Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-II

📆 March 26, 2025

Total Questions: 50

11. Match List-I (persons) with List-II (Positions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: [2004]

List-I (Person)	List-II (Position)
A. B.P. Mishra	1. Executive Director, IMF
B. Suresh Kalamadi	2. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited
C. Praful Patel	3. President, Indian Olympic Association
D. V. S. Jain	4. Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	2	1	3
(b)	1	3	4	2
(c)	4	3	1	2
(d)	1	2	4	3

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:B.P. Mishra is the Executive Director of IMF, Suresh Kalmadi is the president of Indian Olympic Association, Praful Patel is the Vice President, South Asian Region, World Bank and V.S. Jain is the chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited.

Name	Designation
Kristalina Georgieva	Managing Director, IMF
Amarendu Prakash	Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited
P. T. Usha	President, Indian Olympic Association
Martin Raiser	Vice-President, South Asian Region, World Bank

12. Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute? [2004]

(a) Debu Chaudhuri
(b) Madhup Mudgal
(c) Ronu Mazumdar
(d) Sahafaat Ahmad

Correct Answer: (c) Ronu Mazumdar

Solution:Ronu Mazumdar is well known exponent of flute whereas Debu Chaudhuri is an exponent of sitar and Sahafaat Ahmad is an exponent of tabla.

13. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [2004]

(a) The largest Buddhist monastery in India is in Assam
(b) The language konyak is spoken in Nagaland
(c) The largest river island in the world is in Assam
(d) Sikkim is the least - populated State of the Indian Union

Correct Answer: (a) The largest Buddhist monastery in India is in Assam

Solution:The largest Buddhist Monastry is in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh not in Assam.

14. Consider the following statements: [2004]

1. The Islamic Calendar is twelve days shorter than the Gregorian Calendar.

2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 632

3. The Gregorian Calendar is a lunar calendar

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above

Solution:1. The Islamic calendar is about 11 days shorter than the Gregorian, with one year coming to 354-355 days.

2. The Islamic Calendar began in AD 622

3. The Gregorian Calendar is a solar calendar

15. Match List-I (Institute) with List-II (Located At) and select the correct answer using the codes given below : [2004]

List-I and List-II Matching

List-I (Institute)	List-II (Location)
A. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism	1. Coimbatore
B. International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials	2. Mumbai
C. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History	3. Jabalpur
D. Tropical Forestry Research Institute	4. Hyderabad

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	3	1	4
(b)	1	4	2	3
(c)	2	4	1	3
(d)	1	3	2	4

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:(A) Indian Institute of Geomagnetism - Mumbai

(B) International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials - Hyderabad

(D) Tropical Forestry Research Institute - Jabalpur

16. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2004]

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Central Organisation for Railway Electrification is present in Allahabad, Ambala, Bhubneshwar, Chennai, Banglore, Secunderabad, Lucknow, Kota and Gorakhpur not in Varanasi.

17. Who among the following was never the Lok Sabha Speaker? [2004]

(a) K.V.K Sundaram
(b) G. S. Dhillon
(c) Baliram Bhagat
(d) Hukum Singh

Correct Answer: (a) K.V.K Sundaram

Solution:Hukum Singh (April 1962-March 1967), GS Dhillon (April 1969-Dec 1975), Baliram Bhagat (Jan 1976-March 1977)

18. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched? [2004]

Departments	Ministry of the Government of India
1. Department of Women and Child Development	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2. Department of Official Language	Ministry of Human Resource Development
3. Department of Drinking Water Supply	Ministry of Water Resources

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) None

Correct Answer: (c) 3

Solution:The Department of Women and Child Development was set up in the year 1985 as a part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. With effect from 30 January 2006, the Department has been upgraded to a Ministry. Department of official language comes under Ministry of Home Affairs.

19. Consider the following statements: [2004]

1. P.V. Narasimha Rao's government established diplomatic relations between India and Isreal

2. Ariel Sharon is the second Prime Minister of Isreal to have visited India

Which of the statements give above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither I nor 2

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only

Solution:The diplomatic relation between India and Isreal was established in 1992 under the Narsimha Rao regime. Ariel Sharon happened to be the first Prime Minister of Israel to visit India.