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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Which one of the following best describes the concept of 'Small Farmer Large Field'?

Resettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their countries due to war, by giving them a large cultivable land which they cultivate collectively and share the produce

Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and harmonize selected agricultural operations

Many marginal farmers in an area together make a contract with a corporate body and surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a payment of agreed amount to the farmers

A company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to a number of small farmers in an area so that they produce the agricultural commodity required by the company for its manufacturing process and commercial production

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Consider the following:

1. Demographic performance

2. Forest and ecology

3. Governance reforms

4. Stable government

5. Tax and fiscal efforts

For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area and income distance?

Only two

Only three

Only four

All five

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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In essence, what does 'Due Process of Law' mean?

The principle of natural justice

The procedure established by law

Fair application of law

Equality before law

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper I 2023 (General Studies)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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Consider the following statements :

Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day-to-day administration of prisons.

Statement-II: In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, of 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments.

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

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I

Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect

Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct

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