UPSC 2020 Questions From Insights Test Series, Open Mocks, RTM And CA Quiz
UPSC 2020 questions from Insights Test Series, Open Mocks, RTM and CA Quiz Thanks for bearing with us amidst the COVID related disruptions that it took so long to post this. We were able to cover 61 questions asked in this year’s UPSC Prelims. Please go through the questions and explanations carefully. We have compiled a question only when it would have answered a substantial chunk of the question or the entire question asked by UPSC. Similar to previous years, Insights Test series remains a go-to resort for covering unconventional/ unexpected areas of the syllabus. The order of questions aligns largely with SET B, but a few questions have been jumbled out of place when we thought it was appropriate to do so. Given the changing dynamics of UPSC Prelims, as we have suggested again and again, we are also upgrading our Test series syllabus. Now, Thematic test series syllabus and parts of Indian Forest Services syllabus will be merged with Textbook Test Series. The revised Test Series syllabus is being shared in a different post. Note: Since a number of quiz questions for static topics (polity, economy etc.) on our website are inspired/taken from Textbook questions, we are covering Polity and economy questions only from website sources, and not from the test series. Rest are being given from all sources. Table of Contents Carbon nanotubes . 7 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 6, Q63 . 7 RTM Dec 2019 . 8 Public Key Infrastructure . 9 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 20 . 9 Pneumococcal Vaccine . 11 2020 Textbook Series, Test 21 . 11 Benzene Pollution . 12 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 35 . 13 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 3 . 14 Financial crisis and full capital account convertibility . 14
2020 Open Mock 2 Q28 . 15 Fort William college . 16 Test 16 - Subject Wise Test Series – Q8 . 16 Ulgulan . 17 Insights Oct 2019 Static Quiz . 17 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 40 . 18 Indigo demand . 19 2020 Subject-wise Series – Test 3 Q14 . 19 Panini Amarsimha Kalidasa . 20 Subject Wise Test Series Test 14 – Q42 . 21 Artificial Intelligence. 21 Open Test 5, 2020 . 22 Visible Light Communication . 24 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 24 . 25 Blockchain Technology . 27 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 26 . 27 Parliamentary System. 28 Insights Sep 2020 Static Quiz . 28 Welfare State . 29 Insights Dec 2019 static quiz . 29 Basic structure and Judicial Review . 30 Insights May 2020 static Quiz . 30 Insights May 2020 static quiz . 31 Separation of Judiciary from Executive . 31 Test 18 Subject wise Test series . 32 QUESTION NUMBER 12. 32 Preamble. 32 Insights Sep 2020 static quiz . 32 Representation of People Act, 1951 . 33 Insights RTM:. 33 Stateless Society. 34 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 30 . 34 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 12 . 35
Bureaucracy . 36 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 8 . 36 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 17 . 37 Reserve Tranche . 38 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 21 . 38 Insights Dec 2019 (static) . 39 DPSP . 39 Insights Dec 2019 (static) . 40 Insights Feb 2020 static quiz . 40 Parliament Sessions. 41 Insights Jan 2019 Static Quiz . 41 RS and LS . 42 Insights Feb 2019 static quiz . 42 Insights Apr 2020 static quiz . 42 Insights July 2020 static quiz . 43 MPLADS . 43 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 20 . 44 RTM Several places . 45 Insights Apr 2020 current affairs quiz . 47 Macroeconomic Framework statement . 48 Thematic Test Series 2020, Test 8 . 49 Universal Declaration on Human Rights . 50 Thematic Test 2020, Test 6 . 50 Alma Ata Declaration and Hague convention . 52 Open Test 1, 2020 . 52 Question 8 . 52 Subject wise Test series Test 17 . 53 Open Test 1, 2020 . 54 RTM question . 55 Aurang – terms in Medieval India . 56 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 2 . 56 Hundis. 57 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 2 . 58
