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APSC's CCE(P) - 1998 GS Paper

1. Who among the following person was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998?
2. On August 16, 1998 last the U. S. A. struck Afghanistan with their Tamahawk cruise missiles. Their target was-
3. Which one of the following about the lokpal Bill is not correct?
4. NATO was expanded on May 22, 1998, by admitting-
5. Which one of the following statemanets is not correct about the International Space Station?
6. The number of medals begged by Jyotirmayee Sikdar in the 13th Asiad held at Bangkok is-
7. The new Exim policy announced by the Commerce Ministry of India in April 1998 seeks an ambitious export growth of 20%. Which one is not of the sailent features of the said policy?
8. Malpa was in the news in August, 1998. because
9. Before Pokhran II phase of 5 nuclear tests by India on 11 May 1998 and there after, the N- tests conducted by P 5 (the permanent members of the UN Security Council) totalled.
10. The Euro seems to have thrown down e challenge to:
11. Which word leader commented as follows on Us-British air strikes in Iraq (‘Operation Desert Fox’): “This is a sad day for the UN and for the world?
12. Which former Soviet Republic is moving towards ‘voluntary unification’ with Russsia even while retaining its national sovereignty?
13. The UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as adopted and proclaimed by the UN Genaral Assembly on:
14. The Olympics 2004 is to be held in-
15. Hong Kong came back into China’s fold after-
16. The latest regional economic bloc to be formed is-
17. Bishop Carlos Felipe, Ximenes Belo and Jose Romos-Horta shared the Nobel Peace Prize in-
18. To prevent the spreading of social cancer i.e. corruption CBI has been entrusted with the task of exposing the truth. In which year CBI Institution was formed?
19. Recently four Indian scientist met unnatural death in a place of Antarctica. The place is meant for research and experimental purpose. It is-
20. Which one of the following regions of Asia in experiencing the highest growth rate of population?
21. The most important condition laid down by India for signing the CTBT has been stated as:
22. In a recent written document to the Security Council, Secretary General Koffi Annan has recommended ‘technical liquidation’ of the U.N. Peace Keeping Mission form:
23. The International year of the Ocean is-
24. India was represented in the G-15 Summit in Cairo by-
25. The 1998 Pulitzer Prize was bagged by-
26. The 16th World Football Tournament was inagurated by the French President-
27. In the 12th Lok Sabha election the number of seats bagged by Rashtriya Janata Dal was-
28. The author of the book ‘INDIA: 2020’ is-
29. One monthly Magazine published in Assam still costs 25 paise per issue. Its name is-
30. Srimanta Shankardev Kalakhetra is built as-
31. The film ‘Elizabeth’ is directed by-
32. The dockyard of Indus Civilisation is found at-
33. The animal inknown to the Indus Civilisation was-
34. The ultimate source of the law, according to the Vedic thinkers is the-
35. Dipavamsa is written in-
36. The Empire of Chandragupta Maurya did not include-
37. The normal form of Government during the Rig Vedic age was-
38. Ashoka did not ask for-
39. The capital of Kaniska was-
40. Harshavardhan was defeated by a king of the-
41. The Mughal Emperor who granted Dewani to the East India Company was-
42. , In Bihar the Revolt of 1857 was led by-
43. The Durand Line demarcates the borderline between India and-
44. Who said, “minority can not be allowed to vetothe political progress of the majority”?
45. Saugali Treaty was concluded between the British and-
46. Who was not a member of the Cabinet Mission-
47. Who was not a martyr of the Quit India Movement-
48. The ‘Young Bengal’ was formed by-
49. Who did not belong the ‘Jonaki Yug’?
50. United Arab Emirates is made up of-
51. Which one of the following pairs of countries and capitals is wrongly matched?
52. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
53. Maoris is used for the original people of
54. Most of the world’s wheat producing regions have-
55. Identity the correct setting of islands in Japan-
56. Which of the following statement is correct?
57. The smallest state in India from the view point-
58. Punjab in winter gets precipitation because of-
59. Which of the following does not apply to Gujarat?
60. India is self sufficient in all of the following minerals except-
61. The first railway line in India from Bombay to Pune passes through-
62. The limestorie for Bokajan Cement factory comes mainly from-
63. Nameri wildlife sanctuary, which has recently been upgraded to a National Park is located in the district of-
64. The total area cropped in Assam now stands at about-
65. In respect of basin area coverage the rank of the Brahmaputra among the rivers of the world is-
66. The Gai, a tributory to Brahmaputra is situated between-
67. …. the though India was to be a federation, the federation was not the result of an agreement by the States to join in a federation, and that the federation not being the result of a agreement, no State has the right to secede from it. The federation is a Union because it is indestructible’. Who made the statement during Constituent Assembly debated:
68. Relating to the nature of the Indian Policy, the Preamble is:
69. The President can proclaim emergency under-
70. Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) became constitutionalized bodies under-
71. Under Art, 243 ZD, a District Planning, Committee forwards the draft development plan for the district as a whole covering Panchayats and Municipalities (after consolidating their plans) to-
72. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
73. The Dinesh Goswami Committee was concerned with-
74. Subjects entrusted to the care of the Panchayats are listed in-
75. Which amendment provides for an authoritative version of the Constitution in Hindi?
76. The Supreme Court ruled Parliament had no power to change the basic structure of the constitution in-
77. After liberalisation planning has been-
78. The Union Cabinet (January 1999) approved the draft Ninth Path (1997-2002) amounting to:
79. As per Reserve Bank of India figures (3rd week of January 1999), the country s forex (foreign exchange) reserves stood at-
80. Given below re two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion: (A): The emergence of economic globalism does not imply the decline of socialist ideology.
Reason (R): The ideology of socialism believes in universalism and globalism. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
81. Which one of the following Five Year Plans recognised human developinent as the core of all developmental efforts?
82. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the rue sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India inspite of a three fold rise in food production since the fifties. Which of the following are reasons for it?
83. A major shief in the 8th Five-Year plan from its preceding ones is-
84. Which one of the following sets of economists strongly favoured market economy?
85. The concept of mixed economy envisages-
86. The principle of communal representation in India was first introduced by-
87. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
88. Who edited ‘Young India’?
89. Who founded the “Servants of India Society’?
90. “The Suwat Split was the saddest episode in the history of the Congress” Who said this?
91. For whom did Valentine Chirol say, “He was the Father of Indian Unrest’.
92. Which Bill was being debated in the Central Legislative Assembly when Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in Central Legislative Assembly In 19297
93. “These deaths, injuries, humiliations and atrocities are the price of liberty, a price or country is asked to pay for its desire to be free’. Whose words are those?
94. Which is the od. nan out?
95. In a group of children each child gives a gift to every other. If the number of gifts is 132, find then number of children.
96. IF MASTER is coded as OCUVGT, which on cof the following will be the code for BRING?
97. If 8×6-43,6 x 4-32, 2 x 4-12, than 4 x 87
98. We see the same face of the moon, beacuse the durations of-
99. What is exbiology?
100. Nuclear energy is a result of conversion of-