UPSC 2006 Prelims – all questions

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I (National Park / Wildlife Sanctuary) A. Chandra Prabha B. Karera C. Jaisamand D. Nahargarh List – II (Nearby Town)

1. Jaipur
2. Jhansi
3. Agra
4. Varanasi
5. Udaipur

Code: A B C D

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Well-known Company : Major Area of Work

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I (Place of Archaeological Monument) A. Sisupalgarh B. Piprahwa C. Goalpara D. Bishnupur List – II (State)

1. Assam
2. Manipur
3. Orissa
4. Uttar Pradesh

Code: A B C D

In which one among the following is the speed of sound maximum?

Consider the following chemicals:

1. Benzene
2. Carbon tetrachloride
3. Sodium carbonate
4. Trichloroethylene

Which of the above is/are used as dry-cleaning chemicals?

Consider the following statements:

1. Caffeine, a constituent of tea and coffee, is a diuretic.
2. Citric acid is used in soft drinks.
3. Ascorbic acid is essential for the formation of bones and teeth.
4. Citric acid is a good substitution for ascorbic acid in our nutrition.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Which one of the following subjects is under the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India?

Consider the following statements:

1. There is no provision in the Constitution of India to encourage equal pay for equal work for both men and women.
2. The Constitution of India does not define backward classes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What is the new administrative capital proposed for Myanmar?

Consider the following statements:

1. Sikkim has the minimum area among the 28 Indian States (Delhi and Pondicherry not included).
2. Chandigarh has the highest literacy rate among Pondicherry, NCT of Delhi and other Union Territories.
3. Maharashtra has the highest population after Uttar Pradesh among the 28 Indian States (Delhi and Pondicherry not included).

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I (Centre of Handicrafts) A. Mon B. Nalbari C. Pasighat D. Tura List – II (State)

1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Assam
3. Meghalaya
4. Nagaland

Code: A B C D

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Rajya Sabha alone has the power to declare that it would be in the national interest for Parliament to legislate with respect to a matter in the State List.
2. Resolutions approving the Proclamation of Emergency are passed only by the Lok Sabha.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What is the name of the vessel that delivers the nutrient-rich blood from the stomach and small intestine to the liver?

Consider the following statements with reference to the human body:

1. The common bile duct releases its contents into the stomach.
2. The pancreatic duct releases its contents into the duodenum.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Assertion (A): ‘Balance of Payments’ represents a better picture of a country’s economic transactions with the rest of the world than the ‘Balance of Trade’.

Reason (R): ‘Balance of Payments’ takes into account the exchanges of both visible and invisible items whereas ‘Balance of Trade’ does not.

Assertion (A): In India, every State has a High Court in its territory.

Reason (R): The Constitution of India provides for a High Court in each State.

Assertion (A): To orbit around the Sun, the planet Mars takes lesser time than the time taken by the Earth.

Reason (R): The diameter of the planet Mars is less than that of the Earth.

Assertion (A): Cellulose is used in making shatter-proof glass.

Reason (R): Polysaccharides are not soluble in water.

Assertion (A): Muhammad bin Tughlaq issued a new gold coin which was called Dinar by Ibn Batutah.

Reason (R): Muhammad bin Tughlaq wanted to issue token currency in gold coins to promote trade with West Asian and North African countries.

Assertion (A): The percentage of net sown area in the total area of Andhra Pradesh is less as compared to that of West Bengal.

Reason (R): The soil of most of Andhra Pradesh is laterite.

Consider the following statements in respect of welfare schemes launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India:

1. Drinking water for rural areas is one of the components of the Bharat Nirman Plan.
2. In the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 there is a provision that the statutory minimum wage applicable to agriculture workers in the State has to be paid to the workers under the Act.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

What does the 104th Constitution Amendment Bill relate to?

Which one of the following statements is correct? Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBMA) concerns

Consider the following statements:

1. Petronet LNG Ltd. is setting up another LNG terminal at Mangalore.
2. The Head Office of the Dredging Corporation of India is at Visakhapatnam.
3. The Narwapahar Mine is operated by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

In which one of the following oceans is Diamantina Trench situated?

What is IndoNext which was launched in January, 2005?

In which one of the following areas did the Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research make significant progress in the year 2005?

Zayed bin Sultan-al-Nahyan was a long-serving President of which of the following?

Which one of the following Indian banks is not a nationalized bank?

In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located?

Who among the following is a Hindustani classical singer?

Other than India and China,

which of the following groups of countries border Myanmar?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Well-known Place : Country

Through which one of the following groups of countries does the Equator pass?

From north towards south,

which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?

What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves round the Sun in its orbit?

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I ( Finding / Invention / Calculation ) A. Time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun B. Calculation of the value of ‘pi’ C. Invention of the digit zero D. The game of snakes and ladders List – II ( Ancient Indian Scholar )

1. Aryabhatta
2. Bhaskaracharya
3. Budhayana
4. Gyandev

Code:

Which of the following is not correctly matched? Prominent Indian Writer : Language

What was the main reason for which Niger was in the news in recent times?

Consider the following statements:

1. Meningococcal Meningitis is transmitted from person to person by mosquito bites.
2. Vomiting and neck pain are two of the symptoms of Meningococcal meningitis.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. In India, during the financial year 2004-2005 an increase of below 10 % over the value of exports (in rupee terms) in the financial year 2003-2004 was reported.
2. According to the WTO, India’s share in the world merchandise exports is 2 % in the year 2005.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List – I ( Author ) A. Amartya Sen B. Bimal Jalan C. Arundhati Roy D. Mani Shankar List – II ( Book )

1. An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire
2. The Argumentative Indian
3. The Future of India
4. Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist

Code:

A watch showed a time of fourteen minutes past nine (9 hrs 14 minutes). The positions of the hour-hand and the minute-hand of the watch are exactly interchanged. The new time shown by the watch is closest to which one of the following?

Consider the following statements:

1. The agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) came into effect from 1st December 2005.
2. As per SAFTA agreement terms, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have to decrease their custom duties to the level of 0 % to 5 % by the year 2013.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Recent Scientific Achievement : Country

Which one among the following is not a good source of nutritional calcium?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? Inventor : Invention

1. Christopher Cockerell : Hovercraft
2. David Bushnell : Submarine
3. J. C. Perrier : Steamship

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one among the following commissions was set up in pursuance of a definite provision under an Article of the Constitution of India?