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GENERAL STUDIES

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION – 2005

SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY

TEST BOOKLET – B

Questions start with

1. According to the Census-2001, which one of the following Indian States has been maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh ?

a) West Bengal b) Maharashtra

c) Bihar d) Tamil Nadu

Ans : b

2. Itaipu Dam built…..this as a joint project?

a) Brazil and Peru

Ans : c

3. Consider : 1. There are 25 High Courts in India.

Ans : a

4. Which one…. country? a) Karachi ( Pakistan )

Ans : b

5. Consider : 1. Total land area….1475 lakh square kilometers.

Ans : a

6. Consider : 1. Kyoto Protocol came into force in the year 2005.

Ans : b

7. Match : a) Seikan Rail Tunnel : China

Ans : a

8. Which one …….. of their percentage of Earth's land ?

Ans : b

9. Match : List-I ( Country ) List-II ( Name of Parliament )

Ans : b

10. For which one… Spanish not an official language ?

Ans : c

11. Which among….. recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award ?

Ans : d

12. Match : List-I (National Park / Wildlife Sanctuary ) List-II ( State )

Ans : b

13. Which party ………….1939 after broke away from the Congress ?

Ans : d

14. Who among the following is the President of the FICCI ?

Ans : c

15. Consider : 1. During the year 2004,…. 125 billion U.S. Dollar mark.

Ans : -

16. Consider : 1. Anhydrous sodium carbonate …known as baking soda.

Ans : -

17. Consider : 1. A geostationary satellite is at an……..10,000 km.

Ans : -

18. What is the order…… human body ( dry )?

Ans : -

19. Consider : 1. The axis of the earth's……….geographic axis of the earth.

Ans : b

20. Which one…..doctor working in USA, during February, 2005 ?

Ans : b

21. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers who work mainly in :

Ans : b

22. Who among the…… contemporary of the other three ?

Ans : c

23. Consider : The government of India Act, 1935 provided for

Ans : d

24. Consider : 1. Warren Hastings was ….India on the British pattern.

Ans : b

25. Which one….. battles fought in India in the 18^th Century ?

Ans : b

26. Which countries……. Davis Cup Final in the year 2004 ?

Ans : b

27. Where do the Sahariya tribals,……. in the news, live ?

Ans : d

28. Whose autobiography is the book “My Music, My Life”?

Ans : c

29. Consider : 1. India is the…..commercial varieties of silk.

Ans : c

30. a) Arjun : Indigenously produced Main Battle Tank (MBT)

Ans : b

31. Match : List-I (Power Station ) List-II (State )

Ans : b

32. For which one of the following, is Satara well-known ?

Ans : b

33. Which one…………..marketing network called `e-chaupals'?

Ans : a

34. Which one….. not correct ? a) Rourkela Steel Plant,………..Soviet Union collaboration.

Ans : a

35. Match : List-I ( Person) List-II (Organisation)

Ans : b

36. Which one…. statement ? a) The modern Kochi……….. independence.

Ans : d

37. Which one…… probed by the Liberhan Commission ?

Ans : d

38. Which one…..to be owned by a public limited company ?

Ans : a

39. Consider : 1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.

Ans : b

40. Match : a) Bahamas : Nassau

Ans : c

41. Which one…… Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South ?

Ans : c

42. Where are the Balearic Islands located ?

Ans : a

43. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania ?

