UPSC 2003 Prelims – all questions

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Match List I (Item in the Indian Constitution) with List II (Country from which it was derived) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list.

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. Ireland
4. United Kingdom
5. USA

List I (Item in the Indian Constitution) A. Directive Principles of State Policy B. Fundamental Rights C. Concurrent List in Union-State Relations D. India as a Union of States with greater powers to the Union

List II (Country from which it was derived)

Codes: ABCD

With reference to Indian defence,

which one of the following statements is correct?

The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, 2002 was awarded to

Match List I (Name of the Person) with List II (Associated with) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Biotechnology
2. Automobile industry
3. Software
4. Telecom industry
5. Film industry

List I (Name of the person) A. Brijmohan Lall Mungal B. Kiran Karnik C. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw D. Sunil Mittal

List II (Associated with)

Codes: ABCD

Whom did Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi beat in the US Open men’s doubles tennis championship in the year 2002 to win the title?

Four different candles, which can last for 5 hours, 4 hours, 3 hours and 2 hours of burning, respectively, are lit in a room at the same instant and allowed to burn till such time that the three candles in the room get extinguished. The cost of burning each one of these candles is 75 paise per hour. The cost involved is:

Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to FEMA in India?

Consider the following statements

1. India’s import of crude and petroleum product during the year 2001-02 accounted for about 27% of India’s total imports.
2. During the year 2001-02, India’s exports had increased by 10% as compared to the previous year

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Who among the following was selected for the 2001 Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP,

which one of the following sequences of South Asian countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower development?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. India ranks first in the world in fruit production.
2. India ranks second in the world in the export of tobacco.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following Bills must be passed by each House of the Indian Parliament separately, by special majority?

Consider the following animals of India:

1. Crocodile
2. Elephant

Which of these is/are endangered species?

Which one among the following covers the highest percentage of forest area in the world?

A two-member committee comprising of one male and one female member is to be constituted out of five males and three females. Amongst the females, Ms. A refuses to be a member of the committee in which Mr. B is taken as the member. In how many different ways can the committee be constituted?

Consider the following statements:

1. The last Mauryan ruler, Brihadratha was assassinated by his commander-in-chief, Pushyamitra Sunga.
2. The last Sunga king, Devabhuti was assassinated by his Brahmana minister Vasudeva Kanva who usurped the throne.
3. The last ruler of the Kanva dynasty was deposed by the Andhra’s.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s Despatch of 1854 was

Who won the title in the finals of French Open men’s singles tennis championship in the year 2002?

Consider the following statements: The function(s) of the Finance Commission is/are

1. To allow the withdrawal of money out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. To allocate between the States the shares of proceeds of taxes.
3. To consider applications for grants-in-aid from States.
4. To supervise and report on whether the Union and State governments are levying taxes in accordance with the budgetary provisions.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which one among the following States has the highest female literacy rate as per the Census 2001?

Which one among the following countries has the lowest GDP per capita?

Consider the following statements:

1. In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
2. In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Israel has common borders with

What is the correct sequence of the rivers—Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapti in the descending order of their lengths?

If the radius of the earth were shrunk by one per cent, its mass remaining the same, the value of ‘g’ on the earth’s surface would

With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is correct?

With reference to Indian freedom struggle,

which one of the following statements is correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. In the last five years, Indian software exports have increased at a compound annual growth rate of about 60%.
2. The software and service industry in India registered an overall growth of about 28% in rupee terms during the year 2001-2002.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

With reference to Government of India’s decisions regarding Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the year 2001-02, consider the following statements:

1. Out of the 100% FDI allowed by India in tea sector, the foreign firm would have to disinvest 33% of the equity in favour of an Indian partner within four years.
2. Regarding the FDI in print media in India, the single largest Indian shareholder should have a holding higher than 26%.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

The leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928) was

The Kelkar proposals which were in the news recently were the

Consider the following statements:

1. The joint sitting of the two Houses of the Parliament in India is sanctioned under Article 108 of the Constitution.
2. The first joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was held in the year 1961.
3. The second joint sitting of the two Houses of Indian Parliament was held to pass the Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill.

Which of these statements are correct?

Life expectancy is highest in the world in

During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?

Octopus is

Consider the following conditions of sick human body

1. Swollen lymph nodes
2. Sweating at night
3. Loss of memory
4. Loss of weight

Which of these are the symptoms of AIDS?

Emperor Harsha’s southward march was stopped on the Narmada River by

Under which Article of the Indian Constitution did the President give his assent to the ordinance on electoral reforms when it was sent back to him by the Union Cabinet without making any changes (in the year 2002)?

Dilip Kaur Tiwana is well known as a

Consider the following statements:

1. The maximum limit of shareholding of Indian promoters in private sector banks in India is 49 per cent of the paid-up capital.
2. Foreign Direct Investment up to 49 per cent from all sources is permitted in private sector banks in India under the automatic route.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

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

1. England
2. West Indies
3. South Africa
4. New Zealand
5. Australia

List I (Cricketer) A. Barry Richards B. Ted Dexter C. Alan Davidson D. Charlie Griffith

List II (Country)

Codes:

Regarding the atom of a chemical element, the magnetic quantum number refers to

Consider the following statements:

1. The common blue green algae Spirogyra and Ulothrix are found in both fresh water ponds and oceans.
2. The chameleon can look ahead with one eye, and at the same time look behind with another.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

Which among the following countries has the largest population?