UPSC Prelims 2007 Previous Year Questions with Answers and Explanations

146 questions from the UPSC Prelims 2007 General Studies Paper I, each with the correct answer, a full explanation, why every option is right or wrong, and named sources. The other 1 questions of this paper are in the practice app while their explanations are checked.

Q1 · Art & Culture: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Person) A. Bhajan Sopori B.…
Q2 · Science & Technology: Who among the following is considered as the inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW)?
Q3 · Current Affairs: Where are the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) located?
Q4 · Current Affairs: Which one of the following is NOT a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
Q5 · Art & Culture: Who among the following wrote the book "Ayodhya : 6 December 1992"?
Q6 · Environment & Ecology: Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
Q7 · Art & Culture: How is Gabriel García well known?
Q8 · Current Affairs: Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957?
Q9 · Art & Culture: The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following?
Q10 · Art & Culture: Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
Q11 · Art & Culture: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Eminent Person) A. Bhanu…
Q12 · Modern History: Who wrote the book "The Story of the Integration of Indian States"?
Q13 · Art & Culture: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Writer) A. V. S. Naipaul B.…
Q14 · Science & Technology: Consider the following statements: 1. The series of international paper sizes is based on A0 size whose area is 0.5 m² (approx). 2. The…
Q15 · Current Affairs: Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October 2006?
Q16 · Science & Technology: Recently, the European Union and six other countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)…
Q17 · Current Affairs: Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
Q18 · Current Affairs: How is Steve Fossett known?
Q19 · Current Affairs: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Person) A. Nancy Pelosi B.…
Q20 · Current Affairs: In which of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Center being set up?
Q21 · Current Affairs: Consider the following statements: 1. Republicans won majority in the US House of Representatives election held in the year 2006. 2.…
Q22 · Science & Technology: What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine worked to get the prize?
Q23 · Current Affairs: Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Q24 · Science & Technology: Consider the following statements: 1. In the year 2006, India successfully tested a full - fledged cryogenic stage in rocketry. 2. After…
Q25 · Current Affairs: With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched? 1. NAM Summit :…
Q26 · Indian Economy: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Person) A. Vishwapati Trivedi…
Q27 · Current Affairs: Consider the following statements: 1. North Atlantic Co - operation Council (NACC) is the name of the new organization which has replaced…
Q28 · Art & Culture: For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006?
Q29 · Current Affairs: Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?
Q30 · Current Affairs: What was the purpose of Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India?
Q31 · Current Affairs: Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in 2007?
Q32 · Current Affairs: Which one of the following organizations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology Innovations for Rural Development, 2006?
Q33 · Current Affairs: Which of the following countries recently upgraded its defence agency to a full - fledged defence ministry?
Q34 · Current Affairs: Consider the following statements: 1. China has observer status at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. 2. India has…
Q35 · Current Affairs: In the latter half of the year 2006, in which one of the following countries did a military coup take place?
Q36 · Current Affairs: Near the end of the year 2006, which one of the following countries was suspended from the Commonwealth after a military coup?
Q37 · Current Affairs: Who was Leander Paes’s partner when he won the Doubles Final in the US Open Tennis Tournament?
Q38 · Current Affairs: Which of the following cities has been the venue of the Asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006?
Q39 · Current Affairs: Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test cricket? 1. Wasim Akram 2. Richard Hadlee 3. Glenn McGrath 4.…
Q40 · Current Affairs: Parimarajan Negi excelled in which one of the following games?
Q41 · Indian Polity: Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Q42 · Indian Polity: Consider the following statements: 1. The Judges (Inquiry) Bill, 2006 contemplates establishing a Judicial Council which will receive…
Q43 · Indian Polity: Consider the following statements: 1. The mode of removal of a Judge of a High Court in India is the same as that of removal of a Judge of…
Q44 · Indian Polity: Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Indian Union?
Q46 · Indian Polity: Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.…
Q47 · Indian Polity: Who was the Speaker of the First Lok Sabha?
