UPSC Prelims CSAT Mock Test - 27 - UPSC MCQ

A string of three English letters is formed as per the following rules : 
(a) The first letter is any vowel. 
(b) The second letter is m, n or p. 
(c) If the second letter is m then the third letter is any vowel which is different from the first letter. 
(d) If the second letter is n then the third letter is e or u. 
(e) If the second letter is p then the third letter is the same as the first letter.

Q. How many strings of letters can possibly be formed using the above rules ?

A string of three English letters is formed as per the following rules : 
(a) The first letter is any vowel. 
(b) The second letter is m, n or p. 
(c) If the second letter is m then the third letter is any vowel which is different from the first letter. 
(d) If the second letter is n then the third letter is e or u. 
(e) If the second letter is p then the third letter is the same as the first letter.

Q. How many strings of letters can possibly be formed using the above rules such that the third letter of the string is e ?

(a) Six plays are to be organised from Monday to Sunday -one play each day with one day when there is no play. 'No play' day is not Monday or Sunday.
(b) The plays are held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays are held without any break, i.e. 3 plays are held in such a way that there is no 'No play' day between them but immediately before this set or immediately after this set is is 'No play' day.
(c) Play Z was held on 26th and play X was held on 31st of the same month.
(d) Play B was not held immediately after play A (but was held after A, not necessarily immediately) and play M was held immediately before Q.
(e) All the six plays were held in the same month.

Q. Which play was organised on Monday?

(a) Six plays are to be organised from Monday to Sunday -one play each day with one day when there is no play. 'No play' day is not Monday or Sunday.
(b) The plays are held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays are held without any break, i.e. 3 plays are held in such a way that there is no 'No play' day between them but immediately before this set or immediately after this set is is 'No play' day.
(c) Play Z was held on 26th and play X was held on 31st of the same month.
(d) Play B was not held immediately after play A (but was held after A, not necessarily immediately) and play M was held immediately before Q.
(e) All the six plays were held in the same month.

Q. Which day was play Z organised?

(a) Six plays are to be organised from Monday to Sunday -one play each day with one day when there is no play. 'No play' day is not Monday or Sunday.
(b) The plays are held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays are held without any break, i.e. 3 plays are held in such a way that there is no 'No play' day between them but immediately before this set or immediately after this set is is 'No play' day.
(c) Play Z was held on 26th and play X was held on 31st of the same month.
(d) Play B was not held immediately after play A (but was held after A, not necessarily immediately) and play M was held immediately before Q.
(e) All the six plays were held in the same month.

Q. Which date was a 'No play' day?

(a) Six plays are to be organised from Monday to Sunday -one play each day with one day when there is no play. 'No play' day is not Monday or Sunday.
(b) The plays are held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays are held without any break, i.e. 3 plays are held in such a way that there is no 'No play' day between them but immediately before this set or immediately after this set is is 'No play' day.
(c) Play Z was held on 26th and play X was held on 31st of the same month.
(d) Play B was not held immediately after play A (but was held after A, not necessarily immediately) and play M was held immediately before Q.
(e) All the six plays were held in the same month.

Q. Which of the following is true?

(a) Six plays are to be organised from Monday to Sunday -one play each day with one day when there is no play. 'No play' day is not Monday or Sunday.
(b) The plays are held in sets of 3 plays each in such a way that 3 plays are held without any break, i.e. 3 plays are held in such a way that there is no 'No play' day between them but immediately before this set or immediately after this set is is 'No play' day.
(c) Play Z was held on 26th and play X was held on 31st of the same month.
(d) Play B was not held immediately after play A (but was held after A, not necessarily immediately) and play M was held immediately before Q.
(e) All the six plays were held in the same month.

Q. Which day was play Q organised?

Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H belonging to different cities Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Patna, not necessarily in the same order, went to Bangalore to attend an awareness programme to restrict AIDS from expanding. Each one had a different specialisation, viz Acting, Choreography, Literature, Science, Economics, Marketing, Designing and Information Technology.
E is from Kolkata. G does not have specialisation in Economics. Neither F nor G has specialization in Science or Marketing. One who is from Kolkata has specialization in Designing. A and B have specialization either in marketing or in Information technology. D does not have specialization in Choreography. One who is from Chennai has specialization in Acting and one who is from Delhi has specialization in Choreography. G and H belong either to Hyderabad or to Mumbai. A and G do not belong ton Patna and Hyderabad respectively. One who belong to Lucknow has specialization in Information Technology.

Q. Which of the following persons is from Chennai?

The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/4. If the perimeter of the triangle is 52 cm, the length of the smallest side is

A boy gets 91,88,86 and 78 marks in four papers. How many marks must he secure in the fifth paper to get an average of 85?

The average age of a class is 15.8 yrs. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 yrs and that of the girls is 15.4 yrs. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class?

Rahul and Robin are brothers. Pramod is Robin's father. Sheela is Pramod's sister. Prema is Pramod's niece. Shubha is Sheela's granddaughter. How is Rahul related to Shubha?

If P is the husband of Q and R is the mother of S and Q, what is R to P?

A is B's sister. C is B's mother. D is C's father. E is D's mother. How is A related to D ?

Mr. J is a Police Officer. L is the brother-in-law of P's sister X. X is the wife of her brother's boss J. What is the relationship of P and L with J?

Pointing to Meena, Swarup says "she is the daughter of my grandfather's only child". How is Meena related to Swarup?

