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UPPSC Prelims 1994 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 12)

  1. Who from the following killed General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

    1. Prithvi Singh Azad
    2. Sardar Kishan Singh
    3. Udham Singh
    4. Sohan Singh Josh
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  2. Which compound present in D.N.A. does not form amino acid?

    1) Adenine
    2) Tyrosine
    3) Guanine
    4) Cystosine

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2, 3 and 4
    4. 2 and 3
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  3. The secret of success of East India Company in India was:

    1. Absence of nationalism in India.
    2. The company had western trained infantry armed with modern weapons.
    3. The Indian soldiers lacked national sprit and could be hired by any one who paid them well.
    4. All the three above.
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  4. Local Self-Government institutions in India were strengthened in 1882 by:

    1. George Barlow
    2. Lord Rippon
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Lytton
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  5. Ibn Batuta, the Moorish traveller, visited India during the reign of:

    1. Mohammad Bin Tughlaq
    2. Babar
    3. Akbar
    4. Mahmood Ghazni
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  6. It is difficult to walk on ice than on road because:

    1. Ice is harder than road
    2. Road is harder than ice
    3. Ice does not offer any reaction when we push it with our foot
    4. Ice has a lesser friction than road
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  7. According to Gandhiji nonviolence is:

    1. a way to attain truth
    2. a way to win political freedom
    3. the only way to realise God
    4. an end in itself
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  8. Which of the following areas have an average of 200 mm rainfall in India?

    1. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
    2. Jammu and Kashmir
    3. West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar
    4. Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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  9. The strategy adopted under I.R.D.P. in the Seventh Plan was:

    1. Adoption of total household approach
    2. Adoption of village approach
    3. Adoption of block approach
    4. Adoption of district approach
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  10. Why do pendulum clocks usually lose time in summer?

    1. Due to longer days in summer
    2. Due to friction caused by coils
    3. Length of the pendulum increases, increasing the time period of unit oscillation
    4. The weight of the pendulum increases in summer
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