Fourteenth Page: General Studies Preliminary Paper 2005

As on page 28, series D

General Studies Preliminary Paper May 15, 2005
Time Allowed: Two Hours
Maximum Marks: 150
Total Questions: 150


82. Match List – I (Distinguished Person) with List – II (Area of Work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I -------------------- List II
(Distinguished--------------- (Area of Work)
Person)
A. B. V. Rao --------------- 1. Automobiles
……………………………..Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahalad --------------- 2. Fisheries
……………………………..Economy
C. John Kurien -------------- 3. Information
…………………………Technology and
………………………….Software
D. Kiran Karnik ---------------4. Poultry Farming
…………………………….5. Management Science
Code:
A----------B----------C----------D
(a) 2 ---------5---------1---------3
(b) 4---------3---------2---------5
(c) 2---------3---------1---------5
(d) 4--------5---------2---------3

Ans: d; 4--------5---------2---------3 i.e. B. V. Rao > Poultry Farming; C. K. Prahalad > Management Science; John Kurien > Fisheries Economy and Kiran Karnik > Information Technology and Software.


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83. Consider the following statemtns:
1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva, Switzerland in June, 1945.
2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945.
3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan and Italy after the Second World War or such territories not under the control of country at that time.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

Ans: c; 2 and 3 i.e. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan and Italy after the Second World War or such territories not under the control of country at that time.


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84. Match List – I (Distinguished Person) with List – II (Achievement/ Known as) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I -------------------- List II
(Distinguished--------------- (Achievement
Person)……………………. / Known as)
A. Guenter Grass---------- 1. First woman Prime
…………………………….Minister of Canada
B. Trevor
Huddleston----------- 2. Noble Prize Winner
…………………………for literature
C. Dicky Dolma ---------3. Leading
………………………..campaigner
……………………….against apartheid
…………………..in South Africa
D. Kim Campbell --------4. Youngest
…………………..woman to climb
…………………the Mt. Everest
………………………5. American violinist
Code:
A--------B---------C---------D
(a) 5---------3---------2---------1
(b) 2--------3--------4--------1
(c) 5--------3--------4--------2
(d) 2--------4--------1--------3

Ans: b; 2--------3--------4--------1i.e. Guenter Grass > Nobel Prize Winner for literature; Trevor Huddleston > Leading campaigner against apartheid in South Africa; Dicky Dolma > Youngest woman to climb the Mt. Everest and Kim Campbell > First woman Prime Minister of Canada.


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85. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania?
(a) Poland
(b) Ukraine
(c) Belarus
(d) Latvia

Ans: b; Ukraine


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86. Where are the Balearic Islands located?
(a) Mediterranean Sea
(b) Black Sea
(c) Baltic Sea
(d) North Sea

Ans: a; Mediterranean Sea


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87. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South?
(a) Islamabad -----Gujranwala ----- Peshawar ----- Multan
(b) Peshawar----- Gujranwala----- Multan----- Islamabad
(c) Peshawar----- Islamabad----- Gujranwala----- Multan
(d) Islamabad ----- Multan ----- Peshawar-----Gujranwala

Ans: c; Peshawar----- Islamabad----- Gujranwala----- Multan


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