Today in this post we share about the information of OPSC Civil Service Pre Question Paper 2018, upsc question papers with answers ,upsc prelims 2018 question paper in hindi,Important upsc prelims 2018 question paper,Unknown facts about upsc prelims question paper .Download the Odisha Civil Services Exam question paper with solved. The Odisha Public Service Commission Pre Exam 2018 was conducted on October 28, 2018. In which 100 questions were asked for General Studies. The correct answers were to give candidates in 120 minutes. Here are the correct answers to all 100 questions of Paper-I of this preliminary examination. Apart from this, the OPSC Civil Service for the last 5 years or 10 years can be found on the old question paper official website. For which you are the official website of Odisha Public Service Commission www.opsc.gov.in.
(a) 10th July
(b) 15th July ✔
(c) 17th July
(d) 31st July
No.-2. Which State Government
has launched a smartphone application 'i-Hariyalli' to increase green cover?
(a) Haryana
(b) Kerala
(c) Punjab ✔
(d) Rajasthan
No.-3. Which of the following
states in India has maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
(a) Maharashtra ✔
(b) Odisha
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamilnadu
No.-4. Who has been honoured
with the 2018 Sri Jayadev Rashtriya Yuva Prativa Award?
(a) Ruchi Sharma
(b) Manisha Gulyani
(c) Anindita Anam ✔
(d) Anupama Rai
No.-5. Which Indian -
American Personality has become the first South Asian to be elected in Oregon
in the Western USA?
(a) Sushila Jayapal ✔
(b) Satya Atluri
(c) Akhil Amar
(d) Mahzarin Banaji
No.-6. C.V. Rajendran who
died recently was associated with :
(a) Journalism
(b) Film Industry ✔
(c) Science
(d) Sports
No.-7. Kazuo Ishiguro won :
(a) UNESCO Award for
Literature
(b) Best man of Literature in
UK
(c) Nobel Prize for
Literature 2017 ✔
(d) Best Literature
Award for E.U
No.-8. The Chakrashila
Wildlife Sanctuary is located in :
(a) Assam ✔
(b) Tripura
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Uttar Pradesh
No.-9. Which country has
renamed part of South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea?
(a) Indonesia ✔
(b) Malaysia
(c) Brunei
(d) Philippines
No.-10. Which one below is
not a Statutory Body?
(a) Finance Commission
(b) UPSC
(c) NITI Aayog ✔
(d) Election
Commission
No.-11. Which Indian
personality has been appointed as Public Policy Fellow at Woodrow zzilson
International Centre for Scholars?
(a) Nirupama Rao ✔
(b) Rakesh Sood
(c) G. Parthasarathi
(d) Srinivas Sinha
No.-12. The World Milk Day is
observed on :
(a) 15th May
(b) 25th May
(c) 1st June ✔
(d) 15th June
No.-13. Where is the
Headquarters of United Nations Economic and Social Council?
(a) Vienna
(b) Rome
(c) Paris
(d) New York ✔
No.-14. Which venue is
selected for 2024 Olympic Games?
(a) Los Angeles ✔
(b) Paris
(c) Sydney
(d) Rome
No.-15. Which Commission under
the British rule prepared 'Famine Code"?
(a) Welby Commission
(b) Strachey Commission ✔
(c) Hunter Commission
(d) none of the above
No.-16. The Session of All
Parties Muslim Conference held at Delhi on 31st December, 1928 was presided
over by :
(a) Aga Khan ✔
(b) Mohd. Shafi
(c) Mohd Ali Jinnah
(d) Fajli Hussain
No.-17. During the Rajput
period, the expression "vinay-stithi-sthapak" was used in
administration for :
(a) Chief of the army
(b) Chief of the treasury
(c) Manager of the Palace
(d) Chief of the Court ✔
No.-18. Who started the
newspaper "Indian Sociologist" abroad?
(a) Veer Savarkar
(b) Lala Hardayal
(c) Bhupendra Dutt
(d) Shyamji Krishna Verma ✔
No.-19. In which of its
Sessions, the Congress declared its policy towards Indian States for the first
time?
(a) Nagpur Session ✔
(b) Calcutta
Session
(c) Gaya Session
(d) Lucknow Session
No.-20. Who was the author of
the book "The Problems of the East"?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Lytton
(c) Curzon ✔
(d) Churchill
No.-21. Who amongst the
following continuously emphasised on giving self-rule to India in 1904, 1905
and 1906?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Pherozeshah Mehta
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak ✔
(d) Dadabhai
Naoroji
No.-22. The editor of the
paper "Hindu Patriot" Sri Harishchandra Mukherjee was known to have
helped the
(a) Santhal Revolt
(b) Indigo Revolt ✔
(c) Revolt of the Mundas
(d) none of the above
No.-23. Which name amongst
the following was dropped by Abul Fazl while listining musicians of Akbar's
Court?
(a) Surat ✔
(b) Ramdas
(c) Tansen
(d) Baiju Bawra
No.-24. Which European nation
was first in bringing printing press to India?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Portugal ✔
(d) Holland
No.-25. Who amongst the
following established "Diwan-e-amirkothi" during Delhi Sultanate?
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Feroz Tughlaq
(c) Mohd. Bin Tughlaq ✔
(d) Iltutmish
No.-26. In Mughal period ,
who translated Atharvaveda in Persian Language?
(a) Abdul Hamid Nagori
(b) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi ✔
(c) Khafi Khan
(d) Malik Mohd. Jayasi
No.-27. Tebhaga Revolt of
1946 took place in :
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Sind
(d) Bengal ✔
No.-28. Who was elected to
the House of Commons to speak for Indian interests in 1890s?
(a) R.C. Dutt
(b) Madam Cama
(c) R.P.Dutt
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji ✔
No.-29. Least cost approach
in Industrial location is associated with :
(a) Christaller
(b) Weber ✔
(c) Smith
(d) Hartshorne
No.-30. Which one is a
primary activity?
(a) Mining ✔
(b) Processing
(c) Fabrication
(d) Manufacturing
No.-31. Horticulture is
widely farmed in :
(a) Mediterranean region
(b) Temperate region ✔
(c) Tropical region
(d) Sub-tropical region
No.-32. The line joining
points with equal cloud cover is called :
(a) Isibar
(b) Isoneph ✔
(c) Isohytes
(d) Isotach
No.-33. Location of sugar
industry in India is moving from North India to South India because of :
(a) Cheap and uniterrupted
supply of power
(b) High labour cost
(c)Well developed rail
network
(d) High yield and high sugar
content in sugarcane ✔
No.-34. Lebensraum was coined
by :
(a) Mackinder
(b) Peter Taylor
(c) David Harvey
(d) Ratzel ✔
No.-35. The spread of
cultural triats from one region to other is called :
(a) Diffusion ✔
(b) Fission
(c) Transformation
(d) Transmission
No.-36. One belt one road
policy relates to :
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Bhutan
(d) China ✔
No.-37. The major division of
the agricultural regions of the world is associated with :
(a) Whittlesey ✔
(b) Von Thunen
(c) Mackinder
(d) O.H.K.Spate
No.-38. Which one of the
following is incorrect?
(a) Glacial topography is
parasitic in nature
(b) Ciraues result from
glacial erosion
(c) Glacial erosion gives
rise to U-shaped valley
(d) Depositional acitvity of
glacier makes hanging valleys ✔
No.-39. Process that shapes
the earth's surface is called:
(a) Geozophical process
(b) Hypographic process
(c) Tetra-hydro process
(d) Geomorphic process ✔
No.-40. U-shaped valley is
formed by :
(a) Glacier ✔
(b) Breaking waves
(c) Sea waves
(d) River in mountainous
stage
No.-41. Mist formed as a
result of :
(a) Condensation ✔
(b) Circulation
(c) Evaporation
(d) Sublimation
No.-42. Which river is not a
peninsular river?
