. Indian Space Research Organization
  2. International Space Research Organization
  3. Interstellar Space Research Organization
  4. Indian Space Rockets Organization

 

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest forest cover?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Arunachal Pradesh
    3. Karnataka
    4. Kerala

 

  1. What is the name of the world’s largest coral reef system?
    1. Great Barrier Reef
    2. Coral Triangle
    3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    4. Lakshadweep Islands

 

  1. Which is the largest bird in the world?
    1. Ostrich
    2. Penguin
    3. Emu
    4. Albatross

 

  1. Which is the largest hot desert in the world?
    1. Sahara Desert
    2. Gobi Desert
    3. Arabian Desert
    4. Atacama Desert

 

  1. Which gas is responsible for the depletion of the ozone layer?
    1. Carbon dioxide
    2. Nitrogen dioxide
    3. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
    4. Methane

 

  1. Who is the author of the book ‘The God of Small Things’?
    1. Jhumpa Lahiri
    2. Salman Rushdie
    3. Arundhati Roy
    4. Anita Desai

 

  1. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?
    1. Mount Everest
    2. Nanda Devi
    3. Kanchenjunga
    4. Mount K2

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’?
    1. Arunachal Pradesh
    2. Sikkim
    3. Meghalaya
    4. Mizoram

 

  1. Which Indian sportsperson won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10m air rifle event?
    1. Saina Nehwal
    2. Abhinav Bindra
    3. Vijender Singh
    4. Mary Kom

 

  1. Who is the current CEO of Google?
    1. Sundar Pichai
    2. Larry Page
    3. Sergey Brin
    4. Eric Schmidt

 

 

  1. Who wrote the famous novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
    1. Ernest Hemingway
    2. Harper Lee
    3. D. Salinger
    4. Scott Fitzgerald

 

  1. Who is the current President of France?
    1. Emmanuel Macron
    2. Francois Hollande
    3. Nicolas Sarkozy
    4. Jacques Chirac

 

  1. Who is the founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)?
    1. Mayawati
    2. Kanshi Ram
    3. Mulayam Singh Yadav
    4. Lalu Prasad Yadav

 

  1. In which year did India become a republic?
    1. 1947
    2. 1950
    3. 1960
    4. 1970

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of West Bengal?
    1. Mamata Banerjee
    2. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
    3. Jyoti Basu
    4. Shashi Tharoor

 

  1. Which Indian film won the Best Picture award at the 2021 Academy Awards?
    1. The White Tiger
    2. Ludo
    3. Jallikattu
    4. Raat Akeli Hai

 

  1. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
    1. Brahmaputra
    2. Yamuna
    3. Ganga
    4. Kaveri

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
    1. Ashok Gehlot
    2. Vasundhara Raje
    3. Sachin Pilot
    4. Om Birla

 

  1. Which Indian cricketer holds the record for the most runs scored in a single Test innings?
    1. Sunil Gavaskar
    2. Sachin Tendulkar
    3. Virender Sehwag
    4. Brian Lara

 

  1. Who is the current President of the United States?
    1. Donald Trump
    2. Joe Biden
    3. Barack Obama
    4. George W. Bush

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest literacy rate?
    1. Kerala
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Punjab

 

 

  1. Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?
    1. Isaac Newton
    2. Johannes Kepler
    3. Galileo Galilei
    4. Albert Einstein

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?
    1. Yogi Adityanath
    2. Akhilesh Yadav
    3. Mayawati
    4. Mulayam Singh Yadav

 

  1. In which year was the first Indian general election held?
    1. 1947
    2. 1950
    3. 1951-52
    4. 1960

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Festivals”?
    1. Kerala
    2. Uttar Pradesh
    3. Rajasthan
    4. Assam

 

  1. Who is the author of the book ‘The God of Small Things’?
    1. Arundhati Roy
    2. Salman Rushdie
    3. Anita Desai
    4. Kiran Desai

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Spice Garden of India”?
    1. Kerala
    2. Tamil Nadu
    3. Karnataka
    4. Andhra Pradesh

 

  1. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
    1. Tony Abbott
    2. Scott Morrison
    3. Kevin Rudd
    4. Malcolm Turnbull

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”?
    1. Bhutan
    2. Arunachal Pradesh
    3. Sikkim
    4. Meghalaya

 

  1. Which Indian cricketer has scored the most number of centuries in international cricket?
    1. Sachin Tendulkar
    2. Virat Kohli
    3. Rohit Sharma
    4. Ricky Ponting

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
    1. K. Stalin
    2. Edappadi K. Palaniswami
    3. Panneerselvam
    4. Jayalalithaa

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest population density?
    1. Bihar
    2. West Bengal
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Uttar Pradesh

 

  1. Who is the founder of Sikhism?
    1. Guru Nanak
    2. Guru Gobind Singh
    3. Guru Teg Bahadur
    4. Guru Arjan Dev

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of Punjab?
    1. Amarinder Singh
    2. Parkash Singh Badal
    3. Sukhbir Singh Badal
    4. Navjot Singh Sidhu

 

  1. Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
    1. Gujarat
    2. Maharashtra
    3. Kerala
    4. Tamil Nadu

 

 

  1. Who was the first female Chief Minister of an Indian state?
    1. Indira Gandhi
    2. Jayalalithaa
    3. Nandini Satpathy
    4. Sucheta Kriplani

 

