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1251
Which one of the following companies is associated with the exploration and commercial production of oil in Barmer-Sanchore basin of Rajasthan?
(a) Cairn Energy
(b) Unocal Corporation
(c) Reliance Energy Ventures
(d) ONGC
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Economy / Energy Sector
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1252
Where is the Central Water and Power Research Station located?
(a) Khadakwasla
(b) Sileru
(c) Jamnagar
(d) Srisailam
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Geography
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1253
Projects and Development India Limited is mainly engaged in design engineering, procurement and supervision of construction/commissioning in which area?
(a) Pharmaceutical plants
(b) Petroleum refineries and sugar factories
(c) Shipbuilding yard
(d) Fertilizer and allied chemical plants
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs
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1254
Who is the President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research?
(a) President of India
(b) Vice-President of India
(c) Prime Minister of India
(d) Union Minister of Science and Technology
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Polity & Governance
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1255
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Sigmund Freud – Psychoanalysis
(b) Anna Freud – Child psychiatry
(c) Milton Friedman – Economics
(d) Eric R. Kandel – Literature
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs
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1256
Which one of the following is the correct statement? Service tax is a/an
(a) direct tax levied by the Central Government
(b) indirect tax levied by the Central Government
(c) direct tax levied by the State Government
(d) indirect tax levied by the State Government
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Economy
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1257
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Railway Zone – Headquarters
(a) North Eastern Railway – Gorakhpur
(b) South Eastern Railway – Bhubaneswar
(c) Eastern Railway – Kolkata
(d) South East Central Railway – Bilaspur
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Geography / Railways
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1258
Consider the following statements :
1. Life Insurance Corporation of India is the oldest insurance company in India.
2. National Insurance Company Limited was nationalized in the year 1972 and made a subsidiary of General Insurance Corporation of India.
3. Headquarters of United India Insurance Company Limited are located at Chennai.

Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Economy / Insurance
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1259
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List IList II
(A) Harold Pinter(1) Director-General, FAO
(B) Jacques Diouf(2) President, European Commission
(C) Jose Manuel Barroso(3) World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
(D) Raymond Lafitte(4) Litterateur

Codes: A B C D
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs
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1260
In an office, the number of persons who take tea is twice the number of persons who take only coffee. The number of persons who take coffee is twice the number of persons who take only tea. Consider the following statements :
1. The sum of the number of persons who take either tea or coffee or both is four times the number of persons who take both coffee and tea.
2. The sum of the number of persons who take only coffee and those who take only tea is twice the number of persons who take both coffee and tea.

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 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1261
A mixed doubles tennis game is to be played between two teams (each team consists of one male and one female). There are 4 married couples. No team is to consist of a husband and his wife. What is the maximum number of games that can be played?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1262
There are three parallel straight lines. Two points A and B are marked on the first line, points C and D are marked on the second line, and points E and F are marked on the third line. Each of these 6 points can move to any position on its respective straight line. Consider the following statements:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1263
Which one of the following countries is the leading producer of uranium?
(a) United States of America
(b) Canada
(c) Germany
(d) Zambia
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography / Economy
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1264
Huangpu River flows through which one of the following cities?
(a) Beijing
(b) Ho Chi Minh City
(c) Shanghai
(d) Manila
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography
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1265
Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between which of the following countries?
(a) Portugal and Spain
(b) Bulgaria and Greece
(c) Romania and Bulgaria
(d) Portugal and Greece
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography / International Relations
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1266
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I (Leading Woman Lawn Tennis Player)List II (Country)
(A) Daniela Hantuchova(1) Russia
(B) Patty Schnyder(2) Slovakia
(C) Nadia Petrova(3) France
(D) Amelie Mauresmo(4) Switzerland

Codes: A B C D
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs & Sports
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1267
Each of the persons A, B, C, D and E possesses unequal number (<10) of similar items. A, B and C possess 21 items in all, while C, D and E possess 7 items in all. How many items do A and B possess in all?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) Data is insufficient
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1268
There are 8 equidistant points A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in the clockwise direction on the periphery of a circle. In a time interval t, a person reaches from A to C with uniform motion while another person reaches the point E from the point B during the same time interval with uniform motion. Both the persons move in the same direction along the circumference of the circle and start at the same instant. How much time after the start, will the two persons meet each other?
(a) 4t
(b) 7t
(c) 9t
(d) Never
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1269
Consider the following statements:
1. Free and compulsory education to the children of 6–14 years age group by the state was made a Fundamental Right by the 76th Amendment to the Constitution of India.
2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan seeks to provide computer education even in rural areas.
3. Education was included in the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment, 1976 to the Constitution of India.

Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Polity & Governance
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1270
Which one of the following is not a Central University?
(a) Pondicherry University
(b) Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
(c) Visva Bharati, Shanti Niketan
(d) University of Madras, Chennai
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Polity & Education
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1271
In a question paper, there are four multiple-choice questions. Each question has five choices with only one choice for its correct answer. What is the total number of ways in which a candidate will not get all the four answers correct?
(a) 19
(b) 120
(c) 624
(d) 1024
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1272
Which one among the following was the first to legalize euthanasia?
(a) Austria
(b) Switzerland
(c) Netherlands
(d) Canada
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs / International Law
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1273
Consider the following statements:
1. Assam shares a border with Bhutan and Bangladesh.
2. West Bengal shares a border with Bhutan and Nepal.
3. Mizoram shares a border with Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Geography
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1274
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) States Reorganization Act : Andhra Pradesh
(b) Treaty of Yandabu : Assam
(c) State of Bilaspur : Himachal Pradesh
(d) Year 1966 : Gujarat becomes a State
UPSC Prelims 2006 Modern Indian History / Geography
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1275
For which sport is the Val Barker Cup awarded in the Olympic Games?
(a) Swimming
(b) Boxing
(c) Long Jump
(d) High Jump
UPSC Prelims 2006 Sports
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