UPSC IAS Prelims GS Paper 1 - 2023 Solutions, Answer Key & Explanations (Q. 51 to 75) Part 3 of 4

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51. With reference to Home Guards, consider the following statements
1. Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the Central Government.
2. The role of the Home Guards is to serve as an auxiliary force to
the police in maintenance of internal security.
3. To prevent infiltration on the international border/ coastal areas, the Border Wing Home Guards Battalions have been raised in some States.

53. Consider the following pairs
Regions often mentioned in news
1. North Kivu and Ituri War between Armenia and Azerbaijan
2. Nagorno-Karabakh: Insurgency in Mozambique
3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia: Dispute between Israel and Lebanon

54. Consider the following statements :
Statement-I : Israel has established diplomatic relations with some Arab States.
Statement-II : The 'Arab Peace Initiative' mediated by Saudi Arabia was signed by Israel and Arab League.
55. Consider the following pairs with regard to sports awards:
1. Major Dhyan Chand : For the most Ratna Award spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over period of last four years
2. Arjuna Award: For the lifetime achievement by a sportsperson
3. Dronacharya Award: To honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams
4. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar: To recognize the contribution made by sportspersons even after their retirement

56. Consider the following statements in respect of the 44th Chess Olympiad, 2022 :
1. It was the first time that Chess Olympiad was held in India.
2. The official mascot was named 'Thambi'.
3. The trophy for the winning team in the open section is the Vera Menchik Cup.
4. The trophy for the winning team in the women's section is the Hamilton-Russell Cup.

58. In the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan caught the international attention for which one of the following reasons common to all of them?
(d) Successful coups
59. Consider the following heavy. Industries:
1. Fertilizer Plants
2. Oil refineries
3. Steel plants
Green hydrogen

60.
1. The G-20 group was originally established as a platform for the Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors to discuss the international economic and financial issues.
2. Digital public infrastructure is one of India's G-20 priorities.

61. With reference to the Alexander Rea, AH Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Eliot were associated with
(a) archaeological excavations

63.
Statement – I: 7th August is declared as the National Handloom Day.
Statement – II: It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi Movement was launched on the same day.

64. Flag Code of India, 2002 :
Statement-I : One of the standard the National Flag of 600 mm × 400 mm. sizes of India is
Statement-II : The ratio of the length to the height (width) of the Flag shall be 3: 2.
65.
Statement—II: On 26th November, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution of India.
66.
Statement-I: Switzerland is one of the leading exporters of gold in terms of value.

67. Consider the following statements
Statement-I: Recently, the United States of America and the European have launched the 'Trade and technology Council'.

68.
India accounts for 3.2% of global export of goods.
Many local companies and some foreign companies operating in India have taken advantage of India's 'Production-linked Incentive' scheme.
69. Consider the following statements:
The 'Stability and Growth Pact' of the European Union is a treaty that
1. limits the levels of the budgetary deficit of the countries of the European Union
70.
1. Recently, all the countries of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever compact for international migration, the 'Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)'.

71. Consider the following Countries:
1. Bulgaria
2. Czech Republic
3. Hungary
4. Latvia
5. Lithuania
6. Romania

72. With. reference to the Earth's atmosphere, which one of the following statements is correct?
(c) Infrared waves are largely absorbed by water vapour that is concentrated in the lower atmosphere.

73.
Statement—I: The soil in tropical rain forests is rich in nutrients.
Statement—II: The high temperature and moisture of tropical rain forests cause dead organic matter in the soil to decompose quickly.

74.
Statement-I: The temperature contrast between continents and oceans is greater during summer than in winter.
Statement-II: The specific heat of water is more than that of land surface.

75.
1. In a seismograph, P waves are recorded earlier than S waves.
2. In P waves, the individual particles vibrate to fro in the direction of wave propagation whereas S waves, the particles vibrate and down at angles to the direction of wave propagation.

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Mam can u please recheck the land and ocean contrast question (74) as many refer to NCERT where it mentions that isotherms are more uniform in summer and deviate more in winters thus making the 1st statement wrong.