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UPSC Prelims Questions

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Q.8191·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

At which place Earth's magnetic field becomes horizontal?

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Q.8192·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the track and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again. The engine is compared to a fallen horse because

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Q.8193·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – Do you think Q – will R – this soap S – shrink woollen clothes

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Q.8194·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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. Parts: P – He Q – almost R – planned the entire strategy of operation S – single-handed

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Q.8195·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – We advised Q – the hijackers R – to surrender to the police S – themselves

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Q.8196·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead of still monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top. Which of the following is the most appropriate description of the area in which the narrator had been moving?

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Q.8197·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead of still monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top. ‘I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours’ suggests that

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Q.8198·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – She has Q – more intelligence R – than we suspected S – her to possess

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Q.8199·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – They Q – should implant R – in the minds of young children S – sound principles

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Q.8200·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the track and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again. The author had roused himself as he wanted to

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Q.8201·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. I was beginning to tire a little now. I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead of still monotonously rising, now dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ridge running up to a snowy summit. A few more whacks of the ice-axe in the firm snow and we stood on top. ‘It was turning more into a grim struggle’ would mean

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Q.8202·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Read the passages and answer the items that follow. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. We had just passed Tenali, where I roused myself in order to hear the name of the station. As I was falling asleep again, a violent jolt shot me into the arms of somebody in the seat opposite. The engine with one wheel broken was lying across the track and beside it was the luggage van, likewise, derailed. Groaning, wheezing, gasping, sputtering in its death agony, the engine was like a fallen horse which, snorting, trembling in every limb, its flanks heaving, its chest labouring, seems incapable of making the smallest effort to struggle on to its legs again. The engine stopped because

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Q.8203·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – Sports cars Q – appeal R – to some motorists only S – with noisy exhausts

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Q.8204·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

This question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled 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 – When I was a student Q – I learnt swimming at the age of 15 R – of class X S – in a government school

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Q.8205·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Which one of the following devices changes low voltage alternating current to high voltage alternating current and vice versa?

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Q.8206·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

Businessmen who lack acumen cannot be expected to be very successful.

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Q.8207·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

The police fired indiscriminately at the crowd, killing many innocent women and children.

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Q.8208·Miscellaneous·2017·Easy

In this question there has a sentence with a word underlined/italic and is followed by four words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the underlined/italic word and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. Bad tendencies are to be countered by good ones until all that is evil disappears.

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