UPSC Prelims 1995 · GS Paper I
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A meteor is
The word ‘Hindu’ as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by
To prevent recurrence of scams in Indian Capital Market, the Government of India has assigned regulatory powers to
Who among the following was a Brahmavadini who composed some hymns of the Vedas?
The Alpine vegetation in the western Himalayas is found only up to a height of 3000 metres, while in the eastern Himalayas it is found up to a height of 4000 metres. The reason for this variation in the same mountain range is that
According to the 1991 Census, the highest percentage of population in India is to be found in the age group of
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the commencement of the election process in India?
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Eras)
I.Vikrama eraII.Saka eraIII.Gupta eraIV.Kali eraList II (Reckoned from)
A) 3102 B.C.
B) 320 A.D.
C) 78 A.D.
D) 58 B.C.
E) 248 A.D.
The standard time of the following countries is ahead or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are east or west of the longitude passing through Greenwich:
I.CubaII.GreeceIII.IraqIV.Costa RicaV.JapanWhich one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?
Which one of the following Five-Year Plans recognised human development as the core of all developmental efforts?
Which of the following is/are extra-constitutional and extra-legal device(s) for securing cooperation and coordination between the States in India?
I.The National Development CouncilII.The Governors’ ConferenceIII.Zonal CouncilsIV.The Interstate CouncilChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
The original home of the gypsies was
Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?
Which of the following are the objectives of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)?
I.To stabilise agricultural prices.II.To ensure meaningful real income levels to the farmers.III.To protect the interest of the consumers by providing essential agricultural commodities at reasonable rates through public distribution system.IV.To ensure maximum price for the farmer.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Which of the following are matters on which a constitutional amendment is possible only with the ratification of the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States?
I.Election of the PresidentII.Representation of States in ParliamentIII.Any of the Lists in the 7th ScheduleIV.Abolition of the Legislative Council of a StateChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
In Sanskrit plays written during the Gupta Period women and sudras speak
The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is
Who among the following have the right to vote in the elections to both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha?
The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List I
I.European transcontinental railwayII.Trans Andean railwayIII.Trans-Siberian railwayIV.Orient ExpressList II
A) Paris to Istanbul
B) Leningrad to Vladivostok
C) Leningrad to Volgograd
D) Buenos Aires to Valparaiso
E) Paris to Warsaw
As part of the liberalisation programme and with a view to attracting foreign exchange, the Government and the RBI have devised two schemes known as FCNR-‘A’ and FCNR-‘B’.
Which of the following is/are true regarding these two schemes?
I.Under scheme ‘A’ RBI bears exchange rate fluctuations.II.Under scheme ‘B’, other banks are to meet out the difference in exchange rate fluctuations.III.Both the schemes stand withdrawn now.IV.Only scheme ‘A’ has been withdrawn.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Which one of the following States of India does not have a Legislative Council so far even though the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it?
In the interim government formed in 1946, the Vice-President of the Executive Council was
Which of the following are among the non-plan expenditures of the Government of India?
I.Defence expenditureII.SubsidiesIII.All expenditures linked with the previous plan periodsIV.Interest paymentChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
“Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile of ……… Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, illegal logging by tribals and poaching only compound the problem. Fresh water pockets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves.” The place referred to in this quotation is
The Mughal School of Painting formed the spinal column of the various schools of Indian miniature art.
Which one of the following painting styles was not affected by Mughal painting?
Who among the following were famous jurists of medieval India?
I.VijnanesvaraII.HemadriIII.RajasekharaIV.JimutavahanaChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
I.Increase in foreign exchange reserves ................. Monetary expansionII.Low import growth rate in India ...................... Recession in Indian IndustryIII.Euro issues ................ Shares held by Indian companies in European countriesIV.Portfolio investment ............... Foreign institutional investorsSelect the correct answer by using the following codes:
Article 156 of the Constitution of India provides that a Governor shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office.
Which of the following can be deduced from this?
