UPSC Prelims 2005 — solved PYQs

There was no party called the Indian Freedom Party founded by Bose.

The Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) was formed later during World War II in Southeast Asia, not in 1939 as a political party.

Bose did not found a party called the Revolutionary Front.

This places Wandiwash (1760) before Buxar (1764) and Ambur (1749), which is chronologically incorrect as Ambur came first.

This incorrectly places Wandiwash (1760) before Plassey (1757) and Ambur (1749).

This incorrectly places Buxar (1764) before Wandiwash (1760) and Plassey (1757).

Incorrect. Gandhi did not ask government servants to resign or soldiers to leave their posts at the launch of Quit India. His approach was directed at a broader mass movement.

Incorrect. Gandhi did not ask soldiers to leave their posts. Statement 3 alone is correct.

Incorrect. Only statement 3 is correct. Gandhi's instructions were carefully calibrated and he did not call upon government servants or soldiers to abandon their duties.

The Black Sea is an inland sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia. The Balearic Islands are not here.

The Baltic Sea is in northern Europe, far from the Balearic Islands.

The North Sea lies between Britain, Scandinavia and the Low Countries. The Balearic Islands are in the Mediterranean.

This is incorrect because This combination was not the accepted one.

This is incorrect because It used a weighted methodology, not equal weighting.

This is incorrect because Sensex is an equity market index, not a price index.

H. K. Sarkar was not associated with the founding of the Communist Party of India at Tashkent.

P. C. Joshi became General Secretary of the CPI later but was not the founder at the Tashkent gathering.

M. C. Chagla was a lawyer and judge, not associated with the Communist Party's formation.

The assertion is incorrect. Wind patterns around low-pressure systems (cyclones) are anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

The assertion overgeneralises. Whether winds are clockwise or anticlockwise depends on whether the system is a cyclone or anticyclone.

The reason is true. The Coriolis effect does govern the direction of wind patterns in both hemispheres.

MOP 1 was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2004, not in the Philippines.

India is a signatory and party to both the CBD and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

The USA has signed but not ratified the CBD and is not a party to the Cartagena Protocol.

Komagata Maru was not a political party. It was a Japanese steamship involved in a significant incident related to Indian emigration.

Komagata Maru was not a person but a ship chartered by Gurdit Singh in 1914.

Komagata Maru was a ship, not a geographical location. It has no connection to Mao's Long March.

While Maharashtra has wind energy installations, Satara's prominence in this context was linked to thermal power.

Satara is not primarily associated with a major hydroelectric plant.

No nuclear power plant is located at Satara.

Peshawar lies north of Islamabad, so Islamabad cannot come first in a north-to-south sequence.

This places Islamabad at the end (south), which is incorrect since it lies north of Gujranwala and Multan.

Multan and Peshawar are swapped in this sequence.

Incorrect. Statements 2 and 3 are false. The United States has dual citizenship at the federal and State level, unlike India which has single citizenship. A naturalised citizen can be deprived of citizenship under the Citizenship Act 1955.

Statement 3 is false. Under Section 10 of the Citizenship Act 1955, a naturalised citizen may be deprived of citizenship on grounds such as fraud in obtaining it, disloyalty, or trading with the enemy during war.

Statement 3 is false. The Citizenship Act 1955 provides specific grounds on which a naturalised citizen can be deprived of Indian citizenship.

Lord Dufferin served as Viceroy from 1884 to 1888 and did not repeal the Vernacular Press Act, which had already been repealed.

Lord Curzon served from 1899 to 1905, well after the Act was repealed in 1882.

Lord Hardinge served from 1910 to 1916, decades after the Act's repeal.

Essar Power did operate a power plant at Jamnagar in Gujarat, so this pairing is correct.

The Nabinagar thermal power project in Bihar was indeed associated with Indian Railways (developed by Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd, a joint venture involving Indian Railways).

The Kayamkulam (Rajiv Gandhi) Thermal Power Station in Kerala is operated by NTPC, so this pairing is correct.

Statements 1 and 2 are correct, but statement 3 is also correct. The 1935 Act did provide for an All India Federation.

Statements 2 and 3 are correct, but statement 1 is also correct. Provincial autonomy was a key feature replacing the earlier dyarchy system.

Statements 1 and 3 are correct, but statement 2 is also correct. The Federal Court was established under this Act.

R contains a factual error about the rotation period of the Moon, so it cannot be a correct explanation.

R is false because the Moon's rotation period is approximately 27.3 days, not 23 days.

A is true. Tidal locking ensures the Moon always shows the same face to Earth. The reason incorrectly states the rotation period as 23 days.

Kochi does receive the most rainfall, but Delhi receives less than Patna, making the last two positions incorrect.

Kochi receives more annual rainfall than Kolkata, so Kolkata cannot be first in a decreasing order.

Kochi receives more rainfall than Kolkata, and Delhi receives less than Patna, making this sequence incorrect.

Incorrect. Lord Wavell, not Lord Mountbatten, was the Viceroy when the Simla Conference took place in 1945. Mountbatten arrived in India only in March 1947.

Incorrect. Statement 1 is wrong. The Simla Conference was convened by Lord Wavell in June 1945, two years before Mountbatten became Viceroy.

Incorrect. Statement 2 is correct. The RIN Mutiny of 1946 did involve Indian sailors rising against the British at Bombay and Karachi.

Africa (20.4%) has a larger land area than North America (16.5%), so Africa should come first in the decreasing order.

Africa is larger than North America, and South America is larger than Europe. This sequence is incorrect on both counts.

South America (17.84 million km²) is larger than Europe (10.18 million km²), so Europe cannot come before South America in a decreasing order.

Kochi was not a Dutch colony until independence. The Dutch lost their influence in Kochi by the late eighteenth century.

Fort Williams is associated with Calcutta (built by the British), not Kochi. The Dutch built Fort Kochi but did not name it Fort Williams.

Historically, the Portuguese arrived at Kochi first (early sixteenth century), followed by the Dutch who expelled them. The Portuguese did not take over from the Dutch.

Central America was not a significant centre of the Ghadar revolutionary movement.

West America is not a standard geographic designation. The Ghadar Party was based on the west coast of North America.

South America had no significant connection to the Ghadar revolutionary movement.

Southern Air Command is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram; this is correctly matched.

Eastern Naval Command is headquartered in Visakhapatnam; this is correctly matched.

Army Medical Corps Centre and School is in Lucknow; this is correctly matched.

While both statements are true, trypsinogen alone does not explain the complete digestion and absorption of proteins as amino acids.

R is factually correct; trypsinogen is indeed present in pancreatic juice.

A is also true; dietary proteins are digested to amino acids before absorption.

Ambedkar was not part of the Congress at this time and did not draft this resolution.

Rajendra Prasad was a Congress leader but did not draft the Karachi resolution on fundamental rights.

Sardar Patel presided over the Karachi session but Nehru drafted the resolution.

A.O. Hume was a retired British civil servant who helped found the Indian National Congress but was not known as a Fabian proponent.

Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a 19th-century Bengali poet and dramatist, not associated with Fabianism.

R. Palme Dutt was a British Communist (CPGB) writer on Indian affairs, associated with Marxism rather than Fabianism.