Test Paper 2008 of Civil Services

101. Which of the following is/are included in the Directiv,
Principles of State Policy?
1. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and force,
labour
2. Prohibition of consumption except for medicini
purposes of intoxicating drinks and of oth,
drugs which are injurious to health
Select the correct answer using the code given belo\ Code:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
102. How is the United Nations Monetary and Finane Conference wherein the agreements were signed set up IBRD, GAIT and IMF, commonly known' (a.) Bandung Conference
(b) Bretton Woods Conference
(c) Versailles Conference
(d) Yalta Conference

103. Where w~as the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh litres freshwater per day based on low temperature thermal desalination principle com­missioned?
(a) Kavaratti (c) Mangalore
(b) Port Blair (d) Valsad
104. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Institute Location
1. National Centre for Cell Science: Mysore
2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting: Hyderabad
and Diagnostics
3. National Brain Research Centre: Gurgaon Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3
105. With which one of the following is BRIT (Government of India) engaged?
(a) Railway Wagons
(b) Information Technology
(c) Isotope'Technology
(d) Road Transport
106. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in
respect of the Roman numerals-C, D, Land M?
(a) C > D > L > M (b) M > L > D > C (c) M > D > C > L (d) L > C >D > M
107. Who among the following scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with his son?
(a) Max Planck
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) William Henry Bragg
(d) Enrico Fermi
108. Who among the following translated the Autobiogra­
phy of Madam Curie in Hindi?
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Choudhary Charan Singh
(d) Gobind Vallabh Pant
109. Among the following, whiCh one has the minimum population on the basis of data of Census of India, 2001?
(a) Chandigarh (c) Puducherry
(b) Mizoram (d) Sikkim
1io. Consider the following statements in respect of a jet
engine and a rocket:
Sample Tests 11
1. A jet engine uses the surrounding air for its oxygen supply and so is unsuitable for motion
in space. .
2. A rocket carries its own supply of oxygen in the
gas form, and fuel.
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

Ans: 101. (b) 102. (b) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (c) 106. (c) 107. (c) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (c)