General Studies Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2008

1. Consider the following statement :
1. Dead Sea is the saltiest body of water in the world.
2. Dead Sea lies at the mouth of the river Jordan.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only.
(b) 2 only.
(c) Both 1 an 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
ANS (c) 2. Consider the following statement :
1. Mangolia is the hand-locked country.
2. Bolivia ia a land-locked country.
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
ANS (d) 3. Consider the following statement :
1. Eucalyptus forest make up the majority of the woodland and forest areas of the Australian continent.
2. Mallees is a specie of eucalyptus.
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
ANS (C) 4. Consider the following statement :
1. The world geography comes from the Latin world geographia.
2. Hippalus, a geographer and historian, wrote a 17-volume Geography in early century BC.
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
ANS (d) 5. Consider the following statement :
1. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
2. Mahabodhi Temple Complex.
3. Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka.
4. Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park.
Which of these sites are included in the World Heritage Sites? (a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
ANS (d) 6. Who among the following has won the Femina Miss India World 2008 crown?
a) Parvathy Omanakuttan
b) Sindhura Gadde
c) Niharika Singh
d) Amrita Singh
ANS (a) 7. What does CECA stands for?
A) Community-Enabled Cooperative Arrangement.
B) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Agreement.
C) Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Arrangement
D) Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement.
ANS (d) 8. Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to win which of the following titles?
A) Hyderabad Open Singles.
B) Dubai Open Singles.
C) Paris Indoor Open.
D) Chennali Open Singles.
ANS (a)
9. Where is Tala Hydrochloric Project, which is expected to generate 1020 MW power, located?
A) Arunachal Pradesh.
B) Nepal
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Bhutan
ANS (d) 10. Who among the following is the winner of the man Booker Prize 2007?
A) Doris Lessing
B) Nadine Gordimer
C) Milan Kundera
D) Anne Enright
ANS (d) 11. Who hold the record of Fastest Man on Earth?
A) Tim Montgomery
B) Justin Gatlin
C) Donovan Bailey
D) Asafa Powell
ANS (d)
12. The newly constituted National Knowledge Commission is headed by :
A) C Rangarajan
B) Prof. R.S. Sharma
C) Sam Pitroda
D) Ms. Girija Vyas
ANS (c)
13. Pope Benedict XVI belongs to which country?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) Poland
ANS (b)
14. The Sethusamudram Project connects :
A) Gulf of Manner and Palk Strait
B) Bay of Bangal and Palk of Strait
C) Gulf of Manner Bay of Bangal
D) Arabian Sea and Bay of Bangal
ANS (c)
15. Who is the author of the book "My Life"?
A) Bill Clinton
B) Hillary Clinton
C) Dalai Lama
D) Imran Khan
ANS (a)
16. Where is the famous Meenakshi Temple situated?
A) Mysore
B) Bhubaneswar
C) Madurai
D) Pune
ANS (c)
17. Indian enacted an important event of Indian National Movement celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary. Which was it?
A) Quit India Movement
B) Delhi Chalo Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
ANS (c) 18. Who among the following is the Director-General of World Trade Organisation?
A) Thaksin Shinawatra
B) Liang Guanglie
C) Pascal Lamy
D) Paul Wolfowitz
ANS (c)
19. The Indian Navy's online sailing ship which returned to Kochi after a 10-month voyage around the globe, is:
A) INS Vibhuti
B) INS Trangini
C) INS Prabhat
D) INS Viraat
ANS (b)
20. Which of the following statements related to Reliance Group is not correct?
A) Mr. Mukesh Ambani is the head of Reliance Infocom.
B) Mr. Anil Ambani is the head of Reliance Energy Limited.
C) Reliance Group is the largest business house of India.
D) The revenue of the Reliance Group is equivalent to nearly 3.5 percent of India's GDP.
ANS (a)
21. Who among the following is the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes?
(a) Prasanna Kumar Misra
(b) P.C.Jha
(c) Indra Noyee
(d) Sam Pitroda
ANS (a)