UPSC Prelims Miscellaneous Questions

Q.1135Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1136Miscellaneous2024Easy

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-the National Education Policy-2020 envisages Q- and pedagogy in schools and colleges R- following the liberal approach S- a restructuring of existing curriculum

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Q.1137Miscellaneous2024Easy

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-the Amazon Basin in the central north Q-America’s physiography is R- in the west and S-dominated by the Andes Mountains

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Q.1138Miscellaneous2024Easy

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-encompassing a great many Q-has been eclectic R- historically and culturally Indian society Q-differences and contradictions

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Q.1139Miscellaneous2024Easy

What is the maximum area of a rectangle, in square cm, whose perimeter is 400 cm?

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Q.1140Miscellaneous2024Easy

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- the essence of human resource development is Q-remedial role in R- balancing the socio-economic fabric of the country S-education which plays a significant and

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Q.1141Miscellaneous2024Easy

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) Some people (b) could write well (c) while others didn't (d) No error

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Q.1142Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1143Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1144Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1145Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1146Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1147Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1148Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1149Miscellaneous2024Easy

In a class of 160 students, each of them opt at least one language from among English, Hindi and Sanskrit. It is found that 130 students opt English, 120 students Hindi and 110 Sanskrit. If the students opt either only one language or all three languages, then what is the number of students who study all three languages?

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Q.1150Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1151Miscellaneous2024Easy

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.1152Miscellaneous2024Easy

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

What is the maximum area of a rectangle, in square cm, whose perimeter is 400 cm?

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.

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?

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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