Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2021 GS-I Misc
Question

Who among the following had performed the world's first heart transplant ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Christian Bernard

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Christian Bernard”.
1967 saw the first successful human heart transplant anywhere in the world.

That patient, Louis Washkansky, 53, was terminally ill with heart failure. His surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa was Christiaan Barnard.

Similar Questions:

The world Trade organisation was established in:
  1. A) 1993
  2. B) 1994
  3. C) 1995
  4. D) 1996
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Scheme Year of Launch
A) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna 1) 2021
B) P.M. Aatmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojna 2) 2016
C) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna 3) 2007
D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna 4) 2018
  1. A) 1,2,3,4
  2. B) 4,3,2,1
  3. C) 3,1,4,2
  4. D) 2,4,1,3
Which one of the following countries is NOT a member of U.N.O.?
  1. A) Libya
  2. B) Iraq
  3. C) Switzerland
  4. D) Vatican City
Consider the following Committees on Panchayati Raj and arrange these in chronological order:

I. Ashok Mehta Committee
II. L.M. Singhvi Committee
III. B.R. Mehta Committee
IV. G.K.V. Rao Committee

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) I, II, III, IV
  2. B) III, I, IV, II
  3. C) II, I, III, IV
  4. D) III, II, IV, I
In which year the book "Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India" was published ?
  1. A) 1900 A.D.
  2. B) 1901 A.D.
  3. C) 1902 A.D.
  4. D) 1903 A.D.
Which of the following is NOT correctly matched ?
  1. A) Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti - Ajmer
  2. B) Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib - Daulatabad
  3. C) Shaikh Mohammad Hussaini - Gulbarga
  4. D) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya - Multan
Who among the following is world's first woman cosmonaut?
  1. A) Bachendri Pal
  2. B) Junko Tabei
  3. C) Valentina Tereshkova
  4. D) Sally Ride
Which one of the following causes is responsible for rainfall during winters in the northwestern part of India?
  1. A) Retreating depression
  2. B) Cyclonic depression
  3. C) Western disturbances
  4. D) South-West Monsoon
With reference to "NET – ZERO" goal for 2050, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It means that a country will bring down its emissions to zero by 2050.
2. It means that a country’s emissions will be compensated by absorption and removal of green house gases from the atmosphere.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Only 2
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
With reference to Mekong river, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

1. Mekong rises in Tibetan Plateau
2. Mekong delta is situated in Southern Cambodia.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) 1 only
  2. B) 2 only
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Match the following:
A. Planet - 1. Moon
B. Satellite - 2. Uranus
C. Asteroid - 3. Marinar
D. Artificial Satellite - 4. Heli
Codes:
  1. A) A–2 B–1 C–4 D–3
  2. B) A–1 B–2 C–3 D–4
  3. C) A–4 B–3 C–1 D–2
  4. D) A–2 B–1 C–3 D–4
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) World Environment day - 5th June
  2. B) Earth day - 22nd April
  3. C) Anti-tobacco day -5th May
  4. D) Ozone day - 16th September