UPSC Prelims GS Mock Tests – Chapter 4: Mock Test 3 – Standard Level (100 MCQs)

The nodal agency for nuclear and radiological emergencies in India is:

Consider the following pairs:

I. SAARC Charter – Dhaka

II. SAARC Secretariat – Kathmandu

III. SAARC Development Fund – Thimphu

IV. South Asian University – Colombo

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: India joined the ITER fusion project in 2005.

Statement-II: ITER is being built in France.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements about the heat budget of the Earth, taking incoming solar radiation as 100 units:

I. About 35 units of incoming solar radiation are reflected back to space (albedo).

II. About 14 units are absorbed by the atmosphere.

III. About 51 units are absorbed by the Earth's surface.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs relating to the Mauryas:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of platforms and launch years:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of cost concepts and their meanings:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. First Administrative Reforms Commission – 1966

II. Second ARC – M. Veerappa Moily

III. Santhanam Committee – CVC

IV. Gorwala Report – 1951

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs relating to the Disaster Management Act, 2005:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of theorists and ideas of industrial location:

I. Weber – least-cost location

II. Lösch – hexagonal market areas

III. Hotelling – clustering of competitors

IV. Hoover – break-of-bulk points

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The target for receipts from disinvestment and asset monetisation in 2026-27 is:

The Simon Commission was appointed in November 1927 by the British government headed by Prime Minister:

The first report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission dealt with:

Which of the following are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. C-DOT – 1984

II. C-DAC – 1988

III. PARAM 8000 – 1991

IV. Smart India Hackathon – 2017

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of West Asian developments and years:

I. India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor announced – 2023

II. Abraham Accords – 2020

III. Arab Peace Initiative – 2012

IV. India recognises the State of Palestine – 1992

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The Doha Amendment (2012) to the Kyoto Protocol set a second commitment period covering:

The 2025 estimation of Asiatic lions in Gujarat covered an area of about 35,000 sq km spread over how many districts?

Consider the following pairs of missions and locations or targets:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence, which funds industry, especially MSMEs and start-ups, to develop defence technologies, is executed by:

Consider the following pairs of Deccan sultanates and dynasties:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The rule of absolute liability admits no exceptions.

Statement-II: The rule of strict liability comes from the English case of Rylands v. Fletcher.

Statement-III: In M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (1986), the Supreme Court held that an enterprise carrying on a hazardous activity owes an absolute and non-delegable duty to the community.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs of dynasties and centres:

I. Chahamanas – Ajmer

II. Gahadavalas – Kanauj

III. Chandelas – Gujarat

IV. Chaulukyas – Malwa

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Bhopal gas tragedy – methyl isocyanate

II. Mayapuri incident – cobalt-60

III. Oleum gas leak case – absolute liability

IV. Chernobyl – level 7 on the INES

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is used as an assay of organic pollution in water.

Statement-II: BOD is measured over five days at 20 °C.

Statement-III: BOD is the amount of oxygen that micro-organisms need to break down the organic matter in water.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs of diseases and pollutants:

I. Itai-itai disease – cadmium

II. Minamata disease – mercury

III. Blue baby syndrome – nitrate

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Bhadla – solar power

II. Muppandal – wind power

III. Puga – geothermal energy

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. COP16, Cancún – Green Climate Fund

II. COP27, Sharm el-Sheikh – loss and damage fund

III. COP29, Baku – New Collective Quantified Goal on finance

IV. COP26, Glasgow – first global stocktake

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Shahid Beheshti terminal, developed with Indian participation, is at Chabahar in Iran.

Statement-II: The Strait of Hormuz links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Schedules and the Amendments that added them:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane is approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

Statement-II: The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices is a statutory body.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs of biomes and features:

I. Savanna – fire and grazing

II. Tundra – permafrost

III. Taiga – coniferous trees

IV. Steppe – scanty rain and nomadic herders

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of global AI summits and years:

I. Bletchley Park – 2023

II. Seoul – 2024

III. Paris – 2025

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The Duns, such as Dehra Dun, lie between:

ITER and India's Aditya and SST-1 machines are all of which type of fusion device?

Consider the following pairs of festivals and people or States:

I. Hornbill festival – Nagaland

II. Sangai festival – Manipur

III. Nuakhai – Odisha

IV. Wangala – Garo

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Satyashodhak Samaj – Jyotiba Phule

II. Vital-Vidhwansak – Gopal Baba Walangkar

III. SNDP – Narayana Guru

IV. Self-Respect Movement – B.R. Ambedkar

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang, was discovered in:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Permanent Settlement – Cornwallis

II. Ryotwari – Thomas Munro

III. Mahalwari – Holt Mackenzie

IV. Operation Barga – Kerala

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs relating to the WTO:

I. Peace clause – Bali, 2013

II. Trade Facilitation Agreement – in force February 2017

III. MC14 – Yaoundé, 2026

IV. TRIMS – trade in services

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Cepheids – pulsating stars

II. Pulsars – spinning neutron stars

III. Nebulae – clouds of gas and dust

IV. Higgs boson – detection of neutrinos

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of African rivers and features:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of schools of sculpture and materials:

I. Gandhara school – schist and stucco

II. Mathura school – spotted red sandstone

III. Amaravati school – white limestone

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Who among the following take part in the election of the President?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about the National Food Security Act, 2013:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

By the rule of 70, an economy growing at 7 per cent a year doubles its size in about:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Koeppen's climate types and regions of India:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of sites and their features:

I. Dholavira – reservoirs and dams

II. Lothal – dockyard

III. Kalibangan – ploughed field

IV. Sohgaura – Harappan granary

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement took effect on 27 January 2026.

Statement-II: COP31 (November 2026) is hosted at Antalya, Türkiye.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Stunting – low height for age

II. Wasting – low weight for height

III. Underweight – low weight for age

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Lithium-ion battery – graphite anode

II. Radioisotope thermoelectric generator – decay of plutonium-238

III. Fuel-cell electric vehicle – exhaust of water vapour

IV. Solar photovoltaic cell – direct current output

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of commodity boards and headquarters:

I. Coffee Board – Bengaluru

II. Rubber Board – Kochi

III. Spices Board – Kochi

IV. Turmeric Board – Guntur

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Mandal Commission submitted its report in 1980.

II. The income ceiling for the OBC creamy layer has been ₹8 lakh a year since 2017.

III. The Rohini Commission was set up in 2017 to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs.

IV. The National Commission for Backward Classes was given constitutional status by the 102nd Amendment (2018).

How many of the above statements are correct?

Arrange the following events in the history of the Deccan in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs of local weather and regions:

I. Mango showers – Keralam and Karnataka

II. Kalbaisakhi – Karnataka

III. Bardoli Chheerha – Assam

IV. Loo – Tamil Nadu

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

In the Union Budget 2026-27, the Centre's capital expenditure is placed at about:

Consider the following pairs:

I. Punjab Himalaya – between the Indus and the Satluj

II. Kumaon Himalaya – between the Satluj and the Kali

III. Nepal Himalaya – between the Kali and the Teesta

IV. Assam Himalaya – between the Teesta and the Dihang

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The James Webb Space Telescope, which observes mainly in the infrared, was launched in:

Consider the following pairs:

I. Oath of the President – before the Chief Justice of India

II. Resignation of the President – addressed to the Vice-President

III. Oath of the Vice-President – before the President

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about the criteria for bathing water in India:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Arrange the following stages of India's exchange-rate system in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs:

I. Rostow – stages of growth and take-off

II. Lewis – surplus labour

III. Kuznets – inverted-U curve of inequality

IV. Solow – big push

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. India's composite score in the SDG India Index 2023-24 was 71.

II. Kerala and Uttarakhand topped that Index with 79.

III. India ranked 94 of 167 countries in the Sustainable Development Report 2026.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Fourteen banks were nationalised on 19 July 1969.

Statement-II: The State Bank of India was formed in 1955 from the Imperial Bank of India.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Cantonment Boards are administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Statement-II: The Twelfth Schedule lists 18 subjects for municipalities.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs of discontinuities and the layers they separate:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about the stores of water on the Earth (NCERT table):

I. The atmosphere holds more water than all the streams and rivers.

II. Soil moisture holds more water than the atmosphere.

III. The atmosphere holds more water than all the lakes.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of Articles and powers of the Supreme Court:

I. Article 131 – original jurisdiction

II. Article 143 – advisory jurisdiction

III. Article 137 – review of its own judgments

IV. Article 129 – power to do complete justice

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about the composition of the universe:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Cheras – Muziris

II. Cholas – Uraiyur

III. Pandyas – Korkai

IV. Karikala – Kallanai

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which one of the following is the deepest of the lakes of the African Rift Valley?

Consider the following statements about the President's ordinance-making power:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The 2026 amendment to the IT Rules requires synthetically generated information to be labelled.

Statement-II: The amendment gives platforms 36 hours to take down such content when flagged.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Volcanic eruptions are a direct source of information about the interior of the Earth.

Statement-II: Lava brings up material from below the Earth's crust to the surface, where it can be examined.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The number of judges of the Supreme Court is fixed by Parliament by law.

Statement-II: The sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court was raised to 38 in 2026.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Payments banks – cannot lend

II. Small finance banks – credit to small units and small and marginal farmers

III. DICGC – deposit insurance cover raised to Rs 5 lakh in 2020

IV. NPA – interest overdue for more than 60 days

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of bodies and their chairpersons under the Disaster Management Act, 2005:

I. NDMA – Prime Minister

II. National Executive Committee – Union Home Secretary

III. SDMA – Chief Minister

IV. DDMA – Superintendent of Police

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about the Paris Agreement:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of sources and features of the Constitution:

I. Ireland – Directive Principles

II. Canada – Concurrent List

III. Australia – Concurrent List

IV. Weimar Germany – Fundamental Duties

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Battle of Plassey – 1757

II. Battle of Wandiwash – 1760

III. Battle of Buxar – 1764

IV. Treaty of Seringapatam – 1792

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Wards Committees – population of 3 lakh or more

II. Metropolitan area – population of 10 lakh or more

III. District Planning Committee – four-fifths elected

IV. Metropolitan Planning Committee – one-half elected

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Disaster management is an entry in the Concurrent List.

Statement-II: The Disaster Management Act was enacted in 2005.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

In the Sangam age, vadakkiruttal referred to:

Consider the following pairs of movements and leaders:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Jharia – coking coal

II. Neyveli – lignite

III. Digboi – oldest refinery

IV. Kudankulam – India's first nuclear power plant

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Champion and Seth (1968) classified India's forests into how many type groups?

Consider the following pairs:

I. PNGRB – downstream petroleum and natural gas

II. CERC – Electricity Act, 2003

III. UDAY – turnaround of DISCOMs

IV. PM Surya Ghar – rooftop solar for one crore homes

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The SHANTI Act, 2025 repealed the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010.

Statement-II: The three-stage nuclear power programme was proposed by Homi J. Bhabha in 1954.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs of dances and their features:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Under Article 243T, the share of seats reserved for women in a municipality, including seats for SC and ST women, is:

Consider the following pairs:

I. Part IXA – Municipalities

II. Part XVIII – Emergency provisions

III. Part XX – Amendment of the Constitution

IV. Part XIV – Elections

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?