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Posted By: ashish Member Level: Diamond Posted Date: 17 Dec 2007
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2005 CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAM GENERAL STUDIES –2005 PART1 Question paper
1. According to Census 2001, which one of the following Indian States has the
maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh?
a) West Bengal
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Tamil Nadu
2. Itaipu Dam built on the River Parana is one of the largest dams in world. Which
one of the following two countries have this as a joint project?
a) Brazil and Peru
b) Paraguay and Ecuador
c) Brazil and Paraguay
d) Colombia and Paraguay
3. Consider the following statements:
1. There are 25 High Courts in India
2. Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh have a common High
Court.
3. National Capital Territory of Delhi has a High Court of its own.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) 3 only
4. Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country
(Country given in the brackets)?
a) Karachi (Pakistan)
b) Auckland (New Zealand)
c) Kyoto (Japan)
d) Brisbane (Australia)
5. Consider the following statements:
1. Total land area of Earth is approximately 1475 lakh square kilometers.
2. Ratio of land area to water area of Earth is approximately 1:4
3. Maximum percentaqge of Earth’s water is in the Pacific Ocean.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 only
d) 3 only
6. Consider the following statements:
1. Kyoto Protocol came into force in the year 2005.
2. Kyoto Protocol deals primarily with the depletion of the Ozone layer.
3. Methane as a greenhouse gas in more harmful than carbon dioxide.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 1 and 3
c) 1 only
d) 3 only
7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Seikan Rail Tunnel : China
b) Petronas Towers : Malaysia
c) Appalachian Trail : United States of America
d) Rogun Dam : Tajikistan
8. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Continents in the
decreasing order of their percentage of Earth’s land?
a) North America – Africa – South America – Europe
b) Africa – North America – South America – Europe
c) North America – Africa – Europe – South America
d) Africa – North America – Europe – South America
9. Match items in the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the lists:
List –I (Country) List – II (Name of Parliament)
A. Netherlands 1. Diet
B. Ukraine 2. States General
C. Poland 3. Supreme Council
D. Japan 4. Sejm
A B C D
a) 4 1 2 3
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 2 1 4 3
10. For which one of the following countries, is Spanish not an official language?
a) Chile
b) Colombia
c) Republic of Congo
d) Cuba
11. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?
a) Ustad Bismillah Khan
b) Satyajit Roy
c) Lata Mangeshkar
d) Raj Kapoor
12. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using codes given
below the lists:
List – I (National Park / Wild – life Sanctuary) List – II (State)
A. Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary 1. Orissa
B. Kangerghat National Park 2. Assam
C. Orang Sanctuary 3. Chhattisgarh
D. Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary 4. Goa
5. Tripura
A B C D
a) 2 1 5 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 3 5 1
d) 4 1 2 3
13. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the year 1939 after he
broke away from the Congress?
a) Indian Freedom Party
b) Azad Hind Fauj
c) Revoluntionary Front
d) Forward Block
14. Who among the follo wing is the President of the FICCI?
a) Sunil Mittal
b) Brijmohan Lal Munjal
c) Onkar S. Kunwar
d) Vivek Burman
15. Consider the following statements:
1. During the year 2004, India’s foreign exchange reserves did not exceed
the 125 billion U.S. Dollar mark.
2. The Series of index numbers of wholesale prices introduced from April,
2000 has the year 1993- 94 as base year.
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
16. Consider the following statements:
1. Anhydro us sodium carbonate is commonly known as baking soda.
2. Baking soda is used in fire extinguishers.
3. Bleaching powder is manufactured in Hasenclever plant.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 only
d) 1 and 2
17. Consider the following statements:
1. A geostationary satellite is at an approximate height of 10,000 km.
2. FM transmission of music is of very good quality because the frequency or
man- made noises which are generally frequency variations can do little
harm.
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
18. What is the order of magnitude of electric resistance of the human body (dry) ?
a) 102 ohm
b) 104 ohm
c) 106 ohm
d) 108 ohm
19. Consider the following statements:
1. The axis of the earth’s magnetic field is inclined at 23*1/20 the geographic
axis of the earth
2. The earth’s magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere located on a
peninsula in northern Canada.
3. Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumba in South India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 and 3
c) 2 only
d) 3 only
20. Which one of the following is the landmark performance of Dr. V. Mohan
Reddy, an Indian born working U.S.A., during February, 2005?
a) Research on human stem cell which is likely revolutionise treatment of
deadly disease like cancer
b) Successful open heart procedure called arterial switch performed on an
infant
c) Research on genetic engineering which can help in treatment of deadly
disease like AIDS
d) Successful brain surger y to revive the function of nearly dead brain of a
premature born infant
21. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers who work mainly in:
a) Tanneries
b) Coal mining industry
c) Distilleries
d) Glass industry
22. Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?
a) Bimbsara
b) Gautama Buddha
c) Milinda
d) Prasenjit
23. Consider the following statements:
The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for
1. The provincial autonomy.
2. The establishment of Federal Court.
3. All India Federation at the centre.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
24. Consider the following statements:
1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular
police force in India on the British pattern.
2. A Supreme Court was establis hed at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
25. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battle
fought in India in the 18th Century?
a) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Ambur – Battle of
Plassey
b) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of
Buxar
c) Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of Plassey – Battle of Ambur - Battle of
Buxar
d) Battle of Ambur – Battle of Buxar – Battle of Wandiwash – Battle of
Plassey
26. Which countries played in the Lawn Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004?]
a) Switzerland and United States of America
b) Spain and United States of America
c) Australia and Argentina
d) Sweden and Belgium
27. Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were recently in news, live?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Rajasthan
d) Orissa
28. Whose autobiography is the book “My Music, My Life”?
a) Pandit Shiv Kuamr Sharma
b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
d) Ustad Zakir Hussain
29. Consider the following statements:
1. India is the only country in the world producing all five know commercial
varieties of silk.
2. India is the largest producer of sugar in the world.
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
30. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Arjun : Indigenously produced Main Battle Tank (MBT)
b) Phalcon : Cruise missile supplied by Russia to India
c) Saras : Indigenously developed civilian passenger aircraft
d) Operation Seabird : New India Naval Base at Karwar
31. Match items in the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the
codes given below the lists:
List – I (Power Station) List – II (State)
A. Kothaguden 1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Raichur 2. Gujarat
C. Mettur 3. Karnataka
D. Wanakbori 4. Tamil Nadu
A B C D
a) 4 2 1 3
b) 1 3 4 2
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 1 2 4 3
32. For which one of the following is Satara well- known?
a) Thermal power plant
b) Wind energy plant
c) Hydro- electric plant
d) Nuclear power plant
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