Paper : Sample Practice Question Bank Model Questions For IAS 2009 

82 2 men and 1 woman board a bus in which 5 seats, are vacant. One of these five seats is reserved for ladies. A woman may or may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies but a man can not sit on the seat reserved for ladies. In how, many different ways can the five seats be occupied by these three passengers?
(a) 15 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 60

83 Consider the following statements:
1. The Constitution of India has 20 parts.
2. There are 390 Articles in the Constitution of India in all.
3. Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Schedules were added to the Constitution of India by the Constitution (Amendment) Acts. "
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only
(c) 3 only (d) 1,2 and 3

84 Who among the following was the Chairman of the Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
(a) B. R. Ambedkar (b) J. B. Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar


85. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Southern Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Eastern Naval Command: Visakhapatnam
(c) Armoured Corps Centre and School : Jabalpur
(d) Army Medical Corps Centre and School : Lucknow


86. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Publication Group
1. Sportstar The Hindu publication group
2. Business-world ABP group
3. The Week Malayala Manorama publication group
4. Reader's Digest Indian Express publication group


87 Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4 (d) 1 and 3


88. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Enterprise Industrial Group
1. VSNL Bharati Group
2. Mundra SEZ Adani Group
3. CMC Ltd. Tata Group
4. lPCL Reliance Group

89 Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1,2and3 (b) 3and4
(c) I, 2 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

90 In which country is Bandung, where the Conference of Mrican and Asian nations was held which led to establishing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), situated?
(a) Thailand (b) Egypt
(c) Indonesia (d) Philippines

91 A square is divided into 9 identical smaller squares. Six identical balls are to be placed in these smaller squares such that each of the three rows gets at least one ball (one ballin one square only). In how many different ways can this be done?
(a) 27 (b) 36
(c) 54 (d) 81


92 There are 6 persons - A, B, C, D, E and F. They are to be seated in a row such that B never sits anywhere ahead of A, and Cinever sit  anywhere ahead of B. In how many different ways can this be done?
(a) 60 (b) 72
(c) 120 (d) None of the above

93. For which one of the following items, is Tirupur well C.S.E. General Studies
(Pm.) – 2005 known as a huge exporter to many parts of the world?
(a) Gems and Jewellery (b) Leather goods.
(c) Knitted gannants (d) Handicrafts .


94. Which one of the following pairs is Hot correctly matched?

Project Company
(a) Integrated Steel Plant at Jajpur (Orissa): Steel Authodty of India
(b) Power Plant at Jamnagar(Gujarat): Essar Power
(c) Nabinagar Power Plant (Bihar): Indian railways
(d) Kayamkulom Power Plant (Kerala): National Thermal Power Corporation


95. Virtual water trade is being looked at by experts as a solution to the world's water crisis. What does virtual water (VW) imply?
(a) Volume of heavy water required to replace ordinary water.
(b) Volume of water required to produce a commodity or service
(c) V olume of water saved by using rainwater harvesting
(d) Volume of water utilized by an effective flood control


96. Consider the following statements concerning the Indian Railways:
1. The Head Quarters of the North Western Railway are located at Jodhpur.
2. ‘lndrail pass' - a travel-as-you-please ticket has been created especially for freedom fighters and sports persons who have represented India in any game/ sport.
3. Fairy Queen is a train using the world's oldest working engine and the Indian Railways conduct a journey of wildlife and heritage sites on it.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 2 only (b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 (d) None



97. 300 persons are participating in a meeting, out of which 120 are foreigners, and the rest are Indians. Out of the Indians, there are 110 men who are not judges; 160 are men or judges, and 35 are women judges. There are no foreign judges. How many Indian women attended the meeting? 
(a) 35 (b) 45 (c)
55 (d) 60



98. There are 6 persons: A, B, C, D, E and F.
A has 3 items more than C D has 4 items less than B
E has 6 items less than F C has 2 items more than E
F has 3 items more than D
Which one of the following figures can not be equal to the total number of items possessed by all the 6 persons?
(a) 41 (b) 47
(c) 53 (d) 58



99. Ten identical particles are moving randomly inside a closed box. What is the probability that at any given point of time all the ten particles will be lying in the same half of the box?
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/5
(c) 2/9 (d) 2/11



100. An equilateral triangular plate is to be cut into n number of identical small equilateral triangular plates. Which one of the following can be possible value of n?
(a) 196 (b) 216
(c) 256 (d) 296


