IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1998 (Part 5 of 10)
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- According to Meadows (1972) , if the present trends in world population industrialization, pollution, food production and resource depletion continue unchanged, the “Limits to Growth” on our planet will be reached in the next
- 50 years
- 100 years
- 150 years
- 200 years
- Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1998 (Part 5 of 10) List-I (Disease) List-II (Organism) - Malaria
- Poliomyelitis
- Tuberculosis
- Ringworm
- Fungi
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Protozoan
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Consider the following
- Tughlaquabad fort.
- Lodi Garden
- Qutab Minar.
- Fatehpur Sikri.
- The correct chronological order in which they were built is
- 3,1, 4,2
- 3,1, 2,4
- 1,3, 2,4
- 1,3, 4,2
- Which one of the following satisfied the relationship Dda: aDD: Rrb:
- D D A
- R R R
- b R R
- B B r
- The concept of Eight-fold path forms the theme of
- Dipavamsa
- Divyavadana
- Mahaparirubban Sutta
- Dharma Chakara Pravartana Sutra.
- The recent Land Mines Conference to sign the historic treaty was held in the Capital city of
- Canada
- Japan
- Sweden
- Zimbabwe
- Which of the following pairs are correctly matched
- Match Item 1: Dow Jones
- Match Item 2: New York
- Match Item 1: Hang Seng
- Match Item 2: Seoul
- Match Item 1: FTSE-100
- Match Item 2: London
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below
- 1,2 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because
- the principle of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them
- it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard
- they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots
- India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom
- Haemophilia is a genetic disorder which leads to
- decrease in haemoglobin level
- rheumatic heart disease
- decrease in WBC
- non-clotting of blood
- Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1998 (Part 5 of 10) List-I List-II - Year 1556
- Year 1600
- Year 1686
- Year 1739
- Battle of Haldi Ghati
- Nadir Shahs capture of Delhi
- Death of Shivaji
- Grant of Charter to East India Company
- Accession of Akbar
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 2
- A square pond has 2 in sides and is 1 m deep. If it is to be enlarged, the depth remaining the same, into a circular pond with the diagonal of the square its diameter its shown in the fixture, then what would be the volume of earth to be removed?
- (2p − 4) m3
- (4p − 4) m3
- (4p − 2) m3
- (2p − 2) m3
- Match river labelled A, B, C and D on the given map with their names given in the list and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1998 (Part 5 of 10) List-I List-II - St. Lawrence
- Orinoco
- Mackenzie
- Amazon
- Yukon
- Canada
- Brazil
- USA
- Washington
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- Consider the following statements about acetylene
- It is used in welding industry.
- It is a raw material for preparing plastics.
- It is easily obtained by mixing silicon carbide and water.
- Of these statements
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- At the time of Indias Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was
- a member of Congress Working Committee
- not a member of the Congress
- the President of the Congress
- the General Secretary of the Congress