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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.

To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of entirely unprofitable subjects as well. Scientific research is probably never completely valueless. However silly and insignificant it may seem, however mechanical and unintelligent the labours of the researchers, there is always a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful generalization. But where research is not original, but consists in the mere rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile.

The author's assumption about scientific research is that
A
it is never very valuable
B
it is sometimes very valuable
C
it is never without some value
D
it is always very valuable
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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.

To encourage research is one of the functions of a university. Contemporary universities have encouraged research, not only in those cases where research is necessary, but on all sorts of entirely unprofitable subjects as well. Scientific research is probably never completely valueless. However silly and insignificant it may seem, however mechanical and unintelligent the labours of the researchers, there is always a chance that the results may be of value to the investigator of talent, who can use the facts collected for him by uninspired but industrious researchers as the basis of some fruitful generalization. But where research is not original, but consists in the mere rearrangement of existing materials, where its object is not scientific but literary or historical, then there is a risk of the whole business becoming merely futile.

According to the author
A
not many research results can be of value to an intelligent investigator
B
a research result is always valuable to an intelligent investigator
C
any research result can be of value to an intelligent investigator
D
a research result must always be of some value to an intelligent investigator
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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.

How best can the problems of floods and droughts be addressed so that the losses are minimal and the system becomes resilient? In this context, one important point that needs to be noted is that India gets 'too much' water (about 75% of annual precipitation) during 120 days (June to September) and 'too little' for the remaining 245 days. This skewed water availability has to be managed and regulated for its consumption throughout the year.

Which one of the following best reflects the practical, rational and lasting solution?

A
Constructing huge concrete storage tanks and canals across the country
B
Changing the cropping patterns and farming practices
C
Interlinking of rivers across the country
D
Buffer stocking of water through dams and recharging aquifers
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
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Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

India faces a challenging immediate future in energy and climate policy-making. The problems are multiple: sputtering fossil fuel production capabilities; limited access to electricity and modern cooking fuel for the poorest; rising fuel imports in an unstable global energy context; continued electricity pricing and governance challenges leading to its costly deficits or surplus supply; and not least, growing environmental contestation around land, water and air. But all is not bleak: growing energy efficiency programmes; integrated urbanisation and transport policy discussion; inroads to enhancing energy access and security; and bold renewable energy initiatives, even if not fully conceptualised, suggest the promise of transformation.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the passage given above?

A
India's energy decision-making process is ever more complex and interconnected.
B
India's energy and climate policy is heavily tuned to sustainable development goals.
C
India's energy and climate actions are not compatible with its broader social, economic and environmental goals.
D
India's energy decision-making process is straightforward supply-oriented and ignores the demand side.
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