| Other UPSC General Studies Interview Questions |
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| Consider the following statements in respect of Soccer World
Cup :
1. Prior to FIFA-2002 Cup, Brazil had won the World Cup four
times.
2. ?Indomitable Lions? is the nickname for Cameroon team.
3. ?Azzurri? is the nickname for the Italian team.
4. Senegal, Slovenia and Ecuador participating in FIFA-2002
are the only teams participating in the World Cup for the
first time.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| Which of the following is a chemical compound ?
(a) Air
(b) Oxygen
(c) Ammonia
(d) Mercury | | 2 |
| Knesset is the name of the Parliament of
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Israel
(d) Spain | | 1 |
| If X is mortal, Y is wise, if Z is not good, a will suffer.
Y is not wise, if A suffers. If B is slave, X is immortal.
If A suffers, what follows ?
(a) X is mortal
(b) B is a slave
(c) Z is good
(d) Y is wise | | 1 |
| A town ?P? is located in a particular district. The town ?A?
is west of ?P?. Town ?T? is east of ?P?. Town ?K? is east of
?B? but west of ?T? and ?A?. They are all in the same
district. Which town is the farthest west?
(a) P
(b) K
(c) B
(d) A | | 1 |
| Recently, Cannes Film Festival was held in
(a) Switzerland
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England | | 2 |
| Latitude of a place is indicative of its
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Amount of rainfall
(d) Temperature | | 1 |
| Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements :
While it is 6.30 AM (Sunday) in London, it is around
1. 2.30 AM (Sunday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
2. 8.30 PM (Saturday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
3. 3.30 PM (Sunday) in Tokyo
4. 1.30 AM (Sunday) in Tokyo
which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 4 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| ?Sagar Samrat? is the name of
(a) An island near Port Blair
(b) A drilling ship in Bombay High
(c) An island near Maldives
(d) Name of a 5-star hotel in Goa | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Intel?s Pentium IV is an operating system used in PCs
2. During booting period of a PC, the operating system is
first loaded.
3. Analogue computers are useful only in scientific field
while digital computers have application in scientific as
well as in business, administrative functions.
4. Micro-computer is another name for micro-processor.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction | FermiLab | 1 |
| The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is appointed by the
(a) Prime Minster
(b) President
(c) Finance Minster
(d) Home Minister | | 1 |
| The ?Grand Trunk Road? connects
(a) Kolkata and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Chennai
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana | | 2 |
| The foreign traveler who visited India during Vijayanagar
period was
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Yuan Chwang
(c) Fa-hien
(d) Nicolo Conti | | 2 |
| Which among the following became the first woman Prime
Minister in the world?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Kim Campbell
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Sirimavo Bandaranaike | | 3 |
| East Timor, the latest independent nation in the world, was
ruled by
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Philippines | | 4 |
| Who among the following became the President of India
without having been the Vice-president ?
(a) Shri V. V. Giri
(b) Shri Venkataraman
(c) Shri N. Sanjeeva Reddy
(d) Shri Zakir Hussain | | 1 |
| What is the maximum number of pieces 1 cm in diameter and
20cm long that can be cut out of a cylindrical wooden block
20cm in length and 3cm in diameter ?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7 | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. The demand for commodities having a large number of close
substitutes is less elastic than the commodities having a
smaller number of substitutes.
2. Luxury items have a highly elastic demand.
3. The commodities whose consumption cannot easily be
postponed have less elastic demand.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
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