upsc csp 2009 prelims gs set s keys part 3

101. virupaksha temple - c
102. OPEC - c
103. department of atomic energy - a it is a department and not a ministry
104. banks - b , ABN amro is dutch while kookmin is south Korean
105. uranium - a, though Canada is largest producer
106. thorium - d, india has large reserves of thorium and sands in kerala have monozite, zirconium and other rare earths but not uranium
107. highest density - a, india earlier it was srilanka , though in South asia as whole bangladesh is most dense
108. round table - c
109.direct tax - d , interest tax was abolished in India somewhere in 80's
110. national water council - a
111. rivers in MP & kerala - d , narmada and tapi are prominent west flowing rivers of MP , and there are 3 east flowing rivers in Kerala prominent being kabini
112. hindu college - d
113. cripps mission - d , this was necessitates after Japanese gain in SE asia
114. golden threshold - b
115. rowlatt - c
116. dandi - c
117. anekantavada - b
118. 'do or die' - d
119. ahmedabad textile - a
120. 16 october 1905 - b
121. infant mortality rate -d , deaths within a year are taken into account and it is calcualted on 10000 live births
122. panachayat - c
123. administrator of UT -a
124. headquarter - b , ADB - manila, ASEAN - jakarta
125. ECOSOC -d , it is 54 member and they are elected for 3 years
126. shompen - b, they are untouched
127. advocate general -b, AG can be appointed by governor
128. first municipal - b, though some sources mention Calcutta
129. lok adalat - a
130. cabinet ministers - d
131. amendment to limit number - b
132. CAT - b, it was formed in 1985 during prime ministership of rajeev gandhi
133. number of ministries - a , current number is 39
134. telegraph line -c
135. cartagena protocol - c
136. carrom - c
137. three cans - a
138. ashoka leyland - a
139. global economy - b, Roche is pharmaceutic company
140. auction - d, Osian's are Indian
141. UNFCC - c
142. carbon credit - b
143. world economic forum - a
144. security council - b
145. kosovo - d
146. ogaden - b
147. climate change bill - b
148.highest energy - a this corresponds to highest frquency and lowest wavelength
149. earliest event - c
150. automobile - b , daimler is german

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