Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-II

Total Questions: 50

21. Match List-I (Distinguished Ladies) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the codes given below: [2004]

List-I (Person)	List-II (Area of Work)
A. Jhumpa Lahiri	1. Science and environment
B. Sunita Narain	2. Novel-writing
C. Naina Lal Kidwai	3. Film industry
D. Ravina Raj Kohli	4. Banking
	5. Television media

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	5	3	1
(b)	2	1	4	5
(c)	4	1	3	5
(d)	2	5	4	1

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Jhumpa Lahiri is related to novel writing. Sunita Narain is related to science and environment, Naina Lal Kidwai is related to banking and Ravina Raj Kohli is related to television media.

22. Tarun Bharat Sangh, an organisation based in a village near Alwar (Rajasthan) has become famous because of: [2004]

(a) cultivation of genetically modified cotton
(b) rehabilitation of women victims of AIDS
(c) livelihood projects for destitute rural women
(d) rain-water harvesting

Correct Answer: (d) rain-water harvesting

Solution:Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) is a non-profitable environmental NGO; with headquarter in Bheekampura, Alwar, Rajasthan Dr Rajendra Singh (known as Water man of India) is the incumbent chairman of TBS since 1985.

23. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2005]

(a) Southern Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Eastern Naval Command: Visakhapatnam
(c) Armoured corps centre and school: Jabalpur
(d) Army Medical crops centre and school: Lucknow

Correct Answer: (c) Armoured corps centre and school: Jabalpur

Solution:Armoured corps centre and school is located at Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.

24. For which one of the following, is Satara well known? [2005]

(a) Thermal Power Plant
(b) Wind Energy Plant
(c) Hydro-electric Plant
(d) Nuclear Power Plant

Correct Answer: (a) Thermal Power Plant

Solution:Satara is well known for Thermal Power Plant. But as pet fecent data Satara is famous for wind energy.

25. Consider the following statements. [2005]

1. The number of post office in India is in excess of 1.5 lakh.

2. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was formed in the year 1997.

3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established in the year 2000.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct

(a) 1, 2 & 3
(b) 1 & 2
(c) 1 only
(d) 3 only

Correct Answer: (c) 1 only

Solution:India has world's largest postal network with 1,55,837 post office (1,39,280 in rural areas). A post office serves an area of 21.09 sq kms and population of 6,602. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was formed in the year 2000 and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was established in the year 1997.

26. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [2005]

1. Champadevi Sukla: Goldman Environmental Prize

2. Dr. P. Sri Ramachanrudu: Vachaspati Puraskar.

3. Ela Ramesh Bhatt: Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academic and Management.

4. Upamanyu Chatterjee: Lalit Kala Ratna Award.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 & 2
(b) 1, 2 & 3
(c) 3 & 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 & 4

Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2 & 3

Solution:Upamanyu Chatterjee is the winner of Shaitya Award winner and not Lalit Kala Award winner.

27. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? [2005]

Publication	Group
1. Sportstars	1. The Hindu Publication Group
2. Business-World	2. ABP Group
3. The Week	3. Malayala Manorama Publication
4. Reader’s Digest	4. Indian Express Publication Group

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 1 and 3

Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2 and 3

Solution:Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace.

28. Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [2005]

List-I (Distinguished person)	List-II (Area of Work)
A. B. V. Rao	1. Automobiles Manufacture
B. C. K. Prahald	2. Fisheries Economy
C. Johan Kurien	3. Information Technology and Software
D. Kiran Karnik	4. Poultry Farming
	5. Management Science

Codes:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	5	1	3
(b)	4	3	2	5
(c)	2	3	1	5
(d)	4	5	2	3

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:B.V. Rao was an Indian agriculturalist and poultry farmer, considered by many as the father of poultry farming in India. C.K. Prahad, widely recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management gurus. Johan Kurien is related to fisheries Economy. Kiran Karnik was President of NASSCOM, the premiere trade body and the 'chamber of commerce' for the IT software and services industry in India.

29. Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission? [2005]

(a) Test Cricket Match Fixing
(b) Best Bakery Case
(c) Tehelka Tapes Case
(d) Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya.

Correct Answer: (d) Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya.

Solution:The Liberhan Commission was commissioned by the Government of India to investigate the destruction of the disputed structure Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992.

30. Whose autobiography is the book 'My Music, My Life'? [2005]

(a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Correct Answer: (c) Pandit Ravi Shankar

Solution:'My Music, My life' is the autobiography of Pandit Ravi Shankar.

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