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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
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Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

The demographic dividend, which has begun in India and is expected to last another few decades, is a great window of opportunity. The demographic dividend is basically a swelling in the working age population, which conversely means that the relative ratio of very young and very old will, for a while, be on the decline. From the experience of Ireland and China, we know that this can be a source of energy and an engine of economic growth. The demographic dividend tends to raise a nation's savings rate since in any nation, it is the working age population that is the main saver. And since the savings rate is an important driver of growth, this should help elevate our growth rate. However, the benefits of demographic dividend depend on the quality of the working age population. And this implies bringing back the importance of education, acquisition of skills and human capital.

Which of the following would invariably happen in a country, when the demographic dividend has begun to operate?

1. The number of illiterate people will decrease.

2. The ratio of very old and very young will decrease for a while.

3. Population growth rate will quickly stabilize.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A
1 and 2 only
B
2 only
C
1 and 3 only
D
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

The demographic dividend, which has begun in India and is expected to last another few decades, is a great window of opportunity. The demographic dividend is basically a swelling in the working age population, which conversely means that the relative ratio of very young and very old will, for a while, be on the decline. From the experience of Ireland and China, we know that this can be a source of energy and an engine of economic growth. The demographic dividend tends to raise a nation's savings rate since in any nation, it is the working age population that is the main saver. And since the savings rate is an important driver of growth, this should help elevate our growth rate. However, the benefits of demographic dividend depend on the quality of the working age population. And this implies bringing back the importance of education, acquisition of skills and human capital.

With reference to the passage, which of the following inferences can be drawn?

1. Demographic dividend is an essential condition for a country to rapidly increase its economic growth rate.

2. Promotion of higher education is an essential condition for a country for its rapid economic growth.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A
1 only
B
2 only
C
Both 1 and 2
D
Neither 1 nor 2
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

In an economic organization, allowing mankind to benefit by the productivity of machines should lead to a very good life of leisure, and much leisure is apt to be tedious except to those who have intelligent activities and interests. If a leisured population is to be happy, it must be an educated population, and must be educated with a view to enjoyment as well as to the direct usefulness of technical knowledge.

Which of the following statements best reflects the underlying tone of the passage?

A
Only an educated population can best make use of the benefits of economic progress.
B
All economic development should be aimed at the creation of leisure.
C
An increase in the educated population of a country leads to an increase in the happiness of its people.
D
Use of machines should be encouraged in order to create a large leisured population.
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

If presents bring less thrill now that we are grown up, perhaps it is because we have too much already; or perhaps it is because we have lost the fullness of the joy of giving, and with it the fullness of the joy of receiving. Children's fears are poignant, their miseries are acute, but they do not look too forward nor too far backward. Their joys are clear and complete, because they have not yet learnt always to add 'but' to every proposition. Perhaps we are too cautious, too anxious, too sceptical. Perhaps some of our cares would shrink if we thought less about them and entered with more single- minded enjoyment into the happiness that come our way.

With reference to the passage, which one of the following statements is correct?

A
It is not possible for adults to feel thrilled by presents.
B
There can be more than one reason why adults feel less thrilled by presents.
C
The author does not know why adults feel less thrilled by presents.
D
Adults have less capacity to feel the joy of loving or being loved.
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