Union Public Service Commission Civil Services (Prelims) General Studies Paper-I

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701

The average rate of increase of per capita income in 1978-79 was

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Indian Economy
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702

Which number will continue the following series ?

27, 25, 25, 22, 23, 19, 21, 16, 19,

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper General Mental Ability
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703

Which number will continue the following series ?

3, 8, 15, 24, 35, 48, 63, 80,

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704

If SYSTEM is written as SYSMET and NEARER is written as AENRER, then FRACTION will be coded as

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705

In a hydraulic device as shown in the figure how much weight should be put on the piston A to balance the level of water when a weight of 40 gm is put on the piston B?

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706

To check a thermometer, the boiling point of water should be recorded as shown in the figure

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707

The temperature of two different months May and June is given for four different towns A, B, C and D. Which figure shows maximum deviation in the temperature?

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708

In the given figure, area of the shaded square is A. All the horizontal and vertical lines meet at $90^{\circ}$. All horizontal lines are of equal length. What is the area of the whole figure?

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709

How many nuclear power plants are there in India now ?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Science & Technology
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710

What is the main objective of the Rural Development Programme ?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Indian Economy
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711

Which of the following statements is correct?

FOSSIL I
FOSSIL II

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712

What was the main aim of Bearer Bonds Scheme ?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Indian Economy
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713

What does secularism mean?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Indian Polity
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714

Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Indian Polity
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715

There are mice in the field which act as prey to snakes. Hawks eat the snakes. Some dogs are brought into the field? What will be its effect?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper Environment & Ecology
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716

A new temperature scale has been Revised according to which water freezes at 40Β° X. (Xelsius) and boils at $240^{\circ}$ X. The relationship between Xelsius and Celsius scale is best expressed by the graph

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717

On the above scale, the average body temperature of 98.4Β° F will be equivalent to

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718

A and B can do a piece of work in 4 days. If A can do it alone in 12 days, how much time B will take to finish it alone?

UPSC Prelims 1981 GS Paper General Mental Ability
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719

What number will come next in the following series ?

5, 8, 9, 14, 16, 23, 26

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720

Based on the following statements, which is the correct conclusion drawn. Only gentlemen can become members of the club. Many of the members of the club are officers. Some of the officers have been invited for dinner.

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721

A particle moves with some velocity along a certain path as shown in the diagram. The distance covered by the particle in 4 seconds is

20
Velocity m/sec
10+
4
time (sec)

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722

Cloth is woven horizontally with 1 cm wide thickness of violet and white colour alternately and 1 cm wide thickness of grey and white colour alternately in the vertical direction. The resulting pattern will consist of

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723

How many minimum number of colours will be required to paint all the sides of a cube without the adjacent sides having the same colours?

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724

What is the minimum number of colours required to fill the spaces in the following diagram without the adjacent sides having the same colour?

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725

The two figures show the expenditure on various items by families A and B. Which of the following conclusion is not correct?

Food
Misc Rent
Clothing
Food Clothing
Misc Rent

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