IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1999 (Part 7 of 10)
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- Which one of the following statements is not true of the Konkan Railway?
- The total length is about 760 km
- It runs through the states of Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Kerala
- It is the only rail route that cuts across the Western Ghats
- The Konkan Railway Construction
- Company which came into being raised money through Public Issues
- The product life cycle from inception to demise is shown in the graph. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1999 (Part 7 of 10) List-I (Stage) List-II (Zone) - Product Development
- Maturity
- Growth
- Introduction
- North
- South
- West
- East
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- Which one of the following is a useful functional association between fungi and the roots of higher plants?
- Biofertilizer
- Coralloid root
- Lichen
- Mycorrhiza
- The physical regions marked as 1,2, 3 and 4 on the given map are respectively
- Andes, Brazilian Shield Guyana Highlands and Amazon Basin
- Andes, Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield and Amazon Basin
- Amazon Basin, Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield and Andes
- Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Shield
- Andes and Amazon Basin
- The given figure shows a portion of Southern India. The proposed site (Koodankulam) for the construction of two 1000 MW nuclear power plants has been labelled in the map as
- A
- B
- C
- D
- At a given time, two players are standing on a play-field. The cartesian coordinates of their locations are (20,60) and (-40,20) units. What is the distance between players?
- 60 units
- 80 units
- 100 units
- 140 units
- Abinava Bharat a secret society of revolutionaries was organized by
- Khudiram Bose
- V D Savarkar
- Prafulla Chaki
- Bhagat Singh
- Which one of the following types of coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than the rest?
- Bituminous coal
- Lignite
- Peat
- Anthracite
- Which one of the following is the objective of National Renewal Fund?
- To safeguard the interests of workers who may be affected by technological up gradation of industry or closure of sick units
- To develop the core sector of the economy
- For the development of infrastructure such as energy, transport, communications and irrigation
- For human resource development such as full literacy, employment, population control, housing and drinking water
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1999 (Part 7 of 10) List-I (Resorts) List-II (States) - Chakrata
- Haflong
- Kalimpong
- Kufri
- Assam
- West Bengal
- Uttar Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- Consider the following statements about the European Union:
- The European Union was known earlier as the European Community.
- The Single European Act (1986) and the Maastricht Treaty wean milestones in its formation.
- Citizens of European Union countries enjoy dual citizenship.
- Switzerland is a member of the
- European Union.
- Which of the above statements are correct?
- 2 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- Which of the above statements are correct?
- The area of an ellipse is twice that of a circle. The major diameter of the ellipse is twice that of the minor diameter. The radius of the circle is
- 50% of minor diameter of the ellipse
- 50% of major diameter of the ellipse
- minor diameter of the ellipse
- major diameter of the ellipse
- Which one of the following was initially the most powerful city state of India in the 6th century B. C.
- Gandhar
- Kamboj
- Kashi
- Magadh
- Cobalt-60 is commonly used in radiation therapy because it emits
- alpha rays
- beta rays
- gamma rays
- X-rays
- In the given figure, the site of the Tehri dam has been labelled as
- A
- B
- C
- D