Ans : b

44. Match : ( Distinguished Person ) List-II ( Achievement / Known as)

Ans : b

45. Consider : 1. The Charter of the ….. Switzerland in June, 1945.

Ans : c

46. Match : List-I ( Distinguished Person ) List-II (Area of Work)

Ans : d

47. Consider : 1. The Parliament …..to that conferred by the Constitution.

Ans : d

48. Consider : 1. Article 301….. Right to Property.

Ans : a

49. Who among the following invented Lasers ?

Ans : a

50. Consider : 1. Articles 371 a to 371 I…….Arunachal Pradesh and Goa.

Ans : d

51. Consider : 1. Part IX of the Constitution…….Act, 1992

Ans : a

52. Consider : 1. Lord Mountbatten…..against the Government

Ans : b

53. Which one…. affected by the Revolt of 1857 ?

Ans : b

54. Which one….. leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to ?

Ans : a

55. Match : 1. Champaran : Rajendra Prasad

Ans : c

56. Who among… U.P. Kisan Sabha in February 1918 ?

Ans : c

57. Who among…. Karachi Session of Congress in 1931 ?

Ans : b

58. In October 1920, ….. Communist Party of India ?

Ans : d

59. At which Congress….. a programme of Civil Disobedience ?

Ans : b

60. In which one…. under the Act of 1935 ?

Ans : d

61. Consider : On the eve of launch …….... Movement, Mahatma Gandhi.

Ans : d

62. Where were the Ghadar….. of the World War I based ?

Ans : b

63. What was Komagata Maru ?

Ans : c

64. Who among … of Fabianism as a movement ?

Ans : a

65. Recently, ….. India offer to build a Buddha Temple ?

Ans : b

66. Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member ?

Ans : b

67. Consider : 1. Disputes with mobile cellular companies.

Ans : c

68. Consider : 1. Second World Buddhist Summit….. December, 2004

Ans : -

69. Consider : 1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly.

Ans : d

70. Consider : 1. Great Britain comprises England, Wales……Ireland.

Ans : -

71. Consider : 1. During the process of osmosis, …. to the dilute solution.

Ans : c

72. Consider : 1. Poverty Reduction and Growth….. of independence.

Ans : -

73. Consider : 1. Sensex is based on 50 of the most…. Bombay Stock Exchange ( BSE).

Ans : a

74. Consider : 1. The Headquarters……… are located in Rome.

Ans : c

75. Consider: 1. In the First Round Table Conference…..depressed classes.

Ans : c

76. Consider : 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar……education for women.

Ans : b

77. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act ?

Ans : b

78. Where is the volcanic mountain, Mount St. Helens located ?

Ans : d

79. Which one of…not correct ? a) The Western Ghats …northern region.

Ans : c

80. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a……following? a) Chambal Project

Ans : a

81. Which one…..going towards the south? a) Nallamalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills…

Ans : c

82. Which one of…..Biosphere Reserve ? a) Agasthyamalai

Ans : b

83. Assertion : The same face….presented to the Earth.

Ans : a

84. Assertion : Existence of human life…. Improbable.

Ans : b

85. Assertion : All the proteins-digesting….small intestine.

Ans : a

86. Assertion : Amoeba reproduces by fission.

Ans : c

87. Assertion : Wind patterns ….southern hemisphere.

Ans : d

88. Assertion : The main constituent……Gas is methane.

Ans : b

89. Assertion : The person with diabetes insipidus feels thirsty.

Ans : a

90. Consider : 1. Vigyan Rail is………Scientific and Industrial Research.

Ans : a

91. Consider : 1. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)……designed vessels.

Ans : b

92. Which is Krishnan's hometown ?

Ans : c

93. Which College is situated in Inder's hometown ?

Ans : d

94. Who studies in Bhopal ?

Ans : c

95. In Inder studies in ahmedabad, ……...Person-Hometown-Place of Study ?

Ans : b

96. Left pan of a faulty……….cost price, what is his gain ?

Ans : d

97. On a railway route between two places A and B….. issued for a oneway journey ?

Ans : d

98. Aryan runs at a speed of 40 ………covered by the dog ?

Ans : d

99. A big rectangular plot of area 4320 m² …….dimensions of the original plot ?

Ans : c

100. Match : List-I (Atomic Power Plants/ Heavy Water Plants ) List-II (State)

Ans : d

101. Which one….. order of their densities ? a) Steel>Mercury>Gold

Ans : d

102. Of which one…. Shanmugham Venkatesh an outstanding player ?

Ans : a

103. 2 men and 1 woman board a bus in which 5 seats…….. three passengers?

