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UPPSC Prelims 2003 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 4)

  1. "Euro" is the official currency of:

    1. All the States of Europe
    2. All the States of the European Union
    3. Only 12 of the States of the European Union
    4. Only 20 of the States of the European Union
  2. At a railway station one train passes every two minutes Down direction and every three minutes Up Direction. How many trains pass in 30 minutes.

    1. 10
    2. 18
    3. 15
    4. 25
  3. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given below:

    1. Presence of calcium sulphate makes water hard and unfit for use.
    2. Diamond is harder than copper and iron.
    3. The main component of air is oxygen.
    4. Nitrogen is used in the preparation of vegetable ghee.

    Code:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 3 and 4
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 2 and 4
  4. Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of:

    1. Tilak and Annie Besant
    2. Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
    3. Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
    4. Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
  5. Of the following, who called the "Father" of Indian unrest?

    1. A.O. Hume
    2. Dadabhai Naoroji
    3. LokmanyaTilak
    4. Mahatma Gandhi
  6. Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet, emerged as a great painter when his age was about

    1. Seven years
    2. Twenty years
    3. Fifty years
    4. Seventy years
  7. Which of the following Scheduled Tribes are found in Uttar Pradesh? Select the correct answer from the code given below:

    1. Bhoksa
    2. Bhotia
    3. Raji
    4. Tharu

    Code:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 4
    4. 4
  8. Trade related intellectual property rights over the following:

    1. trademarks
    2. industrial designs
    3. geographical indications
    4. Labour standards

    Choose the correct answer with the aid of the code given below:
    Code:

    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 1, 2 and 3
    4. all of the above
  9. Which one of the following is not correctly matched:

    1. Anshan–Iron and Steel
    2. Detroit–Automobiles
    3. Chelyabrinsk–Ship-building
    4. Milan-Silk Textile
  10. In South-East Asia, of the following the only land locked country is:

    1. Cambodia
    2. Laos
    3. Malaysia
    4. Thailand