Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund?
- (a)Ashok Lahiri
- (b)Sumantra Ghosal
- (c)Saumitra Chaudhuri
- (d)Raghuram Rajan
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Official answer(d) Raghuram Rajan
UPSC Prelims 2007
150 questions, in the order they were asked.
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
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Official answer(b) Foreign Institutional Investors
Which one of the following is another name of RDX?
- (a)Cyanohydrin
- (b)Dextran
- (c)Cyclohexane
- (d)Cyclonite
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Official answer(d) Cyclonite
Which one of the following non-metals is NOT a poor conductor of electricity?
- (a)Sulphur
- (b)Selenium
- (c)Bromide
- (d)Phosphorus
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Official answer(b) Selenium
Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?
- (a)Cardiology
- (b)Influenza virus
- (c)HIV/AIDS
- (d)Alzheimer
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Official answer(b) Influenza virus
Consider the following statements : 1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, the intersected area will have red colour. 2. If cyan and magenta coloured circles intersect, the intersected area 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
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Official answer(c) Both 1 and 2
Consider the following statements: 1. A flute of smaller length gives 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
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Official answer(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Four wires of the same material and of the dimensions given below are stretched by equal loads separately. Which one of them will be elongated the maximum?
- (a)Wire of 1 m length and 2 mm diameter
- (b)Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter
- (c)Wire of 3 m length and 1.5 mm diameter
- (d)Wire of 1 m length and 1 mm diameter
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Official answer(c) Wire of 3 m length and 1.5 mm diameter
Which one of the following parts of the pitcher plant becomes modified into a pitcher?
- (a)Stem
- (b)Leaf
- (c)Stipule
- (d)Petiole
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Official answer(b) Leaf
Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at Mach number equal to 1 near sea level. Reason (R): The velocity of sound depends on the temperature of the surrounding medium.
- (a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- (b)Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- (c)A is true but R is false
- (d)A is false but R is true
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Official answer(d) A is false but R is true
In the human body, to which structure is the appendix attached?
- (a)The large intestine
- (b)The small intestine
- (c)The gall-bladder
- (d)The stomach
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Official answer(a) The large intestine
Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays?
- (a)Soda glass
- (b)Pyrex glass
- (c)Jena glass
- (d)Crookes glass
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Official answer(d) Crookes glass
In the human body which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate?
- (a)Glucagon
- (b)Growth hormone
- (c)Parathyroid hormone
- (d)Thyroxin
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Official answer(c) Parathyroid hormone
How do most insects respire?
- (a)Through skin
- (b)Through gills
- (c)By lungs
- (d)By tracheal system
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Official answer(d) By tracheal system
Which one of the following parts of the human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?
- (a)Cerebellum
- (b)Cerebrum
- (c)Medulla oblongata
- (d)Pons
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Official answer(c) Medulla oblongata
Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver?
- (a)Lipase
- (b)Urea
- (c)Mucus
- (d)Hydrochloric acid
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Official answer(b) Urea
Which of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system?
- (a)Trypsin
- (b)Gastrin
- (c)Ptyalin
- (d)Pepsin
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Official answer(b) Gastrin
Which of the following light types of light are strongly absorbed by plants:
- (a)Violet and Orange
- (b)Blue and Red
- (c)Indigo and Yellow
- (d)Yellow and Violet
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Official answer(b) Blue and Red
In human beings, normally in which one of the following parts does the sperm fertilize the ovum?
- (a)Cervix
- (b)Fallopian Tube
- (c)Lower Part of Uterus
- (d)Upper Part of Uterus
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Official answer(b) Fallopian Tube
Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water, mercury and kerosene respectively up to an equal height. The three vessels are provided with identical taps at the bottom of the vessels. If the three taps are opened simultaneously, then which vessel is emptied first?
- (a)Vessel B
- (b)All the vessels A, B and C will be emptied simultaneously
- (c)Vessel A
- (d)Vessel C
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Official answer(d) Vessel C
Which one of the following is called Philosopher’s wool?
- (a)Zinc Bromide
- (b)Zinc Nitrate
- (c)Zinc Oxide
- (d)Zinc Chloride
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Official answer(c) Zinc Oxide
Which one of the following does not contain silver?
- (a)Horn Silver
- (b)German Silver
- (c)Ruby Silver
- (d)Lunar Caustic
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Official answer(b) German Silver
Which of the following types is used by computed tomography employed for visualization of the internal structure of human body?
- (a)X-Ray
- (b)South waves
- (c)Magnetic resonance
- (d)Radioisotopes
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Official answer(a) X-Ray
Which on the following is the correct sequence in order of decreasing length of the three structural parts given below of small intestine in the human body?
- (a)Jejunum – Duodenum – Ileum
- (b)Ileum – Duodenum – Jejunum
- (c)Jejunum – Ileum – Duodenum
- (d)Ileum – Jejunum – Duodenum
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Official answer(d) Ileum – Jejunum – Duodenum
Consider the following statements: 1. In November 2006, DRDO successfully conducted the interception test using Prithvi-II missile. 2. Prithvi-II is a surface-to-surface missile and can be deployed to guard the metros against air attack. 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
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Official answer(c) Both 1 and 2