2004 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies

Question 22: Economy and Social Development

Consider the following statements:

  1. 1.The Oil Pool Account of Government of India was dismantled with effect from 1-4-2002.
  2. 2.Subsidies on PDS kerosene and domestic LPG are borne by Consolidated Fund of India.
  3. 3.An expert committee headed by Dr. R.A. Mashelkar to formulate a national auto fuel policy recommended that Bharat Stage-II Emission Norms should be applied throughout the country by 1 April, 2004.

Which of these statements given above are correct?

a1 and 2
b2 and 3
c1 and 3
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerThe answer is (a).

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. The administered price mechanism ended and the Oil Pool Account was dismantled on 1 April 2002; subsidies on PDS kerosene and domestic LPG are then met from the Budget, that is the Consolidated Fund of India. In statement 3 the Mashelkar Committee's timeline for Bharat Stage-II norms across the country was 2005, not 2004, so it is wrong.

  • 1. The Oil Pool Account was dismantled with effect from 1 April 2002.
  • 2. These subsidies are paid from the Budget, the Consolidated Fund of India.
  • 3. The Mashelkar Committee's nationwide Bharat Stage-II deadline was 2005, not 2004.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 3 is not correct, (b), (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 3.

    What you needed to know: The Mashelkar Committee's nationwide Bharat Stage-II deadline was 2005, not 2004.

Only (a) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 2.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Correct: statements 1 and 2 hold; statement 3 has the wrong date.
  • (b) Includes statement 3, which has the wrong deadline.
  • (c) Includes statement 3 and leaves out statement 2.
  • (d) Statement 3 is not correct as given.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.