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UPPSC Prelims 1994 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions

  1. India's first remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-1A) was launched from:

    1. Baikonour
    2. Cape Kennedy
    3. French Guiana
    4. Sri Harikota
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  2. Operation "Desert Storm" was the war between:

    1. Iraq and Iran
    2. Iraq and the Kurds
    3. America and its allies against Iraq
    4. Iraqis
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  3. Study the following names of the contemporaries of Kanishka and mark answer according to the answer code given below:

    (I) Asvaghosh
    (II) Vasumitra
    (III) Kalidasa
    (IV) Kambar

    Answer code:

    1. I and IV
    2. II and III
    3. I and II
    4. All of them
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  4. Why does water boil at temperature below 100°C at higher altitudes?

    1. The atmospheric pressure decreases and hence boiling point is lowered
    2. The gravitational attraction is less
    3. Because of heavy winds in mountains
    4. None of the above is correct
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  5. A hydrophyte is:

    1. a marine animal
    2. an aquatic plant
    3. a plant disease
    4. a rootless plant
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  6. Two nuclear power units are being constructed in Uttar Pradesh at:

    1. Haridwar
    2. Mussoorie
    3. Narora
    4. Narendranagar
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  7. In a diesel engine the fuel used is:

    1. vapour of diesel and air
    2. diesel only
    3. mixture of diesel and petrol
    4. mixture of diesel, air and petrol
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  8. Bhakra Nangal is a joint project of the States:

    1. Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan
    2. Punjab, J&K and Rajasthan
    3. U.P. Punjab and Rajasthan
    4. U.P, J & K and Punjab
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  9. The Devaluation is:

    1. Reduction of prices
    2. Deficit financing
    3. Loans from World Bank and I.M.F.
    4. Reduction in the value of currency in terms of gold
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  10. Rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram were built by:

    1. Pallavas
    2. Cholas
    3. Chalukyas
    4. Rashtrakutas
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