1994- UPPCS Upper Subordinate Prelims Question Paper

1994- UPPCS Upper Subordinate Prelims solved Question Paper by uppcs notes team

Which of the following is correct ?

(a) All the blood in the body is absorbed through the kidneys.

(b) All the blood in the body passes through the kiddneys. ‘• ‘

(d) All the blood in the body is made through the kidneys.. .

A hydrophyte is :

(a) a marine animal (b) an aquatic plant

. (c) a plant disease (d) a rootless plant

3, When a glass rod is placed in steam, its length increasesbut its width :

(a) remains unchanged (b) decreases

The substance which makes up about 80 % of the living material in most organisms is :

(a)’Protein (b)Fats

Consider the following statements :

-Assertion (A) – India’s nuclear policy incorporates its unpreparedness to open its nuclear plants for

international inspection.

Reason(R)- India will not produce any nuclear bomb.

Select your answer form the code given below :

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R; is not the correct explanation.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Why does an iron nail float on mercury while it sinks in water ?

(a) Due to less chemical interaction of iron withmercury than it is with water.

(b) Iron is heavier than water and lighter than mercury.

(d) Mercury is heavier than water.

The number of images of an object placed between two parallel mirrors is:

(a) Two (b) One

Tnple antigen is given to a child to prevent

(a) Polio,smallpox,diphtheria

(b) Diphtheria whooping cough, tetanus

.(c) Smallpox, whooping cough, tetanus

(d) Polio, tetanus, whooping cough.

Oil spreads over the surface of water because :

(a) Oil is more dense than water

(b) Oil is less dense than water.

(d) Oil has less surface tension than water

The working principle of atom bomb is nuclear fission of uranium and the working principle of hydrogen bomb

is :

(a) nuclear fusion of deuterium.

(b) nuclear fission of thorium.

(d) explosion involving dynamite and T.N.T.

Telescope was invented by

(a) Gallileo

(b) Gutinberg

(d) Graham Bell

Which compound is present in D.N.A.does not form amino acid ?

(a) Adenine . (b) Tyrosene

It is difficult to walk On ie than on road because

(a) Ice is harder than road.

(b) Road is harder than ice.

<c) Ice does not offer any reaction when we push

it with our foot.

(d) Ice has a lesser friction than road.

Pencil lead is :

(a) graphite ‘

(b) charcoa

(d) coal

Which of the following subjects deals with studies in population and vital statistics of human communities ?

(a) Ecology (b) Genetics

Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A) -Earnest Rutherford asserted before the Royal Society that man will never get nuclear power

Reason(R)- He was sure that Einstein law will fail, and mass wil not be converted into energy.

Select your answer from the coding scheme given BELOW

(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is correct explanation.

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Television signals cannot be received beyond a certain distance because :

(a) signals are weak

(b) antenna is weak

(d) the surface of the earth is curved.

Why do pendulum clocks usually lose time in summer ?

(a) Due to longer days in summer.

(b) Due to friction caused by coils.

(d) The weight of the pendulum increases in summer. •

Why does water boil at temperature below 100°C at higher altitudes ?

(a) The. atmospheric pressure decreases and hence boiling point is lowered.

(b) The gravitational attraction is less.

(d) None of the above is correct

In a diesel engine the fuel used is :

(a) vapour of diesel and air

(b) diesel only

(d) mixture of diesel, air and petro

Mr. Nelson Mandela was released from jail after 27 years on :

(a) February 11,199 (b) January 26, 1990

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Commission Chairman

(a) NationalCommission – M.N. Buch on Urbanisation

(b) Atomic Energy Commission- M.R Srinivasan

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on Rural Labour

(d) Urban Art Commission – H.Y. Sharda

Prasad

Central Mining Reasearch Institute is situated at:

(a) Cuttack (b) Dhanbad

Two nuclear power units are being constructed in Utter Pradesh at :

(a) Haridwar (b) Mussoorie

Operation ‘Desert Storn’ was the war between :

(a) Iraq and Iran

(b) Iraq and the Kurds

(d) Iraqis

The seat of International Court of Justice is established at:

(a) Geneva (b) Hague

The year 1986 was observed as the International Year of :

(a) Disabled (b) Blind

Who won the mein’s single title in U.S. Open Tennis Championship, 1991 ?

