UPSC EPFO · Solved paper
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Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response Today the newspaper is full of carnage and violence.
Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response This religious gift, that makes men human, is still alive in Indian souls.
Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response It is difficult for us to imagine how much this safety means to everyone
Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response
Question: Public service is not merely something that occupies the hours you are doing it, but invades all your life and experience and affects them in one way or the other.
Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response
Question: He was, in the early part of the twentieth century, a staunch nationalist of the liberal fold.
Each item in this section has a sentence with lures bold parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Reed each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any bold part and indicate you response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e, (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error your response should be indicated as (d). Neither the servants (a), nor the clerk (b), has done this. (c), No error (d)
Each item in this section has a sentence with lures bold parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Reed each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any bold part and indicate you response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e, (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error your response should be indicated as (d). The car which went past us(a), when we were driving on the highway(b), must have been doing at least a hundred miles an hour. (c), No error(d)
Each item in this section has a sentence with lures bold parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Reed each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any bold part and indicate you response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e, (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error your response should be indicated as (d). Raju will be back home(a), in an year(b), after his stay abroad. (c), No error(d)
Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with lures bold parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Reed each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any bold part and indicate you response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e, (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error your response should be indicated as (d).
Question: I have(a), much work(b), to do.(c) No error(d)
Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with lures bold parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Reed each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any bold part and indicate you response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e, (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error your response should be indicated as (d).
Question: Psychology did not develop into a science(a), based of careful observation(b), and experimentation until the late 1800s. (c), No error(d)
Bach of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. It's time you went out and __________ your own living.
Bach of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. The elephant fell into a ____________ the hunters had set.
Bach of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. The dress isn't really tight. It'll _____________ when you've worn it.
Direction: Bach of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Question: With his back to the old man, he stood at the window, fists clenched, and his shoulders ________ with his choked sobbing.
Direction: Bach of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Question: The bereaved mother proudly received the gallantry award ___________ her brave son who had laid down his life in the recent war.
Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the bold word and mark your response. She always organises lavish parties on birthdays.
Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the bold word and mark your response. The soldier was greatly praised for his valour.
Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the bold word and mark your response. These regions are very fertile.
Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the bold word and mark your response.
Question: Some sick immigrants were detained at the airport.
Direction: Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an bold word followed by four words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the bold word and mark your response.
Question: The questions were so elementary that anyone could pass the test.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
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Who is an 'Adolescent' as per the Factories Act, 1948 ?
What is a controlled industry?
What is the minimum number of members required for registration of a Trade Union?
Which of the following disputes is/are considered as trade dispute(s) under the provision of the trade Union Act, 1926 ? Any dispute of any person connected with
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Which one of the following is not a language translator?
Which one of the following statements is correct?ix A device driver of output devices
Which one of the following registers is used to keep track of the next instruction to be executed?
Which one of the following is not an audio file format ?
Which one of the following denotes a sequential electronic circuit that is used to store 1-bit of information?
Which one of the following does 'Nirguna Bhakti' refer to ?
What did Ain-i-Akbari seek to promote within the frontiers of the Mughal State?
Gandhiji's Salt March to Dandi was started from which one of the following places?
Who among the following was not a member of the Socialist group in the Congress Party?
Which one of the following was not recommended in Macaulay's 1835 Minute on Education?
Which one of the following States will be directly connected with Assam by the proposed bridge between Dhubri and Phulbari over river Brahmaputra ?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Which one of the following is not an objective under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) ?
In which one of the following places, was Asia's first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) set up in 1965 ?
Which one of the following is the name of the scheme introduced as a well-targeted system of service delivery to LPG customers?
What is the maximum amount of gratuity payable to the employees under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 ?
What is the maximum number of hours in a week that an adult worker is allowed to work for?
What is the maximum period in which the appropriate government shall review and revise the minimum rates of wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
Under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, what is the maximum amount that can be deposited during a financial year?
What is the minimum and maximum age at which a subscriber can join the Atal Pension Yojana?
Which one of the following denotes Gross Profit?
What is the underlying accounting concept that supports no anticipation of profits but provision for all possible losses?
Which one of the following accounting concepts is applied by an entity, when events such as new competitor entering in the market and rift between production and marketing departments are not disclosed in the books of accounts?
Which one of the following concerns prepares Receipts and Payments Account?
Which one of the following statements is correct about Income and Expenditure Account?
Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Little Book of Encouragement'?
Diwas" ? Which day has been declared by the Government of India to be celebrated every year as "Parakram
copy of the famous 16" century art work Salvator Mundi, which was reportedly stolen, has recently been recovered by the Police in Italy. The painting is attributed to whom among the following?
The Global Firepower Index-2021, a military strength ranking, placed India at which rank?
Naomi Osaka won the women's singles title of the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 2021. Who among the following was defeated by her in the finals?
The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years when they were married 5 years ago. The average age of the husband, the wife and their child is 20 years now. How old is the child now?
If W1 and W2 are weights of two solid iron balls of radii ½ metre and 1/3 metre respectively, then which one of the following is equal to W1 : W2?
