UPSC CPF 2008

1. In which one of the following animals is respiration done by skin ?(A) Flying fish(B) Sea horse(C) Frog(D) ChameleonAns : (C)2. “Foot and Mouth Disease” is found in—(A) Cats and Dogs(B) Cattle(C) Poultry(D) HumansAns : (B)3. Who of the following recognized that large quantity of energy is released as a result of the fusion of hydrogennuclei to form deuterium ?(A) Enrico Fermi(B) Glenn Seaborg(C) Hans Bethe(D) Werner HeisenbergAns : (C)4. Brass is an alloy of which of the following pairs of metals ?(A) Aluminium and Copper(B) Chromium and Tin(C) Copper and Tin(D) Copper and ZincAns : (D)5. Which one of the following bacteria helps in improving the soil fertility ?(A) Clostridium(B) Rhizobium(C) Salmonella(D) StaphylococcusAns : (B)6. Consider the following statements :1. In a person suffering from myopia, the image of a distant object is formed behind the retina.2. Myopia can be corrected by using a concave lens.Which of the above statements is/are correct ?(A) 1 only(B) 2 only(C) Both 1 and 2(D) Neither 1 nor 2Ans : (B)7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :List-I (Theory/Law/Principle)(a) Electromagnetism(b) Principles of Inheritance(c) Laws of Inertia(d) Theory of Natural SelectionList-II (Scientist)1. Darwin2. Faraday3. Mendel4. NewtonCodes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)(A) 1 4 3 2(B) 2 3 4 1(C) 1 3 4 2(D) 2 4 3 1Ans : (B)8. Which one of the following is a vitamin ?(A) Citric acid(B) Folic acid(C) Glutamic acid(D) Linoleic acidAns : (B)9. Which one of the following varieties of coal is considered the best quality ?(A) Anthracite(B) Bituminous(C) Lignite(D) PeatAns : (A)10. Who of the following discovered the laws of planetary orbits ?(A) Galileo Galilei(B) Nicholas Copernicus(C) Johannes Kepler(D) Isaac NewtonAns : (C)11. Consider the following statements—1. The main constituent of LPG is Butane.2. The main constituent of Biogas is Methane.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?(A) 1 only(B) 2 only(C) Both 1 and 2(D) Neither 1 nor 2Ans : (C)12. Through which one among the following materials does sound travel slowest ?(A) Air(B) Glass(C) Water(D) WoodAns : (A)13. Which one of the following is used in preparing match sticks ?(A) Chile saltpetre(B) Indian saltpetre(C) Red phosphorus(D) Sodium bicarbonateAns : (C)14. Consider the following pairs :1. Rewalsar lake—Himachal Pradesh2. Nakki lake—Madhya Pradesh3. Renuka lake—UttarakhandWhich of the above pairs is/are correct ?(A) 1 only(B) 1 and 2 only(C) 2 and 3 only

(D) 1, 2 and 3Ans : (A)15. Which National Highway connects Chennai and Visakhapatnam ?(A) NH 4(B) NH 5(C) NH 6(D) NH 8Ans : (B)16. Among A, B, C, D and E, E is shorter than D but taller than B who is taller than C. A is taller than E. If allare standing according to their heights and we start counting from the tallest who would be fourth ?(A) C(B) B(C) E(D) Cannot be determined as the data is insufficient.Ans : (B)17. A man is facing south. He turns 135° in the anticlockwise direction and then 180° in the clockwise direction.The direction he is facing now is—(A) North-east(B) North-west(C) South-east(D) South-westAns : (D)18. The average score of three boys in Mathematics is 30. When the score of a fourth boy is added to the totalscore of the three boys, the average is lowered to 25. What is the score of the fourth boy ?(A) 10(B) 15(C) 20(D) 25Ans : (A)19. Among five friends—Mangla is taller than Neela but as tall as Pushpa.Asha is taller than Sapna but not as tall as Neela.In this group who is the shortest ?(A) Mangla(B) Sapna(C) Pushpa(D) AshaAns : (B)20. The sum of income of A and B is more than that of C and D taken together. The sum of income of A and C isthe same as that of B and D taken together. Moreover, A earns half as much as the sum of the income of B andD. The highest income is of—(A) A(B) B(C) C(D) DAns : (B)21. In a class of 60 students, where the girls are twice that of boys, Kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of Kamal, the number of boys in rank after him is—(A) 3(B) 7(C) 12(D) 13Ans : (C)