Q1. What was the approximate ratio of sheet steel and scrap steel imports in the first three months of the year? (a) 1 : 1 (b) 1.2 : 1 (c) 1.4 : 1 (d) 1.6 : 1 55. Consider the following data:
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UPSC 2018-II
Q2. Consider the following graph:
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Q3. Looking at the graph, it can be inferred that from 1990 to 2010
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Q4. Population has stabilized after 35 years. 2. Population growth rate has stabilized after 35 years. 3. Death rate has fallen by 10% in the first 10 years. 4. Birth rate has stabilized after 35 years. 1000 2000 3000 Which of the above are the most logical and rational No. of pieces manufactured statements that can be made from the above graph? Fig. A (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2
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UPSC 2018-II
Q5. Over the last two and a half decades, the dependency State 14 864 5.46 97.9 ratio for country B has decreased. State 15 497 7.48 62.3 2. By the end of next two and a half decades, the State 16 777 7.03 93.8 dependency ratio of country A will be much less State 17 335 5.8 49.9 than that of country B. State 18 599 7.49 47.84 3. In the next two decades, the work-force relative to its total population
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Q6. Nowadays, prosperity of an already high performing 5.50 Reverse Repo Rate State cannot be sustained without making further 5.00 large investments in its telecom infrastructure. 4.50 2. Nowadays, a very high Tele-density is the most 4.00 essential condition for promoting the business and 4.00 economic growth in a State. 3.50 Which of the above assumptions is/are valid? 3.00 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only Ju
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Q7. What was the approximate total value (in $) of sheet steel imported over the six months period?
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UPSC 2015-II
Q8. (d) Per capita income was highest in 1994. 38. An automobiles owner reduced his monthly petrol consumption when the prices went up. The price- consumption relationship is as follows:
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Q9. Year-wise variation of the price of a certain commodity is shown in the following graph:
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Q10. The proportion of expenditure on various items by two families A and B are represented in the following Bar Charts:
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UPSC 2014-II
Q11. Consider the graph and answer the 4 (four) items that follow : 0 x Y Men diagram IV (a) Diagram I (b) Diagram II 6 (c) Diagram III (d) Diagram IV 5 DIRECTIONS (Qs. 27-31) : Study the two figures given below 4 B and answer the questions that follow: 3 A 32 2 28 1 24 0 X 20 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Year 16 32. In which year is the average profit of A and B same ?
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Q12. What is the difference between the average profit of B and 4 A in the year 1998 ?
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Q13. How much more average profit did A make in the year 2000 Male Female than in the year 1999 ?
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Q14. What is the trend of the average profit of B from the year 1997 to the year 2000 ?
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Q15. The following table shows the marks obtained by two students in different subjects :
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Q16. The following table gives population and total income of a city for four years :
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UPSC 2013-II
Q17. How many Physics professors belong to the age group 35 – 44?
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Q18. Which one of the following disciplines has the highest ratio of males to females?
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Q19. What percentage of all Psychology professors are females?
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Q20. If the number of female Physics professors in the age group 25 – 34 equals 25% of all the Physics professors in that age group, then what is the number of male Physics professors in the age group 25 – 34?
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Q21. If the Psychology professors in the University constitute y 2% of all the professors in the University, then what is the number of professors in the University?
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UPSC 2012-II
Q22. The race was won by A. 2. B was ahead mark of A up to 25 km mark 3. C ran very slowly from the beginning. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 F 102 Topicwise Solved Papers 25. Consider the following information regarding the performance of a class of 1000 students in four different tests: Tests I II III IV Average marks 6
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UPSC 2011-II
Q23. The targeted sales on a monthly basis have been achieved 2. The overall target value has been exceeded by 7.5% 3. The Sales Department deserves a pat on the back egA Which one of them indicates the declining population ? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D 17. The following figure has four curves namely A, B, C and D. Study the figure and answer the item that follows.
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Q24. Which of the two towns has a higher number of persons with Diabetes ? (a) Town A (b) Town B (c) Same in Town A and Town B (d) No inference can be drawn 19. What can we say about persons with more than one disease from these graphs ? (a) There are likely to be persons with more than one disease in Town A. (b) There are likely to be persons with more than one disease in Town B. (c) There are likely
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UPSC 2001
Q25. The following table shows the percentage change in the consumption of electricity by five towns P, Q, R, S, T from 1986 to 1988 :
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UPSC 2000
Q26. The distribution of 1,00,000 tourists who visited India during a particular year is shown in the given charts. Based on this, the number of Japanese tourists below the age of 39 who visited India in the year concerned is
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UPSC 1999
Q27. Yield rate is zero at B and C 2. There is no yield with no fertilizer input 3. The yield is minimum at D 4. The yield is neither minimum nor maximum at C Which of the above statements are correct? (a) 1, 2 and 4 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 3 and 4 13. A company manufacturing air-conditioners set a monthly target. The target and realised values are shown in the bar chart.
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UPSC 1998
Q28. The misery index is the sum of a country's unemployment and inflation rate. The higher the index, the more miserable is the country to live in. The figure given below is the misery index for various countries in Europe.
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UPSC 1997
Q29. The number of students in two sections, A and B having different heights is shown in the following Table.
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UPSC 1996
Q30. The following table shows the percentage distribution of revenue expenditure of Government of India in 1989-90 and 1994-95 : Expenditure Head (percent to total) Years Defence Interest Subsidies States/UtsGrants to Payments Other 1989-90 15.1 27.7 16.3 13.6 27.4 100°C Q P 1994-95 13.6 38.7 8.0 16.7 23.0 Based on this table, it can be said that the Indian economy is in poor shape because the Central
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UPSC 1996
Q31. The following figure represents sales (in thousands). over Retail store Percent change the period 1978 to 1983.
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UPSC 1996
Q32. The given pie charts show the proportion of literates and illiterates in a country, in the year 1970 and 1990, 25 20 LITERATES LITERATES F M F M 15 10 ILLITERATES 5 ILLITERATES and also the proportion of males (M) and females (F) among the literates. Which one of the following statements can be said to be true beyond any doubt?
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UPSC 1995
Q33. Consider the diagram given below:
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UPSC 1995
Q34. Consider the table given below providing details of traffic volume per hour for four locations:
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UPSC 1995
Q35. The variations in temperatures form 0°C to 100°C with respect to time of two liquids P, Q are shown in the graph given below:
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UPSC 1995
Q36. The price fluctuations of 4 scrips in a stock market in the four quarters of a year are shown in the table below. Four different investors had the following portfolios of investment in the four companies throughout the year. Portfolios Investor 1:10 of A, 20 of B, 30 of C, and 40 of D Investor 2 : 40 of A, 10 of B, 20 of C, and 30 of D Investor 3 : 30 of A, 40 of B, 10 of C, and 20 of D Investor 4