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2 UPSC Prelims MCQs tagged "World Geography". Free practice with answer keys, explanations, and timed mock tests on Anantam IAS.

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Which of the following statements with regard to the arrival of Amur Falcons at Doyang Lake in Nagaland each year from Mongolia is/are correct?
Which of the following statements with regard to the arrival of Amur Falcons at Doyang Lake in Nagaland each year from Mongolia is/are correct?
1. It showcases how sustained local conservation efforts can contribute to the arrival and protection of international migratory birds.
2. It reflects the global success of advanced tracking technologies that guide migratory birds back to their stopover sites.
3. It confirms that Amur Falcons have adapted to permanent residency in India due to favourable habitat changes.
Select the answer using the code given below:
1. A1 only
2. B1 and 2
3. C2 and 3
4. D3 only
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Amur Falcons undertake one of the world's longest migrations, breeding in south-east Siberia, Mongolia and northern China and roosting in lakhs at Doyang Lake, Nagaland every October-November en route to southern Africa. The community of Pangti and surrounding villages transformed from hunters to protectors after 2012, making Nagaland the 'Falcon Capital of the World' — a textbook case of local conservation enabling international migratory bird protection (statement 1 correct). Their arrival is driven by innate migration cues and habitat suitability, not by tracking technologies guiding them (2 wrong), and the falcons remain transit migrants, never permanent residents (3 wrong).
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Environment UPSC 2026 Medium
Consider the following assertion: The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?
Consider the following assertion: The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?
1. Reforms retained and extended the principle of separate electorates.
2. Separate electorates were supposed to counter Indian nationalism, which was growing stronger.
3. Deprived classes rallied around the favours inherent in separate electorates.
Select the answer using the code given below:
1. A1 only
2. B2 and 3 only
3. C1 and 2 only
4. D1, 2 and 3
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D
The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms / Government of India Act 1919 retained and extended separate electorates (originally given to Muslims in 1909) to Sikhs, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and Indian Christians. The British rationale was explicitly to counter the rising tide of Indian nationalism by institutionalising communal divisions; and depressed/deprived classes later rallied to separate representation (culminating in the Poona Pact debate). All three statements support the assertion that communal political alliances were embedded in the very design of the 1919 reforms. Bipan Chandra discusses this in the chapter on the rise of communalism.
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History UPSC 2026 Medium

Which of the following statements with regard to the arrival of Amur Falcons at Doyang Lake in Nagaland each year from Mongolia is/are correct?

Consider the following assertion: The genesis of political alliances based on community lay in the very nature of the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?