States PCS: Uttar Pradesh GK Questions for UPPSC Examinations

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Metropolitan Institution was founded in the year 1872 by Thakurdas Chakraborty and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. In the year 1917, it was renamed as Vidyasagar College. It is considered as the first private college of India. SwamiVivekanandaa was a notable alumni of this college.

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Baffin Island is located in Canada. It is the largest island in Canada and also the fifth largest island in the world. It covers an area of 507,451 square km.

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Raghuram Rajan is the author of “What the Economy Needs Now”. It was published in 2019.

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The Government of India has recently prohibited the export of alcohol-based hand sanitizers in containers with dispenser pump.
As per the notification of the Directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT), the alcohol-based hand sanitizers exported in any other form or packaging, will be allowed for exports. Earlier, On May 6, the government had prohibited the export of all alcohol-based hand sanitizers.

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Mahapadma Nanda made very methodical collection of taxes. He regularly appointed officials for this purposed. He also built many canals and did a lot of irrigation work.

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The Binary star hypothesis is related to the origin of planets. The theories of moon include – the big splat theory, capture theory and accretion theory.

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The Pre-Cambrian is the oldest and the longest time period. It consists almost 90% of the Earth’s history.

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The chief of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has recently announced that nearly 49 million more people are likely to fall into extreme poverty this year due to the COVID-19 crisis.
He has also announced that every percentage point drop in the global GDP would result in stunted growth in hundreds of thousands of additional children. The UN has also urged the countries to act immediately to ensure global food security. More than 820 million people are hungry and 144 million children under the age of 5 are stunted.

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The total oilseeds production in the country during 2019-20 is estimated at 34.19 million tonnes, which is higher by 2.67 million tonnes than the production of 31.52 million tonnes during 2018-19. Further, the production of oilseeds during 2019-20 is higher by 4.54 million tonnes than the average oilseeds production.

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Creep is the slowest and the least perceptible gradual downhill movement. The steeper the slope, faster is the creep.