(Paper) IAS GENERAL STUDIES PRELIMS QUESTION PAPER - 2004 (PART -6)

PAPER : IAS GENERAL STUDIES PRELIMS QUESTION PAPER - 2004 (PART -6)

126 Which one or the following statements is correct ?‘Deccan Odyssey’is

(a) a book on Chatrapati Shivaji

(b) a warship recently acquired by the Indian Nevy

(c) a recently started air service between Mumbai and Colombo

(d) a luxury train which travels through Maharashtra and includes Goa in its journey

 

127 Standard 18 - carat gold sold in the market contains

 

(a) 82 parts gold and 18 parts other metals

(b) 18 parts gold and 82 parts other metals

(c) 18 parts gold and 6 parts other metals

(d) 9 parts gold and 15 parts other metals

 

128 A weightless rubber balloon is filled with 200 cc of water. Its weight in water is equa l to

 

(a) 9.8/5 N (b) 9.8/10 N

(c) 9.8/2 N (d) zero

 

129 Salts of which of the following elements provide colours to fireworks?

 

(a) Zinc and Sulphur (b) Potassium and mercury

(c) Strontium and barium (d) Chromium and nickel

 

130 Consider the following statements :

 

1. Reserve Bank of India was nationalized on 26 January, 1950.

2. The borrowing programme of the Government of India is handled by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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131 Which one of the following is the correct decreasing sequence in terms of the value (in rupees) of the minerals produced in India in the year 2002-03?

 

(a) Metallic minerals - Fuel minerals - Non - metallic minerals

(b) Fuel minerals - Metallic minerals - Non - metallic minerals

(c) Metallic minerals - Non - metallic minerals - Fuel minerals

(d) Fuel minerals - Non - metallic minerals - Metallic minerals

 

132 Which one of the following cities (they were in the news in recent times) is not correctly matched with its country?

 

(a) Salamanca

(b) Cannes

(c) Cancun

(d) Bruges Spain Italy Mexico Belgium

 

133 Consider the following statements : As per 2001 Census

 

1. the two States with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab

2. the two States with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram

3. Kerala has both the highest literacy rate and sex ratio

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 3 only (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3

 

134 Consider the following statements :

 

1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi.

2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War

3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-uddaulah in Battle of Plassey.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 (d) None

 

135 Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?

 

(a) Sikkim (b) Goa

(c) Haryana

(d) Kerala

 

136 How many three-digit even numbers are there such that 9 comes as a succeeding digit in any number only when 7 is the preceding digit only when 9 is the succeeding below :

 

(a) 120 (b) 210

(c) 365 (d) 405

 

137 Match List I (Sports-person) with List II (Sport/Game) and select the correct answer using the codes given below :

 

List I

(A) Shikha Tandon

(B) Ignace Tirkey

(C) Pankaj Advani

(D) Rohan Bopanna

 

List II

 

1. Badminton

2. Swimming

3. Lawn Tennis

4. Snooker

5. Hockey

A B C D

(a) 3 5 4 2

(b) 2 4 1 3

(c) 3 4 1 2

(d) 2 5 4 3

 

138 The record for the highest score in an innings in Test Crickets is now being held by M. Hayden Immediately prior to him, the three record holders were

 

(a) Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar and Colin Cowdrey

(b) Len Hutton, Peter May and Vivian Richards

(c) Hanif Mohammed, Garfield Sobers and Brian Lara

(d) Bob Cowper, Bill Lawry and Brian Lara

 

139 In how many different ways can six players be arranged in a line such that two of them, Ajit and Mukherjee, are never together?

 

(a) 120 (b) 240

(c) 360 (d) 480

 

140 Match List I (State/province/Overseas Territory) List II (Country) and select the correct answer using the codes given below :

 

List I

(A) British Colombia

(B) Bavaria

(C) Gibraltar

(D) Rhode Island

 

List II

 

1. USA

2. UK

3. Canada

4. Germany

5. Denmark

A B C D

(a) 1 2 5 3

(b) 3 4 2 1

(c) 1 4 2 3

(d) 3 2 5 1

 

141 Consider the following statements :

 

1. Femur is the longest bone in the human body

2. Cholera is a disease caused by bacteria

3. ‘Athlet’s foot” is a disease caused by virus.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

 

142 50 men or 80 women can finish a job in 50 days. A contractor deploys 40 men and 48

 

women for this work, but after every duration of 10 days, 5 men and 8 women are

removed till the work is completed. The work is completed in

(a) 45 days (b) 50 days

(c) 54 days (d) 62 days

 

143 Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

 

Unit of Indian Railway

(a) Railway Staff College

(b) Central Organization for Railway Electrification

(c) Wheel and Axle Plant

(d) Rail-coach Factory

 

Location

 

Vadodra

Varanasi

Bangalore

Kapurthala

 

144 Consider the following statements :

 

1. Smart Card is a plastic card with an embedded microchip.

2. Digital Technology is primarily used with new physical communication medium such as satellite and fibre optics transmission.

3. A digital library is a collection of documents in an organized electronic form available on the Internet only.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 3 only (b) 1 and 2

(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

 

145 Match List I (New Names of the Countries) with List II (Old names of the Countries) and select the correct answer using the codes given below :

 

List I

(A) Benin

(B) Belize

(C) Botswana

(D) Malawi

 

List II

 

1. Nyasaland

2. Basutoland

3. Bechuanaland

4. British Honduras

5. Dohomey

A B C D

(a) 3 1 2 4

(b) 5 4 3 1

(c) 3 4 2 1

(d) 5 1 3 4

 

146 Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the descending order of precedence in the warrant of precedence?

 

(a) Attorney General of India - Judges of the Supreme Court - Members of Parliament- Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha

(b) Judges of the Supreme Court- Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Attorney General of India - Members of Parliament

(c) Attorney General of India- Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Judges of the Supreme Court - Members of Parliament

(d) Judges of the Supreme Court - Attorney General of India- Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Members of Parliament

 

147 Three students are picked at random from a school having a total of 1000 students. The probability that these three students will have identical date and month of their birth is

 

(a) 3/1000 (b) 3/365

(c) 1/(365)2 (d) 1/(365)3

 

148 Consider the following statements :

 

1. Montenegro and Serbia agreed to a new structure for the Yugoslav Federation.

2. Croatia remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War.

3. Claims to Macedonia Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium and Greece.

4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia Which of these statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3

(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4

 

149 Shirin Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, is from

 

(a) Iraq (b) Nigeria

(c) Iran (d) Libya

 

150 A person stands at the middle point of a wooden ladder which starts slipping between a vertical wall and the floor of a room, while plane. The path traced by a person standing at the middle point of the slipping ladder is

 

(a) A straight line (b) An elliptical path

(c) A circular path (d) A parabolic path

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