Q48 · Indian Polity: Consider the following statements: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru was in his fourth term as the Prime Minister of India at the time of his death. 2.…
Q49 · Current Affairs: Consider the following statements: 1. The nationwide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry of…
Q50 · Indian Polity: Consider the following statements in respect of Financial Emergency under Article 360 of the Constitution of India: 1. A proclamation of…
Q51 · Indian Polity: Which of the Constitution Amendment Acts seeks that the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and in a State must not exceed 15…
Q52 · Indian Polity: Consider the following statements: 1. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. 2.…
Q53 · Modern History: Which one of the following was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
Q54 · Art & Culture: Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala Temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?
Q55 · Modern History: Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason (R):…
Q56 · Modern History: Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?
Q57 · Modern History: At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
Q58 · Modern History: Who among the following started the newspaper "Shome Prakash"?
Q59 · Modern History: The ruler of which one of the following States was removed from power by the British on the pretext of misgovernance?
Q60 · Modern History: Who among the following Europeans were the last to come to pre - independence India as traders?
Q61 · Modern History: Consider the following statements: 1. Robert Clive was the first Governor - General of Bengal. 2. William Bentinck was the first Governor…
Q62 · Modern History: Which one of the following was the first fort constructed by the British in India?
Q63 · Modern History: The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written during the Swadeshi Movement of India, inspired the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh and was…
Q64 · Modern History: The first Factory Act restricting the working hours of women and children and authorizing local governments to make necessary rules was…
Q65 · Modern History: Who among the following wrote the book "Bahubivah"?
Q66 · Geography: In which one of the following districts have reserves of diamond - bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?
Q67 · Geography: Where is Copacabana Beach located?
Q68 · Indian Economy: With reference to the steel industry in India in recent times, consider the following statements: 1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been…
Q69 · Geography: The Stilwell Road, built in the 1940s, which has recently been in news, connects which of the following?
Q70 · Environment & Ecology: Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip?
Q71 · Geography: Where are the Shevaroy Hills located?
Q72 · Geography: Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given food grains in…
Q73 · Geography: What is the average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth?
Q74 · Geography: Which one of the following cities does NOT have the same clock time as that of the other cities at any given instant?
Q75 · Geography: Assertion (A): River Kalinadi is an east - flowing river in the southern part of India. Reason (R): The Deccan Plateau is higher along its…
Q76 · Geography: Assertion (A): There are no tea plantations in any African country. Reason (R): Tea plants need fertile soil with high humus.
Q77 · Geography: Which of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?
Q78 · Geography: Consider the following statements : 1. Balaghat is known for its diamond mines. 2. Majhgawan is known for its manganese deposits. Which of…
Q79 · Geography: Which one of the following States of India has the lowest density of population?
Q80 · Geography: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List - I (City) A. Bangkok B. Phnom -…
Q81 · Geography: Consider the following statements: 1. Either of the two belts over the ocean at about 30° - 35° N and S latitudes is known as Horse…
Q82 · Geography: Which one among the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?
Q83 · Geography: Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
Q84 · Geography: Which one among the following major cities is most eastward located?
Q85 · Geography: Out of the Southern States - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu - which shares boundaries with the maximum number of Indian…
Q86 · Indian Economy: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List - I (Aluminium Company) A. BALCO…
Q87 · Environment & Ecology: Which of the following is located in the Bastar region?
Q88 · Geography: Through which one of the following Straits does a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France?
Q89 · Geography: Consider the following statements: 1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The…
Q90 · Environment & Ecology: The largest coral reef in the world is found near the coast of which one of the following countries?
Q91 · Geography: In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located?
Q92 · Geography: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List - I (Town) A. Betul B. Jagdalpur…
Q93 · Environment & Ecology: Dalbergia species is associated with which one of the following?
Q94 · Environment & Ecology: Consider the following statements : 1. In India, Red Panda is naturally found in the western Himalaya only. 2. In India, Slow Loris lives…
Q95 · Current Affairs: Shahgarh area in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan was in news in the year 2006 because of which one of the following?
Q96 · Indian Economy: Basel II relates to which one of the following?
Q97 · Indian Economy: Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different sectors to the Gross Domestic…
Q98 · Indian Economy: Consider the following statements: 1. The repo rate is the rate at which other banks borrow from the Reserve Bank of India. 2. A value of…
Q99 · Indian Economy: The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a wholly - owned subsidiary of which one of the following?
Q100 · Indian Economy: Tarapur Committee was associated with which one of the following?
Q101 · Indian Economy: Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund?
