UPSC 2001 Prelims – all questions

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List I (Article of the Constitution) I. Article 54 II. Article 75 III. Article 155 IV. Article 164

List II (Content) A) Election of the President of India B) Appointment of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers C) Appointment of the Governor of a State D) Appointment of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of a State E) Composition of Legislative Assemblies

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List I (Important Day) I. World Environment Day II. World Forestry Day III. World Habitat Day IV. World Ozone Day

List II (Date) A) March 20 B) June 5 C) September 16 D) October 3 E) December 10

Consider the following statements regarding Reserve Bank of India: I. It is a banker to the Central Government. II. It formulates and administers monetary policy. III. It acts as an agent of the Government in respect of India’s membership of IMF. IV. It handles the borrowing programme of Government of India.

Which of these statements are correct?

Consider the following statements:

I. Most magmas are a combination of liquid, solid and gas. II. Water vapour and carbon dioxide are the principal gases dissolved in a magma. III. Basaltic magma is hotter than the silicic magma.

Which of these statements are correct?

Consider the following schemes launched by the Union Government: I. Antyodaya Anna II. Gram Sadak Yojana III. Sarvapriya IV. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana.

Which of these were announced in the year 2000?

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List I (Books) I. The Struggle in My Life II. The Struggle and the Triumph III. Friends and Foes IV. Rebirth

List II (Author) A) Lech Walesa B) Nelson Mandela C) Leonid Brezhnev D) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto E) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

Hoysala monuments are found in

Consider the following statements regarding earthquakes: I. The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Mercalli scale. II. The magnitude of an earthquake is a measure of energy released. III. Earthquake magnitudes are based on direct measurements of the amplitude of seismic waves. IV. In the Richter scale, each whole number demonstrates a hundred-fold increase in the amount of energy released.

Which of these statements are correct?

Which Article of the Constitution provides that it shall be the endeavour of every State to provide adequate facility for instruction in the mother tongue at the primary stage of education?

Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

A great landslide caused by an earthquake killed hundreds of people in January 2001 near

In the above map, the black marks show the distribution of

Consider the following factors regarding an industry: I. Capital investments II. Business turnover III. Labour force IV. Power consumption

Which of these determine the nature and size of the industry?

Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

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List I (Dancer) I. Kalamandalam Kshemavaty II. Kottakkal Sivaraman III. Lakshmi Viswanathan IV. N. Madhabi Devi

List II (Dance) A) Kathakali B) Manipuri C) Mohiniyattam D) Bharata Natyam

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List I (Bhakti Saint) I. Namdev II. Kabir III. Ravidas IV. Sena

List II (Profession) A) Barber B) Weaver C) Tailor D) Cobbler

The most appropriate measure of a country’s economic growth is its

The Supreme Court of India tenders’ advice to the President on a matter of law or fact

Falun Gong is

The Hunter Commission was appointed after the

Who amongst the following was the first to state that the Earth was spherical?

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List I (Term) I. Fiscal deficit II. Budget deficit III. Revenue deficit IV. Primary deficit

List II (Explanation) A) Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts B) Excess of Revenue Expenditure over Revenue Receipts C) Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts less borrowings D) Excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts less borrowings and Interest Payments

Consider the following organisations:

I. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development II. International Finance Corporation III. International Fund for Agricultural Development IV. International Monetary Fund

Which of these are agencies of the United Nations?

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List I (Person) I. Deep Sen Gupta II. P. Hari Krishna III. Seema Antil IV. Tejas Bakre

List II (Achievement) A) India’s youngest International Master in the Sangli International Chess Tournament, 2000 B) The first Indian ever to win a gold in discus in the World Athletic Championship in Santiago, 2000 C) Won the title in the Asian Junior Chess Tournament in Mumbai, 2000 D) Won the Under-12 title in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, 2000

Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the zamindars. The reason was

If the stars are seen to rise perpendicular to the horizon by an observer, he is located on the

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List I (Person) I. Santosh Yadav II. Oprah Winfrey III. Oscar Wilde IV. P. Sainath

List II (Distinguished as) A) T.V. Host B) Journalist C) Mountaineer D) Dramatist and Author

The Union Budget, 2000 awarded a Tax Holiday for the North-eastern Region to promote industrialisation for

Consider the following statements: I. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.

II. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programmes. III. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women’s education. IV. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees.

Which of these statements are correct?

Consider the following taxes: I. Corporation tax II. Customs duty III. Wealth tax IV. Excise duty

Which of these is/are indirect taxes?

The Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded India during the reign of

The high density of population in Nile Valley and Island of Java is primarily due to

The largest share of Foreign Direct Investment (1997-2000) went to

Which one of the following duties is NOT performed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements made about the sedimentary rocks: I. Sedimentary rocks are formed at Earth’s surface by the hydrological system. II. The formation of sedimentary rocks involves the weathering of pre-existing rocks. III. Sedimentary rocks contain fossils. IV. Sedimentary rocks typically occur in layers.

Which of these statements are correct?

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List I (Publisher) I. Ministry of Industry II. Central Statistical Organisation III. Reserve Bank of India IV. Ministry of Finance

List II (Publication) A) Report on Currency and Finance B) Economic Survey C) Wholesale Price Index D) National Accounts Statistics

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List I (Award / Prize) I. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament II. Jamanlal Bajaj Award III. International Gandhi Peace Prize IV. Wolf Prize

List II (Recipient) A) Archbishop Desmond Tutu B) Dr. Gurudev Khush C) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan D) Nelson Mandela

Which one of the following statements correctly describes the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

Which among the following ports was called Babul Makka (Gate of Makka) during the Mughal Period?

Volcanic eruptions do not occur in the

Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920?

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List I (Sports Women) I. Anjali Vedpathak II. Mouma Das III. Neelam Singh IV. Tumpa Debnath

List II (Sport) A) Athletics B) Gymnastics C) Rifle Shooting D) Table Tennis E) Chess

A class of animals known as Marsupials is a characteristic feature of

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The earlier name of WTO was

Two wires have their lengths, diameters and resistivities, all in the ratio of 1 : 2. If the resistance of the thinner wire is 10 ohms, the resistance of the thicker wire is

Assertion (A): A stick is dipped in water in a slanting position. If observed sideways, the stick appears short and bent at the surface of water.

Reason (R): The light coming from the stick undergoes scattering from water molecules giving the stick a short and bent appearance.

Assertion (A): A piece of copper and a piece of glass are heated to the same temperature. When touched, thereafter, the copper piece appears hotter than the glass piece.

Reason (R): The density of copper is more than that of glass.

Assertion (A): The boiling point of water decreases as the altitude increases.

Reason (R): The atmospheric pressure increases with altitude.