UPSC 2004 Prelims – all questions

With reference to Indian Public Finance, consider the following statements:

1. Disbursements from Public Accounts of India are subject to the Vote of Parliament.
2. The Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of a Consolidated Fund, a Public Account and a Contingency Fund for each State.
3. Appropriations and disbursements under the Railway Budget are subject to the same form of Parliamentary control as other appropriations and disbursements.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Narasimha Saluva ended the Sangama dynasty and seized the throne for himself and started the Saluva dynasty.
2. Vira Narasimha deposed the last Saluva ruler and seized the throne for himself.
3. Vira Narasimha was succeeded by his younger brother, Krishnadeva Raya.
4. Krishnadeva Raya was succeeded by his half-brother, Achyuta Raya.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Abolition of diarchy in the Governor's provinces.
2. Power of the Governors to veto legislative action and to legislate on their own.
3. Abolition of the principle of communal representation.

Some of the main features of the Government of India Act, 1935 were the

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji.
3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

The Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Department/Ministry of

Consider the following statements:

1. The highest criminal court of the district is the Court of District and Sessions Judge.
2. District Judge are appointed by the Governor in consultation with the High Courts.
3. A person to be eligible for appointment as a District Judge should be an advocate or a pleader of seven years' standing or more, or a member of a judicial service of the State.
4. When the Sessions Judge awards death sentence, it must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Speaker of Lok Sabha has the power to adjourn the House sine die but, on prorogation, it is only the President who can summon the House.
2. Unless sooner dissolved or there is an extension of the term, there is an automatic dissolution of the Lok Sabha by efflux of time, at the end of the period of five years, even if no formal order of dissolution is issued by the President.
3. The Speaker of Lok Sabha continues in office even after the dissolution of the House and until immediately before the first meeting of the House.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Non-function of lachrymal gland is an important symptom of deficiency of Vitamin A.
2. Deficiency of Vitamin B1 can lead to indigestion and heart enlargement.
3. Vitamin C deficiency can lead to pain in the muscles.
4. Deficiency of Vitamin D causes increased loss of Ca++ in urine.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

The hormone insulin is a

Consider the following statements:

1. Toothless mammals such as pangolins are not found in India.
2. Gibbon is the only ape found in India.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

In which organ of the human body are the lymphocyte cells formed?

In which one of the following Union Territories, do the people of the Onge tribe live?

Consider the following crops:

1. Cotton
2. Groundnut
3. Maize
4. Mustard

Which of the above are Kharif crops?

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

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

Who was the last ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate?

The great Asian river Mekong does not run through

Which one of the following was the largest IT software and services exporter in India during the year 2002-03?

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Oil Pool Account of Government of India was dismantled with effect from 1-4-2002.
2. Subsidies on PDS kerosene and domestic LPG are borne by Consolidated Fund of India.
3. An expert committee headed by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar to formulate a national auto fuel policy recommended that Bharat Stage-II Emission Norms should be applied throughout the country by 1 April, 2004.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

In the last one decade, which one among the following sectors has attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment inflows into India?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien attended the fourth Great Buddhist Council held by Kanishka.
2. The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang met Harsha and found him to be antagonistic to Buddhism.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

How did the dynasty of Nizam Shahis of Ahmadnagar come to an end?

With reference to ancient Jainism, which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?

The Montagu-Chelmsford Report formed the basis of

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

Which one of the following sequences indicates the correct chronological order?

Consider the following princely States of the British rule in India:

1. Jhansi
2. Sambalpur
3. Satara The correct chronological order in which they were annexed by the British is

The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was

The resolution for removing the Vice-President of India can be moved in the

With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Consider the following tasks:

1. Superintendence, direction and conduct of free and fair elections
2. Preparation of electoral rolls for all elections to the Parliament, State Legislatures and the Office of the President and the Vice-President
3. Giving recognition to political parties and individuals contesting the election
4. Proclamation of final verdict in the case of election disputes

Which of the above are the functions of the Election Commission of India?

Which of the following is not a recommendation of the task force on direct taxes under the chairmanship of Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar in the year 2002?

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

1. S. Radhakrishnan 2. V. V. Giri 3. N. Sanjiva Reddy 4. R. Venkataraman

List I A. My Presidential Years B. The Hindu View of Life C. Voice of Conscience D. Without Fear or Favour

List II

Consider the following statements:

1. Adam Osborne produced the first portable computer.
2. Ian Wilmut created the first cloned sheep.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

What was the reason for 5 lakh people of Hong Kong to make a demonstration around the middle of 2003?

Consider the following statements:

1. National Thermal Power Corporation has diversified into hydropower sector.
2. Power Grid Corporation of India has diversified into telecom sector.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as

Consider the following statements:

1. Damodar Valley Corporation is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.
2. Damodar Valley Corporation includes thermal and gas power stations.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Match List I (Persons) with List II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

1. Executive Director, IMF
2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd
3. President, Indian Olympic Association
4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank

List I (A) B. P. Mishra (B) Suresh Kalmadi (C) Praful Patel (D) V. S. Jain

List II

Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?

Consider the following statements among the Indian States:

1. Andhra Pradesh has the longest coastline.
2. Gujarat has the highest number of airports.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organization based in a village near Alwar (Rajasthan) has become famous because of

Consider the following statements:

1. The National Housing Bank, the apex institution of housing finance in India, was set up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India.
2. The Small Industries Development Bank of India was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Industrial Development Bank of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Param Padam, which was in news recently, is

Consider the following statements:

1. Hema Malini is the Chairperson of the Children's Film Society, India.
2. Yash Chopra is the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification of India.
3. Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand have all been recipients of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Famous golf player Vijay Singh is

from which one of the following countries?