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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2013
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
8%
8 questions
Current affairs
2%
2 questions
Top subject
Geography
18 questions · 18%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
Geography
18 (18%)
Economy
18 (18%)
Environment
17 (17%)
Polity
16 (16%)
History
16 (16%)
Science & Technology
15 (15%)
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All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money Bill Parliament Procedure | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 2 | Constitutional Provisions Governors | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 3 | World Geography Landforms | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 4 | Rock-Cut Architecture India | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | Recombinant DNA Gene Transfer | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 6 | Yuan Chwang Historical Records | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 7 | India Native Fauna Distribution | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 8 | Drinking Water Pollutants India | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | Constituent Assembly Member Selection | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 10 | Mammalian Marine Animals | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 11 | Constitutional Amendment Procedure | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Attorney General Powers | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Sugar Industry By-products | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 14 | Variation in Daytime and Nighttime | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 15 | Narmada River Flow Direction | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 16 | Freshwater Distribution on Earth | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Biosphere Reserves and Protected Areas | Geography | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 18 | Dynamic Changes on Earth's Surface | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Bodies Not in Constitution | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Tebhaga Peasant Movement | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Parliament and International Treaties | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Ecological Succession in Grasslands | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 23 | Ecosystem Productivity Comparison | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 24 | Soil Conservation Methods | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 25 | PESA Act 1996 Objectives | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 26 | Forest Rights Act 2006 Implementation | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 27 | Aflatoxin Production and Sources | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 28 | Economic Justice in Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | E-waste Composition and Hazards | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 30 | Acid Rain Causes | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 31 | Food chains and ecosystems | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 32 | National parks and rivers | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 33 | Biofertilizers and microorganisms | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 34 | Nitrogen cycling in soil | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Lion-tailed macaque distribution | Geography | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 36 | Buddhist rock-cut architecture | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 37 | Buddhist philosophy - Nirvana | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 38 | Fundamental governance principles | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 39 | Simon Commission agitation | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 40 | Quit India Movement context | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 41 | Balance of payments definition | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 42 | RBI regulation of commercial banks | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 43 | Bank Rate and monetary policy | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 44 | Deficit financing in India | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 45 | Indus Valley Civilization characteristics | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 46 | Diseases transmitted through tattooing | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 47 | Jain doctrine principles | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 48 | Ecological niche definition | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 49 | Photochemical smog formation | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 50 | Minerals for muscle contraction | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 51 | Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 52 | Bhakti Saints and Historical Timeline | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 53 | Decomposer Organisms in Ecosystems | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 54 | World Fishing Grounds and Oceanic Conditions | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 55 | Equatorial Forests Characteristics | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 56 | Capital Account Components | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 57 | Historical Sites with Mural Paintings | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 58 | Sankhya Philosophical School | History | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 59 | Parliamentary Government Principles in India | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 60 | Continental Temperature Annual Range | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | Characteristics of Indian Coal | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 62 | Laterite Soils of India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | Mineral Deposits in India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 64 | Classification of Crops by Season | Geography | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 65 | Regional Climate and Vegetation | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 66 | Effects of Inflation | Economy | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 67 | Disguised Unemployment Concept | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 68 | Council of Ministers and Executive | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 69 | Planning and Development Council | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 70 | Structure of Rajya Sabha | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 71 | National Legal Services Authority | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | Thunder formation during thunderstorms | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | Tribes and their geographic distribution | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 74 | Liquidity of financial assets | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | Open Market Operations in India | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 76 | Priority Sector Lending in India | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 77 | Water consumption by industries | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Demographic dividend benefits in India | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 79 | Tribhanga pose in Indian dance | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 80 | Annie Besant's role in Indian history | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 81 | Ilbert Bill controversy | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | Causes of inflation | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 83 | Foreign exchange reserves composition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 84 | Inflationary effects of fiscal policy | Economy | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 85 | Money supply and interest rates | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Fruit storage and respiration | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 87 | Endangered fauna of India | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | Ball bearings and friction reduction | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 89 | Optical illusions in nature | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 90 | Rainbow formation physics | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 91 | Plant Biology and Transplantation | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 92 | Economic Growth and Capital Formation | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 93 | Viral Biology and Characteristics | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | Desert Plant Adaptations | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 95 | Fundamental Forces of Nature | S&T | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 96 | Higgs Boson and Particle Physics | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 97 | Mycorrhizal Biotechnology | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | National Development Council Composition | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 99 | National Income Calculation | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 100 | Rural Credit Institutions in India | Economy | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |