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1876
Which country among the following has been involved in two tied Test cricket matches?
UPSC Prelims 2002 Sports
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1877
Consider the following statements:
1. Ocean currents are the slow-surface movement of water in the ocean.
2. Ocean currents assist in maintaining the Earth's heat balance.
3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds.
4. Ocean currents are affected by the configuration of the ocean.

Which of these statements are correct?
UPSC Prelims 2002 Physical Geography
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1878
With reference to colonial period of Indian history, match List I (Person) with List II (Event) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Person)List II (Event)
A. MacDonald1. Doctrine of Lapse
B. Linlithgow2. Communal Award
C. Dalhousie3. August Offer
D. Chelmsford4. Dyarchy

Codes:
(a) 3214
(b) 3241
(c) 2314
(d) 2341
UPSC Prelims 2002 Modern History
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1879
Which one of the following authorities recommends the principles governing the grants-in-aid of the revenues to the states out of the Consolidated Fund of India?
UPSC Prelims 2002 Indian Polity
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1880
The President of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India was
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1881
A bus is moving with a speed of 30 km/hr ahead of a car with a speed of 50 km/hr. How many kilometers apart are they if it takes 15 minutes for the car to catch up with the bus?
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1882
Among the following major stock exchanges of India, the exchange which recorded highest turnover during the year 2000–01 is
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1883
Consider the following countries of South Asia:
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Pakistan
(d) Sri Lanka

The descending order of literacy status of these countries is
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1884
Five Year Plan in India is finally approved by
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1885
Which one of the following is monogamous?
UPSC Prelims 2002 General Science
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1886
The Consultative Committee of members of Parliament for Railway Zones is constituted by the
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1887
In the year 2001, in which one of the following events of Women's Singles did Venus Williams defeat Serena Williams to win the title?
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1888
In terms of value, which one of the following commodities accounted for the largest agricultural exports by India during the three year period from 1997–1998 to 1999–2000?
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1889
Global capital-flows to developing countries increased significantly during the nineties. In view of the East Asian financial crisis and Latin American experience, which type of inflow is good for the host country?
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1890
Consider the following statements:
1. Light of longer wavelength is scattered much more than the light of shorter wavelength.
2. The speed of visible light in water is 0.95 times its speed in vacuum.
3. Radio waves are produced by rapidly oscillating electrical currents.
4. To detect the over speeding vehicles, police use the Doppler effect of reflected short radio waves

Which of these statements are correct?
UPSC Prelims 2002 General Science
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1891
In a company 60% of the employees are men. Of these 40% are drawing more than Rs 50,000 per year. If 36% of the total employees of the company draw more than Rs 50,000 per year, what is the percentage among women who are drawing less than Rs 50,000 per year?
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1892
Consider the following statements with reference to India:
1. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners enjoy equal powers but receive unequal salaries
2. The Chief Election Commissioner is entitled to the same salary as is provided to a judge of the Supreme Court
3. The Chief Election Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court
4. The term of office of the Election Commissioner is five years from the date he assumes his office or till the day he attains the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier

Which of these statements are correct?
UPSC Prelims 2002 Indian Polity
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1893
In the year 2001, the Prime Minister announced a five-year excise duty holiday for industries in
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1894
With reference to the human body consider the following statements:
1. The production of somatotropin goes up when a person exercises
2. Men's testes produce progesterone
3. Women's adrenal glands secrete testosterone
4. Stress causes the adrenals to release very less amount of cortisol than usual

Which of these statements are correct?
UPSC Prelims 2002 General Science
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1895
The length of the longest pole that can be placed in a room 12 m long and 9 m wide and 8 m high is
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1896
The age of a man is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. Five years hence, his age will be double the sum of the ages of his sons. The father's present age is
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1897
Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his executive council by substituting "portfolio" or departmental system for corporate functioning?
UPSC Prelims 2002 Modern History
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1898
Match List I (Mangrove) with List II (State) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Mangrove)List II (State)
A. Achra Ratnagiri1. Karnataka
B. Coondapur2. Kerala
C. Pichavaram3. Tamil Nadu
D. Vembanad4. Maharashtra

Codes:
(a) 2154
(b) 4532
(c) 2534
(d) 4132
UPSC Prelims 2002 Indian Geography
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1899
Match List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Acts of Colonial Government of India)List II (Provisions)
A. Charter Act, 18131. Set up a Board of Control in Britain to fully regulate the East India Company's affairs in India
B. Regulating Act2. Company's trade monopoly in India was ended
C. Act of 18583. The power to govern was transferred from the East India Company to the British Crown
D. Pitt's India Act4. The Company's directors were asked to present to the British government all correspondence and documents pertaining to the administration

Codes:
(a) 2431
(b) 1342
(c) 2341
(d) 1432
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1900
With reference to the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), consider the following statements:
1. The new WPI series with base 1993–94 = 100 became effective from April 1998
2. The new WPI series became effective from 1 April 2000.
3. The weight for electricity has increased in the new WPI series

Which of these statements are correct?
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