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UPPSC Prelims 2011 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions

  1. India was represented in the Annual Meet of the World Economic Forum, held in Davos (Switzerland) in January 2009, by-

    1. Manmohan Singh
    2. Kamal Nath
    3. P. Chidambaram
    4. Kapil Sibbal
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  2. In which of the following States the National Games, 2011 will be held ?

    1. Delhi
    2. Ranchi
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Rajasthan
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  3. The only Indian Gold Medal Winner in Olympic 2008 is-

    1. Sudesh Kumar
    2. Pankaj Advani
    3. Mahesh Bhupati
    4. Abhinav Bindra
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  4. In April 2009, G-20 Summit was held in-

    1. Geneva
    2. London
    3. Paris
    4. Rome
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  5. Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb ?

    1. Sitar
    2. Pakhawaj
    3. Veena
    4. None of the above
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  6. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

    1. Sushil Kumar—Wrestling
    2. Anand Pawar—Badminton
    3. Arjun Rao—Archery
    4. Pankaj Advani—Shooting
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  7. The winner State of 17th Senior National Women's Football Championship held in March 2009, was—

    1. Manipur
    2. Nagaland
    3. Tamil Nadu
    4. West Bengal
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  8. Consider the following statements-

    Assertion (A) : West Bengal is the leading producer of fish in India.
    Reason (R) : West Bengal has well developed fishing industry along the sea coast.

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

    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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  9. During the Rig Vedic period Niska was an ornament of

    1. Ear
    2. Neck
    3. Arm
    4. Wrist
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  10. In India the largest area under rice cultivation lies in the State of-

    1. Andhra Pradesh
    2. Orissa
    3. Uttar Pradesh
    4. West Bengal
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