UPSC Prelims GS Mock Tests – Chapter 8: Mock Test 7 – Advanced Level (100 MCQs)

Consider the following pairs about the press in British India:

I. Hicky's Bengal Gazette – 1780

II. Vernacular Press Act – Lytton

III. Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act – Ripon

IV. Freedom of the press, 1835 – Metcalfe

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following tests and what they do:

I. RT-PCR – detects viral genetic material

II. Rapid antigen test – detects viral proteins

III. ELISA – detects antibodies or antigens

IV. MRI – uses ionising radiation

How many of the above are correctly described?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of inter-State water disputes tribunals and the States concerned:

I. Vansadhara – Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

II. Mahadayi – Goa, Karnataka and Keralam

III. Ravi and Beas – Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan

IV. Narmada – Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of Mahajanapadas or gana-sanghas and their capitals:

I. Vajji – Vaishali

II. Anga – Champa

III. Magadha – Ujjayini

IV. Assaka – Mathura

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A country has 30 per cent of its people below 15 years, 60 per cent aged 15–64 and 10 per cent aged 65 or more. Its dependency ratio is about:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Articles 330A and 332A, inserted in 2023, provide for:

eSanjeevani is India's national platform for:

Consider the following statements about Magadha and the north-west:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Arrange the following canals in the order in which they opened:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following pairs of organisations and their work:

I. BirdLife International – Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas

II. Conservation International – Living Planet Report

III. World Resources Institute – Global Forest Watch

IV. TRAFFIC – State of India's Environment report

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Articles 20 and 21 cannot be suspended during a national emergency.

Statement-II: Article 21A was added by the 86th Amendment in 2002.

Statement-III: The 44th Amendment, 1978 provided that a Presidential order under Article 359 cannot suspend the enforcement of Articles 20 and 21.

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:

I. Coffee – originated in Ethiopia

II. Rubber – originated in the Amazon basin

III. Cocoa – Côte d'Ivoire is the leading producer

IV. Palm oil – Brazil is the leading producer

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about taxation:

I. The Income-tax Act, 2025 applies from 1 April 2026 and uses the term "tax year".

II. The basic corporation tax rate was cut to 22 per cent in 2019.

III. The equalisation levy of 6 per cent was still in force in 2026.

IV. GST was introduced on 1 July 2017.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Section 22 of the RTI Act gives it overriding effect over the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Statement-II: Section 24 exempts the listed security agencies even from allegations of corruption.

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

According to the Zoological Survey of India (July 2026), India's recorded faunal diversity (species and subspecies) stands at about:

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Tax buoyancy excludes the effect of discretionary changes in tax policy.

Statement-II: Tax elasticity excludes the effect of discretionary changes in tax policy.

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

Consider the following statements about the GST rate changes of 2025:

I. Individual life and health insurance policies are exempt from GST from 22 September 2025.

II. Tobacco products and pan masala kept their old rates and cess until the compensation loans were repaid.

III. Most goods earlier taxed at 28 per cent moved to the 5 per cent merit rate.

IV. Gross GST collections in 2025-26 were about ₹22 lakh crore.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. IARI – 1905

II. ICAR – 1929

III. Pantnagar, the first State agricultural university – 1960

IV. First Krishi Vigyan Kendra – 1974

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. A census town must have a population of at least 5,000.

II. At least 75 per cent of the male main workers of a census town must work outside agriculture.

III. A census town must have a density of at least 400 persons per sq km.

IV. Rural-to-urban migration is the largest migration stream in India.

How many of the above statements are correct?

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 statements about India and Bangladesh:

I. India's border with Bangladesh, about 4,096 km, is its longest land border.

II. Five Indian States border Bangladesh.

III. The Land Boundary Agreement was implemented through the 100th Amendment in 2015.

IV. The Ganga Water Treaty of 1996 runs for 30 years, to 2026.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of programmes or laws and the year in which they began:

I. DAY-NULM – 2013

II. PM SVANidhi – 2020

III. Street Vendors Act – 2019

IV. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana – 1995

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of bilateral exercises and India's partner countries:

I. Shakti – France

II. Garuda – France

III. Ajeya Warrior – United Kingdom

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Revamped PDS began in 1992.

