UPSC CSE practice questions with solutions

These questions follow the topics and style seen in past UPSC CSE papers. They are our own practice questions, not copies of the official papers — for the real past papers, use the official links below.

1. Polity

   1. Who presides over a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament?

   A. PresidentB. Vice-PresidentC. Speaker of Lok SabhaD. Prime Minister

2. Geography

   2. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?

   A. ChilikaB. WularC. DalD. Loktak

3. History

   3. The Dandi March of 1930 was launched to protest against:

   A. Rowlatt ActB. Salt taxC. Partition of BengalD. Simon Commission

4. Economy

   4. Repo rate is the rate at which:

   A. Banks lend to customersB. RBI lends to banksC. Banks lend to RBID. Government borrows abroad

5. CSAT

   5. If 6 workers finish a job in 10 days, how many days will 15 workers take?

   A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 6

Official sources

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