Paper I

Union Public Service Commission

Combined Defence Services Exam
February 2008 Question Paper (Fully Solved)
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Who among the following is the 2. The Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of river 13. Which one of the following sites
Chairman of the 13th Finance Brahmaputra is the longest of the Indus Valley Civilisation had an
Commission ? National Waterway. ancient dockyard ?
(a) Vijay Tendulkar Which of the statements given above (a) Kalibangan (b) Lothal
(b) M. Damodaran is/are correct ? (c) Rangpur (d) Harappa
(c) Vijay Kelkar (a) 1 only (b) 2 only 14. How many hours of daylight does
(d) Y. V. Reddy (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 the equator experience on September
2. Match List I with List II and 6. Consider the following statements : equinox ?
select the correct answer using the code 1. BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal (a) 8 hours (b) 9 hours
given below the Lists : Initiative for Multi-Sectoral (c) 10 hours (d) 12 hours
List I List II Technical and Economic 15. What is the period covered by the
(Folk Dance) (State) Cooperation) is visualised as a recommendations of the 12th Finance
A. Bhavai 1. Mizoram bridging link between ASEAN and Commission ?
B. Thabal Chongba 2. Assam SAARC. (a) Year 2004-2009
C. Cheraw 3. Manipur 2. It was formerly known as the (b) Year 2005-2010
D. Bhortal Nritya 4. Rajasthan Bangkok Agreement. (c) Year 2006-2011
Code : Which of the statements given above (d) Year 2007-2012
A B C D is/are correct ? 16. Which one of the following is not
(a) 4 1 3 2 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only identified by Central Pollution Control
(b) 2 1 3 4 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Board as heavily polluting industry ?
(c) 4 3 1 2 7. Who is the Chairman of the Second (a) Pulp and Paper (b) Sugar
(d) 2 3 1 4 Administrative Reforms Commission ? (c) Tea (d) Fertiliser
3. Two Greenfield airport projects (a) Bimal Jalan 17. Consider the following statements :
in India are being implemented on Build (b) Dr. Karan Singh 1. The Golden Quadrilateral
Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) basis. (c) M. Veerappa Moily connects the four major cities of
One is at Bengaluru. Where is the other (d) Ahmed Patel Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and
one located ? 8. Which one of the following is not Kolkata.
(a) Hyderabad a member of ASEAN ? 2. The North-South Corridor will
(b) Chennai (a) Cambodia (b) Malaysia
(c) Kolkata (c) Singapore (d) South Korea pass through Hyderabad.
(d) Mumbai 9. Dr. C. Rangarajan Committee is Which of the statements given above
4. Match List I with List II and associated with which one of the is/are correct ?
select the correct answer using the code following ? (a) 1 only
given below the Lists : (a) Pricing and Taxation of Petroleum (b) 2 only
List I List II Products (c) Both 1 and 2
(Institute of Indian (Location) (b) Estimation of National Income (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Systems of Medicine) (c) Tax Structure 18. Among the following, which
A. National Institute 1. Kolkata (d) Estimation of Money Supply Mughal Emperor introduced the policy
of Unani Medicines 10. Where is the International of Sulh-i-kul ?
B. National Institute 2. Jaipur Advanced Research Centre for Powder (a) Babar (b) Humayun
of Homoeopathy Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) (c) Akbar (d) Shahjahan
C. National Institute 3. Chennai located ? 19. Who built the Ibadatkhana at
of Ayurveda (a) Bengaluru (b) Hyderabad Fatehpur Sikri ?
D. National Institute 4. Bengaluru (c) Coimbatore (d) Machilipatnam (a) Akbar (b) Jahangir
of Siddha 11. What is ‘Super 301’ ? (c) Shahjahan (d) Aurangzeb
Code : (a) A name of modern computer 20. Malik Kafur was whose General ?
A B C D (b) A new variety of wheat (a) Balban
(a) 4 2 1 3 (c) American Trade Law (b) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(b) 3 1 2 4 (d) A new vaccine for AIDS (c) Muhammad-bin Tughluq
(c) 4 1 2 3 12. Who is the Managing Director of (d) Firoz Shah Tughluq
(d) 3 2 1 4 IMF ? 21. Among the following, who is
5. Consider the following statements : (a) Rodrigo Rato given the credit of carrying Jainism in
1. Currently three waterways have (b) Dominique Strauss-Kahn South India ?
been declared as the National (c) Daniel Vasella (a) Sudharmana (b) Indrabhuti
Waterways of India. (d) Alberto Foutana (c) Bhadrabahu (d) Sthulabhadra
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