APSC AE CE Paper 2 Mock Test - 3 - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

One word substitution is Versatile.

Versatile: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.
Nubile: sexually mature; old enough for marriage.
Exceptional: unusually good; outstanding.
Gifted: having exceptional talent or natural ability.
 

• Reckless or rash means "acting or done without considering the possible results".
• Courageous: not deterred by danger or pain; brave.
• Bold: (of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.
• Daring: causing outrage or surprise by being boldly unconventional.

Hence Correct Answer is Option B

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, played a vital role in India's active involvement in the United Nations.

Tongue in cheek: a humorous or sarcastic statement expressed in a serious manner; in an ironic, flippant, or insincere way.
Above someone’s station: higher than suitable for position or rank.
Agitate the gravel: to get angry.
Be thin on the ground: exist in small numbers or amounts.
Hence, the correct answer is option A. 

A Priest wears cassock (a full-length garment worn by certain Christian clergy, members of church choirs, and others having an office or role in a church.) while Graduate wears gown.

The sentence "One cannot expect children to understand these problems" in the Active Voice can be accurately transformed into the Passive Voice as:

C. Children cannot be expected to understand these problems.

This option represents the same meaning as the original sentence in the Passive Voice.

 

• The Treaty of Peace of Paris restored to the French their factories in India. Hence, statement 1st is correct. 

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  English became the supreme European power in the Indian subcontinent since the Dutch had already been defeated in the battle of Bidara in 1759. Hence, statement 2nd is incorrect. 

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  The decisive Battle of the third Carnatic War was won by the English in Wandiwash in Tamilnadu. Hence, statement 3rd is correct. 

 

 

 

Incentive means a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something
Some of its synonyms are inducement, motivation, motive, reason, stimulus, stimulant, spur, impetus, encouragement
He had no incentive to work after he was refused a promotion
Companies provide various incentives to attract and retain talent

• According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the eight-core sector industries recorded a growth of 5.5% in February 2020.
• The eight Core Industries in decreasing order of their weightage: Refinery Products> Electricity> Steel> Coal> Crude Oil> Natural Gas> Cement> Fertilizers.

The correct option is Option C. 
The origin of the Maratha Confederacy may be traced to the revival of the Jagir or Saranjam system by Rajaram. The bases of this system were laid during the time of Balaji Rao I.
 

Logic: We have to make a family tree as per the above conditions.

Consider the below symbols.

The family tree for the given problem is as follows:

In the question, Her father is the only son of my father means woman's father and the man's father's only son is the same person means he is talking about himself. 

As the man is the father of that woman.

Therefore, the correct answer should be "Option 1: Father".  

The given sentence is in active form of simple past tense. The structures for active/passive voices are:

Active: Subject + verb (IInd form) + object...

Passive: Object + was/were + verb (IIIrd form) + by + subject...

The question statement is in simple past tense, so the converted statement too should be in the same.

This eliminates options (b) & (c).

Out of options (a) and (d), the latter has ambiguities in the meaning.

So, the correct response is option (a).

Absolute poverty refers to a condition where a person does not have the minimum amount of income needed to meet the minimum requirements for one or more basic living needs over an extended period of time.

The Minister of Home Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. The Political Executive. The executive is one of the three key functions of the Parliament. It's role is to implement the laws that have been framed by the legislature and the policies of a government.

The correct answer is (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) -(i), (d) - (iii).

Key Points

Troposphere:  

• It is the lowest layer of the atmosphere - in which we live.
• It contains most of our weather - clouds, rain, snow.
• The lowest part of the Troposphere is called the boundary layer and the topmost part is called the tropopause.​

Stratosphere:

• This layer extends upwards from the tropopause to about 50 km.
• It contains much of the ozone in the atmosphere.
• The temperature in Stratosphere is highest over the summer pole and lowest over the winter pole.

Mesosphere:

• Above the stratosphere is the mesosphere. It extends upward to a height of about 85 km above our planet. Most meteors burn up in the mesosphere.
• The coldest temperature in the Earth's atmosphere, about -90 °C is found near the top of this layer.

Thermosphere: 

• This layer is found above Mesopause from 85 to 800 km.
• This is the warmest layer of the atmosphere.
• Aurora and satellites occur in this layer.

Exosphere​:

• ​This is the outermost layer of the atmosphere.
• It contains mainly oxygen and hydrogen atoms they are so few that they rarely collide.
• They follow ballistic trajectories under the influence of gravity, and some of them escape directly into space.

Ionosphere​:

• The ionosphere is a very active part of the atmosphere, and it grows and shrinks depending on the energy it absorbs from the Sun.
• The name ionosphere comes from the fact that gases in these layers are excited by solar radiation to form ions, which have an electrical charge.
• Due to the presence of ionized gasses, the ionosphere can reflect radio waves directed into the sky back toward the Earth.
• It overlaps the mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

Thus, the correct match is (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) -(i), (d) - (iii)

Petroleum refining is not a service. Hence it is not included in the service sector of the economy. The service sector is also known as the tertiary sector of the economy. Petroleum refining is included in the secondary sector of the economy.