Gandhi-Irwin Pact . 58 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 34 . 59 Fertigation . 59 2017, Test 31 . 60 RTM question . 61 Thematic Test 2020, Test 10 . 62 Desert National Park . 64 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 39 . 64 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 18 . 65 Siachen Glacier . 66 Insights May 2020 current affairs quiz . 66 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 31 . 67 Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam . 67 RTM question . 68 Bhilsa and other places . 69 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 30 . 69 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 3 . 71 Jet Streams. 73 Insights Feb 2020 current affairs quiz . 73 Schedule VI – Ban/license for cultivation . 74 Thematic Test Series, Test 3 . 74 Zero Tillage. 75 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 14 . 76 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 22 . 77 RTM question . 78 Biofuel – Cassava, Rotten potatoes etc. . 78 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 4 . 79 Insights Aug 2020 current affairs quiz . 80 Cotton frost-free conditions . 81 Thematic Test Series 2020, Test 1 . 81 Insights Dec 2019 static quiz . 82 Eco-friendly practices - Vertical Farming . 82 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 36 . 83
SUBJECTWISE TEST 22 – Q68 . 84 G20 member countries . 85 RTM question . 85 Insights July 2019 current affairs quiz . 86 Subject wise Test 17, Q71 . 87 Kisan Credit Card . 87 Thematic Test Series 2020, Test 1 . 88 RTM question . 89 Major Rivers . 90 RTM question . 91 Insights Mar 2020 current affairs quiz . 92 WPI CPI . 92 2020 Subjectwise Test 10, Q7 . 93 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 13 . 93 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 15 . 94 Insights Jan 2020 static quiz. 95 Insights June 2019 current affairs quiz . 96 Fixing MSP. 96 2020 Open Mock 4 . 97 Insights Mar 2020 static quiz . 99 Money Supply . 99 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 11 . 100 Commercial paper, zero-coupon bonds, call money etc. . 101 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 46 . 101 QUESTION NUMBER 29. 102 2020 Open Test 3 Q64 . 103 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 32 . 104 Insights July 2020 static quiz . 105 Insights Aug 2020 static quiz. 105 FDI . 106 Insights Apr 2020 static quiz . 106 West Texas Intermediate . 107 2020 Open Mock 2 . 107
RTM question . 108 IAEA Safeguards . 109 RTM question . 109 TRIMS . 110 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 9 . 110 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 9 . 111 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 19 . 112 Expansionary Monetary Policy . 113 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 23 . 114 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 35 . 115 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 17 . 115 Insights Dec 2019 static quiz . 116 Shramana, Upasaka and Parivrajaka . 117 2018 Textbook Test Series, Test 16 . 117 2020 Subject-wise Series . 118 Test 1 Question number 33 . 119 Cauvery basin national parks – Nagarhole, Wayanad etc. . 119 Thematic Test Series 2020, Test 10 . 120 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 34 . 120 RTM question . 121 Swamp deep in Kanha . 122 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 24 . 122 RTM question . 123 Insights Mar 2020 current affairs quiz . 124 Musk deer . 124 RTM question . 125 On Road construction materials – Geotextiles. 126 2017 Textbook Test Series, Test 12 . 127 2019 Textbook Test Series, Test 6 . 128 Coal Ash . 128 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 32 . 129 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 5 . 130 Insights June 2020 static quiz . 131
Insights May 2020 current affairs quiz . 131 Biochar. 132 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 36 . 132 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 4 . 133 Carbon nanotubes UPSC question Q1. With reference to the carbon nanotubes, consider the following statements : 1. They can be used as carriers of drugs and antigens in the human body. 2. They can be made into artificial blood capillaries for an injured part of human body. 3. They can be used in biochemical sensors. 4. Carbon nanotubes are biodegradable Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2, 3 and 4 only (c) 1, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3, and 4 Answer: D Insights question 2021 Textbook Test Series, Test 6, Q63 We also covered applications, but slightly different ones. The general applications of Carbon Nanotubes include 1. They can be used to reinforce graphite in sports equipment. 2. Their structure allows them to be used as a container for transporting a drug in the body. 3. They make some of the best high-grade insulators in electrical circuits due to poor heat and electricity conductivity.
