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Non-Core / Miscellaneous: 4 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 4 questions on Non-Core / Miscellaneous between 2019 and 2025: CSE 2 · CDS 1 · NDA 1. 4 of them came after 2015, so this is a topic that appears less often now, but the older questions still show exactly how it is tested. 2 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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CSE2025Non-Core / MiscellaneousOn card POL 13·1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I (Person) List-II (Position) A. Nagender Singh 1. Chief Election Commissioner of India B. A N Ray 2. President, International Court of Justice C. R. K Trivedi 3. Chief Justice of India D. Ashok Desai 4. Attorney General of India Codes A-1; B-4; C-2; D-3 A-2; B-3; C-1; D-4 A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4 A-2; B-4; C-1; D-3

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Nagender Singh → President, ICJ | A.N. Ray → Chief Justice of India | R.K. Trivedi → Chief Election Commissioner | Ashok Desai → Attorney General
CSE2025Non-Core / MiscellaneousOn card POL 13·1

Consider the following activities: I. Production of crude oil II. Refining, storage and distribution of petroleum III. Marketing and sale of petroleum products IV. Production of natural gas How many of the above activities are regulated by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board in our country?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)PNGRB regulates → refining, storage and distribution of petroleum | marketing and sale of petroleum products | NOT: crude-oil production | NOT: natural-gas production
NDA2019 · 1Non-Core / MiscellaneousOn card POL 5·6

Consider the following description of the Samadhi of a former Prime Minister of India : Central Samadhi platform comprises nine square black polished granite solid stone blocks, capped with a ‘Diya’ in the centre. The number nine holds significance and represents the navarasas, navaratras and navagrahas. Then placement of the nine-square Samadhi is in a circular lotus shaped pattern. The nine-square platform is accessed in four cardinal directions by pathways made in white composite tiles so that the floor does not get heated. Identify the Samadhi :

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Sadaiv Atal → Samadhi of a former PM: 9 square black granite blocks + central 'Diya', circular lotus-shaped pattern