Uttarakhand: The UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2016 Paper 7: General Aptitude and Ethics question paper is given below. It carried 200 marks and had 39 questions. We have listed every question part-wise, followed by the complete bilingual (Hindi + English) PDF by SAMVEG IAS.

UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2016 Paper 7: General Aptitude and Ethics

Part – 1

Marks – 30. Note : There are 15 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 02 marks.

Q1. If FINANCE = 39, MARKETING = 52, then PRODUCTION = ?
Q2. The number 0.01, is what percent of number 0.1 ?
Q3. If A is the solution set of 9x + 2 > 7x – 2, where x is a natural number, then find A.
Q4. If the co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle are (3, 2) and co-ordinates of the two vertices are (1, 1) and (2, 5), then find the co-ordinates of the third vertex.
Q5. Anita thinks of a number and subtracts 5/2 from it. She multiplies this result by 8. The resulting number so obtained is 3 times of the original thought number. What is the number thought by her ?
Q6. Sum of two numbers is 40 and their difference is 4. Find the ratio of the two numbers.
Q7. 3/7 of the total of 350 students of a school are girls and 2/5 of the girls play cricket. How many girls do not play cricket ?
Q8. Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting neither 3 heads nor 3 tails ?
Q9. A rectangular sheet of card-board has length and breadth as 4 cm and 2 cm respectively. The largest possible circle is cut from this sheet. Find the area of the remaining portion of the sheet.
Q10. Explain ‘Intuition’ as source of Ethical guide.
Q11. Who is the author of ‘The Republic’ ? What is the main subject matter of the book ?
Q12. Does information sharing serve the public interest ? Why is it an important feature of democracy ?
Q13. How does corruption hamper the basic aims of positive governance ?
Q14. Why is the need of compassion towards weaker section in civil services ?
Q15. What do you understand by ‘Whistle-blower’ ? What are the main functions of ‘Whistle-blower’ ?

Part – 2

Marks – 50. Note : There are 10 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 05 marks.

Q16. What do you understand by Higher values ? What is the nature of higher values ?
Q17. What is ‘Attitude’ ? Explain changes in Attitude.
Q18. What is importance of rules and regulations for good governance ?
Q19. Explain Gandhi’s concept of Satyagraha. Do you think that Gandhi adopted it only as a political strategy since India was not in a position to fight the mighty British Empire ?
Q20. Calculate geometric mean of the numbers 3, 6, 24 and 48.
Q21. In a legislative assembly, the ratio of the members of the ruling party to the members of the opposition party was 7 : 3. Eighteen members of the ruling party left their party and joined the opposition party making this ratio to 3 : 2. Find the total number of members in the assembly.
Q22. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an amount of ₹ 15,000 for 2 years is ₹ 96. Find the rate of interest per annum.
Q23. Find the value of (5√3 – 3√12 + 2√75)/(2 + √3) in the form of a + b√3, where a and b are rational numbers.
Q24. Calculate the average speed of a car running at the rate of 20 km/hour during the first 30 kms, at 25 km/hour during the next 30 kms and at 30 km/hour during the last 30 kms.
Q25. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 14 cms. Find the area covered by it in 5 minutes.

Part – 3

Marks – 40. Note : There are 07 questions in this part in 02 sections. It is compulsory to answer any three questions out of four selected from Section-1 and any two questions out of three selected from Section -2. Each question carries 08 marks.

Section-1 : General Aptitude

Q26. Out of a group of 60 students, 25 students play cricket, 30 students play football and 24 students play Hockey while 10 students play cricket and football, 9 students play cricket and hockey, 12 students play hockey and football and 5 students play all the three games. Using Venn-diagram, find the number of students who play only one game.
Q27. A person loses 12.5% of his money and spends 60% of the remaining money. The part of his total money, now left with him, if he deposits this left over money in a bank for 2 years at 8% annual simple rate of interest, he gets ₹ 2,030 after 2 years. What was the total initial money with the person ?
Q28. The area of a rectangle gets reduced by 9 sq. metre, if its length is reduced by 5 metres and breadth is increased by 3 metres and if its length is increased by 3 metres and breadth is increased by 2 metres, its area increases by 67 sq. metre. Find the length and breadth of the rectangle.
Q29. Find the median from the following data : Class Interval | Frequency 0 – 10 | 15 10 – 20 | 18 20 – 30 | 20 30 – 40 | 14 40 – 50 | 25 50 – 60 | 40

Section-2 : Ethics

Q30. Point out main contributions of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati in the upliftment of Indian society.
Q31. Point out the measures to minimize corruption.
Q32. Explain the moral values of social life.

Part – 4

Marks – 80. Note : There are 07 questions in this part in 2 sections. It is compulsory to answer any three questions out of four selected from Section-1 and any two questions out of three selected from Section-2. Each question carries 16 marks.

Section-1 : General Aptitude

Q33. A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuch to each of its end. The length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter is 5 mm. Find its volume and surface area. If the cost of covering capsule with sweat edible coating is ₹ 5 per 100 mm² then what will be the total cost of manufacturing of 500 such capsules.
Q34. A shopkeeper gives two options to the buyer of the same coat, (i) on coat’s price of ₹ 5,500, three consecutive discounts of 15%, 10% and 5%. (ii) on coat’s price of ₹ 6,000, three consecutive discounts of 18%, 15% and 6%. Which option will be beneficial for the buyer ?
Q35. For the following two frequency distributions, the mean calculated for the first was 25.4 and that of the second was 32.5. Find the values of x and y. Class : | 10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 Frequency I : | 20 | 15 | 10 | x | y Frequency II : | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2x | y
Q36. Part-(1) : A, B and C each of them working alone can complete a job in 6, 8 and 12 days respectively. If all three of them work together to complete the said job, they earn ₹ 23,400. Determine the share of C in their earnings. Part-(2) : In what ratio should a 20% methyl alcohol solution be mixed with a 50% methyl alcohol so that the resulting solution has 40% methyl alcohol ?

Section-2 : Ethics

UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2016 Paper 7: General Aptitude and Ethics Question Paper PDF

UKPSC Upper PCS Mains 2016 Paper 7: General Aptitude and Ethics

Part – 1

Marks – 30. Note : There are 15 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 02 marks.

Part – 2

Marks – 50. Note : There are 10 questions in this part. All questions are compulsory. Each question carries 05 marks.

Part – 3

Marks – 40. Note : There are 07 questions in this part in 02 sections. It is compulsory to answer any three questions out of four selected from Section-1 and any two questions out of three selected from Section -2. Each question carries 08 marks.

Section-1 : General Aptitude

Section-2 : Ethics

Part – 4

Marks – 80. Note : There are 07 questions in this part in 2 sections. It is compulsory to answer any three questions out of four selected from Section-1 and any two questions out of three selected from Section-2. Each question carries 16 marks.

Section-1 : General Aptitude

Section-2 : Ethics

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