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1101
How is Steve Fossett known as?
(a) As a crocodile hunter
(b) For completing the longest nonstop flight around the globe
(c) For swimming across Atlantic Ocean
(d) For climbing to Mt. Everest without any co-climber
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1102
Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
(a) Chang La
(b) Jara La
(c) Nathu La
(d) Shipki La
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Geography
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1103
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I (Person)List II (Known as)
(A) Bhajan Sopori(1) Bharatnatyam dancer
(B) Birju Maharaj(2) Exponent of Santoor
(C) Priyadarsini Govind(3) Mridangam maestro
(D) T. V. Gopalakrishnan(4) Kathak dancer

Codes: A B C D

(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
UPSC Prelims 2007 Culture & Performing Arts
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1104
Recently, the European Union and other six countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project. Which one of the following was not a signatory to it?
(a) Canada
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) USA
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Science
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1105
Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October 2006?
(a) China and South Africa
(b) India and South Africa
(c) South Africa and Botswana
(d) Saudi Arabia and South Africa
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1106
Which one of the following is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
(a) Russia
(b) Kazakhstan
(c) Ukraine
(d) Uzbekistan
UPSC Prelims 2007 International Relations
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1107
With reference to the steel industry in India in recent times, consider the following statements:
1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been declared Mini Ratna.
2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been completed.

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 2007 Indian Economy / Industry
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1108
Who among the following wrote the book ‘Ayodhya: 6 December 1992’?
(a) Chandra Shekhar
(b) P. V. Narasimha Rao
(c) Jaswant Singh
(d) Arun Shourie
UPSC Prelims 2007 Modern Indian History / Polity
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1109
With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU-India Summit : Helsinki
4. UN Climate Change Conference : Geneva

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1110
The Stilwell Road, built in 1940s, which was recently in news, connects which of the following?
(a) Agartala in India and Yangon in Myanmar via Bangladesh
(b) Ledo in India and Kunming in China via Myanmar
(c) Kalimpong in India and Lhasa in Tibet via Bhutan
(d) Imphal in India and Bangkok in Thailand via Myanmar
UPSC Prelims 2007 World Geography / History
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1111
NASA's Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
(a) Halley's Comet
(b) Hale-Bopp
(c) Hyakutake
(d) Tempel 1
UPSC Prelims 2007 Space Technology
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1112
Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test Cricket?
1. Wasim Akram
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Glenn McGrath
4. Courtney Walsh

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 and 4 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Sports
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1113
Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
(a) Udaygiri
(b) Rapur
(c) Pochampalli
(d) Venkatagiri
UPSC Prelims 2007 Modern Indian History
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1114
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Person)List-II (Company)
(A) Vishwapati Trivedi(1) Essar Group
(B) Tulsi R. Tanti(2) Info Edge India (which runs naukri.com)
(C) Shashi Ruia(3) Indian (Indian Airlines)
(D) S. Bikhchandani(4) Suzlon Energy

Codes: A B C D

(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 4 1 2
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1115
Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India?
(a) Service – Industry – Agriculture
(b) Service – Agriculture – Industry
(c) Industry – Services – Agriculture
(d) Industry – Agriculture – Services
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Economy
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1116
Consider the following statements:
1. North Atlantic Co-operation Council (NACC) is the name of the new organization which has replaced the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
2. The United States of America and the United Kingdom became the members of the NATO when it was formed in the year 1949.

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 2007 International Relations / Organizations
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1117
In how many maximum different ways can 3 identical balls be placed in the 12 squares (each ball to be placed in the exact centre of the squares and only one ball is to be placed in one square) shown in the figure given above such that they do not lie along the same straight line?
(a) 144
(b) 200
(c) 204
(d) 216
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1118
Groups each containing 3 boys are to be formed out of 5 boys: A, B, C, D and E such that no one group contains both C and D together. What is the maximum number of such different groups?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1119
Six faces of a cube are numbered from 1 to 6, each face carrying one different number. Further,
1. The face 2 is opposite to the face 6.
2. The face 1 is opposite to the face 5.
3. The face 3 is between the face 1 and the face 5.
4. The face 4 is adjacent to the face 2.

Which one of the following is correct?
(a) The face 2 is adjacent to the face 3
(b) The face 6 is between the face 2 and the face 4
(c) The face 1 is between the face 5 and the face 6
(d) None of the above
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1120
Each of the 3 persons is to be given some identical items such that product of the numbers of items received by each of the three persons is equal to 30. In how many maximum different ways can this distribution be done?
(a) 21
(b) 24
(c) 27
(d) 33
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1121
6 equidistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal lines are also drawn on the board cutting the 6 vertical lines, and the distance between any two consecutive horizontal lines is equal to that between any two consecutive vertical lines. What is the maximum number of squares thus formed?
(a) 37
(b) 55
(c) 44
(d) 56
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1122
In the figure shown above, what is the maximum number of different ways in which 8 identical balls can be placed in the small triangles 1, 2, 3 and 4 such that each triangle contains at least one ball?
(a) 32
(b) 35
(c) 44
(d) 56
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1123
Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
(a) Journalism
(b) International economics
(c) Sustainable development
(d) Child development
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1124
Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?
(a) Cardiology
(b) Influenza virus
(c) HIV/AIDS
(d) Alzheimer
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Science
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1125
How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known?
(a) Known for research in agriculture
(b) A renowned football coach
(c) A great writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature
(d) Known for research in railway engineering
UPSC Prelims 2007 Literature / Current Affairs
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