UPSC prelims Other: previous year questionsUPSC प्रीलिम्स अन्य: पिछले वर्षों के प्रश्न
4 questions from the prelims papers of 2018 to 2025, newest first. Read the question, try it, then open the answer: it comes from the official UPSC answer key, with a short explanation.2018 से 2025 तक के प्रीलिम्स पेपरों से 4 प्रश्न, नए पहले। प्रश्न पढ़िए, हल कीजिए, फिर उत्तर खोलिए: वह आधिकारिक UPSC उत्तर-कुंजी से है, साथ में छोटी व्याख्या।
Questionsप्रश्न
UPSC 2024, question 69प्रश्न 69
Which of the following is/are correctly matched in terms of equivalent rank in the three services of Indian Defence forces? Army : Airforce : Navy 1. Brigadier : Air Commodore : Commander 2. Major General : Air Vice Marshal : Vice Admiral 3. Major : Squadron Leader : Lieutenant Commander 4. Lieutenant Colonel : Group Captain : Captain Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 2, 3 and 4
- 3 only
Answer and explanationउत्तर और व्याख्या
Answer:उत्तर: (d) 3 only
Only row 3 is right: Major, Squadron Leader and Lieutenant Commander are equivalent. A Brigadier and Air Commodore equal a Commodore (not Commander); a Major General and Air Vice Marshal equal a Rear Admiral (not Vice Admiral); and a Group Captain and naval Captain equal a Colonel, not a Lieutenant Colonel.
UPSC 2024, question 78प्रश्न 78
Operations undertaken by the Army towards upliftment of the local population in remote areas to include addressing of their basic needs is called:
- Operation Sankalp
- Operation Maitri
- Operation Sadbhavana
- Operation Madad
Answer and explanationउत्तर और व्याख्या
Answer:उत्तर: (c) Operation Sadbhavana
Operation Sadbhavana is the Indian Army's civic action programme in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and the North East, running schools, health care and infrastructure projects for local people. Operation Sankalp was a naval maritime security deployment, Operation Maitri was the Nepal earthquake relief mission, and Operation Madad has been used for flood relief.
UPSC 2021, question 95प्रश्न 95
With reference to India, the terms 'Halbi, Ho and Kui' pertain to
- dance forms of Northwest India
- musical instruments
- pre-historic cave paintings
- tribal languages
Answer and explanationउत्तर और व्याख्या
Answer:उत्तर: (d) tribal languages
Halbi, Ho and Kui are tribal languages of central and eastern India: Halbi is spoken in Chhattisgarh and nearby areas, Ho is a Munda language of Jharkhand and Odisha, and Kui is a Dravidian language of the Kandha people of Odisha.
UPSC 2020, question 14प्रश्न 14
One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is
- the final goal of a stateless society
- class struggle
- abolition of private property
- economic determinism
Answer and explanationउत्तर और व्याख्या
Answer:उत्तर: (a) the final goal of a stateless society
Both Gandhi and Marx looked forward to a society without a coercive state: Gandhi's ideal was an enlightened anarchy of self-governing villages, and Marx expected the state to wither away under communism. Gandhi rejected class struggle and violence, and preferred trusteeship to abolishing private property.
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