General Knowledge

41. Groups each containing 3 boys are to be formed out
of 5 boys – A, B, C, D and E such that not one group

contains both C and D together. What is the maxi¬mum number of such different groups?
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 8
42. Six faces of a cube are numbered from 1 to 6, each
face carrying one different number. Further,
1. The face 2 is opposite to the face 6.
2. The face 1 is opposite to the face 5.
3. The face 3 is between the face 1 and the face 5. 4. The face 4 is adjace~t to the face 2.
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) The face 2 is adjacent to the face 3
(b) The face 6 is between the face 2 and the face 4. (c) The face 1 is between the face 5 and the face 6 (d) None of the above
43. Each of the 3 persons is to be given sqme identical items such that product of the numbers of items received by each of the three persons is equal to 30. In how many maximum different ways can this distribution be done?
(a) 21 (c) 27
(b) 24 (d) 33
44. 6 equidistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal lines are also drawn on the board cutting the 6 vertical lines, and the distance between any two consecutive horizontal lines is equal to that between any two consecutive vertical lines. What is the maximum number of squares thus formed?
(a) 37 (b) 55
(c) 126 (d) 225
45.
In the figure shown above, what is the maximum number of different ways in which 8 identical balls can be placed in the small triangles 1, 2, 3 and 4 such that each triangle contains at least one ball?
(a) 32 (b) 35
(c) 44 (d) 56
46. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
(a) Journalism
(b) International economics, (c) Sustainable development (d) Child development
47. Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?
(a) Cardiology (b) Influenza virus
(c) HIV / AIDS (d) Alzheimer
48. How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known as? (a) Known for research in agriculture
(b) A renowned football coach
(c) A great writer who won the Nobel Prize for
literature
(d) Known for research in railway engineering
49. MCA-21 is a major initiative taken up by the
Government of India in which one of the following
areas?
(a) Foreign direct investment in India
(b) Attracting international tourists
(c) e-governance
(d) Mo~rnisation of airports
50. Consider the following statements:
1. The repo rate is the rate at which other banks
borrow from the Reserve Bank of India.
2. A value of 1 for Gini Coefficient in a country
implies that there is perfectly equal income for
everyone in its population.
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
51. Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957?
(a) Minnowbrook (USA)
(c) Nova Scotia (Canada)
(b) Rhode Island (USA) (d) Nagasaki Oapan)
52. For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker prize 2006?
(a) The Secret River
(b) In the Country of Men
(c) The Inheritance of Loss
(d) Mother’s Milk
53. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following?
(a) Environmental protection
(b) Olympic Games
(c) Journalism
(d) Civil Aviation
54. A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel and 496 litres of Mobile Oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible number of bottles required?
(a) 34 (b) 44
(c) 46 (d) None of the above

Ans: 41. (c) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (b) 45. (b)
46. (c) 47 (b) 48. (c) 49. (c) 50. (c)
51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (d)

2007 Exam Paper

29. Which one of the following is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?
(a) Russia (b) Kazakhstan
(c) Ukraine (d) Uzbekistan
30. With reference to the steel industry in India in the recent times, consider the following statements:
1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been declared Mini
Ratna.
2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been completed. 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
31. Who among the following wrote the book – A yodhya: 6 December 1992?
(a) Chandra Shekhar
(c) Jaswant Singh
(b) P. V. Narasimha Rao (d) Arun Shourie
32. With reference to the international me~tings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/ate
correctly matched?
1. NAM Summit
2. APEC Meeting
3. EU-India Summit
4. UN Climate
Change Conference
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 3
(c) I, 2 and 3 (d) 2, 3 and 4
33. The Stilwell Road, built in 1940s, which was recently in news, connects which of the following?
(a) Agartala in India and Yangon in Myanmar via
Bangladesh
(b) Ledo in India and Kunming in China via Myanmar (c) Kalimpong in India and Lhasa in Tibet via Bhutan (d) Imphal in India and Bangkok in Thailand via
Myanmar
Havana Bangkok Helsinki Geneva
34. NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
(a) Halley’s Comet (b) Ha,le-Bopp
(c) Hyakutake (d) Tempel 1
35. Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test Cricket?
1. Wasim Akram 2. Richard Hadlee
3. Glen McGrath 4. Courtney Walsh
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4
(c) I, 2 and 3 (d) I, 2, 3 and 4
36. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
(a) Udaygiri (b) Raipur
(c) Pochampalli (d) Venkatagiri

37. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Person) (Company)
A. Vishwapati Trivedi 1. Essar Group
B. Tulsi R. Tanti 2. Info Edge India (which
runs naukri.com)
3. Indian (Indian Airlines)
4. Suzlon Energy
C. Shashi Ruia
D. S. Bikhchandani
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A
2 3 2 3
D
3 2 3 2
B 4 1 1 4
C
1 4 4 1
38. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India?
(a) Services – Industry – Agriculture (b) Services – Agriculture – Industry (c) Industry – Services – Agriculture (d) Industry – Agriculture – Services
39. Consider the following statements:
1. North Atlantic Co-operation Council (NACC) is the name of the new organisation which has replaced the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
2. The United States of America and the United Kingdom became the members of the NATO
when it was formed in the year 1949.
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
40.
In how many maximum different ways can 3 identical balls be placed in the 12 squares (each ball to-jJepiaced in the exact centre of the squares and only one ball is to be placed in one square) shown in the figure given above such that they do not lie along the same straight line?
(a) 144 (c) 204
(b) 200 (d) 216

Ans: 29. (c) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (d)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (c)

Question Answers from UPSC Test Paper 2007

13. Consider the following statements:
1. In the year 2006, India successfully tested a full¬
fledged cryogenic state in rocketry.
2. After USA, Russia and China, India is the only
country to have acquired the capability for use
of cryogenic stage in rocketry.
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
14. Consider the following statements:
1. In November, 2006, DRDO successfully conducted
the interception tests using Prithvi-II missile.
2. Prithvi-II is a surface-to-surface missile and can
be deployed to guard the metros against air
attacks.
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
15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly
matched?
a) T.S.
(b) K.c. Pant
(c) A.M. Khusro
(d) R.c. Lahoti
16.
Former Chief Election Krishnamurthy Commissioner of India Chairman, Tenth Finance Commission of India
Former Chairman, Union Public Service Commission Former Chief Justice of India
B
(Each small circle represents a different station)
What is the maximum number of different paths that
exist between the station A and the station B?
(a) (c)
(b) 31 (d) 35
28 33
17. Amit has five friends: 3 girls and 2 boys. Amit’s wife also has 5 friends: 3 boys and 2 girls. In how many maximum number of different ways can they invite 2 boys and 2 girls such that two of them are Amit’s friends and two are his wife’s?
(a) (c)
(b) 38 (d) 58
24 46
18. Five balls of different colours are to be placed in three
different boxes such that any box contains at least one
ball. What is the maximum number of different ways in which this can be done?
(a) (c)
90 150
(b) 120 (d) 180
19. All the six letters of the name SACHIN are arranged to form different words without repeating any letter in anyone word. The words so formed are then arranged as in a dictionary. What will be the position of the word SACHIN in that sequence?
(a) 436 (b) 590
(c) 601 (d) 751
20. Three dice (each having six faces with each face having one number from 1 to 6) are rolled. What is the number of possible outcomes such that at least one dice shows the number 2?
(a) (c)
36 91
(b) 81 (d) 116
21. Who among the following is considered as the inven¬
tor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?
(a) Edward Kasner (b) Bill Gates
(c) Tim Berners-Lee (d) Vinod Dham
22. Who was Leander Paes’s partner when he won
Doubles Final in the US Open Tennis Tournament,
2oo6?
(a) Max Mirnyi (c) Bob Bryan
(b) Martin Damm (d) Mike Bryan
23. Where is Copacabana Beach located?
(a) Buenos Aires (b) Hawaiian Islands
(c) Rio de Janeiro (d) Valletta ..
24. Which one of the following cities has been the venue of the Asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006?
(a) Delhi (b) Bangkok
(c) Tokyo’ (d) Beijing
25. Where are the headquarters of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (Ole) located?
(a) Dubai (b) Jeddah
(c) Islamabad (d) Ankara
26. Which one of the following is another name of RDX?
(a) Cyanohydrin (b) Dextran
(c) Cyclohexane (d) Cyclonite
27. Which one of the following non-metals is not a poor conductor of electricity?
(a) Sulphur
(c) Bromine
(b) Selenium (d) Phosphorus
28. Which one of the following types of glass can cut off
ultraviolet rays?
(a) Soda glass
(c) Jena glass
(b) Pyrex glass (d) Crookes glass

Ans: 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c)
16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b)
26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (d)

