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

81. ‘Mitali Express’, a new passenger train, which was inaugurated recently, connects Dhaka mis with which Indian city ?
(a) Kolkata
(b) New Jalpaiguri
(c) Guwahati
(d) Gangtok

82. “The World Beneath His Feet” is the biography of whom of the following ?
(a) Pullela Gopichand
(b) Saina Nehwal
(c) Nawab Pataudi
(d) Sachin Tendulkar

84. Which Indian documentary was nominated for the Oscars – 2022 ?
(a) House of Secrets
(b) Searching for Sheela
(c) My Name is Salt
(d) Writing with Fire

85. Which Indian state has launched the Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP) 2.0 in January 2022 ?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana

85. Who initiated the ‘Maiti Movemen’ in Uttarakhand ?
(a) Sundar Lal Bahuguna
(b) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
(c) Kalyan Singh Rawat
(d) Medha Patkar Series.

86. Who won World Rapid Chess 2021 ?
(a) Nodirbek Abdusattorov
(c) Ding Liren
(b) Magnus Carlsen
(d) Hikaru Nakamura

87. When is the ‘World Ozone Day’ celebrated ?
(a) 25th December
(b) 21st April
(c) 16th September
(d) 30th January

88. Which of the following newspapers won ‘Pulitzer Prize 2021’ in prestigious public service category?
(a) The Wall Street Journal
(b) The New York Times
(c) The Washington Post
(d) New York Post

89. Which of the following is not rightly matched ?
Name of Player     – Medals Won in Tokyo Olympics 2020
(a) P.V. Sindhu          – Bronze Medal
(b) Bajrang Punia      – Silver Medal
(c) Meerabai Chanu  – Silver Medal
(d) Neeraj Chopra     – Gold Medal

90. Major Dhyan Chand Sports University is being established at which place in India ?
(a) Meerut
(b) Agra
(c) Noida
(d) Kanpur

91. In December 2020, the Home Ministry declared which of the following states ‘Disturbed Area’ for six months under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 ?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Nagaland
(c) West Bengal
(d) Punjab

92. Which of the following railway stations of India has been recently developed with modern amenities like the airport with Public Private Partnership ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Rani Kamlapati Station, Bhopal
(c) Pune
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

93. Name the unique strategy adopted by North-East Frontier Railway to keep wild elephants away from railway tracks.
(a) Plan Flee
(b) Plan Bee
(c) Plan Tea
(d) Plan Sweep

94. Where did the Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of the largest airport in Asia in November 2021 ?
(a) Noida International Airport at Jewar
(b) Kushinagar Airport
(c) Delhi Airport
(d) Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru

95. The famous ‘Gangasagar Mela’ is held in which of the following states of India ?
(a) Gujarat
(b) West Bengal
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

96. Which of the following films won Golden Globe Award-2022 for Best Motion Picture (Drama)?
(a) Dune
(b) The Power of the Dog
(c) King Richard
(d) The Lost Daughter

97. Match the following:
.   Dance     –       State
A. Bharatanatyam  – 1. Uttar Pradesh
B. Kathak                 – 2. Tamil Nadu
C. Kuchipudi           – 3. Kerala
D. Mohiniattam      – 4. Andhra Pradesh
Codes :
.  A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 4 2 1 3

98. Match the List-I with List-II regarding world’s top Information Technology Companies and their CEO and choose the correct answer from the codes below :

List – I (Company)	List – II (CEO)
A. Google	1. Satya Nadela
B. Microsoft	2. Sunder Pichai
C. Twitter	3. Parag Agarwal
D. Adobe	4. Shantanu Narayan

Codes :
.  A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 4 3 2 1

99. In which of the following place the first Jain Council was held ?
(a) Patliputra
(b) Vaishali
(c) Mathura
(d) Ujjain

100. Which among the following play was written by Harshavardhan?
(a) Harshacharita
(b) Kadambari
(c) Devichandraguptam
(d) Priyadarshika