Answers – General Studies – 2008 32.

a Himachal Pradesh
Series - A
33. a A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
34. d A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
1. c M>D>C>L
35. c Johannesburg
2. c William Henry Bragg
36. c Both 1 and 2
3. b Lal Bahadur Shastri
37. d 1, 2, 3 and 4
4. d Sikkim
38. a 1 and 2 only
5. a 1 only
39. c Constitution (Ninety-second
6. c Semiconductor laser
Amendment) Act
7. a 1 only
40. b 2 only
8. b Aluminium oxide
41. b 2 only
9. c Xenon
42. b Bretton Woods Conference
10. c Mathane and air
43. a Kavaratti
11. b Lithium and osmium
44. c 2 and 3 only
12. b 159 litres
45. c Isotope Technology
13. c J. B. Kriplani
46. b French Open – Wimbledon –
14. a Al-Hilal
US Open
15. b Bombay
47. b Mediterranean Sea
16. c Dadabhai Naoroji
48. c Mahendragiri
17. a Aurbindo Ghosh
49. a A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
18. c A-2 B-3 C-1
50. c Promotion of free trade in the
19. c Uttarakhand
Asian region
20. c A leading international legal
51. c 7.35-7.45
expert
52. b 1 and 4 only
21. a Manipuri
53. b Kurnool
22. d Neither 1 nor 2
54. d India entered the Semi Finals
23. c Theatre training
55. a Arunachal Pradesh
24. b 2 only
56. b Mexico
25. b A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
57. c Israel, and Arab countries led
26. b India < China < USA < UK
by Egypt and Syria
27. b Ladakh
58. c Both 1 and 2
28. c Both 1 and 2
59. a 1 only
29. a 1 and 3 only
60. b A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4
30. a 1 and 2 only
61. c Bengali
31. b USA and Indonesia
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62. b H. C. Urey 95. d Administrative Reforms
63. c South Korea 96. c Himalayan expeditions
64. d Ethiopia and Somalia 97. c 9
65. a Bhavnagar 98. d Genetics
66. c Greece 99. b A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
67. b Jupiter and Saturn 100. a Andaman and Nicobar
68. b Argentina Islands
69. c Lord Chelmsford 101. c Langur
70. c Japan 102. b 81
71. c 8-9% 103. b 1/ 6
72. b Cassini 104. c 24
73. b Southern France 105. a 28
74. c To study the colourful display 106. b I
of high latitude skies 107. b 73
75. b Kanchenjunga 108. b 12
76. a 1 only 109. c 73
77. d Rig-Veda 110. c Rs. 862.50
78. c Japan 111. c 10
79. a Israel 112. a 600
80. d 1, 2, 3 and 4 113. c A chemical used for the
81. d 24 development of food
82. b Mahogany packaging materials
83. c Nilgiri Hills 114. d 1 and 3 only
84. d 3 only 115. b Friday
85. a 1 only 116. b 2009
86. c India 117. c 2045
87. b 3 118. d Ministry of Rural
88. b Honeybee Development
89. d King cobra 119. d Neither 1 nor 2
90. b Pitcher plant 120. d Swawlamban
91. a Echidna 121. b A weed killing chemical
92. c Gambusia fish used by the US Military in the
93. b Fifth Vietnam War
94. b Ministry of Home Affairs 122. c Cripps Proposal

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123. c Subhash Chandra Bose 150. a Both A and R are individually
124. c A situation under the true and R is the correct
explanation of A
Game Theory
125. b Jahangir
126. a Motilal Nehru _____________________
127. d 1, 2 and 3
128. b 2 only
129. b Bering Strait
130. b 2 and 3 only
131. d Singapore
132. b Bhagirathi
133. a 1, 2 and 3 only
134. b 3 only
135. a Lengths of sides of a
right-angled triangle
136. d 1, 2 and 3
137. d An index of stocks of
large companies
138. b Maharashtra
139. c Saurav Ganguly
140. b Faiz Ahmed Faiz
141. c 183 x 107 nanometres
142. c It will be equal to R
143. b Narmada
144. d Neither 1 nor 2
145. c Advanced light helicopter
146. a China
147. c A is true but R is false
148. d A is false but R is true
149. a Both A and R are
individually true and R
is the correct explanation
of A