(a) Boris Becker (b) Jim courier ‘

India’s First remote sensing satellite (I.R.S.-1A) was launched from :

(a) Baikonour (b) Cape Kennedy

The Indian appointed as Chairman of the International Antiwar Organisation in 1988 was:

(a) Morarji Desai

(b) Rajiv Gandhi

(d) Bhulabhai Desai

BJP leader L.K, Advaai proceeding towards

(a)Patna (b)Saharsa

(c)samastipur (d)Sitamarhi

one of the following countries recently adopted a new Constitution?
a) Afghanistan (b) Burma

Out of the following countries erstwhile Soviet Republics V Landbergis is the President of :

(a) Estonia (b) Latvia

In June, 1991 a friendship and Non-aggression Treaty was signed between :

(a)Russia and USA (b) India and Nepal

(c)Poland and Germany (d) Pakistan and China

35.Consider the following statements associated with Chernobyl tragedy :

I It is located in Siberia.

II The tragedy killed 31 citizens and led to evacuations of lakhs of people

III It caused radiation sickness in in several countries

IV It has forced some countries to decide for abandoning the nuclear power altogether

Select the correct answer from the code given below ;

(a) I only (b) I, and II,III

To which foreigner was ‘Bharat Ratna’ awarded in 1990 ?

(a) Mother Teresa. (b)Nelson Mandela

Who was given the ‘Kalidas Award’ for the year 1990?

(a) Vijai Tendulkar

(b) Shamsher Bahadur Singh

(d) Dr Madan Lai Madhu

When INSAT I-D of India was launched ?

(a; 10th June, 1990 (b) 12th June, J990

When was the agreement to dismantle ‘Medium Range Missiles’ signed between President Reagan of U.S.A. and

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachov ?

(a) December, 1987 (b) January. 1988

40.Which of the following Great Powers of fhe world did not send its army to take part in the last Gulf war ?

(a) Great Britain (b) France

(c)China (d) America

Which of the following throws light on

Harrapan Culture ?

(a) Rock edicts

(b) the writings in terracota seals

(d) All the above

Which one of the following statements about Arthashastra is not true ?

(a) It prescribes the duty of a king.

(b) It describes the then economic life of the country.

(d) It highlights theneed for financial reforms.

Rock-cut- temples of Mahabalipuram were built by :

(a) Pallavas •

(b) Cholas

(d) Rashtrakutas

Study the following names of the contemporaries of Kanishka and mark our answer according to the answer code

given below :

(I) Asvaghosh

(II) Vasumitra

(III) Kalidasa (IV)Kambar

Answer code •

(a) I and IV (b) II and III

(c)I and II (d) All of them

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(a) Ellora Caves Saka

(b) Mahabalipuram Rashtrakutas

(d) Khajuraho Chandels

Which one of the following is the earliest’SCHOOL OF iNDIAN PHILLOSOPHY ?

(A)Sankhya (b) Vaisesika

Ibn Batuta, the Moorish traveller, visited

India during the reign of:

(a) Mohammad Bin Tughlak.

(b) Babar

(d) Mahmood Ghazni

During which age did women enjoy equality with men ?

(a) Gupta age

(b) Mauryan age

(d) None of thes

The pahari School’,’Rajput School’,’Mughal School’ and ‘Kangra School’ represent different styles in the art

of :

(a) Architecture (b) Painting

Consider the following statements connected with Allauddin Khilji :

I -He collected revenue by measuring the cultivated land.

II- He enforced revenue measures in his entire empire.

III-He abolished the powers of Provincial Governors.

select the correct answer from coding scheme given below:

(a) Iand II

(B) II and III

(d) I, II and III

51.Consider :

Assertion(A)-Arangzeb succedded Shahjahan to the Mughal throne .

Reason(R)- the law of primogeniture was followed .

Select the correct answer from the coding scheme given below:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)is the correct explanation of (A).

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) isnot the correct explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.

The thoughts of which of the following Sufi saint have been incorporated in the religions book incorporated

in the religions book ‘Adi Granth’ of the sikhs?

(a) Sheikh moinudin Chishti

(b) Qutub-uddin Bakhtiar Kaki

(d)Sheikh Nizaamuddin Aulia

In the third batlle of Panipat Marathas were

defeated by :

(a) Mughals

(b) Afghans

(d) Rohillas

54 Avadh was annexed to British empire in India by:

(a) Policy of subsidiary alliance

(b)Doctrine of lapse

(d)By waging war

who among the following greatmen is called the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance’?

(a) Vivekananda

(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(d) Dayanand Saraswati

Consider:

Assertion (A): The First War of Independence in 1857 failed to secure freedom form the British Government.

Reason (R) : The leadership of Bahadur Shah Zafar did not have popular on support most of the Indian rulers of

important shied.away from the struggle.

Select the correct answer from the code given blow:`

(a) Both (A) and (R) true and (R) is explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A);

(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

The secret of success of East India Company in India was:

(a) Absence of nationalism in India. •

(b) the company had western trained infantry armed with modern Weapons.

(d) All the three above.

The Regulating Act was passed in:

(a) 1773

(b) 1774

(d) 1793

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

List I List-II

Clive A. Removal of press restriction
Bentinck B. Partition of Bengal
Charles C.Dual Govt. in Bengal
Curzon D. English Education

Code:

(a) 1C 2D 3A 4B

(b) ID 2A 3C 4B

(d) 1C 2B 3A 4D

60 Morley-Minto Reforms Bill was passed in :

(a) 1905

(b) 1909

(d) 1920

In the Indian Constitution the Directive Principles of State Policy were borrowed from:

(a) Britain (b) Ireland

(d) France

Which one of the following is not included in the Fundamental Rights ?

(a) Right to property

(b) Right to form association

(d) Right to move and stay in any part 0f the country?

Out of the following Viceroys of India in whose time ‘Indian Penel Code,Civil Procedure Code and Criminal

Procedure Code were passed ?

(a)Lord Cannig

(b) Lord Mayo

(c)Lord Lytton

(d) Lord Dufferin

Which of the following statements is correct

regarding the Rajya Sabha ?

(a) One-third of its members retire every two years

(b) One-half of its members retire every two years

(d) One-third of its members retire every three years

65* The citizenship provided by the Constitution of India is :

(a) Dual citizenship

(b) Single citizenship

(d) None of the above

Judicial review implies the right of the Court to :

(a) declare any law or order invalid if it is in conflict with the.Constitution

(b) review the order of the lower courts.

(d) review the laws to see that they have been passed as per the procedure laid down.

Which of the following procedures will enable the adoption of a Money Bill that was once passed by the Lok

Sabha but was amended by the Rajya Sabha ?

(a) It will go to the President.

. (b) The Lok Sabha will have to pass it with 2/3rd majority of the members sitting and voting,

‘(d) It will be deemed to have been passed if the LokSabha passes it again either by accepting

or rejecting the amendments.

The fourth President of India was :

(a) Sri V.VGiri

(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

(d) Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

ThP first Panchayati raj system was inaugurated by Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru on 12th October, 1959 at:

(a) Sabarmati .

(b) Wardha

(d) Sikar

Match the following plans and programmes :

Plans ‘Programmes

1stPlan 1. Rapid Industrilisation
2nt Plan 2. Community Development
3rd Plan 3, Expansion of basic industries
4th Plan 4. Minimum Needs Progranme
5th Plan 5. Achievement of self-reliance and growth with stability

Select the correct answer form the code below i

A B C D E

(a) 1 2 3 4 5

(b) 2 1 4 5 3

(d) 2 1 3 5 4

The strategy adopted under I.R.D.P.in the Seventh Plan was :

(a) Adoption of total house-hold approach .

(b) Adoption of village approach

(d) Adoption of district approach

Which out of the following States has the highest per capita income ?

(a) Goa

(b) Punjab

(d) Gujarat

Balance of payment is defined as :

(a) The value of exports minus the value of imports.

