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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2015
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
8%
8 questions
Current affairs
14%
14 questions
Top subject
Economy
20 questions · 20%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
Economy
20 (20%)
History
15 (15%)
Polity
14 (14%)
Geography
14 (14%)
Environment
13 (13%)
Science & Technology
11 (11%)
International Relations
9 (9%)
Current Affairs
4 (4%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Government Schemes and Financial Inclusion | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 2 | Fourteenth Finance Commission Recommendations | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 3 | Fortaleza Declaration International Relations | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 4 | Tax to GDP Ratio Economic Indicators | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | Cyclone Formation Geography | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 6 | India's Extreme Geographic Points | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 7 | Directive Principles of State Policy | Polity | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 8 | Index of Eight Core Industries Weightage | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | National Parks with Unique Ecosystems | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 10 | National Innovation Foundation India | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 11 | Impact of nitrogenous fertilizers on soil | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | IUCN and CITES conservation organizations | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Fair and Remunerative Price for sugarcane | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 14 | Eastward flow of equatorial counter-current | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 15 | Places of pilgrimage and geographical location | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 16 | Rowlatt Satyagraha and Indian independence | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Recent Ebola virus outbreaks | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 18 | Fly ash from coal-fired power plants | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Dugong marine mammal characteristics | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Economic critics of colonialism in India | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Global economic reporting institutions | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 22 | Monetary policy implications | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 23 | Nanotechnology in healthcare | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 24 | Agricultural market regulation in India | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 25 | National aquatic animal of India | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 26 | Congress Socialist Party ideology | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 27 | Rajya Sabha financial powers | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 28 | Government of India Act 1919 | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 30 | IceCube particle detector | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 31 | International Trade Agreements | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 32 | Near Field Communication Technology | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 33 | Golan Heights Geopolitical Issue | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 34 | Rupee Convertibility Economics | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Medieval Indian States Geographic Regions | History | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 36 | Godavari River Tributaries | Geography | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | Joint Sitting Parliamentary Procedure | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 38 | Forest Types and Regional Distribution | Geography | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 39 | Buddhist Historical Kingdoms | History | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 40 | Ozone Depletion International Agreements | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 41 | Mughal Empire and Babur's Impact | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 42 | NITI Aayog Replaces Planning Commission | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 43 | Rio+20 Sustainable Development Conference | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 44 | Executive Power and Prime Minister's Role | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 45 | Goldilocks Zone and Habitable Planets | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 46 | Tanjore Salt March 1930 | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 47 | Vijayanagara Empire Foundation | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 48 | Indian National Congress Presidents | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 49 | Green Climate Fund for Climate Action | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 50 | Indira Gandhi Prize 2014 Recipient | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 51 | Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 52 | National Parks Climate Variation | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 53 | Amnesty International Organization | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 54 | Early Indian Rock-cut Monuments | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 55 | Feudal System Elements in Medieval India | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 56 | BioCarbon Fund Initiative Manager | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 57 | India's Membership in Regional Organizations | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 58 | Steel Industry Raw Material Imports | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 59 | Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 60 | Union Budget and Government Finance | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | Constitutional guardian and custodian | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 62 | Agricultural development programmes | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | Genetic Engineering regulatory framework | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 64 | Mekong-Ganga Cooperation membership | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 65 | Basel III banking accord | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 66 | Westerly winds and weather patterns | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 67 | Indian Ocean Rim Association structure | IR | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 68 | Indian National Congress split | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 69 | Living root bridges geographical location | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 70 | Causes of tidal phenomena | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 71 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellites Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests Distribution | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | IndARC Scientific Establishment | S&T | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 74 | Forest Carbon Partnership Facility | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | Classical Language Status Award | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 76 | BirdLife International Organization | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 77 | Mediterranean Sea Coastline Geography | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 78 | Teak Forest Distribution in India | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 79 | Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 80 | Climate Pattern Description Equatorial | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 81 | Real GDP growth and nominal GDP | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | State Legislative Council composition and nomination | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 83 | Fundamental Duties in Indian Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 84 | Ecosystem definition and concept | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 85 | Objectives of Panchayati Raj system in India | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Components of Monetary Policy | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 87 | Inflation control and monetary management | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | Nuclear weapons states under NPT | IR | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 89 | Welfare State concept in Indian Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 90 | Technological progress classification in agriculture | Economy | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 91 | Parliamentary System India | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 92 | H1N1 Virus Disease | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 93 | Bio-toilets Indian Railways | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | International Liquidity Problem | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 95 | Fuel Cells Technology | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 96 | Kalamkari Painting Art | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 97 | Seed Village Concept | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | Reducing Budget Deficit | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 99 | Geographical Indication Status | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 100 | IREDA Organization Status | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |