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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.

A study conducted on the impacts of climate change over the Cauvery basin of Tamil Nadu using regional climate models showed an increasing trend for maximum and minimum temperatures, and a decrease in the number of rainy days. These climatic shifts will have an impact on the hydrological cycles in the region, lead to more run-off and less recharge, and affect the groundwater tables. Further, there has been an increase in the frequency of droughts in the State. This has driven farmers to increase dependency on groundwater resources to secure their crops.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage given above?

A
Development of regional climate models helps in choosing climate-smart agricultural practices.
B
Heavy dependence on groundwater resources can be reduced by adopting dry-land cropping systems.
C
Climate changes increase the criticality of water resources while simultaneously threatening it.
D
Climate changes cause the farmers to adopt unsustainable livelihoods and risky coping strategies.
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

Researchers were able to use stem cells to gauge the neurotoxic effects of the environmental pollutant Bisphenol A (BPA). They used a combination of biochemical and cell-based assays to examine the gene expression profile during the differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells upon treatment with BPA, a compound known to diabetes, and heart  diseases, cause developmental abnormalities in humans. They were able to detect and measure BPA toxicity towards the proper specification of primary germ layers, such as endoderm and ectoderm, and the establishment of neural progenitor cells.

On the basis of the passage given above, the following assumptions have been made :

1. BPA may alter embryonic development in vivo.

2. Biochemical and cell-based assays are useful in finding out treatments for pollution-induced diseases.

3. Embryonic stem cells could serve as a model to evaluate the physiological effects of environmental pollutants.

Which of the above assumptions are valid?

A
1 and 2 only
B
2 and 3 only
C
1 and 3 only
D
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

With respect to what are called denominations of religion, if everyone is left to be a judge of his own religion, there is no such thing as religion that is wrong but if they are to be a judge of each other’s religion, there is no such thing as a religion that is right, and therefore all the world is right or all the world is wrong in the matter of religion.

What is the most logical assumption that can be made from the passage given above?

A
No man can live without adhering to some religious denomination.
B
It is the duty of everyone to propagate one’s religious denomination.
C
Religious denominations tend to ignore the unity of man.
D
Men do not understand their own religious denomination.
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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2021 (CSAT)
MCQ (Single Correct Answer)
+2.5
-0.83
Change Language

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

It is certain, that seditions, wars, and contempt or breach of the laws are not so much to be imputed to the wickedness of the subjects, as to the bad state of a dominion. For men are not born fit for citizenship, but must be made so. Besides, men’s natural passions are everywhere the same; and if wickedness more prevails, and more offences are committed in one commonwealth than in another, it is certain that the former has neither enough pursued the end of unity, nor framed its laws with sufficient forethought; and that, therefore, it has failed in making quite good its right as a commonwealth.

Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the passage given above?

A
Seditions, wars and breach of the laws : are inevitable in every dominion.
B
It is not the people, but the sovereign who is responsible for all the problems of any dominion.
C
That dominion is the best which pursues the aim of unity and has laws for good citizenship.
D
It is impossible for men to establish a good dominion.
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