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Civil Services' General Studies 2007 GS Paper

1. Consider the following statements:

 1. The mode of removal of a judge of a High Court in India is same as that of removal of a judge of the Supreme Court.

 2. After retirement from the office, a permanent Judge of a High Court cannot plead or act in any court or before any authority in India .

 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a.) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

2. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union?

(a) Sikkim- Arunachal Pradesh- Nagaland- Haryana

(b) Nagaland 1963-Haryana 1966- Sikkim 1935- Arunachal Pradesh           

(c) Sikkim -Haryana-Nagaland- Arunachal Pradesh

(d) Nagaland- Arunachal Pradesh-Sikkim-Haryana

 

3. Tarapore Committee was associated with which one of the following?

(a) Special Economic Zones

(b) Fuller capital account convertibility

(c) Foreign exchange reserves

(d) Effect of oil-prices on the Indian economy

 

4. Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary fund?

(a) Ashok Lahiri

(b) Sumantra Ghoshal

(c) Saumitra Chaudhuri

(d) Raghuram Rajan

 

5. Where are Shevaroy Hills located?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala

(d) Tamil Nadu

 

6. Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which one of the following?

(a) Consolidated fund of India

(b) Foreign Institutional Investors

(c) United Nations Development Programme

(d) Kyoto Protocol

 

7. A train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed in between at an average speed of 40 km per hour. If the train had not stopped anywhere, it would have completed the journey at an average speed of 60 km per hours. On an average, how many minutes per does the train stop during journey?

(a) 20 minutes per hours

(b) 18 minutes per hours

(c) 15 minutes per hour

(d) 10 minutes per hours

 

8. Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?

1. V.P. Singh 2. R. Venkataraman 3. Y.B. Chavan 4. Pranab Mukherjee

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1,2 and 3 only

(b) 1,3 and 4 only

(c) 2 and 4 only

(d) 1,2,3 and 4

 

9. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tones) of the given food grains in India ?

(a) Wheat-Rice-Pulses-Coarse cereals

(b) Rice- Wheat- Pulses- coarse cereals

(c) Wheat-Rice -Coarse cereals- Pulses

(d) Rice- Wheat- Coarse Cereals- Pulses

 

10. Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in January, 2007?

(a) Bulgaria and Romania  

(b) Bulgaria and Belgium

(c) Romania and Slovenia

(d) Hungary and Croatia

 

11. What is the average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth?

(a) 70x105 km

(b) 100x105 km

(c) 110x106 km

(d) 150x 106 km

 

12. Consider the following statements:

1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, the intersected areas will have red colour. 2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect, the intersected areas will have blue colour.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

13. Consider the following statements:

1. A flute of smaller length produces waves of lower frequency. 2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of longitudinal elastic waves only.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

 

14. Four wires of same material and of dimension as under are stretched by a load of same magnitude separately. Which one of them will be elongated maximum?

(a) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter

(b) Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter

(c) Wire of 3 m length and 15 mm diameter

(d) Wire of 1 m length and 1 mm diameter

 

15. The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs. 16,000 per month. The management decided to raise salary of every employee by 5% but stopped a transport allowance of Rs. 800 per month which was paid earlier to every employee. What be the new average monthly salary?

(a) Rs. 16,000

(b) 16,500

(c) Rs. 16,800

(d) Cannot be known since data are insufficient

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