Q102 · Indian Economy: Participatory Notes (PNs) are associated with which one of the following?
Q103 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following is another name of RDX?
Q104 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following non - metals is NOT a poor conductor of electricity?
Q105 · Science & Technology: Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?
Q106 · Science & Technology: Consider the following statements : 1. If magenta and yellow coloured circles intersect, the intersected area will have red colour. 2. If…
Q107 · Science & Technology: Consider the following statements: 1. A flute of smaller length gives waves of lower frequency. 2. Sound travels in rocks in the form of…
Q108 · Science & Technology: Four wires of the same material and of the dimensions given below are stretched by equal loads separately. Which one of them will be…
Q109 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following parts of the pitcher plant becomes modified into a pitcher?
Q110 · Science & Technology: Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at Mach number…
Q111 · Science & Technology: In the human body, to which structure is the appendix attached?
Q112 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following types of glass can cut off ultraviolet rays?
Q113 · Science & Technology: In the human body which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate?
Q114 · Science & Technology: How do most insects respire?
Q115 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following parts of the human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting?
Q116 · Science & Technology: Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver?
Q117 · Science & Technology: Which of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system?
Q118 · Science & Technology: Which of the following light types of light are strongly absorbed by plants:
Q119 · Science & Technology: In human beings, normally in which one of the following parts does the sperm fertilize the ovum?
Q120 · Science & Technology: Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water, mercury and kerosene respectively up to an equal height. The three vessels are…
Q121 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following is called Philosopher’s wool?
Q122 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following does not contain silver?
Q123 · Science & Technology: Which of the following types is used by computed tomography employed for visualization of the internal structure of human body?
Q124 · Science & Technology: Which on the following is the correct sequence in order of decreasing length of the three structural parts given below of small intestine…
Q125 · Science & Technology: Consider the following statements: 1. In November 2006, DRDO successfully conducted the interception test using Prithvi - II missile. 2.…
Q126 · Science & Technology: NASA’s Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?
Q127 · Current Affairs: MCA - 21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?
Q128 · Science & Technology: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Person) A. John C. Mather B.…
Q129 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Q130 · Science & Technology: Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List - I (Company) A. Chevron B. AT&T C.…
Q131 · Science & Technology: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Q132 · Science & Technology: What is the Galileo project which has been in news recently?
Q133 · Science & Technology: (Each small circle represents a different station) Refer to the figure showing a network between station A and station B. What is the…
Q134 · Science & Technology: In how many maximum different ways can 3 identical balls be placed in 12 squares (each ball is placed in the exact centre of a square)…
Q135 · Science & Technology: In the figure shown above, what is the maximum number of different ways in which 8 identical balls can be placed in small triangles 1, 2,…
Q136 · Science & Technology: Amit has five friends: 3 girls and 2 boys. Amit’s wife also has five friends: 3 boys and 2 girls. In how many maximum different ways can…
Q137 · Science & Technology: Five balls of different colours are to be placed in three different boxes such that any box contains at least one ball. What is the…
Q138 · Science & Technology: All six letters of the name SACHIN are arranged to form different words without repeating any letter in any one word. The words so formed…
Q139 · Science & Technology: Three dice (each having six faces with each face showing one number from 1 to 6) are rolled. What is the number of possible outcomes such…
Q140 · Science & Technology: Groups, each containing 3 boys, are to be formed out of 5 boys - A, B, C, D and E - such that no one group contains both C and D together.…
Q141 · Science & Technology: Six faces of a cube are numbered from 1 to 6, each face carrying one different number. Further, 1. The face 2 is opposite to the face 6.…
Q142 · Science & Technology: Each of the 3 persons is to be given some identical items such that the product of the numbers of items received by each of the three…
Q143 · Science & Technology: Six equidistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. Six equidistant horizontal lines are also drawn on the board cutting the six vertical…
Q144 · Science & Technology: A person has to completely put each of three liquids - 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel and 496 litres of mobile oil - in…
Q145 · Science & Technology: A and B can complete work together in 5 days. If A works at twice his speed and B at half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4…
Q146 · Science & Technology: If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number of times the digit 6 appears?
Q147 · Science & Technology: Amit starts from a point A, walks to another point B and then returns from B to A by his car, taking a total time of 6 hours 45 minutes.…

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