UPSC 2010 Prelim
1. A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side
is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is
adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would
be the opposite of brown?
A.
Red
B.
Black
C.
White
D.
Blue
ANSWER: C
2. By a regulation in 1793, the District Collector was
deprived of his judicial powers and made the collecting agent only. What was
the reason for such regulation?
A.
Lord Cornwallis felt that the District
Collector's efficiency of revenue collection would enormously increase without
the burden of other work
B.
Lord Cornwallis felt that judicial power should
compulsorily be in the hands of Europeans while Indians can be given the job of
revenue collection in the districts
C.
Lord Cornwallis was alarmed at the extent of
power concentrated in the District Collector and felt that such absolute power
was undesirable in one person.
D.
The judicial work demanded a deep knowledge of
India and a good training in law and' Lord Cornwallis felt that District Collector
should be only a revenue collector
ANSWER:
C
The judicial reforms undertaken by Lord
Cornwallis laid a strong foundation in the British Indian administrative system
in the year 1793. The judicial reforms of Cornwallis were documented in the
famous Cornwallis Code.
However the new judicial reforms of Lord
Cornwallis were based on the principle of Separation of Powers. Cornwallis at
first sought to separate the revenue administration from the administration of
justice. The collector used to be the head of the Revenue Department in a
district and also enjoyed extensive judicial and magisterial powers.
However Cornwallis wanted
Separation of Power and the Cornwallis Code divested the collector of all the
judicial and the magisterial powers. Thus the Collectors were given only the
power of the revenue administration according to the Cornwallis Code. A new
class of officer called the District
Judge was created to preside over the district Civil Court. The district
judge was also given the magisterial and the police function.
3. What is the principle by which a cooling system (Radiator)
in a motor car works?
A.
Conduction only
B.
Convection
C.
Radiation only
D.
Both conduction & radiation
ANSWER: B
4. In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E, there is a
professor, a doctor and lawyer. A and D are unmarried ladies, and do not work.
Of the married couple in the Group, E is the husband. B is the brother of A and
is neither a doctor nor a lawyer. Who is the professor?
A.
B
B.
C
C.
A
D. None of these
ANSWER: A
5. Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own
houses. One - fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of the
villagers are literate. Four- fifth of the villagers are below twenty five.
Then, which one of the following is certainly true?
A.
All the villagers who have their own houses are
literate
B.
Some villagers under twenty five are literate
C.
A quarter of the villagers who have their own
houses cultivate paddy
D.
Half of the villagers who cultivate paddy are
literate
ANSWER: B
