UP Lekhpal 2015 Evening Slot Answer Key

Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh successfully conducted Lekhpal Examination, 2015 in both morning and evening slots. Exam papers were of good nature and questions generally were as per the pattern. Likelihood of Cutoffs may be discussed in a day or two, though it must be noted that nature of paper being good, cut-off should not be very high while a high number of aspirants appearing in the exam certainly will make it go higher.

Below are the answers to all the questions. I am giving answers as per their serial in SET B of the question paper. You may check it accordingly. For doubts/queries and clarifications, you may comment here below the post or discuss it at facebook page of our partnering institution Aadishakti Academy

PART I / HINDI

1. माताजी को

A. प्रणाम

2. ऐसा व्यक्ति, जिसके आने का दिन..

A. अतिथि

3. "स्वच्छ" का पर्यायवाची

B. निर्मल

4. मुझे कल/दो किलो/...

C. लीची खरीदने हैं

5. अपने-अपने किताबें/...

A. अपने-अपने किताबें

6. "काली घटा का घमंड घटा"

C. यमक अलंकार

7. "विद्वान्" का स्त्रीलिंग

C. विदुषी

8. अँखियाँ हरि दरसन...

D. वियोग श्रृंगार रस

9. तद्भव शब्द

C. प्यास

10. "त्रिवेणी" समास

A. द्विगु

11. तत्सम शब्द

A. निकृष्ट

12. "चाक़ू" बहुवचन

B. चाकू

13. अत्याधिक की शुद्ध वर्तनी
C. अत्यधिक

14. किसी की सहायता करने वाला

C. सहायक

15. भला चाहने वाला

A. हितैषी

16. शुद्ध वाक्य

C. वह प्रमाण सहित अपनी बात बताएगा।

17. शुद्ध वाक्य

D. वह एक विदुषी महिला थी।

18. प्रमत्त

C. उन्मत्त

19. कनक

B. सोना

20. रीत्यानुसार
C. रीति+अनुसार

21. "ऊँट के मुंह में जीरा"

A. इनमें से कोई सही अर्थ नहीं है, पर 'बड़े प्राणी को सांत्वना देना' को सही कहा जा सकता है।

22. जूते चाटना
B. खुशामद करना

23. भविष्य काल

C. मैं आपकी प्रतीक्षा करूंगा।

24. "वह अगले साल आएगा।" कारक

B. कर्म कारक

25. "उदय" विलोम

B. अस्त

PART II / MATHEMATICS

26. If 1 is added to the denominator of a fraction....

D. 5

27. Three different containers contain different quantities of a mixture...

D. 31

28. 720 sweets were distributed equally...

A. 12

29. The smallest number by which 512...

C. 8

30. 36 men can complete a piece of work...

