UPSC 2008 Prelims – all questions
150 questions · 2008 · answers as per the UPSC key · page 3 of 3
Which of the following is/are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?
- Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
- Prohibition of consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of other drugs which are injurious to health
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference wherein the agreements were signed to set up IBRD, GATT and IMF, commonly known?
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Where was the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh litres freshwater per day based on low temperature thermal desalination principle commissioned?
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Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Institute — Location
- National Centre for Cell Science : Mysore
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics : Hyderabad
- National Brain Research Centre : Gurgaon
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With
which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged?
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Which one of the following is the correct sequence in respect of the Roman numerals—C, D, L and M?
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Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?
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Who among the following translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?
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Among the following, which one has the minimum population on the basis of data of Census of India, 2001?
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Consider the following statements in respect of a jet engine and a rocket:
- A jet engine uses the surrounding air for its oxygen supply and so is unsuitable for motion in space.
- A rocket carries its own supply of oxygen in the gas form, and fuel.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which one of the following laser types is used in a laser printer?
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Consider the following statements:
- A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale has seven frequencies.
- The frequency of the note Sa (स) is 256 Hz and that of Ni (नी) is 512 Hz.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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What are Rubies and Sapphires chemically known as?
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Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas?
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Mixture
of which one of the following pairs of gases is the cause of occurrence of most of the explosions in mines?
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Which one of the following pairs of metals constitutes the lightest metal and the heaviest metal, respectively?
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How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to?
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Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
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Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
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Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?
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Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
- Francis Collins — Mapping human genome
- Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
- Jimmy Wales — Wikipedia
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What does S & P 500 relate to?
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Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State?
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Who among the following has been the Captain of the Indian team in Cricket Test Matches for the maximum number of times?
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Who among the following wrote the poem, Subh-e Azadi?
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How can the height of a person who is six feet tall be expressed (approximately) in nanometres?
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A person is sitting in a car which is at rest. The reaction from the road at each of the four wheels of the car is R. When the car runs on a straight level road, how will the reaction at either of the front wheels vary?
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With
which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
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Consider the following statements:
- The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 24 countries as its members.
- India is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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In the context of the Indian defence, what is ‘Dhruv’?
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‘Hand-in-Hand 2007’, a joint anti-terrorism military training was held by the officers of the Indian Army and officers of Army of which one of the following countries?
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Assertion (A): In human body, liver has an important role in fat digestion.
Reason (R): Liver produces two important fat-digesting enzymes.
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Assertion (A): In the visible spectrum of light, red light is more energetic than green light.
Reason (R): The wavelength of red light is more than that of green light.
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Assertion (A): Radio waves bend in a magnetic field.
Reason (R): Radio waves are electromagnetic in nature.
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Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.
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Among the following, which one lays eggs and does not produce young ones directly?
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The release
of which one of the following into ponds and wells helps in controlling the mosquitoes?
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Which Schedule of the Constitution of India contains special provisions for the administration and control of Scheduled Areas in several States?
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Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?
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For which one of the following reforms was a Commission set up under the Chairmanship of Veerappa Moily by the Government of India?
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Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?
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In India, how many States share the coastline?
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Nobel Prize–winning scientist James
D. Watson is known for his work in which area?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
- Bengaluru
- Guntur
- Kottayam
- Kolkata
List-I (Board) A. Coffee Board B. Rubber Board C. Tea Board D. Tobacco Board
List-II (Headquarters)
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Which one among the following has the maximum number of National Parks?
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Among the following, which one is not an ape?
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In how many different ways can all of 5 identical balls be placed in the cells shown above such that each row contains at least 1 ball?
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There are 6 different letters and 6 correspondingly addressed envelopes. If the letters are randomly put in the envelopes, what is the probability that exactly 5 letters go into the correctly addressed envelopes?
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There are two identical red, two identical black and two identical white balls. In how many different ways can the balls be placed in the cells (each cell to contain one ball) shown above such that balls of the same colour do not occupy any two consecutive cells?
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How many different triangles are there in the figure shown above?