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UPPSC Prelims 2008 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 2)

  1. When does heart rest?

    1. Never
    2. While sleeping
    3. Between two beats
    4. While doing yoga
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  2. Market in gilt-edged is related to trade in:

    1. Metals
    2. Debentures
    3. Government Securities
    4. Arms
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  3. Find the missing number in the following figure:

    1. 139
    2. 81
    3. 12
    4. 93
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  4. Electric motors operating at low voltages tend to burn out because

    1. they draw more current which is inversely proportional to the voltage
    2. they draw more current which is inversely proportional to the square root of the voltage
    3. they draw heat proportional to v2
    4. low voltage sets in electrical discharge
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  5. The winner of U.S. Open 2008, Women’s Singles, was:

    1. Dinara Safina
    2. Elena Dementieva
    3. Jalena Jankovic
    4. Serena Williams
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  6. Which one of the following is evergreen fruit plant?`

    1. Apple
    2. Almond
    3. Peach
    4. Loquat
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  7. HAL is related to manufacturing of

    1. Telecommunication equipments
    2. Aircrafts
    3. Space missiles
    4. War missiles
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  8. Among the following greenhouse gases, which does not cause ozone pollution in troposphere?

    1. Methane
    2. Carbon mono-oxide
    3. Nitrogen oxides (NOX)
    4. Water vapours
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  9. Which one of the following forms an irreversible complex with haemoglobin of the blood?

    1. Carbon dioxide
    2. Pure Nitrogen gas
    3. Carbon monoxide
    4. A mixture of carbon dioxide and helium
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  10. The disease caused by swelling of the membrane over spinal cord and brain is:

    1. Leukaemia
    2. Paralysis
    3. Sclerosis
    4. Meningitis
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