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UPSC Prelims 2005

150 questions, in the order they were asked.

2005 · Q110Current AffairsBusiness & Economymoderate

Match items in the List-I (Businesswoman) with List-II (Company) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Businesswoman) A. Zia Mody B. Anuradha J. Desai C. Villoo Morawala Patell D. Meena Kaushik List-II (Company) 1. Venkateshwara Hatcheries 2. AZB & Partners 3. Quantum Market Research 4. Avestha Gengraine Technology 5. Biocon India

  1. (a)A-4 B-1 C-5 D-3
  2. (b)A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
  3. (c)A-4 B-3 C-5 D-1
  4. (d)A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
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Official answer(d) A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3

2005 · Q114Indian EconomyInfrastructure & Industrymoderate

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched? Project — Company

  1. (a)Integrated Steel Plant at Jaipur (Orissa) — Steel Authority of India
  2. (b)Power Plant at Jamnagar (Gujarat) — Essar Power
  3. (c)Nabinagar Power Plant (Bihar) — Indian Railways
  4. (d)Kayamkulam Power Plant (Kerala) — National Thermal Power Corporation
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Official answer(a) Integrated Steel Plant at Jaipur (Orissa) — Steel Authority of India

2005 · Q115Environment & EcologyWater & Wetland Conservationeasy

Virtual water trade is being looked at by experts as a solution to the world’s water crisis. What does virtual water (VW) imply?

  1. (a)Volume of heavy water required to replace ordinary water.
  2. (b)Volume of water required to produce a commodity or service.
  3. (c)Volume of water saved by using rainwater harvesting.
  4. (d)Volume of water utilized by an effective flood control.
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Official answer(b) Volume of water required to produce a commodity or service.

2005 · Q116Current AffairsIndian Government Schemes & Initiativesmoderate

Consider the following statements concerning the Indian Railways: 1. The Headquarters of the North Western Railway are located at Jodhpur. 2. ‘Indrail pass’ – a travel-as-you-please ticket has been created especially for freedom fighters and sportspersons who have represented India in any game/sport. 3. Fairy Queen is a train using the world’s oldest working engine and the Indian Railways conduct a journey of wildlife and heritage sites on it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. (a)2 only
  2. (b)3 only
  3. (c)1 and 2
  4. (d)None
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Official answer(b) 3 only

2005 · Q121Science & TechnologyQuantitative Aptitudedifficult

There are 10 identical coins and each one of them has ‘H’ engraved on one face and ‘T’ engraved on the other face. These 10 coins are lying on a table and each one of them has the ‘H’ face as the upper face. In one attempt, exactly four (neither more nor less) coins can be turned upside down. What is the minimum number of attempts in which the ‘T’ faces of all the 10 coins can be brought to be the upper faces?

  1. (a)4
  2. (b)7
  3. (c)8
  4. (d)Not possible
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Official answer(a) 4

2005 · Q125Current AffairsIndian Government Schemes & Initiativesmoderate

Match items in the List-I with those in the List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I (Location) A. Kakinada B. Dundigal C. Margao D. Bhadrachalam List-II (Known For / In News For) 1. Skybus Metro rail test-run 2. TIC paper board unit 3. Bio-diesel plant 4. Indian Air Force Academy

  1. (a)A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
  2. (b)A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
  3. (c)A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
  4. (d)A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
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Official answer(b) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2