UPSC 2000 Prelims – all questions

Match List I with List II

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

List I I. Development Programme II. National Council of Applied Economic Research III. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research IV. World Bank

List II A) UN India Human Development Report B) India Development Report C) World Development Report D) Human Development Report

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“...instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance....” The above passage relates to

The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as

While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was

Consider the following statements about the Attorney General of India: I. He is appointed by the President of India. II. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a Judge of the Supreme Court. III. He must be a member of either House of Parliament. IV. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament.

Which of these statements are correct?

Along

which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?

The Standing Committee of State Finance Ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the States in respect of

At the time of partition of India,

which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?

Consider the following functionaries: I. Cabinet Secretary II. Chief Election Commissioner III. Union Cabinet Ministers IV. Chief Justice of India

Their correct sequence, in the Order of Precedence is

The primary function of the Finance Commission in India is to

The State which has the largest number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha is

Consider the following statements: I. Tides are of great help in navigation and fishing. II. High tide enables big ships to enter or leave the harbour safely. III. Tide prevents siltation in the harbours. IV. Kandla and Diamond Harbour are tidal ports.

Which of these statements are correct?

Indian Human Development Report does not give for each sample village

Match List I with List II

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

List I (Oceanic Trench) I. Aleutian II. Kermadec III. Sunda IV. S. Sandwich

List II (Location) A) Indian Ocean B) North Pacific Ocean C) South Pacific Ocean D) South Atlantic Ocean

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The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was the brain-child of

Match List I with List II

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

List I (Institute) I. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies II. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research III. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences IV. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages

List II (Location) A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) Bangalore D) Dharamshala E) Varanasi

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Economic liberalisation in India started with

The practice of military governorship was first introduced in India by the

Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress: I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress. II. C. R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress. III. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume. IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.

Which of these statements are correct?

Match the drainage basins labelled as A, B, C and D with the names listed below and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the drainage basins. Names of drainage basins:

1. Ganga Brahmaputra
2. Indus
3. Parana
4. Zambezi

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The Raga which is sung early in the morning is

Gilt-edged market means

Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander's invasion?

To reach the final of first Grand Slam of the year 2000, Martina Hingis defeated

The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which came into operation from 1 December 1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor but does not include

Consider the following statements regarding the Chakiarkoothu form of dance: I. It is performed by Chakiar caste. II. It cannot be traditionally witnessed by the higher caste Hindus. III. Mizhavu is the accompanying instrument. IV. Its theatre form is called koothambalam.

Which of these statements are correct?

Match List I with List II

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

List I (Minerals) I. Mineral oil II. Copper III. Manganese IV. Bauxite

List II (Major producer) A) Zambia B) Guyana C) Venezuela D) Gabon

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Consider the following statements: The Indian rupee is fully convertible

I. In respect of Current Account of Balance of Payment. II. In respect of Capital Account of Balance of Payment. III. Into gold.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after Sambhaji?

Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I I. My Music, My Life II. Adha Gaon III. Radha IV. The Pilferer

List II A) Laxman Gaikwad B) Rahi Masoom Raza C) Ramakanta Rath D) Ravi Shankar

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Which one of the following is known as the “Coffee port” of the world?

Resurgent India Bonds were issued in US Dollar, Pound Sterling and

At which one of the cities labelled as A, B, C and D on the given map of Europe was the historic treaty between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries signed in 1998? The original map is not available for this question.

Match List I (Power generation plant) with List II (Feed material) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I I. M/s Gowthami Solvents Oil Limited, Andhra Pradesh II. M/s KM. Sugar Mills, Uttar Pradesh III. M/s Satia Paper Mills, Punjab IV. M/s Al Kabeer Exports Limited, Andhra Pradesh

List II A) Rice husk B) Slaughter-house waste C) Distillery spent wash D) Black liquor

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The given map refers to the kingdom of The original map is not available for this question.

Consider the following events:

I. Reign of Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagara. II. Construction of Qutab Minar. III. Arrival of Portuguese in India. IV. Death of Firoz Tughlaq.

Which one of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events?

The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take-off from Kathmandu in December 1999? The original map is not available for this question.

Consider the following statements: The Ministerial Meeting of the WTO held in December 1999 was unsuccessful because it attempted to link trade with

1. Labour related issues.
2. Environment related issues.
3. Terrorism related issues.
4. Debt related issues.

Which of these statements are correct?

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

List I (Artist) I. Balamurali Krishna II. Mita Pandit III. Kanyakumari IV. Nikhil Bannerjee

List II (Medium of music delivery) A) Hindustani vocal B) Ghatam C) Sitar D) Violin E) Carnatic vocal

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Match List I with List II

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

List I I. Iqta II. Jagir III. Amaram IV. Mokasa

List II A) Marathas B) Delhi Sultans C) Mughals D) Vijayanagara

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Consider the following statements about the “Roaring Forties”: I. They blow uninterrupted in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. II. They blow with great strength and constancy. III. Their direction is generally from North-West to East in the Southern Hemisphere. IV. Overcast skies, rain and raw weather are generally associated with them.

Which of these statements are correct?

A college student desires to get elected to the Municipal Council of his city. The validity of his nomination would depend on the important condition, among others, that

Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia: I. Bosnia II. Croatia III. Slovenia IV. Yugoslavia The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to the west is

Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism?

Match List I with List II

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

List I (Local bodies) (States as in 1999) I. Zila Parishads at the sub-divisional level II. Mandal Praja Parishad III. Tribal Councils IV. Absence of Village Panchayats

List II A) Andhra Pradesh B) Assam C) Mizoram D) Meghalaya

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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

Which one of the following lakes forms an international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda?

The growth rate of per capita income at current prices is higher than that of per capita income at constant prices, because the latter takes into account the rate of

“In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate?

The following news item appeared in a National daily dated 1-12-1999: “...Parliament today rejected a Bill to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections, by a margin of 32 to 30. The National Assembly was split between liberal, pro-government and Shiite Muslim deputies who were in favour of women’s rights, while the opposition camp grouped Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and tribal MPs. A total of 64 MPs and Ministers were present, of whom two abstained.” The Parliament referred to in this quotation is that of