  1. Which Indian state has the highest number of districts?
    1. Uttar Pradesh
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Bihar
    4. Maharashtra

 

  1. Who was the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games?
    1. Abhinav Bindra
    2. Leander Paes
    3. Milkha Singh
    4. T. Usha

 

  1. Which Indian state has the largest forest cover?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Arunachal Pradesh
    3. Chhattisgarh
    4. Odisha

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Five Rivers”?
    1. Punjab
    2. Haryana
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. Bihar

 

  1. Who was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
    1. V. Raman
    2. Chandrasekhar
    3. Hargobind Khorana
    4. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Red River”?
    1. Mizoram
    2. Manipur
    3. Arunachal Pradesh
    4. Assam
  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Gods”?
    1. Himachal Pradesh
    2. Uttarakhand
    3. Jammu and Kashmir
    4. Arunachal Pradesh

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the White Elephant”?
    1. Manipur
    2. Meghalaya
    3. Mizoram
    4. Nagaland

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Sun”?
    1. Rajasthan
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Gujarat
    4. Maharashtra

 

  1. Who is the current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
    1. Bhupesh Baghel
    2. Raman Singh
    3. Ajit Jogi
    4. Motilal Vora

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Black Pagoda”?
    1. Tamil Nadu
    2. Kerala
    3. Odisha
    4. West Bengal

 

  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains”?
    1. Sikkim
    2. Arunachal Pradesh
    3. Nagaland
    4. Manipur
  1. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Forests”?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Chhattisgarh
    3. Odisha
    4. Jharkhand

 

  1. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
    1. V. Raman
    2. Hargobind Khorana
    3. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
    4. Satyendra Nath Bose

 

 

  1. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Booker Prize?
    1. Salman Rushdie
    2. Arundhati Roy
    3. Kiran Desai
    4. Jhumpa Lahiri

 

 

  1. Who is the author of the book “The White Tiger”?
    1. Salman Rushdie
    2. Arundhati Roy
    3. Kiran Desai
    4. Aravind Adiga

 

  1. Who among the following was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
    1. Rabindranath Tagore
    2. S. Naipaul
    3. Salman Rushdie
    4. Arundhati Roy

 

 

  1. Which of the following modern-day countries was NOT a part of the Indus Valley Civilization?
    1. India
    2. Pakistan
    3. Bangladesh
    4. Afghanistan

 

  1. What was the most important crop grown by the people of the Indus Valley Civilization?
    1. Rice
    2. Wheat
    3. Barley
    4. Millet

 

  1. Which of the following animals was NOT represented in the art and iconography of the Indus Valley Civilization?
    1. Elephant
    2. Bull
    3. Horse
    4. Lion

 

  1. What was the script used by the Indus Valley Civilization called?
    1. Sanskrit
    2. Pali
    3. Brahmi
    4. Indus script

 

  1. What was the name of the largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization?
    1. Harappa
    2. Mohenjo-daro
    3. Lothal
    4. Kalibangan

 

  1. Which of the following was NOT a feature of the urban planning and architecture of the Indus Valley Civilization?
    1. Grid-like street system
    2. Public baths
    3. Multi-storey buildings
    4. Pyramids

 

 

  1. Who was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate?
    1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak
    2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    3. Alauddin Khilji
    4. Hasan Gangu Bahmani

 

  1. Which Mughal Emperor abolished the jizya tax?
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb

 

  1. Who was the first Indian ruler to use artillery in warfare?
    1. Babur
    2. Sher Shah Suri
    3. Akbar
    4. Shivaji

 

  1. Which ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire was defeated by the combined forces of the Deccan Sultanates at the Battle of Talikota?
    1. Krishnadevaraya
    2. Achyuta Deva Raya
    3. Sadasiva Raya
    4. Ramaraya
  1. Which Mughal Emperor was deposed and imprisoned by his own son?
    1. Humayun
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb

 

  1. Which Maratha leader was responsible for the establishment of the Maratha Empire?
    1. Shivaji
    2. Balaji Vishwanath
    3. Baji Rao I
    4. Peshwa Madhavrao

 

  1. Which ruler of the Delhi Sultanate was known for his patronage of learning and the arts?
    1. Balban
    2. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
    3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
    4. Alauddin Khilji

 

  1. Which Mughal Emperor imposed the jizya tax on non-Muslims?
    1. Akbar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb

 

  1. Which Sufi saint was known as the “Saint of the Poor” and is considered the founder of the Chishti order in India?
    1. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
    2. Baba Farid
    3. Nizamuddin Auliya
    4. Sheikh Salim Chishti

 

  1. Which Mughal Emperor faced a rebellion led by his own son, who was supported by the Marathas?
    1. Bahadur Shah Zafar
    2. Jahangir
    3. Aurangzeb
    4. Muhammad Shah

 

  1. Who was the first woman to become an IAS officer in India?

 

  1. a) Kiran Bedi
  2. b) Anna Rajam Malhotra
  3. c) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  4. d) Sucheta Kripalani

 

  1. Which of the following ISRO missions successfully placed 104 satellites into orbit in a single launch in 2017?

a) Mangalyaan

b) Chandrayaan-2

c) PSLV-C37

d) GSLV-F08

  1. What is the name of the satellite launched by ISRO in 2021 that provides high-speed internet connectivity to remote areas in India?

a) GSAT-30

b) GSAT-11

c) IRNSS-1I

d) Amazonia-1

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