UPSC Prelims CSAT Mock Test - 28 - UPSC MCQ
30 Questions MCQ Test - UPSC Prelims CSAT Mock Test - 28
Directions forthe following (1-10) questions:
Read the following two passages and answer the questions that follow each passage. Your answers to these questions should be based on these passages only.
When millions of Indians vote in the 2014 elections, their ink-stained fingers marking another important moment in our democracy, we need to ask whether all citizens have been able to participate in these elections.
Voters with disabilities have been an invisible minority to the Election Commission (EC), political parties and the public in general. In 2004, the Supreme Court, in Disabled Rights Group Vs. The ChiefElection Commissioner andAnr, laid down specific directions for the EC to implement at the time of voting. These directions were basic — ramps at all voting sites, tactile and Braille buttons on EVMs and allowing voters to take companions for assistance when they cast their ballot. The EC wasted no time in sending these directions to all its state election commissioners, but the actual level of accessibility and voting in those elections did not dramatically improve.
Now, 10 years later, we are at the same crossroads. In a recent audit of polling sites in Bangalore, it was found that most of the 7,700 sites were not accessible for voters with physical and locomotor disabilities. If we want to take voting rights seriously and ensure that our Constitution guarantees this right for every single person, we cannot ignore voters with disabilities.
First, electoral participation for voters with disabilities is not only about voting. Free and fair electoral participation means access to electoral awareness programs and campaigns of the candidates and political parties, making campaign materials and speeches accessible. The websites ofthe EC, political parties and candidates should also be accessible. The SC has held that the right to know the background of a candidate is a fundamental right of a voter, so that she can make a rational decision while exercising the statutory right to vote. Thus, electors with disabilities have a fundamental right to get information about the backgrounds of candidates and parties in a format that is accessible. Unless such materials are available, a person will not be able to exercise her right to vote. The right to vote also begins with being able to register as a voter. The low number of voter registrations among people with disabilities is because most do not know how to get themselves registered as voters, do not get information about it and voter registration sites are not physically accessible. Second, the actual process of voting must be made smoother. The EC's measures to enable voting have been limited to building ramps at polling sites. These are important, and it is evident that even this simple measure is not fully complied with.
Q.According to the above passage, which of the following statements are true?
1.Differently abled people have not been able to exercise right to vote due to lack of awareness and information.
2.Disabled Rights Group has fought a case against the Chief Election Commissioner to bring back to the table, the issue of right to vote of the differently abled section of the society.
When millions of Indians vote in the 2014 elections, their ink-stained fingers marking another important moment in our democracy, we need to ask whether all citizens have been able to participate in these elections.
Voters with disabilities have been an invisible minority to the Election Commission (EC), political parties and the public in general. In 2004, the Supreme Court, in Disabled Rights Group Vs. The ChiefElection Commissioner andAnr, laid down specific directions for the EC to implement at the time of voting. These directions were basic — ramps at all voting sites, tactile and Braille buttons on EVMs and allowing voters to take companions for assistance when they cast their ballot. The EC wasted no time in sending these directions to all its state election commissioners, but the actual level of accessibility and voting in those elections did not dramatically improve.
Now, 10 years later, we are at the same crossroads. In a recent audit of polling sites in Bangalore, it was found that most of the 7,700 sites were not accessible for voters with physical and locomotor disabilities. If we want to take voting rights seriously and ensure that our Constitution guarantees this right for every single person, we cannot ignore voters with disabilities.
First, electoral participation for voters with disabilities is not only about voting. Free and fair electoral participation means access to electoral awareness programs and campaigns of the candidates and political parties, making campaign materials and speeches accessible. The websites ofthe EC, political parties and candidates should also be accessible. The SC has held that the right to know the background of a candidate is a fundamental right of a voter, so that she can make a rational decision while exercising the statutory right to vote. Thus, electors with disabilities have a fundamental right to get information about the backgrounds of candidates and parties in a format that is accessible. Unless such materials are available, a person will not be able to exercise her right to vote. The right to vote also begins with being able to register as a voter. The low number of voter registrations among people with disabilities is because most do not know how to get themselves registered as voters, do not get information about it and voter registration sites are not physically accessible. Second, the actual process of voting must be made smoother. The EC's measures to enable voting have been limited to building ramps at polling sites. These are important, and it is evident that even this simple measure is not fully complied with
Q.According to the passage, which of the following directions were given by the Supreme Court?
1.EVMs should have Braille buttons for the visually impaired voters
2.All the voting sites should have ramps
3.Information regarding political parties and candidates should be made accessible to the persons with disabilities
4.Differently abled persons are allowed to take a companion when they cast their ballot
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When millions of Indians vote in the 2014 elections, their ink-stained fingers marking another important moment in our democracy, we need to ask whether all citizens have been able to participate in these elections.
