General Studies Preliminary Paper 2005 First page

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


1. Consider the following statements:
1. The number of post offices in India is in excess of 1.5 lakhs.
2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was formed in the year 1997.
3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established in the year 2000.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 3 only
Ans: c; The number of post offices in India is in excess of 1.5 lakhs.
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2. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Person Award
1. Champadevi : Goldman Environmental Prize
2. Dr. P. Sri Vachaspati
Ramchanrudu : Puraskar
3. Ela Ramesh : Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Award
For Excellence
In Public Adminis-
tration, Academics
and Management
4. Upamanyu : Lalit Kala Ratna
Chatterjee Award
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: Pending (Is it c)
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3. Consider the following:
1. Disputes with mobile cellular companies.
2. Motor accident cases
3. Pension cases
For which of the above are Lok Adalats held?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: c; 2 only: Motor accident cases
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4. Which one of the following is not an ASEAN member?
(a) Cambodia
(b) China
(c) Laos
(d) Philippines
Ans: b; China
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5. Recently, to which of the following countries did India offer to build a Buddha Temple?
(a) China
(b) Myanmar
(c) Thailand
(d) Vietnam
Ans: a; China
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6. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(d) R. Palme Dutt
Ans: c; Michael Madhusudan Dutt or a; Annie Besant


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One of the visitor has pointed out that Fabianism was propagated in India by Annie Besant. I have good material on Annie Beasant and reference of Manmohan Kaur Women in Indian Freedom Struggle. As per my notes, it was Moti Lal Nehru who was member of Fabian society of London. Fabianism referes to Democratic Socialism.

While digging web and general course of visiting wikipedia, I have come across a link which is fascinating to me. The link is as follows:www.silverbearcafe.com/private/NWO/nwo4.html.

Help is needed. If anyone has some good source to refer to, kindly tell it.
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7. What was Komagata Maru?
(a.) A political party based in Taiwan
(b) Peasant communist leader of China
(c) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(d) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long march.
Ans: c; A naval ship on voyage to Canada
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