ICS Prel.2008 GS Answer Key

ICS Prel. General Studies : Series A

Q.No.	Question	Ans
1	Roman numeral	C
2	Physics Noble www.competitionexam.com	C
3	Autobiography of Madam Curie	B
4	Min. Population	D
5	Jet Engine and Rocket	A/C
6	Laser printer	A
7	Diatonic scale	C
8	Rubies and sapphire	B
9	Stranger gas	C
10	Explosion in mines	C
11	Lightest and heaviest metal	B
12	Barrelwww.competitionexam.com	B
13	Gandhian teacher by profession	C ?
14	Abul kalam azad journal	A
15	National congress 1885	B
16	Unbritish competitionexam.com	C
17	New lamps for old	A
18	Premchand, bankim Chandra	C
19	Tapovan and vishnugarh	C
20	Sarosh zaliwala	C
21	Bimbavati devi	A
22	Chimanglur mandya	D
23	Ebrahim Alkazi	C
24	V R Krishna Aiyar	B
25	Sabyasachi, anirudh bahal	B
26	Median age	B
27	Largest Lok sabha consistuency	B
28	UAE Emirates	C
29	India member of APEC	A
30	Moldova competitionexam.com	A
31	Population Decreasing world	B
32	Highest rural population	A
33	Amnesty CIS Danube	A
34	Kp singh, vikram pandit	D
35	Rio + 10	C
36	CDM Kyoto	C
37	Million plus city	D
38	GoI undertaking	D
39	Language amendment act	C
40	LA member 450, 25 year age	B
41	DPSP Prohibition	B
4	IBRD GATT competitionexam.com	B
43	Desalination plant	A
44	Institute location cell science	C
45	BRIT	C
46	Tennis Events	B
47	Malta	B
48	Cryogenic engine	C
49	Intelligence agencies	C
50	C Rangrajan	B
51	Ph of blood	C
52	Vice Pres of India	B
53	Capital of Andhra	B
54	India football Olympic	B
55	Namchik Namphuk coalfields	A
56	N E Borlaug	A
57	Yom Kippur War	C
58	Probiotic Food	C
59	Albedo competitionexam.com	A ?
60	Match Person Position Nagendra AN Ray	B
61	Language after Hindi	C
62	Heavy water discovered	B
63	Kim Dae Jung	C
64	Ogaden	D
65	Palitana	A
66	Euro 2004	C
67	Mars and Uranus	B
68	Cristina Kirchner	B
69	Rowlatt Act	C
70	Radioactive water leakage	C
71	Person above 65 year	D
72	Spacecraft	B
73	ITER competitionexam.com	B
74	Themis Mission	C
75	Biosphere reserve	B
76	Orange prize and Pulitzer prize	A
77	UNESCO memory of world Register	D
78	Selene 1	C
79	Barak Anti missile	A
80	Major Green House	D
81	Dharamchakra in the national flag	D
82	Himalayan Vegetation	B
83	Eastern ghat and western ghat meet	C
84	Tributary and river	D
85	Salt water crocodile, shrew and tapir	C
86	Largest livestock population	C
87	High courts with more than one state	B
88	Female kills male	C
89	Snake diet another snake	D
90	Insectivorous plant	B
91	Lays egg and does not produce young ones	A
92	Control mosquitoes	C
93	Scheduled areas schedule	B
94	Border management	B
95	Verrapa moily	D
96	Elizabeth hawley	C
97	states Coastline	C
98	James Watson Noble prize	D
99	Boards and HQ	B
100	National parks competitionexam.com	A
101	Not an ape	C
102	Square	B
103	6 letters and 6 envelopes	A?
104	Two red two black two white balls	C
105	Number of triangles	A
106	Letter occupying 100th position	B
107	Number of terms in series	B
108	A B C D one above other	D
109	Carpenter chair	C
110	SP of pens	D
111	Schoolteacher and student	C
112	Total number of students	A
113	Bisphenol A	C
114	Indias economic indicator	D
115	March 1 2002	B
116	Rural electrification policy	B
117	National population policy	C
118	Biodiesel mission	D
119	IGNOAPS	D
120	Training and skills to women	D ?
121	Agent orange	B
122	Reconstitution of viceroys council	B ?
123	Free Indian legion	B
124	Prisons dilemma	C
125	First factory in India	B
126	Rejected knighthood	C
127	Damanganga pamba	D
128	Power generation competitionexam.com	D
129	Straits nearest IDL	B
130	Waterfall and rivers	B
131	Nearest to equator	D
132	Tehri hydro power	B
133	Minerals Chhattisgarh	D
134	Continental drift	B
135	Baudhayan sulva sutra	A
136	Collins, brin, wales	D
137	S & P 500 competitionexam.com	D
138	RG National Flying Institute	B
139	Cricket test match captain	C
140	Subh E Azadi	B
141	Six feet tall height	C
142	Car and reaction	C
143	Omkareshwar project	B
144	Nuclear suppliers group	D
145	Dhruv competitionexam.com	C
146	Hand in hand	A
147	AR : liver	A/C
148	AR : Red light	D
149	AR : Radio waves	A/D
150	AR : Congress ministries resigned	A

