UPSC General Studies (Prelims) Paper 2000
General Studies (Prelims) Paper 2000 Q1 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: I. Development Programme (A) UN India Human Development Report II. National Council of Applied Economic Research (B) India Development Report III. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (C) World Development Report IV. World Bank (D) Human Development Report Codes: (a) ID, IIA, IIIB, IVC (b) ID, IIB, IIIA, IVC (c) IB, IIC, IIID, IVA (d) IB, IIA, IIID, IVC Q2 “………instil into the vast millions of workers, men and women, who actually do the job, a sense of partnership and of cooperative performance….” The above passage relates to (a) Planned Development (b) Community Development (c) Panchayati Raj System (d) Integrated Development Programme Q3 The Speaker can ask a member of the House to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as (a) decorum (b) crossing the floor (c) interpellation (d) yielding the floor Q4 While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for Hindi language was (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) Subhas Chandra Bose Q5 Consider the following statements about the AttorneyGeneral of India : I. He is appointed by the President of India. II. He must have the same qualifications as are required for a Judge of the Supreme Court. III. He must be a member of either House of Parliament. IV. He can be removed by impeachment by Parliament. Which of these statements are correct ? (a) I and II (b) I and III (c) II, III and IV (d) III and IV Q6 Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium ? (a) 2° 30’ W (b) 82° 30’ E (c) 92° 30’ W (d) 92° 30’ E Q7 … Read more