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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2014
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
9%
9 questions
Current affairs
3%
3 questions
Top subject
Polity
18 questions · 18%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
Polity
18 (18%)
Environment
17 (17%)
Economy
17 (17%)
Geography
16 (16%)
Science & Technology
16 (16%)
History
15 (15%)
Current Affairs
1 (1%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money Bill and Rajya Sabha | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 2 | Governor and Constitutional Provisions | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 3 | Geographical Features Matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Easy | ↗Read |
| 4 | Indian Rock-cut Architecture | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 6 | Yuan Chwang's Observations on Ancient India | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 7 | Wildlife Fauna of India | Environment | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 8 | Water Pollutants in India | Environment | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | Constituent Assembly Formation | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 10 | Marine Mammals Classification | S&T | How-many counting | Easy | ↗Read |
| 11 | Constitutional Amendment Procedure | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Attorney General of India Powers | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Sugar Industry By-products Uses | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 14 | Day and Night Length Variation | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 15 | Narmada River Westward Flow | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 16 | Freshwater Distribution on Earth | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Protected Areas Geographic Matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 18 | Dynamic Earth Surface Changes | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Constitutional Bodies and Institutions | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Tebhaga Peasant Movement Demands | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 21 | Parliament and International Treaties | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Ecological Succession in Grasslands | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 23 | Ecosystem Productivity Sequence | 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 | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 27 | Aflatoxins and Food Contamination | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 28 | Economic Justice in Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | E-waste and Environmental Contamination | Environment | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 30 | Acid Rain Formation and Causes | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 31 | Food chains in ecosystems | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 32 | National Parks and Rivers | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 33 | Biofertilizers and microorganisms | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 34 | Nitrogen cycle in soil | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Lion-tailed macaque distribution | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 36 | Buddhist rock-cut cave architecture | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | Nirvana in Buddhist philosophy | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 38 | Fundamental directives in Indian Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 39 | Simon Commission agitation | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 40 | Quit India Movement causes | 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 | Disease Transmission Through Tattooing | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 47 | Jain Doctrine and Philosophy | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 48 | Ecological Niche Definition | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 49 | Photochemical Smog Formation | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 50 | Minerals and Muscle Contraction | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗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 Ocean Currents | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 55 | Characteristics of Equatorial Forests | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 56 | Capital Account Components | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 57 | Historical Places with Mural Paintings | History | Matching pairs | Easy | ↗Read |
| 58 | Sankhya School of Indian Philosophy | History | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 59 | Principles of Parliamentary Government in India | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 60 | Temperature Range in Continents vs Coasts | Geography | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 61 | Characteristics of Indian Coal | Geography | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 62 | Laterite Soils of India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | Natural Resources Distribution in India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 64 | Kharif and Rabi Crops Classification | Geography | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 65 | Climate and Vegetation Regional Characteristics | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 66 | Effects of Inflation on Economic Agents | Economy | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 67 | Disguised Unemployment Definition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 68 | Council of Ministers and Presidential Powers | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 69 | Planning and Development Council Constitutional Status | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 70 | Rajya Sabha Chair and Presidential Election Rights | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 71 | National Legal Services Authority | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | Thunder formation during thunderstorms | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | Tribal groups and their geographical distribution | Geography | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗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 in India | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Demographic dividend and skill development | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 79 | Tribhanga pose in Indian dance | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 80 | Annie Besant and her role in Indian history | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 81 | Ilbert Bill Controversy | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | Causes of Rising Price Levels | 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 | Interest Rate and Money Supply Relationship | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Cold Storage and Fruit Preservation | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 87 | Endangered Fauna of India | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | Ball Bearings in Mechanical Systems | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 89 | Optical Illusions in Nature | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 90 | Physics of Rainbow Formation | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 91 | Plant physiology and transplantation | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 92 | Economic growth determinants | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 93 | Characteristics of viruses | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | Leaf modifications in desert plants | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 95 | Four fundamental forces of nature | S&T | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 96 | Higgs boson particle discovery significance | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 97 | Mycorrhizal biotechnology applications | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | National Development Council composition | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 99 | National income calculation and definition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 100 | Direct credit assistance to rural households | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |