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UPPSC Prelims 2001 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 10)

  1. The plant Field Gene Bank at Banthra will:

    1. Preserve endangered varieties
    2. Check piracy of biodiversity
    3. Identify economically important wild plants
    4. Take care of all the above
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  2. Which of the following statements are true for bionomics? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    A. It literally means 'management of life'
    B. It is a synonym for ecology
    C. It stresses on the value of natural system which influence human systems

    Codes:

    1. A is correct
    2. A and B are correct
    3. B and C are correct
    4. All are correct
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  3. The person who returned his token of Honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was:

    1. Jamnalal Bajaj
    2. Tej Bahadur Sapru
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Rabindra Nath Tagore
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  4. The world footballer of the year 2000 was:

    1. Diego Maradona
    2. Sun Wen
    3. Pele
    4. Zidane
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  5. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
    List-I - List-II

    1. Mahatma Gandhi - The Law and the Lawyers
    2. Ram Manohar Lohiya - India Divided
    3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad - Guilty Men of India's Partition
    4. Abdul Kalam Azad - Ghubar-e-Khatir
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  6. What is the estimated replacement, reproduction level per married couple to obtain zero population growth?

    1. 2.0
    2. 2.1
    3. 2.6
    4. 3.0
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  7. Which one of the following statements is not true for laterite soils?

    1. They are the soils of the humid tropical regions
    2. They are highly leached soils
    3. Their fertility is low
    4. They are rich in lime
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  8. Assertion (A): Increase in the diversity of food webs promotes ecosystem stability.
    Reason (R): It increases the resilience of the ecosystem.

    1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
    3. A is true but R is false
    4. A is false but R is true
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  9. The population of Uttar Pradesh exceeds the total population of each country of one of the groups of each country of one of the groups given below:

    1. Germany, France, Indonesia, Brazil
    2. Japan, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria
    3. U.K., Germany, Japan, Pakista
    4. U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Bangladesh
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  10. Suchitra is taller than pushpa. But shorter than Malti Geeta is shorter than Viji and Viji is not as tall as Pushpa. Who will be in the middle if they stand in a row, according to their height?

    1. Malti
    2. Suchitra
    3. Pushpa
    4. Viji
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