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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2018
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
9%
9 questions
Current affairs
28%
28 questions
Top subject
History
21 questions · 21%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
History
21 (21%)
Economy
18 (18%)
Polity
16 (16%)
Environment
15 (15%)
Science & Technology
13 (13%)
International Relations
8 (8%)
Geography
6 (6%)
Current Affairs
3 (3%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Lok Sabha Opposition | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 2 | Desert Plant Leaf Modifications | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 3 | NSSO Agricultural Household Survey | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 4 | NGT vs CPCB Differences | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | Ninth Schedule and Parliamentary Power | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 6 | Merchant Discount Rate Definition | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 7 | Nuclear Suppliers Group Membership | IR | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 8 | Equalization Tax on Digital Advertisements | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | FRBM Review Committee Debt Targets | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 10 | Edible Oil Production and Import | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 11 | Indian Freedom Struggle Leaders | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Aadhaar Card Legal Status | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Water Bodies Shrinkage Environmental Impact | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 14 | Rule of Law Index International Organization | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 15 | ATM Network Linking Organization | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 16 | Capital Adequacy Ratio Banking Regulation | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Aadhaar Application Programming Interfaces | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 18 | Famine and Starvation Recent Crisis | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Wood's Dispatch Educational Reforms | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Parliamentary Committee Delegated Powers Scrutiny | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Right to Education Act implementation | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Indian traditions and cultural heritage | History | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 23 | Food Safety and Standards legislation | Polity | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 24 | Two-state solution in Middle East | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 25 | National Food Security Act 2013 provisions | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 26 | Geographical Indications Act and WTO | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 27 | Mining rights and mineral distribution in India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 28 | Digital payment systems authentication | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | Geographic longitude of Indian cities | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 30 | ILO Conventions on child labour | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 31 | Money Bill definition and scope | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 32 | Presidential election voting mechanism | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 33 | IAEA Additional Protocol implications | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 34 | ASEAN Free-Trade Partners | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 36 | Digital India Plan objectives | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | Geopolitical locations in conflict | IR | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 38 | Government of India Act 1935 | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 39 | Speaker of Legislative Assembly vacancy | Polity | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 40 | Relationship between law and liberty | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 41 | Constitutional powers of Governor | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 42 | Indian classical painting schools | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 43 | Military defence technology systems | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 44 | Medieval Indian classical musicians | History | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 45 | Core principles of Rule of Law | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 46 | Definition and concept of legal tender | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 47 | Opportunity cost in economics | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 48 | Economic development indicators | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 49 | Human capital formation concept | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 50 | Capital formation and output relationship | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 51 | Santhal Uprising and Colonial Response | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 52 | British Economic Impact on India | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 53 | Article 356 Presidential Powers | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 54 | Indian Traditional Crafts | History | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 55 | GPS Technology Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 56 | RBI Securities Management | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 57 | Earth's Geological and Atmospheric History | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 58 | Cybersecurity Threats | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 59 | Conservation Agriculture Practices | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 60 | Sixth Mass Extinction | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 62 | Einstein's General Theory of Relativity | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 63 | Genetically Modified Mustard Development | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 64 | Scientific and Technological Terms Matching | S&T | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 65 | Carbon Fertilization Definition | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 66 | Internet of Things Technology | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 67 | Solar Power Production in India | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 68 | East India Company Exports from Bengal | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 69 | Champaran Satyagraha Significance | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 70 | Hind Mazdoor Sabha Founders | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 71 | Religious sects in India | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | Cultural history and architecture | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | Foreign travellers and diamond mines | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 74 | Buddhist concepts and future Buddha | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | Subsidiary Alliance system | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 76 | Introduction of English education | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 77 | Artificial and natural lakes | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 79 | Indian independence movement | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 80 | Chronology of 19th century events | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 81 | Environmental Impact of Sand Mining | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | Agricultural Soils and Soil Properties | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 83 | United Nations Green Economy Initiative | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 84 | 3D Printing Technology Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 85 | Barren Island Volcano India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Prosopis juliflora Invasive Species | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 87 | Coral Reefs Global Distribution | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | UN Climate Change Initiative | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 89 | Colonial Educational Institutions India | History | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 90 | Regions and Countries Geographic Matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 91 | Indian Historical Events Chronology | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 92 | Right to Privacy Constitutional Protection | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 93 | Minimum Support Price Agricultural Products | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary Location | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 95 | India's Satellite Launch Vehicles | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 96 | Public Sector Banking Governance in India | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 97 | GST Exemptions on Goods and Services | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | Habitat Rights and Forest Rights | Environment | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 99 | Plant Disease Transmission Vectors | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 100 | Organic Farming in India | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |