Solved OPSC OAS Prelims Previous Year Questions

Every question from the OPSC OAS/OCS Preliminary Examination (General Studies), organised subject-wise and year-wise, each with the official answer and a detailed explanation.

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Subject-wise & year-wise index

Subject202420232022202120202019
Polity19 Qs24 Qs23 Qs24 Qs18 Qs18 Qs
History, Art & Culture12 Qs11 Qs13 Qs13 Qs14 Qs13 Qs
Geography10 Qs17 Qs13 Qs15 Qs13 Qs15 Qs
Environment & Ecology10 Qs15 Qs9 Qs13 Qs11 Qs9 Qs
Science & Technology7 Qs3 Qs5 Qs6 Qs21 Qs19 Qs
Economy & Schemes11 Qs7 Qs12 Qs12 Qs14 Qs14 Qs
International Relations1 Qs1 Qs4 Qs2 Qs5 Qs1 Qs
Odisha Specific15 Qs7 Qs17 Qs1 Qs1 Qs1 Qs
Current Affairs14 Qs14 Qs4 Qs14 Qs3 Qs9 Qs

Polity – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Article 141 – law declared by Supreme Court binding
  2. Q2Fundamental right available only to citizens
  3. Q3Attorney General of India – statements
  4. Q4Schedules of the Constitution – correct pair
  5. Q5Rajya Sabha – statements
  6. Q6NDMA functions under Ministry of Home Affairs
  7. Q7Swaran Singh Committee on Fundamental Duties
  8. Q8Seamless web – Granville Austin
  9. Q9Tarkunde Report on electoral reforms
  10. Q10Chronological order of committees – Kothari to Sachar
  11. Q11Comptroller and Auditor General statements
  12. Q12Inter-State Council under Article 263
  13. Q13Pareto Optimality meaning
  14. Q14Impeachment of a Supreme Court Judge
  15. Q15RTI Act Section 4 – 120 days
  16. Q16Writ of Mandamus is issued to
  17. Q17POSH Act complaint time limit
  18. Q18UPSC in Part XIV of the Constitution
  19. Q19Delimitation in India statements

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Polity – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Yato Dharmastato Jayah – Supreme Court motto
  2. Q2Schedules and subjects of the Constitution matching
  3. Q3Electoral College for President of India
  4. Q4Genesis of the Basic Structure Doctrine
  5. Q5Articles added by the 42nd Amendment
  6. Q6Union List of the Seventh Schedule statements
  7. Q7Non-Constitutional Bodies in India
  8. Q8Election Commission of India statements 2023
  9. Q9Impeachment of President is quasi-judicial
  10. Q10Advocate General of the State statements
  11. Q11Private Member Bill in Parliament
  12. Q12Anti-Defection Law statements 2023
  13. Q13Special Sessions of Parliament
  14. Q14Due Process of Law vs Procedure Established by Law 2023
  15. Q15What makes Pressure Groups effective
  16. Q16Substantive Public Policies
  17. Q17Types of Public Policy
  18. Q18Distributive Public Policy
  19. Q19Fundamental Rights not available to foreigners
  20. Q20Amendments related to SCs and STs
  21. Q21Right to Privacy judgment statements
  22. Q22Freedoms not included in Article 19
  23. Q23Declaration of the Rights of the Child 1959
  24. Q24Article 48A and 51A – environment protection

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Polity – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sources of the Indian Constitution matching
  2. Q2Related Articles – Art 12 & 36, Art 13 & 368
  3. Q3Lame Duck Politician meaning
  4. Q4Basic Structure of the Constitution statements
  5. Q5Entry 5 of State List – Local Government
  6. Q6Article 243 Panchayat provisions
  7. Q7Election Commission of India statements 2022
  8. Q8Nyaya Panchayats recommended by Ashok Mehta Committee
  9. Q9Attorney General of India statements 2022
  10. Q10Government and Private Bills in Parliament
  11. Q11Types of Majority in Parliament
  12. Q12Sittings of Parliament statements
  13. Q13Procedure established by Law vs Due Process of Law
  14. Q14Pressure Groups influence public policy
  15. Q15Policy formulation stage of public policy cycle
  16. Q16Red Zone – final months of election cycle
  17. Q17Features of Good Governance
  18. Q18Public Policy meaning and nature
  19. Q19Article 21 – Right to Life statements
  20. Q20Suspension of Fundamental Rights borrowed from Weimar
  21. Q21Right to Education Article 21A statements
  22. Q22Right to Privacy – Article 21, UDHR, ICCPR
  23. Q23UDHR Article 15 – Right to Nationality

