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UPPSC Prelims 2001 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 8)

  1. While India's Human population is growing at an astounding pace, the bird population is shrinking fastly mainly because:

    1. there has been an abnormal increase in the number of hunters.
    2. bio-pesticides and organic manure are being used on an large scale.
    3. there has been a large scale reduction in the habitats of the birds.
    4. there has been a large scale used of pesticides, chemical fertilizers and mosquito repellents.

    Select your answer correctly using the codes given below:
    Codes:

    1. 1 and 2 are correct
    2. 2 and 3 are correct
    3. 3 and 4 are correct
    4. 1 and 4 are correct
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  2. Blank capsules used in dispensing are made of:

    1. egg-white
    2. gum
    3. starch
    4. gelatine
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  3. Assertion (A): Woollen clothes keep us warm.
    Reason (R): Wool fibres are made of a particular protein which is a bad conductor of heat.

    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 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 one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the Press?

    1. Wellesley
    2. Hastings
    3. John Adams
    4. Dalhousie
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  5. Consider the following effects of genetic engineering?

    1. Disease resistance
    2. Growth promotion
    3. Animal cloning
    4. Human cloning

    Of the above, that have been tried with certain amount of success include?

    1. 1, 3 and 4
    2. 2, 3 and 4
    3. 1, 2 and 4
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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  6. Which one of the following States in India, has recently introduced the "Greenhouse Farming" ?

    1. Haryana
    2. Punjab
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Uttar Pradesh
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  7. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna is:

    1. To augment road connectivity and provide food grains to the poorest of the poor at cheaper rates
    2. To facilitates patrolling of the area to prevent' misuse of electricity by unauthorised persons
    3. To help the police to reach the place of crime more swiftly to control crimes
    4. To develop community life in villages which are not well connected
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  8. Aero-India, 2001, air show was conducted at:

    1. New Delhi
    2. Chennai
    3. Bangalore
    4. Hyderabad
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  9. As per the budget 2001-02 the current fiscal Deficit of India is:

    1. 4.7%
    2. 5.1%
    3. 5.5%
    4. 6.1%
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  10. The "Bermuda Triangle" lies in:

    1. Western North Atlantic Ocean
    2. Eastern South Atlantic Ocean
    3. North Pacific Ocean
    4. South Indian Ocean
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