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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.7381·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

S1 : Measurement is an important concept in performance management. P: It also indicates where things are not going so well, so that corrective action can be taken. Q: It identifies where things are going well to provide the foundations for building further success. R: It is the basis for providing and generating feedback. S: Measuring performance is relatively easy for those who are responsible for achieving quantified targets for example sales.

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Q.7382·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

S1 : It is doubtful if mankind, throughout its long history, has ever lived at all ‘sustainably’. P: But in general mankind has regarded the environment as an endless ‘resource’ to be exploited and plundered. Q: May be a few isolated tribal groups found the necessary balance with nature lived without the desire for endless ‘more’. R: Now we have reached a point where we are on the verge of destroying ourselves and most of the life on earth. S: This process has accelerated greatly since the industrial revolution. S6 : The concept of ‘sustainable’ is so far from reality that it is almost laughable.

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Q.7383·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

In this question each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 : Decentralized planning is a process of planning that begins from the grassroots level taking into confidence all the beneficiaries. P: Under decentralized planning, the operation is from bottom to top. Q: It can be said that it is more connected with the capitalistic economies. R: It empowers the individuals and small groups to carry out their plans for their achievement of a common goal. S: The decentralized planning is implemented through market mechanism. S6 : But it cannot be described as undemocratic for most national states adopt such a planning now.

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Q.7384·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

In this question each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 : Tolstoy Farm was founded in 1910 by which time Gandhi had already conceptualised ideas that he would develop in India. P: He was rich and used his money to buy the land and help set up the farm. Q: A Jewish architect, Kallenbach was by his side through this period. R: Tolstoy Farm became the subject of research for different kinds of cooperative communities across the world. S: He first put in the social, moral, religious components of his doctrine. S6 : Both he and Gandhi often referred to the time that they spent in Tolstoy Farm as among the happiest in their lives.

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Q.7385·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

In this question each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 : Though most of us talk of discipline, what do we mean by that word? P: The teacher would understand each child and help him in the way required. Q: But if you have five or six in a class, and an intelligent understanding teacher with a warm heart, I am sure there would be no need for discipline. R: When you have a hundred boys in a class, you will have to have discipline; otherwise there will be complete chaos. S: Discipline in schools becomes necessary when there is one teacher to a hundred boys and girls. S6 : And most of us are interested in mass movements, large schools with a great many boys and girls; we are not interested in creative intelligence, therefore we put up huge schools with enormous attendance.

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Q.7386·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

This painting has a distinctive element which can be noticed well.

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Q.7387·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

In this question each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 : Truth is far more important than the teacher. P: Without self-knowledge, the airplane becomes the most destructive instrument in life; but with self-knowledge, it is a means of human help. Q: Wisdom begins with self-knowledge; and without self-knowledge, mere information leads to destruction. R: In other words, you have to be the perfect teacher to create a new society; and to bring the perfect teacher into being, you have to understand yourself. S: Therefore you, who are the seeker of truth, have to be both the pupil and the teacher. S6 : So a teacher must obviously be one who is not within the clutches of society, who does not play power politics or seeks position or authority.

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Q.7388·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

In this question each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1 : The giant wall of the Dhauladhar range in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most stunning sights in the Himalayas. P: As the life line of the region it acts as a watershed ridge between Chamba's Ravi river system and Kangra's Beas river system. Q: Although of modest altitude compared to other Himalayan ranges – the highest Dhauladhar peak is less than 5,000 m. R: Thus, the Dhauladhar could be stated as the life line of the region. S: Despite of that, the range sweeps up an astounding 12,000 ft. from the valley floor, creating a barrier wall that in is striking to look at. S6 : Looming over the hill stations of Dharmasala and McLeodganj, the Dhauladhar is a popular trekking destination.

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Q.7389·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

P: sacred to the Gaddi people Q: is home R: to a chain of high altitude lakes S: that towers over the Kangra valley

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Q.7390·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

P: besides conducting surveys on housing Q: and disseminates the statistical information R: collects, tabulates S: on housing and building construction activities

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Q.7391·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

There prevailed a woebegone feeling in the room.

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Q.7392·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Which one of the following denotes a 'true' fruit ?

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Q.7393·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Which one of the following agents does not contribute to propagation of plants through seed dispersal ?

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Q.7394·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

The manager said to his colleagues, “We have received a serious threat to our business now and we need to act to face it.”

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Q.7395·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

The preacher said to the crowd, “The Sun rises everyday for all of us without any expectations in return.”

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Q.7396·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Which one of the following is the correct ascending sequence of States in terms of their population density as per Census 2011?

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Q.7397·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

The members of the parliament elect their group leader either by consensus or by voice vote.

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Q.7398·Miscellaneous·2018·Easy

Which of the following is/are the main absorbing organ/organs of plants?

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