UKPCS 2011 — विगत वर्ष प्रश्नपत्र

1. 'World Investment Report' is an annual publication of

1. IMF
2. World Bank
3. UNCTAD
4. WTO

2. A Secular State

1. Promotes Religions
2. Demotes Religions
3. Integrates Religions
4. Remains neutral to Religions

3. A network of networks is simply called

1. Extranet
2. Intranet
3. Webnet
4. Internet

4. A visa is required for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage because it is located in

1. Nepal
2. Chinese Tibet
3. Bhutan
4. Sikkim

5. Abnormal level of cholesterol is associated with

1. Hardening of arteries
2. Hardening of veins
3. Kidney stones formation
4. Liver cirrhosis

6. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in

1. Alipur conspiracy case
2. Lahore conspiracy case
3. Kakori conspiracy case
4. Kanpur conspiracy case

7. Combination of what substance in the alloy renders stainless steel non-magnetic?

1. Carbon
2. Chromium
3. Nickel
4. Molybdenum

8. Constitutional Status to Panchayati Raj System was given by

1. 24th Amendment
2. 25th Amendment
3. 42nd Amendment
4. 73rd Amendment

9. Famous Cave temples of Elephanta are described to

1. Chalukyas
2. Cholas
3. Pallavas
4. Rashtrakoots

10. Four Jyotirmathas established by Adi Shankarchary are

1. Joshimath, Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri
2. Sringeri, Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag
3. Dwarka, Joshimath, Prayag, Kanchi
4. Puri, Sringeri, Dwarka, Varanasi

11. From area point of view, which is the biggest National Park in Uttarkhand?

1. Gangotri National Park
2. Rajaji National Park
3. Nanda Devi National Park
4. Govind National Park

12. How many States are permanent members of United Nations Security Council?

1. 10
2. 7
3. 5
4. 12

13. I.C. Chips for computer are usually made of

1. Leaf
2. Chromium
3. Silicon
4. Gold

14. In surgery, what is arthoplasty?

1. Open heart surgery
2. Hip-joint replacement
3. Kidney transplant
4. Blood Transfusion

15. In the website of an organization 'com' indicates

1. Company
2. Command
3. Communication
4. Commercial

16. In which case the Supreme Court of India laid down that evidence can be recorded by Video Conferencing?

1. Menaka Gandhi v. Union of India
2. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India
3. Pappu Yadav v. State of Bihar
4. Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab

17. In which city of Japan radiation leakage occurred due to massive earthquake?

1. Tokyo
2. Fukushima
3. Yakohama
4. Osaka

18. In which year 'Tehri Rajya Prajamandal' was established?

1. 1935
2. 1937
3. 1939
4. 1941

19. In which year Mayor's Courts were introduced in three Presidency Towns in India?

1. 1726
2. 1772
3. 1774
4. 1781

20. In which year the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank in India was set up?

1. 1980
2. 1982
3. 1981
4. 1989

21. Indus Valley Civilization The proof of burying the dog with human body at which of the following places?

1. Burjhom
2. Koldihava
3. chaupani
4. Mando

22. Influenza is caused by a

1. Virus
2. Fungus
3. Algae
4. Bacterium

23. Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in the city

1. Meerut
2. Agra
3. Amritsar
4. Lahore

24. Lilavati, a treatise on Mathematics, was written by

1. Ramanuj
2. Kautilya
3. Amartya Sen
4. Bhaskaracharya

25. Mahatma Gandhi wrote his autobiography originally in

1. Hindi
2. Marathi
3. Gujarati
4. English

26. Most of the unemployment in India is

1. Technological
2. Cyclical
3. Frictional
4. Structural

27. National and State Disaster Management Authority is constituted under

1. Cabinet Decision
2. Planning Commission Decision
3. Disaster Management Act, 2005
4. Natural Calamities Management Act, 2005

28. Non-Cooperation Movement

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

29. On which river is Dulhasti Power station situated?

1. Ganga
2. Yamuna
3. Chenab
4. Cauvery

30. On which river is Jog falls-the biggest waterfall of India?

1. Sheravati
2. Cauvery
3. Godawari
4. Narmada

31. Right to speedy trial is

1. Constitutional Right
2. Fundamental Right
3. Legal Right
4. Directive Principle of the State Policy

32. Soj-e Vatan is the book written by

1. Mahadevi Verma
2. Premchand
3. Sumitranandan Pant
4. Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

33. Sridev Suman fought against

1. Colonical rule of Britishers
2. Dynastic rule in Tehri Estate
3. Gorkha invasion
4. None of the above

34. Stockholm Conference on 'Human Environment' was held in the year

1. 1973
2. 1972
3. 1992
4. 1942

35. The Battle of Haldighati was fought in

1. 1756 AD
2. 1576 AD
3. 1756 BC
4. 1576 BC

36. The Ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States is

1. President of India
2. Speaker of Lok Sabha
3. Vice-President
4. None of the above

37. The Institution of 'Ombudsman' first started in

1. Germany 1800
2. Sweden in 1809
3. England in 1874
4. India in 1950

38. The National Judicial Academy is located at

1. New Delhi
2. Hyderabad
3. Bhopal
4. Bangalore

39. The Quit India Movement started in

1. July, 1942
2. August, 1942
3. September, 1942
4. October, 1942

40. The Somnath (Masi) Fair is joyfully celebrated in which State?

1. Uttarakhand
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Madhya Pradesh

41. The altitude of Siwalik peaks fall in between

1. 850–1200 Mts
2. 750–1100 Mts
3. 750–1500 Mts
4. 750–1300 Mts

42. The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy is borrowed from

1. Germany
2. France
3. Ireland
4. USA

43. The famous Buddhist scholar Asvaghosha was a contemporary of

1. Ashoka
2. Nagarjuna
3. Kanishka
4. Harsha

44. The first Lokpal Bill was presented in the parliament in

1. 1967
2. 1971
3. 1968
4. 1972

45. The first railway line in India was started in the year

1. 1853
2. 1850
3. 1840
4. 1890

46. The headquarter of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) is situated at

1. Ahmedabad
2. Hyderabed
3. Nagpur
4. Pune

47. The largest part of our hydrosphere is

1. Atlantic ocean
2. Indian ocean
3. Pacific ocean
4. Antarctica ocean

48. The local time of a place is 6.00 AM when the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is 3.00 AM. What is the longitude of the place?

1. 45º West
2. 45º East
3. 120º East
4. 120º West

49. The most famous center of learning during Maurya period was

1. Taxila
2. Ujjain
3. Nalanda
4. Vallabhi

50. The name of India super computer is

1. Shubham
2. Param
3. SX-2
4. BBC-Micro

51. The official language of the Union of India shall be Hindi in Devnagri script is mentioned in

1. Article 341
2. Article 342
3. Article 343(1)
4. Article 344

52. The ozone layer is situated in

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Exosphere

53. The place where river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet to form Ganga, is

1. Haridwar
2. Rishikesh
3. Tehri
4. Devprayag

54. The revolutionary woman who led the revolution of 1857 in Oudh was

1. Lakshmibai
2. Ahilyabai
3. Aruna Asaf Ali
4. Begum Hazrat Mahal

55. The rotation of crops is essential for

1. Increasing protein content in plants
2. Getting different crops
3. Increasing soil fertility
4. Maintaining soil moisture

56. The second largest Island (next to Greenland) of the world is

1. Borneo
2. Malagasy
3. Sumatra
4. New Guniea

57. The speedometer of a car represents

1. Analog computer
2. Digital computer
3. Hybrid computer
4. None of these

58. The study related to the plants being used as vegetable is called

1. Flori-culture
2. Pomology
3. Horticulture
4. Olericulture

59. The total length of Earth's equator is about

1. 6,400 km
2. 12,800 km
3. 40,000 km
4. 5,000 km

60. The velocity of sound is maximum in

1. Vacuum
2. Metal
3. Liquid
4. Air

61. The venom of Cobra is

1. Neurotoxic
2. Haemotoxic
3. Both (a) & (b)
4. None of the above

62. Water soluble vitamin is

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin C
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin E

63. What is 'KAABA'?

1. Hindu Shrine
2. Jew's Shrine
3. Muslim Shrine
4. None of the above

64. What is the colour of the Black Box that is found in aircraft?

1. Orange
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Black

65. What is the minimum reservations prescribed by the Constitution for Women in Panchayats?

1. 50 per cent
2. 30 per cent
3. One-third
4. One-fourth

66. What rays of sunlight are mostly utilized by chlorophyll in photo-synthesis?

1. Red
2. Yellow
3. Green
4. Blue

67. When did Mahatma Gandhi start fast unto Death?

1. At the time of communal award
2. At the time of Calcutta riots
3. At the time of Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
4. At the time of Delhi riots

68. When was Bengal re-united due to the protests by Indians?

1. 1905
2. 1911
3. 1947
4. 1971

69. Where is Lothal situated?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Pakistan
4. Haryana

70. Where is the 'Black pagoda'?

1. Madurai
2. Konark
3. Khajuraho
4. None of these

71. Which Amendment added Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India?

1. 42nd Amendment
2. 44th Amendment
3. 47th Amendment
4. 49th Amendment

72. Which Article of the Charter of the United Nations permitted Right to Self defence?

1. Article 2
2. Article 51
3. Article 13
4. Article 47

73. Which Article of the Constitution provide safeguards to persons accused of crimes against double jeopardy and self incrimination?

1. Article 19
2. Article 22
3. Article 21
4. Article 20

74. Which Fundamental Rights was declared by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as 'heart and soul' of the Constitution?

