SaralUPSC
  • Home
  • Blogs
  • Prelims Questions
  • Mains Questions
  • Tests
Start Free Test
SaralUPSC

Saral Preparation Pvt. Ltd.

Delhi, India

support@saralupsc.com

Toll Free: 1800 000 0000

Office Hours: 10 AM – 7 PM (All 7 days)

Company

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Media
  • Sitemap

Products

  • Test Series
  • Live Quizzes
  • Notes
  • Videos
  • Blog

Useful Links

  • Prelims Questions
  • Mains Questions
  • Free Tests
  • Sign Up
  • Login

Follow us

© 2026 Saral Preparation Pvt. Ltd.. All rights reserved.

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • User Policy

Prelims

UPSC Prelims Questions

Practice UPSC Prelims MCQs by subject and year. Free questions with explanations for focused revision.

  1. Home
  2. /Prelims Questions
Q.9649·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

What would be the maximum value of Q in the equation 59Q + 37R + 2Q8 = 1114 ?

View question
Q.9650·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

S1: Helen graduated in 1904 with special honours in English. S6: Her dress was torn and roses were snatched from her hat. P: She was twenty-four years old. Q: She was invited to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 to awaken worldwide interest in the education of the deaf-blind. R: But on Helen Keller Day the crowds got out of hand. S: Requests were already flowing in for appearances and for magazine articles. The proper sequence should be

View question
Q.9651·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

S1: One of the many young scientists who chose to throw in their lot with Rutherford was an Oxford physical chemist, Frederick Soddy. S6: We now know that Gamma rays are a particularly fierce form of X-rays. P: His association with Rutherford lasted only two years, but that was long enough to change the whole face of physics. Q: He was just 23. R: They found that thorium changed into a new element, thorium X, and in the process gave off what was apparently a gas and at the same time a third type of ray, which they named after the Greek letter 'Gamma'. S: When he teamed up with Rutherford, they investigated thorium which, as Marie Curie had shown, was radioactive. The proper sequence should be

View question
Q.9652·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

S1: The boy felt his way up the creaking stairs through thick darkness. S6: He was just telling himself he was safe when the door was flung open and the gaunt old man grabbed his shoulder. P: All he had to do was just get past the central door on the landing. Q: He stopped as the great clock below whined for a few seconds and gave out a single, solemn stroke. R: His eyes were raised to the faint moonlight that shone above the landing. S: He hesitated as the sound died down and then crept on, thinking that if they could sleep through that, they would sleep through any noise he could make. The proper sequence should be

View question
Q.9653·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

S1: Don't you think that the housefly is a nuisance? S6: When you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is just cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the material that has gathered there. P: For ages that's what man considered the fly to be -just a nuisance. Q: It was discovered that these flies carried disease germs that cause the death of millions people every year. R: But now we know that the innocent-looking housefly is one of man's worst enemies. S: It makes an irritating buzzing sound; it annoys you when it crawls on your skin; and so on. The proper sequence should be

View question
Q.9654·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

S1: Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs to be scientifically described. S6: This quadrupedal dinosaur lived about 70 million years ago and its fossils are found in many parts of England, Europe, Asia and North Africa. P: These teeth formed a dental battery in which replacing teeth were constantly growing. Q: The fore limbs were slightly larger than other members of its group known as Ornithischia. R: It had numerous teeth in the sides of the jaws, arranged in rows. S: It was about 40 feet in length. The proper sequence should be

View question
Q.9655·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If a square of side x and an equilateral triangle of side y are inscribed in a circle, then what is the ratio of x to y?

View question
Q.9656·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

What is the number of rounds that a wheel of diameter 56/11 m will make in traversing 7 km?

View question
Q.9657·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A cubic metre of copper weighing 9000 kg is rolled into a square bar 9 m long. An equal cube is cut off from the bar. How much does the cube weigh?

View question
Q.9658·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A building is in the form of a cylinder surmounted by a hemispherical dome on the diameter of the cylinder. The height of the building is three times the radius of the base of the cylinder. The building contains 67 2/11 m³ of air. What is the height of the building?

View question
Q.9659·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The cost of painting a spherical vessel of diameter 14 cm is Rs. 800. What is the cost of painting per square centimetre?

View question
Q.9660·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If a quadrilateral has an inscribed circle, then the sum of a pair of opposite sides equals

View question
Q.9661·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

A circle and a square have the same perimeter. Which one of the following is correct?

View question
Q.9662·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

In an equilateral triangle another equilateral triangle is drawn inside joining the mid-points of the sides of given equilateral triangle and the process is continued up to 7 times. What is the ratio of area of fourth triangle to that of seventh triangle?

View question
Q.9663·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

Rain water from a roof 22 m × 20 m drains into a cylindrical vessel having diameter of base 2 m and height 3.5 m. If the vessel is just full, what is the rainfall?

View question
Q.9664·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The height of a cone is 60 cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to the base and its volume is 1/64 the volume of original cone. What is the height from the base at which the section is made?

View question
Q.9665·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

If two tangents inclined at an angle 60° are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then what is the length of each tangent?

View question
Q.9666·Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

The avowed purpose of the exact sciences is to establish complete intellectual control over experience in terms of precise rules which can be formally set out and empirically tested. Could that ideal be fully achieved, all truth and all error could henceforth be ascribed to an exact theory of the universe, while we who accept this theory would be relieved of any occasion for exercising our personal judgement. We should only have to follow the rules faithfully. Classical mechanics approaches this ideal so closely that it is often thought to have achieved it. But this leaves out of account the element of personal judgement involved in applying the formulae of mechanics to the facts of experience. In exact sciences

View question
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …536
  • 537
  • 538
  • …901
  • Next

Filter by subject

  • All subjects
  • Polity
  • History
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Environment & Ecology
  • Science & Technology
  • International Relations
  • Art & Culture
  • Agriculture
  • Security Issues
  • Disaster Management
  • Social Issues
  • Governance
  • Ethics
  • Essay
  • Current Affairs
  • Ancient History
  • Medieval History
  • Modern History
  • Indian Society
  • Indian Constitution
  • Physical Geography
  • Indian Geography
  • World Geography
  • Indian Economy
  • Ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
  • Internal Security
  • GS Paper 1
  • GS Paper 2
  • GS Paper 3
  • GS Paper 4
  • CSAT
  • Miscellaneous
  • Filter by year

    • All years

    Filter by difficulty

    • All levels
    • Easy

    Quick links

    • All questions
    • Mains questions