101. There are 10 identical coins and each one of them has 'H' engraved on its one face and 'T' engraved on its other face. These 10 coins are lying on a table and each one of them has 'H' face as the upper face. In one attempt, exactly four (neither more nor less) coins can be turned upside down. What is the minimum total number of attempts in which the 'T' faces of all the 10 coins can be brought to be the upper faces?
(a) 4 (b) 7
(c) 8 (d) Not possible



102. Which of the following States border Uttar Pradesh?
1. Punjab 2. Rajasthan
3. Chhattisgarh 4. Jharkhand
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4 (d) 1 and 3



103. Which one of the following cities is the seat of Parliament of South Africa?
(a) Pretoria (b) Durban
(c) Johannesburg (d) Cape Town



104. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
British Prime Minister . Political Party
(a) John Major Conservative Partv
(b) James Callaghan Labour Party ~
(c) Harold Wilson Conservative Party
(d) Margaret Thatcher Conservative Party



105 In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?
(a) Myanmar (b) Indonesia
(c) Mauritius (d) Singapore



106. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Indian cities in the decreasing order of their normal annual rainfall?
(a) Kochi - Kolkata - Delhi - Patna
(b) Kolkata - Kochi - Patna – Delhi
(c) Kochi - Kolkata - Patna - Delhi
(d) Kolkata - Kochi - Delhi - Patna

106 Consider the following statements:
1. The Constitution of the United States of America came into force in the year 1810.
2. All revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives of the US Congress.
3. George W.Bush is the only President in the history of the United States of America whose father was also the President of the United States of America
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 3

107 Which of the following diseases of mil ching animals are infectious?
1. Foot and Mouth disease 2. Anthrax
3. Black Quarter 4. Cowpox
Select the correct answer using the codes given below;
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4



108 Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?
(a) Ministry of Agriculture
(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(d) Ministry of Rural Development



109 Consider the following statements:
1. Dengue is a protozoan' disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
2. Retro-orbital pain is not a symptom of Dengue.
3. Skin rash and bleeding from nose and gums are some of the symptoms of the Dengue.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 only
(c) 2 only (d) 1 and 3


110 Who among the following is not a member of the Investment Commission formed in December, 2004?
(a) Ratan Tata (b) Deepak Parekh
(c) Ashok Ganguly (d) Kumaramangalam Birla


111 Consider the following statements:
1. Silent Valley National Park is in the Nallamalai range.
2. Pathrakkadavu Hydroelectric Project is proposed to be built near the Silent Valley National Park.
3. The Kunthi river originates in Silent Valley's rainforests.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3


112 In which one of the following countries did hundreds of people die in year 2004 as a result of flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jeanne?
(a) Colombia (b) Haiti
(c) Sudan (d) Ghana



113 Consider the following statements:
1. Areawise, Chhattisgarh is larger than West Bengal.
2. According to the Population '2001 Census, population of West Bengal is larger than that of Chhattisgarh.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

114 Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Current Name Old Name
(a) Harare Salisbury
(b) Ethiopia Abyssinia.
(c) Ghana Dutch Guiana
(d) Kinshasa Leopoldville


115 Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) The First Meeting of the Parties (MOP 1) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Philippines in the year 2004
(b) India is not a signatory to the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity
(c) The Biosafety protocol deals with genetically modified organisms
(d) The United States of America is member of the Biosafety Protocol/Convention on Biological Diversity



116 Which one of the following is the correct statement on the basis of Census- 200l?
(a) Bihar has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Castes of its population
(b) The decadal growth of population of India (1991-2001) has been below 20%
(c) Mizoram is the Indian State with the least population
(d) Pondicherry has the highest sex ratio among the Union Territories



117. Consider the following statements:
1. India is the second country in the world to adopt a National Family Planning Programme.
2. The National Population Policy of India 2000 seeks to achieve replacement level of fertility by 201 0 with a population of 111 crores.
3. Kerala is the first State in India to achieve replacement level of fertility.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct 7
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

118 Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) There is no definition of the Scheduled Tribe in the Constitution of India
(b) North-East India accounts for a little over half of the country's tribal population
(c) The people known as Todas live in the Nilgiri area
(d) Lotha is a language spoken in Nagaland


119. Consider the following statements:
1. The forest cover in India constitutes around 20% of its geographical area. Out of the total forest cover, dense forest constitutes around 40%.
2. The National Fores-try Action Programme aims at bringing one-third of the area of India under tree/ forest cover.
Whith of the statements given above is/are correct)
(a) 1 orily (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

120 Consider the following statements:
1. The number of post offices in India is in excess of 1.5 lakhs.
2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was formed in the year 1997.
3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established in the year 2000.
Which of the staten1ents given above is/are correct)
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 only (d) 3 only


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