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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.11683·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Consider the following statements in respect of the matrix: Matrix A = {0 1 2} {-1 0 -3} {-2 3 0} 1.The matrix A is skew-symmetric. 2.The matrix A is symmetric. 3.The matrix A is invertible. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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Q.11684·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken Mathematics, 12 had taken Physics and 11 had taken Chemistry, 5 had taken Mathematics and Chemistry, 9 had taken Mathematics and Physics, 4 had taken Physics and Chemistry and 3 had taken all the three subjects. Consider the following statements: 1.The number of students who had taken only one subject is equal to the number of students who had taken only two subjects. 2.The number of students who had taken at least two subjects is four times the number of students who had taken all the three subjects. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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Q.11685·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken Mathematics, 12 had taken Physics and 11 had taken Chemistry, 5 had taken Mathematics and Chemistry, 9 had taken Mathematics and Physics, 4 had taken Physics and Chemistry and 3 had taken all the three subjects.   The number of students who had taken only Physics is:

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Q.11686·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

If any two adjacent rows or columns of a determinant are interchanged in position, the value of the determinant:

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Q.11687·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The determinant of an odd order skew symmetric matrix is always:

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Q.11688·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

If A is any matrix, then the product AA is defined only when A is a matrix of order m × n where:

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Q.11689·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

What is the argument of the complex number (1+i)(2+i)/3−i where i =√-1 ?

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Q.11690·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

How many different words can be formed by taking four letters out of the letters of the word 'AGAIN' if each word has to start with A?

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Q.11691·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Let X denote the number of scores which exceed 4 in 18 tosses of a symmetrical die. Consider the following statements: 1.The arithmetic mean of X is 6. 2.The standard deviation of X is 2. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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Q.11692·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, words are to be formed by involving 3 consonants and 2 vowels. The number of such words formed is:

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Q.11693·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

It has been found that if A and B play a game 12 times, A wins 6 times, B wins 4 times and they draw twice. A and B take part in a series of 3 games. The probability that they win alternately is:

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Q.11694·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The cumulative frequency of the largest observed value must always be:

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Q.11695·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

p, q, r, s, t are five numbers such that the average of p, q, and r is 5 and that of s and t is 10. What is the average of all the five numbers?

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Q.11696·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

What is the mean of the squares of the first 20 natural numbers?

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Q.11697·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

A box contains 3 white and 2 black balls. Two balls are drawn at random one after the other. If the balls are not replaced, what is the probability that both the balls are black?

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Q.11698·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

The sum of an infinite GP is x and the common ratio r is such that |r| < 1. If the first term of the GP is 2, then which one of the following is correct?

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Q.11699·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

If P and Q are two complex numbers, then the modulus of the quotient of P and Q is:

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Q.11700·Miscellaneous·2014·Easy

Consider the following relations from A to B where A = {u, v, w, x, y, z} and B = {p, q, r, s}. 1.{(u, p), (v, p), (w, p), (x, q), (y, q), (z, q)} 2.{(u, p), (v, q), (w, r), (z, s)} 3.{(u, s), (v, r), (w, q), (u, p), (v, q), (z, q)} 4.{(u, q), (v, p), (w, s), (x, r), (y, q), (z, s)} Which of the above relations are not functions?

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