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UPPSC Prelims 2000 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 4)

  1. Musical instrument sitar is the combination of:

    1. Bansuri and Veena
    2. Bansuri and Sarangi
    3. Veena and Tambura
    4. Veena and Piano
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  2. Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are:

    1. acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout
    2. malaria, acute diarrhoea and schistosomiasis
    3. onchocerciasis, leukaemia and arthritis
    4. rheumatism, malaria and AIDS
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  3. Karmapa Lama comes from the Tibetan Buddhist order of:

    1. Gelugpa
    2. Sakypa
    3. Kagyupa
    4. Lingmapa
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  4. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

    1. Madhya Pradesh – Chhattisgarh Plain
    2. Bihar– Chota Nagpur Plateau
    3. Maharashtra – Rain Shadow Region
    4. Andhra Pradesh– Malnad
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  5. The present fiscal deficit of states has touched a record of:

    1. Rs. 40,000 crore
    2. Rs. 50,000 crore
    3. Rs. 75,000 crore
    4. Rs, 1,00,000 crore
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  6. The missing fraction in the series given below is: 4/9,9/20................... 39/86

    1. 17/40
    2. 19/42
    3. 20/45
    4. 29/53
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  7. The sitting of the House of the People may be terminated by:

    1. adjournment
    2. prorogation
    3. dissolution
    4. all the above
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  8. Credit Deposit Ratio of Commercial Banks in UP has since 1971:

    1. continuously declined
    2. continuously increased
    3. remained constant
    4. first increased till 1990 and then declined
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  9. The following players whose names are given in list-I have won Tennis Grand Slam 1999 in Men's Singles in the events given list-II. Match list-I with List-II and Select the correct answer using the code given below:
    List-I - List-II

    A. Yevgeny Kafelnikov - 1. Australian Open
    B. Andre Agassi - 2. French Open
    C. Pete Sampras - 3. Wimbledon
    D. Andre Agassi - 4. American Open

    Codes:
    A B C D

    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 4 3 2 1
    3. 3 4 1 2
    4. 2 4 3 1
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  10. Which Indian born film producer has won the Golden Camera Award in 1999 Cannes Film Festival:

    1. Mira Nayar
    2. Murali Nayar
    3. Mani Kaul
    4. Shahji Karun
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