II. One Nation One Ration Card began in 2019.

III. Decentralised procurement by States began in 1997-98.

IV. Cash transfer of food subsidy was piloted in Chandigarh and Puducherry in 2015.

How many of the above statements are correct?

If the gross cropped area of a district is 210 thousand hectares and its net sown area is 140 thousand hectares, its cropping intensity is:

Consider the following statements about the IMD classification of cyclonic disturbances:

I. A deep depression has winds of 50–61 km/h.

II. A severe cyclonic storm has winds of 89–117 km/h.

III. An extremely severe cyclonic storm has winds of 118–166 km/h.

IV. A cyclonic storm has winds of 34–47 knots.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Uluru (Ayers Rock), a large sandstone monolith, lies in:

Consider the following pairs of Köppen types and descriptions or regions:

I. Af – equatorial

II. Cs – Mediterranean

III. Cfb – marine west coast (British type)

IV. Dw – Patagonia

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of local names of shifting cultivation and regions:

I. Podu – Andhra Pradesh

II. Bewar – Madhya Pradesh

III. Kuruwa – Jharkhand

IV. Khil – the Himalaya

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following Articles:

I. Article 15

II. Article 16

III. Article 19

IV. Article 21

How many of the above confer rights available only to citizens?

Consider the following pairs of diseases and modes of spread:

I. Hepatitis A – food and water

II. Hepatitis B – food and water

III. Dengue – Aedes mosquito

IV. Japanese encephalitis – Anopheles mosquito

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of diseases and the year India was declared free of them or eliminated them:

I. Guinea worm – 2000

II. Polio – 2014

III. Yaws – 2016

IV. Trachoma – 2024

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of cyclones and years:

I. Phailin – 2013

II. Fani – 2019

III. Amphan – 2020

IV. Biparjoy – 2023

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: In May 2026 the Governor of Tamil Nadu appointed C. Joseph Vijay Chief Minister although his party, the TVK, had won 108 of 234 seats.

Statement-II: The Governor appoints the leader who can show majority support, which may come from other parties, and the majority is then tested on the floor of the House.

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: The Bay of Bengal has about four times as many cyclones as the Arabian Sea.

Statement-II: Storm surge is the main killer in a cyclone.

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

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Low earth orbit constellations give lower latency than geostationary satellites.

Statement-II: LEO constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb orbit a few hundred to about 1,200 km up, while geostationary satellites are about 35,786 km above the equator.

Statement-III: Radio signals travel more slowly through space than light does through an optical fibre.

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

Consider the following pairs of vulnerable groups and the measures suggested for them in disasters:

I. Women and girls – separate toilets and lighting in relief camps

II. Children – child-friendly spaces and family tracing

III. Older people – child-friendly spaces

IV. Persons with disabilities – sign-language and text alerts

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about Alauddin Khalji:

I. Alauddin Khalji introduced the branding of horses (dagh) and descriptive rolls of soldiers (huliya).

II. Alauddin's market control was enforced through the shahna-i-mandi.

III. Alauddin built the city of Siri.

IV. Alauddin fixed land revenue at one-tenth of the produce.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about the UK and US constitutions:

I. The House of Lords in the United Kingdom is not an elected House.

II. An amendment to the US Constitution needs ratification by three-fourths of the States.

III. The UK Supreme Court can strike down an Act of Parliament.

IV. The US Constitution originally had nine Articles.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Quit India movement:

I. Usha Mehta ran an underground radio during the Quit India movement.

II. A parallel government called the Jatiya Sarkar was set up at Tamluk.

III. Nana Patil led the parallel government at Satara.

IV. The Communist Party of India supported the Quit India movement.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws – 1748

II. Ram Jawaya Kapur – 1955

III. Article 145(3) – a bench of at least five judges

IV. Article 50 – separation of the judiciary from the executive

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of works or poets and languages:

I. Kavirajamarga – Kannada

II. Ezhuthachan – Malayalam

III. Ramcharitmanas – Braj

IV. Padmavat – Telugu

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Aapda Mitra scheme began as a pilot in 2016.

II. A disaster role was added to the Civil Defence Act in 2009.

III. The Indian Red Cross Society was set up under an Act of 1920.

IV. In the Incident Response System, the Responsible Officer leads the response on the ground.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of international NGOs and years of founding:

I. ICRC – 1863

II. Oxfam – 1942

III. Amnesty International – 1961

IV. Médecins Sans Frontières – 1971

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The conclusion of the India–EU free trade talks was announced in January 2026.

Statement-II: Talks on the India–EU Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement began in 2007.

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

In its opinion of 20 November 2025 on the Presidential reference under Article 143, the Supreme Court said that if a Governor stays inactive on a Bill for a long, unexplained and indefinite period, a court may:

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960.

Statement-II: India placed the Indus Waters Treaty "in abeyance" in 2025.

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

Consider the following pairs of processes and types of weathering:

I. Carbonation – physical weathering

II. Hydration – chemical weathering

III. Exfoliation by unloading – physical weathering

IV. Frost wedging – chemical weathering

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. In the 2G case (2012), the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences.

II. FASTag toll payment became mandatory on 15 February 2021.

III. Passive RFID tags carry their own battery.

IV. India's limits on emissions from mobile towers are ten times the international guideline.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of events in Aurangzeb's reign and years:

I. Battle of Saraighat – 1671

II. Annexation of Bijapur – 1686

III. Annexation of Golconda – 1687

IV. Reimposition of jizya – 1679

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of mobile generations and features:

I. 1G – analog voice

II. 2G – SMS

III. 3G – mobile internet

IV. 4G – network slicing

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about the National Social Assistance Programme:

I. The NSAP began on 15 August 1995.

II. The National Family Benefit Scheme gives ₹20,000.

III. Annapurna gives 10 kg of foodgrain free.

IV. IGNOAPS gives ₹200 a month to those aged 60–79.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about the RTI Act, 2005:

I. A public information officer must reply within 30 days.

II. Information on life or liberty must be given within 48 hours.

III. The penalty is ₹250 a day, up to ₹25,000.

IV. A second appeal to the Information Commission may be filed within 90 days.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of revolutionary groups or events and leaders:

I. Anushilan Samiti, Dacca – Pulin Das

II. Abhinav Bharat – Aurobindo Ghose

III. India House, London – Lala Har Dayal

IV. Chittagong armoury raid – Bhagat Singh

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of buildings and architects:

I. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus – F. W. Stevens

II. Victoria Memorial – William Emerson

III. Gateway of India – George Wittet

IV. Chandigarh – Le Corbusier

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was examined by a Joint Parliamentary Committee before it was enacted in 2025.

Statement-II: A Joint Parliamentary Committee is an ad hoc committee of both Houses, set up by a motion in one House and agreed to by the other.

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 about the higher judiciary in 2025–26:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of species and places:

I. Nilgiri tahr – Western Ghats

II. Irrawaddy dolphin – Chilika

III. Gharial – Chambal

IV. Jerdon's courser – Western Ghats

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 pairs:

I. IPCC – 1988

II. IRENA – Abu Dhabi

III. International Solar Alliance – Gurugram

IV. IPBES secretariat – Bonn

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

I. The Chief Ministers of the member States act as Vice-Chairman of a Zonal Council by rotation.

II. Odisha is a member of the Eastern Zonal Council.

III. The Standing Committee of the Inter-State Council is chaired by the Prime Minister.

IV. Zonal Councils are advisory bodies.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements about Indo-Roman trade:

I. Pepper was among the main exports from India to Rome.

II. Arretine ware and amphorae have been found at Arikamedu.

III. Gold and silver coins were among the imports into India.

IV. Muziris was a port on the Gujarat coast.

How many of the above statements are correct?