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Polity – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1National Investigation Agency statements
  2. Q2New High Court Chief Justices wrong matching
  3. Q3Parts of the Constitution – Union-State relations, trade and commerce
  4. Q4Language not in the Eighth Schedule
  5. Q5Parliamentary form of Government in India statements
  6. Q6Public Accounts Committee of Parliament statements
  7. Q7Features borrowed from South African Constitution
  8. Q8Rajya Sabha powers and dissolution statements
  9. Q9Impeachment of the President of India statements
  10. Q10Collegium system of appointing judges
  11. Q11Part X – Scheduled and Tribal Areas
  12. Q12NITI Aayog functions statements
  13. Q13Taxes levied by Union but assigned to States
  14. Q14Fundamental Duties statements
  15. Q15Union, State and Concurrent List subjects
  16. Q16Features of a Welfare State
  17. Q17Fundamental Rights during Emergency
  18. Q18Adjournment Motion in Lok Sabha
  19. Q19Anti-defection Law statements
  20. Q20Panchayati Raj Institutions statements
  21. Q21Ashok Mehta Committee recommendations
  22. Q22Pressure Groups as interest groups
  23. Q23Game Theory model of policy evaluation
  24. Q24Incremental model of policy formulation

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Polity – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Chairman of Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes
  2. Q2J&K Union Territory with effect from 31 October 2019
  3. Q3Shaheen Bagh protest against CAA 2019
  4. Q4Welfare State ideal enshrined in DPSP
  5. Q5Who declares a Scheduled Area
  6. Q6Concurrent List borrowed from Australia
  7. Q7Seventh Schedule – Union-State distribution of powers
  8. Q8Writ of Mandamus meaning
  9. Q9Money Bill needs President’s recommendation
  10. Q10First linguistic state – Andhra Pradesh
  11. Q11Right to Education made Fundamental Right in 2002
  12. Q12Departments of the Finance Ministry
  13. Q13All India Whips Conference organiser
  14. Q14Purpose of Uniform Civil Code under Article 44
  15. Q15Game Theory – policy as rational choice
  16. Q16Control over delegated legislation
  17. Q17Governing Council of NITI Aayog composition
  18. Q18Chairman of Zonal Councils

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Polity – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1124th Amendment Bill became 103rd Amendment Act
  2. Q2First Lokpal of India
  3. Q3DPSP borrowed from Irish Constitution
  4. Q4Right to Property no longer a Fundamental Right
  5. Q5Welfare State elaborated in DPSP
  6. Q6Right to Freedom of Religion Articles 25-28
  7. Q7Fundamental Rights in Part III of the Constitution
  8. Q8Gandhian Principles in Directive Principles
  9. Q9Bills presented along with the Union Budget
  10. Q10Panchayat Samiti middle tier of Panchayati Raj
  11. Q11Uniform Civil Code in DPSP chapter
  12. Q12Deadlock over Ordinary Bill – Joint Sitting
  13. Q13Who presents the Union Budget to Parliament
  14. Q14Time limit for President on Bill reserved by Governor
  15. Q15Tenure of Chief Election Commissioner
  16. Q16Judicial Review power of Supreme Court
  17. Q17Basic Structure doctrine – Kesavananda Bharati case
  18. Q18Official name of the GST Bill

