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UPPSC Prelims 2005 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 7)

  1. The arsenic contamination of drinking water is highest in:

    1. Chennai
    2. Kanpur
    3. Kolkata
    4. Mumbai
  2. Sonagiri, the abode of 108 Jain temples, lies in the close proximity of:

    1. Datia
    2. Jhansi
    3. Orchha
    4. Lalitpur
  3. The highest decadal growth rate in sex ratio during 1991-2001 2001-2011 has been recorded by:

    1. Arunachal Pradesh
    2. Uttaranchal
    3. Kerala
    4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  4. Ganpati Festival in Mahara-shtra was started by

    1. Bal Gangardhr Tilak
    2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Bipin Chandra Pal
  5. The largest Scheduled Tribe of Uttaranchal is

    1. Bhoksa
    2. Bhotia
    3. Jaunsari
    4. Tharu
  6. Who among the following is not the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?

    1. Ustad Bismillah Khan
    2. Satyajit Ray
    3. Raj Kapoor
    4. Lata Mangeshkar
  7. The missing terms in the sequence 1, 3, 7 ,_, 31 ,_ are

    1. 14 and 60
    2. 13 and 63
    3. 15 and 60
    4. 15 and 63
  8. If 22x + 4 =16x, then 2x is equal to

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 8
    4. 16
  9. The concept of ecological niche was enunciated by

    1. Greenels
    2. Darwin
    3. E.P.Odum
    4. C.C.Park
  10. Which one of the following regions of the U.S.A. is known as "Tornado Alley"?

    1. Atlantic Seaboard
    2. Pacific Coast
    3. Mississippi Plains
    4. Alaska