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GS Paper 1 · Set A
UPSC Prelims 2024
100 questions · 2 marks each · Negative marking 1/3
Hard
37%
37 questions
Current affairs
31%
31 questions
Top subject
Polity
20 questions · 20%
General cut-off
87.98
+12.57 vs prev year
The 2024 General-category Prelims cut-off was 87.98/200 — up 12.57 marks on the previous year. See the full cut-off trend.
Subject breakdown
Polity
20 (20%)
Geography
17 (17%)
Environment
14 (14%)
Economy
13 (13%)
Current Affairs
12 (12%)
Science & Technology
12 (12%)
History
8 (8%)
International Relations
4 (4%)
All 100 questions
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| #▲ | Topic↕ | Subject↕ | Type↕ | Difficulty↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atmospheric Heating & Greenhouse Gases | Geography | Assertion-Reason | Easy | ↗Read |
| 2 | Troposphere Thickness at Equator | Geography | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 3 | Products of Volcanic Eruptions | Geography | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 4 | Isothermal Maps in January | Geography | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 5 | Largest Cocoa Producers | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 6 | Himalayan Rivers Joining Ganga | Geography | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 7 | Weathering of Rocks - Rainfall | Geography | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 8 | Countries Bordering the North Sea | Geography | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 9 | Waterfalls, Regions & Rivers | Geography | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 10 | Mountain Ranges & Types | Geography | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 11 | Greenfield Airports in India | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 12 | Water Vapour Properties | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 13 | Climate Type Identification | Geography | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 14 | Coriolis Force | Geography | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 15 | Sunlight Duration on June 21 | Geography | How-many counting | Hard | ↗Read |
| 16 | World's Largest Tropical Peatland | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 17 | PFAS (Forever Chemicals) | Environment | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 18 | Parasitoid Species | Environment | How-many counting | Hard | ↗Read |
| 19 | Pea Family Plants | Environment | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 20 | Indian Flying Fox & Wildlife Act | Environment | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 21 | Cicada, Froghopper, Pond Skater | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 22 | Chewing Gum & Plastic Pollution | Environment | Assertion-Reason | Easy | ↗Read |
| 23 | Country & Animal Natural Habitat | Environment | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 24 | World Toilet Organization | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 25 | Lions, Cheetahs & Leopards Behaviour | Environment | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 26 | 100 Million Farmers Platform | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 27 | Distributed Energy Resources | S&T | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 28 | Tree-Insect Coevolution (Fig) | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 29 | Poisonous Species (Butterflies, Fish, Frogs) | Environment | How-many counting | Hard | ↗Read |
| 30 | Trees Native to India | Environment | How-many counting | Hard | ↗Read |
| 31 | Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators | S&T | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 32 | Giant Stars vs Dwarf Stars | S&T | Assertion-Reason | Hard | ↗Read |
| 33 | Nitric Oxide & Blood Vessels | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 34 | Radar Applications | S&T | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 35 | Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft | S&T | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 36 | Hydrogels Applications | S&T | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 37 | Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Emissions | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 38 | Pumped-Storage Hydropower | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 39 | Membrane Bioreactors | S&T | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 40 | Collateral Borrowing & Lending Obligations | Economy | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 41 | Total Fertility Rate Definition | Economy | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 42 | NBFCs, FIIs & Stock Exchanges | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 43 | Trading in Corporate Bonds & G-Secs | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 44 | Financial Instruments (ETF, Currency Swap) | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 45 | Sectors of Indian Economy | Economy | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 46 | Sustainable Aviation Fuel Feedstock | S&T | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 47 | Physical Capital (Fixed vs Working) | Economy | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 48 | Metaverse | S&T | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 49 | RBI Rules on Foreign Banks | Economy | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 50 | Corporate Social Responsibility Rules | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 51 | US Treasury Bonds & Default | Economy | Assertion-Reason | Hard | ↗Read |
| 52 | Syndicated Lending | Economy | Assertion-Reason | Hard | ↗Read |
| 53 | Digital Rupee (CBDC) | Economy | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 54 | Gautama Buddha's Epithets | History | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 55 | Archaeological Sites & States | History | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 56 | Portuguese Fort at Bhatkal | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 57 | Cornwallis & Revenue Collection | History | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 58 | Upanishads vs Puranas | History | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 59 | International Grains Council | IR | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 60 | UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 61 | Provisional President of Constituent Assembly | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 62 | Government of India Act 1935 | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 63 | Works Attributed to Playwright Bhasa | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 64 | Sanghabhuti - Buddhist Monk | History | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 65 | UNESCO World Heritage List 2023 | Curr. Affairs | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 66 | Article 368 - Constitutional Amendment | Polity | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 67 | Countries with Declining Population | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 68 | Money Bill in Parliament | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 69 | Defence Forces Equivalent Ranks | Polity | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 70 | North Eastern Council (NEC) | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 71 | Delimitation Commissions in India | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 72 | 71st Amendment - Eighth Schedule Languages | Polity | How-many counting | Medium | ↗Read |
| 73 | Political Parties & Leaders | History | Matching pairs | Hard | ↗Read |
| 74 | Parts of the Constitution | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 75 | State List vs Union List Subjects | Polity | Factual single | Hard | ↗Read |
| 76 | Right to Privacy - Article 21 | Polity | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 77 | Chief of Defence Staff Duties | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 78 | Operation Sadbhavana | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 79 | Longest Border Between Two Countries | Geography | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 80 | Ethics Committee in Lok Sabha | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 81 | Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 82 | Exercise Mitra Shakti 2023 | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 83 | Writ of Prohibition | Polity | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 84 | Scheduled Tribe Declaration | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 85 | Union Budget Procedure | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 86 | Author of 'The India Way' & 'Why Bharat Matters' | Curr. Affairs | Factual single | Easy | ↗Read |
| 87 | Countries in News & Reasons | IR | Matching pairs | Medium | ↗Read |
| 88 | Sumed Pipeline | Geography | Assertion-Reason | Hard | ↗Read |
| 89 | Red Sea Characteristics | Geography | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 90 | Sources of Sulphur Dioxide Emissions | Environment | Factual single | Medium | ↗Read |
| 91 | Sahel Region Instability | IR | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 92 | India's Apple Imports & GM Food Law | Economy | Assertion-Reason | Hard | ↗Read |
| 93 | Speaker of Lok Sabha - Removal | Polity | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 94 | Bills Lapsing on Lok Sabha Dissolution | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 95 | Prorogation & Dissolution of Houses | Polity | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 96 | EU Net-Zero Industry Act | Environment | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 97 | Venezuela Economy & Oil Reserves | IR | Assertion-Reason | Medium | ↗Read |
| 98 | Digital India Land Records Modernisation | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Hard | ↗Read |
| 99 | Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |
| 100 | PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana | Curr. Affairs | Statement-based | Medium | ↗Read |