UKPCS 2010 — विगत वर्ष प्रश्नपत्र

1. "Diwaso" festival is celebrated by which Tribal Community ?

1. Garo tribes
2. Dhodia and Worli
3. Koli
4. Gond

2. 'Chauphulla' word is related to which of the following ?

1. Bugyal
2. A Telisil
3. A musical instrument
4. A dance form of Gharwal

3. A computer virus is a

1. Destructive programme
2. Utility programme
3. Firewall
4. None of these

4. A means of specifying location of data in memory is called

1. Accumulator
2. Address
3. LDA
4. RAM

5. A modem is a hardware device that interfaces

1. CPU and CRT
2. Input and output devices
3. Printer and main memory
4. Telephone lines and computer equipment

6. Animal Disease Research & Treatment Centre is located at _____

1. Kolkata
2. Jalandhar
3. Guwahati
4. Izzatnagar

7. At the time of Lord Curzon, what was the main reason for the growth of extremism?

1. Tibetan Movement
2. Partition of Bengal
3. Preservation/Conservation of Ancient Monuments Act
4. Construction of Victoria Hall

8. Baikunth Chaturdarshi Mela (fair) is organised annually at which of the following places ?

1. Srinagar
2. Chamba
3. Satpali
4. Devprayag

9. Beginning of first World-war.

1. 5,2,4,3,1
2. 1,2,3,4,5
3. 4,3,5,2,1
4. 3,5,4,1,2

10. Brahma Kamal is offered to which of the following Deity?

1. Lord Rama
2. Lord Krishna
3. Lord Shiva
4. Lord Veshnu

11. Choose the correct chronological order of following Saints of Bhakti Andolan ?

1. Ramanuja, Ramanand, Kabir, Raidas
2. Ramananda, Ramanuj, Kabir, Raidas
3. Kabir, Raidas, Ramanuj, Ramanand
4. Raidas, Ramanuj, Ramanandaj, Kabir

12. Classical dance form 'Kathakali' originated in which state ?

1. Odissa
2. Tamilnadu
3. West Bengal
4. Kerala

13. Cobalt-60 is used generally in radiation therapy for treating Cancer, because it emits ?

1. α-rays
2. β-rays
3. γ-rays
4. None of these

14. Consider the following statements and select the right answer from the code given below: Statement (A) : There can be a significant role of Tourism in the economy of Uttarakhand. Reason (R) : There are many tourist spots in Code:

1. (A) and (R) are both true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. (A) and (R) are both true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.

15. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below (1) Lower Himalayan region of the (2) Outer Himalaya (Siwalik) is mostly contains thick deposits of soils (3) Bhabar region (foot-hill zone) mostly contains thick deposits of soils

1. A and B are correct
2. B and C are correct
3. A and C are correct
4. All are correct

16. Decibel unit is used to measure

1. Speed of light
2. Intensity of heat
3. Intensity of sound
4. Radioactive frequency

17. Development council sells its products with the brand name of

1. Himali
2. Himadri
3. Himal
4. Himalay

18. During whose reign did the "Mughal Painting" flourish?

1. Aurangzeb
2. Akbar
3. Jahangir
4. Shahjahan

19. Fourth Budhist Council was held during the ruling period of ?

1. Ashoka
2. Pushyamitra Shunga
3. Kaniska
4. Harsha

20. Gopal Krishna Gokhale compared which of the following Viceroys with Aurangzeb ?

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Reppon
3. Lord Lytton
4. Lord Irwin

21. Humidity Codes: A B C D

1. 1 3 2 4
2. 3 1 2 4
3. 3 1 4 2
4. 1 4 3 1

22. In the context of India's freedom struggle Usha Mehta is well known for

1. Running a secret congress radio in the wake of Quit India movement
2. Participating in the Second Round Table Conference.
3. leading a contingent of interim Government under Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru.
4. Assisting in the formation of interim Government under Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru

23. In what form cooking gas is supplied in cylinders?

1. Liquid
2. Gas
3. Solid
4. Solution

24. In which year National Song 'Vande Matram' was sung for the first time ?

1. 1896
2. 1947
3. 1930
4. 1905

25. In which year established ?

1. 1944
2. 1813
3. 1946 Kumaon Regiment was
4. 1948

26. Lunar Eclipse is caused when

1. Moon comes in between Earth and sun
2. Earth comes between sun and Moon
3. Sun comes between Earth and Moon
4. Sun and Moon coincide

27. MS-DOS was first released in

1. 1971
2. 1981
3. 1991
4. 2001

28. Main Features of Economy and Budget What percent rise in capital expenditure has been provided in Uttarakhand's budget for the year 2011-12?

1. 55
2. 20
3. 40
4. 30

29. Match List-I and List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :List-I List-II A. Meerut Conspiracy (1) 1855 trial B. Moplah Revolt (2) 1917 C. Champaran (3) 1921 Satyagrah D. Santhal Revolt (4) 1929 Codes :A B C D

1. 1 2 3 4
2. 4 3 2 1
3. 2 4 1 3
4. 3 2 4 1

30. Match the list-I and list-II and choose the right answer from the codes given below. List-I List-II (Country) (Capital) A. MANGOLA (1) Dublin B. UZBEKISTAN (2) Budapest C. IRELAND (3) Tashkend D. HUNGARY (4) Ulan Bator Geography of the World Codes :A B

1. 2 1
2. 3 2
3. 4 3
4. 1 2 C D

31. Nilgiri Mountain Range lies in

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Maharasthra
3. Orissa
4. Uttarakhand

32. On which one of the following rivers the 'Tehri Hydro Power Unit' is located?

1. Alaknanda
2. Bhagirathi
3. Dhaulighanga
4. mandakini

33. Rajaji National Park is a natural habitat of–

1. Mahseer Fish
2. Cheetal
3. Musk Deer
4. Asian Elephant

34. Silk worm grows on

1. Reetha leaves
2. Ficus leaves
3. Peach leaves
4. Mulberry leaves

35. Statement (A) : Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (I.C.E.R.T) conducts simulation exercises in context of Cyber Security. Reason (R): To generate security consciousness in the infrastructural organisation of Indian Information Technology is an important role of I.C.E.R.T.

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.

36. Swami Vivekanand participated in the 'World Parliament of Religions' in the year ?

1. 1891
2. 1892
3. 1893
4. 1894

37. Tebhaga movement was associated with the state of ?

1. Kerala
2. Punjab
3. Bengal
4. Bihar

38. The binary addition 1 + 1 will result in

1. 0
2. 0 with carry 1
3. 0 with no carry
4. 1

39. The district in which the wall paintings (Frescos) of Copperage known as 'Lakhu Udyar' have been found is?

1. Almora
2. Chamavat
3. Chamoli
4. Udham Singh Nagar

40. The festival of Jahan-e-Khusro is celebrated every year in which City of India ?

1. Lucknow
2. Ajmer
3. Delhi
4. Agra

41. The first Woman Director General of Police of

1. C.C Bhattacharya
2. Kaushal C. Bhattacharya
3. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya
4. None of the above

