Geography Questions - upsc Practice

#1

As per the constitution of India, which of the following articles directs the State to improve public health, nutrition and the standard of living?

Article 41 Article 46 Article 47 Article 50

#2

Who acts as the chairperson of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)?

Prime Minister of India Home Minister of India Defence Minister of India Health Minister of India

#3

As per the constitution of India, which of the following entries in the Union List deals with inter-state quarantine?

Entry 51 Entry 61 Entry 71 Entry 81

#4

Which of the following is the nodal ministry for the management of Avalanche?

Ministry of Mines Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Ministry of Earth Sciences Ministry of Defence

#5

Which of the following sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 is related to the constitution of the National Disaster Response Force?

Section 44 Section 46 Section 48 Section 50

#6

Which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is related to ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being?

SDG Goal 2 SDG Goal 3 SDG Goal 4 SDG Goal 9

#7

What is the tenure of the judge of the International Criminal Court?

3 years 5 years 6 years 9 years

#8

Those who leave the sovereign territory of one country in order to achieve refugee status in another country based upon claims of danger are called:

Asylum Seeker Diaspora Emigrant Immigrant

#9

Which of the following is an artificial intelligence language?

BASIC COBOL FORTRAN LISP

#10

Which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is related to ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being?

SDG Goal 2 SDG Goal 3 SDG Goal 4 SDG Goal 9

#11

Arrange the following in decreasing order: (A) Exabyte (B) Gigabyte (C) Petabyte (D) Terabyte (E) Yottabyte Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(C), (D), (B), (E), (A) (E), (C), (A), (D), (B) (E), (C), (A), (D), (B) (C), (D), (E), (B), (A)

#12

Which of the following is a correct example of Platform as a Service (PaaS) in Cloud Computing?

Apache Amazon Microsoft Google

#13

Which of the following is the correct expansion for HPCC?

Highest Performance Computer for Computing High Performance Computing and Communications High Performance Computer and Communications Higher Performing Computer and Communications

#14

Which of the following is primarily an interpreted logic programming language, designed for use in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications?

PASCAL PERL PROLOG 9 PostScript

#15

Which of the following is responsible for executing the query in a database?

Code Generator Query Optimizer Query Parser Query Processor

#16

In relation to outbreaks, ’the gap in time between the onset of primary case and secondary case’ is known as 10

Incubation period Lead time Generation time Serial interval

#17

Nutritional supplementation programmes are a form of which type of prevention?

Primordial Primary Secondary Tertiary

#18

Which of the following dimensions is mentioned in the definition of Health, according to the World Health Organization (1948)?

Financial Environmental Social Occupational

#19

Which of the following water-borne diseases are caused by protozoan?

(A) and (B) only (B) and (C) only (C) and (D) only (B) and (D) only

#20

An outbreak of disease in an animal population is known as

Epornithic Exotic Epizootic Enzootic

#21

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in which year?

1985 1989 1990 1994

#22

National Disaster Management Guidelines on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction were released by

Special Centre for Disaster Research, JNU National Institute of Disaster Management Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities National Disaster Management Authority

#23

Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) is an example of 36

Reactive approach for disaster mitigation Top-down approach for disaster mitigation Bottom-up approach for disaster mitigation Science-driven approach for disaster mitigation

#24

Which of the following institutions had developed National Action Plan for Children, 2016?

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Labour and Employment Ministry of Home Affairs

#25

Which of the following prepares the National Plan for Disaster Management in India?

National Institute of Disaster Management National Disaster Response Force National Executive Committee Special Centre for Disaster Research, JNU

#26

Which of the following mentioned Acts is enumerated in the ’Schedule I’ of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010?

Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 19 Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 Energy Conservation Act, 2001 Solid Waste Management Act, 2006

#27

34. How many priorities for action are outlined under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?

Three Four Five Seven

#28

Irrelevant spatial data entered during digitizing, scanning or data transfer in GIS is termed as

Garbage Mis-allocated data Noise Null Data

#29

In 1964, Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) was developed in -

Harvard University Moscow University Chicago University John Hopkins University

#30

SDSS stands for -

Special Decision Support System Spectral Data Support System Spatial Decision Support System Special Database Support System

#31

Which of the following types of malware do not replicate or clone themselves through infection?

Root Kits Trojans Viruses Worms

#32

There is a collective term for malicious spying programs used for security monitoring of someone’s activities and actions over a digital medium -

Keylogger Malware Remote Access Trojans Spyware

#33

Who is the father of computer security?

August Kerckhoffs Bob Thomas Charles Babbage John McCarthy

#34

The reduction in calcification rates in reef-building corals and algae is due to

Sea Water Chemistry Sea Water Temperature Sea Level Rise Storm Frequency and Intensity

#35

World Health Organization declared the end of Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19 on

05 June, 2022 05 May, 2022 05 April, 2023 05 May, 2023

#36

Which of the following occupational diseases is often associated with Hay or Grain Dust?

Anthracosis Hayosis Grainestosis Farmer’s lung

#37

In disaster triage system, which of the following colour is used for tagging the patients with ’urgent conditions, but who can be transported after sometime’?

Green White Yellow Red 14

#38

Which of the following is a triage system used in Mass Casualty Incidents and Disasters?

MOVE triage system MASS triage system RESCUE triage system APA triage system

#39

In which year did the Three Mile Island accident take place?

