UPSC Prelims GS Mock Tests – Chapter 6: Mock Test 5 – Advanced Level (100 MCQs)

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Under the UNCCD, desertification refers only to land degradation in hyper-arid deserts.

Statement-II: The UNCCD came into force in 1996.

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?

According to DPIIT, the State that received the largest share of FDI equity inflows in 2025-26 was:

Consider the following pairs of martial traditions and States:

I. Kathi Samu – Andhra Pradesh

II. Thoda – Keralam

III. Lathi khela – West Bengal

IV. Mukna – Assam

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Rajya Sabha can have at most 250 members.

II. The six-year term of a Rajya Sabha member is fixed by the Representation of the People Act.

III. A House may declare a seat vacant if the member is absent without permission for 60 days.

IV. A person who sits as a member before taking the oath is liable to a penalty of ₹500 a day.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Under the original Constitution of 1950, the only territory placed in Part D of the First Schedule was:

Consider the following statements about the Rigveda:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: A tsunami that is hardly noticed by ships in the open ocean can be very destructive at the coast.

Statement-II: As a tsunami enters shallow water it slows down and its height increases.

Statement-III: In the deep ocean a tsunami travels at only about 50 km an hour.

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

Consider the following pairs of States and the year they became States:

I. Gujarat – 1960

II. Meghalaya – 1975

III. Arunachal Pradesh – 1972

IV. Haryana – 1963

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of India–China agreements and years:

I. Agreement on confidence-building measures in the military field – 1996

II. Political Parameters and Guiding Principles – 2005

III. Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination – 2012

IV. Border Defence Cooperation Agreement – 2003

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of expert bodies and features:

I. Alagh Task Force (1979) – calorie norms of 2,400 and 2,100

II. Lakdawala Group (1993) – State-specific poverty lines

III. Tendulkar Group (2009) – 21.9 per cent poor in 2011-12

IV. Rangarajan Group (2014) – 29.5 per cent poor in 2011-12

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of archaeological sites and their locations:

I. Burzahom – Kashmir Valley

II. Chandraketugarh – Odisha

III. Ganeshwar – Haryana

IV. Inamgaon – Gujarat

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Indian Councils Act, 1892 allowed members of the councils to discuss the budget and ask questions.

Statement-II: The Indian Councils Act, 1892 introduced direct election of members to the councils.

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

Consider the following pairs of mining regions and countries or minerals:

I. Carajás – Brazil

II. Kiruna – Norway

III. Mesabi Range – USA

IV. Bayan Obo – copper

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of satellites and uses:

I. Oceansat-3 – ocean colour and sea-surface temperature

II. RISAT – ocean colour

III. Cartosat – weather forecasting

IV. INSAT-3DS – navigation

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of Congress sessions and presidents:

I. Lucknow, 1936 – Subhas Chandra Bose

II. Faizpur, 1936 – Jawaharlal Nehru

III. Haripura, 1938 – Subhas Chandra Bose

IV. Tripuri, 1939 – Pattabhi Sitaramayya

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which one of the following is NOT one of the four biodiversity hotspots that include parts of India?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Arrange the following intellectual property treaties in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs:

I. Article 21A – free and compulsory education from 6 to 14

II. Article 24 – no child below 14 in factories, mines or hazardous work

III. Article 45 – early childhood care and education below six

IV. Article 51A(k) – a duty of the State to provide education

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Arrange the following earthquakes in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0, launched in February 2026 for 2025–30, has an aggregate potential of about:

Consider the following pairs of hills and States:

I. Javadi hills – Tamil Nadu

II. Nallamala hills – Andhra Pradesh

III. Mahadeo hills – Chhattisgarh

IV. Dalma hills – Odisha

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: India ratified ILO Conventions 138 and 182 in 2017.

Statement-II: ILO Convention 138 deals with the worst forms of child labour.

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:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A finer-scale re-measurement of India's coastline released in 2025 gives its length as about:

Consider the following pairs of places and sectors of the India–China boundary:

I. Galwan – western sector

II. Depsang – western sector

III. Demchok – eastern sector

IV. Tawang – middle sector

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Satellite internet from LEO constellations has much less signal delay than internet through geostationary satellites.

Statement-II: LEO satellites orbit much closer to the Earth than geostationary satellites.

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

A Chief Secretary declines to act on a minister's oral instruction to transfer an officer and asks for it in writing. The direction of the Supreme Court that supports this was given in:

The 'Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas', inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2023, comprise the temples at:

Consider the following statements:

I. Alluvial soils are generally rich in potash but poor in phosphorus.

II. The older alluvium, bhangar, contains kankar nodules.

III. Arid soils are rich in humus.

IV. The red colour of red soils comes from aluminium oxide.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Baking soda – NaHCO₃

II. Washing soda – Na₂CO₃·10H₂O

III. Bleaching powder – CaOCl₂

IV. Plaster of Paris – CaSO₄·2H₂O

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Hard water does not lather easily with soap.

Statement-II: Hardness of water is caused by salts of calcium and magnesium.

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

Consider the following statements:

I. The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014.

II. AMRUT was launched in 2015.

III. PMAY-Urban 2.0 was launched in 2024.

IV. AMRUT 2.0 was launched in 2019.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Under the Kigali Amendment, India (Group 2) must cut its HFC use by 85 per cent by:

Consider the following pairs of famine commissions and years:

I. Strachey Commission – 1880

II. Lyall Commission – 1901

III. MacDonnell Commission – 1898

IV. Woodhead Commission – famine of 1876–78

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

In India a registered industrial design is protected for:

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: A laccolith is a large dome-shaped body of igneous rock with a level base, fed from below by a pipe-like conduit.

Statement-II: A laccolith forms when lava cools on the surface of the Earth.

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

The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor runs between:

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Coal and petroleum are found mainly in sedimentary rocks.

Statement-II: Most metallic ores occur in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Statement-III: Coal and petroleum form from the remains of plants and tiny organisms buried in layers of sediment.

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

K. Sanjay Murthy, who took office on 21 November 2024, holds the post of:

Which one of the following lists the peaks in descending order of height?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following African countries:

I. Gabon

II. Niger

III. Ghana

IV. Burkina Faso

How many of the above have seen military coups in recent years?

Consider the following pairs of Mauryan sites and art:

I. Rampurva – bull capital

II. Sankisa – elephant capital

III. Lauriya-Nandangarh – four lions back to back

IV. Parkham – a Yakshi holding a fly-whisk

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

G.S. Ghurye's study of the features of caste, "Caste and Race in India", was published in:

According to HCES 2023-24, the Gini coefficient of consumption expenditure in rural and urban India was about:

Consider the following States and Union Territories:

I. Punjab

II. Nagaland

III. Lakshadweep

IV. Tripura

In how many of the above were Hindus not the majority at Census 2011?

Consider the following pairs of e-governance platforms and their purposes:

I. Jeevan Pramaan – digital life certificates for pensioners

II. e-Office – electronic handling of files in government offices

III. Poshan Tracker – registration of motor vehicles

IV. Vahan – monitoring of nutrition services at anganwadis

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

A solution of pH 3 is how many times more acidic (in hydrogen-ion concentration) than a solution of pH 5?

Which one of the following is NOT a member of the IBSA Dialogue Forum?

Consider the following statements:

I. A major irrigation project has a culturable command area of more than 10,000 ha.

II. A minor irrigation project has a command area below 10,000 ha.

III. Wells and tube wells account for more than 60 per cent of the irrigated area.

IV. India's ultimate irrigation potential is about 140 million ha.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Article 80 – composition of the Rajya Sabha

II. Article 83 – duration of the Houses

III. Article 85 – sessions, prorogation and dissolution

IV. Article 100 – qualifications for membership of Parliament

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of clouds and descriptions:

I. Cirrus – high, white and feathery, at 8,000–12,000 m

II. Cumulus – layered sheets covering the sky

III. Stratus – cotton-wool heaps

IV. Nimbus – dark clouds that bring rain

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following:

I. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities

II. Advocate General of a State

III. Finance Commission

IV. NITI Aayog

How many of the above are constitutional bodies or offices?

Consider the following pairs of navigation systems and owners:

I. GLONASS – USA

II. Galileo – European Union

III. BeiDou – China

IV. NavIC – Japan

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following areas:

I. Kachchh

II. Chennai

III. Mumbai

IV. Kolkata

How many of the above lie in seismic Zone V under IS 1893:2016?

Consider the following pairs of Sufi saints and their centres:

I. Gesu Daraz – Gulbarga

II. Bahauddin Zakariya – Ajmer

III. Baba Farid – Pakpattan

IV. Sharafuddin Maneri – Kashmir

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of disasters and places:

I. Mandhar Devi temple stampede – Satara

II. Chamunda Devi temple stampede – Jodhpur

III. Pulmedu stampede – Sabarimala

IV. Takshashila coaching centre fire – Rajkot

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which one of the following is NOT a Union Territory at present?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

The section of the Patents Act, 1970 that excludes plants, animals and essentially biological processes from patents is:

At Census 2011, the highest child sex ratio (0–6 years) among the States was recorded in:

Consider the following pairs of cases and holdings:

I. Minerva Mills – judicial review is part of the basic structure

II. I.R. Coelho – Ninth Schedule laws after 24 April 1973 can be reviewed

III. S.P. Gupta – the rule of locus standi was relaxed

IV. L. Chandra Kumar – decisions of tribunals are subject to High Court review

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following:

I. Melting of wax

II. Dissolving of sugar in water

III. Rusting of iron

IV. Burning of paper

How many of the above are physical changes?

Arrange the following steps in financial inclusion in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor passes through which area claimed by India?

Consider the following statements:

I. A Bill under Article 3 can be introduced only on the recommendation of the President.

II. The 18th Amendment clarified that "State" in Article 3 includes a Union Territory.

III. The views of the State legislature on such a Bill bind Parliament.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme began in 1985.

II. The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme began in 2009.

III. Enrolment under PMFBY has been compulsory for all farmers since kharif 2020.

IV. RWBCIS settles claims on the basis of actual crop yield.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. The National Front government took office in December 1989.

II. The New Industrial Policy was announced on 24 July 1991.

III. SEBI became a statutory body in 1992.

IV. The National Human Rights Commission was set up in 1993.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: India is one of the 17 megadiverse countries.

Statement-II: India has about 7 to 8 per cent of the world's recorded species on 2.4 per cent of its land.

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

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Temperature rises with height in the mesosphere.

Statement-II: The mesosphere lies immediately above the stratosphere.

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

Which one of the following lists the Great Lakes correctly from west to east?

Consider the following pairs of monuments and places:

I. Vettuvan Koil – Kazhugumalai

II. Stone chariot of the Vitthala temple – Hampi

III. Pudhu Mandapam – Madurai

IV. Shore Temple – Kanchipuram

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. A single chlorine atom can destroy thousands of ozone molecules.

II. The Antarctic ozone hole was reported in 1985.

III. India phased out CFCs by 2010.

IV. The Arctic ozone layer is expected to recover by about 2045.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following functions:

I. Regulation

II. Accreditation

III. Funding

IV. Academic standard-setting

How many of the above are proposed as separate verticals of the Higher Education Commission of India under NEP 2020?

Consider the following pairs relating to centres of service activities:

I. GIFT City IFSC – Gujarat

II. Manila – a leading BPO centre

III. Dublin – European headquarters of technology firms

IV. Cebu – the Philippines

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Under India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023, one carbon credit certificate represents:

Under the Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971, the salary of the CAG is:

In the structure of a stupa, the railed, box-like enclosure on top of the dome is the:

The two members who served with Fazl Ali on the States Reorganisation Commission were:

Consider the following:

I. Nidhi companies

II. Transferable development rights

III. Chit funds

IV. Multi-brand retail trading

In how many of the above is foreign direct investment prohibited in India?

Consider the following statements:

I. About 1.5 million species have been described.

II. Robert May estimated the total number of species at about 7 million.

III. Insects are the richest group of species.

IV. In Humboldt's species–area relation, Z is usually 0.6 to 1.2 for small regions.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of substances and acids:

I. Vinegar – acetic acid

II. Tamarind – tartaric acid

III. Lemon – formic acid

IV. Curd – citric acid

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following:

I. Paris Convention

II. Berne Convention

III. Patent Cooperation Treaty

IV. TRIPS Agreement

How many of the above are administered by WIPO?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: National Waterway-2 runs on the Ganga between Prayagraj and Haldia.

Statement-II: The National Waterways Act, 2016 declared 111 national waterways.

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

Consider the following pairs of Rigvedic and modern river names:

I. Asikni – Chenab

II. Vitasta – Beas

III. Vipas – Jhelum

IV. Sutudri – Ravi

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of dynasties and capitals:

I. Hoysalas – Dorasamudra

II. Kakatiyas – Warangal

III. Yadavas – Devagiri

IV. Chalukyas of Kalyani – Badami

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of bodies and Articles:

I. National Commission for Scheduled Castes – Article 338

II. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes – Article 338A

III. National Commission for Backward Classes – Article 338A

IV. Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities – Article 350A

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

According to the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025, forests cover about what share of the world's land?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?