The investigation of the car explosion near the Red Fort, New Delhi, on 10 November 2025 was taken over by the:

Consider the following statements:

Statement-I: Optical fibres carry light signals by total internal reflection.

Statement-II: Li-Fi uses radio waves to carry data.

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

Consider the following pairs:

I. Panchsheel Agreement – 1954

II. Bandung Conference – 1961

III. Belgrade NAM summit – 1955

IV. Indo-Soviet Treaty – 1966

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. Kaladan project – Chittagong port

II. Trilateral Highway – Moreh to Mae Sot

III. Maitri Setu – the Feni river

IV. Operation Insaniyat – the coup of 2021

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements about constitutional offices:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about guidelines issued by the National Disaster Management Authority:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following pairs of judgments and years:

I. Indra Sawhney – 1992

II. M. Nagaraj – 2006

III. Janhit Abhiyan (EWS) – 2022

IV. Davinder Singh (sub-classification) – 2014

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Jagadish Chandra Bose demonstrated wireless signalling with microwaves in Calcutta in:

Consider the following pairs:

I. CAQM Act – 2021

II. Central Zoo Authority – 1992

III. Animal Welfare Board of India – 1962

IV. SACON – Coimbatore

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of scholars and ideas:

I. G.S. Ghurye – six features of caste

II. Louis Dumont – purity and pollution

III. W.H. Wiser – the jajmani system

IV. M.N. Srinivas – Homo Hierarchicus

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of schools of art and their features:

I. Gandhara Buddha – wavy hair and a heavy robe with folds

II. Mathura Buddha – shaven or spiral hair and a smiling face

III. Amaravati – the Buddha shown mostly in narrative panels

IV. Gandhara school – patronised mainly by the Satavahanas

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. C-DOT – 1984

II. TRAI – 1997

III. Bharat 6G Vision – 2023

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

I. NALSA – recognition of the third gender (2018)

II. Navtej Singh Johar – Section 377 (2013)

III. Supriyo – same-sex marriage (2023)

IV. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act – 2014

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: The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife is chaired by the Union Minister in charge of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Statement-II: Proposals for projects in and around protected areas are considered by the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife.

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

Consider the following pairs about parliamentary committees:

I. Public Accounts Committee – 22 members

II. Estimates Committee – 30 members, all from the Lok Sabha

III. Committee on Public Undertakings – 22 members

IV. Departmentally related standing committees – 24

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Which one of the following lists the rivers in descending order of length, according to NCERT (India: Physical Environment)?

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Arrange the following events of the seventeenth century in chronological order:

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements about European institutions:

I. NATO, founded in 1949, has 32 members.

II. The European Union has 27 members.

III. The EU adopted a Nature Restoration Law in 2024.

IV. Every member of NATO is also a member of the EU.

How many of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following pairs of straits and the lands on either side:

I. Strait of Hormuz – Iran and Oman

II. Bab-el-Mandeb – Yemen and Djibouti

III. Strait of Malacca – Malaya and Sumatra

IV. Strait of Gibraltar – Spain and Morocco

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of sources and rivers:

I. Satopanth glacier – Alaknanda

II. Chemayungdung glacier – Brahmaputra

III. Rakas Tal – Satluj

IV. Beas Kund – Ravi

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 pairs of reform committees and years:

I. Narasimham Committee I – 1991

II. Rangarajan Committee on disinvestment – 1993

III. Malhotra Committee on insurance – 1994

IV. Srikrishna Commission (FSLRC) – 2013

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs of amendments and provisions:

I. 86th Amendment – Article 21A

II. 93rd Amendment – Article 15(5)

III. 103rd Amendment – reservation for economically weaker sections

IV. 77th Amendment – Article 16(4B)

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?