The groundbreaking discovery of India's first lithium deposits, estimated at 5.9 million tonnes, was made in Jammu and Kashmir in February. Subsequent modifications to mining rules in July allowed private miners to explore these critical minerals, and reports indicate that the region will auction its lithium reserves in the coming months.

The correct answer is Kurukshetra.

The idiom beat a dead horse implies that a matter has already been settled and there is no point to bring it up again for discussions. It is only wastage of time to gloss over the same thing again and again. Among the given options, we can easily pick out option D since it gives us the correct meaning of the underlined part whereas the rest can be eliminated for being irrelevant here.

This makes option D the correct choice among the given options.

Justification:

• Initially, only men were allowed into the Sangha, but later women were also admitted. According to Buddhist texts, this was made possible through the mediation of Ananda, one of Buddha's dearest disciples, who persuaded him to allow women into the Sangha.

• Buddha's foster mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the first woman to be ordained as a bhikkhuni.

Statement: Pliny complained that Indian trade was a serious drain of wealth of the Roman empire.
This statement proves that India gained from the trade with the West during the pre-Gupta period because:
1. Pliny's complaint:
- Pliny, a Roman author and natural philosopher, complained that Indian trade was draining the wealth of the Roman empire.
- This indicates that India was able to export valuable goods and commodities to the West, resulting in significant economic gains.
2. Indian exports:
- The complaint implies that India had valuable products that were in high demand in the West.
- This suggests that India had a thriving trade industry and was able to export goods that were profitable.
3. Economic prosperity:
- The fact that Pliny considered Indian trade as a drain on Roman wealth indicates that India was economically prosperous during the pre-Gupta period.
- This suggests that India gained wealth, power, and influence through its trade with the West.
4. Long-distance trade:
- Pliny's complaint also highlights the existence of long-distance trade routes between India and the West.
- The trade routes facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and cultural influences, further contributing to India's economic and cultural growth.
In conclusion, Pliny's complaint about the drain of wealth from the Roman empire due to Indian trade provides evidence that India gained from its trade with the West during the pre-Gupta period. India's ability to export valuable goods, its economic prosperity, and the existence of long-distance trade routes all support this statement.

Hence, the data is inadequate.

The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on October 1st every year. It is a day to recognize the contributions of older persons and to examine issues that affect their lives. The theme for the International Day of Older Persons in 2023 is "Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World." This theme highlights the resilience of older persons in the face of challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and conflict.

From the common explanation, we get Aarti sits third to the right of Kirti.

Hence, Option D is correct.

Final Arrangement:

Common Explanation:

References:

Eight students Kirti, Ayushi, Manu, Sona, Aarti, Bobby, Ankita and Divya are sitting around the square table.

Four students sit on each side while rest on each corner.

Students at the side face away from the centre and students at the corner faces towards the centre.

Inferences:

So, we need to arrange as follows to accommodate the information as stated in the question,

References:

Divya sits third to the left of Ayushi.

Kirti sits opposite to Manu and both faces away from the centre.

Inferences:

From the above references, we get the following two different cases:

Case 1:

Case 2:

References:

Neither Kirti nor Manu are beside Ayushi.

Sona sits immediate left of Ankita, who sits on the side of the table.

Bobby is not an immediate right of Ayushi.

Bobby is not adjacent to Manu.

Inferences:

So, from this case 2 will be eliminated as neither Kirti nor Manu are beside Ayushi.

Now, from case 1 we get the following final arrangements:

Barids during Sultanate Period

• Definition: Barids were the news reporters and secret spies during the Sultanate period.



• Role: They were responsible for gathering information, reporting news to the authorities, and acting as secret agents to collect intelligence.



• Importance: Barids played a crucial role in maintaining communication and surveillance in the Sultanate administration.



• Duties: Their duties included delivering messages, monitoring activities, and providing valuable information to the rulers.



• Significance: Barids helped in ensuring the security and stability of the Sultanate by keeping the rulers informed about internal and external threats.

The following factors have stimulated the globalisation process.

1.Improvement in transportation: In the last fifty years, there have been a lot of improvements in transportation technology. This has made faster delivery of goods across long distances possible, at lower costs.
2.Development in information and communication technology: Technology in the areas of telecommunication and computers has been advancing rapidly.
3.Telecommunication: Telecommunication facilities like telephone, telegraph, mobiles, fax are used to connect people in the world. This has been made possible due to satellite communication devices.
4.Internet: Internet also allows us to send instant electronic mail (e-mail) and talk (voice mail) across the world at negligible cost. Even the payment of money from one bank to another can be made through e-banking.

Utility, in economics, refers to the usefulness or enjoyment a consumer can get from a service or good. Marginal utility is the utility gained by consuming an additional unit of a service or good.

The United States announced the provision of an additional $600 million in security assistance to Ukraine, which includes various military equipment, as Ukrainian forces engage in conflict with Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region.

The segment is in passive voice, thus only a verb in third form is eligible for the blank. Among all the given options, only ‘discovered’ fits the blank as the virus already existed in the monkeys but was found in 1970.

Hence, option D is correct.

The following rights make sure each individual has equal rights and freedom to exercise their rights.