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UPPSC Prelims 2009 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions (Page 10)

  1. Mayor of a city in Uttar Pradesh.

    1. Is first citizen of the city.
    2. Is ex-officio member of the Municipal Corporation.
    3. Is ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Committee.
    4. Exercises full control over the executive machinery.

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
    Codes:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1, 2 and 3
    3. 2, 3 and 4
    4. All the four
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  2. The number of parallelograms that can be formed from a set of four parallel lines intersecting another set of three parallel lines will be:

    1. 6
    2. 9
    3. 12
    4. 18
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  3. There are certain number of benches in a Class room. If four students sit on each bench then three benches remain unoccupied. If, however, three students sit on each bench then three students remain standing in the class. The number of students in the class is:

    1. 36
    2. 48
    3. 60
    4. 72
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  4. In which State of India, Fulhar Lake is situated?

    1. Madhya Pradesh
    2. Uttarakhand
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. Bihar
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  5. Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three major sports awards viz. Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award?

    1. Prakash Padukone
    2. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
    3. Harika Dronavali
    4. Pullela Gopichand
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  6. If 3/16 of a tank is filled in 15 minutes, the rest of the tank will be filled in:

    1. 61 minutes
    2. 65 minutes
    3. 79 minutes
    4. 81 minutes
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  7. Among the following 4 cities (Principal Corporation) which one had the least population as per 2001 2011 census.

    1. Kanpur
    2. Lucknow
    3. Agra
    4. Varanasi
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  8. In which one of the following places, the cave temples built by the Rashtrakutas in the Ellora mountains are located?

    1. Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
    2. Nasik (Maharashtra)
    3. Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
    4. Golconda
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  9. Which one of the following places gets the least rainfall?

    1. Bikaner
    2. Leh
    3. Jodhpur
    4. Jaisalmer
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  10. Centre-State relations in India are dependent upon

    1. Constitutional provisions
    2. Conventions and practices
    3. Judicial interpretations
    4. Mechanisms for dialogue

    Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1,2 and 3
    3. 2, 3 and 4
    4. All the four
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