UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024 - General Studies Paper II (CSAT) — question paper

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UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024 - General Studies Paper II (CSAT)

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Official UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024 General Studies Paper II (CSAT), presented as 80 reviewed structured questions with published KSLC solutions. The complete 48-page official question-paper scan remains available for exact stems, options and shared passages. Where an official final answer-key disposition applies, the examination authority remains final.

A Question is given followed by two Statements I and II. Consider the Question and the Statements.

Question: Is (x + y) an integer?

Statement-I: (2x + y) is an integer.
Statement-II: (x + 2y) is an integer.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?
1. The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone
2. The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone
3. The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone
4. The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together
A person buys three articles P, Q and R for a total of ₹50. Article Q costs ₹16 and is the least expensive.

Question: What is the price of article P?

Statement I: The price of P is no greater than the price of R.
Statement II: The price of R is no greater than the price of P.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the question and the statements?
1. The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone
2. The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone
3. The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone
4. The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together
P, Q, R and S took a test.

Question: Did P score more marks than Q?

Statement I: P and Q together scored the same total as R and S together.
Statement II: P and S together scored more than Q and R together.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the question and the statements?
1. The Question can be answered by using one of the Statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other Statement alone
2. The Question can be answered by using either Statement alone
3. The Question can be answered by using both the Statements together, but cannot be answered using either Statement alone
4. The Question cannot be answered even by using both the Statements together
Replace every operator simultaneously according to these rules: + means −; − means ×; × means ÷; and ÷ means +. Then evaluate using the standard order of operations.

What is the value of 10 + 30 − 100 × 50 ÷ 25?
1. 15
2. 0
3. −15
4. −25
Consider the following statements:

1. If 2x ≥ 3y and 3x = 4z, then 9y > 8z.
2. If x < 2y and y ≤ z, then x ≤ z.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

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