UPSC reading comprehension Previous Year Questions
Practice all UPSC reading comprehension questions (2011–2025) with detailed explanations.
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Topics in reading comprehension
2025(29 questions)
Q1. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?...
Central Idea/Main Idea
Q2. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Higher education is a constantly evolv...
Assumptions
Q3. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?...
Main Idea/Crux
Q4. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. The food manufacturing and processing ...
Assumptions
Q11. Which one of the following statements best reflects the corollary to the above passage?...
Corollary/Inference
Q12. With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made: The growing divergence between the fortunes of ...
Assumptions
Q13. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the author of the ...
Main Message/Inference
Q14. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. There is no need for the State to be i...
Assumptions
Q21. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and pragmatic message conveyed by the aut...
Main Message/Inference
Q22. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Green energy production can be linked ...
Assumptions
Q23. Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the passage?...
Critical Message/Main Idea
Q24. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. People above the poverty line also are...
Assumptions
Q31. Which one of the following statements best reflects the critical message conveyed by the author of the passage?...
Critical Message/Main Idea
Q32. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. No country needs to depend on ecosyste...
Assumptions
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
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
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
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
Q71. 71. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Central Idea
Q72. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: I. Supply-side investments in companies c...
Assumptions in Reading Comprehension
Q73. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and pragmatic message conveyed by the pas...
Main Idea of Passage
Q74. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : I. Automobile factories are examples of ...
Assumptions in Reading Comprehension
2024(27 questions)
Q1. 1. Which of the following statements best reflect the most logical and rational inferences that can be made from the pas...
Food Loss and Waste
Q2. 2. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. The food distribution mechanism needs to be...
Food Loss and Waste
Q3. 3. Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational inference/inferences that can b...
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Q4. 4. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Fiscal policies of governments are solely r...
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Q11. 11. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be made from th...
Urban Planning and Education
Q12. 12. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. India needs a new generation of urban prof...
Urban Planning and Education
Q13. 13. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage ?...
Social Media and Political Discourse
Q14. 14. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Internet is not inclusive enough. 2. Inter...
Social Media and Political Discourse
Q21. 21. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. For effective school education, parents ha...
Education System Challenges
Q22. 22. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage?...
Education System Challenges
Q23. 23. Which one of the following statements best reflects the thinking of the author about the science?...
Science and Society
Q31. 31. Which of the following is/are emphatically conveyed by the author of the passage? 1. Without science, mankind could ...
Science and Humanity
Q32. 32. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. The horrors of modern life are the inevita...
Science and Humanity
Q33. 33. When we meet other people while we travel, we learn to differentiate between...
Cultural Values and Travel
Q34. 34. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Travel leads to an understanding ...
Cultural Values and Travel
Q41. 41. Which of the following statements best reflects/reflect the most logical and rational inference/inferences that can ...
Education System Critique
Q42. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. As a large number of workers in our country ar...
Inference and Assumption
Q43. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. The adolescent does not feel comfortable with ...
Inference and Assumption
Q44. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea of the above passage?...
Central Idea
Q51. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical suggestion implied by the p...
Logical Inference
Q52. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. Giant icebergs have a bearing on primary produ...
Inference and Assumption
Q53. Which one of the following statements best reflect the most logical and rational and practical message conveyed by the p...
Logical Inference
Q61. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?...
Central Idea
Q62. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message implied by the pass...
Logical Inference
Q63. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the above passage?...
Central Idea
Q71. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the above passage?...
Logical Inference - Central Idea
Q72. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made : 1. The author of the passage believes that flower...
Inference and Assumption
2023(27 questions)
Q1. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Collection, processing and segregation of munic...
Reading Comprehension - Assumptions
Q2. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Crux/Main Idea
Q3. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Organic farming is inherently unsafe for both f...
Reading Comprehension - Assumptions
Q4. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and practical message conveyed by the aut...
Reading Comprehension - Logical Message
Q5. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. To implement the Sustainable Development Goals ...
Reading Comprehension - Assumptions
Q11. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational implication conveyed by the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Logical Implication
Q12. Which of the following statements best reflects the logical inference from the passage given above?...
Reading Comprehension - Logical Inference
Q13. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational inference that can be drawn from the p...
Reading Comprehension - Logical Inference
Q21. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crucial message conveyed by the author of the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Crucial Message
Q22. Which one of the following statements best implies the most rational assumption that can be made from the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Rational Assumption
Q23. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?...
Reading Comprehension - Crux/Main Idea
Q31. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most rational, practical and immediate action required to ensure...
Water Resource Management
Q32. Which one the following statements best reflects what is implied by the passage?...
Health and Economic Development
Q33. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational message conveyed by the author of the ...
Climate Change Adaptation
Q41. Which one of the following statements most likely reflects as to what the author of the passage intends to say?...
Unemployment and Education
Q42. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most rational, logical and practical message conveyed by the pas...
Philosophy and Governance
Q43. Based on the above passage, which one of the following terms expresses the ultimate goal of the state?...
Political Philosophy (Goal of State)
Q51. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical message implied by the above passage?...
Decision Making (Paradox of Choice)
Q52. Regarding the financialization of household savings, which of the following statements best reflect the solutions that a...
Financialization of Savings
Q53. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Patent protection given to patentees puts a hug...
Pharmaceutical Patents and Public Health
Q54. Based on the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Protection of privacy is not just a right, but ...
Data Protection and Innovation
Q61. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and rational massage conveyed by the author of the ...
Food Security and Agroecology
Q62. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical and practical message conveyed by the passage?...
Passage Comprehension - Environmental Pollution & Health
Q63. Which one of the following statements best reflects the crux of the passage?...
Passage Comprehension - Education & Skill Development
Q71. With reference to the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Global warming is causing spring to co...
Passage Comprehension - Environment & Climate Change
Q72. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and crucial message implied by the passag...
Passage Comprehension - Environment & Agriculture
Q73. Which one of the following statements best reflects the most logical, rational and crucial message conveyed by the passa...
Passage Comprehension - Climate Justice
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