21000+ Important MCQs for UPSC

21) The Electoral College who elects the President of India is formed by

22) Consider the following statements about the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI):
1. It is the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
2. It has registered as an independent society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

23) Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by

24) What is the difference between asteroids and comets?
1. Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky and metallic material.
2. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury.
3. Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

25) Consider the following statements:
1. The albedo of an object determines its visual brightness when viewed with reflected light.
2. The albedo of Mercury is much greater than the albedo of the Earth.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

26) Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
1. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi.
P. The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed with the strength of action.
Q. He would practise yoga. i.e., evenness of temper, and cannot but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to fit from object to desire to another and from that to a third.
S. But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler.
6. A yogi is one who is not at teached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly. 

27) Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
1. It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life.
P. Many children take advantage of their parents busy schedule.
Q. This result in children's ignorane of social values.
R. The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays.
S. Nowadays parents spend very meagre time with children.
6. As such, the society is going away from the value system.

28) Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
1. It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.
P. We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities.
Q. Then question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals.
R. Then, what about their obligation to the Motherland?
S. First, we should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in India.
6. This situation of 'Brain-Drain' leads to a variety of problems.

29) Arrange the words to make a meaningful sentence:
1. Education in India had a glorious beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it faced many changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with the same glory.
R. English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions regarding English

30) Read the Sentence and find out which of four combinations is correct.
(A) to raise their status
(B) from others
(C) and to gain acceptance
(D) people follow fashion