UPSC CMS 2010 | General Ability Answers

UPSC CMS 2010 General Ability Answers

1. Keibul Lamjao national park in Bishnupur in Manipur is the only Floating National Park in India

2. Damodar River Project is the first multipurpose river project of India

3. Group of monuments at Hampi is declared a UNESCO heritage site

4. According to most references Ozone is at a distance of 10-50 km from earth but is most concentrated in its lower part

5. Elected members of the State Legislative Councils are not members of the electoral college that elects the president of India

6. Planning Commission question
Answer is (a) – 1 only

7. Nuclear Power Reactor – State question
Answer is (b)
Kaiga – Karnataka
Kakrapar – Gujarat
Narora – UP
Rawatbhata – Rajasthan

8. The word kombucha (Kargasok) literally means “tea made from kombu seaweed.” However, what is called Kombucha tea today has no seaweed in it. Furthermore, despite the name Manchurian mushroom, Kombucha is not a mushroom either. The gelatinous mass is a colony of numerous species of fungi and bacteria living together, and the same microorganisms permeate the tea. The precise composition of any sample of Kombucha depends to a great extent on what was floating around in your kitchen when you grew it.
The most common microorganisms found in Kombucha tea include species of Brettanomyces , Zygosaccharomyces , Saccharomyces , Candida , Torula , Acetobacter, and Pichia. However, some analyzed specimens have been found to contain completely different organisms, and there is no guarantee that they will be harmless.

So answer seems to be fungus

9. ASHA question
Answer is (b) – 2 only

10. Indian state with lowest population density is Arunachal Pradesh (34)

11. The river dolphins are found in the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra and their tributaries. It’s scientific name is Platanista gangetica.
So, answer is more likely to be Ganga
And my friend preparing for civil services examination also says Ganga

12. Lead Chromate is used as an adulterant in Turmeric Powder

13. Sodium benzoate is used for preservation of fruit juices

14. Aflatoxin – fungus

15. Experiment to use Wolbachia pipientis to reduce life span of Aedes aegypti – in Queensland (Australia )

16. Spitzer Space Telescope belongs to NASA

17. Mesenchymal Stem Cell question
Answer is (c) – Both 1 and 2

18. KG-D6 is the name of a hydrocarbon block

19. Food Adulteration act question
Answer is (b) – 2 only

20. First Indigenous satellite launched in recent past by Iran

21. Pill camera question
Answer is (a) most probably

22. Prime Minister heads the National Disaster Management Authority

23. Agriculture contributes less than 30% to India’s GDP

24. Largest livestock population in the world is in India

25. Goal of National Health Policy (2002) is to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2015

26. Bhima is a tributary of Krishna

27. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is the nodal point for contact with Codex Alimentarius Commission which deals with International Food Standards

28. Tropical rain forests are found on Western Ghats of South india

29. Bt cotton is pest resistant variety

30. Option (c) at Badrinath it is Alakananda