UKPSC Upper Subordinate Services (Preliminary) Exam Paper 03 April 2022 (Official Answer Key)

41. If Primary deficit is zero, then the amount of borrowing will be :
(a) more than interest payment
(b) less than interest payment
(c) just equal to the interest payment
(d) None of these

42. Gender Inequality Index (GII) was introduced in which Human Development Report (HDR) of UNDP ?
(a) HDR 2007
(b) HDR 2008
(c) HDR 2009
(d) HDR 2010

43. What is the Human Development Index (HDI) rank of India in the Human Development Report 2020 of UNDP ?
(a) 128
(b) 129
(c) 130
(d) 131

44. In which of the following year, the latest classification of MSME was done ?
(a) 2012
(b) 2014
(c) 2018
(d) 2020

45. Which of the following are called gilt edged securities?
(a) Shares of Public Limited Companies
(b) Government Securities
(c) Shares of Private Limited Companies
(d) Stocks of Mutual Funds

46. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is related to :
(a) World Bank Group
(b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(c) International Finance Corporation (IFC)
(d) International Development Association (IDA)

47. Which of the following taxes are abolished by the Goods and Services Tax?
(a) Property Tax
(b) Corporation Tax
(c) Value Added Tax
(d) Income Tax

48. Which one of the following organisations is not located in Uttarakhand ?
(a) C.B.R.I.
(b) O.N.G.C.
(c) H.A.L.
(d) B.H.E.L.

49. Which of the following is not an example of foreign direct investment ? (a) The acquisition of existing textile mill overseas
(b) The creation of a wholly owned business firm overseas
(c) The purchase of bonds or stocks issued by Pharma Company overseas
(d) The construction of a new steel plant overseas

50. In how many hill districts of Uttarakhand, Tea Development Programme was carried out during the year 2020-2021?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7

51. Which among the following banks have the lowest number of branches in Uttarakhand in the year 2020-2021 ?
(a) Nationalised Banks
(b) Regional Banks
(c) Private Banks
(d) District Co-operative Banks

52. Who is known as father of Genetics ?
(a) Hargobind Khurana
(b) Thomas Hunt Morgan
(c) Robert Brown
(d) Johann Gregor Mendel

53. What are ‘Ramsar Sites’?
(a) Monuments of International Importance
(b) Mountains of International Importance
(c) Wetlands of International Importance
(d) Volcanoes of International Importance

54. In the year 2021, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to :
(a) Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann & Giorgio Parisi
(b) David Julius & Ardem Patapoutian
(c) Benjamin List & David MacMillan
(d) Abdulrazak Gurnah

55. In the year 2021 where was the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference COP-26 held?
(a) New York
(b) Tokyo
(c) Glasgow
(d) Beijing

56. The logo of International Organisation – WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is :
(a) Asiatic Lion
(b) Giant Panda
(c) Musk Deer
(d) Indian Wild Ass

57. At present, the highest civilian award of the ‘Republic of India’ is –
(a) Padma Vibhushan
(b) Padma Bhusan
(c) Padma Shri
(d) Bharat Ratna

58. Remote Sensing uses which of the following in its applications ?
(a) Electric waves
(b) Sonar waves
(c) Gamma rays
(d) Electromagnetic waves

59. Jhoom is :
(a) A type of folk dance
(b) Name of a river
(c) A tribe in the North-East
(d) A type of agriculture (cultivation)

60. The substance which has a large number of free electrons and offer a low resistance is called :
(a) Insulator
(b) Inductor
(c) Conductor
(d) Semi-conductor