Previous year MCQs

Current Affairs UPPSC 1999 GS-I
Question

Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): The Delhi Govt is going to ban burning of leaves. This was announced when the Government declared certain areas as ‘traffic free zones’.
Reason (R): Burning of leaves contributes to more pollution than that caused by vehicular exhausts in Delhi.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: A is true but R is false

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “A is true but R is false”.
The correct answer is (3) A is true but R is false.

Similar Questions:

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II

A. Arihant - 1. American Cryogenic Rocket
B. AWACS - 2. Anti-tank missile
C. Atlas Centaur - 3. For Air Defence
D. Nag - 4. Missile Submarine

Codes:
  1. A) 4 3 2 1
  2. B) 4 3 1 2
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 3 4 2 1
BRICS Summit was held in March 2013 in
  1. A) Cape Town
  2. B) Durban
  3. C) Johannesburg
  4. D) Pretoria
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Government has launched the 'National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)' for period of 2020-30.
Reason (R): The objective of NIP is to provide equitable access to infrastructure for all.


Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  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
The foundation of what is being claimed as India's biggest Global skill park was laid in July 2017 in:
  1. A) Lucknow
  2. B) Bengaluru
  3. C) Bhopal
  4. D) Jaipur
The winner of U.S. Open 2008, Women’s Singles, was:
  1. A) Dinara Safina
  2. B) Elena Dementieva
  3. C) Jalena Jankovic
  4. D) Serena Williams
From the list given below, name the T.V. channel which will cover engineering and Technology subjects:
  1. A) Vigyan Darshan
  2. B) Eklavya
  3. C) Parivartan
  4. D) Avishkar
During 2004-05, which one of the following had the highest share in India's exports?
  1. A) Agriculture and allied products
  2. B) Ores and minerals
  3. C) Manufactured goods
  4. D) Petroleum products
Who was the only Indian batsman to have hit a century in the recent (2011−12) Indian-Australian Cricket Test Series?
  1. A) Sachin Tendulkar
  2. B) Virat Kohli
  3. C) Rohit Sharma
  4. D) Rahul Dravid
"Stri Shakti Puraskar" is given to woman for:

1. excellence in athletics
2. outstanding performance in games
3. courage and enterprise for betterment of women
4. contribution to the nation and the people

Select your answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 2 and 3
  3. C) 3 and 4
  4. D) 1 and 4
Match the following:
List-I (Books) - List-II (Authors)

A. Price of Portition - 1. Abdul Kalam
B. Ulysses - 2. S.S. Gill
C. Indian 2020 - 3. Rafiq Zakaria
D. Pathology of Corruption - 4. James Joyce
5. P. N. Chopra

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 3 5 1 2
  2. B) 4 2 5 1
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 4 3 2 5
Which one of the following is the most ancient musical instrument?
  1. A) Sitar
  2. B) Tabla
  3. C) Sarod
  4. D) Veena
The Kullu Valley is situated between the mountain ranges of:
  1. A) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
  2. B) Ranjoti and Nagtibba
  3. C) Ladakh and Pir Panjal
  4. D) Middle Himalayas and Siwalik