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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2016
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
5%
5 questions
Current affairs
31%
31 questions
Top subject
Economy
23 questions · 23%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
Economy
23 (23%)
Environment
22 (22%)
History
16 (16%)
International Relations
12 (12%)
Science & Technology
10 (10%)
Current Affairs
7 (7%)
Polity
5 (5%)
Geography
5 (5%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parliamentary Procedure and Bill Lapse | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 2 | Global Hunger Index Indicators | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 3 | Budget Deficit Reduction Measures | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 4 | Payment Banks in India | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | LiFi Technology | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 6 | Intended Nationally Determined Contributions | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 7 | UDAY Scheme Government of India | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 8 | IFC Masala Bonds | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | Taxation System of Vijayanagar | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 10 | Ancient Indian Literature - Sunga Dynasty | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 11 | WTO Trade Negotiations | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Capital Budget Components | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | UN Convention Desertification | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 14 | SDR Basket Currency Addition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 15 | International Monetary Committee | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 16 | Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Medieval Indian Social Movements | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 18 | Import Cover Definition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Communities and Geopolitics | IR | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Great Indian Hornbill habitat | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 23 | National Ganga River Basin Authority | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 24 | Neem-coated Urea in agriculture | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 25 | Chief Secretary in Indian States | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 26 | Stand Up India Scheme | Economy | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 27 | Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 28 | Tributaries of Brahmaputra River | Geography | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 29 | Core Banking Solutions | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 30 | International Environmental Protocols | Environment | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 31 | Bioinformatics and Transcriptome | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 32 | Mission Indradhanush Immunization | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 33 | Green India Mission Objectives | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 34 | Food Packaging and Labelling Regulations | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Project Loon Technology | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 36 | Net Metering and Solar Energy | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | Ease of Doing Business Index | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 38 | Banjaras in Medieval India | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 39 | Decipherment of Ashoka's Edicts | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 40 | Gram Nyayalaya Act Provisions | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 41 | Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 42 | India-Africa Summit | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 43 | Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 44 | Kharai camel breed characteristics | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 45 | New banana species discovery in India | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 46 | INS Astradharini naval vessel | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 47 | Greased Lightning-10 aircraft technology | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 48 | Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 49 | Swadeshi and Boycott movement in India | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 50 | Bodhisattva concept in Buddhism | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 51 | International Organizations | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 52 | Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 53 | Red Sanders Tree Species | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 54 | UN-REDD+ Programme | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 55 | Greenhouse Gas Protocol | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 56 | Financial Stability and Development Council | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 57 | Agenda 21 Sustainable Development | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 58 | Satya Shodhak Samaj Social Movement | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 59 | Viral Infection in Different Organisms | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 60 | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | National Investment and Manufacturing Zone | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 62 | District Mineral Foundations | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | SWAYAM Initiative | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 64 | Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals | History | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 65 | Ajanta and Mahabalipuram | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 66 | Bitcoins Cryptocurrency | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 67 | New Development Bank | IR | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 68 | Western Ghats Protection | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 69 | Keshab Chandra Sen | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 70 | Gulf Cooperation Council Membership | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 71 | Sovereign Gold Bond and Gold Monetization | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | Belt and Road Initiative | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 73 | Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 74 | Shale Gas Resources in India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | Global Financial Stability Report | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 76 | Atal Pension Yojana | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 77 | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Bureau of Energy Efficiency Star Label | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 79 | International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 80 | Historical Terms and Descriptions | History | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 81 | International Solar Alliance establishment | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | European Stability Mechanism and EU agencies | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 83 | Advantages of drip irrigation | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 84 | DigiLocker digital document platform | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 85 | River linking projects in India | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Air Quality Index calculation parameters | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 87 | Astrosat astronomical observatory | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | Araghatta in medieval Indian economy | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 89 | Maagadha and chronicler profession | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 90 | State butterfly declaration India | Environment | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 91 | Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 92 | Indian National Congress split 1907 | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 93 | Stafford Cripps Plan 1942 | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | Famous places and Indian regions | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 95 | Parliament power on State List | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 96 | Artificial inland port construction in India | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 97 | Paris Agreement on climate change 2015 | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | Sustainable Development Goals origins | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 99 | The Man Who Knew Infinity film biography | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 100 | Panchayat age and reconstitution rules | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |