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As per your request here I am giving you General Studies 2 Question Paper of Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC).

UPPSC General Studies 2 Question Paper:

2. India’s largest ship breaking yard is located in Gujarat at:

(a) Alang

(b) Kandla

(c) Porbander

(d) Okha

3. Recently developed technique for monitoring foetal growth is:

(a) Microwave technique

(b) Ultrasonics

(c) Ultra-violet rays

(d) X-rays

4. Which one of the following pairs is not matched?

(a) Y2K - Computer

(b) Arthritis - Uric acid

(c) Noise pollution - Decibel

(d) PARAM 10.000 - Land to land missile

5. Purity of gold in 22 Carat is:

(a) 100%

(b) –99%

(c) –92%

(d) –75%

6. I.C. Chips for computers are usually made of:

(a) leaf

(b) chromium

(c) silicon

(d) gold

7. First Indian Station set up for Antarctic research is called:

(a) Dakshin Gangotri

(b) Dakshin Yamunotri

(c) Antarctica

(d) Godavari

8. The memory of the computer is measured by:

(a) Bits

(b) Ohms

(c) Amperes

(d) Volts

9. The ICBM developed by India, with a strike range of more than 2000 km, is given the name:

(a) Prithvi

(b) Trishul

(c) Akash

(d) Agni-II

10. The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called:

(a) Meteors

(b) Comets

(c) Meteorites

(d) Asteroids

11. On adding common salt to water, the boiling point and freezing point of water will:

(a) increase

(b) decrease

(c) decrease and increase respectively

(d) increase and decrease respectively

12. Neelgai belongs to the following family:

(a) Cow

(b) Goat

(c) Sheep

(d) Deer

13. Scientists of which country have developed an artificial blood that is a kind of plastic blood which could be given to any patient regardless of his blood group?

(a) U.S.A.

(b) Britain

(c) China

(d) Norway

14. The mulberry fruit is:

(a) Sorosis

(b) Syconus

(c) Samara

(d) Nut

15. Proteins are assembled from this acid:

(a) Iodic acid

(b) Formic acid

(c) Amino acid

(d) Nitrous acid

16. The type of crop which is able to fix nitrogen from air is:

(a) Wheat

(b) Legumes

(c) Coffee

(d) Rubber

17. The most toxic metal pollutant of automobile exhaust is:

(a) Copper

(b) Lead

(c) Cadmium

(d) Mercury

18. Which one of the following energy sources is most environment friendly?

(a) Petroleum Products

(b) Forest products

(c) Nuclear fission

(d) Solar cells

19. Which among the following is the main reason for the depletion of ozone layer?

(a) Ultraviolet rays

(b) Chlorofluorocarbons

(c) Carbon dioxide

(d) None of the above

20. Night blindness is caused by the deficiency of:

(a) Vitamin B1

(b) Vitamin C

(c) Vitamin A

(d) Vitamin E

21. An air-conditioner installed in a room controls its:

(a) temperature only

(b) humidity and temperature

(c) pressure and temperature

(d) humidity, pressure and temperature

22. Light from the Sun reaches Earth in about:

(a) 2 minutes

(b) 4 minutes

(c) 8 minutes

(d) 16 minutes

23. Sound travels fastest in:

(a) Vacuum

(b) Liquid

(c) Air

(d) Metal

25. A candidate in an election gets 71 % votes and wins the election by 756 votes. If there are only two candidates then the total number of votes is:

(a) 1890

(b) 1800

(c) 1860

(d) 1850

26. The smallest number which when increased by 10, is completely divisible by 12, 15, 18, 20 and 24, is:

(a) 230

(b) 250

(c) 290

(d) 350

27. In the following series which one of the alternatives will replace question mark (?)?

FRP, HPQ, JNS, LLV.?

(a) PKZ

(b) NJZ

(c) OJZ

(d) MKZ

28. A and B are two stations 10 km apart. A man P, starts from A and travels towards B at the rate 3 km/hr, whereas another man Q, starts from B and travels towards A at the rate 2 km/hr. When and where they meet?

(a) After 2 hours, 6 km from A

(b) After 3 hours, 9 km from A

(c) After 2½ hours, 7.5 km from A

(d) After 2 hours, 4 km from A

29. How many 4’s are there in the following number series which are preceded and followed by only an even number?

6 4 3 2 4 8 3 1 5 4 2 3 2 4 6 4 8 1 3 2 4 2 6 4 5

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) One

30. A, B and C enter into partnership. A contributes one-third of the capital while B contributes as much as A and C together contribute. If the profit at the end of the year amounts Rs.900, what would C receive?

(a) Rs. 100

(b) Rs. 150

(c) Rs. 200

(d) Rs. 300

31. Find the missing term in the given series out of the given alternatives

2Z5, 7Y7, 14X9, 23W11, 34V13

Alternatives:

(a) 27 U 24

(b) 47 U 14

(c) 45 U 15

(d) 47 U 15

32. Three years ago, Rani was 8 years younger than Rajat. What is the difference between their ages today?

(a) 8 years

(b) 6 years

(c) 4 years

(d) 3 years

33. Which one of the following pairs is not matching?

(a) Air and Oxygen

(b) Teacher and Student

(c) Mathematics and Geography

(d) Physics and Science

37. The price of the share of a company becomes 16 times in 4 years. The average annual rate of increase is:

(a) 100%

(b) 200%

(c) 400%

(d) None of these

38. A couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is four times that of the son and the age of the daughter is one-third of her mother. The wife is six years younger to her husband and the sister in three years older than her brother. The age of the mother is:

(a) 42 years

(b) 48 years

(c) 54 years

(d) 63 years

39. A train increases its normal speed by 12.5% and reaches its destination 20 minutes earlier. What is the actual time taken by the train in the journey?

(a) 220 minutes

(b) 180 minutes

(c) 145 minutes

(d) 160 minutes

42. Three plots having areas 110, 130 and 190 square meters are to be subdivided into equal size of flower beds. If the breadth of a bed is 2 meter, the maximum length that of a bed can be:

(a) 5 meters

(b) 11 meters

(c) 13 meters

(d) 19 meters

43. Balram is younger than Tapan and Rahim. Jogendra is younger than Tapan but older than Rahim. Which one of the following statements is definitely true?

(a) Jogendra is the oldest among them

(b) Rahim is second youngest among them

(c) Balram is older than Jogendra

(d) Rahim is second oldest among them

44. What should come next in the following letters sequence?

A A B A B C A B C D A B C D E A B C D E

(a) F

(b) A

(c) B

(d) G

45. A person purchased 10 dozen pens at the rate of Rs. 4 per dozen. On checking, he found that 20 pens were not working. In order to earn 25% profit, he should sell the remaining pens each at:

(a) 40 paise

(b) 44 paise

(c) 50 paise

(d) 55 paise

46. Every person shakes hand with each other in a party and the total number of handshakes is 66. The number of persons in he party is:

(a) II

(b) 12

(c) 22

(d) None of these

47. When 24 is added to 40% of a number, the result is the number itself. The number is:

(a) 16

(b) 24

(c) 40

(d) 64

48. The highest common factor of 0 and 6 is:

(a) 0

(b) 6

(c) 3

(d) Undefined


50. Consider the sequence 5, 10, 15, 25, 40, .... then the next number will be:

(a) 65

(b) 57

(c) 48

(d) 45

51. Rajesh goes 20 km towards South. After this he goes 10 km after turning to his left. In the end after turning to his left he goes 20 km. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?

(a) 15 km. East

(b) 10 km. East

(c) 20 km. East

(d) 15 km. West

53. If Body’s first birthday fell in January 1989 on one of the Tuesdays, the day on which he was born is:

(a) Sunday

(b) Monday

(c) Tuesday

(d) Wednesday

54. The mean of 5 observations is 60, mean of 10 observations is 30, and mean of 15 observations is 20; then mean of all the 30 observations is:

(a) 40

(b) 30

(c) 25

(d) 20



58. The average age of a class was 15 years. When 5 boys whose average age was 12 years and 6 months were admitted in the class, the average was reduced to 6 months. How many students were there in the class originally?

(a) 20

(b) 24

(c) 25

(d) 30

59. The price of sugar per kg increased from Rs. 16 to Rs. 20. The percentage reduction in the use of sugar so that the expenditure does not increase, should be:

(a) 40%

(b) 25%

(c) 20%

(d) 15%

60. The average of five numbers is 10. The number which should be included to make the average 12 is:

(a) 12

(b) 18

(c) 22

(d) 24

61. A person wishes to reach his destination 90 km away in three hours but for the first half of the journey his speed was 20 kr/hr. His average speed for the rest of the journey should be:

(a) 40 km/hour

(b) 0.75 km/minute

(c) I km/minute

(d) None of these

62. Histogram is useful to graphically find the value of:

(a) Mean

(b) Median

(c) Mode

(d) All the above

63. If the Mode of a moderately skewed frequency distribution is 16 and the mean is 16, then its Median is:

(a) Zero

(b) 16

(c) 8

(d) 32

64. Second and third central moments of a distribution are equal. The nature of the distribution is:

(a) symmetric

(b) asymmetric

(c) positively skewed

(d) negatively skewed

68. The range and quartile deviation of the following observations: 29, 20, 30, 25, 39, 35, 48, 41, 60, 51, 70 are:

(a) 50, 11

(b) 41, 22

(c) 50, 22

(d) 41, 11

69. The average marks of eleven students is 31.0 and that of the first six students is 31.5, while that of the last six students is 30.5. Then the marks of the sixth student are:

(a) 31.0

(b) 31.5

(c) 30.5

(d) 30.0

70. The difference of Median and Mode of the following data 25, 33, 72, 65, 29, 60, 30, 54, 32, 53, 42, 52, 42, 51, 42, 48, 45, 47, 46, 33 is:

(a) 4

(b) 3

(c) 3.5

(d) 2.5

72. If each value of a set is divided by 5, its coefficient of variation is reduced by:

(a) 5%

(b) 10%

(c) 20%

(d) nothing

73. Frequency density of a class is the ratio of:

(a) the class frequency to the total frequency

(b) the class frequency to the class interval

(c) the class interval to the class frequency

(d) none of these

74. Out of 1000 students, 658 failed in the aggregate, 166 in the aggregate & Group-I, 434 in the aggregate & Group-Il. 372 students failed in Group-I, 590 in Group-II and 126 in both the groups. The number of students who failed in the aggregate but not in Group-II is:

(a) 206

(b) 2:4

(c) 464

(d) None of these

75. Ogives, for more than and less than types, intersect at:

(a) Mean

(b) Median

(c) Mode

(d) Origin

76. Given an ogive (less than type); which of the following one measure cannot be obtained from it?

(a) Mean (b) Median (c) Quartiles (d) Deciles

77. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. The largest of these numbers will be:

(a) 36

(b) 32

(c) 30

(d) 28
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