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UPPSC Prelims 2005 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 10)

  1. The rain-drops are spherical because:

    1. they fall from big height
    2. the air has resistance
    3. the water has surface tension
    4. none of the above
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  2. Today the most urbanised country of the world is

    1. Germany
    2. Japan
    3. Singapore
    4. U.S.A.
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  3. The largest Commercial Bank of India is

    1. NABARD
    2. State Bank of India
    3. ICICI
    4. Union Bank of India
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  4. The leading producer of soyabean in India is

    1. Chhattisgarh
    2. Madhya Pradesh
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Uttar Pradesh
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  5. In the Union Budget the largest item of revenue expenditure is

    1. Defence expenditure
    2. Major Subsidies
    3. Interest Payments
    4. Grants to States
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  6. Which one of the following statements is not true about cosmic rays?

    1. They are electromagnetic waves
    2. They have very short wavelength
    3. They are made of highly energetic charged particles
    4. They originate from the Sun
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  7. Which one of the following statements is true?

    1. Today nearly 28% of India's population resides in towns.
    2. The year 1921 is the urban divide in the demographic history of India.
    3. Mumbai is the most populous metropolis of India.
    4. There are only 5 million cities in Uttar Pradesh.
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  8. Which one of the following pairs of States has equal seats in Lok Sabha?

    1. Jharkhand and Assam
    2. Gujarat and Rajasthan
    3. Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    4. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
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  9. As per the Union Budget 2005-06 the GDP growth rate has been stipulated as:

    1. 6.0%
    2. 6.9%
    3. 7.25%
    4. 8.5%
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  10. The decadal growth of population in India highest during

    1. 1951 - 1961
    2. 1961 - 1971
    3. 1971-1981
    4. 1991-2001
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