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

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

 

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

 

3. 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

 

4. 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

 

5. 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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11. 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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

16. 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

 

 

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

 

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

 

19. 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

 

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

 

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

 

22. 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

28. 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

 

 

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

 

30. 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

37. 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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

44. 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

 

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

 

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

 

47. 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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

58. 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

66. 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

70. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of the Red River”?
    1. Mizoram
    2. Manipur
    3. Arunachal Pradesh
    4. Assam

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

77. Which Indian state is known as the “Land of Forests”?
    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Chhattisgarh
    3. Odisha
    4. Jharkhand

 

78. 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

 

 

79. 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

 

 

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

 

81. 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

 

 

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

 

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

 

84. 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

 

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

 

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

 

87. 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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

91. 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

92. Which Mughal Emperor was deposed and imprisoned by his own son?
    1. Humayun
    2. Jahangir
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzeb

 

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

 

94. 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

 

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

 

96. 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

 

97. 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

 

98. 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

 

99. 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

100. 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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