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Chronology of ancient texts – Upanishad to Milindapanho
  2. Q2First gold coins in India – Indo-Greeks
  3. Q3Rajput rulers and their battles matching
  4. Q4HSRA ideology inspired by Russian Revolution
  5. Q5Leaders and organisations matching
  6. Q6Battle of Talikota – Rama Raya
  7. Q7Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s institutions in order
  8. Q8Authors and books on Indian polity matching
  9. Q9Chola naval expeditions
  10. Q10Nationalist women and their activities
  11. Q11Basava – founder of the Lingayat sect
  12. Q12Dyarchy introduced by Government of India Act 1919

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Gandhi declared Father of the Nation?
  2. Q2Lahore Resolution 1940
  3. Q3Demand for linguistic provinces
  4. Q4British paramountcy after defeating Bhonsle 1818
  5. Q5Supreme Court at Calcutta under Elijah Impey
  6. Q6Direct Action Day 1946
  7. Q7Gharapuri – city of caves (Elephanta)
  8. Q8Porus’ gift to Alexander
  9. Q9Why Indians opposed the Rowlatt Act
  10. Q10August Offer 1940 terms
  11. Q11Constituent Assembly statements 2023

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sengol – transfer of power symbol
  2. Q2Rig Veda statements
  3. Q3Parthians and Gondophernes in India
  4. Q4Sangam literature Melkanakku and Kilkanakku
  5. Q5Amoghavarsha, Pampa, Nannaya – literary figures
  6. Q6Buddhism under the Palas and Mahayana
  7. Q7Alauddin Khalji market reforms
  8. Q8Subsidiary Alliance statements
  9. Q9Revolt of 1857 statements
  10. Q10Romesh Chunder Dutt – nationalist
  11. Q11Home Rule League statements
  12. Q12Objectives Resolution of the Constitution
  13. Q13Constituent Assembly statements 2022

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Leaders and linguistic state movements matching
  2. Q2Henderson Brooks-Bhagat and Arun Nehru reports
  3. Q3Political leaders and their parties matching
  4. Q4Titles Sher-e-Kashmir, Periyar, Sardar
  5. Q5Reformist princely states – Travancore and Baroda
  6. Q6Raja Ravi Varma and Raja Rammohan Roy
  7. Q7Patola weave – Patan and Surat
  8. Q8Muslim League: Lucknow Pact vs Nehru Report
  9. Q9Katherine Mayo, Aldous Huxley, William Digby
  10. Q10Why Sir Syed Ahmed Khan opposed the Congress
  11. Q11First regional party to form a state government
  12. Q12Foreign travellers and period of visit to India
  13. Q13First regular Census of India 1881

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Kausambi – capital of Vatsa Mahajanapada
  2. Q2Sources on Brihadratha’s assassination by Pushyamitra
  3. Q3First Gupta ruler titled Maharajadhiraja
  4. Q4Taila II overthrew the Rashtrakutas in 973 AD
  5. Q5Baburnama translated by Painda Khan
  6. Q6Author of Tarikh-i-Daudi
  7. Q7Mahzar of 1579 drafted by
  8. Q8Religious officer in Mughal administration
  9. Q9Treaty of Surat 1775 with Raghunath Rao
  10. Q10Mahalwari Settlement with village community
  11. Q11Hickey’s Bengal Gazette – first newspaper
  12. Q12Salt March compared to Napoleon’s march
  13. Q13Founder of the Deccan Education Society
  14. Q14First Famine Commission 1880 chairman

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History, Art & Culture – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Ashokan Pillar Edict IV and capital punishment
  2. Q2Dhauli Elephant – Mauryan rock-cut sculpture
  3. Q3Sultan named in Gaya Sun Temple inscription
  4. Q4Nayankara system modelled on Iqta
  5. Q5Mughal emperor who wore pearl earring for Chishti
  6. Q6Khalsa founded in 1699
  7. Q7Chauth – Maratha protection revenue
  8. Q8Bombay originally belonged to the Portuguese
  9. Q9Three phases of British colonialism theory
  10. Q10Why peasants joined the 1857 Revolt
  11. Q11Cotton textile – Indian-owned industry in 19th century
  12. Q12All India Women’s Conference 1927 aim
  13. Q13INA Red Fort trial 1945-46

