IAS Exam Aptitude Questions

Can you provide me the solved Union Public Service Commission or UPSC IAS or Indian Administrative Services (Pre) CSAT Exam Paper – 2015 which has got Aptitude Questions in it?

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The solved Union Public Service Commission or UPSC IAS or Indian Administrative Services (Pre) CSAT Exam Paper – 2015 is as follows:

Passage 1

The richer States have a responsibility to cut down carbon emissions and
promote clean energy investments. These are the States that got electricity,
grew faster and now have high per capita income, making them capable of
sharing India's burden of becoming eco-friendly. Delhi, for example, can help
by generating its own clean electricity using solar rooftop panels or even
help poor States finance their clean energy projects. It is no secret that
State Electricity Boards, which control 95% of the distribution network, are
neck-deep in losses. These losses further discourage State utilities from
adopting renewable energy as it is more expensive than fossil fuels.

1. Which among the following is the most logical and rational assumption
that can be made from the above passage?

(a) The richer States must lead in the production and adoption of renewable
energy.

(b) The poor States always have to depend on rich States for electricity.

(c) The State Electricity Boards can improve their finances by undertaking
clean energy projects.

(d) The high economic disparity between the rich and poor States is the
major cause of high carbon emissions in India.

Answer. a



Passage - 2

Set against a rural backdrop, ‘Stench of kerosene’ is the story of a couple,
Guleri and Manak, who have been happily married for several years but do
not have a child. Manak’s mother is desperate to have a grandchild to carry
on the family name. Hence, she gets Manak remarried in Guleri’s absence.
Manak, who acts as a reluctant but passive spectator, is meanwhile,
informed by a friend that Guleri, on hearing about her husband’s second
marriage, poured kerosene on her clothes and set fire to them. Manak is
heartbroken and begins to live as if he were a dead man. When his second
wife delivers a son, manak states at athe child for a long time an blurts out,
“Take him away ! He stinks of kerosene.”

2. This is a sensitive issue-based story which tries to sensitise the readers
about

(a) Male chauvinism and infidelity

(b) Love and betrayal

(c) Lack of legal safeguards for women

(d) Influence of patriarchal mindset

Answer. D



Passage - 3

The ultimate aim of government is not to rule or control by fear, nor to
demand obedience, but conversely, to free every man from fear, that. he
may live in all possible security. In other words, to strengthen his natural
right to exist and work without injury to himself or others. The object of
government is not to change men from rational beings into beasts or
puppets. It should enable them to develop their minds and bodies in security,
and to employ their reason unshackled.

3. Which among the following is the most logical and rational inference that
can be made from the above passage?

(a) The true aim of government is to secure the citizens their social and
political freedom.

(b) The primary concern of government is to provide absolute social security
to all its citizens.

(c) The best government IS the one that allows the citizens to enjoy absolute
liberty in all matters of life.

(d) The best government is the one that provides absolute physical security
to the people of the country

Answer. A