source : CompetitionExam.com

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IAS 2007 Final Result : Press Note

Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2007 held by the Union Public Service Commission in October-November, 2007 and the interviews for Personality Test held in March-May, 2008, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to: - 

[i]    Indian Administrative Service;

[ii]    Indian Foreign Service;

[iii]    Indian Police Service; and

[iv]    Central Services, Group 'A' and Group 'B'. 

A total number of 734 candidates recommended for appointment include 286 General (including 12 Physically challenged candidates), 266 Other Backward Classes (including 5 Physically challenged candidates), 128 Scheduled Castes (including 5 Physically challenged candidate) and 54 Scheduled Tribes candidates. 

2.    Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available subject to the final decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court / Hon'ble High Court / Hon'ble C.A.Ts. on the S.L.Ps. / R.As/ W.Ps./O.As. pending therein. The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 111 (56 General, 28 Other Backward Classes, 18 Scheduled Castes and 9 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Foreign Service is 20 (10 General, 5 Other Backward Classes, 4 Scheduled Castes and 1 Scheduled Tribe); for the Indian Police Service is 103 (51 General, 29 Other Backward Classes, 17 Scheduled Castes and 6 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group 'A' is 458 (239 General, 119 Other Backward Classes, 67 Scheduled Castes and 33 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group 'B' is 42 ( 26 General, 9 Other Backward Classes, 3 Scheduled Castes and 4 Scheduled Tribes). This includes 22 vacancies for physically challenged candidates.  

3.    The candidature of candidates with following Roll Numbers is provisional : - 

001405	003990	004488	022148	023019	023820	057001	060594
068584	068603	070882	075528	075688	080409	083763	084559
084682	087565	098547	104474	107621	125685	173406	214090
248596	313960

 4.    The list of candidates recommended for appointment has been drawn up in compliance of the judgement dated 20.03.2008 of the Hon'ble High Court at Madras in WP No.37196 of 2007 and related batch matters, wherein the Hon'ble High Court has inter alia declared Rule 16(2) of the Rules of the Civil Services Examinations null and void and given specific directions on the preparation of merit list. A Special Leave Petition has been filed by the Union of India in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India against the above said judgment of the Hon'ble Madras High Court vide Diary No.14370/08 dated 13.05.2008 (SLP No.13571-72/08 dated 16.5.2008) and therefore this result is provisionally being declared in compliance of the judgment of the Hon'ble Madras High Court and the finality of the same would be subject to the result of the above said Special Leave Petition and / or application for stay filed by the Union of India against the said judgement before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. 

5.    UPSC has a "Facilitation Counter" near Examination Hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitments on the working days during working hours in person or over telephone Nos. 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. Result will also be available on the U.P.S.C. website i.e. http//www.upsc.gov.in. However, marks on the website will be available after 15 days from the date of declaration of results.

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
NEW DELHI-110069 - 16 May 2008/26 Vaisakha, 1930 Saka.

Visit : http://upsc.gov.in/exams/final-results/csm/2007/idx,prnote&rol.htm#PageTop

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