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Exam Name: UPPSC Preliminary Exam 
Exam Date: 20 March 2016 
Subject: General Studies - II (CSAT) 
Marks : 200 
Duration: 2 Hours 
1. The inability to realize that a problem can-be —saved by using a familiar object in an unusual way
is likely due to
(a) functional fixedness
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism
(d) limited capacity
2. Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not
sitting next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) Impossible to tell
3. Someone suddenly starts howling on you while boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him '" down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4. You are going to purchase medicines for your ailing mother. After going some distance you find a
boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5. Which of the following cognitive processes occurs when an individual freely considers a variety of
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or practical problems?
(e) Heuristic thinking
(b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking
(d) Divergent thinking
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Exam Name: UPPSC Preliminary Exam 
Exam Date: 20 March 2016 
Subject: General Studies - II (CSAT) 
Marks : 200 
Duration: 2 Hours 
1. The inability to realize that a problem can-be —saved by using a familiar object in an unusual way
is likely due to
(a) functional fixedness
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism
(d) limited capacity
2. Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not
sitting next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) Impossible to tell
3. Someone suddenly starts howling on you while boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him '" down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4. You are going to purchase medicines for your ailing mother. After going some distance you find a
boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5. Which of the following cognitive processes occurs when an individual freely considers a variety of
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or practical problems?
(e) Heuristic thinking
(b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking
(d) Divergent thinking
    
 
6. A problem solving rule or procedure that when followed step by step, assures that a correct solution
will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set
(b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm
(d) Insight
7. Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office work will be affected due to his absence because he
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave and try to convince him the urgent need of his presence.
8. Which one of the following statement is/are true about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing one alternative from among various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) Only 1
9. In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254.
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is Ishita
sitting?
(a) 255
(b) 256
(c) 251
(d) 252
10. Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as Archana
does. Archana talks with Ananya also in Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul talks with
Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana
(b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya
(d) Krishna
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Exam Name: UPPSC Preliminary Exam 
Exam Date: 20 March 2016 
Subject: General Studies - II (CSAT) 
Marks : 200 
Duration: 2 Hours 
1. The inability to realize that a problem can-be —saved by using a familiar object in an unusual way
is likely due to
(a) functional fixedness
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism
(d) limited capacity
2. Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not
sitting next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) Impossible to tell
3. Someone suddenly starts howling on you while boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him '" down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4. You are going to purchase medicines for your ailing mother. After going some distance you find a
boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5. Which of the following cognitive processes occurs when an individual freely considers a variety of
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or practical problems?
(e) Heuristic thinking
(b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking
(d) Divergent thinking
    
 
6. A problem solving rule or procedure that when followed step by step, assures that a correct solution
will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set
(b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm
(d) Insight
7. Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office work will be affected due to his absence because he
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave and try to convince him the urgent need of his presence.
8. Which one of the following statement is/are true about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing one alternative from among various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) Only 1
9. In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254.
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is Ishita
sitting?
(a) 255
(b) 256
(c) 251
(d) 252
10. Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as Archana
does. Archana talks with Ananya also in Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul talks with
Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana
(b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya
(d) Krishna
    
 
11. If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then which day of the week will be 25th December in
that year?
(a) Saturday
(b) Friday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday
Instructions for Question Nos. 12-16 : 
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given. 
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tastedre-t-others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed 
and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously; and some 
few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books may also be read by deputy, and 
extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort 
of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, 
conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a 
good memory; if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have 
much cunning to seem to know that he  doth not. 
Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic 
and rhetoric able to contend. 
12. If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13. What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important.
(b) A gathering of people.
(c) A get together.
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker.
14. What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. To be read only in parts.
15. How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and confute.
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Exam Name: UPPSC Preliminary Exam 
Exam Date: 20 March 2016 
Subject: General Studies - II (CSAT) 
Marks : 200 
Duration: 2 Hours 
1. The inability to realize that a problem can-be —saved by using a familiar object in an unusual way
is likely due to
(a) functional fixedness
(b) rule bound approach
(c) regulatory mechanism
(d) limited capacity
2. Four children are sitting in a row. A is occupying the seat next to B but not next to C. If C is not
sitting next to D, who is occupying seat adjacent to D?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) C
(d) Impossible to tell
3. Someone suddenly starts howling on you while boarding a bus. You will
(a) also howl on him.
(b) request the conductor to calm him '" down.
(c) settle the problem after knowing the cause of howling.
(d) get angry on him and calm him down.
4. You are going to purchase medicines for your ailing mother. After going some distance you find a
boy crushed under a fast driven vehicle whose driver is trying to escape. What shall you do?
(a) You will immediately carry the injured boy to nearby hospital.
(b) You will catch hold of the vehicle driver.
(c) You will inform the police about the accident.
(d) You will inform the parents of the injured boy.
5. Which of the following cognitive processes occurs when an individual freely considers a variety of
potential solutions to artistic, literary, scientific or practical problems?
(e) Heuristic thinking
(b) Creative thinking
(c) Convergent thinking
(d) Divergent thinking
    
