UPSC Prelims GS Paper I 2015 Analysis – 40% questions from CareerRide.com
The Prelims for UPSC 2015 just got over on 23rd August’15. While the candidates who took the exam this year are curious to find the expected cut-off and their score, the ones who plan to take the exam next year are busy in finding out the number and type of questions from each section that were asked by UPSC this time.
Basically, everyone is busy analyzing and discussing the paper from their perspective.
CareerRide.com effectively started its IAS Prelims series from the end of March 2015.
It was a short period of approximately 5 months till the actual exam and we are pleased to see that 40 out of 100 questions in the actual UPSC 2015 Prelims Paper I appeared from CareerRide.com.
Many of these questions were directly asked while a few of them had the references which helped in getting the correct answer quite easily.
As per the “Series C” of the UPSC GS Paper I, following is the list of questions with their actual location in the paper and on CareerRide.com.
Q7. Membership of International Organization - International Relations Link - /view.aspx?id=24398 (See Question No. - 4)
Link - /view.aspx?id=22193 (See Question No. - 10)
Q9. Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule in the Constitution of India - ConstitutionLink - /view.aspx?id=18699 (See Question No. -20)
Q14. Mekong -Ganga co-operation - International RelationsLink - /view.aspx?id=22571 (See Question no. - 10)
Q15. – Basel III norms - EconomicsLink - /view.aspx?id=11133 (See Question no. 8)
Q16. Westerlies - Geography Link - /view.aspx?id=22885 (See Question no.- 11)
Q17. IOR- ARC – International RelationsLink - /view.aspx?id=22628 (See Question no- 1, 2,3)
Q18 Swadeshi movement Link - /view.aspx?id=19623 (See Question no - 7)
Q21. IRS Satellites - ScienceLink - /view.aspx?id=24055 (See Question no . - 7)
Link- /view.aspx?id=20632 (See Question no. - 8)
Q22. Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests - GeographyLink- /view.aspx?id=17268 (See Question no - 7)
Q25. Classical language - CultureLink- /view.aspx?id=22430 (See Question no. -5)
Q28. Teak tree - Geography Link- /view.aspx?id=19423 (See Question no- 4)
Q30 . Equatorial climate – Geography Link - /view.aspx?id=19953 (See Question no. 1,2,5)
Q36. Monetary policy - EconomicsLink- /model-paper-answers.aspx?Id=1&type=Current-Affairs-Nov-Dec-2014-Set-4
Q38. NPT - International RelationsLink- /view.aspx?id=19437 (Refer to the article)
Q39. Welfare state - Constitution/view.aspx?id=18682 (Refer to the article)
Q42. H1N1 - Science Link - /view.aspx?id=20588 (See Question no. - 1)
Q43. Bio – toilets – Environment (Refer to the Article)Link - www.careerride.com/view.aspx?id=14209
Q50 . IREDA - EnvironmentLink - /view.aspx?id=19909 (See Question no. - 4)
Q51. PMJDY - PolityLink - /mcq-question.aspx?Id=3883 (See Explanation)
Q52. 14 th Finance Commission – PolityLink - /mcq-question.aspx?Id=4201 (See explanation)
Q53. Fortaleza declaration - International relationsLink - /view.aspx?id=21716 (See Question no.- 2)
Q55. Cyclones - Geography Link - /view.aspx?id=24055 (See Question no. -11, 12, 13)
Q57. DPSP - ConstitutionLink - /view.aspx?id=22885 (See Question no. - 8)
Link - /view.aspx?id=22926 (See Question no. - 15)
Q59. Swamp with floating vegetation - EnvironmentLink - /view.aspx?id=23319 (See Question no.- 8)
Q61. Ebola outbreak - ScienceLink - /view.aspx?id=20077 (Refer to the article)
Q62. IUCN and CITES - EnvironmentLink - /view.aspx?id=24962 (See Question no.- 14)
Q71. Global economic prospect report - Economics Link - /view.aspx?id=14559 (See Question no.- 3)
Q74. Agriculture products are regulated under - AgronomyLink - /mcq-question.aspx?Id=4308 (See Question & Explanation)
Q75. National aquatic animal - GeographyLink - /mcq-question.aspx?Id=4483
Q77. Rajya Sabha - ConstitutionLink- /view.aspx?id=21690 (See Question no.- 8)
Q78. Act of 1919 - HistoryLink - /view.aspx?id=19628 (See Question no. - 2)
Q80. ICECUBE - ScienceLink - /current-affairs-on-science.aspx?m=Jan,2015
Q84. Convertibility of Rupee – Economics Link - /view.aspx?id=20977 (See Question no. - 2)
Q90. Montreal protocol - EnvironmentLink- /view.aspx?id=22420 (See Question no. - 3)
Q92. Niti Aayog - PolityLink- /mcq-tag-wise.aspx?key=NITI%20Aayog&Id=15 (See Question no. -1)
Q94. Executive power of PM - ConstitutionLink - /view.aspx?id=18696 (See Question no. - 3)
Q95. Goldilocks zone - ScienceLink -/view.aspx?id=18751 (Refer to the article)
Q96. Tanjore salt march - HistoryLink - /view.aspx?id=24090 (See Question no. - 3)
Q98. Congress President - HistoryLink - /view.aspx?id=22711 (See Question no. - 6)
Q99. Green climate fund - EnvironmentLink - /view.aspx?id=23669 (See Question no. - 6)
Q100. Indira Gandhi Prize - PolityLink - /view.aspx?id=17962 (Refer to the article)
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