Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2015 GS-I Current Affairs
Question

The terrorist group "Al-Shabaab" massacred 147 people in April 2015 in Garissa University, which is located in:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Somalia

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Somalia”.
The terrorist group 'Al-Shabaab' massacred 147 people in April 2015 in Garissa University, which is located in (c) Somalia.

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Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below:

Assertion (A): State Finance Commission is a constitutional body.
Reason (R): Union Finance Commission cannot recommend financial assistance to panchayats.

Codes:
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  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
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  2. B) Prithvi II
  3. C) Akash
  4. D) PSLVD-2
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  2. B) Martina Hingis
  3. C) Anna Kournikova
  4. D) Jelena Dokic
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  2. B) 110th
  3. C) 140th
  4. D) 130th
The present fiscal deficit of states has touched a record of:
  1. A) Rs. 40,000 crore
  2. B) Rs. 50,000 crore
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  4. D) Rs, 1,00,000 crore
Harsud town of Madhya Pradesh has been submerged in which of the following water reservoirs?
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  3. C) Rani Avanti Bai Dam
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  2. B) West Bengal
  3. C) Delhi
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  2. B) New Delhi Railway Station
  3. C) Safdarjung Railway Station
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  1. A) Himachal Pradesh
  2. B) Jammu and Kashmir
  3. C) Rajasthan
  4. D) West Bengal
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  2. B) Madhya Pradesh
  3. C) Kamataka
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