Voters with disabilities have been an invisible minority to the Election Commission (EC), political parties and the public in general. In 2004, the Supreme Court, in Disabled Rights Group Vs. The ChiefElection Commissioner andAnr, laid down specific directions for the EC to implement at the time of voting. These directions were basic — ramps at all voting sites, tactile and Braille buttons on EVMs and allowing voters to take companions for assistance when they cast their ballot. The EC wasted no time in sending these directions to all its state election commissioners, but the actual level of accessibility and voting in those elections did not dramatically improve.
Now, 10 years later, we are at the same crossroads. In a recent audit of polling sites in Bangalore, it was found that most of the 7,700 sites were not accessible for voters with physical and locomotor disabilities. If we want to take voting rights seriously and ensure that our Constitution guarantees this right for every single person, we cannot ignore voters with disabilities.
First, electoral participation for voters with disabilities is not only about voting. Free and fair electoral participation means access to electoral awareness programs and campaigns of the candidates and political parties, making campaign materials and speeches accessible. The websites ofthe EC, political parties and candidates should also be accessible. The SC has held that the right to know the background of a candidate is a fundamental right of a voter, so that she can make a rational decision while exercising the statutory right to vote. Thus, electors with disabilities have a fundamental right to get information about the backgrounds of candidates and parties in a format that is accessible. Unless such materials are available, a person will not be able to exercise her right to vote. The right to vote also begins with being able to register as a voter. The low number of voter registrations among people with disabilities is because most do not know how to get themselves registered as voters, do not get information about it and voter registration sites are not physically accessible. Second, the actual process of voting must be made smoother. The EC's measures to enable voting have been limited to building ramps at polling sites. These are important, and it is evident that even this simple measure is not fully complied with.
Q.According to the passage, which of the following statements are true?
1.Right to vote is a fundamental right
2.Voters have a fundamental right to know relevant qualifications of candidates contesting in order to make a rational choice
When millions of Indians vote in the 2014 elections, their ink-stained fingers marking another important moment in our democracy, we need to ask whether all citizens have been able to participate in these elections.
Voters with disabilities have been an invisible minority to the Election Commission (EC), political parties and the public in general. In 2004, the Supreme Court, in Disabled Rights Group Vs. The ChiefElection Commissioner andAnr, laid down specific directions for the EC to implement at the time of voting. These directions were basic — ramps at all voting sites, tactile and Braille buttons on EVMs and allowing voters to take companions for assistance when they cast their ballot. The EC wasted no time in sending these directions to all its state election commissioners, but the actual level of accessibility and voting in those elections did not dramatically improve.
Now, 10 years later, we are at the same crossroads. In a recent audit of polling sites in Bangalore, it was found that most of the 7,700 sites were not accessible for voters with physical and locomotor disabilities. If we want to take voting rights seriously and ensure that our Constitution guarantees this right for every single person, we cannot ignore voters with disabilities.
First, electoral participation for voters with disabilities is not only about voting. Free and fair electoral participation means access to electoral awareness programs and campaigns of the candidates and political parties, making campaign materials and speeches accessible. The websites ofthe EC, political parties and candidates should also be accessible. The SC has held that the right to know the background of a candidate is a fundamental right of a voter, so that she can make a rational decision while exercising the statutory right to vote. Thus, electors with disabilities have a fundamental right to get information about the backgrounds of candidates and parties in a format that is accessible. Unless such materials are available, a person will not be able to exercise her right to vote. The right to vote also begins with being able to register as a voter. The low number of voter registrations among people with disabilities is because most do not know how to get themselves registered as voters, do not get information about it and voter registration sites are not physically accessible. Second, the actual process of voting must be made smoother. The EC's measures to enable voting have been limited to building ramps at polling sites. These are important, and it is evident that even this simple measure is not fully complied with.
Q.Which of the following is not a reason behind low voter registration of people with disabilities?
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
Q.How can the author's tone in the passage best be described?
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
QWhat is the main idea of the passage?
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
Q.Which of the following best explains why Ulysses was banned in the 1920s?
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
Q.In paragraph 4, the word "unmoored" is closest in meaning to which of the following words?
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
Q.The passage implies that book critics and scholars
Finishing James Joyce's famed novel Ulysses is an achievement for any reader. Far from being a straightforward narrative, Ulysses meanders among three primary points of view, and each chapter (or "episode") is told using an entirely different narrative style and structure. Depending on the edition, the story is nearly 1000 pages long, the language is dense and heavily metaphoric, and Joyce loads the story with cross-references and subtle allusions that make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle at times. Still, for many, Ulysses is more an experience than a mere novel, and its staunch supporters bristle when some readers claim thatjoyce's writing is obtuse or irrelevant.
