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UPSC Prelims 2024 GS Paper I: answer key and question paper

Held 16 June 2024 · Series A · 100 questions · 2 hours · +2 / −0.66

The complete Series A answer key for the 2024 Civil Services Prelims General Studies Paper I, from UPSC's official final answer key, with the questions UPSC dropped, the subject-wise split and three questions explained in full.

Take the full 2024 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 2024, General Studies Paper I
Date16 June 2024
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 questionsQ20, Q52, Q57
Maximum marks194

Answer key, Series A

UPSC dropped 3 questions (Q20, Q52, Q57) from scoring, so the paper is marked out of 194. 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. 2a
  3. 3d
  4. 4a
  5. 5c
  6. 6b
  7. 7a
  8. 8b
  9. 9a
  10. 10b
  11. 11a
  12. 12a
  13. 13d
  14. 14c
  15. 15d
  16. 16b
  17. 17d
  18. 18b
  19. 19c
  20. 20Dropped
  21. 21c
  22. 22a
  23. 23d
  24. 24a
  25. 25a
  26. 26a
  27. 27d
  28. 28a
  29. 29c
  30. 30a
  31. 31b
  32. 32d
  33. 33a
  34. 34b
  35. 35d
  36. 36a
  37. 37d
  38. 38c
  39. 39d
  40. 40c
  41. 41d
  42. 42c
  43. 43d
  44. 44d
  45. 45b
  46. 46c
  47. 47b
  48. 48c
  49. 49d
  50. 50a
  51. 51a
  52. 52Dropped
  53. 53d
  54. 54b
  55. 55b
  56. 56a
  57. 57Dropped
  58. 58b
  59. 59a
  60. 60c
  61. 61d
  62. 62a
  63. 63c
  64. 64c
  65. 65b
  66. 66d
  67. 67a
  68. 68c
  69. 69d
  70. 70a
  71. 71d
  72. 72a
  73. 73b
  74. 74d
  75. 75c
  76. 76d
  77. 77d
  78. 78c
  79. 79a
  80. 80c
  81. 81c
  82. 82d
  83. 83c
  84. 84b
  85. 85c
  86. 86d
  87. 87b
  88. 88a
  89. 89c
  90. 90d
  91. 91a
  92. 92d
  93. 93a
  94. 94b
  95. 95c
  96. 96c
  97. 97d
  98. 98d
  99. 99b
  100. 100b

Subject-wise split

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

SubjectQuestionsShare
Polity20
Geography18
Economy17
Environment14
Science & Technology11
International Relations10
History7
Art & Culture3

Three questions from the 2024 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 61 · Polity

Who was the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly before Dr. Rajendra Prasad took over ?

  1. (a)C. Rajagopalachari
  2. (b)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  3. (c)T.T. Krishnamachari
  4. (d)Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha
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Answer: (d) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, the oldest member, was elected temporary (provisional) President of the Constituent Assembly at its first meeting on 9 December 1946, following the French practice of having the eldest member preside. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected permanent President on 11 December 1946. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee, and T.T. Krishnamachari was a member of that committee.

Question 1 · Geography

Consider the following statements :

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ?

  1. (a)Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  2. (b)Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  3. (c)Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  4. (d)Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct
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Answer: (d) Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Statement-I is incorrect. The atmosphere is largely transparent to incoming short-wave solar radiation, so it absorbs relatively little of it. The Earth's surface absorbs this energy and re-radiates it as long-wave (terrestrial) radiation, and it is this terrestrial radiation that heats the atmosphere from below. That is why temperature generally falls with height in the troposphere. Statement-II is correct: carbon dioxide, water vapour and other greenhouse gases absorb long-wave radiation efficiently, which is the basis of the greenhouse effect.

Question 26 · Economy

Which one of the following is the correct description of "100 Million Farmers" ?

  1. (a)It is a platform for accelerating the transition towards food and water systems that are net-zero (carbon), nature-positive and that aims to increase farmer resilience.
  2. (b)It is an international alliance and a network of individuals and farming organisations interested in supporting and strengthening the development of the organic animal husbandry.
  3. (c)It is a digital platform fully integrated with service providers and built on blockchain that lets buyers, sellers and third parties trade fertilizers quickly and securely.
  4. (d)It is a platform with the mission of encouraging the farmers to form Farmer Product Organisations or Agribusiness Consortiums, thus facilitating the access to global open markets to sell their products.
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Answer: (a) It is a platform for accelerating the transition towards food and water systems that are net-zero (carbon), nature-positive and that aims to increase farmer resilience.

'100 Million Farmers' is a World Economic Forum platform launched in 2021. It aims to speed up the transition to food and water systems that are net-zero and nature-positive while increasing farmer resilience, by bringing governments, companies, farmer groups and financiers together to put 100 million farmers on that path by 2030. The other options describe unrelated kinds of initiatives: an organic livestock network, a blockchain fertiliser marketplace and an FPO-export facilitation scheme.

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