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UPPSC Prelims 2008 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 15)

  1. In 2008 FIFA 19th World Cup Football Tournament will be held in:

    1. France
    2. Germany
    3. South Africa
    4. Spain
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  2. Which one of the following ports is not located on the eastern coast of India?

    1. Chennai
    2. Kandla
    3. Paradwip
    4. Tuticorin
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  3. If the doors of a refrigerator are left open for a few hours, the room temperature:

    1. will decrease
    2. will increase
    3. will remain the same
    4. will decrease only in the area in the vicinity of the refrigerator
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  4. Recently Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, the renowned classical singer, has been awarded

    1. Bharat Ratna
    2. Kalidas Samman
    3. Padma Bhushan
    4. Padma Shri
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  5. More than one-fourth of India's urban population lives in the two States, of:

    1. Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
    2. Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    3. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
    4. Maharashtra and Gujarat
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  6. The Supreme Court of India is a "Court of Record". It implies that

    1. It has to keep a record of its decisions.
    2. All its decisions have evidentiary value and cannot be questioned in any court.
    3. It has the power to punish for its contempt.
    4. No appeal can be made against its decisions.
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  7. In which of the following years, food grain production had a negative growth rate?

    1. 2001-02
    2. 2003-04
    3. 2004-05
    4. 2005-06
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  8. A train starts from station A with some passengers. "At station B 10% of the passengers get down and 100 passengers get in. At station C 50% get down and 25 get in. At station D 50% get down and 50 get in making the total number of passengers 200. The number of passengers who boarded the train at station A was

    1. 400
    2. 500
    3. 600
    4. 700
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  9. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Mahatma Gandhi had said, "Gandhi may die but Gandhism will remain forever."?

    1. Ramgarh Session, 1940
    2. Lahore Session, 1929
    3. Calcutta Session, 1928
    4. Karachi Session, 1931
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  10. Where was the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association founded in 1928?

    1. Kanpur
    2. Delhi
    3. Allahabad
    4. Lahore
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