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Indian rivers and their tributaries matching
  2. Q2Geological structures and economic importance
  3. Q3Himalayan subdivisions and characteristics
  4. Q4Tropical Evergreen Forests in India statements
  5. Q5El Nino weakens the Indian monsoon
  6. Q6Settlement geography statements
  7. Q7Challenges of urbanisation in India
  8. Q8World cultural realms statements
  9. Q9NMSHE – Himalayan glacier monitoring
  10. Q10Global industrial pattern statements

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Multilingualism in India statements
  2. Q2Odia dialects Bhatri, Bhuiya, Desia
  3. Q3Tungabhadra project shared by AP and Karnataka
  4. Q4Local winds matching – Chinook
  5. Q5Laos – only landlocked country in SE Asia
  6. Q6Australian states and capitals matching
  7. Q7Position of the midday Sun by month
  8. Q8Most destructive earthquake waves – L waves
  9. Q9Kuruwa – jhum cultivation in Jharkhand
  10. Q10Depositional landforms matching – loess, moraines
  11. Q111921 – year of the great demographic divide
  12. Q12Reasons for low sex ratio
  13. Q13La Nina – cooler Pacific sea surface
  14. Q14Types of drought statements
  15. Q15Disaster most influenced by climate change
  16. Q16Tides caused by the Moon’s gravity
  17. Q17Less temperature variation near the sea

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Euxine Sea – the Black Sea
  2. Q2Batagaika Crater in Siberia
  3. Q3Geomorphic processes and landforms matching
  4. Q4Assertion-Reason on Scandinavian countries
  5. Q5World cultural regions matching
  6. Q6Koppen climate classification matching
  7. Q7Assertion-Reason geography 2022
  8. Q8Human races and their regions matching
  9. Q9Agriculture in India statements
  10. Q10Projects and implementation areas matching
  11. Q11Mountain passes and their states
  12. Q12Causes of breaks in the monsoon
  13. Q13Reasons for falling child sex ratio

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sea-floor spreading concept
  2. Q2Insequent streams across geological structure
  3. Q3Weber’s industrial location – transport cost
  4. Q4Landforms and their agents matching
  5. Q5Showing rural and urban population on maps
  6. Q6Lakes and their states matching
  7. Q7Highest population growth in second demographic stage
  8. Q8Largest rice producer in the world
  9. Q9Mountain peaks and ranges matching
  10. Q10Tribe not found in Madhya Pradesh – Jarawa
  11. Q11Gran Chaco and world places matching
  12. Q12Mt. Mitchell – highest peak of Appalachians
  13. Q13Verkhoyansk in the Yana basin
  14. Q14Planets and their features matching
  15. Q15Evergreen Revolution – M.S. Swaminathan

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Middle Himalaya originated in Miocene
  2. Q2Not an example of Block Mountain
  3. Q3Indus tributary from Pir Panjal Range
  4. Q4Geographical pairs not correctly matched 2020
  5. Q5Ocean currents mismatch – Irminger Current
  6. Q6Hydro projects and rivers mismatch – Koteshwar
  7. Q7Human race with woolly hair – Negroid
  8. Q8Demographic transition stage II and subsistence farming
  9. Q9Time at 60 degree East when Greenwich is noon
  10. Q10Dakshin Gangotri – Antarctica base
  11. Q11El Nino and the Indian monsoon
  12. Q12Atmospheric layer carrying the ozone layer
  13. Q13Slash and burn – subsistence agriculture

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Geography – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Central Place Theory – Walter Christaller
  2. Q2Discoverer of the West Indies
  3. Q3Deccan Traps lava flow in Cretaceous period
  4. Q4Black Forest – a Block Mountain
  5. Q5Ocean with the highest average salinity
  6. Q6El Nino – the specific weather current
  7. Q7Ozone concentrated in the Stratosphere
  8. Q8Wet farming in South Bengal
  9. Q9Suez Canal – greatest shipping canal
  10. Q10Industrial cities and industries mismatch
  11. Q11Indian city nicknames mismatch – Manchester of India
  12. Q12State with most sugar mills in India
  13. Q13Shivasamudram Hydel Project on Kaveri
  14. Q14Mahindra and Mahindra located at Mumbai
  15. Q15Female literacy rank after Kerala – Census 2011