Two pendulum clocks on two clock towers begin to strike 10 together. The first clock strikes its strokes in 45 seconds and the second strikes its strokes in 36 seconds. The time interval between the 4th stroke of the first and the 5th stroke of the second is

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. F is between C and A. B is second to the right of A. G is not an immediate neighbour of B. E is not an immediate neighbour of A.

Q. Who is the immediate left of C?

For achieving inclusive growth there is critical need to rethink the role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive-compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minima interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

Q. 

According to the passage:
1. The objective of inclusive growth was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation.
2. Need of the hour is to have an enabling Government.
3. The Government should engage in maximum interference in market processes.
4. There is a need to change the size of the Government.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

For achieving inclusive growth there is critical need to rethink the role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive-compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minima interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

Q. Delivery of the basic services to the deprived sections of the society.

For achieving inclusive growth there is critical need to rethink the role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive-compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minima interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

Q. 

What constitutes an enabling Government?
1. A large bureaucracy.
2. Implementation of welfare programmes through representatives.
3. Creating an ethos that helps individual enterprise.
4. Providing resources to those who are underprivileged.
5. Offering direct help to the poor regarding basic services.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

For achieving inclusive growth there is critical need to rethink the role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive-compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minima interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

Q. 

Why is the State unable to deliver “ all that is needed”?
1. It does not have sufficient bureaucracy.
2. It does not promote inclusive growth.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

For achieving inclusive growth there is critical need to rethink the role of the State. The early debate among economists about the size of the Government can be misleading. The need of the hour is to have an enabling Government. India is too large and complex a nation for the State to be able to deliver all that needed. Asking the Government to produce all the essential goods, create all the necessary jobs, and keep a curb on the prices of all goods is to lead to a large cumbersome bureaucracy and widespread corruption. The aim must be to stay with the objective of inclusive growth that was laid down by the founding fathers of the nation and also to take a more modern view of what the State can realistically deliver. This is what leads to the idea of an enabling State, that is, a Government that does not try to directly deliver to the citizens everything that they need. Instead, it (1) creates an enabling ethos for the market so that individual enterprise can flourish and citizens can, for the most part, provide for the needs of one another, and (2) steps in to help those who do not manage to do well for themselves, for there will always be individuals, no matter what the system, who need support and help. Hence we need a Government that, when it comes to the market, sets effective, incentive-compatible rules and remains on the sidelines with minima interference, and, at the same time, plays an important role in directly helping the poor by ensuring that they get basic education and health services and receive adequate nutrition and food.

Q. What is the essential message being conveyed by the author of the passage?

Successfully adjusting to one's environment leads to happiness. War at a universal level destroys the weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to their environment. Thus, war at the universal level puts weaklings out of their misery and allows more space for their predators to enjoy life in a better manner. As those actions have to be performed, which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest number, war at a universal level should take place.

Q. 

What response would the author of the above discussion come up with, in the case of the / objection that the weaklings far exceed strong people?
1. He would respond with the statement that the person making the objection is a weakling.
2. He would respond by saying that weaklings will be miserable no matter what happens.
3. He would respond with the statement that the strong would be frustrated if the weaklings are destroyed.

Successfully adjusting to one's environment leads to happiness. War at a universal level destroys the weaker people, who are the most unable to adjust to their environment. Thus, war at the universal level puts weaklings out of their misery and allows more space for their predators to enjoy life in a better manner. As those actions have to be performed, which maximize the level of happiness of the greatest number, war at a universal level should take place.

Q. 

The author's discussion would be greatly influenced if he agreed to which of the following?
1. Technology could change the environment.
2. War at the universal level would be an integral part of the environment.
3. It is possible for the strong to survive without suppressing the weak.

It is essential that we mitigate the emissions of greenhouse gases .and thus avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change that would take place in coming years and decades. Mitigation would require a major shift in the way we produce and consume energy. A shift away from overwhelming dependence on fossil fuels is now long overdue, but unfortunately, technological development has been slow arid inadequate largely because government policies have not promoted investments in research and development, myopically as a result of relatively low prices of oil. It is now, therefore, imperative for a country like India treating the opportunity of harnessing renewable energy on a large scale as a national imperative. This country is extremely well endowed with solar, wind and biomass sources of energy. Where we have lagged, unfortunately, is in our ability to develop and to create technological solutions for harnessing these resources. 
One particular trajectory for carrying out stringent mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions assessed by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly shows the need for ensuring that global emissions of greenhouse gases peak no later than 2015 and reduce rapidly thereafter. The cost associated with such a trajectory is truly modest" and would amount, in the estimation of IPCC, to not more than 3 percent of the global GDP in 2030. In other words, the level of prosperity that the world would have reached without mitigation would at worst be postponed by a few months or a year at the most. This is clearly not a very high price to pay for protecting hundreds of millions of people from the worst risks associated with climate change. Any such effort, however, would require lifestyles to change appropriately also. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is not a mere technological fix, and clearly requires changes in lifestyles and transformation of a country's economic structure, whereby effective reduction in emissions is brought about, such as through the consumption of much lower quantities of animal protein. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has determined that the emissions from the livestock sector amount to 18 percent of the total. The reduction of emissions from this source is entirely in the hands of human beings, who have never questioned the impacts that their dietary habits of consuming more and more animal protein are bringing about. Mitigation overall has huge co-benefits, such as lower air pollution and health benefits, higher energy security and greater employment.

Q. 

According to the passage, which of the following would help in the mitigation of greenhouse gases?
1. Reducing the consumption of meat 
2. Rapid economic liberalization 
3. Reducing the consumerism 
4. Modern management practices of livestock 

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How many triangles are there in the following figure?