UPSC Test Paper 2008 for Civil Service

111. Which one of the following laser types is used in a laser printer?
(a) Dye laser
(b) Gas laser
(c) Semiconductor laser
(d) Excimer laser
112. Consider the following statements:
    1. A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale
    has seven frequencies.
    2. The frequency of the note Sa (m) is 256 Hz and
that of Ni (;fi) is 512 Hz.
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
113. What are Rubies and Sapphires chemically known as?
(a) Silicon dioxide
(b) Aluminium oxide
(c) Lead tetroxide
(d) Boron nitride
114. Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas? (a) Argon
(b) Neon
(c) Xenon
(d) Nitrous oxide
115. Mixture of which one of the following pairs of gases is the cause of occurrence of most of the explosions in mines?
(a) Hydrogen and oxygen
(b) Oxygen and acetylene
(c) Methane and air
(d) Carbon dioxide and methane
116. Which one of the following pairs of metals constitutes the lightest metal and the heaviest metal, respectively? (a) Lithium and mercury
(b) Lithium and osmium
(c) Aluminium and osmium
(d) Aluminium and mercury

117. Ho:" much is one barrel of oil approximately equal
to?
(a) 131 litres (b) 159 litres (c) 257 litres (d) 321 litres
118. Who among the following-Gandhian followers was a
teacher by profession?
(a) A. N. Sinha
(b) Braj Kishore Prasad
(c) J. B. Kriplani
(d) Rajendra Prasad
119. Which one of the following was a journal brought out
by Abul Kalam Azad?
(a) AI-Hilal
(b) Comrade
(c) The Indian Sociologist
(d) Zamindar.
120. Where was the First Session of the Indian National
    Congress held in December 1885?
    (a)    Ahmadabad    (b)    Bombay
    (c)    Calcutta    (d)    Delhi
    121. Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
    1-    Francis Collins:    Mapping human genome
    2. Sergey Brin : Google Search Engine
    3.    -Jimmy Wales    Wikipedia
Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: 111. (b)  112. (c)  113. (b) 114. (c) 115. (c) 116. (b)  117. (b)  118. (c) 119. (a) 120. (b)