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UPPSC Prelims 2005 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 6)

  1. The Mutation Theory of Evolution was enunciated by

    1. Huxley
    2. Darwin
    3. Lamarck
    4. Hugo de Vries
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  2. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through:

    1. Egypt
    2. India
    3. Iran
    4. Myanmar
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  3. Which one of the following statements about F-18 Super Hornet is not correct?

    1. It is a fighter plane manufactured by U.S. Aerospace company
    2. It can be used both by a day and night
    3. It is used by 8 countries of the world for their air force
    4. HAL is manufacturing it with the assistance of Boeing Company
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  4. The port which does not have LNG terminals is

    1. Dahej
    2. Hazira
    3. Kochi
    4. Kandla
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  5. "Swaraj is my Birth right" The above assertion is attributed to

    1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. Subhash Chandra Bose
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  6. A species is considered to be extinct if it has been seen in its natural

    1. 15 years
    2. 25 years
    3. 40 years
    4. 50 years
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  7. Pope Benedict XVI hails from

    1. Germany
    2. Italy
    3. Vatican City
    4. Poland
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  8. Solder is an alloy of

    1. tin an lead
    2. tin and copper
    3. tin, copper and zinc
    4. tin, lead and zinc
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  9. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

    1. Bihu–Assam
    2. Onam–Andhra Pradesh
    3. Pongal–Tamil Nadu
    4. Baisakhi–Punjab
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  10. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

    1. Chinook-U.S.A.
    2. Sirocco-Sicily
    3. Blizzard-Chile
    4. Norwesters(kalbaisakhi)-India
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