UPSC Prelims 2006 · General Studies
Question 25: Economy and Social Development
Consider the following statements:
- 1.Petronet LNG Ltd. is setting up another LNG terminal at Mangalore.
- 2.The Head Office of the Dredging Corporation of India is at Visakhapatnam.
- 3.The Narwapahar Mine is operated by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
AnswerThe answer is (c).
Petronet LNG runs a terminal at Dahej and was building another at Kochi in Kerala, not Mangalore, so statement 1 is false. The Dredging Corporation of India is headquartered at Visakhapatnam, and the Narwapahar uranium mine in Jharkhand is run by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), so statements 2 and 3 are correct.
- 1. Petronet's new terminal was at Kochi, not Mangalore.
- 2. The Dredging Corporation of India has its head office at Visakhapatnam.
- 3. UCIL operates the Narwapahar uranium mine.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a), (b) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.
What you needed to know: Petronet's new terminal was at Kochi, not Mangalore.
Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statements 2 or 3.
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) Statement 1 is wrong: the new terminal is at Kochi, not Mangalore.
- (b) Statement 1 is wrong, and it leaves out statement 3, which is right.
- (c) Correct: statements 2 and 3 hold; 1 does not.
- (d) Statement 1 is wrong, and it leaves out statement 2, which is right.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2006, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.