I.No Governor can be removed from office till completion of his term.II.No Governor can continue in office beyond a period of five years.Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Coffee cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease
What is the annual growth rate aimed at in the Eighth Five-Year Plan?
Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, etc. (Article 15 of the Constitution of India) is a Fundamental Right classifiable under
Which one of the following is the largest mutual fund organisation in India?
According to the Mimamsa system of philosophy, liberation is possible by means of
The lead character in the film The Bandit Queen has been played by
The Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bees was awarded to
The palaeomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved
Corporation tax
In which one of the following States of India is it legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
Which of the following constitute the World Bank?
I.International Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentII.International Finance CorporationIII.International Development AssociationIV.International Monetary FundChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
The radical wing of the Congress Party, with Jawaharlal Nehru as one of its main leaders, founded the ‘Independence for India League’ in opposition to
Agricultural income tax is assigned to the State Governments by
Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with
Willy Willy is
Which one of the following is not an instrument of selective credit control in India?
The term Yavanapriya, mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts, denoted
The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with
Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?
Which one of the following is true regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?
Bank Rate implies the rate of interest
Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention?
Which one of the following was an émigré Communist Journal of M. N. Roy?
In which one of the following crops international trade is low in the context of total produce?
The Narasimham Committee for Financial Sector Reforms has suggested reduction in
Which of the following are the States in which the Lok Ayukta Act includes the Chief Minister in its ambit?
Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers
The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge land mass called
Which of the following are correctly matched?
I.Hamas — Palestinian extremist groupII.Sinn Fein — IRA’s political wingIII.True Path Party — A major constituent of the ruling coalition in TurkeyChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Which one of the following does not belong to biosphere reserves set up so far?
The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low
Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one State in India?
Hugly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by
The ‘Modi script’ was employed in the documents of the
One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that
Which one of the following countries had in 1994 voted against joining the European Union?
Which of the following benefits are likely to accrue to India from the World Trade Organisation?
I.India’s share in the world trade is to go up from the present 600 million US dollars to 5 billion US dollars by 2000 A.D.II.It will help boost exports of agricultural commodities from India.III.India’s share in the world trade is likely to triple by the year 2000 A.D.Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Examine the following statements:
I.All children are inquisitive.II.Some children are inquisitive.III.No children are inquisitive.IV.Some children are not inquisitive.Among these statements, the two statements which cannot both be true simultaneously but can both be false would be
Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
The signatories to the treaty banning chemical weapons include
What is the correct sequence of the following events?
I.The Lucknow PactII.The Introduction of DyarchyIII.The Rowlatt ActIV.The Partition of BengalChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered
The word Adivasi was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by
The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by
Which one of the following is incorrect in respect of Local Government in India?
The Barrah dacoity was the first major venture of the revolutionary terrorist of the freedom movement in
Which of the following political parties is/are national political parties?
I.Muslim LeagueII.Revolutionary Socialist PartyIII.All India Forward BlockIV.Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaChoose the correct answer from the codes given below:
The main reason for low growth rate in India, in spite of high rate of savings and capital formation is
The largest source of financing the public sector outlay of the Eighth Five-Year Plan comes from
The new Exim Policy announced in 1992 is for a period of
Consider the following:
I.Industrial Finance Corporation of IndiaII.Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of IndiaIII.Industrial Development Bank of IndiaIV.Unit Trust of India The correct sequence in which the above was established isIn 1930 Mahatma Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from
If in an election to a State Legislative Assembly the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Which one of the following is a mixed fertilizer?
Which one of the following polymers is widely used for making bullet-proof material?
The chemical used as a ‘fixer’ in photography is
The technique used to transmit audio signals in television broadcasts is
Which one of the following can be used to confirm whether drinking water contains a gamma-emitting isotope or not?
The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is
When the same note is played on a sitar and a flute, the sound produced can be distinguished from each other because of the difference in
Assertion (A): A diamond sparkles more than a glass imitation cut to the same shape.