1. Right to Freedom
2. Right to constitutional Remedies under Article 32
3. Right to Life
4. Right to Equality

75. Which ancient Indian book has been translated into 15 (fifiteen) Indian and 04 (four) foreign languages?

1. Hitopadesha
2. Panchtantra
3. Katha Saritsagar
4. Shakuntala

76. Which city of Japan recently hit severely by Tsunami and Nuclear radiation?

1. Hiroshima
2. Tokyo
3. Fukushima
4. Kobe

77. Which country is not a permanent member of United Nations Security Council?

1. USA
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. France

78. Which dynasty did not rule over North India?

1. Chalukyas
2. Rajputs
3. Guptas
4. Mauryas

79. Which gas is filled in refrigerators?

1. Ammonia
2. Mafron
3. Methane
4. Acetylene

80. Which gas is obtained from plastic?

1. Polynitrogen
2. Polyhydrogen
3. Polychlorine
4. Polyethylene

81. Which industry is primary user of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)?

1. Banks
2. Footwear designing
3. Book Publishing
4. None of these

82. Which is called 'Plastic Money'?

1. Paper Currency
2. Credit Card
3. Discount Coupon
4. Shares

83. Which is the most common 'input device' used today?

1. Mother board
2. Central Processing Unit
3. Keyboard
4. Semi-conductor

84. Which is the oldest Veda?

1. Atharva veda
2. Rig veda
3. Sama veda
4. Yajur vada

85. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India's freedom struggle?

1. Gadar
2. Kesari
3. Free Hindustan
4. Swadesh Mitra

86. Which of the following Parliamentary Committee scrutinizes the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?

1. Estimate Committee
2. Assurance Committee
3. Public Accounts Committee
4. Standing Committee

87. Which of the following States in India is having a Legislative Council?

1. Punjab
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Andhra Pradesh

88. Which of the following is not a chemical fertilizer?

1. Urea
2. Sodium sulphate
3. Super phosphate
4. Potassium nitrate

89. Which of the following is not a genetic disorder?

1. Down-syndrome
2. Haemophilia
3. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
4. Sickle cell Anaemia

90. Which of the following is of organic origin?

1. Coral
2. Emerald
3. Ruby
4. Topaz

91. Which of the following is tallest building in the world?

1. Effiel Tower
2. Burj Khalifa
3. Statute of Liberty
4. Qutub Minar

92. Which of the following states has the greatest mica resources?

1. Rajasthan
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Haryana

93. Which of the following was not moderate?

1. Pherozshah Mehta
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Gopalkrishna Gokhale
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

94. Which one is not part of Great Lakes?

1. Bear
2. Superior
3. Huron
4. Michigan

95. Which one of the following Indian island lies in between India and Srilanka?

1. Elephanta
2. Nicobar
3. Rameshwaram
4. Salsette

96. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of Indian agriculture:

1. Over dependence on nature
2. Low level of productivity
3. Multiplicity of crops
4. Predominance of large farms

97. Which one of the following is the most fragile eco-system that will be first affected by global warming?

1. Arctic and Greenland Ice sheet
2. Amazon rain forest
3. Taiga
4. India Monsoon

98. Which one of the following is the unit of measure of the thickness of the ozone layer of the atmosphere?

1. Knot
2. Dobson
3. Poise
4. Maxwell

99. Which one of the following organizations is directly related to the Child Welfare?

1. UNESCO
2. UNICEF
3. WHO
4. WTO

100. Which one of these is not included in the geographical group of countries known as OCEANIA?

1. Indonesia
2. Melanesia
3. Micronesia
4. Australia

101. Which type of euthanasia is permitted by the Supreme Court in 'Aruna Shanbaug v. Union of India', AIR 2011 SC 1290?

1. Active euthanasia
2. Passive euthanasia
3. Voluntary euthanasia
4. Non-voluntary euthanasia

102. Which viceroy was assassinated during his tenure?

1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Mayo
3. Lord Rippon
4. Lord Wellesley

103. Which was the principal plant used in Green Revolution?

1. Japonica Rica
2. Indian Rice
3. Emmer Wheat
4. Mexican Wheat

104. Who is said to be the originator of the doctrine of separation of powers?

1. Dicey
2. Montesqueue
3. Locke
4. Plato

105. Who is the Secretary General of United Nations?

1. Ban Ki Moon
2. Kofi Annan
3. Bantros Ghali
4. None of the above

106. Who is the author of the book 'Mudrarakshas'?

1. Kalidas
2. Vishakhadutta
3. Banabhatta
4. Jaydev

107. Who was defeated in the battle of Khanwa?

1. Rana Pratap
2. Hemu
3. Rana Sanga
4. Allauddin Khilji

108. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of India?

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
3. Dr. Radha Krishnan
4. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

109. Who wrote the book 'A Passage to India'?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Minoo Nasani
3. E.M. Forster
4. None of them