UPPCS Prelims 2025 · GS Paper I: With reference to 'Uttar Pradesh', which of the following statements is/are correct?1. Uttar Pradesh…
With reference to 'Uttar Pradesh', which of the following statements is/are correct?
- 1. Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of potato in the country.
- 2. Government of India has approved for establishment of South Asia Regional Centre of International Potato Centre at Aligarh.
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Answer (d) & explanation
Option (d), only 1, is correct. Uttar Pradesh is India's leading producer of potatoes, with about 30-35% of national output, followed by West Bengal and Bihar. Agra, Farrukhabad, Kannauj and Firozabad are leading districts (statement 1). Statement 2 is wrong: in June 2025 the Union Cabinet approved the South Asia Regional Centre of the International Potato Centre (CIP-SARC) at Singna in Agra district, not Aligarh. Concept: the International Potato Centre (CIP) is a CGIAR institute headquartered in Lima, Peru. The Central Potato Research Institute is at Shimla. India is the world's second-largest potato producer after China. The Kufri varieties come from CPRI. Trap: Agra, not Aligarh, is the CIP-SARC site.
CIP-SARC is at Singna, Agra, not Aligarh.
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As per the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme of Uttar Pradesh, Moonj products are associated with which of the following districts?
- 1. Amethi
- 2. Sultanpur
- 3. Sant Kabir Nagar
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Answer (d) & explanation
Option (d), 1 and 2, is correct. Under Uttar Pradesh's One District One Product scheme, launched in January 2018, moonj (munj grass) products are listed for Sultanpur and Amethi. Moonj grass is woven into baskets, mats and decorative items. Sant Kabir Nagar (3) is listed for brassware (Magahar), so options (a), (b) and (c) are wrong. Concept: other well-known UP ODOP products include Varanasi silk, Moradabad brassware, Firozabad glass, Bhadohi carpets, Agra leather, Kannauj perfume, Aligarh locks, Lucknow chikankari and Meerut sports goods. The Union government adopted ODOP nationally, and the Unity Mall scheme showcases these products. Trap: Sant Kabir Nagar is a nearby eastern UP district, but its ODOP product is brassware, not moonj.
Sant Kabir Nagar is brassware; moonj belongs to Sultanpur and Amethi.
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Which of the following districts is/are part of the Devipatan Division in Uttar Pradesh?
- 1. Basti
- 2. Bahraich
- 3. Balrampur
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Answer (b) & explanation
Option (b), only 2 and 3, is correct. Devipatan division, with its headquarters at Gonda, includes Gonda, Bahraich, Shravasti and Balrampur districts. Basti (1) is the headquarters of a separate Basti division, which also includes Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar, so options (a), (c) and (d) are wrong. Concept: the division takes its name from the Devipatan Shaktipeeth temple at Tulsipur, Balrampur. The Indo-Nepal border runs along Bahraich, Shravasti and Balrampur, and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary is in Bahraich. Shravasti is an ancient Buddhist site where the Buddha spent many rainy seasons. Uttar Pradesh has 18 divisions and 75 districts. Trap: Basti is next door but is its own division.
Basti is its own division; Devipatan has Gonda, Bahraich, Shravasti and Balrampur.
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Which of the following Ramsar wetland site is/are NOT situated in Uttar Pradesh?
- 1. Sarsai Nawar Jheel
- 2. Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
- 3. Rudrasagar Lake
- 4. Sultanpur National Park
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Answer (c) & explanation
Option (c), 3 and 4, is correct. Rudrasagar Lake (3) is a Ramsar site in Tripura, and Sultanpur National Park (4) is a Ramsar site in Haryana, near Gurugram. So these two are not in Uttar Pradesh. The others are UP Ramsar sites: Sarsai Nawar Jheel in Etawah, known for sarus cranes, and Samaspur Bird Sanctuary in Raebareli. So options (a), (b) and (d) are wrong. Concept: Uttar Pradesh has 10 Ramsar sites, including Nawabganj (Unnao), Parvati Arga (Gonda), Saman (Mainpuri), Sandi (Hardoi), Sur Sarovar (Agra), Upper Ganga (Brijghat-Narora), Bakhira (Sant Kabir Nagar) and Haiderpur (Muzaffarnagar). India passed 90 Ramsar sites in 2025. Trap: the name Sultanpur sounds like UP, but the park is in Haryana.
Rudrasagar (Tripura) and Sultanpur (Haryana) are Ramsar sites outside UP.
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Which of the following Department prepares the National Indicator Framework Progress Report related to Sustainable Development Goals in Uttar Pradesh?
- 1. Department of Finance
- 2. Department of Education
- 3. Department of Planning
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Answer (c) & explanation
Option (c), only 3, is correct. In Uttar Pradesh, the Planning Department is the nodal department for the Sustainable Development Goals. It prepares the State Indicator Framework and its progress report, based on NITI Aayog's National Indicator Framework, and runs the SDG monitoring cell and the district indicator framework. The Finance (1) and Education (2) Departments supply data for their goals but do not prepare the report, so options (a), (b) and (d) are wrong. Concept: at the national level, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) publishes the National Indicator Framework progress report, while NITI Aayog coordinates SDGs and brings out the SDG India Index. UP ranked among the front-runner States in the 2023-24 index. Trap: SDG monitoring is a planning task, not a finance task.
UP's SDG report is by the Planning Department.
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