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UPPSC Prelims 2001 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 12)

  1. The INA was a brainchild of:

    1. Giani Pritam Singh
    2. Mohan Singh
    3. Subhas Chandra Bose
    4. Major Iwaichi Fujiwara

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1 and 4
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  2. "Stri Shakti Puraskar" is given to woman for:

    1. excellence in athletics
    2. outstanding performance in games
    3. courage and enterprise for betterment of women
    4. contribution to the nation and the people

    Select your answer from the codes given below:
    Codes:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 3 and 4
    4. 1 and 4
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  3. Find the two main currencies of Sultanate period from the codes given below:

    1. Dam
    2. Jital
    3. Rupiya
    4. Tanka

    Codes:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 2 and 4
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  4. On the first occasion, the Prime Minister of India was appointed by:

    1. The Governor General
    2. The British Emperor
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. The Viceroy
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  5. Assertion (A): The Koyna region of Maharashtra is likely to become more earthquake prone in near future.

    Reason (R): The Koyna dam is located on an old fault-plane which may get activated more frequently with changes in water-level in Koyna reservoir.

    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. Both A and R are true bur 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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  6. The highest trophic level in an ecosystem is obtained by:

    1. Herbivores
    2. Carnivores
    3. Decomposers
    4. Omnivores
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  7. The vitamin which contains cobalt is:

    1. B1
    2. B2
    3. B6
    4. B12
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  8. The World Chess Championship 2000 was won by:

    1. Alexei Shirov
    2. Vishwanathan Anand
    3. Alexander Khalifman
    4. Kasparov
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  9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

    1. Discovery of Meson – Hideki Yukawa
    2. Discovery of positron – C.D. Anderson & U.F. Hess
    3. Theory of energy production – H.A. Bethe in the sun and stars
    4. Synthesis of transuranic elements – Enrico Fermi
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  10. The substances present at the centre of the sun are in:

    1. solid, liquid and gaseous states
    2. liquid state only
    3. gaseous state only
    4. both liquid and gaseous states
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