HPPSC – Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission Conduct the HPAS (Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service) Preliminary Exam Paper on 01 October, 2023. Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service Preliminary Exam Paper I (General Studies) Question Paper With Answer Key Available Here.
| HPAS Prelims Exam Paper I (General Studies) 01 October 2023 (Hindi Language) (Answer Key) |
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| Exam | HPAS (Pre) Exam 2020 |
| Organizer | HPPCS |
| Exam Date | 01 October, 2023 (Sunday) |
| Total Questions | 100 |
| Paper Set | D |
Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service Preliminary Exam 2023
Paper – I (General Studies)
(Official Answer Key)
1. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Scheme) | List-II (State) |
| (a) Vahan Mitra Scheme | (i) Rajasthan |
| (b) Indira Rasoi Yojana | (ii) Madhya Pradesh |
| (c) Emissions Trading Scheme | (iii) Andhra Pradesh |
| (d) Gaushala Project | (iv) Gujrat |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
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2. Match List I with List II :
| List-I (Headquarters) | List-II (Board) |
| (a) Guntur | (i) Coffee Board |
| (b) Bengaluru | (ii) Tobacco Board |
| (c) Kottayam | (iii) Tea Board |
| (d) Kolkata | (iv) Rubber Board |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
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3. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Vijayanagar Kings) | List-II (Dynasty) |
| (a) Virupaksha-II | (i) Sangam |
| (b) Achyuta Ray | (ii) Tuluva |
| (c) Sriranga-I | (iii) Aravidu |
| (d) Thimma | (iv) Saluva |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
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4. Match List I with List II :
| List-I (Important wars) | List-II (End with Treaty) |
| (a) First Carnatic War | (i) Treaty of Madras |
| (b) Third Carnatic War | (ii) Treaty of Mangalore |
| (c) First Anglo-Mysore War | (iii) Treaty of Paris |
| (d) Second Anglo-Mysore War | (iv) Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
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5. Match List I with List II :
| List-I (Important Battles/War) | List-II (Year) |
| (a) Battle of Machhiwara | (i) 1532 |
| (b) Battle of Bilgram | (ii) 1565 |
| (c) Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi | (iii) 1555 |
| (d) Battle of Dohariya | (iv) 1540 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii), (i)
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6. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Pass) | List-II (Place) |
| (a) Niti Pass | (i) Arunachal Pradesh |
| (b) Rohtang Pass | (ii) Ladakh |
| (c) Likhapani Pass | (iii) Himachal Pradesh |
| (d) Khunjerab Pass | (iv) Uttarakhand |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
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7. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Doabs) | List-II (Rivers) |
| (a) Bist Doab | (i) Between Chenab and Jhelum |
| (b) Chaj Doab | (ii) Between Beas and Ravi |
| (c) Bari Doab | (iii) Between Jhelum and Indus |
| (d) Sind Doab | (iv) Between Beas and Sutlej |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
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8. Match List I with List II
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Domestic Violence Act | (i) 1961 |
| (b) Sexual Harassment at workplace | (ii) 1987 |
| (c) Commission for Sati (Prevention) Act | (iii) 2013 |
| (d) Dowry Prohibition Act | (iv) 2005 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
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9. Match List I with List II:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Organisation of Village Panchayat | (i) Article 44 |
| (b) Promotion of International Peace and Security. | (ii) Article 39A |
| (c) Uniform Civil Code | (iii) Article 40 |
| (d) Equal Justice and Free legal aid. | (iv) Article 51 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
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10. Match List I with List II:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Critical Minimum Effort Hypothesis | (i) Boeke |
| (b) Theory of Social Dualism | (ii) Leibenstein |
| (c) Low-level Equilibrium Trap | (iii) Higgins |
| (d) Theory of Technological Dualism | (iv) Nelson |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) (b) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
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11 Match List I with List II:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) “Development as Freedom” | (i) Amartya Sen |
| (b) “Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy” | (ii) Raghuram Rajan |
| (c) “India: The Emerging Giant” | (iii) Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
| (d) “The Making of India : Economic Policy and Nationalism, 1947-2017.” | (iv) C. Rangarajan. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
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12. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Environmental Policy) | List-II (Year) |
| (a) Wildlife Conservation Strategy | (i) 2014 |
| (b) National Biodiversity Action Plan | (ii) 1991 |
| (c) National Forest Policy | (iii) 2002 |
| (d) National Zoo Policy | (iv) 1988 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
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13. Match List I with List II :
| List-I (Vitamin/Mineral) | List-II (Symptoms) |
| (a) Iron | (i) Weak muscles |
| (b) Iodine | (ii) Anaemia |
| (c) Calcium | (iii) Mental disability in children |
| (d) Vitamin B1 | (iv) Tooth decay |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
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14. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Quantity) | List-II (Unit of Measurement) |
| (a) Weight | (i) Cubic meter |
| (b) Volume | (ii) Newton |
| (c) Temperature | (iii) Pascal |
| (d) Pressure | (iv) Kelvin |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (i) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
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15. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (Defence Exercise) | List-II (Participant Countries) |
| (a) Surya Kiran | (i) India and Indonesia |
| (b) Garuda Shakti | (ii) India and Nepal |
| (c) Vijay Prahar | (iii) India and Singapore |
| (d) SIMBEX | (iv) India and USA |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
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16. Match List I with List II
| List-I (Epithet) | List-II (Country) |
| (a) Land of Snow | (i) Aberdeen |
| (b) Granite City | (ii) Canada |
| (c) White City | (iii) Belgrade |
| (d) Pearl of Orient | (iv) Hong Kong |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
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17. Match List I with List II: List-I
| List-II (Organizations) | List-II (Year) |
| (a) Dujam Movement. | (i) 1939 |
| (b) All India State People Conference | (ii) 1938 |
| (c) Himalayan Riyasati Praja Mandal | (iii) 1906 |
| (d) Kunihar Praja Mandal | (iv) 1927 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
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18. Match List I with List II :
| List-I (District) | List-II (Reserved Forest Area in Sq. Km. in 2019-20) |
| (a) Chamba | (i) 1050 |
| (b) Kullu | (ii) 374 |
| (c) Sirmaur | (iii) 164 |
| (d) Kangra | (iv) 70 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
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19. Match List I with List II:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Himachal Pradesh Skill Development Project | (i) 2018 |
| (b) Himachal Pradesh Kaushal Vikas Nigam | (ii) 2017 |
| (c) Mukhya Mantri Yuva Ajivika Yojana | (iii) 2014 |
| (d) Himachal Grihini Suvidha Yojana | (iv) 2019 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
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20. Match List I with List II:
| List-I (District) | List-II (Wildlife Sanctuary) |
| (a) Kinnaur | (i) Rupi Bhaba |
| (b) Chamba | (ii) Sechu Tuan Nala |
| (c) Mandi | (iii) Kibber |
| (d) Lahaul and Spiti | (iv) Nargu |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
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