Select the correct answer using the codes below. a) 1 and 3 only b) 2 only c) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 Solution: c) Justification: The fullerenes are a large class of allotropes of carbon and are made of balls, ‘cages’ or tubes of carbon atoms. Nanotubes are cylindrical fullerenes. Their unique molecular structure results in extraordinary macroscopic properties, including high tensile strength, high electrical conductivity, high ductility, high heat conductivity, and relative chemical inactivity. Nanotubes can be used to reinforce graphite in tennis rackets because they are very strong. Due to the above mentioned properties, they are also used as semiconductors in electrical circuits. The nanotube's structure allows it to be used as a container for transporting a drug in the body. A molecule of the drug can be placed inside the nanotube cage. This keeps the drug 'wrapped up' until it reaches the site where it is needed. In this way, a dose that might be damaging to other parts of the body can be delivered safely to, for example, a tumour. Q Source: AR: Page 61: Science Xth Standard NCERT RTM Dec 2019 Similar Question: Asked in: -mcqs/
Public Key Infrastructure UPSC question Q6. In India, The term “Public Key Infrastructure” is used in the context of? (a) Digital security infrastructure (b) Food security infrastructure (c) Health care and education infrastructure (d) Telecommunication and transportation infrastructure Answer: A Insights question 2020 Textbook Test Series, Test 20 PKI covered in statement 4 and explanation of S4. 19. With reference to Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs) in India and related agencies, consider the following statements. 1. The Information Technology Act, 2000, provides for the establishment of a Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA). 2. CCA licenses and regulate the working of Certifying Authorities (CAs) which issue DSCs for electronic authentication of users. 3. CCA maintains the Repository of Digital Certificates, which contains all the certificates issued to the CAs in the country.
4. The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) of India comprises the CCA and the CAs. Select the correct answer using the codes below. a) 2, 3 and 4 only b) 1, 2, 3 and 4 c) 1, 2 and 4 only d) 1 and 3 only Solution: b) Justification: Statement 1: The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides the required legal sanctity to the digital signatures based on asymmetric cryptosystems. The digital signatures are now accepted at par with handwritten signatures and the electronic documents that have been digitally signed are treated at par with paper documents. The IT Act provides for the Controller of Certifying Authorities(CCA) to license and regulate the working of Certifying Authorities. The Certifying Authorities (CAs) issue digital signature certificates for electronic authentication of users. The Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) has been appointed by the Central Government under section 17 of the Act for purposes of the IT Act. It aims at promoting the growth of E-Commerce and E- Governance through the wide use of digital signatures. Statement 2: The Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) has established the Root Certifying Authority (RCAI) of India under section 18(b) of the IT Act to digitally sign the public keys of Certifying Authorities (CA) in the country. The RCAI is operated as per the standards laid down under the Act. Statement 3: The CCA certifies the public keys of CAs using its own private key, which enables users in the cyberspace to verify that a given certificate is issued by a licensed CA. For this purpose it operates, the Root Certifying Authority of India(RCAI). The CCA also maintains the Repository of Digital Certificates, which contains all the certificates issued to the CAs in the country. Statement 4: The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in the country is realized through the establishment of licensed CAs. The Public Key Infrastructure of India comprises the CCA and the CAs, with CCA being at the root of the trust chain in India. CCA certifies the CA Public Keys and issue certificate. Q Source: Ch 8: IYB 2019 http://www.cca.gov.in/about.html
Pneumococcal Vaccine UPSC question What is the importance of using pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in India? 1. These vaccines are effective against pneumonia as well as meningitis and sepsis. 2. Dependence on antibiotics that are not effective against drug-resistant bacteria can be reduced. 3. These vaccines have no side effects and cause no allergic reactions Select the correct answer using the given code below(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Insights question 2020 Textbook Series, Test 21 We covered this partly in the explanation, scroll below. Q42. Vaccines for which
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