40% of the students in a class are from India and 50% are girls. If 25% of the Indian students are girls, what percentage of non-Indian students are boys?
The average weight of 100 students in a class is 46 kg. The average weights of boys and girls are 50 kg and 40 kg respectively. What is the difference between the number of boys and girls?
hollow closed cube of side 10 cm, each weighing 200 gm, is made. This cube is placed in water with a horizontal face. How many cm of its height sinks in water if the density of water is 1 gm per cm°?
Which one of the following is not a female reproductive organ in humans?
Which one of the following cannot be called "Amphibian of the Plant Kingdom" ?
Which one of the following is not a consequence of deforestation?
Which one of the following chromosomes has a mismatched pair in a normal human male?
The word 'Vaccine' has been derived from a Latin word having meaning
Which one of the following statements is true with regard to the image formation by two eyes of a person?
Which one of the following statements is correct? Wavelength of microwaves ranges between
Which one of the following is the size of hydrogen atom?
Which one of the following statements regarding force is correct?
When a dielectric material is kept in an external electric field, which one of the following phenomena may be realized ?
Which one of the following substances, when added to water, will not change the pH ?
Which one of the following, on adding to water, will not scatter a beam of light?
Which one of the following will not be reduced by metallic zine?
Who among the following discovered Proton?
Consider the following balanced equation: CO (g) + 2H2 (g) → CH3 OH (I) How many moles of CH3OH (I) can be obtained by reacting 2.0 mole of CO (g) with 2.0 mole of H2 (g)?
Which one of the following pairs of Zonal Railways and their Headquarters is not correctly matched?
Tri-service contingent of which one of the following countries participated in India's Republic Day parade in 2021?
Which one of the following does not figure in the list of languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?
As a routine exercise, Operations 'Garam Hawa' and 'Sard Hawa' are conducted by
Who among the following was the founder of Swatantra Party?
How many times does the digit 3 appear between 1 and 100 such that the number where 3 appears is not divisible by 3?
Which one of the following is the remainder when 74100 is divided by 9?
Which one of the following is the arithmetic mean of √3 - √2 and its reciprocal?
Suppose x and y are two positive numbers such that when x is reduced by 2 and y is increased by 2, the ratio becomes 2:1; and when x is increased by 2 and y is reduced by 2, the ratio becomes 3:1. Which one of the following is equal to x - y?
Let n (>1) be a composite natural number whose square root is not an integer. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
What is the equivalent decimal value of binary number 101110?
Which one of the following basic operations for converting raw input data into useful information is not performed by all computers?
Which one of the following memories is extremely fast and acts as a high-speed buffer between the CPU and the main memory?
Which one of the following is not a web browser?
Which one of the following represents 1 GB of information?
Where did Gandhiji put in his first major public appearance after returning from South Africa in 1915?
Who among the following is the author of 'Gandhi as Mahatma'?
Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of independence of India?
During 1931, under whose leadership, did a strong Kisan Saba Movement develop in the Gaya District of Bihar?
Who produced the Pirpur Report (1938)?
Which one of the following facts pertaining to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is not correct?
Which one of the following is the mandate of the Committee on Estimates?
According to the Economic Survey 2020 - 21, which one of the following will be India's real GDP growth in the year 2021 - 22 ?
Which one of the following is the acronym for the word 'NITI in NITI Aayog?
Which one of the following is not a correct description of the Namami Gange Programme ?
Which one of the following is the average of all prime numbers between 21 and 55 ?
If the ratio of speeds of 'A' and 'B' is 5: 6 and 'B' allows 'A' a start of 70 metres in a 1.2 km race, who will win the race and by what distance?
'M' is 60 years old. 'R' is 5 years junior to 'M' and 4 years senior to ‘V’. The youngest brother of 'V' is 'B' and he is 6 years junior to ‘V’. What is the age difference between ‘M' and B'?
The English alphabet is reordered in the following manner: The first 6 letters are written in opposite order, the next 6 letters are written in opposite order and so on. At the end, Y is interchanged with Z. Which one of the following is the fourth letter to the right of the 13th letter?
If 'a' varies as 'b', then which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Which one of the following statements about Trial Balance is correct?
Wages paid for installation of machinery is debited to which one of the following accounts?
When are current liabilities payable?
Is the total of Debit and Credit side of Trial Balance the same?
Which one of the following is the first book in which the transactions of a business unit are recorded ?
Who among the following did not represent the militant nationalist school of thought in India?
Which one of the following statements about the situation in the Ryotwari areas is correct?
In the year 1911, who among the following formed the Social Service League in Bombay?
Who among the following was not part of the group of 'no-changers' in the Congress Party?
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
Who among the following is the first player in the history of Test Cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen?
Who among the following Speakers of Lok Sabha formally disassociated from the political party after his election as the Speaker?
UNESCO has been observing February 21 as the International Mother Language Day since 2000. The idea to celebrate the International Mother Language Day was the initiative of which of the following nations?
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was recently selected as the first woman Director-General of WTO. She hails from which one of the following countries?
The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project connects India with which one of the following countries?
