UPSSSC PET Exam 28 October 2023 – 1st Shift (Official Answer Key)

41. Choose the antonym of underlined word from the given options:
He is very fastidious about his choice of food.
(A) Careful
(B) Thoughtless
(C) Careless
(D) Indiscreet

42. Put the correct form of the verb:
I am the person who ________ to be blamed.
(A) am
(B) are
(C) is
(D) were

43. Which of the following spellings is incorrect?
(A) Journey
(B) Amateur
(C) Beneficiary
(D) Aniversary

Read the following paragraph and answer the following questions : (Q. 44 and 45)

India is marked by a diversity of physical features such as mountains, plateaus, plains, coasts and islands. Standing as sentinels in the north are the lofty snow-capped Himalayas. Him+alaya mean ‘the abode of snow’. The Himalayan mountains are divided into three main parallel ranges. The northernmost is the Great Himalaya or Himadri. The world’s highest peaks are located in this range. Middle Himalaya or Himachal lies to the south of Himadri. Many popular hill stations are situated here. The Shiwalik is the southernmost range. The northern Indian plains lie to the south of the Himalayas. They are generally level and flat. These are formed by the alluvial deposits laid down by the rivers – The Indus, The Ganga, The Brahmaputra and their tributaries. These river plains provide fertile land for cultivation. That is the reason for high concentration of population in these plains.

44. World’s highest peaks are located in the ________
(A) Shiwalik range
(B) Himadri range
(C) Middle Himalaya
(D) Southernmost range

45. Northern Indian plains are rich in
(A) Alluvial deposits
(B) Iron ore deposits
(C) Diamond mines
(D) Copper deposits

46. In a certain code language, ‘@’ ‘+’ represents ‘+’ ‘⊕’ represents ‘-’ ‘α’ represents ‘÷’ and ‘Ө’ represents ‘×’
Find out the answer to the following question :
8900 α 100 ⊕ 5 Ө 4 ⊕ 121 α 11 = ?
(A) 58
(B) 158
(C) 62
(D) 205

47. Find out the wrong number in the given sequence of numbers:
582,605,588, 611, 634, 617, 600
(A) 611
(B) 605
(C) 600
(D) 634

48. What was the day of the week on 17th June, 1998 ?
(A) Monday
(B) Thursday
(C) Wednesday
(D) Tuesday

49. If A + B means A is the mother of B;
A – B means A is the brother of B;
A % B means A is the father of B and
A x B means A is the sister of B,
which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q ?
(A) Q – N + M × P
(B) Q – S % P
(C) P + S × N – Q
(D) P – M + N × Q

50. In the question below two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II are given. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
All poles are guns. Some boats are not poles.
Conclusions:
I. All guns are boats.
II. Some boats are not guns.
(A) If only conclusion I follows.
(B) If only conclusion II follows.
(C) If either I or II follows.
(D) If neither I nor II follows.

51. Recently, Shubhankar Sharma, Indian golfer has recorded the best result at the Open after finishing in tied-eighth position at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England. In which year he was conferred the Arjuna Award?
(A) 2016
(B) 2018
(C) 2020
(D) 2022

52. Which among the following Government of India undertaken Corporation has become the first member to join “Asia Transition Finance Study Group” (ATFSG)?
(A) India Infrastructure Company Limited
(B) Industrial Limited Finance Finance Corporation
(C) National Housing Bank
(D) Power Finance Corporation Limited

53. During the closing ceremony of Startup-20 at Gurugram, India officially handed over the torch to which among the following countries for the year 2024 ?
(A) France
(B) Canada
(C) Brazil
(D) Germany

54. Which portal is launched by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud that allows advocates, litigants, citizens to request QR code-based e-passes to enter in the Supreme Court of India?
(A) SuAbhivadan
(B) Suswagatam
(C) SuPranam
(D) SuSatkar

55. Recently, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari launched the Bharat NCAP aiming to enhance road safety by elevating vehicle safety standards for up to 3.5-tonne vehicles in India. Give full form of NCAP.
(A) New Car Assessment Production
(B) New Car Assessment Programme
(C) New Car Acknowledge Production
(D) New Car Assessment Portal

56. Indo-US task force has been set up to elevate trade in which of the following sector to $100 billion in next decade ?
(A) Medicine
(B) Space
(C) Computer Science
(D) Electronics

57. World’s first 7-minute cancer treatment “jab” to be rolled out in which country?
(A) England
(B) U.S.A.
(C) U.A.E.
(D) China

58. What is the age limit for females in “Mukhyamantri Ladli Behna Yojana” implemented in Madhya Pradesh?
(A) Must have completed 21 years as on 01 January in the calendar year of application and less than 60 years.
(B) Must have completed 21 years as on 01 January in the calendar year of application and less than 58 years.
(C) Must have completed 23 years as on 01 January in the calendar year of application and less than 60 years.
(D) Must have completed 18 years as on 01 January in the calendar year of application and less than 65 years.

59. Northeast Frontier Railway, bags PMI South Asia Award for “Micro Project of the Year”. This Project is “Instruction Detection System” to save life of which of the following animals?
(A) Goat
(B) Elephant
(C) Sheep
(D) Dog

60. Name the annual training exercise embarked by Western Air Command of Indian Air Force (IAF) recently.
(A) Swastik
(B) Shankh
(C) Tandav
(D) Trishul