UPSC 1998 Prelims – all questions

Some time back, the Government of India decided to delicense the ‘white-goods’ industry. ‘White goods’ include

Examine the following three statements: I. Processed meat is a perishable food.

II. All perishable foods are packed in sealed tins. III. Sealed tins sometimes do not contain processed meat.

Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above statements?

What is the correct sequence of the following Indian states in descending order of their length of surface roads per 100 km² of their area? I. Haryana II. Maharashtra III. Punjab IV. Tamil Nadu

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The four railway junctions shown by numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the rough outline map of Gujarat are respectively

The damage to the Spektr Module of the Russian Space Station Mir was due to

The meeting of G-15 countries held in Malaysia in 1997 was attended by

Olympics 2000 is to be held in

The educated middle class in India

Which one of the following regions of the world supplies the maximum of our imported commodities (in terms of rupee value)?

The currency of the proposed European Monetary Union will be

Which one of the following was the venue for the preliminary talks between the Sri Lankan Government and representatives of Tamil United Liberation Front and other militant groups?

‘MERCOSUR’ consists of a group of countries of

Which one of the following countries has replaced Italy as the major importer of bauxite from India?

Lord Mountbatten came to India as Viceroy with specific instructions to

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the states (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) of India shown on the map in descending order in terms of their available ground-water resources for irrigation? The original map is not available for this question.

Consider the following statements: The price of any currency in the international market is decided by the I. World Bank II. Demand for goods/services provided by the country concerned III. Stability of the government of the concerned country IV. Economic potential of the country in question Of these statements:

A consumer is said to be in equilibrium, if

Which one of the following sets of states stands to benefit the most from the Konkan Railway?

The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on the point of view of the

Which one of the following languages belongs to the Austric group?

Indonesian forest fire in 1997 was caused by

Bharat Ratna was awarded in 1997 to

Which of the following statements are true about the Indian-born woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla? I. She was born in Karnal. II. She flew on board the shuttle flight STS-87. III. She was trained at the Kennedy Space Centre. IV. She did a space-walk to retrieve the Spartan Satellite.

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Assertion (A): The Gandhara School of art bears the mark of Hellenistic influence.

Reason (R): Hinayana form was influenced by that art.

Assertion (A): At first the Turkish administration in India was essentially military.

Reason (R): The country was parcelled out as ‘Iqta’s among leading military leaders.

Assertion (A): According to Asoka’s edicts, social harmony among the people was more important than religious devotion.

Reason (R): He spread ideas of equity instead of promotion of religion.

Assertion (A): The Khilafat movement did bring the urban Muslims into the fold of the National Movement.

Reason (R): There was a predominant element of anti-imperialism in both the National and Khilafat Movements.

Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates’ role in the Indian freedom movement.

Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.

Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911.

Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.

Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals.

Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of whites.

Assertion (A): The United States of America has threatened to ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to apply sanctions against the developing countries for the no observance of ILO conventions.

Reason (R): The United States of America itself has adopted and implemented those ILO conventions.

Assertion (A): During the reign of Shahjahan, Dara Sikoh was sent on expedition to Balkha, Badakh-shan and Qandahar.

Reason (R): The expedition sent by Shahjahan to the Middle East was a marvellous success.

Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-cooperation Movement in 1922.

Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement.

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? I. Lothal: Ancient dockyard II. Sarnath: First Sermon of Buddha III. Rajgir: Lion capital of Asoka IV. Nalanda: Great seat of Buddhist learning

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Which one of the following pairs of cities has recently been connected through a 6-lane express way?

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I I. Ringgit II. Baht III. Rupiah IV. Won

List II A) Indonesia B) South Korea C) Thailand D) Malaysia

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Consider the following statements: Ahadis were those troopers who I. Offered their services singly. II. Did not attach themselves to any chief. III. Had the emperor as their immediate colonel. IV. Attached themselves to Mirzas. Of these statements:

When the Indian Muslim League was inducted into the interim government in 1946, Liyaqat Ali Khan was assigned the portfolio of

Which one of the following ancient Indian records is the earliest royal order to preserve food grains to be utilised during the crises in the country?

According to Meadows (1972), if the present trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next

Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year

Consider the following: I. Tughluqabad Fort. II. Lodi Garden. III. Qutub Minar. IV. Fatehpur Sikri.

The correct chronological order in which they were built is:

The concept of Eight-fold path forms the theme of

The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? I. Dow Jones : New York II. Hang Seng : Seoul III. FTSE-100 : London

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The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I I. 1556 II. 1600 III. 1686 IV. 1739

List II A) Battle of Haldighati B) Nadir Shah’s capture of Delhi C) Death of Shivaji D) Grant of Charter to East India Company E) Accession of Akbar

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Match rivers labelled A, B, C and D on the given map with their names given in the list and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list:

1. St. Lawrence
2. Orinoco
3. Mackenzie
4. Amazon
5. Yukon

Codes: The original map is not available for this question.

At the time of India’s Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was

The economist who was associated with the WTO draft document is