IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1997 (Part 6 of 10)
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- Consider the following qraphs: The behaviour of a fictitious stock market index [comprising a weighted average of the market prices of a selected list of companies including some multinational corporations (MNCs) ] over a 15 day period is shown in the graph. The behaviour of the MNCs in the same period is also shown in the second graph. Which one of the following is a valid conclusion?
- MNCs fell steeper in the period depicted
- Share prices of every non-MNC company soared by over5% on the 12th day
- Government announced a policy disfavouring MNCs on the 11th day
- Whatever be the reason favouring market revival on the 12th day, it appears to be relevant only to non-
- MNC companies
- Which one of the following pairs of composers in different languages and their works on the Mahabharata theme is correctly matched?
- Match Item 1: Sarladasa
- Match Item 2: Bengali
- Match Item 1: Kasirama
- Match Item 2: Oriya
- Match Item 1: Tikkana
- Match Item 2: Marathi
- Match Item 1: Pampa
- Match Item 2: Kannada
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1997 (Part 6 of 10) List-I (Commodities exported from India) List-II (Countries of destination) - Iron Ore
- Leather goods
- Tea
- Cotton fabrics
- Russia
- USA.
- Japan
- U. K
- Canada
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in
- the United Kingdom
- Australia
- the United States
- Canada
- The length, breadth and height of a room are l, b and h respectively. The perimeter of the ceiling expressed as a Percentage of the total area of the four walls is
- 100 h
- 100⟋h
- h
- h⟋100
- What is the average fat content of buffalo milk?
- 7.2%
- 4.5%
- 9.0%
- 10.0%
- If the Prime Minister of India belonged to the Upper House of Parliament
- he will not be able to vote in his favour in the event of a no-confidence motiom
- he will not be able to speak on the budget in the Lower Houle
- he can make statements only in the Upper House
- he has to become a member of the
- Lower House Within six months after being sworn in as the Prime Minister
- M C Setalvad, B. N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
- Swaraj Party
- All India National Liberal Federation
- Madras Labour Union
- Servants of India Society
- The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the
- Australoid race
- Caucasoid race
- Mongoloid race
- Negroid race
- Assertion (A) : The reservation of thirtythree per cent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislatures does not require Constitutional amendment.
- Reason (R) : Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three per cent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment.
- In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Which one of the following dances involves solo performance?
- Bharatanatyam
- Kuchipudi
- Mohiniattam
- Odissi
- What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
- Woods Education Despatch.
- Maeauleys minute on education.
- The Sergeant Education Report.
- Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
- 2,1, 4,3
- 2,1, 3,4
- 1,2, 4,3
- 4,3, 1,2
- The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called
- meteors
- comets
- meteorites
- asteroids
- Which one of the following is used as an anti-freeze for the automobile engines?
- Propyl alcohol
- Ethanol
- Methanol
- Ethylene glycol
- Seven persons P, Q, R, 5, T, U and V participate in and finish all the events of a series of swimming races. There are no ties at the finish of any of the events. V always finishes somewhere ahead of P. P always finishes somewhere ahead of Q. Either R finishes first and T finishes last or S finishes first and U or Q finishes last. If in a particular race V finished fifth, then which one of the following would be true?
- S finishes firsts
- R finishes second
- T finishes third
- K finishes fourth