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UPPSC Prelims 2013 (GS Paper I) Question Paper and Solutions

  1. Which one of the following air pollutants can affect blood stream leading to death?

    1. Asbestos dust
    2. Cadmium
    3. Lead
    4. Carbon monoxide
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  2. Who was the Chariman of the Committee which proposed Democratic Decentralisation and Pandhayati Raj?

    1. K.M. Pannikar
    2. H.N. Kunjru
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Balwant Rai Mehta
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  3. Among the biotic components of the ecosystem, the producer system is:

    1. Cow
    2. Peacock
    3. Tiger
    4. Green Plants
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  4. Former CBI Director Ashwini Kumar has been recently appointed Governor of

    1. Assam
    2. Bihar
    3. Maharashtra
    4. Nagaland
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  5. Which one among the following substances does not contribute to global warming?

    1. Oxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen
    2. Methane
    3. Carbon dioxide
    4. Water vapour
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  6. Who among the following was not as allvar Saint?

    1. Poyagai
    2. Tirugyan
    3. Pudam
    4. Tirumangai
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  7. Who won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize which is considered to be the Nobel Prize in architecture, announced in March 2013 in Los Angeles?

    1. Renzo Piano
    2. Tadao Ando
    3. Toyo Ito
    4. Wang Su
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  8. Photosynthesis using the invisible part of the sunlight is done by some

    1. Trees
    2. Algae
    3. Bacteria
    4. Fungi
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  9. Sound above what level (in decibels) is considered hazardous noise pollution?

    1. 30 dB
    2. 40 dB
    3. 60 dB
    4. 80 dB
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  10. On March 29, 2013 a Russian Space Craft established a new record by reaching the International Space Station (ISS) in only 6 Hours while earlier the space crafts used to take to the three days to reach the ISS which is the space craft?

    1. Sputnik-II
    2. Soyuz
    3. Zond
    4. Venera
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