UPSC general mental ability Previous Year Questions

Q33. 33. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Central Idea

Q34. 34. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Path-dependent green investments w...

Reading Comprehension - Assumptions

Q35. 35. A natural number N is such that it can be expressed as N = p + q + r, where p, q, and r are distinct factors of N. H...

Number System - Factors

Q36. 36. Three prime numbers p, q, and r, each less than 20, are such that p – q = q – r. How many distinct possible values c...

Number System - Prime Numbers & Arithmetic Progression

Q37. 37. How many possible values of (p + q + r) are there satisfying 1/p + 1/q + 1/r = 1, where p, q, and r are natural numb...

Number System - Fractions

Q38. 38. What comes at X and Y respectively in the following sequence? January, January, December, October, X, March, October...

Series Completion - Word/Letter Series

Q39. 39. Team X scored a total of N runs in 20 overs. Team Y tied the score in 10% less overs. Had Team Y's average run rate ...

Quantitative Aptitude - Ratio & Proportion / Time & Work (Cricket context)

Q40. 40. The price (p) of a commodity is first increased by k%, then decreased by k%; again increased by k%, and again decrea...

Quantitative Aptitude - Percentage

Q41. 41. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and crucial message conveyed by the p...

Reading Comprehension - Central Idea

Q42. 42. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Crux of the Passage

Q43. 43. A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the corre...

Data Sufficiency - Sports

Q44. 44. A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the corre...

Data Sufficiency - Algebra

Q45. 45. In a T20 cricket match, three players X, Y and Z scored a total of 37 runs. The ratio of number of runs scored by X ...

Quantitative Aptitude - Ratio & Proportion

Q46. 46. Let p + q = 10, where p, q are integers. Value-I = Maximum value of p × q when p, q are positive integers. Value-II ...

Quantitative Aptitude - Number Properties / Maxima-Minima

Q47. 47. Consider a set of 11 numbers: Value-I = Minimum value of the average of the numbers of the set when they are consecu...

Quantitative Aptitude - Average / Number Properties

Q48. 48. The average of three numbers p, q and r is k. p is as much more than the average as q is less than the average. What...

Quantitative Aptitude - Average

Q49. 49. Let x be a real number between 0 and 1. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. x² > x³ II. x > √x Sele...

Number System - Properties of Real Numbers

Q50. 50. The difference between any two natural numbers is 10. What can be said about the natural numbers which are divisible...

Number System - Divisibility

Q51. 51. Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the author of the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Critical Message

Q52. 52. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Corporate capitalism promotes the ...

Reading Comprehension - Assumptions

Q53. 53. Which one of the following statements reflects the best explanation of the above passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Best Explanation

Q54. 54. Consider the following statements: I. There exists a natural number which when increased by 50% can have its number ...

Number System - Factors

Q55. 55. There are 7 places A, B, C, D, E, F and G in a city connected by various roads AB, AC, CD, DE, BF, EG and FG. A is 6...

Direction Sense / Distance

Q56. 56. In a certain code if 64 is written as 343 and 216 is written as 729, then how is 512 written in that code?...

Coding-Decoding - Number Series

Q57. 57. What is the remainder when 9³ + 9⁴ + 9⁵ + 9⁶ + ... + 9¹⁰⁰ is divided by 6?...

Number System - Remainders

Q58. 58. A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the corre...

Data Sufficiency - Number System

Q59. 59. A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the corre...

Data Sufficiency - Number Puzzles

Q60. 60. A question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements and mark the corre...

Data Sufficiency - Blood Relations

Q61. 61. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Central Idea

Q62. 62. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : I. Global climate change can result ...

Reading Comprehension - Assumptions

Q63. 63. Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the author of the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Critical Message

Q64. 64. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : I. In a democracy, a strong oppositi...

Reading Comprehension - Assumptions

Q65. 65. P is the brother of Q and R. S is R's mother. T is P's father. How many of the following statements are definitely t...

Blood Relations

Q66. 66. If NO is coded as 210, NOT is coded as 4200 and NOTE is coded as 21000, then how is NOTES coded?...

Coding-Decoding - Letter-Number Coding

Q67. 67. If FRANCE is coded as 654321 and GERMANY is coded as 9158437, then how is YEMEN coded?...

Coding-Decoding - Letter-Number Coding

Q68. 68. The 5-digit number PQRST (all distinct digits) is such that T is not equal to 0. P is thrice T. S is greater than Q ...

Number System - Digit Puzzles

Q69. 69. X can complete one-third of a certain work in 6 days, Y can complete one-third of the same work in 8 days and Z can ...

Quantitative Aptitude - Time & Work

Q70. 70. What is X in the sequence 1, 3, 6, 11, 18, X, 42 ?...

Series Completion - Number Series

Q71. 71. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?...

Reading Comprehension - Central Idea