Previous year MCQs

Aptitude & Reasoning UPPSC 2000 GS-I
Question

If A is longer then C, B is shorter than D and C is longer than D, which one is the shortest of all?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: B

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “B”.
Therefore, the answer is (2) B.

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Assertion (A): The size of population and its composition are responsible for the social change.

Reason (R): The fertility of occupational groups in which the wives engage more generally in gainful occupations, is lower than that of other groups in the same economic category.

Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Booth A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Pick the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th letters in the word 'REASONING' from yet another word and then write the first and last letter's of the new word:
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  2. B) ES
  3. C) NE
  4. D) OR
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  1. A) 60, 70
  2. B) 62, 74
  3. C) 64, 82
  4. D) 68, 84
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  1. A) DIRAGENT
  2. B) DIARGENT
  3. C) DDERATNG
  4. D) RATIGEND
The newly discovered high temperature superconductors are?
  1. A) Metal alloys
  2. B) Pure rare earth metals
  3. C) Ceramic oxides
  4. D) Inorganic polymers
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  1. A) Andhra Pradesh
  2. B) Madhya Pradesh
  3. C) Rajasthan
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh
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  1. A) China
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Norway
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Statement: The situation calls for immediate action.
Assumptions:

I. The situation is serious.
II. Immediate action is possible.

Code:
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  2. B) Only statement II is implied
  3. C) Both the statements are implied
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  2. B) Assam and Gujarat
  3. C) Karnataka and Rajasthan
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  1. A) Violin
  2. B) Sarod
  3. C) Guitar
  4. D) Harmonium
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  1. A) 2x + 2y + 4
  2. B) 2x + 2y + 8
  3. C) 4x + 4y + 8
  4. D) 4x + 4y+ 16
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  2. B) 35
  3. C) 21
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