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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2025 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.883

"A network of voluntary associations stands as a 'buffer' between the relatively powerless individual and the potentially powerful State."

Consider the following statements:

I. There exists a natural number which when increased by $50 \%$ can have its number of factors unchanged.

II. There exists a natural number which when increased by $150 \%$ can have its number of factors unchanged.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A

I only

B

II only

C

Both I and II

D

Neither I nor II

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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2025 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.883

"A network of voluntary associations stands as a 'buffer' between the relatively powerless individual and the potentially powerful State."

What is the remainder when $9^3+9^4+9^5+9^6+\ldots+9^{100}$ is divided by 6 ?

A

0

B

1

C

2

D

3

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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2025 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.883

Trust stands commonly defined as being vulnerable to others. Entrepreneurship implies trust in others and willingness to expose oneself to betrayal. Trust in expert systems is the essence of globalising behaviour; trust itself emerges as a supercommodity in the social market and defines the characteristics of goods and services in a global market. Trusting conduct also means holding others in good esteem, and an optimism that they are, or will be, competent in certain respects.

The difference between any two natural numbers is 10 . What can be said about the natural numbers which are divisible by 5 and lie between these two numbers?

A

There is only one such number.

B

There are only two such numbers.

C

There can be more than one such number.

D

No such number exists.

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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.833
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$222^{333} + 333^{222}$ is divisible by which of the following numbers?

A

2 and 3 but not 37

B

3 and 37 but not 2

C

2 and 37 but not 3

D

2, 3 and 37

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