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4626
Assertion (A): When a ship moves from the sea water into fresh water of a river, the ship will relatively sink.
Reason (R): The density of sea water is higher than that of the fresh water.

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UPSC Prelims 1990 General Science & Physics
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4627
Assertion (A): The Panamanian dictator General Noriega was ousted by the Bush Administration.
Reason (R): General Noriega was secretly negotiating with the Soviet Union for setting up defence installations.

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UPSC Prelims 1990 World Affairs / International Politics
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4628
Assertion (A): A tennis ball will bounce higher in Calcutta than it would in Shimla.
Reason (R): The downward pull due to gravity is less and air is more rarefied in Shimla than in Calcutta.

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4629
Assertion (A): India is one of the leading fishing countries in the world.
Reason (R): India has a long coastline and a large fish-eating population.

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Geography / Fisheries
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4630
Important oilfields of the Brahmaputra Valley include
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Geography
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4631
Consider the following pairs:
Constitutional Subject — Amendment
  1. 52nd — Anti-Defection Law
  2. 56th — Statehood for Goa
  3. 59th — Emergency in Punjab
  4. 62nd — Reservation for Scheduled Castes and Tribes in services

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Polity
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4632
Consider the following film personalities:

  1. Jamuna
  2. Vyjayantimala
  3. Sunil Dutt
  4. G. Krishna Reddy

Among these, who were successful in the 1981 Lok Sabha elections?
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Polity / Current Events
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4633
Consider the following commodities:

  1. Tea
  2. Cotton cloth
  3. Cereals
  4. Edible oils
  5. Sugarcane

Among these, whose per capita availability has remained more or less static between 1980–81 and 1987–88 in India?
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Economy
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4634
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below them:

List IList II
(A) Nagarjuna(1) Founder of Kalmukha Sect
(B) Lakulisho(2) Founder of Vira Saivism
(C) Sankara(3) Founder of Advaita philosophy
(D) Basava(4) Founder of Madhyamika
(5) Propagator of Pasupata Sect

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Ancient Indian History / Philosophy
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4635
The coal mining areas of the Damodar Valley region include
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Geography
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4636
The Second Round Table Conference was held in
UPSC Prelims 1990 Modern Indian History
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4637
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below them:

List I (Works)List II (Authors)
(A) Dayabhaga(1) Harsha
(B) Mitakshara(2) Jimutavahana
(C) Nagananda(3) Krittivasa
(D) Ramayana(4) Vijnanesvara

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Medieval / Modern Indian History
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4638
The following figure represents atmospheric pressure in millibars. It is an example of
UPSC Prelims 1990 Physical Geography / Climatology
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4639
Consider the following European missions during the Mughal period:

  1. Thomas Roe
  2. Tavernier
  3. Rudolf Acquaviva

The correct chronological order of their visits is
UPSC Prelims 1990 Medieval Indian History
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4640
At present, India's share of the world exports of tea is
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Economy / Trade
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4641
The first country in the Eastern Bloc to have a popularly elected government in 1989 was
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4642
Who among the following was not a writer of legal texts?
UPSC Prelims 1990 Ancient Indian History
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4643
Consider the following public sector undertakings:

  1. Oil and Natural Gas Commission
  2. Indian Oil Corporation
  3. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
  4. Steel Authority of India Ltd.

The correct decreasing order of the sales of these undertakings for the year 1988 is
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Economy / Public Sector
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4644
Consider the following pairs:
Vaisnava Saints — Region of strong following
  1. Ramanujacharya — South India
  2. Chaitanya — Central India
  3. Vallabhacharya — Gujarat and Braj area
  4. Ramanand — North India

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Medieval Indian History
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4645
Which of the following is a cash crop?
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Geography / Agriculture
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4646
Which of the following features are associated with the architecture of Tughlaq period? Select the correct answer using the codes given below the features:

  1. Sloping walls.
  2. Deliberate attempt to combine the principles of the arch, the lintel and the beam in the buildings.
  3. Placing the buildings especially the tombs on a high platform.
UPSC Prelims 1990 Art and Culture
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4647
For developing inbred lines in farm animals, following factors are taken into consideration:

  1. The crossbreds should be of outstanding type.
  2. They should not carry any detrimental genes.
  3. Progeny tested animals.
  4. Herd size should be large.

Of the statements given above, which one of the following combinations of factors is most essential?
UPSC Prelims 1990 Indian Agriculture
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4648
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below them:

List I (Books)List II (Authors)
(A) India Today(1) Valentine Chirol
(B) India Unrest(2) B.G. Tilak
(C) Geeta Rahasya(3) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) A Bunch of Old Letters(4) Rajni Palme Dutt
(5) Mahatma Gandhi

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UPSC Prelims 1990 Modern Indian History
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4649
If the difference in time of the two places is 2 hours and 20 minutes, then the difference in their longitudes would be
UPSC Prelims 1990 Physical Geography
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4650
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below them:

List I (Place)List II (Importance)
(A) Bhubaneshwar(1) Vijayanagara architecture
(B) Konark(2) Rajarani temple
(C) Lepakshi(3) Vijayanagara paintings
(D) Halebid(4) Hoysala monument
(5) Sun temple

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