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UPSC Prelims 2017 GS Paper I: answer key and question paper

Held 18 June 2017 · Series A · 100 questions · 2 hours · +2 / −0.66

The complete Series A answer key for the 2017 Civil Services Prelims General Studies Paper I, from UPSC's official final answer key, with the subject-wise split and three questions explained in full.

Take the full 2017 paper under exam conditions. 100 questions, 2 hours, +2 / −0.66, exactly as UPSC set them. Then see your score, UPSC's key for every question and explanations for 10 of them, starting with your mistakes. Free with Google sign-in; Pro unlocks every explanation in English and தமிழ்.

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Key facts

ExamUPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2017, General Studies Paper I
Date18 June 2017
Question bookletSeries A, 100 questions, 2 hours
Marking+2 for a correct answer, −0.66 for a wrong one, 0 if left blank
Answer keyUPSC's official final answer key, checked against the file on upsc.gov.in
Dropped questionsNone
Maximum marks200

Answer key, Series A

UPSC dropped no questions, so the paper is marked out of the full 200. Other booklet series (B, C, D) have the same questions in a different order, so match your booklet to Series A before checking answers.

  1. 1d
  2. 2c
  3. 3a
  4. 4a
  5. 5a
  6. 6b
  7. 7b
  8. 8c
  9. 9a
  10. 10b
  11. 11a
  12. 12b
  13. 13c
  14. 14c
  15. 15d
  16. 16b
  17. 17d
  18. 18c
  19. 19c
  20. 20b
  21. 21c
  22. 22b
  23. 23a
  24. 24b
  25. 25d
  26. 26d
  27. 27a
  28. 28d
  29. 29c
  30. 30b
  31. 31c
  32. 32a
  33. 33c
  34. 34c
  35. 35d
  36. 36d
  37. 37b
  38. 38b
  39. 39c
  40. 40a
  41. 41d
  42. 42a
  43. 43a
  44. 44a
  45. 45d
  46. 46c
  47. 47a
  48. 48a
  49. 49b
  50. 50d
  51. 51b
  52. 52a
  53. 53b
  54. 54c
  55. 55d
  56. 56b
  57. 57c
  58. 58b
  59. 59c
  60. 60b
  61. 61b
  62. 62d
  63. 63d
  64. 64b
  65. 65b
  66. 66b
  67. 67b
  68. 68b
  69. 69a
  70. 70a
  71. 71c
  72. 72b
  73. 73d
  74. 74c
  75. 75a
  76. 76d
  77. 77b
  78. 78c
  79. 79c
  80. 80b
  81. 81a
  82. 82a
  83. 83a
  84. 84c
  85. 85d
  86. 86c
  87. 87b
  88. 88a
  89. 89b
  90. 90d
  91. 91a
  92. 92a
  93. 93c
  94. 94d
  95. 95b
  96. 96b
  97. 97c
  98. 98a
  99. 99c
  100. 100d

Subject-wise split

How the 100 questions divide across the syllabus, by 1way's classification of each question.

SubjectQuestionsShare
Polity22
Economy17
Environment12
Science & Technology10
History9
Geography8
International Relations7
Current Affairs & Misc6
Art & Culture5
Governance & Ethics4

Three questions from the 2017 paper, explained

Try each one before opening the answer. This is the kind of explanation you get after taking the paper: the reasoning behind every option, with sources.

Question 1 · Polity

With reference to the Parliament of India, consider the following statements :

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. (a)1 only
  2. (b)2 only
  3. (c)Both 1 and 2
  4. (d)Neither 1 nor 2
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Statement 1 is incorrect: a private member's bill is any bill moved by an MP who is not a minister. The member may be elected or nominated; what matters is that he or she is not part of the Council of Ministers. Bills moved by ministers are government bills. Statement 2 is incorrect: private members' bills have become law before. Fourteen such bills were passed by both Houses and enacted, the last one in 1970. The Rajya Sabha did pass the Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 in April 2015, but that was the first private member's bill the Rajya Sabha had passed in 45 years, not the first in Parliament's history, and it did not clear the Lok Sabha. Hence (d).

Question 11 · Economy

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ?

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. (a)1 only
  2. (b)1 and 2 only
  3. (c)3 only
  4. (d)2 and 3 only
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: (a) 1 only

Section 45ZB of the RBI Act, 1934, inserted by the Finance Act, 2016, created the Monetary Policy Committee. Statement 1 is correct: the MPC decides the policy repo rate needed to meet the inflation target. Statement 2 is incorrect on both counts. The MPC has six members, not twelve: the RBI Governor, a Deputy Governor, one more RBI officer nominated by the central board, and three external members appointed by the Central Government. The external members serve four-year terms, so the committee is not reconstituted every year. Statement 3 is incorrect: the RBI Governor chairs the MPC, not the Finance Minister. The Governor has a casting vote when votes are tied. Hence (a).

Question 4 · Environment

From the ecological point of view, which one of the following assumes importance in being a good link between the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats ?

  1. (a)Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
  2. (b)Nallamala Forest
  3. (c)Nagarhole National Park
  4. (d)Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: (a) Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve lies in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, where the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats meet. It adjoins the Nilgiri Biosphere landscape (Mudumalai, Bandipur) to the west and BRT Tiger Reserve and MM Hills to the north-east. This makes it a key corridor for tigers and elephants moving between the two ranges. Nallamala (b) and Seshachalam (d) lie wholly in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Nagarhole (c) lies in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, so it does not connect the two ranges. Hence (a).

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