(b) The difference between the liabilities and assets of a firm.

(d) Complete record of all economic transactions between the residents of a country and rest of the world.

The Devaluation is :

(a) Reduction of prices

(b) Deficit financing

(d) Reduction in the value of currency in terms of gold.

Which among the following Articles of the Constitution provides for the abolition of untouchability in any

form ?

(a) Article 14 .

(b) Article 17

(d) None of the above

The President of India can be removed form office even before the expiry of the

term.

(a) by the plitical party in power

(b) by the Prime Minister •

(d) through trial by court

Which of the following can be comparedto ‘Prince’ of Machiavelli ?

(a) Kalidasa’s ‘Malvikagni Mitram

(b) Kautilya’s’Arthshastra1

(d) Thiruvalluvar’s ‘Thirukkural’

78.AYURYVEDA’ that is ‘sCIENCE OF LIFE’ Appeared first in:

(a) Aranyakas

(b) Samveda

(d) Atharvaveda

The importance given to the Deputy Chairman of the planning Commission in the official hierarch of the

Government is that he is given the rank of :

(a) A cabinet minister in the Government of India

(b) A Supreme Court Judge

(d) A Secretary to the Government of India

The Solicitor General of India is :

(a) An Administrative officer

(b) A legal adviser

(d) A law officer for giving advice to the President of India

Which one of following States is the largest producer of tea in India ?

(a) Assam

(b) Tamilnadu

(d) West Bengal

Which of the following areas have an average of 200 mm rainfall in India ?

(a) Kerala, Tamilanadu, Karanataka

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(d) Assam, Manipur, Tripura

The biggest desert of the world is:

(a) Kalahari

(b) Gobi

(d) Thar

The concept Neo-Determinism in Geography was advanced by:

(a) Miss Semple

(b) G. Taylor

(d) Huntington

Korba in Madhya Pradesh is known for :

(a)aluminium industry

(b) copper

.(d) steel

86 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the-code :

given below

ListI List II

Singrauli 1. Oil
Kajarhat 2. Milk

c.Koyali 3.Coal

Anand 4.Cement

B C

Code: A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 2 3 4 1

(d) 4 3 2 1

India export maximum leather to:

(a) U.S.A.

(b) U.S.S.R

(d) W.Germany

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Equinox,the two periods in the year wnen day and night are equal, occurs on :

(a) 21st march and 22nd September

(b) 22nd February and 23rd August

d) 22nd July and 22nd December

89.Green revolution had the greatest impact on : ^

(a)Rice

(b) Maize

(c)Barley

(d)Wheat

90.Which of the following is known as’the Continent of Birds’?

of Birds’

(a) Europe

(b) Australia

(d) Asia

Bhakra nangal is a joint project of the States:

(a) Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan

(b) Punjab, J & K, and Rajasthan

(d) U.P, J & K and Punjab

India has an abundant volume of rainfall but is still regarded as a thirsty land. This is due to :

(a) Rapid run off of water

(b) Quick evaporation of rain water

(d) All the above

Datum line :
a) is a horizontal line from where heights and depths are measured

(b) is the line of demarcation between Pakistan and India

(d) is an imaginary line which passes through zero degree meridian

Which of the following countries is called the sugar bowl of the world’ ?

(a) Ceylon. (b) Pakistan

In which rock system ,out of the following is iron-ore found in india ?

(a) Vindhyan

(b) Kadappa

(c)Dharwad

(d)Gondwana

96-Maginot line was :

(a) boundary France and Germany .

(b) boundary between East Germany and Poland y

(d) Boundary between India and Afghanistan

97 Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:

List-I List-II

(Voyagers) (Countries)

Vasco-de-Gama 1. Spain
ChristopherColumbus 2.Portugal
Captain Cook 3. Holland
Tasman 4. Great Britain

Code :

A B C D

(a) 3 2 1 4

(B) 2 1 4 3

(d) 4 3 2 1

Based on the census of 1981 which of the following four States had density of population

in descending order ?

