General Studies Paper 2008 for Civil Services

71. How is Sal'Osh Zaiwalla well-known as?
(a) A leading theatre personality
(b) A leading wildlife photographer
(c) A leading international legal expert
(d) A leading orthopaedic surgeon
7~. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric
Projects located?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Rajasthan
73. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List-J List-Il
(Allthor) (Work)
Bankimchandra 1. S/UltTilllj Ke Khi/adi
Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Debi Chaud/lIIralli
Premchand 3. Ni/-Darpan
4. CIwlIdrakallta
A. B. C.

Code:
A B C
(a) 2 4 1
(b) 3 4 2
(c) 2 3 1
(d) 3 1 4
74. Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Con­gress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old? (a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) R. C. Dutt
(c) Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Viraraghavachari
75. Who among the following used the phrase 'Un-British' to criticize the English colonial control of India? (a) Anandmohan Bose
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Pherozeshah Mehta
76. Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken
maximum in the world after Hindi?
.
(a) Telugu
(b) Tamil
(c) Bengali (d) Malayalam

77. Who among the following discovered heavy water? (a) Heinr.ich Hertz
(b) H. C Urey
(c) G. Mendel
ld) Joseph Priestley
78. Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Cambodia
(c) South Korea
(d) Japan
79. Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which countries?
(a) Morocco and Algeria
(b) Nigeria and Cameroon
(c) Angola and Zambia
(d) Ethiopia and Somalia
80. Near which one of the following cities are Palitana Temples located?
(a) Bhavnagar
(c) Nasik
(b) Mount Abu (d) Ujjain

ANs: 71. (c) 72. (c) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (a)