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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which of the following statements best reflect the most logical and rational inferences that can be made from the passage?1. The current methods of fo...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:1. The food distribution mechanism needs to be reimagined and made effective to r...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational inference/inferences that can be made from the passage?
1. Centr...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:1. Fiscal policies of governments are solely responsible for higher prices.
2. Hi...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the above passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. India needs a new generation of urban professionals with knowledge relevant t...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Internet is not inclusive enough. 2. Internet can adversely affect the qualit...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the thinking of the author about the science?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which of the following is/are emphatically conveyed by the author of the passage?1. Without science, mankind could not have continued to exist till to...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:1. The horrors of modern life are the inevitable result of the progress of scienc...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :1. Travel leads to an understanding of humans.2. Travel helps those who...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational inference/inferences that can be made from the passage? 1. In co...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. As a large number of workers in our country are employed in unorganized secto...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:1. The adolescent does not feel comfortable with his parents because they tend to...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?(a) Parents in general may not be of much help when children...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical suggestion implied by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:1. Giant icebergs have a bearing on primary productivity and food chains of the S...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message conveyed by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the above passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. The author of the passage believes that flowers are creations of Nature’s lux...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :
1. For effective school education, parents have greater role than the governmen...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message implied by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most rational, practical and immediate action required to ensure fair and equitable allocation...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects what is implied by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the author of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crucial message conveyed by the author of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best implies the most rational assumption that can be made from the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational implication conveyed by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which of the following statements best reflects the logical inference from the passage given above?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be drawn from the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Collection, processing and segregation of municipal waste should be with gov...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Organic farming is inherently unsafe for both farmers and consumers.
2. Far...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message conveyed by the author of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Food consumption patterns have changed substantially in India over the past few decades. This has resulted in the disappearance of many nutritious foo...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Scientists studied the vernal window transition period from winter to the growing season. They found that warmer winters with less snow resulted in a ...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
A global analysis of nitrogen use efficiency a measure of the amount of nitrogen a plant takes in to grow versus what is left behind as pollution says...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Along with sustainable lifestyles, climate justice is regarded as a significant principle in environmental parlance. Both the principles have bearings...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Sourcing food from non-agricultural lands (uncultivated systems such as forests, wetlands, pastures, etc) in addition to agricultural lands enables a ...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
While awareness on use/misuse and abuse of antibiotics is common knowledge, as is the impact of dosing poultry with antibiotics, the environmental imp...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Benefits of good quality school education accrue only when students complete and leave school after having acquired the gateway skills. Like one learn...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
The paradox of choice is illustrated by the story of Buridan's ass. Jean Buridan, the 14th century philosopher, wrote about free will and the inabilit...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Household finance in India is unique. We have a tendency to invest heavily in physical assets such as gold and property. Steps to encourage the financ...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
Pharmaceutical patents grant protection to the patentee for the duration of the patent term. The patentees enjoy the liberty to determine the prices o...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
India should ensure the growth of the digital economy while keeping personal data of citizens secure and protected. No one will innovate in a surveill...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
In India, while the unemployment rate is a frequently used measure of poor performance of the economy, under conditions of rising school and college e...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
"Science by itself is not enough, there must be a force and discipline outside the sciences to coordinate them and point to a goal. It is not possible...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2023 (CSAT)
"The last end of the state is not to dominate men, nor to restrain them by fear; rather it is so to free each man from fear that he may live and act w...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Unsustainability in production pattern is due to which of the following ?
1. Heavy dependence on fossil fuels
2. Limited availability of resources&n...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Consider the following statements :
Developed countries can support developing countries' transition to sustainable human development by
1. making c...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only....
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Development of agricultural technology is confined to developed countries.
...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made :
1. Poor countries need to bring about change in their existing farming techniq...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Growing enough food for future generations will be a challenge.
2. Corporat...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
According to the passage, natural selection cannot anticipate future environments on the earth as
1. species not fully prepared to face the environme...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
The passage suggests that Darwinian theory of evolution is not a theory at all because
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made:
1. Only species that have the ability to overcome environmental catastrophes...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only
With stea...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
For...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Read the following passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
For two ...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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 ...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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 prese...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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 prese...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
Which one of the following is implied by the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
What is the main idea of the passage?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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 soc...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
The author's assumption about scientific research is that
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
According to the author
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2022 (CSAT)
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...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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 chall...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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There are reports t...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Policymakers and me...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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A central message o...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Researchers simulat...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Approximately 80 pe...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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A study conducted o...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Researchers were ab...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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With respect to wha...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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It is certain, that...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Inequality violates...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Aristocratic govern...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Read the following passages and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.
Fig trees (genus Ficu...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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At the heart of agroe...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Computers increasingl...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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A social and physical envi...
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Can a democracy avoid ...
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In our schools, we tea...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
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Nothing can exist in a ...
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In the immediate future...
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The resolution of bankr...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only
In India, the objective...
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the passage given above?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
The idea which the first part of the passage mentions is
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Which one of the following habits is found more often in good people?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best sums up the passage given above?
UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the
passage given above?
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