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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.13429·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

In this question there has a word has been underlined/italic followed by words listed (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the appropriate word most opposite in meaning to the underlined/italic word and mark your Answer Sheet accordingly. Everybody called it a lavish party.

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Q.13430·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

S1 : Human ways of life have steadily changed. S6 : During the last few years change has been even more rapid than usual. P : From that time to this, civilization has always been changing. Q : About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting. R : Ancient Egypt - Greece - The Roman Empire - the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages - The Renaissance - the age of modern science and of modern nations - one has succeeded the other; and history has never stood still. S : A settled civilized life began only when agriculture was discovered. The proper sequence should be:

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Q.13431·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

A young man riding a motor-cycle approached a policeman in a market place and sought his assistance in reaching a particular locality. The policeman gave him some __ and the motor-cyclist left..

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Q.13432·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Picasso is considered by many as the greatest painter of the modern age. There are stories and legends about him. Once, on a beach in Southern France, a little boy, obviously sent by his parents, approached Picasso ____ a sheet of paper and begged for a small autographed drawing. Picasso

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Q.13433·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

In this items a word or a phrase has been underlined/italic followed by words or phrases listed (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the most appropriate word/phrase closest in meaning to the underlined/italic word or phrase and mark your Answer Sheet accordingly. The old man shows no signs of infirmity even though he is eighty years old.

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Q.13434·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The mean of 7 observations is 7. If each observation is increased by 2, then the new mean is

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Q.13435·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

The eyewitness testimony was incontrovertible .

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Q.13436·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Consider the following statements : 1. The tangent of a circle is a line that meets the circle in one and only one point. 2. The tangent of a circle at the end point of the diameter is perpendicular to the diameter. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

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Q.13437·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

In the figure given above, ABCD is a trapezium. EF is parallel to AD and BC. Angle y is equal to

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Q.13438·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Consider a circle with centre at O and radius r. Points A and B lie on its circumference and a point M lies outside of it such that M, A and O lie on the same straight line. Then the ratio of MA to MB is

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Q.13439·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

ABC is a right-angled triangle such that AB = a, BC = a and CA = a + b. D is a point on BC such that BD ~ AB. The ratio of BD : DC for any value of a and b is given by

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Q.13440·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

In the figure given above, the area of rectangle ABCD is 100 square cm, O is any point on AB and CD = 20 cm. Then the area of triangle COD is

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Q.13441·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

In the figure given above, PQRS is a parallelogram. If AP, AQ, CR, CS are bisectors of ∠P, ∠Q, ∠R and ∠S respectively, then ABCD is a

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Q.13442·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

ABCD is a trapezium with parallel sides AB = 2 cm and DC = 3 cm. E and F are the mid-points of the non-parallel sides. The ratio of area of ABFE to area of EFCD is

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Q.13443·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 15 minutes. If both the pipes are opened in an empty tank, the time taken to make it full is

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Q.13444·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

There are 45 male and 15 female employees in an office. If the mean salary of the 60 employees is ₹4,800 and the mean salary of the male employees is ₹5,000, then the mean salary of the female employee is

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Q.13445·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

My brother’s zest for the new project was infectious.

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Q.13446·Miscellaneous·2013·Easy

Bana in Sanskrit, Lyly in English and Prasad in Hindi are celebrated for their florid style.

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