UPSC 2008 Prelims – all questions

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Waterfalls — River

1. Kapildhara Falls : Godavari
2. Jog Falls : Sharavati
3. Sivasamudram Falls : Cauvery

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Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?

Which of the following pairs in respect of current power generation in India is/are correctly matched? (Rounded Figure)

1. Installed electricity generation capacity : 100000 MW
2. Electricity generation : 660 billion kWh

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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Irrigation Project — State

1. Damanganga : Gujarat
2. Girna : Maharashtra
3. Pamba : Kerala

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Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?

During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?

The term “Prisoner’s Dilemma” is associated with which one of the following?

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called ‘Free Indian Legion’?

Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by the Indian leaders?

What is Agent Orange?

Which of the following countries share borders with Moldova?

1. Ukraine
2. Romania
3. Belarus

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India is a member of which of the following?

1. Asian Development Bank
2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
3. Colombo Plan
4. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

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Consider the following statements:

1. Ajman is one of the seven Emirates of the UAE.
2. Ras al-Khaimah was the last Sheikhdom to join the UAE.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is the largest (area-wise) Lok Sabha constituency?

For India, China, the UK and the USA, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the median age of their populations?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Microfinance loans
2. Pharmaceuticals
3. Fashion designing
4. Investigative journalism

List-I (Person) A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee B. Aniruddha Bahal C. Vikram Akula D. Yusuf Hamied

List-II (Area)

Consider the following statements:

1. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer was the Chief Justice of India.
2. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer is considered as one of the progenitors of public interest litigation (PIL) in the Indian judicial system.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Ebrahim Alkazi is an eminent personality in which one of the following areas?

Consider the following statements:

1. Chikmagalur is well-known for sugar production.
2. Mandya is well-known as a coffee-producing region.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Bimbavati Devi is a well-known dancer of which type of dance?

How is Sarosh Zaiwalla well-known as?

Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Shatranj Ke Khilari
2. Debi Chaudhurani
3. Nil-Darpan
4. Chandrakanta

List-I (Author) A. Bankimchandra B. Dinabandhu Mitra C. Premchand

List-II (Work)

Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi?

Who among the following discovered heavy water?

Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries?

Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which countries?

Near

which one of the following cities are Palitana Temples located?

Which one of the following countries won the Euro Football Tournament, 2004 held in Portugal?

In order of their distances from the Sun,

which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?

Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country.

Which is that country?

Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

In the year 2007, an earthquake led to massive radioactive water leakage in the largest nuclear plant in the world. In which country did it occur?

What is the approximate percentage of persons above 65 years of age in India's current population?

Which one of the following is a spacecraft?

In which one of the following locations is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project to be built?

What is the purpose of the US Space Agency's Themis Mission, which was recently in the news?

Out of all the Biosphere Reserves in India, four have been recognized on the World Network by UNESCO.

Which one of the following is not one of them?

Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?

Amongst the following States, which one has the highest percentage of rural population to its total population (on the basis of the Census, 2001)?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Viskuli
2. Paris
3. Peter Benenson
4. Belgrade Convention

List-I (Organization) A. Amnesty International B. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) C. Danube Commission D. European Space Agency

List-II (Associated Convention/Person/Place/Headquarters)

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Banking
2. Fiction writing
3. Retail business
4. Real estate

List-I (Person) A. K. P. Singh B. Vikram Pandit C. Roopa Farooki D. Kishore Biyani

List-II (Area)

Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio + 10) held?

Consider the following statements:

1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.
2. Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the Census, 2001?

1. Ludhiana
2. Kochi
3. Surat
4. Nagpur

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Which of the following are the public sector undertakings of the Government of India?

1. Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd.
2. Dredging Corporation of India
3. Educational Consultants of India Ltd.

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Under

which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22?

Consider the following statements: The Constitution of India provides that

1. The Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State
2. A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?