UPSC EPFO SOLVED PAPER 2012

Total Questions: 100

11. For calculating Body Mass Index (BMI), weight of the person (in kg) is divided by the:

Correct Answer: (b) Square of the height (in meters)
Solution:

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple calculation using a person’s height and weight. The formula is BMI = kg / m² where kg is a person’s weight in kilograms and m² is their height is metres squared. A BMI of 25.0 or more is overweight, while the healthy range is 18.5 to 24.9.

12. Statement (I) : Industrial relation is currently more influenced by the external market forces than the power play between employers and employees.

Statement (II) : The forces of globalisation have made competition so imperative that unions and their tactics like stopping productivity no more hold good.

Correct Answer: (d) Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.
Solution:

Statement-I is false but Statement-II is true, because the industrial relations currently more influenced by the power play between employees and employees rather than the external market forces. The forces of globalisation have made competition so imperative that unions and their tactics like stopping productivity no more hold good. So the most appropriate answer is option (d).

13. Statement (I) : Every State in India has a High Court in its (State’s) territory.

Statement (II) : As per Constitution of India, each State is provided to have a High Court.

Correct Answer: (d) Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.
Solution:

Statement-I is false but Statement-II is true, because according to Article 214 of the Constitution there, shall be a High Court for each state, but it is not mandatory that the High Court is situated within the territory of the concerned state. Article 231 the Parliament is empowered to establish a High Court for two or more than two states. Seventh Amendment to the Constitution provided that the same high court can be the court for more than one state. List of High Courts which have jurisdiction over more than one States/UTs is as follows
• Mumbai High Court
Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.
• Kolkata High Court
West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Guwahati High Court
Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram.
• Kerala High Court
Kerala and Lakshadweep
• Madras High Court
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
• Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.

14. Statement (I) : The Directive Principles of State Policy enshrine in the Constitution, aim at providing the social and economic base of a genuine democracy.

Statement (II) : The Directive Principles are merely directives which the government has to keep in mind while framing policy and is not enforceable through courts.

Correct Answer: (b) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explanation of Statement (I).
Solution:

Both Statement-I and Statement-II are individually true but Statement-II is not the correct explanation of Statement-I. The primary aim of incorporating the DPSPs in the Constitution is to provide social and economic base of a genuine democracy. The provisions related to the Directive Principles of State Policy are included under Articles 36-51. According to Article 37, these principles are non-justiciable and they cannot be enforced through the court of law.

15. Statement (I) : In order to produce electric power from a geothermal reservoir, temperature above 180° is required.

Statement (II) : To drive steam turbines, high temperature steam is used.

Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I).
Solution:

Both Statement-I and II are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement-I. It is true that in order to produce electric power from a geothermal reservoir, temperature above 180° is required and in order to drive steam turbines, high temperature steam is used.

16. Which one of the following sets of industries were among first modern industries in India?

Correct Answer: (c) Cotton, Jute and Coal-Mines
Solution:

Cotton, Jute and Coal-Mines were among first modern industries in India. First cotton mill of India was established in 1854 in Bombay by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar under the name ‘The Bombay Spinning Mill’. The first jute mill was established at Rishra, on the river Hooghly near Calcutta in 1855. Coal mining in India first started in Raniganj Coalfield. In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company found coal near Ethora, presently in Salanpur community development block.

17. The regional project by name ‘CASA-1000’ (Central Asia-South Asia-1000), funded by World Bank, pertains to the field of

Correct Answer: (c) Electricity
Solution:

The regional project by name ‘CASA-1000’ (Central Asia-South Asia-1000), Funded by World Bank, pertains to the field of electricity. This project will allow for the export of surplus hydroelectricity from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

18. The Endeavour of ‘Janani Suraksha Yojna’ programme is to

1. Promote institutional deliveries.
2. Provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery.
3. Provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement.

Correct Answer: (a) 1 and 2
Solution:

The Endeavour of ‘Janani Suraksha Yojana’ Programme is to, promote institutional deliveries and provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery. The yojana was launched on 12th April, 2005 and is implemented in all States and UTs. JSY is a 100% centrally sponsored scheme.

19. ‘Kyoto Protocol’, an agreement signed by various countries, is associated with :

Correct Answer: (c) Clean environment and climate change
Solution:

The Kyoto Protocol is relate to clean environment and climate change. It was initially adopted on 11th December, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan and entered into Force on 16th February, 2005. As of July 2010, 191 states have signed and ratified the protocol. 37 countries have committed themselves to a reduction of 6 gases, namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexa fluoride, hydrofluorocarbons and perfluoro carbons produced by them. These countries have also agreed to reduce their collective greenhouse emissions by 5.2% from the 1990 level.

20. Which of the following can be threats to the biodiversity of a geographical area?

1. Global warming
2. Fragmentation of habitats
3. Invansion of alien species
4. Promotion of vegetarianism
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:

Biodiversity is under serious threat as a result of human activities. The main dangers worldwide are population growth and resource consumption, climate change and global warming, habitat conversion and urbanisation, invasive alien species, over-exploitation of natural resources and environmental degradation.