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UPPSC Prelims 2005 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 9)

  1. The Apex Body to finance agriculture in India is

    1. Reserve Bank of India
    2. NABARD
    3. Cooperative Societies
    4. Government of India
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  2. When the moon size is half of the full moon, the angle between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon is

    1. 45°
    2. 90°
    3. 180°
    4. 270°
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  3. In India the highest decadal growth rate of population during 1991-2001 2001-2011 was recorded in:

    1. Bihar
    2. Meghalaya
    3. Sikkim
    4. Uttar Pradesh
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  4. A sum of Rs. 1000 is divided between A, B and C and that A gets one-fourth of what B and C get together and B gets the same as C, then C gets

    1. Rs. 100
    2. Rs. 200
    3. Rs. 300
    4. Rs.400
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  5. Which of the following States have not introduced VAT system? Select the correct answer from the code given below:

    1. Andhra Pradesh
    2. Chhattisgarh
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Uttar Pradesh
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  6. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising politics of "Pray, petition and protest"?

    1. B.G.Tilak
    2. M.A. Jinnah
    3. S.C. Bose
    4. Annie Besant
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  7. Assertion (A): The Quit India Movement marked the culmination of Indian National Movement.

    Reason (R): After the Quit India Movement it was a matter of time to find a suitable mechanism for transfer of power.

    Select the correct answer from the code given below:
    Code:

    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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  8. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was

    1. Abdul Kalam Azad
    2. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
    3. M.A. Ansari
    4. Badruddin Tyabji
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  9. Assertion (A): The Ganga is a highly polluted river.
    Reason (R): The holier the river, the more polluted it is.

    Select the correct answer from the following code:

    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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  10. The New Package for Agriculture announced by the UPA Government does not provide:

    1. Landless agriculturists will get loan from banks
    2. NABARD will work out a proposal for loans to landless agriculturists
    3. 50 lakhs new farmers will be covered under the loan scheme
    4. Concession in loan payment
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