Ans : c

104. Consider : 1. The Constitution of India has 20 parts.

Ans : c

105. Who among…… Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly ?

Ans : c

106. Which one…..matched ? a) Southern Air Command : Thiruvananthapuram

Ans : c

107. Which of……matched ? 1. Sportstar : The Hindu publication group

Ans : d

108. Which of…..matched ? 1. VSNL : Bharati Group

Ans : c

109. In which country is Bandugn, …….Aligned Movement (NAM), situated ?

Ans : c

110. Match : List-I (Businesswoman ) List-II (Company )

Ans : d

111. A square is divided into 9 identical smaller squares…….can this be done?

Ans : d

112. There are 6 persons…A,B,C,D,E,…. can this be done ?

Ans : d

113. For which one…… Tirupur well-known ………to many parts of the world ?

Ans : c

114. Match : a) Integrated Steel plant at Jajpur : Steel Authority of India

Ans : -

115. Virtual water trade………. What does virtual water (VW ) imply ?

Ans : b

116. Consider: 1. The Head Quarters of the North Western Railway….Jodhpur.

Ans : a

117. 300 persons …..How many Indian women attended the meeting ?

Ans : b / c

118. There are 6 persons : A,B,C,D,E and F.

Ans : -

119. Ten identical particles……the same half of the box ?

Ans : d

120. An equilateral triangular plate…… possible value of n ?

Ans : b

121. There are 10 identical coins……. has `H' face as the upper face.

Ans : a

122. Which of the following States border Uttar Pradesh ?

Ans : a

123. Which one of……of Parliament of South Africa ?

Ans : a

124. Which one of…..matched ? a) John Major : Conservative Party

Ans : c ( Harold Wilson – Labour Party )

125. Match : A. Kakinada 1. Skybuys Metro rail test- run

Ans : b

126. In which one of……..Tamil a major language ?

Ans : d

127. Which one of….. normal annual rainfall ? a) Kochi-Kolkata –Delhi-Patna

Ans : c

128. Match : List-I ( City ) List-II (River ) A. Washington 1. River Manzanares

Ans : d

129. Consider : 1. The Constitution ….America came into force in the year 1810.

Ans : b

130. Which of …..milching animals are infectious ?

Ans : d

131. Under which one………. India does the Food and Nutrition Board work ?

Ans : c

132. Consider : 1. Dengue is a protozoan …..transmitted by mosquitoes.

Ans : b

133. Who among the…… Investment Commission formed in December, 2004 ?

Ans : d

134. Consider : 1. Silent Valley National Park ….. Nallamalai range.

Ans : c

135. In which one…….. by Tropical Storm Jeanne ?

Ans : b

136. Consider : 1. Areawise, Chhattisgarh is larger than West Bengal.

Ans : c

137. Which one………. is correct ? a) Harare : Salisbury

Ans : -

138. Which one of the following …..correct?

a) The First Meeting of the Parties (MOP I ) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Phillippines in the year 2004.

Ans : -

139. Where was world's largest ever Meet on HIV AIDS held in July, 2004?

Ans : a

140. Consider :

1. Global Trust Bank has been amalgamated with the Punjab National Bank.

Ans : b

141. Which one of….. the basis of Census – 2001

a) Bihar has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Castes of its population.

Ans : d

142. The Constitution ( 98^th Amendment ) Act is related to

a) Empowering the Centre to levy and appropriate service tax.

Ans : b

143. Consider :

1. India is the second country in the world to adopt a National Family Planning Programme.

Ans : c

144. Match : List-I ( Lawn Tennis Tournament ) List-II ( Winner of Women Singles )

A. French Open- 2004 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova

Ans : b

145. Match :

List-I ( Famous Former Sports Person ) List-II ( Game / Sport )

A. Wally Grout 1. Swimming

Ans : c

146. Which one of….. not correct ?

a) There is no definition of the Scheduled tribe in the Constitution of India.

Ans : c

147. Consider :

1. The forest cover in India constitutes around 20% of its geographical area. Out of the total forest cover, dense forest constitutes around 40%.

Ans : c

148. Consider :

1. The Man Booker Prize is awarded to citizen