Previous year MCQs

Aptitude & Reasoning UPPSC 1999 GS-I
Question

Which one among the following is most like, these three Hammer, Saw, and file?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: a screw driver

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “a screw driver”.
A screwdriver is most like a hammer, saw, and file.

Similar Questions:

A survey was conducted on a sample of 1000 persons with reference to the knowledge of Hindi, English and Urdu. The result of the survey is presented in the diagram below. The ratio of the number of persons who do not know any of the three languages to those who know all the three languages is:
  1. A) 1/25
  2. B) 1/27
  3. C) 7/550
  4. D) 175/1000
Which one of the following countries has the highest population growth rate:
  1. A) Indonesia
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Philippines
  4. D) Singapore
A bus covers the first half of a certain distance with speed v1 and the second half with a speed v2. The average speed during the whole journey is:
  1. A) v1v2/(v1+v2)
  2. B) 2v1v2/(v1+v2)
  3. C) (v1+v2)/2
  4. D) √v1v2
Indira Gandhi Canal has its source at:
  1. A) Gandhi Sagar Dam
  2. B) Bhakra Dam
  3. C) Harike Barrage
  4. D) Govind Ballabh Sagar
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (City) - List-II (Industry)

A. Coimbatore - 1. Petroleum Refining
B. Rourkela - 2. Rail Coach
C. Kapurthala - 3. Iron and Steel
D. Barauni - 4. Cotton Textiles

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 4 3 2 1
  2. B) 1 2 3 4
  3. C) 2 3 4 1
  4. D) 4 2 3 1
Which one of the following is different from others?
  1. A) accepting
  2. B) receiving
  3. C) obtaining
  4. D) exchanging
The circumference of a circle shown in the above figure is:
  1. A) 4 √2Π
  2. B) 8 √2Π
  3. C) 8Π
  4. D) 16Π
In relation to the total atomic energy production in the world, the production in India comes to only
  1. A) 1%
  2. B) 4%
  3. C) 2%
  4. D) 3%
1,2,5,10,17,26,..................The next number in the given series is:
  1. A) 37
  2. B) 42
  3. C) 32
  4. D) 35
If a principle money doubles in 10 years when it is invested through compound interest. Then, when it will become four fold (4 times).
  1. A) 10 years
  2. B) 20 years
  3. C) 25 years
  4. D) 30 years
Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India have been declared by the Supreme court as the 'Inviolable basic structure' of the Constitution? Select the correct answer for the code given below:

1. Article 32
2. Article 226
3. Article 227
4. Article 245

Code:
  1. A) 1, 2 and 3
  2. B) 1, 3 and 4
  3. C) 1, 2 and 4
  4. D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
The two planets having no satellites are:
  1. A) Earth and Jupiter
  2. B) Mercury and Venus
  3. C) Mercury and Saturn
  4. D) Venus and Mars