Daily Prelims Test Series – 12 September 2025

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Daily Prelims Test Series – 12 September 2025

Welcome aspirants! This is your Daily Practice Quiz consisting of 20 high-quality questions to strengthen your UPSC Prelims preparation.

  • 📘 Subjects: Polity, Economy, History, Environment, S&T, Current Affairs
  • ⏱️ Time Limit: 30 Minutes
  • 📝 Difficulty Level: Difficult
💡 Tip: Read all options carefully, eliminate smartly, and revise your mistakes from the explanations.

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Which of the following are deficit financing instruments?

  1. Borrowings from RBI

  2. Market borrowings

  3. Disinvestment proceeds

#1. Correct answer:

Explanation:

  • Deficit financing = borrowing from RBI (printing money).

  • Market borrowings & disinvestment are ways of meeting fiscal gap but not deficit financing in strict sense.

#2. The India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced in 2023 aims to:

Which of the following is/are examples of renewable energy sources?

  1. Wind energy

  2. Geothermal energy

  3. Natural gas

#3. Correct answer:

#4. The Charter Act of 1833 is significant because:

#5. The Quit India Movement (1942) was launched immediately after:

#6. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution deal with abolition of untouchability?

Explanation:

  • Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice.

  • Article 14 → Right to Equality.

  • Article 15 → Prohibits discrimination on certain grounds.

  • Article 19 → Freedom of speech, movement, etc.

#7. The PM Vishwakarma Yojana (2023) is intended to support:

#8. The Phillips Curve shows the relationship between:

Explanation:

  • Phillips curve → inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment (short run).

  • In long run, this trade-off may not hold (stagflation).

#9. In case of conflict between Union and State law on a matter in the Concurrent List, which one prevails?

Explanation:

  • Article 254: In case of repugnancy, Union law prevails.

  • Exception: If State law has President’s assent, it can prevail in that state.

#10. The base year for GDP calculation in India (as of 2025) is:

#11. The CITES convention deals with:

#12. The CRISPR technology is primarily used in:

#13. The idea of Concurrent List in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from:

Explanation:

  • Federalism with a concurrent list (where both centre & states legislate) is inspired by Australia.

  • USA gave Fundamental Rights & Judicial Review.

  • Canada gave strong Centre.

  • Ireland gave DPSPs.

#14. Which of the following regions is called the “World’s Biodiversity Hotspot”?

#15. The Indigo Revolt of 1859–60 was primarily against:

Which of the following are components of India’s forex reserves?

  1. Foreign currency assets

  2. Gold

  3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)

  4. Reserve position in IMF

#16. Correct answer:

Explanation:
India’s forex reserves include:

  • Foreign currency assets (US dollars, euros, etc.),

  • Gold reserves,

  • SDRs,

  • Reserve position with IMF.

#17. The Artemis program of NASA is aimed at:

#18. Which of the following rivers is a tributary of the Brahmaputra?

#19. Which one of the following is NOT a constitutional body?

Explanation:

  • ECI (Art. 324), Finance Commission (Art. 280), and CAG (Art. 148) are constitutional bodies.

  • NITI Aayog is an executive think tank, created by a cabinet resolution (2015), not a constitutional body.

#20. The Rashtrakuta dynasty was known for:

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