Reason (R): The refractive index of diamond is less than that of glass.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Who among the following anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the earth?
Optical fibre works on the principle of
Suppose a rocketship is receding from the earth at a speed of 2⁄10th the velocity of light. A light in the rocketship appears blue to the passengers on the ship. What colour would it appear to an observer on the earth?
Which one of the following pairs of materials serves as electrodes in chargeable batteries commonly used in devices such as torchlights, electric shavers, etc.?
Cryogenic engines find applications in
An air bubble in water will act like a
The difference between a nuclear reactor and an atomic bomb is that
Which one of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution?
Zero was invented by
Which one of the following sets is correctly matched?
A person with ‘AB’ blood group is sometimes called a universal recipient because of the
Which one of the following is a membrane that protects the developing embryo from desiccation?
Which one of the following antimicrobial drugs is suitable for treatment of both tuberculosis and leprosy?
Most of the desert plants bloom during night time because
The only snake that builds a nest is
Which of the following elements are present in all proteins?
I.CarbonII.HydrogenIII.OxygenIV.NitrogenSelect the correct answer from the codes given below:
Which one of the following hormones contains iodine?
“By weaving threads of physics, chemistry and biology into a rich tapestry, this remarkable scientist provided a unifying molecular view of the world... He touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin C first as a cure of common cold and later as a preventive agent against cancer.” One of science’s major figures of all time referred to above is
“The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam took place in 1970…. areas have begun to bloom again. But 19 years after the war’s end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is killing and maiming human beings, something it never intended to do. The apparent toxic fall-out from those clouds ... is a crop of human miseries including cancers, miscarriages and birth defects — that may persist for decades.” The offensive substance referred to in the above quotation is
“It begins as a single cell and grows into a merciless disease that claims millions of lives year after year. But scientists are steadily unlocking its mysteries, and the fight against it may now have reached a dramatic turning point. New discoveries promise better therapies and hope in the war against ...” The disease referred to in the above quotation is
‘Yellow cake’, an item of smuggling across borders is
Consider the series given below:
4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96...
The next term of the series is
In track meets both 100 yards and 100 metres are used as distances. By how many metres is 100 metres longer than 100 yards?
Examine the following statements:
I watch TV only if I am bored. I am never bored when I have my brother’s company. Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along.
Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements?
Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is wearing a cap of a different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. D is able to see in front of him green and blue but not violet. E can see violet and yellow, but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo-coloured cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is
A person travelled from one place to another at an average speed of 40 kilometres/hour and back to the original place at an average speed of 50 kilometres/hour. What is his average speed in kilometres/hour during the entire roundtrip?
The value of (a – m)(b – m) … (y – m)(z – m) is
A rectangular sump of dimensions 6 m × 5 m × 4 m is to be built by using bricks to make the outer dimension 6.2 m × 5.2 m × 4.2 m. Approximately how many bricks of size 20 cm × 10 cm × 5 cm are required to build the sump for storing water?
A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is 100 metres ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the thief will be
A student has 60% chance of passing in English and 54% chance of passing in both English and Mathematics. What is the percentage probability that he will fail in Mathematics?
In the Cartesian plane four points P, Q, R, S have coordinates (1, 1), (4, 2), (4, 4) and (1, 4).
The area of the quadrilateral PQRS is
Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5 % can play all the three instruments—guitar, violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar alone is 40.
What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?
Which of the following can be inferred from the statement that “Either John is stupid or John is lazy”?
I.John is lazy / therefore, John is not stupid.II.John is not lazy / therefore, John is stupid.III.John is not stupid / therefore, John is lazy.IV.John is stupid / therefore, John is not lazy.Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
A person earns Rs 2000 per month over and above his salary as additional charge allowance. However, 30 % of this additional income will be deducted as additional income tax at source. If the person would deposit Rs 1000 per month in a long-term saving fetching 12 % interest, his tax liability on the additional allowance would reduce to 10 %. What is the effective interest for this person for money invested in the long-term savings scheme?