 
6. A problem solving rule or procedure that when followed step by step, assures that a correct solution
will be found is known as:
(a) Mental set
(b) Trial and error
(c) Algorithm
(d) Insight
7. Your sub-ordinate requires leave but your office work will be affected due to his absence because he
is a key person of that work. You would
(a) refer his matter to your superior.
(b) sanction the leave.
(c) ask another person to do his work.
(d) meet him, discuss about the reason for leave and try to convince him the urgent need of his presence.
8. Which one of the following statement is/are true about decision-making?
1. It is an act of determining a course of action.
2. It means choosing one alternative from among various alternatives.
3. It is synonymous with policy making.
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) Only 1
9. In a cricket match Gopal was sitting in seat 253. Reena was sitting to the right of Gopal in seat 254.
In the seat left to Gopal was Raman. Ishita was sitting in the seat left to Raman. In which seat is Ishita
sitting?
(a) 255
(b) 256
(c) 251
(d) 252
10. Ananya and Krishna can speak and follow English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as Archana
does. Archana talks with Ananya also in Bengali. Krishna cannot follow Bengali. Bulbul talks with
Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(a) Archana
(b) Bulbul
(c) Ananya
(d) Krishna
    
 
11. If 25th May in a certain year is a Sunday, then which day of the week will be 25th December in
that year?
(a) Saturday
(b) Friday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday
Instructions for Question Nos. 12-16 : 
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Choose the correct answer from the 
alternatives based only on the passage given. 
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to 
weigh and consider. Some books are to be tastedre-t-others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed 
and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously; and some 
few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books may also be read by deputy, and 
extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort 
of books; else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man, 
conference a reading man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man writes little, he had need have a 
good memory; if he confers little, he had need have a present wit; and if he reads little, he had need have 
much cunning to seem to know that he  doth not. 
Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral, grave, logic 
and rhetoric able to contend. 
12. If a man reads very little, what must he pretend?
(a) He must pretend to have a good memory.
(b) He must pretend to have a lot of intelligence.
(c) He must pretend to know a lot.
(d) He must pretend to be witty.
13. What is meant by conference?
(a) A meeting where conversation is important.
(b) A gathering of people.
(c) A get together.
(d) A group of people assembled to hear a speaker.
14. What does some books are to be tasted mean?
(a) To be read with diligence and attention.
(b) To be read but not curiously.
(c) To be read just for fun. To be read only in parts.
15. How must we approach the 'meaner' sort of books?
(a) They are to be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others.
(b) They are to be read but not to contradict and confute.
    
 
(c) They are to be read but only in parts.
(d) They are to be read but not curiously.
16. What should be the real object of reading?
(a) Not to contradict and confute
(b) To weigh and consider
(c) To distil the contents
(d) To understand the author's point of view
17. Fill in the blank in the given sentence by choosing the correct option: Please do not forget to
submit your application time.
(a) by
(b) of
(c) in
(d) with
18. Which one of the following alternatives gives the meaning of the given idiom/phrase? Snake in the
grass
(a) Cowardly and brutal
(b) An unreliable person
(c) A hidden enemy
(d) Low and mean
19. Which of the following is correctly punctuated? rama received a fountain pen hari a watch
(a) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari a watch.
(b) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari a watch.
(c) Rama received a fountain pen; Hari, a watch
(d) Rama received a fountain pen, Hari, a watch
20. Change the sentence into passive voice: All his friends laughed at him.
(a) He laughed at all his friends.
(b) He laughs at all his friends.
(c) He is laughed at by all his friends.
(d) He was laughed at by all his friends.
21. Which of the following is wrongly spelt?
(a) Decieve
(b) Believe
(c) Relieve
(d) Belief
22. "Absence of knowledge" stands for
(a) Nescience
(b) Insipient