B. 24

31. A, B and C are shareholders in a company...

D. Rs 4000

32. A sum was put at simple interest...

C. Rs 5000

33. The height of an equilateral triangle...

D. 2.3^(1/2 ) cm

34. The lengths of the three sides of a triangle...

A. 670.82 square cm

35. A researcher has collected the following sample data-

5,12,6,8,5,6,7,5,12,4,1

Median is

C. 6

36. Raghu travelled 1200 km by air...

B. 800 km

37. If the sides of a triangle are in the ratio...perimeter

B. 72 cm

38. The most frequently occuring value of a data set...

C. Mode

39. The LCM and HCF of two numbers are...

C. 40

40. The average age of 15 students in a class...

D. 11 years

41. The area of a rhombus is 500 sq.cm...

A. 40 cm

42. A trader marks his items by increasing...

A. 20%

43. If x^2 + 1/x^2 = 23....

A. 527

44. The sum of three numbers is 392... 

B. 80

45. The largest four digit number which can be...

C. 9360

46. If the mean and coefficient of standard deviation...

C. 50

47. Suresh and Sandip are partners...

B. Rs 360

48. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5

D. 60

49. The average of n, (n+1),....

B. (n + (5/2))

50. The value of sq.root of (15612+sq.root of (154+sq.root of 225))

D. 125

PART III / GENERAL AWARENESS

51. Which country has recently conducted the fourth successful test of Wu-14 Hypersonic..

D. China

52. Second place in the world in producing paddy...

B. India

53. Percentage of earth surface covered by India..,

B. 2.4

54. First two states in India that established Panchayati Raj...

A. Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh

55. Used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy

A. Electric Motor

56. Mushrooms are an example of

A. Fungi

57. Delhi Metro received first driver-less train from

D. South Korea

58. Which one of the following is not one of 5 most populous states of India

A. Kerala

59. Leader of Peasant Movement of Awadh

C. Baba Ram Chandra

60. Current President of World Bank

C. Jim Yong Kim

61. Best Welfare Organisation of the Year 2015

B. National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI)

62. Capital of Kalinga during Ashoka's invasion

B. Toshali

63. Lokanayak

D. Jayprakash Narayan

64. Quit India Movement was started by Gandhiji in..

D. 1942

65. National Income is also called

B/D much depends on Interpretation, upto BoR to decide

66. Most important cause for outbreak of Ghadar Revolution

C. Outbreak of World War I

67. Mohiniattam Dance form associated with...

D. Kerala

68. Important function of Spinal Cord...

A. Control of Reflex actions

69. Power to remove the vice president from his post

C. Rajya Sabha

70. Which one is a tranquilizer drug?

B. Valium

71. Distance between any two nearest particles of the medium, vibrating in the same phase.

C. Wavelength

72. Model which proposes urban infra and services in rural hubs to create economic opportunities

D. PURA 

(Providing urban amenities to rural areas) by APJ Kalam

73. Swiss Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship 2015.

C. K. Srikanth

74. Kabini, Hemawati and Amaravati are tributaries of

A. Cauvery

75. Women freedom fighter who participated in 1857

B. Begum Hazrat Mahal

PART IV / RURAL DEVELOPMENT

76. Incentive given under subsidy scheme for Domestic Individual Solar Water Heater in UP

D. Rebate

77. Main Commercial crop of UP

D. Sugarcane

78. Minimum limit of gram sabha meetings in a year in UP

B. 2

79. Minimum age limit for a person to be member of Panchayat

C. 21 Years

80. Mid-day Meal Programme, assessment of underweight children at school level

C. Half Yearly 

81. Material component funding ratio under MGNREGA

B. 75:25

82. Gram panchayat consists of how many members who are called 'Panch'

D. 7 to 17

83. Who appoints Chief Justice of High Court of UP

D. President of India

84. What proportion of a bigha is one biswa

B. One-twentieth

85. 1 Acre equal to

C. 4840 square yards

86. NREGP

A. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

87. IPHS for District Hospitals for District with population of 10 lakhs

D. at least 300 beds

88. Headquarter of North Central Railway

D. Allahabad

89. Cost sharing in Indira Awas Yojana (IAY)

D. 75:25

90. Record of Land Cultivation

C. Girdawari

91. Districts famous for Leather goods

C. Agra and Kanpur

92. Oldest city of world located in India

D. Varanasi

93. Maximum brass exporting town of Uttar Pradesh

C. Moradabad

94. Ambedkar Vishesh Rojgar Yojana (AVRY), Unit cost of the project will not be lower than

B. Rs 50000

95. Districts in Uttar Pradesh

C. 75

96. What in Sultanpur has taken initiative to resolve problem of centralized database for social forestry

B. National Informatics Centre

97. Dialect being spoken in Rohilkhand and Upper Doab

D. Khari Boli

98. Rural Poverty line according to C Rangarajan Committee

C. 32

99. Governmental Bodies at Tehsil Level

C. Panchayat Samities

100. Most populated City of Uttar Pradesh as per Census 2011

C. KANPUR

Revenue Lekhpal 2015 Morning Slot Answer Key

UPSSSC conducted Revenue Lekhpal Exam in the morning slot successfully. The exam duration was 90 minutes with 100 questions totalling 80 marks with no negative marking. The first analysis of the paper reveals that the paper was not easy though some of the questions were direct imports from various sources. Key to getting good score in the paper was a good total in Hindi and Mathematics portions. Below are the solutions to the Revenue Lekhpal 2015 exam as conducted in the morning slot. For any clarifications or queries, Please do comment and like/follow Aadishakti Academy Facebook Page for guidance regarding various competitive examinations.

The question paper I am using is SET B. Please check for solutions accordingly.

UPPSC MAINS 2015 General Studies Paper I KEY

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has changed it's gear in last few months and within two months it has successfully conducted Preliminary as well as Mains examination scheduled in 2015. 

Mains Part of the Examination started on 29th June, 2015 with General Studies papers. Notably this year UPPSC has inducted QCAB (Question-cum-Answer Booklets) for Mains Examination which is a welcome change. 

As far as GS paper 1 is concerned, Paper 1 in soft copy format can be accessed at
UPPSC Solutions Facebook Page.

Solutions to the questions are written in the format as the questions appear in Set A. 

1. Who coined the word 'Satyagraha'? 

b. Mahatma Gandhi

2. Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of the train at ...

b. PIETERMARITZBURG

3. Head of 1946 Cabinet Commission?

c. Sir Pethic Lawrence

4. First Chairman of Ghadar Party?

b. Sohan Singh Bhakna

5. President of INC on 15 August, 1947?

c. JB Kriplani

6. American who was with Mahatma Gandhi during Dandi March?

b. Webb Miller

7. Leader of 1857 uprising at Allahabad?

d. Maulvi Liyaqat Ali

8. Jinnah's 14-point proposal in which session of Muslim League?

c. 1929

9. President of All Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi on 31st December, 1928?

a. Aga Khan

10. In which session of INC, Nehru spoke of Socialism as key to solutions of India's problems?

b. Lucknow in 1936

11. Head of Boundary Commission appointed in 1947 in context of India's Partition?

b. Radcliffe

12*. Editor of Revolutionary paper 'Bande Mataram'?

NONE (Aurobindo Ghosh or Bipin Chandra Pal)

13. Not correctly Matched

d. Se la - Uttarakhand 

(Se la pass is in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh)

14. Not correctly Matched

b. Chhota Nagpur Region - Shivkashi

15. correct height of Kunchikal Waterfall.

d. 455 m

16. Mystery lake?

c. Roopkund Lake

17. decade with lowest % change in population of India

d. 2001-11

18. Temple of Lord Rangnatha is located in?

a. Biligiri Ranga Hills

19. Kuttanad of Kerala is famous for?

b. Region with lowest altitude of India

20. Decade with highest population growth rate in India?

b. 1961-71

21. Urban centres in Descending order of population

b. Ghaziabad, Agra, Varanasi, Meerut

22. Which hill lies at junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu?

d. Nilgiri Hills

23. State with highest % of total cropped area under irrigatio (2011)

d. Haryana

24. Groups of States bordering Telangana?

a. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh

25. State that does not lie along Patkori Hills?

b. Tripura

26. Not correctly Matched?
d. Mundra - Andhra Pradesh

27. Confluence of Eastern and Western Ghats
c. Biligiri Ranga Hills

28. Location sequence of hills proceeding from South to North.
b. Kaimur, Satmala, Naga, Pir panjal Range

29. Ramsar site?
c. Sundarbans

30. Districts in ascending order of geographical area.
c. Gautam Buddha Nagar (1269 sqkm), Barabanki (3825), Mirzapur (4532), Sonbhadra (6786)

31. Sequence of Rail Tunnels by length in descending order
A. Pir panjal, Karbude, Nathuwadi, Berdewadi

32. Not correctly Matched
d. Ennore - Meghalaya
(Ennore is in Tamilnadu)

33. Sonbhadra district is touched by
c. Boundaries of four states

34. Area in descending order
d. Africa, South America, Europe, Australia

35. Not Correctly Matched
d. Hindenburg Line - Belgium and Germany

36. Scheduled Tribe that observes Deepawali as a sad day 
d. Tharu

37. Who suggested that shifting earth on axis is a factor of climate change
a. Robert Hooke

38. Matching of Mountains with countries
d. 2413

39. Largest in area
c. New Zealand South Island

40. Deepest sea amongst options
a. South China Sea

41. Largest population according to UN statistics among following countries?
b. Dominica

42. Sugar Bowl of world
c. Cuba

43. Continent with largest number of countries
a. Africa

44. Glacial Lake Itasca is source of river
b. Missisippi

45. ONLY State of USA that grows coffee
c. Hawaii

46. Lake that lies entirely in USA
a. lake Michigan

47. Dasht-e-Lut is located in
a. Iran

48. Not Correctly Matched
d. Veld - Australia

49. El Nino develops in
a. pacific ocean

50. Not Correctly Matched
d. Sidney - Siene

51. Deepest oceanic trench
b. Mariana

52. Land of One Thousand Lakes
a. Finland

53. 'Sea of Mountains'
b. British Columbia (by Lord Dufferin)

54. Mumbai Indians crowned as IPL Champions?
b. 2 times

55. Epicentre of nepal earthquake on 25 april 2015
a. lamjung

56. Agreement in 2015 to supply 110 fighter jets to Pakistan
c. China

57. UN World happiness report 2015- Country with highest happiness
d. Switzerland

58. Rank of India in World Happiness Report
a. 117

59. First Women Judge of Sikkim High Court
a. Meenakshi Madan Rai

60. Whom did Carolina Marin defeated in Women's singles final of Malaysian Open 2015
c. Li Xuerui

61. Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi
c. president of Yemen

62. Maglev
b. Fastest commercial train presently running in the world

63. First ranked country in Environmental Democracy Index by WRA in 2015
c. Lithuania

64. First state to issue Soil health card to farmers?
b. Punjab

65. ICICI Bank first branch in China
c. Shanghai

66. Rome Master's 2015 Womens' Singles Title
b. Maria Sharapova

67. World first referendum on Same sex marriage
b. Ireland

68. Book ' The Lives of Others'
d. Neel Mukherjee

69. First woman of Asian origin elected as Mayor of UK
d. Harbhajan Kaur Dheer

70*. Who was given Yash Bharti Award 2014-15
C & D. Alka Tomar (Wrestler) and Poonam Yadav (Weight Lifter)

71. Director General of DRDO in May 2015
c. Selvin Christopher

72. State that launched Aahar Yojna in April 2015
d. Odisha

73. Dr B R  Ambedkar 125th Birth Anniversary
a. 2016

74. Dadri, Chunar, Churk, Dalla
a. Cement

75. Recently declared Tiger Reserve
b. Rajaji National Park

76. Book 'Gods of Corruption'
a. Promila Shankar

77. 'Visit India year in China' started at
c. Beijing

78. Indian Grass and Fodder Research Institute
d. Jhansi

79. Rainfed Area Development Programme was launched in
c. 2010-11

80. Highest export share from India amongst given options
b. Engineering Goods

81. Central Research Institute for Dry-Land Agriculture
a. Hyderabad

82. 'Mahi Sugandha' is a variety of
a. Rice

83. Hybrid variety of Basmati rice
c. Pusa Basmati-1

84. 'Ganga Varanasi' is a variety of


85. Present Director General of ICAR New Delhi
b. Dr S Ayyappan

86. Raj 3077 is a variety of
d. Wheat

87. Indian Institute of Pulses Research
a. Kanpur

88. Highest rice productivity state
a. Punjab

89. Rice originated in
d. None of the above 
(Rice originated in China is a general opinion, though some also attribute it to India)

90. Most popular fertilizer for foliar application
a. Sodium Nitrate

91. Most suitable crop for green manuring
c. Sunhemp

92. 2011-12 value of India's external trade was more than
d. 101000 crore

93. Book ' The History of Indian Agriculture'
d. M S Randhawa

94. First president of BRICS BANK
c. K V Kamath

95. WTO is located
b. Geneva

96. Highest productivity of Rice
Debatable. a. China or c. Japan

97. Plan period of 11th five year plan
d. 2007-12

98*. First state which adopted training and visit system of agricultural expansion
None of the given 
Satara, Solapur and Jalgaon in Maharashtra adopted the system first in April, 1981.

99. Policy of SEZ
a. April, 2000

100. Wheat variety developed through induced mutation
c. Sharbati Sonara

101. UP Council of Sugarcane Research
d. Shahjahanpur

102. National Botanical Research Institute
d. Lucknow

103. Women Chief Ministers of UP
c. 2

104. UP does not share border with
b. Punjab

105. Biggest source of Irrigation in UP
c. Tubewell

106. Headquarter of Gautam Buddha Nagar District
a. Greater Noida

107. First speaker of UP Legislative Assembly
c. Atmaram Govind Kheir

108. North Central Zonal Council Centre
a. Allahabad

109. Shakambhari Devi Mela
d. Saharanpur

110. Alfred Park at Allahabad renamed
b. Chandra Shekhar Azad

111. Bharatmata Mandir
b. Varanasi

112. Classical dance form associated with UP
a. Kathak

113. Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy established in
d. 1972

114. Universities in Up named after BR Ambedkar
b. Two

115. Kalyan Magazine published from
b. Gorakhpur

116. Uttar Pradesh Khadi Gramodyog Board established in
b. 1960

117. Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Planetorium
a. Rampur

118. Kisan Bahi Yojana introduced in UP
b. 1992

119. Institute of Paper Technology located at
a. Saharanpur

120. Which of the following has Science City
c. Lucknow

121. Dynasty of King Kharvela of kalinga
a. Chedi

122. Where Buddha resided in his last rainy season
b. Vaishali

123. Town of city is on the bank of
b. yamuna

124. Ashokaram Monastry was situated at


125. No. of tarangas in Rajtarangini of Kalhana
a. Eight

126. Founder of pala Dynasty
c. Gopala

127. Seven Ratha Temple of Mahabalipuram was built by
b. Narsimhan Verman

128. Sher Shah was buried at
b. Sasaram

129. Babar assumed title of 'padshah' first at
b. Kabul

130. Famous diamond Kohinoor was presented to Shahjahan by
c. Mir Jumla

131. Translated Ramayana into persian Language
d. Abdul Qadir Badayuni

132. who composed poems with pen name 'Gulrukhi'
c. Sikandar Lodi

133. Who was not a member of Noorjahan's Junta
a. Jahangir

134*. Poet Laureate of Shahjahan's reign
A. Kalim and C. Qudsi both

135. Battle of Wandiwash 1760
c. British defeated French

136. Shivaji birth and assuming title of Chhatrapati
d. 1627, 1674

137. Peshwaship was abolished in
b. 1818

138. By which act, Board of Control came into existence?
d. Pitt's India Act 1784

139. Author of Play 'Nil Darpan'
c. Dinbandhu Mitra

140. Who termed uprising of 1857 as first war of independence
c. V D Savarkar

141. Who emerged victorious in first Anglo-Mysore War (1766-69)
b. Haider Ali

142. Monopoly of East India Company in India's trade was abolished in
c. 1813

143. Sindh annexed by British in
a. 1843

144. Indian Famine Code 1883 was prepared by
c. Strachey Commission

145*. Which centre of uprising of 1857 was recaptured by English?
Ideally it was not clearly written in English, should not be counted.
c. Delhi

146. Government Advocate in Kakori conspiracy
b. Jagat Narain Mulla

147. Mahatma Gandhi first public speech
d. Varanasi in BHU in Feb, 1916

148. Not Correctly Matched 
c. Koli Revolt - Gujarat

149. Prison where Bismil was hanged?
c. Gorakhpur

150. Who said ' Swaraj is our birth right'?
c. B G Tilak