Questions : Reading Comprehension passages with questions and answers for upsc 2023
1. Which of the following statements best reflects the message of the author of the passage?
c) We need to devise a method of barring incompetence from public office
2. What is the methodology adopted in India to count the ‘poor’ debatable?
d) It is based on the proposition of poverty as meagre income or buying capacity.
3. Why is income poverty only one measure of counting the ‘poor’?
a) It talks of only one kind of deprivation ignoring all others.
4. What does the author mean by ‘poverty of a life’?
a) All deprivations in a human life which stem not only from lack of income but lack of real opportunities.
5. X and Y run a 3 km race along a circular course of length 300 m. Their speeds are in the ratio 3:2. If they start together in the same direction, how many would the first one pass the other (the start-off is not counted as passing)?
b) 3
6. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the letter whose position it occupies, then which one of the following represents ‘LUCKNOW’?
d) OFXPMLD
7. In a tournament of chess having 150 entrants, a player is eliminated whenever he loses a match. It is given that no match results in a tie/draw. How many matches are played in the entire tournament?
c) 149
8. How many 3-digits natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there such that each digit is odd and the number is divisible by 5?
b) 12
9. Consider the Question and two Statements given below:
Question: Is x an integer?
Statement 1: x/3 is not an integer.
Statement 2: 3x is an integer.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the Question and the Statements?
d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are not sufficient to answer the Question.
10. The increase in the price of a certain item was 25%. Then the price was decreased by 20% and then again increased by 10%. What is the resultant increase in the price?
b) 10%
11. According to the passage, the natural selection cannot anticipate future environments on the earth as
c) 1, 3 and 4
12. The passage suggest that Darwinian theory of evolution is not a theory at all because
b) Extinction is a function of biological and environmental assaults
13. With reference to the passage following assumptions have been made
a) 1 only
14. Which one of the following statements beat reflects the crux of the passage?
c) Modern technological developments result in the change of cultural and social behaviour of the people.
15. How many seconds in total are there in x weeks, x days, x hours, x minutes and x seconds?
d) 694861x
16. P, Q, R, S, T and U are six members of a family. R is the spouse of Q. U is the mother of T and S is the daughter of U. P's daughter is T and R's son is P. There are two couples in the family. Which one of the following is correct?
d) T is the granddaughter of Q
17. Consider the Question and two Statements given below in respect of three cities P, Q and R in a State:
d) Both Statement-1 and Statement-2 are not sufficient to answer the Question
18. Two Statements followed by four Conclusions are given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows/follow from the Statements, disregarding the commonly known facts :
d) None of the Conclusions follows
19. Three Statements followed by three Conclusions are given below. You have to take the Statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. Read all the Conclusions and then decide which of the given Conclusions logically follows/ follow from the
c) Both Conclusion-I and Conclusion-III
20. Eight students A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H sit around a circular table, equidistant from each other, facing the centre of the table, not necessarily in the same order. B and D sit neither adjacent to C nor opposite to C. A sits in between E and D, and F sits in between B and H. Which one of the following is definitely correct?
d) None of the above
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