UPSC Prelims Miscellaneous Questions

Q.1117Miscellaneous2024Easy

This consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly. P-disbursement of pension expeditiously Q- all efforts are made to process the R-once all requisite documents are received from S-the beneficiaries

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Q.1118Miscellaneous2024Easy

This consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly. P-than interpreting it Q-combating poverty continues R-understanding poverty is more important S-to elude humanity because

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Q.1119Miscellaneous2024Easy

It must not be imagined that a walking tour, as some would have us fancy, is merely a better or worse way of seeing the country. There are many ways of seeing landscape quite as good; and none more vivid, in spite of canting dilettantes, than from a railway train. But landscape on a walking tour is quite an accessory. He who is indeed of the brotherhood does not voyage in quest of the picturesque, but of certain jolly humours — of the hope and spirit with which the march begins at morning, and the peace and spiritual repletion of the evening’s rest. He cannot tell whether he puts his knapsack on, or takes it off, with more delight. The excitement of the departure puts him in key for that of the arrival. Whatever he does is not only a reward in itself, but will be further rewarded in the sequel; and so pleasure leads on to pleasure in an endless chain. It is this that so few can understand; they will either be always lounging or always at five miles an hour; they do not play off the one against the other, prepare all day for the evening, and all evening for the next day. Now, to be properly enjoyed, a walking tour should be gone upon alone. If you go in a company, or even in pairs, it is no longer a walking tour in anything but name; it is something else and more in the nature of a picnic. A walking tour should be gone upon alone, because freedom is of the essence; because you should be able to stop and go on, and follow this way or that, as the freak takes you; and because you must have your own pace, and neither trot alongside a champion walker, nor mince in time with a girl. And then you must be open to all impressions and let your thoughts take colour from what you see. You should be as a pipe for any wind to play upon. “I cannot see the wit,” says Hazlitt, “of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country” — which is the gist of all that can be said upon the matter. There should be no cackle of voices at your elbow, to jar on the meditative silence of the morning. And so long as a man is reasoning he cannot surrender himself to that fine intoxication that comes of much motion in the open air, that begins in a sort of dazzle and sluggishness of the brain, and ends in a peace that passes comprehension. According to the passage, what can adversely affect the walking tour?

Q.1120Miscellaneous2024Easy

Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). (a) Everything (b) what happened (c) was because of my actions. (d) No error

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Q.1121Miscellaneous2024Easy

A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question : If the price of petrol goes up by 20%, by what percentage should the consumption be reduced so that the expenditure remains the same? Statement-I : Price of petrol per litre was Rs. 90 Statement-II : Consumption was 24 litre before price hike Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements ?

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Q.1122Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following statements : I. 61 divides 107^100 - 76^100 II. 100 divides 67^5 + 33^5 Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Q.1123Miscellaneous2024Easy

Historical analysis combines several levels of thinking and study, posing a question about the past, setting up the problem in a form intended to facilitate its solution, solving the problem, and verifying the solution or interpretation. Academic history relies on formal analysis, based on rational and systematic apprehension of relevant evidence. Yet such formal analysis can be seen as a subset of the broader category of interpretation, including responses to evidence that are impressionistic and informal rather than formal and logically structured. Indeed, the many genres of academic and popular history run the full gamut from logically systematic to impressionistic. Historians come from a widely varying range of philosophical traditions, and the varying philosophies lead to quite different ways of posing questions and answers. The distinctions among philosophical principles sketched here help to show how it is that different analytical priorities arise on the main topics proposed for analysis; they also show how historians can rely on similar data yet come to different or conflicting conclusions. Nineteenth century philosophical outlooks remain central to the world-historical analysis: most notably the dialectics of G.W.F. Hegel and the materialism of Karl Marx. Another great nineteenth-century current of thought was positivism, elaborated by Auguste Comte and focusing on study through breaking large problems into small ones, seeking deterministic relationship within the smaller problems. Philosophies of structuralism and post modernism have developed in more recent times, rejecting the positivist separation of problems into discrete sub-problems and emphasizing interaction among aspects of a problem. What, according to the author, makes historians come to conflicting conclusions? 1. They are influenced by their philosophical beliefs in asking questions on the same data. 2. They apply different interpretations on the same data. 3. They go for the primary data and evidence. 4. They are influenced by the current political developments. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q.1124Miscellaneous2024Easy

