UPSC 2002 Prelims – all questions

With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is correct?

In the Indian Constitution, the Right to Equality is granted by Five Articles. They are

Amit started a business by investing Rs 30,000. Rahul joined the business after some time and invested Rs 20,000. At the end of the year, profit was divided in the ratio of 2 :

1. After how many months did Rahul join the business?

The time in the wall clock is 3.25; the acute angle between the hours hand and the minutes hand is

Which one of the following amendments to the Indian Constitution empowers the President to send back any matter for reconsideration by the Council of Ministers?

Recently, several hundred South Africa soldiers were sent to Burundi

Chapchar Kut is a festival celebrated in the state of

Consider the following statements:

1. NTPC is the largest power utility in India.
2. ONGC accounts for half of the LPG production in India.
3. Indian Oil Corporation operates all the oil refineries in India.
4. The Indian Ordinance Factory is the largest departmentally run industrial undertaking in the country.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Match List I (Oxidation number) with List II (The element) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Oxidation number of Mn in MnO₂ B. 3 —
2. Oxidation number of S in H₂S₂O₇ C. 4 —
3. Oxidation number of Ca in CaO₂ D. 6 —
4. Oxidation number of Al in NaAlH₄

List I (Oxidation number) — List II (The element) A. 2 —

With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is correct?

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum was held in the year 2001 in

Match List I (Ethnic Community) with List II (Country) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. China
2. India
3. Indonesia
4. Sudan

List I (Ethnic community) A. Apatani B. Dayak C. Dinka D. Uighur

List II (Country)

The term of the Lok Sabha

In the year 2001, Germany approved a $32 million credit to India

Consider the following:

1. Currency with the public
2. Demand deposits with banks
3. Time deposits with banks

Which of these are included in Broad Money (M3) in India?

Who among the following won six gold medals in the 9th FINA-World Swimming Championship held in Fukuoka, Japan in the year 2001?

Foot-and-mouth disease in animals, a current epidemic in some parts of the world, is caused by

In the year 2001, India offered a grant of five million dollars to Tajikistan to

Consider the following countries:

1. Albania
2. Bosnia Herzegovina
3. Croatia
4. Macedonia

Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary?

A hollow sphere of radius R, a hollow cube of side R and a thin circular plate of radius R, made up of the same material, are all heated to 20 °C above room temperature. When left to cool in the room, which of them will reach the room temperature first?

Consider the following financial institutions of India:

1. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)
2. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI)
3. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
4. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) The correct chronological sequence of the establishment of these institutions is

During the Indian freedom struggle, the Khudai Khidmatgars, also known as Red Shirts, called for

Match List I (Commission) with List II (Matter of Enquiry) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
2. Killing of Graham Staines
3. Demolition of a religious structure at Ayodhya
4. Riots in Mumbai in 1993

List I (Commission) A. Wadhwa Commission B. Liberhan Commission C. Sri Krishan Commission D. Jain Commission

List II (Matter of enquiry)

Consider the following statements:

1. In equatorial regions, the year is divided into four main seasons
2. In Mediterranean region, summer receives more rain
3. In China type climate, rainfall occurs throughout the year
4. Tropical highlands exhibit vertical zonation of different climates

Which of these statements are correct?

A World Summit with representation from all the countries will be held in Johannesburg in September 2002 on the subject of

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Assume that the moon takes exactly 30 days to complete the cycle and also assume that it rises in the East exactly at 6.48 p.m. on the first day. On the fourth day, at what time will it rise?

Match List I (Scientists) with List II (Achievement) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Developed transgenic plants with Agrobacterium T-DNA
2. Discovered endonucleases
3. Discovered reverse transcriptase
4. Discovered polymerase chain reaction

List I (Scientists) A. Arber and Smith B. Feldman C. Mullis D. Temin and Baltimore

List II (Achievement)

Berber speaking community, frequently in the news, lives in

In the case of election to the Lok Sabha, the amount of security deposited for general category candidates and SC/ST category candidates respectively is

With reference to power sector in India consider the following statements:

1. Rural electrification has been treated as a Basic Minimum Service under the Prime Minister’s Gramodaya Yojana.
2. 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in power is allowed without upper limit
3. The Union Ministry of Power has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with 14 states.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

A country is said to be in debt trap if

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Match List I (Country) with List II (President) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Levy Mwanawasa
2. Joseph Kabila
3. Olusegun Obasanjo
4. Yoweri Museveni

List I (Country) A. Congo B. Nigeria C. Uganda D. Zambia

List II (President)

Consider the following ecosystems:

1. Taiga
2. Tropical evergreen
3. Tropical deciduous
4. Tundra The correct sequence in decreasing order of the albedo values of these ecosystems is

Consider the following statements: Full convertibility of the rupee may mean

1. Its free float with other international currencies.
2. Its direct exchange with any other international currency at any prescribed place inside and outside the country.
3. It acts just like any other international currency.

Which of these statements are correct?

The sea coast

of which one of the following states has become famous as a nesting place for the giant Olive Ridley turtles from South America?

With reference to Indian satellites and their launchers, consider the following statements:

1. All the INSAT-series of satellites were launched abroad
2. PSLVs were used to launch IRS-series of satellites
3. India used the indigenously built cryogenic engines for the first time for powering the third stage of GSLV
4. GSAT, launched in the year 2001, has payloads to demonstrate digital broadcasts and internet services

Which of these statements are correct?

The 93rd Constitutional Amendment Bill deals with the

Assertion (A): Drinking of whisky increases the frequency of urination.

Reason (R): Alcohol intake speeds up the secretion of vasopressin in the body.

Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq left Delhi, and, for two years lived in a camp called Swarga-dwari.

Reason (R): At that time, Delhi was ravaged by a form of plague and many people died.

Assertion (A): With the increase of temperature, the viscosity of glycerine increases.

Reason (R): Rise of temperature increases kinetic energy of molecules.

Assertion (A): The effect of labour participation in the Indian nationalist upsurge of the early 1930s was weak.

Reason (R): The labour leaders considered the ideology of Indian National Congress as bourgeois and reactionary.

Assertion (A): Synthetic detergents can lather well in hard water.

Reason (R): Synthetic detergents form soluble calcium and magnesium salts with hard water.

Assertion (A): 60°–65° latitudes in both the hemispheres have a low-pressure belt instead of high pressure.

Reason (R): The low-pressure areas are permanent over oceans rather than on land.

Assertion (A): Artificial satellites are always launched from the earth in the eastward direction.

Reason (R): The earth rotates from west to east and so the satellite attains the escape velocity.

Assertion (A): Human diet should compulsorily contain Glycerine, Serine and Tyrosine.

Reason (R): Essential amino acids cannot be synthesised in the human body.

Assertion (A): The surface winds spiral inwards upon the centre of the cyclone.

Reason (R): Air descends in the centre of the cyclone.

Assertion (A): An iron ball floats on mercury but gets immersed in water.

Reason (R): The specific gravity of iron is more than that of mercury.