1978 1979 15 1980 1981

#40

For high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, chest compression should be at the rate of

70 to 90 chest compressions / minute 80 to 100 chest compressions / minute 90 to 110 chest compressions / minute 100 to 120 chest compressions / minute

#41

Epidemiological triad refers to

Agent, Disease, Environment Host, Agent, Disease Host, Disease, Environment Host, Agent, Environment

#42

Constant presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease of infectious agent in a population within a geographic area is known as

Sporadic Endemic Epidemic Pandemic

#43

Which of the following was India’s initiative for assistance to earthquake-hit Turkiye and Syria?

Operation Dost Operation Kesari Operation Rainbow Operation Castor

#44

The legal doctrine of ‘Parens Patriae’ refers to:

Right to fair trial Duty of citizens to serve the nation Presumption of innocence until proven guilty Obligation on the state to protect persons under disability

#45

Which of the following Logic Gates are incorrectly listed?

AND FOR NAND SUB

#46

Which of the following is primarily an interpreted logic programming language, designed for use in Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications?

PASCAL PERL PROLOG PostScript

#47

In disaster triage system, which of the following colour is used for tagging the patients with ’urgent conditions, but who can be transported after sometime’?

Green White Yellow Red

#48

Which of the following is closely related to Sustainable Development?

Prime Minister of Estonia Prime Minister of Finland Prime Minister of Norway Prime Minister of Sweden

#49

Which of the following is not identified as the drivers of changes in ecosystem goods and services as per the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report (2005)?

Cultural Economic Religious Socio-political

#50

Which of the following diversity indices represents diversity between habitats or between communities?

Alpha Beta Epsilon Gamma

#51

Which of the following is considered as a high impact species?

Flagship species Keystone species Threatened species Umbrella species

#52

Match List I with List II Pollutants Sources (A). Flourides (I). Chemical industries, oil wells, refineries (B). H2S (II). Manufacture of fertilizers, ceramics, aluminium smelting (C). Mercury (III). Power stations and industrial furnaces (D). NOx (IV). Manufacture of papers, chemicals and paints

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III) (A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (I) (A) - (I), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III) (A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II)

#53

A particular kind of toxin including physical, chemical or biological agents, that causes cancer is called

Carcinogen Estrogen Mutagen Teratogen

#54

Which of the following waste management approaches is not an energy recovery method?

Compositing Incineration Pyrolysis Fluidized Bed Combustion

#55

Which of the following is the common scientific sponsor of the other listed international programmes?

ICSU IGBP IHDP WCRP

#56

Quantification of the adverse effects arising from exposure to a hazardous reagent or toxic, based on the degree of exposure is called

Dose Response Assessment Exposure Assessment Hazard Identification Risk Characterization

#57

How much cultivable area is vulnerable to drought in India?

Nearly 36 percent Nearly 48 percent Nearly 58 percent Nearly 68 percent

#58

Which of the following are influences of increased UV-B radiation on human health, plants, and aquatic ecosystem? (A) Skin cancer and eye cataracts (B) Human immune system suppression (C) Increased crop yields and tree growth (D) Increased phytoplankton productivity (E) Possible climate change

.(A), (B) and (E) only .(B), (C)and (E) only .(B), (C)and (D) only .(A), (C) and (E) only

#59

Which of the following attributes are correct about the concept of ‘sex’? (A) Sex is a biological construction 31 (B) Sex connotes different social roles of men and women in society. (C) Sex is generally considered to be static and dictated by forces of nature (D) Sex is a synonym for Gender. (E) Sex is a socio-cultural construction

(A) and (C) only (A) and (E) only .(B) and (D) only (C) and (E) only

#60

Which of the following are parts of the main pillars of the National Disaster Management Plan, 2019? (A) Social inclusion as a ubiquitous and cross-cutting principle (B) Mainstreaming Environmental Impact Assessment as an integral feature (C) Conforming to Disaster Management Act, 2005 (D) Conforming to Environment, Climate, and Disaster Management (E) Mainstreaming Prime Minister’s Ten Point Agenda for DRR

#61

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 includes the following under physical disability - (A) Leprosy cured person (B) Cerebral Palsy (C) Multiple Sclerosis (D) Autism spectrum disorder (E) Acid attack victims

(A), (B) and (C) only (A), (B)and (E) only . (B), (C) and (D) only (B), (C) and (E) onl

#62

Which of the following mobile applications implemented by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) publishes official warnings for all disasters from authorized sources?

D-Map DAMINI RAKSHAK SACHET

#63

Which of the following is not a key priority area as per the National Policy for Children, 2013?

Survival, Health and Nutrition Protection Participation Preservation

#64

Human Development Index (HDI) value ranges between

-1 and +1 0 and 1 0 and 5 1 and 5

#65

Who coined and popularized the term Heteronormativity?

Michael Warner Michel Foucault David Kooper Will Moot

#66

One ’DALY’ as used in the context of human health represents the loss of

Equivalent to one year of full health Equivalent to one year of disease-free life Equivalent to one human life Equivalent to one decade of bed-ridden life

#67

As per Indian Public Health Standards, Rural Primary Health Centre in the hilly and tribal areas should be established for a population of

10000 20000 30000 50000

#68

Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre (MOSDAC), a data repository for the missions of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) disseminates information in near real time but does not provide information on

City Weather Forest Fire Heat Waves Sea State

#69

. Match List I with List II List I (Lake) List II (Location) A. Great Lakes I. Central Africa B. Malawi Lake II. East Africa C. Tanganyika Lake III. South America D. Titicaca Lake IV. North America Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III) (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I) (A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II) (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

#70

While studying the property of materials, the shear modulus measures

The resistance to flow of a liquid The resistance to change in shape The resistance to change in volume of a liquid The resistance to change in volume of a solid

#71

The process by which masses of rock and soil move downhill under the influence of gravity is called

Hydraulic action Landsliding . Mass Wasting Solifluction