42. The first transgenic plant produced was

1. Maize
2. Rice
3. Tobacco
4. Cotton

43. The highest amount of salinity is found in.

1. Pacific Ocean
2. Indian Ocean
3. Mediterranean Sea
4. Dead Sea

44. The main Sea-post of Western India of Mauryan Empire was _________.

1. Tamralipta
2. Kaveripattana
3. Mumbai
4. Bharukach

45. The meaning of ISP is–

1. Internet Service Provider
2. International Service Provider
3. Internal Service Provider
4. All of them

46. The natural phenomenon of winter line is seen in which part of the country?

1. Shimla
2. Darjeeling
3. Mussoorie
4. Nainital

47. The place where the Imperial Bacterio-logical Laboratory was established by the British Government is?

1. Nainital
2. Mukteshwar
3. Dehradun
4. Mussorie

48. The population of which of the following districts of Uttarakhand is lowest ?

1. Uttarkashi
2. Rudraprayag
3. Bageshwar
4. Champavat

49. The region characterised by Calm/weak winds is called?

1. Doldrums
2. Dumdum
3. Chilka
4. None of them

50. The substance which produces contraction in the Mammary glands for generating milk is ?

1. F.S.H.
2. Estrogen
3. Oxytocin
4. Progestron

51. The term BIT which is a miniature form of ?

1. Small of unit of computer memory
2. Binary language
3. Binary digit
4. Binary nuclear

52. The working principle of washing machine is

1. Centrifugation
2. Dialysis
3. Reverse Osmosis
4. Diffusion

53. Value Added Tax (VAT) was introduced in

1. 1 January 2005
2. 1 February 2005
3. 1 March 2005
4. 1 April 2005

54. What did Fleming discover?

1. Radium
2. Penicillin
3. Vaccine
4. Anesthetic

55. What is not true regarding Feb, 1937 polls?

1. Electrons were hold in 1937.
2. Congress participated in the electrons.
3. It got full majority in Bengal.
4. Congress constituted government in six states.

56. What is not true regarding the Poona Pact ?

1. Separate electoral college for the Dalits was abolished/scrapped.
2. The number of reserved seats in the central and state legislatures was increased.
3. Mandanmohan Malviya and S.C. Raja played a very active role in its success.
4. Gandhi did not broke his fast till the end of its declared period.

57. What is the percentage of Scheduled Tribes population in India ?

1. 18
2. 10
3. 11.2
4. 8.2

58. What is the regarding Wahabi movement ?

1. It was a response against western influences.
2. It was a peasant movement.
3. It carried/continued till 1890.
4. Its aim was the promotion of Islam.

59. Where is the Indian Remote Sensing Institute were students and followers of these women. Vigyan Dham in Uttarakhand is situated at

1. Pauri
2. Karnprayag
3. Dehradun
4. Mussoorie

60. Where was Emperor Jahangir buried?

1. Agra
2. Delhi
3. Lahore
4. Srinagar

61. Which among the following was not related to Lord Rippons tenure ?

1. First Factory Act, 1881.
2. Proposal of local self governance.
3. Cession of Mysore.
4. Indian Universities Act, 1904.

62. Which is the second State language of

1. Urdu
2. Sanskrit
3. English
4. Punjabi

63. Which of the following Party expressed apprehension regarding utility of act of 1919.

1. Muslim League
2. Muslim Party
3. Swaraj Party
4. The Deccan Sabha

64. Which of the following device is not an example of an input device?

1. Scanner
2. Mouse
3. Keyboard
4. Printer

65. Which of the following disease is not caused by a bacteria?

1. AIDS
2. Diphtheria
3. Cholera
4. Whooping Cough

66. Which of the following enterprise undertaking is not under the administrative control of Railway Ministry ?

1. Indian Rail Technique and Economic Services Ltd. (RITES).
2. Indian Rail Construction (IRCON)
3. Indian Post Transportation Corporation Ltd. (S.C.I.)
4. Rail Development Corporation Ltd. (R.V.N.L)

67. Which of the following freedom fighters was not associated with armed struggle ?

1. Prafulla Chaki
2. Khudiram Bose
3. Suryasen
4. Bipin Chandra Pal

68. Which of the following is a software?

1. Transistor
2. Integrate circuit
3. Compiler
4. Device for inputting data

69. Which of the following is not a hardware?

1. Magnetic tape
2. Printer
3. Assembler
4. CRT

70. Which of the following is not a media input, device ?

1. Microphone
2. Webcam
3. Graphics Tablet
4. None of them

71. Which of the following is not a planet?

1. Moon
2. Earth
3. Mars
4. Mercury

72. Which of the following is not an element of Human Development Index ?

1. The number of people living below poverty line
2. Education
3. Life expectancy
4. Per capita income

73. Which of the following is not true regarding the Govt. of India Act, 1935 ?

1. Responsible government was not established in states.
2. Bicameral legislature was not started in Bengal province.
3. Communal electoral system was abrogated.
4. It was not mandatory for states to join the Indian Union.

