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UPPSC Prelims 2005 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions

  1. Correct arrangement of 1/2, 2/5, 3/8, 7/13 in ascending order is

    1. 1/2 2/5 3/8 7/13
    2. 3/8 2/5 1/2 7/13
    3. 1/2 3/8 2/5 7/13
    4. 1/2 2/5 7/13 3/8
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  2. Jhuming is practised mostly in

    1. Assam
    2. Andhra Pradesh
    3. Nagaland
    4. Madhya Pradesh
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  3. One of the tribes which celebrates "Sarhul" festival is

    1. Santhal
    2. Munda
    3. Bhil
    4. Tharu
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  4. Who had made Allahabad the emergency headquarters in 1857?

    1. Lord Canning
    2. Lord Cornwallis
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Lord William Bentinck
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  5. Vande Mataram became the theme song of the Indian National Movement during

    1. Champaran Movement
    2. Civil Disobedience Movement
    3. Non-Cooperation Movement
    4. Swadesh Movement
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  6. Arteether, a drug to cure malaria is obtained from a

    1. seed plant
    2. fungus
    3. Bacterium
    4. moss
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  7. Which one of the following chemicals helps in fruit ripening?

    1. Ethephon
    2. Atrazine
    3. Isoproturan
    4. Malathion
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  8. In cold weather, aquatic animals survive when water at the top layer of the lake freezes into ice because:

    1. they can breathe in ice
    2. they have enough of accumulated oxygen inside them
    3. their body structure is such that they can survive without oxygen
    4. water has highest density at 4°C so underneath the top layer of ice there is layer of water
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  9. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:
    List-I(Physical quantities) - List-II (Units)

    A. Acceleration - 1. Joule
    B. Force - 2. Newton second
    C. Work done - 3. Newton
    D. Impulse - 4. Metre/second2

    Code:
    A B C D

    1. 1 2 3 4
    2. 2 1 4 3
    3. 4 3 1 2
    4. 3 4 2 1
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  10. In the recent epidemics of the Japanese Encephalitis the most afflicted district in Uttar Pradesh was:

    1. Basti
    2. Gonda
    3. Garakhpur
    4. Kanpur Nagar
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