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1India’s Nationally Determined Contributions
  2. Q2Ecological pyramids statements
  3. Q3IUCN category not in Wildlife Protection Act
  4. Q4Biosphere Reserves in India statements
  5. Q5Threatened Species Recovery Programme targets
  6. Q6LT-LEDS vs NAPCC
  7. Q7CAMPA funds priority activities
  8. Q8SDGs and their indicators statements
  9. Q9Ramsar sites in India statements
  10. Q10Endemic species in India

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Asiatic Cheetah – extinct species in India
  2. Q2Ecological niche – space and functional role
  3. Q3Why trees do not replace grasses in grasslands
  4. Q4Decomposer organisms in food chains
  5. Q5Energy conversion in photosynthesis
  6. Q6Emissions from coal combustion
  7. Q7Land degradation – soil erosion and waterlogging
  8. Q8Why land degradation is large-scale in India
  9. Q9Loss of soil nutrients and fertility in India
  10. Q10Zones of a lake ecosystem – littoral zone
  11. Q11Primary air pollutants
  12. Q12Cloud seeding statements
  13. Q13National Air Quality Index
  14. Q14Deep ecologism meaning
  15. Q15Biotic potential of a population

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1First Census of Water Bodies 2023
  2. Q2Gases not included as greenhouse gases
  3. Q3Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in legumes
  4. Q4Environmental protection laws of India
  5. Q5Project Tiger 1973
  6. Q6Marine Protected Areas
  7. Q7Rio Earth Summit 1992 outcomes
  8. Q8Microsoft carbon removal commitment
  9. Q9World Environment Day themes

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1SDG Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities
  2. Q2Sustainable Development Goals and resource conservation
  3. Q3How CFCs keep depleting the ozone layer
  4. Q4Incorrect statement on eutrophication, ozone and forests
  5. Q5Indonesia shifting capital due to sea level rise
  6. Q6Crocodile Conservation Project started 1975
  7. Q7World’s most polluted city 2021 – Bhiwadi
  8. Q8International Day for Mangrove Ecosystem – 26 July
  9. Q9Coal ash and coal power plant pollution
  10. Q10National Ganga River Basin Authority features
  11. Q11Most potent greenhouse gas – CFC
  12. Q12Shelford’s Law of Tolerance
  13. Q13Production of radiocarbon in the atmosphere

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 theme
  2. Q2How the UN measures extreme poverty
  3. Q3Deforestation is not a direct cause of
  4. Q4Progressive ecological succession
  5. Q5Biochemical Oxygen Demand measures organic load
  6. Q6Natural vs man-made air pollutants
  7. Q7Ex situ conservation – botanical gardens
  8. Q8ENVIS database purpose
  9. Q9CBD – Convention on Biological Diversity
  10. Q10Odisha sanctuaries and species – Balukhand blackbuck
  11. Q11Cause of sea level rise – melting polar ice

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Environment & Ecology – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sustainable development definition – Brundtland
  2. Q2Who coined the term Biodiversity
  3. Q3Montreux Record – threatened wetlands
  4. Q4Most important greenhouse gas – water vapour
  5. Q5Living fossil species
  6. Q6CITES commendation to India for Operation Thunderbird
  7. Q7First blackbuck conservation reserve in Prayagraj
  8. Q8Greenest state of India – Mizoram
  9. Q9Bioremediation – microbes degrading pollutants

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Acetylsalicylic acid is Aspirin
  2. Q2NISAR – NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar
  3. Q3Surya Heliophysics Foundation Model
  4. Q4Mustard gas chemical name
  5. Q5Electron diffraction proves wave nature
  6. Q6Sucrose – a non-reducing sugar
  7. Q7Not a dye – anthranilic acid

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Thermal expansion of a hole in a metal sheet
  2. Q2Least thermal conductivity
  3. Q3Mercury in glass thermometers

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1One light year in kilometres
  2. Q2Jet fuel is mainly kerosene
  3. Q3LED material – gallium nitride
  4. Q4Rise of the meniscus in a glass thermometer
  5. Q5Freezing order of tap, distilled and sea water

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1GSAT-24 satellite launch statements
  2. Q2Inflammatory Bowel Disease affected organs
  3. Q3Beyond Visual Line of Sight – drones
  4. Q4Shape of the ethylene molecule
  5. Q5Tool matching volunteers to clinical trials
  6. Q6Ruby – medium of the first laser

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Mars Perseverance Rover launched by USA
  2. Q2Solar energy – non-conventional source
  3. Q3Bats navigate by echolocation
  4. Q4Coronavirus nucleic acid – RNA
  5. Q5Television signal modulation
  6. Q6Electric motor converts electrical to mechanical energy
  7. Q7Light year – a unit of distance
  8. Q8Nose bleeding at high altitude
  9. Q9Methane – main component of biogas
  10. Q10Subatomic particles
  11. Q11Why carbon monoxide is poisonous
  12. Q12Not a synthetic polymer – resin
  13. Q13Bee sting pain – methanoic acid
  14. Q14Albinism caused by enzyme deficiency
  15. Q15Dyes used in ballpoint pens
  16. Q16Least deviated colour by a prism – red
  17. Q17Ficus benghalensis – Banyan
  18. Q18Spirogyra is an alga
  19. Q19Natural substance – fibroin
  20. Q20Change in gene base sequence – mutation
  21. Q21Hypsometer measures boiling point

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Science & Technology – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Reformulated oxygenated gasoline and carbon monoxide
  2. Q2Umbilical cord connects foetus to placenta
  3. Q3Hepatitis – what kind of disease
  4. Q4Richest source of Vitamin C
  5. Q5Lithium-ion batteries in mobile phones
  6. Q6Properties of detergents
  7. Q7Total energy of a freely falling body
  8. Q8Sharpness of TV image – resolution
  9. Q9Why sea water looks blue
  10. Q10Audible range of human hearing
  11. Q11Why human blood is red – haemoglobin
  12. Q12Vitamin C – ascorbic acid
  13. Q13Saffron from stigma and style
  14. Q14Silk is an animal product
  15. Q15Hubble telescope observes the solar system
  16. Q16Fuse wire made of lead-tin alloy
  17. Q17What rockets are designed to carry
  18. Q18EEG measures brain activity
  19. Q19Acid rain – sulphur and nitrogen oxides

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1DoSJE MoU for public awareness
  2. Q2Government schemes and launch years
  3. Q3Structural transformation of the Indian economy
  4. Q4Services sector contribution and challenges
  5. Q5India’s Multidimensional Poverty Index
  6. Q615th Finance Commission health grants
  7. Q7Bretton Woods institutions – global economic governance
  8. Q8Inflation in India – CPI and WPI
  9. Q9Social welfare schemes and years
  10. Q10Samudrayaan Mission
  11. Q11Aquaculture policies – PM Matsya Sampada Yojana

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Union Budget 2024-25 statements
  2. Q2Largest bauxite deposit – Panchpatmali, Odisha
  3. Q3NSSO collects poverty data
  4. Q4Measures used to determine poverty
  5. Q5What determines wage policy in India
  6. Q6Poorest states in India
  7. Q7Atal Bhujal Yojana

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Withdrawal of Rs 2000 notes
  2. Q2National Multidimensional Poverty Index 2023
  3. Q3CM Rise Schools – Madhya Pradesh
  4. Q4Namda project in Kashmir
  5. Q5RBI inflation targeting framework
  6. Q6MGNREGS – core of the core scheme
  7. Q7Poverty line estimation in India
  8. Q8Components of forex reserves
  9. Q9PM Vishwakarma scheme statements
  10. Q10GST features statements
  11. Q11Production Linked Incentive scheme
  12. Q12NABARD’s role – refinance

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1SEBI advisory committee on hybrid securities
  2. Q2One Nation One Ration Card statements
  3. Q3RBI Payments Vision 2025
  4. Q4Nehru-Mahalanobis model – planned growth
  5. Q5Sex ratio at birth as per NFHS-5
  6. Q6Sustainable development first explained – Brundtland Report
  7. Q7Lowest ranked state in SDG Index 2020 – Bihar
  8. Q8WPI base year 2011-12
  9. Q9Items outside GST
  10. Q10Post office savings in money supply measures
  11. Q11Inclusive growth – Eleventh Plan
  12. Q12Lowest MPI state 2021 – Kerala

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sagarmala under Ministry of Ports and Shipping
  2. Q2Global Hunger Index indicators
  3. Q3Excess reserves of commercial banks
  4. Q4NABARD promoted Self Help Groups
  5. Q5Not a financial inclusion scheme – HRIDAY
  6. Q6Shishu, Kishor and Tarun loan categories
  7. Q7Indicator not used in HDI
  8. Q8Alagh Committee nutrition-based poverty line
  9. Q9Highest allocation ministry in Budget 2021-22
  10. Q10CPI-IW new base year 2016
  11. Q11Declining share of primary sector in GDP
  12. Q12Robin Hood effect – income redistribution
  13. Q13Post office savings in M2 and M4
  14. Q14IRDA is a statutory body

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Economy & Schemes – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1AIIB headquarters – Beijing
  2. Q2Sukanya self-defence project – Kolkata Police
  3. Q3First Arab FATF full member – Saudi Arabia
  4. Q4Rourkela Steel Plant built with West German help
  5. Q5Small industries and employment – labour intensity
  6. Q6HRIDAY scheme – heritage cities
  7. Q7PAHAL scheme – LPG subsidy DBT
  8. Q8Human Development Index indicators
  9. Q912th Plan – faster, sustainable and inclusive growth
  10. Q10Animal on the RBI emblem – Tiger
  11. Q11SEZs first created under EXIM Policy 2000
  12. Q12Hydrocarbon Vision 2025
  13. Q13Greenfield investment meaning
  14. Q14Not related to women’s empowerment

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1G20 members – not Chile

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Alliance of Sahel States

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Group of developing nations statements
  2. Q23 Cs, 3 Ds, 3 Es of India-Australia ties
  3. Q3Local currency agreement for cross-border trade
  4. Q4G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1CHOGM Foreign Ministers Plenary 2022
  2. Q2BRICS summit 2022 statements

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1India’s UN Security Council non-permanent term
  2. Q2Samvad conference and diplomatic facts
  3. Q3SCO Heads of State Summit 2020
  4. Q4Priyadarshini lake near Maitri station
  5. Q5Galwan Valley clash 2020

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International Relations – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Apache AH-64E helicopters supplied by USA

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Colonial policies and their impact on Odisha
  2. Q2Rivers of Odisha and their tributaries
  3. Q3Odia leaders and their activities matching
  4. Q4Assertion-Reason on Odisha history
  5. Q5Ganjam Plates of Madhavaraja II – Shailodbhava
  6. Q6Kharavela and Udayagiri Jain monasteries
  7. Q7OIIPCRA project statements
  8. Q8Baidehisha Bilasa author – Upendra Bhanja
  9. Q9Odisha as a separate Mughal Subah
  10. Q10CM-KISAN scheme of Odisha
  11. Q11IDCO – Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation
  12. Q12Muhtasib in Odisha under Aurangzeb
  13. Q13First resolution for unification of Odia tracts
  14. Q14First measure of Harekrushna Mahatab’s Congress ministry
  15. Q15Odisha annexed under Lord Wellesley

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Bharatavarsha in Hathigumpha inscription
  2. Q2Kattaka caves – Udayagiri-Khandagiri
  3. Q3Kalinga Prize for popularising science
  4. Q4Pandit Gopabandhu Das and the national movement
  5. Q5Zero Casualty approach of Odisha government
  6. Q6Bisu Maharana – architect of Konark
  7. Q7Gandhi’s first anti-untouchability padyatra in Odisha