74. Which of the following pair is correctly matched ?

1. Mitakshara - Vigyaneshwar
2. Vyavahar Nirnaya – Devan Bhatt
3. Subodhini - Vardaraj
4. Smriti Chandrika - Kalidasa

75. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched.

1. Panchala – Ruhelkhand, Kannauj region.
2. Gandhara – Peshawar, Rawalpindi region.
3. Chhedi - Bundelkhand
4. Kurupradesh – Himanchal Pradesh

76. Which of the following thing not correct about the Nankana Incident of 1921 ?

1. It was a bloody revolution.
2. Nankana is the birth place of Gurunanak.
3. It enjoyed support of some nationalist leaders.
4. It managed to garner support of British Government.

77. Which of the following things is not applicable with regard to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ?

1. He had faith in planned development
2. He was against imperialism
3. He was appointed General Secretary of Congress in 1939
4. He was inclined towards socialism

78. Which of the following things is not true regarding the International Container Depot's last State on (I.C.T.T.)?

1. It has been developed by the Cochin Port trust.
2. It was dedicated to Nation on 11th Feb 2011.
3. It is product of Public-private partnership.
4. It received aid from World Bank.

79. Which of these is the largest desert of the World?

1. Kalahari desert
2. Gobi desert
3. Sahara desert
4. Thar desert

80. Which one of the following creatures has no blood but respires?

1. Hydra
2. Cockroach
3. Earthworm
4. Fish

81. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

1. Y2K-Computer
2. Arthritis-Uric Acid
3. Noise Pollution - Decibel
4. Adobe - Hardware

82. Which one of the following is used as a biofertilizer?

1. Neem
2. Azolla
3. Urea
4. Potassium

83. Which political party ruled at the Centre when Uttaranchal State was created?

1. Janata Dal
2. National Democratic Alliance
3. United Progressive Alliance
4. Communist Party of India

84. Which primary colours produce different shades on TV screen?

1. Red, Green and Blue
2. Red, Yellow and Green
3. Orange, Green and Purple
4. Red, Yellow, Green and Black

85. Who among the following did not rule over

1. Kanishka
2. Porab
3. Chandel
4. Samudragupt

86. Who among the following supported the Khilafat movement ?

1. A.O. Hume
2. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
3. Lord Curzon
4. Mahatma Gandhi

87. Who among the following was not related/ associated with 'Madras Mahajan Sabha?

1. Raghav Cheriar
2. P. Anand Charlu
3. G. Subramanyam Iyer
4. Shyam Krishna Verma

88. Who among these was the First Chief justice of

1. R.C. Lahoti
2. S.H. Kapadiya
3. A.A Desai
4. C.J. Joseph

89. Who established Satyagrah Ashram at Wardha?

1. Vinoba Bhave
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Jamnalal Bajaj
4. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar

90. Who is considered the first freedom fighter of

1. Hargovind Pant
2. Ramsingh Dhauni
3. Munshi Hariprasad Tamta
4. Kalu Mahra

91. Who is the author of 'Rehala'?

1. Farista
2. Al-Beruni
3. Ibnbatuta
4. Afif

92. Who started the Bhoodan Yojana of granting land as a gift by the Rich landlords to landless labourers ?

1. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
2. Medha Patekar
3. Acharya Narendra Dev
4. Raj Narayan

93. Who was the famous painter of Garhwali. Painting style of Uttarakhand?

1. Kishorilal Vaidya
2. Mahidhar Dangwal
3. Molaram
4. Mukandilal

94. Who was the first commander of "Azad Hind Fauz"?

1. Mohan Singh
2. Preetam Singh
3. Subhash Chandra Bose
4. Shahnawaz Khan

95. World Heritage site in Uttarakhand is

1. Munsiyari
2. Valley of Flowers
3. Mansa Devi
4. badrinath