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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 PART2 Question paper
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33. Marketing Network called ‘e-chaupals’?
a) ITC
b) Dabur
c) Proctor and Gamble
d) Hindustan Lever
34. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
a) Rourkela Steel Plant, the first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector of
India was set up with the Soviet Union collaboration
b) Salem Steel Plant is a premier producer of stainless steel in India
c) Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd. Is a subsidiary of the Steel Authority of India
Ltd.
d) Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is a unit of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.
35. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the lists:
List – I (Person) List – II (Organization)
A. V.R.S Natrajan 1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
B. A.K. Puri 2. Air India
C. V. Thulasidas 3. Maruti Udyog Limited
D. Jagdish Khattar 4. Bharat Earth Moves Limited
5. Indian Space Research Organization
A B C D
a) 2 3 5 1
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 2 1 5 3
d) 4 3 2 1
36. Which one of the following is the correct statement?
a) The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s Independence
b) The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern
Kochi
c) The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over
from them
d) The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony
37. Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission?
a) Test Cricket match fixing
b) Best Bakery Case
c) Tehelka tapes Case
d) Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya
38. Which one of the following airports in India is the first be owned by a public
limited company?
a) Dabolim Airport, Goa
b) Cochin Airport
c) Hyderabad Airport
d) Bangalore Airport
39. Consider the following sites/monuments:
1. Champaner – Pavagadh Archaeological Park
2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Mumbai
3. Mamallapuram
4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple)
Which of the above are include in the World Heritage List of UNESCO?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 3 and 4
c) 2 and 4
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
40. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Bahamas : Nassau
b) Costa Rica : San Jose
c) Nicaragua : Belmopan
d) Dominican Republic : Santo Domingo
41. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of
Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South?
a) Islamabad – Gujranwala – Peshawar – Multan
b) Peshawar – Gujranwala – Multan – Islamabad
c) Peshawar – Islamabad – Gujranwala – Multan
d) Islamabad – Multan – Peshawar – Gujranwala
42. Where are the Balearic Islands located?
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Black Sea
c) Baltic Sea
d) North Sea
43. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania?
a) Poland
b) Ukraine
c) Belarus
d) Lativa
44. Match List – I (Distinguished Person) with List – II (Achievement / Known as )
and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List – I List - II
A. Guenter Glass 1. First woman Prime Minister of Canada
B. Trevor Huddleston 2. Nobel Prize Winner of literature
C. Dicky Dolma 3. Leading campaigner against apartheid in
South Africa
D. Kim Campbell 4. Youngest woman to climb the Mt.
Everest
5. American violinist
A B C D
a) 5 3 2 1
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 5 3 4 2
d) 2 4 1 3
45. Consider the following statements:
1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva,
Switzerland in June 1945.
2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945.
3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was
established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan and
Italy after the Second World War or such territories not under the control
of a country at that time.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 2 only
c) 2 and 3
d) 3 only
46. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the lists:
List – I (Distinguished Person) List – II (Area of Work)
A. B.V. Rao 1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C.K. Prahalad 2. Fisheries Economy
C. John Kurien 3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik 4. Poultry Farming
5. Management Science
A B C D
a) 2 5 1 3
b) 4 3 2 5
c) 2 3 1 5
d) 4 5 2 3
47. Consider the following statements:
1. The Parliament cannot enlarge the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
India as its jurisdiction is limited to that conferred by the Constitution.
2. The officers and servants of the Supreme Court and High Courts are
appointed by the concerned Chief Justice and the administrative expenses
are charged on the Consolidated Fund 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
48. Consider the following statements:
1. Article 301 pertains to the Right to Property.
2. Right to Property is a legal right but not a Fundamental Right.
3. Article 300 A was inserted in the Constitution of India by the Congress
Government at the Centre by the 44th Constitutional Amendment.
Which of the Statements given above is/are correct?
a) 2 only
b) 2 and 3
c) 1and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
49. Who among the following invented Lasers?
a) Theodore Maiman
b) Denis Papin
c) William Moton
d) Francis Crick
50. Consider the following Statements:
1. Article 371 A to 371 I were inserted in the Constitution of India to meet
regional demands of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim,
Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa.
2. Constitutions of India and the United States of America can envisage a
dual policy (The Union and the States) but a single citizenship.
3. A naturalized citizen of Ind ia can never be deprived of his citizenship.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 3
c) 3 only
d) 1 only
51. Consider the following statements:
1. Part IX of the Constitution of India contains provisions for Panchayats and
was inserted by the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992.
2. Part IX A of the Constitution of India contains provisions for
municipalities – Municipal Council and a Municipal Corporation for
every State.
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
52. Consider the following statements:
1. Lord Mountbatten was the Viceroy when ‘Simla Conference took place.
2. Indian Navy Revolt, 1946 took place when the Indian sailors in the Royal
Indian Navy at Bombay and Karachi rose against the Government.
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
53. Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857 ?
a) Jhansi
b) Chittor
c) Jagdishpur
d) Lucknow
54. Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the
Revolt of 1857 belong to?
a) Bihar
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh
55. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Movement / Satyagraha Pers on Actively Associated With
1.Champaran : Rajendra Prasad
2. Ahmedabad Mill Workers : Morarji Desai
3.Kheda : Vallabhabhai Patel
Select the correct using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
56. Who among the following was not associated with the formation of U.P. Kisan
Sabha in February 1918?
a) Indra Narain Dwivedi
b) Gauri Shankar Misra
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Madan Mohan Malviya
57. Who among the following drafted the resolution on fundamental rights for the
Karachi Session of Congress in 1931?
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
58. In October 1920, who of the following headed a group of Indians gathered at
Tashkent to set up a Communist Party of India?
a) H.K. Sarkar
b) P.C. Joshi
c) M.C. Chagla
d) M.N. Roy
59. At which Congress Session was the working Committee authorized to launch a
programme of Civil Disobedience?
a) Bombay
b) Lahore
c) Lucknow
d) Tripuri
60. In which one of the following provinces was a Congress ministry not formed
under the Act of 1935 ?
a) Bihar
b) Madras
c) Orissa
d) Punjab
61. Consider the following statements: On the eve of the launch of Quit India
Movement, Mahatma Gandhi
1. Asked the government servants to resign.
2. Asked the soldiers to leave their posts.
3. Asked the Princes of the Princely States to accept the sovereignty of their
own people.
Which of the statements given below is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
62. Where were the Ghadar revolutionaries, who became active during the outbreak
of the World War I based?
a) Central America
b) North America
c) West America
d) South America
63. What was Komagata Maru?
a) A political party based in Taiwan
b) Peasant communist leader of China
c) A Naval ship on voyage to China
d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his long march
64. Who among the follo wing was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
a) Annie Beasant
b) A.O. Hume
c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
d) R. Palme Dutt
65. Recently, to which of the following countries did India offer to built a Buddha
Temple?
a) China
b) Myanmer
c) Thailand
d) Vietnam
66. Which one o f the following is not an ASEAN member?
a) Cambodia
b) China
c) Laos
d) Philippines
67. Consider the following;
1. Disputes with mobile cellular companies
2. Motor accident cases
3. Pension cases
For which of the above are Lok Adalats held?
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
68. Consider the following statements:
1. Second World Buddhist Summit was held in Bangkok in November –
December 2004.
2. World Punjab Conference was held in Jalandhar in December 2004.
3. 4th Meeting of the SAARC Trade Ministers was held in Islamabad in
November 2004.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 3 only
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1, 2 and 3
69. Consider the following statements:
1. The Parliament of Russia is called Federal Assembly.
2. The Council of the Federation in the Russian Parliament is the lower house.
3. The name of the upper house in the Russian Parliament is State Duma.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct/
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1 and 2
c) 2 and 3
d) 1 only
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