UPSSSC PET Exam 29 October 2023 – 1st Shift (Official Answer Key)

61. Which of the following doesn’t express the square of 11 in terms of sum of odd numbers
(A) 1+3+5+7+13+17+23+25+27
(B) 1+3+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+19+21
(C) 1+5+7+9+11+13+15+17+21+23 122
(D) 3+7+9+11+13+15+17+19+27

62. ________ is a process of forming a thick oxide layer of Aluminium.
(A) Anodizing
(B) Galvanization
(C) Cathodizing
(D) Casting

63. Give name of the process in which tadpoles develop into young
(A) Metamorphosis
(B) Fertilization
(C) Embedding
(D) Budding

64. Simplify :
{9^-2 × 3⁵ × (5^-2)³}/{(3^-3)⁴ × 5⁴}
(A) 3^-3/5¹⁰
(B) 3¹³/5¹⁰
(C) 3¹³/5^-10
(D) 3^-13/5¹⁵

65. Darshan scored 85% in Preliminary exam with a maximum marks of 1200 and 70% in Main exam with a maximum marks of 800. If the result is based on the combined % of the both exams, the combined % is:
(A) 79%
(B) 73%
(C) 63%
(D) 69%

66. ‘अशर्फियाँ लुटें और कोयले पर मोहर’ लोकोक्ति का अर्थ क्या होगा ?
(A) बड़े-बड़े खर्चों पर ध्यान न देना, छोटे खर्चों में कंजूसी दिखाना ।
(B) सराहना के बिना योग्यता का व्यर्थ हो जाना ।
(C) स्वाभाविक दोषों का किसी अन्य कारण से और अधिक बढ़ जाना ।
(D) एक वस्तु में होने वाला लाभ दूसरी वस्तु हुई हानि में नष्ट हो जाना ।

67. निम्न में से कौन सा वाक्य अशुद्ध है ?
(A) भारत के इतिहास में पंद्रह अगस्त का बहुत महत्त्व है ।
(B) रात उसका प्राण-पखेरू उड़ गया ।
(C) आज भी लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी को याद किया जाता है ।
(D) क्या आप मेरे साथ चलेंगे ?

68. ‘द्विवेदी युग’ के प्रवर्तक निम्न में से कौन हैं ?
(A) जयशंकर प्रसाद
(B) सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी
(C) हजारीप्रसाद द्विवेदी
(D) आचार्य महावीर प्रसाद

69. ‘कंदर्प’ , ‘पंचशर’ और ‘पुष्पधन्वा’ यह निम्नलिखित में से किसके पर्यायवाची शब्द हैं ?
(A) कामदेव
(B) गौरीसुत
(C) वंशीधर
(D) यक्षराज

70. निम्न में से संधि का कौन सा युग्म गलत है ?
(A) अनूदित = अनु + उदित
(B) अवनींद्र = अवनी + इंद्र
(C) श्रद्धानंद = श्रद्ध + आनंद
(D) भूद्धार = भू + उद्धार

71. Identify a correct spelling from the following :
(A) Coonoisur
(B) Concoissur
(C) Conoissur
(D) Connoisseur

72. Which of the following is not an antonym of ‘Rabid’ ?
(A) Moderate
(B) Conservative
(C) Traditional
(D) Fanatic

73. Give meaning of the following idiom:
‘A man of straw’
(A) influential
(B) a puppet
(C) having no integrity
(D) struggling in vain

Read the following paragraph and answer the following questions (Q. 74 and 75)

The self-portrait is nothing new. Painters and photographers have always used themselves as subjects. Today, however, almost everyone walks around with a camera in his or her pocket. This is because most cell phones have cameras on them. The fact that most people have cell phone cameras with them all the time has led to the rise of the selfie. A selfie is a self-portrait usually taken with a cell phone.

Since the pictures are usually taken on a cell phone, many people tend to share these photographs with friends and even strangers on different social networking websites. Some of the popular social networking platforms people use to share selfies include Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. People usually take selfies when they are engaged in normal day- to-day activities. They take selfies of their commutes to work or school. People take selfies of themselves eating. Other people take selfies to show what they are wearing or whom they are hanging out with.

74. Is self-portrait a new thing ?
(A) Yes. It is a recent phenomenon.
(B) No. It has existed since long.
(C) Not specified.
(D) Can’t say.

75. Which social networking platform is not mentioned in the passage?
(A) Instagram
(B) Snapchat
(C) Twitter
(D) Facebook

76. Barkha and Chandresh are siblings. Manish has two children and he is son of Suresh, who is father-in-law of Hansa. Hansa has only one son. Chandresh is not son-in-law of Suresh. How Barkha is related to Suresh ?
(A) Daughter
(B) Wife
(C) Grand Daughter
(D) Daughter-in-law

77. In this question, three statements are given followed by four conclusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements:
Some trains are roads. No road his jungle. All flowers are jungles.
Conclusions:
I. Some trains are flowers.
II. Some trains are jungles.
III. Some flowers are trains.
IV. No road is flower.
(A) Only II follows.
(B) Only I follows.
(C) Only III follows.
(D) Only IV follows.

78. Find the odd number from given options:
(A) 4025
(B) 7211
(C) 5061
(D) 6023

79. On what dates of April, 2001 did Wednesday fall?
(A) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
(B) 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
(C) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
(D) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th

80. In this question, two statements A and B are given. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent cause or a common cause. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
A: Budgetary allocation for building a better railway network, e.g., constructing new railway lines, has increased.
B: There has been a substantial drop in the number of passengers opting for air travel.
(A) If statement B is the cause and statement A is its effect.
(B) If statement A is the cause and statement B is its effect.
(C) If both the statements A and B are independent causes.
(D) If both the statements A and B are effects of some common cause.