Although Ulysses enjoys a great measure of critical success today—particularly in college classrooms—that wasn't always the case. Published in Ireland in 1922, the novel was immediately banned in the United States and in the United Kingdom for obscenity. Many prominent book critics of the day dismissed Ulysses as convoluted and unimportant. It wasn't until the obscenity ban was lifted in the 1930s that people began to read Ulysses as a masterpiece of Modernist literature. (Modernism was a literary movement created, in part, in response to the horrors and questioning that resulted from World War I.)
Once the door was opened for scholars to look at Ulysses more closely, the book became a treasure trove of literary devices, techniques, and meaning. One scholar, Harold Bloom, even wrote an 80-page essay on his interpretation ofthe novel's final word, "Yes," and Ulysses has appeared as #1 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels written in the 20th century. Far from disappearing into obscurity, as so many novels have, Ulysses continues to captivate readers who determine they are up to the challenge of unlocking the book's many allusions and tricks of language.
Reading Ulysses would have been challenging in Joyce's day, but it is even more difficult now that many of the references have become dated. Add to that the intimate knowledge of and minute details about Dublin, Ireland, the book reveals, and young American readers can feel unmoored without a little scholarly assistance. Fortunately, many companion texts exist to help struggling readers figure out who is being referred to when, how, and why. Additionally, many colleges and universities devote full-semester courses to the study of Ulysses.
Q.In paragraph 1, the phrase "subtle allusions . . . make reading the book like completing an intricate crossword puzzle" is an example of
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Questions 11 to 16 are based on this table chart given below. The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.What is number of games neither won nor lost by team A during all seasons?
The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.Which season was the worst for team A?
The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.If there was 7th season this year with total 10 matches played by team A, How many of them should be win to make overall winning percentage of 33%?
The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.What is ratio oftotal matches drawn in season 4 and 5 with that in season 1 and 2?
The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.If for winning a match 2 points are awarded, for losing -1 and drawing match 0. Which season has maximum number of points?
The following table shows hockey team A's performance for last six seasons of Indian Hockey League. Study the table carefully and answer the questions below it.
Q.What is the measure of the radius of the circle that circumscribes a triangle whose sides measure 9, 40 and 41?
lfA= 23 x 34 andB = 22 x3x5, then find the number of factors of A that are common with the factors of B
Ifnisa positive integer, which one of the following numbers must have a remainder of 3 when divided by any of the numbers 4, 5, and 6?
When 75% of a two-digit number is added to it, the digits of the number are reversed. Find the ratio of the unit's digit to the ten's digit in the original number.
The LCM of 2 numbers is 120 and their HCF is 12. If one of the number is 60, find the other number.
How many natural numbers below 660 are divisible by 5 and 11 but not by 3?
3 numbers are in AP. The middle number is 15. Their common difference is less than 5. What is the sum of the three numbers?
What is the sum of the first 14 odd numbers when subtracted from the sum of the first 5 multiples of 4?
If the ratio of the sum of the first 6 terms of a G.P. to the sum of the first 3 terms of the G.P. is 9, what is the common ratio of the G.P?
Directions for the following 5 (five) questions:
Questions 26 to 30 are based on line graph given below. Following graph shows economic growth of three hypothetical countries Kingnesia, Tanbia and Rhonland. Study the graph carefully and answer questions given below it.
Q.What is simple average of economic growth rates of all three countries for first two years?
Following graph shows economic growth of three hypothetical countries Kingnesia, Tanbia and Rhonland. Study the graph carefully and answer questions given below it.
Q.Which year has maximum economic growth in percentage with respect to earlier year for Kingnesia?
Following graph shows economic growth of three hypothetical countries Kingnesia, Tanbia and Rhonland. Study the graph carefully and answer questions given below it.
Q.What is simple average of highest economic growth rate shown in by countries in all of the years?
Following graph shows economic growth of three hypothetical countries Kingnesia, Tanbia and Rhonland. Study the graph carefully and answer questions given below it.
Q.For how many years, economic growth rates of three countries is notTanbia>Rhonland>Kingnesia?
Following graph shows economic growth of three hypothetical countries Kingnesia, Tanbia and Rhonland. Study the graph carefully and answer questions given below it.
Q.Assume there are no other countries other than mentioned in graph on continent Raska. Economic growth of Raska is summation of individual economic growths of all countries. For how many years economic growth of Raska was above 10 percentage points?
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