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976
With which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged?
(a) Railway Wagons
(b) Information Technology
(c) Isotope Technology
(d) Road Transport
UPSC Prelims 2008 Science & Technology / Atomic Energy
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977
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Institute — Location
  1. National Centre for Cell Science : Mysore
  2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics : Hyderabad
  3. National Brain Research Centre : Gurgaon

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(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
UPSC Prelims 2008 Current Affairs & Science
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978
Where was the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh litres freshwater per day based on low temperature thermal desalination principle commissioned?
(a) Kavaratti
(b) Port Blair
(c) Mangalore
(d) Valsad
UPSC Prelims 2008 Current Affairs & Technology
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979
How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, wherein the agreements were signed to set up IBRD, GATT and IMF, commonly known?
(a) Bandung Conference
(b) Bretton Woods Conference
(c) Versailles Conference
(d) Yalta Conference
UPSC Prelims 2008 Modern Indian History / Economy
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980
Which of the following is/are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?
  1. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
  2. Prohibition of consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of other drugs which are injurious to health

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(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Polity & Governance
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981
Consider the following statements:
The Constitution of India provides that:
  1. The Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State.
  2. A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age.

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
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Polity & Governance
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982
Under which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22?
(a) Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act
(b) Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act
(c) Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act
(d) Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Polity & Governance
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983
Which of the following are the public sector undertakings of the Government of India?
  1. Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd.
  2. Dredging Corporation of India
  3. Educational Consultants of India Ltd.

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(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Economy
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984
Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the Census, 2001?
  1. Ludhiana
  2. Kochi
  3. Surat
  4. Nagpur

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(a) 1, 2 and 3 only
(b) 2, 3 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Geography / Census
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985
Consider the following statements:
  1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.
  2. Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

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
UPSC Prelims 2008 Environment & Ecology
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986
Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) held?
(a) Davos
(b) Nova Scotia
(c) Johannesburg
(d) Shanghai
UPSC Prelims 2008 Environment & Ecology
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987
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I (Person)
A. K.P. Singh
B. Vikram Pandit
C. Roopa Farooki
D. Kishore Biyani

List-II (Area)
  1. Banking
  2. Fiction writing
  3. Retail business
  4. Real estate

Codes:
(a) 4 2 3 1
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 1 2 3 4
UPSC Prelims 2008 Current Affairs
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988
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I (Organization)
A. Amnesty International
B. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
C. Danube Commission
D. European Space Agency

List-II (Associated Convention/Person/Place/Headquarters)
  1. Peter Benenson
  2. Visculi
  3. Belgrade Convention
  4. Paris

Codes:
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 1 2 3 4
UPSC Prelims 2008 International Organizations
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989
Amongst the following States, which one has the highest percentage of rural population (on the basis of the Census, 2001)?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Orissa
(d) Uttar Pradesh
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Geography / Census
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990
Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?
(a) Brazil and USA
(b) USA and Indonesia
(c) Canada and Malaysia
(d) Russia and Nigeria
UPSC Prelims 2008 World Geography / Demographics
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991
What is Agent Orange?
(a) An ace spying group trained by the Police in London
(b) A weed-killing chemical used by the US Military in the Vietnam War
(c) A technique used in the advanced railway safety procedure
(d) A special chemical used in making alloy steel
UPSC Prelims 2008 Current Affairs / World History
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992
Which one of the following suggested the reconstitution of the Viceroy's Executive Council in which all the portfolios including that of War Members were to be held by Indian leaders?
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Simla Conference
(c) Cripps Proposal
(d) Cabinet Mission
UPSC Prelims 2008 Modern Indian History
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993
During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following raised an army called 'Free Indian Legion'?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Rashbehari Bose
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) V.D. Savarkar
UPSC Prelims 2008 Modern Indian History
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994
The term "Prisoner's Dilemma" is associated with which one of the following?
(a) A technique in glass manufacture
(b) A term used in shipping industry
(c) A situation under the Game Theory
(d) Name of a supercomputer
UPSC Prelims 2008 General Science / Economics
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995
During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
(a) Akbar
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shahjahan
(d) Aurangzeb
UPSC Prelims 2008 Medieval Indian History
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996
70. Who among the following rejected the title of knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) B.G. Tilak
UPSC Prelims 2008 Modern Indian History
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997
69. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Irrigation Project — State
  1. Damanganga : Gujarat
  2. Girna : Maharashtra
  3. Pamba : Kerala

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(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Geography
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998
68. Which of the following pairs in respect of power generation in India is/are correctly matched?
(Rounded Figure)
  1. Installed electricity generation capacity : 100000 MW
  2. Electricity generation : 660 billion kWh

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(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Economy / Infrastructure
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999
67. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the International Date Line?
(a) Malacca Strait
(b) Bering Strait
(c) Strait of Florida
(d) Strait of Gibraltar
UPSC Prelims 2008 World Geography
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1000
66. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Waterfalls — River
  1. Kapildhara Falls : Godavari
  2. Jog Falls : Sharavati
  3. Sivasamudram Falls : Cauvery

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC Prelims 2008 Indian Geography
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