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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2019
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
18%
18 questions
Current affairs
16%
16 questions
Top subject
Economy
20 questions · 20%
General cut-off
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Out of 200
Subject breakdown
Economy
20 (20%)
Polity
19 (19%)
History
16 (16%)
Environment
15 (15%)
Science & Technology
15 (15%)
Geography
10 (10%)
International Relations
5 (5%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mughal India Administration | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 2 | Land Reforms Independent India | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 3 | Global Competitiveness Report Publisher | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 4 | Charter Act 1813 British India | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 5 | Swadeshi Movement India | History | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 6 | Indian Nationalist Movements Leaders | History | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 7 | Harappan Archaeological Sites | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 8 | Ashoka Relief Sculpture Inscriptions | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 9 | Mahayana Buddhism Features | History | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 10 | Vishti Forced Labour Gupta Period | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 11 | Temple Architecture in Medieval India | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Delhi Sultanate Administrative Systems | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Medieval Saints and Their Chronology | History | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 14 | British Colonial Rule and Gandhi's Role | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 15 | Indian National Movement Personalities | History | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 16 | Mian Tansen: Mughal Musician | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | Mughal Artistic Traditions | History | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 18 | National Parks and Biogeography | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 19 | Government Organizations and Missions | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 20 | Earth's Orbital Mechanics and Solar Geometry | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Plant domestication New World origins | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Wildlife distribution naturally found only in India | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 23 | Famous places and river associations | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 24 | Official poverty line variations across Indian States | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 25 | Climate engineering cirrus cloud thinning techniques | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 26 | Pyrolysis and plasma gasification waste-to-energy | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 27 | Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve protected areas | Environment | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 28 | Animal dietary and reproductive characteristics | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | Wildlife habitat location matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 30 | Environmental concerns microbeads pollution | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 31 | Himalayan nettle sustainable resource | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 32 | Satellite remote sensing applications measurement | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 33 | Forest cover percentage state comparison | Environment | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 34 | Methane hydrate deposits climate impact | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Crop biomass burning atmospheric emissions | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 36 | Seas and bordering countries matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | World rice export leading country | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 38 | Glaciers and river sources matching | Geography | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 39 | Chemical pesticides agricultural use | Environment | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 40 | Ramsar Convention wetlands conservation rules | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 41 | Nitrogen and ammonia in environment | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 42 | Geographic features of Indian regions | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 43 | Hydrogen-enriched CNG as transportation fuel | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 44 | Dew formation and atmospheric conditions | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 45 | Constitutional amendments and judicial review | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 46 | Impeachment of Supreme Court Judges | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 47 | Ninth Schedule introduction in Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 48 | Coal sector in India | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 49 | Office of Profit disqualification | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 50 | Tribal land transfer and constitutional schedules | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 51 | Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 52 | Article 142 of Constitution | Polity | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 53 | State Legislative Assembly Procedures | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 54 | UN Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime Treaties | IR | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 55 | Forest Rights Act and Bamboo Regulations | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 56 | Fundamental Right to Marriage | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 57 | Patents and Intellectual Property in India | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 58 | Environment Protection Act 1986 | Environment | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 59 | Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 60 | Industrial Employment Standing Orders Amendment | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | Banking and Financial Services | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 62 | Minor Minerals Management | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | India's External Debt | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 64 | Commercial Bank Balance Sheet | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 65 | Currency Crisis Risk Reduction | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 66 | Constitutional Commission Recommendations | Polity | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 67 | Participatory Notes and Securities | Economy | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 68 | Compensatory Afforestation | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 69 | Regulatory Oversight Mechanisms | Polity | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 70 | Five-Year Plans and Economic Strategy | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 71 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | IR | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 72 | Inter-Creditor Agreement Banks | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | Public Sector Bank Governance | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 74 | Petroleum Natural Gas Regulation | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | Communication Technologies LTE VoLTE | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 76 | Maternity Benefit Amendment Act 2017 | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 77 | World Bank Ease of Doing Business | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Extended Producer Responsibility Rules | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 79 | Food Corporation Economic Cost | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 80 | Social Capital Definition | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 81 | Constitutional Powers and Judicial Review | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | Purchasing Power Parity and Economic Rankings | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 83 | Kharif Crop Cultivation Trends in India | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 84 | India's Agricultural Commodity Imports | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 85 | Definition and Concept of Liberty | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Monetary and Currency Management Measures | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 87 | RBI Payment System Data Storage Directives | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | General Data Protection Regulation Implementation | IR | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 89 | India's Nuclear Cooperation Agreements | IR | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 90 | Money Multiplier and Monetary Economics | Economy | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 91 | Digital Technologies for Entertainment | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 92 | Early Human Species and Anthropology | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 93 | Recent Developments in Genetic Science | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 94 | Digital Signatures and Cryptography | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 95 | Wearable Technology Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Easy | ↗Read |
| 96 | RNA Interference Technology Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 97 | Gravitational Waves Detection | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Drug Resistance | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 99 | CRISPR and Cas9 Gene Editing | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 100 | Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission and Characteristics | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |