States PCS: Uttar Pradesh GK Questions for UPPSC Examinations

For all Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) exams including PCS, RO/ARO, Assistant Engineer, and other major state exams.

1. Which Mughal emperor is credited with constructing much of the present structure of Chunar Fort in Uttar Pradesh?
[A] Humayun
[B] Akbar
[C] Jahangir
[D] Aurangzeb

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2. Shitala Mata Mandir in Mau, Uttar Pradesh, is dedicated to which ancient folk deity known for healing diseases?
[A] Durga
[B] Kali
[C] Shitala
[D] Saraswati

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3. Who led the Congress party when it assumed office in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in July 1937?
[A] Chaudhary Charan Singh
[B] Govind Ballabh Pant
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

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4. Ragini Trivedi is associated with which art form?
[A] Classical Dance
[B] Painting
[C] Drama
[D] Vichitra Veena

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5. During whose reign was the marble mausoleum of Itimad-ud-Daulah in Agra constructed?
[A] Akbar
[B] Shah Jahan
[C] Aurangzeb
[D] Jahangir

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6. Which of the following lakes in Uttar Pradesh is an ox-bow lake formed by river meandering?
[A] Taandadari
[B] Keetham
[C] Radhakund
[D] Manasi Ganga

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7. In which year was the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems (NPCAE) launched by merging earlier conservation schemes?
[A] 2013
[B] 2005
[C] 2015
[D] 2019

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8. Which of the following districts in Uttar Pradesh were selected for wind monitoring by C-WET?
[A] Pilibhit, Sitapur
[B] Ghazipur, Mathura
[C] Ghaziabad, Agra
[D] Kanpur, Lucknow

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9. Jhansi was annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse after the death of which ruler?
[A] Damodar Rao
[B] Rani Laxmibai
[C] Gangadhar Rao
[D] Tatya Tope

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10. Which site in Sitapur is famed for Maharshi Dadhichi’s bone donation?
[A] Misrikh
[B] Ayodhya
[C] Varanasi
[D] Mathura

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