Historical analysis combines several levels of thinking and study, posing a question about the past, setting up the problem in a form intended to facilitate its solution, solving the problem, and verifying the solution or interpretation. Academic history relies on formal analysis, based on rational and systematic apprehension of relevant evidence. Yet such formal analysis can be seen as a subset of the broader category of interpretation, including responses to evidence that are impressionistic and informal rather than formal and logically structured. Indeed, the many genres of academic and popular history run the full gamut from logically systematic to impressionistic. Historians come from a widely varying range of philosophical traditions, and the varying philosophies lead to quite different ways of posing questions and answers. The distinctions among philosophical principles sketched here help to show how it is that different analytical priorities arise on the main topics proposed for analysis; they also show how historians can rely on similar data yet come to different or conflicting conclusions. Nineteenth century philosophical outlooks remain central to the world-historical analysis: most notably the dialectics of G.W.F. Hegel and the materialism of Karl Marx. Another great nineteenth-century current of thought was positivism, elaborated by Auguste Comte and focusing on study through breaking large problems into small ones, seeking deterministic relationship within the smaller problems. Philosophies of structuralism and post modernism have developed in more recent times, rejecting the positivist separation of problems into discrete sub-problems and emphasizing interaction among aspects of a problem. Which word(s) from the passage can be substituted for the assertion that “all events and human actions are ultimately shaped by causes external to the will”?

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Q.1125Miscellaneous2024Easy

Let S = 5^a +7^b + 11° +13^d, where a, b, c and d are natural numbers. What is the number of distinct remainders of S when it is divided by 10?

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Q.1126Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements about 'Green Credit Initiative' is/are correct? 1.It is a response to the challenge of climate change. 2.It promotes plantations on wasteland and river catchment areas. 3.It is a scheme of the Government of India to replace the kerosene oil with solar power used by the rural poor. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.1127Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements about India's rank in the Global Innovation Index-2023, published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, is/are correct? 1.India has been placed at 40th rank. 2.India has been on a rising trajectory over the period 2015-2023. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.1128Miscellaneous2024Easy

The average of the temperatures recorded at noontime from Monday to Sunday is 31°C. If the lowest temperature recorded is 30°C, then what is the maximum of temperature that is possible to record at noontime on anyone of the days

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Q.1129Miscellaneous2024Easy

Consider the following statements about the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): 1.One of the goals of SCO is to promote a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order. 2.Iran is a permanent member of SCO. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Q.1130Miscellaneous2024Easy

Historical analysis combines several levels of thinking and study, posing a question about the past, setting up the problem in a form intended to facilitate its solution, solving the problem, and verifying the solution or interpretation. Academic history relies on formal analysis, based on rational and systematic apprehension of relevant evidence. Yet such formal analysis can be seen as a subset of the broader category of interpretation, including responses to evidence that are impressionistic and informal rather than formal and logically structured. Indeed, the many genres of academic and popular history run the full gamut from logically systematic to impressionistic. Historians come from a widely varying range of philosophical traditions, and the varying philosophies lead to quite different ways of posing questions and answers. The distinctions among philosophical principles sketched here help to show how it is that different analytical priorities arise on the main topics proposed for analysis; they also show how historians can rely on similar data yet come to different or conflicting conclusions. Nineteenth century philosophical outlooks remain central to the world-historical analysis: most notably the dialectics of G.W.F. Hegel and the materialism of Karl Marx. Another great nineteenth-century current of thought was positivism, elaborated by Auguste Comte and focusing on study through breaking large problems into small ones, seeking deterministic relationship within the smaller problems. Philosophies of structuralism and post modernism have developed in more recent times, rejecting the positivist separation of problems into discrete sub-problems and emphasizing interaction among aspects of a problem. Which one of the following relates to the post-modernist approach to History?

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Q.1131Miscellaneous2024Easy

Recently the Government of India entered into an agreement for a lithium exploration and mining project with which one among the following countries?

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Q.1132Miscellaneous2024Easy

Which of the following statements about the ICC under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup, 2024 is/are correct? 1.Australia won this title for the 4th time. 2.It was organised in South Africa. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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Q.1133Miscellaneous2024Easy

A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: The largest of five different integers is 8and least is 2. What is the average of these integers? Statement-I : The sum of all the 5 integers is a multiple of 5 Statement-II : The number of odd integers is odd Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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Q.1134Miscellaneous2024Easy

A question is given followed by two statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the correct option. Question: Is 327^n + 173^n divisible by 500? Statement-I : n is odd natural number Statement-II : n is a positive integer Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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UPSC Prelims Miscellaneous Questions

Consider the following statements : I. 61 divides 107^100 - 76^100 II. 100 divides 67^5 + 33^5 Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Let S = 5^a +7^b + 11° +13^d, where a, b, c and d are natural numbers. What is the number of distinct remainders of S when it is divided by 10?

The average of the temperatures recorded at noontime from Monday to Sunday is 31°C. If the lowest temperature recorded is 30°C, then what is the maximum of temperature that is possible to record at noontime on anyone of the days

Consider the following statements about the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): 1.One of the goals of SCO is to promote a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order. 2.Iran is a permanent member of SCO. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Recently the Government of India entered into an agreement for a lithium exploration and mining project with which one among the following countries?

Which of the following statements about the ICC under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup, 2024 is/are correct? 1.Australia won this title for the 4th time. 2.It was organised in South Africa. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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