List of circulating currencies by country

Country or territory[1]	Currency[2]	Sign[3]
Afghanistan	Afghan afghani	؋
Argentina	Argentine peso	$
Australia	Australian dollar	$
Austria	Euro	€
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi taka	৳
Belgium	Euro	€
Bermuda	Bermudian dollar	$
Bhutan	Bhutanese ngultrum
	Indian rupee	₨
Brazil	Brazilian real	R$
Bulgaria	Bulgarian lev	лв
Canada	Canadian dollar	$
Chile	Chilean peso	$
China, People’s Republic of	Chinese yuan	元
Cuba	Cuban convertible peso	$
	Cuban peso	$
Czech Republic	Czech koruna	Kč
Denmark	Danish krone	kr
Ecuador	United States dollar	$
	None	None
Egypt	Egyptian pound	£ or ج.م
Fiji	Fijian dollar	$
Finland	Euro	€
France	Euro	€
Germany	Euro	€
Ghana	Ghanaian cedi	₵
Greece	Euro	€
Hong Kong	Hong Kong dollar	$
Iceland	Icelandic króna	kr
India	Indian rupee	Rs
Indonesia	Indonesian rupiah	Rp
Iran	Iranian rial	﷼
Iraq	Iraqi dinar	ع.د
Ireland	Euro	€
Israel	Israeli new sheqel	₪
Italy	Euro	€
Jamaica	Jamaican dollar	$
Japan	Japanese yen	¥
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstani tenge	〒
Kenya	Kenyan shilling	Sh
Korea, North	North Korean won	₩
Korea, South	South Korean won	₩
Kuwait	Kuwaiti dinar	د.ك
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstani som
Libya	Libyan dinar	ل.د
Malaysia	Malaysian ringgit	RM
Maldives	Maldivian rufiyaa	ރ.
Mexico	Mexican peso	$
Myanmar	Myanma kyat	K
Nepal	Nepalese rupee	₨
Netherlands	Euro	€
New Zealand	New Zealand dollar	$
Norway	Norwegian krone	kr
Pakistan	Pakistani rupee	₨
Palestine	Israeli new sheqel	₪
	Jordanian dinar	د.ا
Poland	Polish złoty	zł
Russia	Russian ruble	руб.
Saudi Arabia	Saudi riyal	ر.س
Singapore	Brunei dollar	$
	Singapore dollar	$
South Africa	South African rand	R
Spain	Euro	€
Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan rupee	Rs
Sudan	Sudanese pound	£
Sweden	Swedish krona	kr
Switzerland	Swiss franc	Fr
Tajikistan	Tajikistani somoni	ЅМ
Thailand	Thai baht	฿
Turkey	Turkish lira	TL
Uganda	Ugandan shilling	Sh
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates dirham

General Studies UPSC Test Papers

1) Arrange in the order of Evolution
1) Upanishads
2) Aranyakas
3) Vedas
4) Brahman

a) 3,1,2,4 b) 3,2,1,4 c) 3,4,2,1 d)3,2,4,1

2) Find wrong pair
a) Amending process-South Africa
b) Fundamental duties- USSR
c)Federal natureCanada
d)Judicial Review-UK

3)2004 NobelPrize was awrded to 3 Americans Frank Wilezek, David Politzer David Gross for
a) Quark Theory b) Quantum Theory
c) Sensitivity Theory d) Ultra Effect

4) Arrange according to size of planets in ascending order.
1) Venus 2) Mars 3) Uranus 4) Neptune

a) 1,2,3,4 b) 1,2,4,3 c) 2,1,4,3 d 2,1,3,4

5)Find X
5/8, 11/18, x , 47/78
a)17/36 b)19/46 c) 31/63 d) 23/38

6) Masole, a type of shifting cultivation is practiced in
a) Malaysia b) Venezula c) Brazil d)Zaire basin

7) I) Jainism split into two sects after first Jaina Council at Pataliputhra.
II) Budhism split into two sects after Second Budhist Council at Vaishali
a)I True b)II True c)Both True d)Both Wrong

8) What are true about Igneous Rocks?
1) Acid Rocks Contain mostly Silicon.
2) They are normally non crystalline 3) Don’t occur in Layers 4) Don’t contain fossils
a) 1,2,3 b) 2,3,4 c) 1,3,4 d) 1,2,3,4

9) I) In Berubari case preamble was held to be not part of Constitution.
II) In Kesavanda Bharati case Preamble was held to be part of Constitution.
a)I True b)II True c)Both True d)Both Wrong

10) I) James Princep found the Rock Edicts of Ashoka in 1837.
II) The edicts were in 4 languages and the main was Prakarit and Written in Brahmi
a)I True b)II True c)Both True d)Both Wrong

11) Woodbridge (Australia) won 9th Doubles Title with Bjormanof—–
a) Austria b)Russia c) Swedon d) France

12) Vishnugupta was the last Gupta King. Who was the last GREAT Gupta ruler?
a)Skandagupta b) Kumaragupta
c) Chandragupta II d) Samudragupta

13) What are true about Cirrus Clouds?
1) They are silky by appearance and high clouds
2) They are entirely composed of ice crystals
3) When they are arranged irregular they indicate fair weather.
4) When they are systematically arranged they indicate hot weather.
a) 1,2,3 b) 2,3,4 c) 1,2,4 d) 1,2,3,4

14) What is wrong about Pacific Ocean?
a) Largest and Deepest Ocean
b) Continental shelves in Eastern Coast are extensive and on western Coast are less extensive
c) There are more scattered ridges
d) Its area is more than the land area of the world.

15) Which Fundamental Right is available to Citizens only?
a) General Equality b) Religious right
c) Right against Exploitation
d) Freedom of Residence

Answers key:

1)c 2)d 3)a 4)c 5)d

6)d 7)a 8)c 9)c 10)c

11)c 12)a 13)a 14)c 15)d