(a) Ghaghra ✔
(B) Sabarmati
(c) Tapi
(d) Narmada
No.-43. Which of the
following is not the recommendation of Dinesh Goswami Committee on electoral
reforms?
(a) Tamil limit for
bye-elections
(b) Increase in deposits from
independents
(c) Voter's Council should be
formed to help free and fair elections ✔
(d) Amendment of the
Antidefection Law to restrict disqualificaitons
No.-44. Which one of the
following subjects is not included in Concurrent List?
(a) Actionable wrongs
(b) Bankruptcy and Insolvency
(c) Price control
(d) Capitation taxes ✔
No.-45. Which is not the
discretionary power of the President of India?
(a) Suspensive Veto
(b) Pocket Veto
(c) To decide the day to day
administrative decisions in case of caretaker government
(d) Summon and dissolved
Parliament Sessions ✔
No.-46. Which Article of
Indian Constitution speaks about official languages Indian Union?
(a) Art 341
(b) Art 339
(c) Art 343 ✔
(d) Art 336
No.-47. In which year
simultaneous elections both for Lok Sabha and all State Legislative Assemblies
were not held?
(a) 1952
(b) 1971 ✔
(c) 1957
(d) 1962
No.-48. Which among the
following States does not come under Second Schedule of Indian Constitution ?
(a) Tripura
(b) Mizoram
(c) Assam
(d) Sikkim ✔
No.-49. The GST Bill which
came into implementaiton from 1st July, 2017 is :
(a) Bill No. 122 and Act No.
101
(b) Bill No. 123 and Act No.
98
(c) Bill No.119 and Act No.
100
(d) Bill No. 101 and Act
No.97 ✔
No.-50. Artcle 21 of Indian
Constitution secures :
(a) Right to life only
(b) Right to personal liberty
only
(c) Right to liberty and
privacy
(d) Right to life , personal
liberty and right to privacy ✔
No.-51. Which one of the
following is not the feature of the National Capital Goods Policy, 2016?
(a) Increase the share of
domestic capital goods production
(b) Facilitate improvement in
technology depth across sub sectors
(c) Increase imports of
capital goods ✔
(d) Seeks to launch
a technology development fund
No.-52. To which States in
Indian Union Article 35-A relates?
(a) Assam
(b) Sikkim
(c) Jammu & Kashmir ✔
(d) Manipur
No.-53. Which of the
following Articles were repeated from Indian Constituion by 'Constitution 26th
Amendment Act, 1971'?
(a) Art-291 and Art-362 ✔
(b) Art-283 and Art-283-A
(c) Art-251 and Art-256
(d) Art-301 and Art-304
No.-54. "Mission Satyanishtha"
is a programme launched by :
(a) Indian Army
(b) Indian Postal Department
(c) Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
(d) Indian Railways ✔
No.-55. "Promotion and
development of micro and smal enterprises by supporting them in marketing of
products produced and services rendered by them" comes under which policy
of Government of India?
(a) Ujwal Discom Assurance
Yojana Policy
(b) Public Procurement
(Preference to make in India Policy ✔
(c) Skill India Policy
(d) Mission Indradhanush
Policy
No.-56. ......... is the
model developed by Governmenet of India for public service delivery as a part
of Citizen Centric Governance.
