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UPPSC Prelims 2012 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 6)

  1. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of diamond?

    1. Australia
    2. Venezuela
    3. Russia
    4. Botswana
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  2. The year 2011 has been marked for the livestock disease named

    1. Foot mouth disease
    2. Rinderpest
    3. Rabies
    4. Cowpox
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  3. Peanuts are the main crop of

    1. Georgia
    2. Gambia
    3. Ghana
    4. Guatemala
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  4. The cycling of elements in an ecosystem is called

    1. Chemical cycles
    2. Biogeochemical cycles
    3. Geological cycles
    4. Geochemical cycles
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  5. Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Vedic Rivers) - List-II (Modern Names)

    A. Kubha - 1. Gandak
    B. Parushni - 2. Kabul
    C. Sadanira - 3. Ravi
    D. Sutudri - 4. Satluj

    A B C D

    1. 1 2 4 3
    2. 2 3 1 4
    3. 3 4 1 2
    4. 4 1 2 3
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  6. The most common measure of estimating inflation in India is

    1. Price Index
    2. Wholesale Price Index
    3. Consumer Price Index
    4. Price Index of Industrial Goods
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  7. Which of the following seas has the highest salinity?

    1. Caspian Sea
    2. Mediterranean Sea
    3. Red Sea
    4. Dead Sea
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  8. Tendulkar Committee has estimated that in India the * percentage of the population below poverty line is

    1. 27.2
    2. 37.2
    3. 22.2
    4. 32.7
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  9. In Uttar Pradesh the highest production of Aonla comes from

    1. Rae Bareilly
    2. Pratapgarh
    3. Faizabad
    4. Allahabad
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  10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
    List-I List-II

    A. Plague - 1. Protozoa
    B. AIDS - 2. Fungus
    C. Baldness - 3. Virus
    D. Malaria - 4. Bacteria

    A B C D

    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 2 3 4 1
    3. 3 4 1 2
    4. 4 3 2 1
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