UPSC CSP 2009 General studies Key Set C

1. individual satyagraha - b nehru , vinoba was first
2. cripps mission - b it offered dominion status and constitution making body
3. aruna asaf ali - c quit india, after arrest of all major leaders she hoisted flag at gavalia tank ground in mumbai, later awarded bharat ratna
4. surat factory - b jahangir, sir thomas row got the permission after british defeated portugese in naval war. earlier attempt by flitch had proved unsuccessful
5. dry cell - a , magnesium chloride is never used, magnesium dioxise is used though but as depolarize not electrolyte
6. largest number of moons - a, Jupiter
7. sweet ornage - c, both are correct
8. night vision - c, infrared, they have large wavelengths and operate by detecting heat
9. genetic - d, son gets genese from mom, while daughter from dad
10. a person travel - a, 6 km
11. six persons - c
12. explosives - d, TNT is formed by this
13. plant products - d
14. flying fox - a
15. five year plan - c
16. animal welfare board - b
17.five year plan - c, though some sources mention that import substitution came only in fourth plan
18. NSD - c, sahitya akademi does award fellowship but it is not that well known as their annual award
19. union government - b , department creation does not need advice of cabinet secretary
20. coins - b
21. numbers - c
22. alphabet - c
23. three digit number - d
24. coins - c
25. natural number - c
26. metal rods - b
27. examination - b
28. family - d
29. angle with hour hand - c
30. balls - d
31. shourya - d, its range is only 500-600 and speed is 5 mach
32. wimax - d
33. shanti swarup - c
34. saffron - d
35. complex scientific - b, cern
36. dadaab - b, it is for somalian refugees
37. hurricanes -d, thoguh all are names of hurricanes but in recent years only kate and gustav have occurred. Ike occurred last time in 2003 so I am not sure of this
38. ethanol - c
39. artists - d
40. NAMA 11 - d , it stands for non agricultural market access
41. CIS - c, georgia due to russian invasion
42. person in news - b, all are PMs of respective countries
43. biodiversity - a
44. evolution - c
45. panda - a, earlier it was thought to be raccoon
46. NAM - c, India hosted summit when Neelam snajeev reddy was president and before next summit jailsingh became president
47. match person and industry - c
48. crystal award - d , mallika sarabhai and amitabh won it this year
49. largest inland saline - d, smabhar lake in rajasthan is answer, kutch is not inland as it borders sea
50. MMTC - c, it is offical government agency for import and export