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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.5779·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Arithmetic mean of 10 observations is 60 and sum of squares of deviations from 50 is 5000. What is the standard deviation of the observations?

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Q.5780·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

The median of the observations 22, 24, 33, 37, x + 1, x + 3, 46, 47, 57, 58 in ascending order is 42. What are the values of 5th and 6th observations respectively ?

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Q.5781·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

A bag contains 20 books out of which 5 are defective. If 3 of the books are selected at random and removed from the bag in succession without replacement, then what is the probability that all three books are defective?

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Q.5782·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

A coin is biased so that heads comes up thrice as likely as tails. For three independent tosses of a coin, what is the probability of getting at most two tails?

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Q.5783·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

A straight line passes through the point (1, 1, 1) makes an angle 60° with the positive direction of z-axis, and the cosine of the angles made by it with the positive directions of the y-axis and the x-axis are in the ratio √3 : 1. What is the acute angle between the two possible positions of the line ?

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Q.5784·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

The equation ax + by + c = 0 represents a straight line

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Q.5785·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Consider the following statements : 1. The magnitude of a × b is same as the area of a triangle with sides a and b 2. If a × b = 0 where a ≠ 0, b ≠ 0, then a = λb Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

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Q.5786·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Consider the following equations for two vectors a and b : 1. ( a + b ) · ( a − b ) = | a |² − | b |² 2. [( a + b )] [( a − b )] = | a |² − | b |² 3. | a · b |² + | a × b |² = | a |² | b |² Which of the above statements are correct?

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Q.5787·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Let f(x) = x² + 2x – 5 and g(x) = 5x + 30 If h(x) = 5f(x) – xg(x), then what is the derivative of h(x) ?

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Q.5788·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

What is cotA + cosecA equal to?

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Q.5789·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

If angle C of a triangle ABC is a right angle, then what is tanA + tanB equal to?

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Q.5790·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

What is cot(A/2) – tan(A/2) equal to?

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Q.5791·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Let f(x) = x² + 2x – 5 and g(x) = 5x + 30 Consider the following statements : 1. f[g(x)] is a polynomial of degree 3. 2. g[f(x)] is a polynomial of degree 2. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

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Q.5792·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

For what value of k is the function ⎧ 2x + 1/4 , x < 0 f(x) = ⎨ k , x = 0 continuous ? ⎩ (x + 1/2)^2 , x > 0

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Q.5793·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

What is cos80° + cos40° – cos20° equal to?

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Q.5794·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

If 2tanA = 3tanB = 1, then what is tan(A – B) equal to?

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Q.5795·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Consider the function f(x) = g(x) + h(x) where g(x) = sin(x/4) and h(x) = cos(4x/5) What is the period of the function f(x) ?

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Q.5796·Miscellaneous·2019·Easy

Consider the function f(x) = g(x) + h(x) where g(x) = sin(x/4) and h(x) = cos(4x/5) What is the period of the function h(x) ?

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