IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1993 (Part 10 of 10)
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- Among the four pairs given below which one consists of a correct combination of dignitaries who became Vice-Presidents after having held diplomatic posts like Ambassador and High Commissioners?
- Dr. S Radhakrishnan and, G S Pathak
- Dr S Radhakrishnan and V V Giri
- Dr. Zakir Hussain and K R Narayanan
- B D Jatti and K R Narayanan
- The theory of jumping genes was propounded by
- Gregor Johann Mandel
- Thomas Hunt Morgan
- Barbara McClintock
- Watson and Crick
- Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases
- if high rainfall occurs during the period of growth of the plant
- if frost occurs during the period of ripening
- if there is fluctuation in temperature during the period of growth of the plant
- if there is high temperature during the time of ripening
- Which one of the following statements is correct?
- Neither the Finance Commission nor the Planning Commission is a constitutional body
- The scope of the Finance Commission is limited to a review of the revenue segment of the budget while the Planning Commission takes an overall review embracing both capital and revenue requirements of the States
- No one can be a member of both the Finance Commission and the Planning Commission at the same time
- There is no overlapping of work and responsibility of the Finance
- Commission and those of the Planning
- Commission
- Assertion (A) : Babur wrote his memoirs in Turki.
- Reason (R) : Turki was the official language of the Mughal Court.
- In the context 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 hut R is NOT a correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Which one of the following is a man made cereal NOT found in nature?
- Dwarf wheat
- Hybrid maize
- Triticale
- Soybean
- The only land-locked country in Southeast Asia is
- Laos
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Kampuchea
- Sugarcane, sugarbeet, sweetpea, chickpea, pigeonpea and French bean belong to
- two plant families
- three plant families
- four plant families
- five plant families
- The production of cultured pearls is an important cottage industry of
- Belgium
- West India
- New Zealand
- Japan
- When partial convertibility obtains, the exchange rate is
- a weighted average
- a simple average
- fully floating
- fully administered
- Which one of the following is a monument constructed by Sher Shah?
- Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi
- Atala masjid at Jaunpur
- Bara Sona masjid at Gaur
- Quwwat-al-Islam mosque at Delhi
- At the present state of our knowledge and resource position, India will remain selfsufficient for the next three decades in
- Tin
- Coking coal
- Copper
- Petroleum
- Which one of the following shows the descending order of the four metropolitan cities in the Indian sub-continent in so far as their population strength is concerned?
- Bombay, Calcutta, Dhaka, New Delhi
- Bombay, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi
- Bombay, Calcutta Karachi, New Delhi
- Calcutta, Bombay, Dhaka, Karachi
- A fertile soil, suitable for growing common crops is likely to have a pH value of
- three
- four
- six to seven
- nine to ten
- The New Population Bomb refers to
- an increase in the population of the aged in the Third World
- rapidly growing urban population in the Third World
- large scale distress migration in the Third World
- deluge of Soviet emigrants