PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR UTTARAKHAND PCS The largest cultivable area in Uttarakhand is covered by which crop ? (a) Paddy (b) Wheat (c) Sugarcane (d) Potato What percentage of total water available on earth, is in the form of underground water ? (a) 0.7% (b) 4.8% (c) 6.5% (d) 9.1% If the pressure on a piece of wax is increased, the melting point of wax (a) decreases (b) increases (c) unchanges (d) decreases and then increases In the equilibrium state, thermodynamic probability of system is (a) ∞ (b) one (c) zero (d) minimum Which of the following districts suffered from natural calamity in September 2012, after the cloud burst in Gangotri of district Uttar Kashi ? (a) Chamoli (b) Pithoragarh (c) Rudraprayag (d) Tehri Garhwal Who among the following Indian actresses has been chosen as the brand ambassador for sanitation programme ? (a) Kareena Kapoor (b) Aishwarya Rai (c) Vidya Balan (d) Hema Malini Who is the author of the recently published book “Beyond the Lines : An Autobiography”? (a) Shashi Tharoor (b) Jaswant Singh (c) Khushwant Singh (d) Kuldeep Nayyar In which of the following cities Metro Rail Service was started in 2011 ? (a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad The Targetted Public Distribution System was adopted from (a) June 1, 1996 (b) June 1, 1997 (c) June 1, 1999 (d) June 1, 2000 The share of industry in GDP at Factor Cost (at 2004-05 prices) in 2011-12 was (a) 27 percent (b) 29 percent (c) 24 percent (d) 32 percent Who wrote the book “Indian Economic Crisis” ? (a) K.N. Raj (b) A.K. Sen (c) C.T. Kurien (d) L.C. Jain When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly ? (a) 26th November, 1949 (b) 15th August, 1949 (c) 9th December, 1946 (d) 26th January, 1950 Who composed ‘Nuh Sipehar’ ? (a) Al-Biruni (b) Amir Khusro (c) Ziauddin Barni (d) None of these The ‘Hindu Mahasabha’ was established in 1915 on the occasion of ‘Kumbha Mela’ at (a) Nasik (b) Prayag (c) Ujjain (d) Haridwar Which one of the following rivers is the right side tributary of Ganga ? (a) Yamuna (b) Ram Ganga (c) Gomti (d) Ghaghra In which one of the following States of India is Pir Panjal Range located ? (a) Meghalaya (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) Jammu and Kashmir Which one of the following industries located in Saharanpur is the oldest ? (a) Fertilizer (b) Cotton Textile (c) Woollen Textile (d) Paper Which one of the following statements is not true according to Census 2011 ? (a) India accounts for 20% of the World population (b) Population of India is 121 crores (c) The increase in population is by 17.64% during the decade 2001-2011 (d) The highest density of population is in Delhi. Which one of the following countries is not a member of SAARC ? (a) Maldives (b) Pakistan (c) Afghanistan (d) Iran Which one of the following tribes use ‘Iglu’ for shelter ? (a) Eskimos (b) Masai (c) Bushman (d) Pigmy
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