(a) Sevottam ✔
(b) Synergy
(c) Surgical
(d) Open door
No.-57. The number of States
covered under the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas)
Act, 1996 are :
(a) 14
(b) 8 ✔
(c) 6
(d) 12
No.-58. "World Economic
Outlook" report is published by :
(a) IMF ✔
(b) World Bank
(c) UNCTAD
(d) OECD
No.-59. Which of the
following sectors now contributes the largest percentage towards GNP?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Industries
(c) Services ✔
(d) Trade
No.-60. OTCEI is :
(a) Atomic Submarine of China
(b) Economic Policy of USA
(c) An Indian Share Market ✔
(d) A Defense
Research Organization
No.-61. National Income in
India is estimated by :
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Central Statistical
Organization ✔
(c) Finance Commission
(d) Indian Statistical
Institute
No.-62. To lower interest
rates, the RBI should :
(a) Buy securities ✔
(b) Decrease the
money supply
(c) Raise the treasury bill
rate
(d) Raise the reserve
requirement
No.-63. Gresham's law comes
into operation when :
(a) Good money is hoarded ✔
(b) Good money is
melted
(c) Good money is exported
(d) Good money is hoarded
melted and exported
No.-64. Mixed economy means
an economy where :
(a) Both agriculture and
Industry are equally promoted by the state
(b) There is co-existence of
public sector along with private sector ✔
(c) There is importance of small
scale industries along with heavy industries
(d) Economy is controlled by
military as well as civilian rulers
No.-65. Absolute Poverty
means :
(a) Poverty in terms of
absolute number of people
(b) Poverty in terms of the
basic minimum calorie requirements ✔
(c) Poverty in terms of the
prevaling price level
(d) Poverty in terms of the
absolute level of unemployment.
No.-66. Who wrote the book
'Planned Economy for India'?
(a) M. Visvesvaraya ✔
(b) Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
No.-67. Natinalism of banks
was done with the purpose of :
(a) Financing the industries
(b) Improving credit
facilities ✔
(c) Consolidating the economy
(d) Improving security of
deposits
No.-68. The Head quarters of
World Trade Organisation is in :
(a) Montreal
(b) Seattle
(c) Geneva ✔
(d) The Hague
No.-69. Which of the
following is true about the 'Hindu Growth Rate' in India?
(a) This is about social and
economic growth of the Hindu population only
(b) Displays high growth performance
of certain section of Hindu population in India
(c) Hints at high growth in
India during 2000 - 10
(d) Exposes low growth
occurrence of the Indian economy during 1950 - 80 ✔
No.-70. What are gilt-edged
securities?
(a) Securities issued by the
multinationals
(b) Securities issued by the
Government ✔
(c) Securities issued by the
private sectors
(d) Securities issued by the
joint venture companies
No.-71. One criticism of
Rostow's theory of economic growth is that :
(a) Much available data
contradicts his thesis about the take off stage
(b) There is no explanation
of why growth occurs after take-off
(c) His hypothesis of stages
of growth is difficult to test empirically
(d) All of the above are
correct ✔
No.-72. Which of the
following is ranked among the cleanest cities of India in 2018 ranking by
Ministry of Urban Development?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Indore ✔
(c) Mysore
(d) Chandigarh
No.-73. Which of the
following in India enlisted in the 'Montreaux Record'
(a) Keoladeo National Park ✔
(b) Chilika Lake
(c) Ashtamudi Wetland
(d) Hokera Wetland
No.-74. Which among the
following is the most abundant Green-House-Gas(GHG) in the earth's atmosphere?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Water vapour ✔
(c) Sulphur dioxide
(d) Tropospheric ozone
No.-75. Which one of the
following is a useful biological indicator of sulphur dioxide pollution?
(a) Bryophytes
(b) Algal blooms
(c) Pseudomonas
(d) Lichens ✔
No.-76. The use of
microorganism metabolism to remove pollutants such as oil spills in the water
bodies is known as :
(a) Biomagnification
(b) Bioremediation ✔
(c) Biomethanation
(d) Bioreduction
No.-77. India's first
biofuel-powered flight run from Dehradun to Delhi is :
(a) Spice Jet ✔
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Vistara
(d) Indigo
No.-78. Which among the
following is one of the largest wintering ground for the migratory waterfowl in
India?
(a) Ghana Sanctuary ,
Rajasthan
(b) Chilika Lake, Odisha ✔
(c) Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary,
Haryana
(d) Dal Lake, Kashmir
No.-79. Which among the
following is the unit of measurement of the "Ecological Footprint"?
