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UPPSC Prelims 2000 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 11)

  1. Helen Clark is the second woman Prime Minister of:

    1. Australia
    2. Canada
    3. New Zealand
    4. Sweden
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  2. The winner of 1999 Nobel prize for literature is:

    1. Poet
    2. Dramatist
    3. Novelist
    4. All the above
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  3. Assertion (A): India has experienced a phenomenal growth of Population since 1951.
    Reason (R): 1951 is called the demographic divide in India's demographic history.
    Codes:

    1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
    3. A is true but R is false
    4. A is false but R is true
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  4. Which of the following statements are correct?

    1. China is the largest producer of Tobacco in the world
    2. India is the largest producer of Jawar in the world
    3. Brazil is the largest producer of Soyabean in the world
    4. Italy is the largest producer of raw silk in the world

    Code:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 3 and 4
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  5. Seats allocated to Bihar in the House of People is the sum total of seats allocated to:

    1. Assam and Madhya Pradesh
    2. Assam and Gujarat
    3. Karnataka and Rajasthan
    4. Haryana and Kerala
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  6. The Civil Marriage Act of 1872 had sought to curb the practice of Child marriage by placing the minimum age of girls at:

    1. 14 years
    2. 16 years
    3. 18 years
    4. None of the above
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  7. Given below is a list of political parties along with seats won by them in election to thirteenth Lok Sabha. Which one of these is not correctly matched?

    1. CPM-32
    2. TDP-30
    3. BJD-10
    4. BSP- 14
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  8. A man is standing with his face towards North-West, if he first moves anti-clockwise 135° and then clockwise 180°, his face will now be towards:

    1. East
    2. West
    3. North
    4. South-West
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  9. The ratio of monthly incomes of Ram and Rahim is 7: 4, but the ratio of their expenditures is 5: 2, If each of them saves Rs. 900/-per month, which one of the following gives the income of Ram?

    1. Rs. 1800
    2. Rs. 2100
    3. Rs. 4500
    4. Rs. 6300
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  10. The Upanishads were translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh under the title:

    1. Al-Fihrist
    2. Kitab al Bayan
    3. Majm-ul-Bahrain
    4. Sirr-i-Akbar
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