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1301
A box contains 5 sets of balls while there are 3 balls in each set. Each set of balls has one colour which is different from every other set. What is the least number of balls that must be removed from the box in order to claim with certainty that a pair of balls of the same colour has been removed ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1302
P, Q, R, S and T reside in a 5-storeyed (Ground + 4) building, and each of them resides on a separate floor. Further,
1. T does not reside on the topmost floor.
2. Q does not reside on the ground floor.
3. S resides on one storey above that of P and one storey below that of R.

To know as to which of the 5 persons resides on the ground floor which of the above statements are sufficient/insufficient ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1303
P, Q, R, S and T reside in a 5-storeyed (Ground + 4) building, and each of them resides on a separate floor. Further,
1. T does not reside on the topmost floor.
2. Q does not reside on the ground floor.
3. S resides on one storey above that of P and one storey below that of R.

To know as to which of the 5 persons resides on the ground floor which of the above statements are sufficient/insufficient ?
(a) 1 and 3 are sufficient
(b) 2 and 3 are sufficient
(c) 1, 2 and 3 are sufficient
(d) 1, 2 and 3 are insufficient
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1304
In a tournament each of the participants was to play one match against each of the other participants. 3 players fell ill after each of them had played three matches and had to leave the tournament. What was the total number of participants at the beginning, if the total number of matches played was 75 ?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 15
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1305
Consider the following statements :
1. Length of a terrestrial mile is lesser than that of a nautical mile.
2. Harmattan is a dusty land-wind of the East African Coast.
3. Greece and Albania form a part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 only
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography
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1306
Who is Wole Soyinka ?
(a) A well-known economist
(b) A well-known football player
(c) A well-known industrialist owning steel plants in many parts of the world
(d) A Nobel Prize winner for literature
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs & Literature
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1307
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) Slovenia : Bratislava
(b) Seychelles : Victoria
(c) Sierra Leone : Freetown
(d) Uzbekistan : Tashkent
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography
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1308
Consider the following statements :
1. A person who has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India except the Supreme Court.
2. A person is not qualified for appointment as a Judge of a High Court in India unless he has for at least five years held a judicial office in the territory of 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 2006 Indian Polity & Governance
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1309
Which one of the following countries is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming ?
(a) Australia
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) New Zealand
UPSC Prelims 2006 Environment & Ecology
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1310
Who among the following was presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Award, 2005 for her lifetime achievement in dance ?
(a) Chandralekha
(b) Tanjavur Balasaraswati
(c) Uma Sharma
(d) Yamini Krishnamurthy
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs & Art
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1311
Which portfolio was held by Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the Interim Government formed in the year 1946 ?
(a) Defence
(b) External Affairs and Commonwealth
(c) Food and Agriculture
(d) None
UPSC Prelims 2006 Modern Indian History
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1312
Who among the following wrote The Communist Manifesto along with Karl Marx ?
(a) Emile Durkheim
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Robert Owen
(d) Max Weber
UPSC Prelims 2006 World History / Political Science
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1313
Which one among the following commissions was set up in pursuance of a definite provision under an Article of the Constitution of India ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Polity & Governance
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1314
Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched ?
Inventor : Invention
1. Christopher Cockerell : Hovercraft
2. David Bushnell : Submarine
3. J.C. Perrier : Steamship

Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science
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1315
Which one among the following is not a good source of nutritional calcium ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science
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1316
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Recent Scientific Achievement : Country
(a) Creating the World’s first mouse : United Kingdom
(b) Cloning a human embryo for the first time : Germany
(c) Guiding a spacecraft for collision with a comet : United States of America
(d) Landing a spacecraft on an asteroid : Japan
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs & Technology
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1317
Consider the following statements :
1. The agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) came into effect from 1st December, 2005.
2. As per SAFTA agreement terms, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have to decrease their custom duties to the level of 0 to 5 percent by the year 2013.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 International Trade & Agreements
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1318
A watch showed a time of fourteen minutes past nine (9 hrs and 14 minutes). The positions of the hour-hand and the minute-hand of the watch are exactly interchanged. The new time shown by the watch is closest to which one of the following ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science & Mathematics
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1319
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I (Author)List II (Book)
(A) Amartya Sen(1) An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire
(B) Bimal Jalan(2) The Argumentative Indian
(C) Arundhati Roy(3) The Future of India
(D) Mani Shankar Aiyar(4) Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist

Codes: A B C D
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs
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1320
Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 World Geography
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1321
Consider the following statements :
1. In India, during the financial year 2004–2005 an increase of below 10% over the value of exports (in rupee terms) in the financial year 2003–2004 was reported.
2. According to the WTO, India’s share in the world merchandise exports was 2% in the year 2005.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 Indian Economy / Trade Statistics
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1322
Consider the following statements :
1. Meningococcal Meningitis is transmitted from person to person by mosquito bites.
2. Vomiting and neck pain are two of the symptoms of Meningococcal meningitis.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?
UPSC Prelims 2006 General Science
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1323
What was the main reason for which Niger was in the news in recent times?
(a) Many deaths due to AIDS
(b) Fierce civil war
(c) Intense fighting with Algeria
(d) Famine and starvation
UPSC Prelims 2006 Current Affairs
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1324
Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Prominent Indian Writer : Language
(a) Raja Rao : Telugu
(b) Gobind Trimbuk Deshpande : Marathi
(c) Subramaniyam Bharati : Tamil
(d) Tara Shankar Joshi : Gujarati
UPSC Prelims 2006 Literature
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1325
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I (Finding / Invention / Calculation)List II (Ancient Indian Scholar)
(A) Time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun(1) Aryabhatta
(B) Calculation of the value of (π)(2) Bhaskaracharya
(C) Invention of the digit zero(3) Budhayana
(D) The game of snakes and ladders(4) Gyandev

Codes: A B C D
UPSC Prelims 2006 Ancient Indian History
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