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1126
MCA-21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas? (a) Foreign direct investment in India (b) Attracting international tourists (c) E-governance (d) Modernization of airports
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Governance / E-Governance
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1127
Consider the following statements: 1. The repo rate is the rate at which other banks borrow from the Reserve Bank of India. 2. A value of 1 for Gini Coefficient in a country implies that there is perfectly equal income for everyone in its population.
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
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1128
Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957? (a) Minnowbrook (USA) (b) Rhode Island (USA) (c) Nova Scotia (Canada) (d) Nagasaki (Japan)
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1129
For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006? (a) The Secret River (b) In the Country of Men (c) The Inheritance of Loss (d) Mother's Milk
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs / Literature
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1130
The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following? (a) Environmental protection (b) Olympic games (c) Journalism (d) Civil Aviation
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1131
Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which one of the following? (a) Consolidated Fund of India (b) Foreign Institutional Investors (c) United Nations Development Programme (d) Kyoto Protocol
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Economy / Financial Markets
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1132
Where are the Shevaroy Hills located? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Geography
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1133
Where are the Shevaroy Hills located? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Geography
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1134
Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund? (a) Ashok Lahiri (b) Sumantra Ghoshal (c) Saumitra Chaudhuri (d) Raghuram Rajan
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1135
Tarapore Committee was associated with which one of the following? (a) Special Economic Zones (b) Fuller capital account convertibility (c) Foreign exchange reserves (d) Effect of oil-prices on the Indian economy
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Economy
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1136
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation as full States of the Indian Union? (a) Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh – Nagaland – Haryana (b) Nagaland – Haryana – Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh (c) Sikkim – Haryana – Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh (d) Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh – Sikkim – Haryana
UPSC Prelims 2007 Indian Polity & Geography
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1137
Consider the following statements: 1. The mode of removal of a Judge of a High Court in India is same as that of removal of a Judge of the Supreme Court. 2. After retirement from the office, a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India.
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 Polity & Governance
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1138
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) T.S. Krishnamurthy : Former Chief Election Commissioner of India (b) K.C. Pant : Chairman, Tenth Finance Commission of India (c) A.M. Khusro : Former Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (d) R.C. Lahoti : Former Chief Justice of India
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1139
Amit has five friends: 3 girls and 2 boys. Amit's wife also has 5 friends: 3 boys and 2 girls. In how many maximum number of different ways can they invite 2 boys and 2 girls such that two of them are Amit's friends and two are his wife's? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 46 (d) 58
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1140
Five balls of different colours are to be placed in three different boxes such that any box contains at least one ball. What is the maximum number of different ways in which this can be done? (a) 90 (b) 120 (c) 150 (d) 180
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1141
All the six letters of the name SACHIN are arranged to form different words without repeating any letter in any one word. The words so formed are then arranged as in a dictionary. What will be the position of the word SACHIN in that sequence? (a) 436 (b) 590 (c) 601 (d) 751
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1142
Three Dice (each having six faces with each face having one number from 1 to 6) are rolled. What is the number of possible outcomes such that at least one dice shows the number 2? (a) 36 (b) 81 (c) 91 (d) 116
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science & Mathematics
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1143
Who among the following is considered as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)? (a) Edward Kasner (b) Bill Gates (c) Tim Berners-Lee (d) Vinod Dham
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Technology
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1144
Who was Leander Paes's partner when he won Doubles Final in the US Open Tennis Tournament 2006? (a) Max Mirnyi (b) Martin Damm (c) Bob Bryan - (d) Mike Bryan
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Sports
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1145
Where is Copacabana Beach located? (a) Buenos Aires (b) Hawaiian Islands (c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Valletta
UPSC Prelims 2007 World Geography
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1146
Which one of the following cities has been the venue of the Asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006? (a) Delhi (b) Bangkok (c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Beijing
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs & Sports
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1147
Where are the headquarters of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) located? (a) Dubai (b) Jeddah (c) Islamabad (d) Ankara
UPSC Prelims 2007 Current Affairs
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1148
Which one of the following is another name of RDX? (a) Cyanohydrin (b) Selenium (c) Cyclohexane (d) Cyclonite
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science / Chemistry
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1149
Which one of the following non-metals is not a poor conductor of electricity? (a) Sulphur (b) Selenium (c) Bromine (d) Phosphorus
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science / Chemistry
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1150
Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays? (a) Soda glass (b) Pyrex glass (c) Jena glass (d) Crookes glass
UPSC Prelims 2007 General Science / Physics
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