(a) Global Hectare ✔
(b) Gallon Per
Capita
(c) Cubic Meter
(d) Man Hour
No.-80. Anuradha Sawhney is
well known for her work in which of the following fields?
(a) Micro Finance
(b) Animal Rights ✔
(c) Environment Protection
(d) Rainwater Harvesting
No.-81. Respiratory Suspended
Particulate Matter (RSPM) are the particles having diameter :
(a) Less than 2.5 mm
(b) Less than 10 mm ✔
(c) Less than 20 mm
(d) Less than 100 mm
No.-82. Fire can be
controlled by removing :
(a) Fuel
(b) Air
(c) Both (a) and (b) ✔
(d) none of the
above
No.-83. Food rich in roughage
may NOT help :
(a) To prevent constipation
(b) Satisfy appetite
(c) Stimulate peristalsis to
eliminate faecal matter
(d) Provide nutrients ✔
No.-84. The human skeleton
consists of :
(a) 126 bones
(b) 200 bones
(c) 206 bones ✔
(d) 220 bones
No.-85. Angiography is used
to visualize lurmen of :
(a) Arteries
(b) Veins
(c) Heart Chambers
(d) All of the above ✔
No.-86. Daily consumption of
aragon oil helps to prevent:
(a) Various cancers
(b) Cardiovascular diseases
(c) Obesity
(d) All of the above ✔
No.-87. Sericulutre is a
rearing practice of :
(a) Honey bee
(b) Fishes
(c) Spiders
(d) Silk worm ✔
No.-88. Biomagnificaiton
refers to an increase in the number/content/quantity of :
(a) Blue green algae
(b) Insects
(c) Weeds
(d) Toxicants ✔
No.-89. Blue-baby syndrome is
caused due to the excess of :
(a) Nitrate ✔
(b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Iron
(d) Carbon monoxide
No.-90. Rocket works on the
principle of :
(a) Newton's First Law
(b) Newton's Second Law ✔
(c) Newton's Third Law
(d) Newton's Fourth Law
No.-91. Brightness of the
bulb decreases gradually with its period of use because of :
(a) Evaporation of metal from
filament of bulb ✔
(b) Decrease in
resistance of bulb
(c) Decrease in electric
supply to the bulb
(d) none of the above
No.-92. Genetic disorders are
:
(a) Communicable diseases
(b) Non-communicable diseases
✔
(c) Life - style diseases
(d) Toxicity diseases
No.-93. Where does computer
add and compare data?
(a) Hard disk
(b) Monitor
(c) Memory chip
(d) CPU chip ✔
No.-94. Full form of ICMR is
:
(a) Indian Council of Mental
Research
(b) Indian Council of Medical
Research ✔
(c) Indian Cultural and
Management Research
(d) Indian Climate and
Meteorology Research
No.-95. Antioxidants present
in food stuffs :
(a) Retard action of oxygen
on food materials
(b) Helps in its preservation
(c) Prevents spoilage
(d) All of the above ✔
No.-96. Which of the
following is NOT a biodegradable pollutant?
(a) Paper waste
(b) Pesticide ✔
(c) Manure
(d) Slaughter house waste
No.-97. Chlorofluorocarbon
are widely used in :
(a) Refrigerators
(b) Microwave ovens
(c) Air conditioners
(d) All of the above ✔
No.-98. Cement is widely used
in the construction of buildings. It contains :
(a) Calcium silicate
(b) Calcium aluminate
(c) Calcium sulfoaluminate
(d) All of the above ✔
No.-99. Which is NOT the
characteristic of an enzyme?
(a) Enzymes are biocatalyst
(b) Enzyme activity is
regulated ✔
(c) They are protein in
nature
(d) The bind to receptor and
exert activity
No.-100. A fuse is a :
(a) Safety device and
regulates flow of current
(b) It is made up of tin and
lead alloy
(c) Has low melting point
(d) All of the above ✔
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