UPSC Prelims 2017 - General Studies (Paper I) – UPSC Prelims Previous Year Question Paper 2017 with Answers

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The UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination (CSE) is the highly competitive first stage of the exam used to recruit officers for the IAS, IPS, IFS, and other central services This page hosts the official UPSC Prelims 2017 - General Studies (Paper I) — the UPSC Prelims previous year question paper from 2017. AajExam has reconstructed this paper into a fully timed online mock test so candidates preparing for UPSC Prelims can experience the real exam pattern, attempt every question with answer keys verified by our expert panel, and analyse their performance section-wise. The paper contains 100 multiple-choice questions to be attempted in 120 minutes for a total of 200 marks. The exam uses 1 sections — General Studies (100 questions) with 0.33 negative marking per wrong answer. Use this paper to practise question selection, sectional time management, and accuracy under real exam conditions. Why solve UPSC Prelims 2017 previous year papers? Government competitive exams like UPSC Prelims repeat question patterns, formula-based concepts and theme-based questions year after year. Solving the actual UPSC Prelims 2017 paper helps you identify high-yield chapters, calibrate the difficulty level, and build the speed required to clear sectional cut-offs. Every question on this paper has a detailed solution available immediately after submission, including step-by-step working for quantitative problems, grammar rules for English, and direct reference statements for general awareness questions. How to use this PYQ paper effectively: first, attempt the full 120-minute test in a single sitting without referring to notes — treat it like the actual UPSC Prelims exam. After submission, review the auto-generated analytics to see your section-wise accuracy, attempt rate, and time spent per question. Then revisit every wrong and skipped question with the explanation, and add the underlying concept to your revision notes. Repeat the same paper after 7-10 days — your second attempt should be at least 15-20% faster with better accuracy. This UPSC Prelims 2017 - General Studies (Paper I) mock test is completely free on AajExam. You can also browse the full archive of UPSC Prelims previous year papers shift-wise and year-wise to build a strong PYQ-driven preparation strategy. All papers come with bilingual support (English and Hindi solutions where applicable), instant scoring, all-India ranking, and downloadable performance reports.

Section	Questions	Marks/Q	Negative
General Studies	100	2	0.66

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General Studies

Which one of the following was a very important seaport in the Kakatiya kingdom?

A.Kakinada
B.Motupalli
C.Machilipatnam (Masulipatnam)
D.Nelluru

Explanation

Motupalli was sea port of the Kakatiya kingdom. Motupalli was visited by the Venitian traveller, Marco Polo. The Kakatiya dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that ruled the Deccan region, now Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and parts of eastern Karnataka and southern Odisha between the 12th and 14th centuries. Their capital was Orugallu, present day known as Warangal. Marco Polo, who visited India around 1289–1293, made note of Rudrama Devi’s rule.

General Studies

With reference to ‘Global Climate Change Alliance’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is an initiative of the European Union. 2. It provides technical and financial support to targeted developing countries to integrate climate change into their development policies and budgets. 3. It is coordinated by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A.1 and 2 only
B.3 only
C.2 and 3 only
D.1, 2 and 3

Explanation

The Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) was established by the European Union (EU) in 2007. It aims at strengthening cooperation with developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States. It focuses on climate policy and brings attention to the issue of international climate finance. It acts as a source of technical and financial support for the world’s most climate- vulnerable countries, whose populations need climate finance the most. It is coordinated by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Habitat and the World Bank. Through the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) work for reducing carbon emissions.

General Studies

With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements: 1. Sautrantika and Sammitiya were the sects of Jainism. 2. Sarvastivadin held that the constituents of phenomena were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Sautrantika and Sammitya were the the sects of Buddhism. A sutra follower is referred to as a "Sautrantika." Another school of Buddhism that emerged within the Sarvastivada sect is known as Sautrantika. Sarvastivadins believe that the constituents of phenomena (dharmas) were not wholly momentary, but existed forever in a latent form.

General Studies

Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries? 1. Jordan 2. Iraq 3. Lebanon 4. Syria Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A.1, 2 and 3 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.3 and 4 only
D.1, 3 and 4 only

Explanation

This map is not to scale and is for reference only. Figure: Countries sharing border with Mediterranean sea

General Studies

With reference to ‘National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is an organ of NITI Aayog. 2. It has a corpus of Rs. 4,00,000 crore at present. 1. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). Each item comprises four responses (answers). You will select the mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. 2. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate OMR Sheet provided. 3. All items carry equal marks. 4. Penalty for wrong answers: (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (0.33) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. (iii) If a question is left blank, i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question. General Instructions UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION (PRELIMS) 1 PAPER Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A.1 only
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is a fund created by the Government of India to enhance financing of infrastructure in the country. It was announced in the Union Budget 2015 -16. The Governing Council chaired by the Finance Minister is an advisory body of the NIIF. It has no relation with the NITI Aayog. Hence statement 1 is incorrect. The proposed corpus of the NIIF is Rs. 40,000 Crores. Hence statement 2 is incorrect. Figure: Funds of NIIF

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