UPSC 2005 › Current Affairs

Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Diet
2. States General
3. Supreme Council
4. Sejm

List I (Country) (A) Netherlands (B) Ukraine (C) Poland (D) Japan

List II (Name of Parliament)

Who among the following is the President of the FICCI?

Which one of the following is the landmark performance of Dr. V. Mohan Reddy, an Indian born doctor working in USA, during February, 2005

Which countries played in the Lawn Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004?

Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission?

Match List-I (Distinguished Person) with List-II (Achievement/Known as) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada
2. Nobel Prize winner for literature
3. Leading campaigner against apartheid in South Africa
4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt. Everest
5. American violinist

List I (A) Guenter Grass (B) Trevor Huddleston (C) Dicky Dolma (D) Kim Campbell

List II

Consider the following statements:

1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva, Switzerland in June 1945.
2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945.
3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to look after the affairs of territories detached from Japan and Italy after the Second World War or such territories not under the control of a country at that time.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

1. Automobiles Manufacture
2. Fisheries Economy
3. Information Technology and Software
4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science

List I (Distinguished Person) (A) B.V. Rao (B) C.K. Prahlad (C) John Kurien (D) Kiran Karnik

List II (Area of Work)

Recently,

to which of the following countries did India offer to build a Buddha Temple?

Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?

Consider the following statements :

1. Second World Buddhist Summit was held in Bangkok in November–December, 2004
2. World Punjabi Conference was held in Jalandhar in December, 2004
3. 4th Meeting of the SAARC, Trade Ministers was held in Islamabad in November, 2004

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements :

1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly.
2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house
3. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament is State Duma.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Of which one of the following games is Shanmugham Venkatesh an outstanding player?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Publication — Group

1. Sportstar — The Hindu publication group
2. Business-world — ABP group
3. The Week — Malayala Manorama publication group
4. Reader’s Digest — Indian Express publication group

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Enterprise — Industrial Group

1. VSNL — Bharti Group
2. Mundra Special Economic Zone Ltd — Adani Group
3. CMC Ltd — Tata Group
4. IPCL — Reliance Group

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

In which country is Bandung, where the Conference of African and Asian nations was held which led to establishing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), situated?

Match items in the List-I (Businesswoman) with List-II (Company) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Venkateshwara Hatcheries
2. AZB & Partners
3. Quantum Market Research
4. Avestha Gengraine Technology
5. Biocon India

List-I (Businesswoman) A. Zia Mody B. Anuradha J. Desai C. Villoo Morawala Patell D. Meena Kaushik

List-II (Company)

Consider the following statements concerning the Indian Railways:

1. The Headquarters of the North Western Railway are located at Jodhpur.
2. ‘Indrail pass’ – a travel-as-you-please ticket has been created especially for freedom fighters and sportspersons who have represented India in any game/sport.
3. Fairy Queen is a train using the world’s oldest working engine and the Indian Railways conduct a journey of wildlife and heritage sites on it.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? British Prime Minister — Political Party

Match items in the List-I with those in the List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Skybus Metro rail test-run
2. TIC paper board unit
3. Bio-diesel plant
4. Indian Air Force Academy

List-I (Location) A. Kakinada B. Dundigal C. Margao D. Bhadrachalam

List-II (Known For / In News For)

Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?

In which one of the following countries did hundreds of people die in the year 2004 as a result of flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne?

Where was the world’s largest ever meet on HIV/AIDS held in July, 2004?

Match items in List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Svetlana Kuznetsova
2. Anastasia Myskina
3. Maria Sharapova
4. Serena Williams
5. Justine Henin Harden

List-I (Lawn Tennis Tournament) A. French Open 2004 B. Wimbledon 2004 C. US Open 2004 D. Australian Open 2004

List-II (Winner of Women’s Singles)

Match items in List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Swimming
2. Lawn Tennis
3. Cricket
4. Football
5. Basketball

List-I (Former Sportsperson) A. Wally Grout B. Eusébio C. Rod Laver D. Mark Spitz

List-II (Game/Sport)

Consider the following statements:

1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizens of any of the countries of the British Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. A leading London-based software company underwrites the Man Booker Prize presently.
3. The winner of the Man Booker Prize in the year 2004 is a South Asian.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs are correctly matched? Person — Award

1. Champa Devi Shukla — Goldman Environmental Prize
2. Dr. P. Sri Ramachandrudu — Vachaspati Puraskar
3. Ela Ramesh Bhatt — Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management
4. Upamanyu Chatterjee — Lalit Kala Ratna Award

Select the correct answer using the codes given below: