Test Papers 2008 of UPSC Civil Services

51. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Waterfalls River
Kapildhara Falls Godavari
Jog Falls : Shi1ri1vati
Sivasamudram : Cauvery
1. 2. 3.
Falls
Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
52. Which one of the following straits is nearest to the
International Date Line?
(a) Malacca Strait
(b) Bering Strait
(c) Strait of Florida
(d) Strait of Gibraltar

53. Which of' the following pairs in respect of current power generation in India is/are correctly matched?

1. Installed electricity 100000 MW
generation capacity
2. Electricity generation: 660 billion kWh
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Code:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 -nor 2
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54. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Irrigation Project State
1. Damanganga : Gujarat
2. Girna : Maharashtra
3. Pamba : Kerahi .
Select the correct answer using the code given beloW: CadI!:
(a) 1 and 2
. (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
55. Wh~ among the following rejected the title of Knight­hood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
(a) MotHal Nehru (b) M. G. Ranade'
(c) G. K. Gokhale (d) B. G. Tilak
56. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the English East India Company establish its first factory in India?
(a) Akbar
(b) J ahangir (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
57. The term' "Prisoner's Dilemma" is assoCiated 'with which oncof the following?
(a) A technique in glass manufacture
(b) A term used in shipping industry
(c) A situation untler; the Game Thedry
(d) Name of a supercomputer
58. During the Indian Freedom Struggle,'who of the
following raised an army called 'Free Indf~n Legion'?
(a) Lala Hardayal
(b) Rashbehari Bose
(c) Sub has Chandra Bose
(d) V. D, Savarkar
59. Which one of the following'suggested thk,'reconstitu­
tion of the ViceroY's Executive Countit in which all
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the po.~tfolios inducting that of War Members were
to be held by the Indian leaders?
(a) Simon Commission
(b) Simla Conference
(c) Cripps Propo~al
(d) Cabinet Mission
60: What is Agent Orange?
(a), An ace spy-ing group trained by the Police in
London
(b) A weed-killing chemical used by the US Military
in the Vietnam War
(c) A technique used in the advanced railway safety
procedure .
(d) A special chemical used in making alloy steel

Ans: 51. (b) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (c) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (b)