Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

Kalpakkam is famous for:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Atomic power plant

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Atomic power plant”.
Kalpakkam is known for the Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), which is a nuclear power plant located in Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Sardar Sarovar Dam - Narmada River
  2. B) Tilaiya Dam - Konar River
  3. C) Gandhi Sagar Dam - Chambal River
  4. D) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam - Krishna River
Goods imported at Haldia port is:
  1. A) Fish
  2. B) Heavy Machinery tools
  3. C) Steel
  4. D) Petroleum products
Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on:
  1. A) 21st march and 22nd September
  2. B) 22nd February and 23rd August
  3. C) 15th October and 23rd April
  4. D) 22nd July and 22nd December
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Reason (R) : Temperature decreases with height and due to thin air, places in the mountains are cooler than places in the plains.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:
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  2. B) (A) is true but (R) is false
  3. C) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  4. D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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  2. B) Both A and R are true bur R is not the correct explanation of A
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  4. D) A is false but R is true
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  3. C) Dendritic
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Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:
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  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
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  2. B) Hazira
  3. C) Kochi
  4. D) Kandla
Consider the statement and the Assumptions and select the correct answer from the code given below:

Statement: The situation calls for immediate action.
Assumptions:

I. The situation is serious.
II. Immediate action is possible.

Code:
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  2. B) Only statement II is implied
  3. C) Both the statements are implied
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I. To conduct all the elections of Parliament and to State Legislatures
II. To conduct elections to the offices of the President and the Vice President
III. To recommend imposition of President's rule in a State where conditions are not conducive to holding of free and fair elections.
IV. The superintendence, direction and control of preparation of electoral rolls

Code:
  1. A) I, II, III
  2. B) I, II, IV
  3. C) I, III, IV
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  2. B) Mumbai
  3. C) Chennai
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