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UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

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

Now-a-days there is a growing trend to use interconnected home devices. As consumers increasingly network their homes, the connected home device manufacturers and service providers will seek to overcome "thin profit margins by gathering more of our personal data-with or without our agreementturning the home into a corporate storefront". Corporate marketers will have powerful incentives to observe consumer behaviour to understand the buying needs and preferences of the device owners.

Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message implied by the passage?

Knowledge of consumer behaviour leads to more capital expenditure in manufacturing sector.

Knowledge of consumer behaviour stimulates the growth of commerce and trade and thus helps in the overall economic development of the country.

Interconnected devices give a lot of comfort to home users and improve the overall quality of life.

Interconnected devices can be at security risk and home users may have privacy risk.

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

Question:

What are the values of m and n, where m and n are natural numbers?

Statement-I:

m + n > mn and m > n.

Statement-II:

The product of m and n is 24.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone

The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone

The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone

The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

Question:

What is the time required to download the software?

Statement-I:

The size of the software is 12 megabytes.

Statement-II:

The transfer rate is 2.4 kilobytes per second.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone

The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone

The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone

The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together

UPSC Civil Service Prelims Paper II 2024 (CSAT)

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

+2.5

-0.833

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

Question :

What are the unique values of $x$ and $y$, where $x, y$ are distinct natural numbers?

Statement-I : $x / y$ is odd.

Statement-II : $x y=12$

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone.

The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone.

The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone.

The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together.

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