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3451
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Personalities)List II (Designation / Profession)
I. Gro Harlem BrundtlandA. Prime Minister of Slovakia
II. Stephen HawkingB. Prime Minister of Russia
III. Vladimir MeciarC. Environmentalist and Prime Minister of Norway
IV. Viktor ChernomyrdinD. Cosmologist

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UPSC Prelims 1993 Current Affairs
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3452
Which one of the following was part of the erstwhile Soviet Union over which Kurdish population is spread?
UPSC Prelims 1993 World Geography
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3453
Next to Hindi, the language spoken by the largest number of people in the Indian subcontinent is
UPSC Prelims 1993 Human Geography
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3454
Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the ‘Father of the nation’ first by
UPSC Prelims 1993 Modern History
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3455
Which one of the following modes of privatisation is the most comprehensive and complete?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Economy
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3456
Assertion (A): Hong Kong is to revert to China from British Control in a few years.
Reason (R): The people of Hong Kong have opted for it in a referendum.

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UPSC Prelims 1993 World History
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3457
“Indian cotton merchant; banker; Congressman and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi.” This description fits
UPSC Prelims 1993 Modern History
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3458
Eurodollars are
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Economy
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3459
The first political organisation established in India in 1838 was known as
UPSC Prelims 1993 Modern History
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3460
Which one of the following is INCORRECT in respect of Parliamentary Control over the Budget?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3461
The Anti-Defection Law was enacted as early as 1979 in
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3462
Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Modern History
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3463
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Features)List II (Sources)
I. Fundamental RightsA. U.K.
II. Parliamentary system of GovernmentB. U.S.A.
III. Emergency provisionsC. Ireland
IV. Directive Principles of State PolicyD. German Reich

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UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3464
Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Geography
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3465
A rainy day, as defined by the Indian Meteorological Department, is a day when the rainfall at a point received is
UPSC Prelims 1993 Physical Geography
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3466
Which one of the following statements regarding the office of the Speaker is correct?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3467
“In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles.”

The world’s greatest traveller of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is
UPSC Prelims 1993 Medieval History
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3468
Most-Favoured-Nations (MFN) clause under GATT implies
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Economy
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3469
Which one of the following comes under the jurisdiction of both the High Courts and the Supreme Court?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3470
Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Geography
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3471
Among the four political parties listed below, which one was the last to be formed?
UPSC Prelims 1993 World History
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3472
Who among the following introduced the famous Persian Festival of NAUROJ in India?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Medieval History
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3473
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Economy
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3474
Which one of the following is in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India?
UPSC Prelims 1993 Indian Polity
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3475
In Mughal paintings one notices the adoption of principle of foreshortening whereby near and distant people and things could be placed in perspective. This was due to the influence of the
UPSC Prelims 1993 Art & Culture
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