(a) Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh,Bihar

(b) Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala

‘Project Tiger’of the Government envisages:

(a) to observe the habits of the tiger

. (b) Collect vital information about different species

(d) None of these

Match List I (States) with List II (Capitals) and select the correct answer from the code given below :

List I List II

Assam 1- Shillong
Nagaland 2. Kohima
Arunachal Pradesh 3. Dispur •
Meghalaya 4. Itanagar

Code

A B C D

2 3 1 4

3 2 4 1

4 1 3 2

1 4 2 3

Antipartition movement of Bengal was initiated on:

(a) 20th July, 1905

(B) 7th August, 1905

(d) 7th November, 1905

102.The date APRIL 6,1930 is known in Indian history for:

(a) First Round Table Conference in London

(b) Non-cooperation Movement

(d) Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

Chandra Shekhar Azad, the revolutionary leader was killed by the Britsh by:

(a) hanging

(b) being beaten to death

(d) being run over by a military jeep

Who out of the following was given the award of ‘Rashtra Kavi’ due to his influencing

contribution the Independence movement to of India through his literary works ?

(a) Matithili Sharan Gupta

(b) Jai Shankar Prasad

(d) Ram Dhari Singh

The first war of Independence (1857) started from :

(a) Calcutta

(b) Delhi

(d) Meerut

Local Self-Government institutions in India were streng ened in 1882 by:

(a) Georege Barlow (b) Lord Rippon

Khilafat Swarj Party was formed by:

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Subhash Chandra Bose

(c)C.R.Das and Moti Lai nehru

(d) B.R.Ambedkar

108.The remark ‘Nehru is a patriot, while Jinnah is a politician was made by :

(a) M.K. Gandhi

(b)Maulana Azad ‘

(d) Khan Abdul GaffarKhan

Find the correct matches in List (1) and (2) in

the alternatives given there under:

List(l) List (2)

Prarthana a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Brahmo Samaj. b. Vivekananda
Arya Samaj c. Dayanand Saraswati

4.Ram Krishna Mission d. Ram Krishna Paramhansa

(a) 1(A) 2(B) 3(C) 4(D)

(b) 1(B) 2(E) 3(A) 4(C)

(d) 1(D) 2(A) 3(C) 4(B)

110.The following are the events of national movements:

I Champaran Satyagraha

II Non-cooperation Movement

III ‘Quit India’ Movement

IV Dandi March

The correct chronical order is :

(a) I, II IV III

(b) II I III IV

(d) II III I IV

Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of

(a) Tilak and Annie Besant

(b) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh

(d) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal

According to Gandhiji non-violence is :

(a) a way to attain’truth

(b) a way to win political freedom

(d) an end in itself

Indians were assured of many things in the declaration by queen Victoria in 1858. Which among the following

assurances was fulfilled by the British Government ?

(a) Policy of annexation will be abandoned .

(b) ‘Status quo’ of the native rulers would be maintained.

(d) There would be no interference in the social and religious beliefs of the Indians

The formula for transfer of sovereignty to India in 1947 was known as :

(a) Durand Plan

(b) Morely-Minto Reforms

(d) Wavell Plan

115- Select the correct chronological order of the following from the code given below :

(a) Rowlatt Act

(b) Simon Commission .

(d) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code:

(a)C,D,A,B

(b)D,B,A,C

(c)A,C,B,D .

(d)C,A,B,D

Cabinet Mission, 1946 comprised of three cabinet ministers. Who among the following was not its member ?

(a) Lord Pathic Lawrence

(b) A.V Alexander

Who from the following killed General Dyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre ?

(a) Prithvi Singh Azad

(b) Sardar Kishan Singh

(d) Sohan Singh Josh

After Poona Pact of 1932, Harijan sewak Sangh was established. Its President was :

(a) Jagjiwan Ram –

(b)Ghanshyam Das Birla

(d) Amrit Lal Thakkar

The main centre of the ‘Bahai Movement which started in the nineteenth century was :

(a) Lahore

(b)Patna

(d) Pune

Who from among the following was the Chairman of the Congress session of Delhi wherein resoltion of divided

India was passed on june 14,1947?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Sardar Vallabh Bhai

(d) Jawahar La Nehru

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