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Last known Bhaumakara era date
  2. Q2Bhanjas of Khinjali-mandala capital
  3. Q3Mahasivagupta Balarjuna – Panduvamsi king
  4. Q4Creation of separate Orissa province 1936
  5. Q5Mahatma Gandhi’s visits to Odisha
  6. Q6Kapilendradeva and rebel feudatories
  7. Q7Odia leaders and their newspapers mismatch
  8. Q8Madhavapura Mahavihara at Udayagiri
  9. Q9Prajamandala movement in Odisha
  10. Q10Subei, Kachela, Jamuda – Jaina relics in Koraput
  11. Q11Antecedent drainage – Mahanadi and Brahmani
  12. Q12Black soil region of Odisha
  13. Q13Rolling uplands and river basins of Odisha
  14. Q14Chilika Lake facts
  15. Q15Odisha’s climate under Koppen classification
  16. Q16Biodiversity Heritage Sites of Odisha
  17. Q17Koraput – Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Neolithic excavated site in Odisha – Kuchai

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sal – dominant tree of Odisha’s deciduous forests

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Odisha Specific – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Udayagiri-Khandagiri caves and Jainism in Odisha

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2024 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Nobel Prize 2024 laureates mismatch
  2. Q2First Black man to win Oscar for costume design
  3. Q3India’s new Deputy NSA 2025
  4. Q4UN international days matching
  5. Q538th National Games theme – Green Games
  6. Q6India’s rank in Global Hunger Index 2023
  7. Q7Chenab Rail Bridge statements
  8. Q8Asia Cup cricket tournament statements
  9. Q9India’s first OECM recognition
  10. Q10One Health approach
  11. Q11Mission Karmayogi objective
  12. Q122025 summits and host cities
  13. Q13PM Gati Shakti National Logistics Policy
  14. Q142025 Cambodia-Thailand border conflict

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1New criminal laws – BNS, BNSS, BSA
  2. Q2Brand ambassadors of government campaigns
  3. Q3Earth Rotation Day 2024
  4. Q4Sheikh Hasina’s resignation 2024
  5. Q5Paris 2024 medals contain Eiffel Tower iron
  6. Q6Olympic Flame statements
  7. Q7Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
  8. Q8HDFC Bank in Fortune Global 500 2024
  9. Q9International Everest Day 2024
  10. Q10State topping organ donation
  11. Q11Goldman Environmental Prize
  12. Q12Sana – India Today’s AI news anchor
  13. Q13Vantara animal rescue initiative
  14. Q14CSIR – science, society and industry

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2022 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Forest-PLUS 2.0 programme
  2. Q2Nomadic Elephant – India-Mongolia exercise
  3. Q3Talisman Sabre Exercise 2023
  4. Q4Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill 2023

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2021 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Top Asian startup ecosystem 2022 – Kerala
  2. Q2Exercise Khaan Quest 2022
  3. Q3International Day of Yoga statements
  4. Q4NIPUN – upskilling construction workers
  5. Q5PM eVIDYA programme initiatives
  6. Q6First Balika Panchayat – Kutch, Gujarat
  7. Q7Khuvsgul Lake – UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
  8. Q8First organic farming state – Sikkim
  9. Q9India’s rank in Global Gender Gap Report 2022
  10. Q10Blue Baal Aadhaar for children under 5
  11. Q11World’s first floating nuclear plant – Russia
  12. Q12Unicorn – nearest known black hole
  13. Q13Patania II – deep-sea mining robot
  14. Q14Amazon acquired Wickr

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2020 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1Sixth member of Five Eyes network
  2. Q2Odisha’s Padma Vibhushan 2021 for Arts
  3. Q3Atibadi Jagannath Das Award 2020

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Current Affairs – OPSC OAS 2019 Prelims PYQs

  1. Q1India’s first National Film Museum – Mumbai
  2. Q2World Consumer Rights Day – 15 March
  3. Q3Not an EU member – Belarus
  4. Q4First cyber crime prevention unit – AASHVAST
  5. Q5RBI app for visually impaired – MANI
  6. Q6Fouaad Mirza – equestrian for Tokyo Olympics
  7. Q7World Environment Day 2020 host – Colombia
  8. Q8Whitley Award 2017 – Sanjay Gubbi
  9. Q9International Yoga Day – 21 June

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