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Exam Year: 2000

  • Consider the following statements about the megacities of India : I. Population of each megacity is more than 5 million. II. All the megacities are important sea ports. III. Megacities are either national or State capitals. Which of these statements are correct ?

    (a)

    I, II and III

    (b)

    I and II

    (c)

    II and III

    (d)

    I and III

    Correct Answer:

  • The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is

    (a)

    West Bengal

    (b)

    Kerala

    (c)

    Madhya Pradesh

    (d)

    Andhra Pradesh

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following statements is not true ?

    (a)

    Ghaggar’s water is utilised in the Indira Gandhi Canal

    (b)

    Narmada rises from Amarkantak region

    (c)

    Nizam Sagar is situated on the Manjra river

    (d)

    Penganga is a tributary of the Godavari

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • The following news item appeared in a National daily dated 1-12-1999: “…Parliament today rejected a Bill to grant women the right to vote and stand for office in parliamentary elections, by a margin of 32 to 30. The National Assembly was split between liberal, pro-government and Shiite Muslim deputies who were in favour of women’s rights, while the opposition camp grouped Sunni Muslim fundamentalists and tribal MPs. A total of 64 MPs and Ministers were present, of whom two abstained.” The Parliament referred to in this quotation is that of

    (a)

    Kuwait

    (b)

    Iran

    (c)

    Bahrain

    (d)

    Saudi Arabia

    Correct Answer:

  • The growth rate of per capita income at current prices is higher than that of per capita income at constant prices, because the latter takes into account the rate of

    (a)

    growth of population

    (b)

    increase in price level

    (c)

    growth of money supply

    (d)

    increase in the wage rate

    Correct Answer:

  • “In this instance we could not play off the Mohammedans against the Hindus”. To which one of the following events did this remark of Aitchison relate ?

    (a)

    Revolt of 1857

    (b)

    Champaran Satyagraha (1917)

    (c)

    Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22)

    (d)

    August Movement of 1942

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which one of the following statements is incorrect ?

    (a)

    Goa attained full statehood in 1987

    (b)

    Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat

    (c)

    Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India

    (d)

    Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following lakes forms an international boundary between Tanzania and Uganda ?

    (a)

    Chad

    (b)

    Malawi

    (c)

    Victoria

    (d)

    Zambezi

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Consider the following provinces of former Yugoslavia : I. Bosnia II. Croatia III. Slovenia IV. Yugoslavia. The correct sequence of these provinces from the east to the west is

    (a)

    IV, I, III, II

    (b)

    IV, I, II, III

    (c)

    I, IV, III, II

    (d)

    I, IV, II, III

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the ‘Jagadguru’ by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism ?

    (a)

    Husain Shah

    (b)

    Zain-ul-Abidin

    (c)

    Ibrahim Adil Shah

    (d)

    Mahmud II

    Correct Answer:

    (c)