UPSSSC PET 2022 15 October Shift 2 Question Paper and Answer Key

The Karnataka government launched the ‘Kashi Yatra’ scheme in 2022, giving a subsidy of ₹5,000 to each eligible pilgrim from the state who visits Kashi (Varanasi); it was launched by then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Tamil Nadu and Kerala are not linked to it.

In June 2022, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda, India and the United Kingdom announced a joint ‘Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy Programme’ to train diplomats from Commonwealth countries. France, Australia and Italy were not partners.

In June 2022, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed an MoU with the Belarusian firm Defense Initiatives and its Indian subsidiary for supplying the Airborne Defence Suite (ADS) for IAF helicopters. HAL builds helicopters, but this agreement was not signed by HAL.

The Himachal Pradesh government launched the ‘Naari Ko Naman’ scheme in June 2022, giving women a 50 per cent concession on fares in state transport (HRTC) buses within the state. Odisha, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh did not launch this scheme.

Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium is at Sigra in Varanasi, where on 7 July 2022 PM Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth about ₹1,800 crore; Varanasi is his parliamentary constituency. The stadium is not in Meerut, Kanpur or Lucknow.

NITI Aayog released the report ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’ in June 2022, estimating that the gig workforce would grow to about 2.35 crore by 2029-30. The World Bank, the ILO and the IMF did not release this report.

In 2022 the Uttar Pradesh government announced plans for India’s first ‘education township’, built on the idea of ‘Single Entry, Multiple Exit’ so that schooling to higher education is available on one campus. Karnataka, Rajasthan and Haryana did not announce this plan.

Lakshadweep, with an area of about 32 square kilometres, is the smallest Union Territory of India and also has the smallest population. Ladakh is the largest Union Territory, and Daman and Diu has been merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

ICICI Bank launched the digital platform ‘Campus Power’ in June 2022 for students, parents and institutions, offering services such as education loans, study-abroad help and fee payments in one place. HDFC Bank, SBI and PNB did not launch this platform.

The national currency of Poland is the zloty (PLN); although Poland is an EU member, it has not adopted the euro. The yen is the currency of Japan, and the dollar is used by the USA, Canada and other countries.

Kathak is the classical dance of north India, especially Uttar Pradesh, and its Lucknow gharana is very famous; its name comes from storytellers called kathakars. Kuchipudi belongs to Andhra Pradesh, while Mohiniattam and Kathakali belong to Kerala.

Under Article 85(2)(a), the President of India may prorogue either House of Parliament, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can only adjourn a sitting; the Speaker cannot prorogue a session.

The International Day of Non-Violence is observed every year on 2 October, Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday; the UN General Assembly declared it in 2007. 30 January is Gandhiji’s death anniversary (Martyrs’ Day) and 10 December is Human Rights Day.

Vasco da Gama died at Kochi in 1524 and was buried in St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi; his remains were taken to Portugal in 1539, but his original burial place is still marked there. The other places have no link with him.

The Thomas Cup is the international men’s team badminton championship; India won it for the first time in May 2022 at Bangkok by beating Indonesia. The women’s event is the Uber Cup, and it has nothing to do with cricket, tennis or basketball.

‘Wings of Fire’ is the autobiography of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, written with Arun Tiwari and published in 1999. Nehru’s autobiography is ‘An Autobiography’ and Gandhiji’s is ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’.

Global warming melts ice and raises the sea level, which changes coastlines, and shifting temperature and rainfall also change crop patterns. All three are expected results, so ‘All of these’ is the correct answer.

गद्यांश के अनुसार कई माता-पिता का सपना होता है कि उनकी संतान विदेश में पढ़े, सुख-चैन की ज़िन्दगी बसर करे और समाज में उनका नाम ऊँचा हो ।

अतः माँ-बाप का सपना पूरा करना, सुख-चैन और प्रतिष्ठा ही सबसे सबल तर्क है; माँ-बाप की सेवा या ग़रीबी दूर करने की बात गद्यांश में नहीं है ।

इस वाक्य से ठीक पहले बच्चों की शिकायत बताई गई है कि माँ-बाप उनकी पत्नी और बच्चों के साथ एडजस्ट नहीं करते और पुराने ज़माने की चीजें थोपना चाहते हैं ।

इसलिए संकेत बच्चों के परिवार के रहन-सहन, खान-पान, पहनावे और चाल-चलन पर ऐतराज़ की ओर है; केवल खान-पान वाला विकल्प अधूरा है ।

गद्यांश कहता है कि इसमें न बच्चों का उतना दोष है और न विदेश भेजने वाले अभिभावकों का, बल्कि शायद उनके संस्कारों में ही कोई कमी रह गई हो ।

अतः अधूरे संस्कार सबसे प्रबल कारण है; बच्चे या माँ-बाप वाले विकल्प गलत हैं, क्योंकि गद्यांश स्पष्ट रूप से उन्हें उतना दोषी नहीं मानता ।

गद्यांश में लिखा है कि वे माँ-बाप अपने लिए गए निर्णय पर जग हँसाई के डर के साथ रहते हैं और अपने कष्टों की चर्चा किसी से नहीं करते ।

इसलिए उनके चुप रहने का कारण जग हँसाई से बचना है; ग़रीबी, भाग्य या बच्चों से नाराज़ी का उल्लेख गद्यांश में कहीं नहीं किया गया है ।

गद्यांश बताता है कि पीढ़ियों के अंतराल की समझ न रखने वाले माँ-बाप वहाँ जाकर पुराने ज़माने की चीजें बच्चों के परिवार पर थोपना चाहते हैं ।

अतः सही दोषी वे माँ-बाप हैं जो पुराने जीवन मूल्यों और परंपराओं के साथ विदेश में बसना चाहते हैं; पीढ़ियों का अंतराल केवल परिस्थिति है, दोषी व्यक्ति नहीं ।

गद्यांश के अनुसार आज बूढ़े माँ-बाप बच्चों पर बोझ माने जाते हैं और उनकी सलाह का सम्मान नहीं होता, इसलिए उनसे एडजस्ट करके चलने की अपेक्षा की जाती है ।

अतः बुढ़ापे के लिए कुछ अर्जित करके रखना और अगली पीढ़ी पर न बोझ बनना, न राय थोपना ही सर्वोचित माँग है; अन्य विकल्प इसका केवल एक छोटा हिस्सा हैं ।

गद्यांश कहता है कि जो माँ-बाप साथ रहना चाहें उन्हें एडजस्ट करके चलना चाहिए, वरना वे अपने ही घर में दीन-हीन होकर बच्चों का मुँह ताकते हैं ।

इसलिए जो माता-पिता बदलते समय के साथ स्वयं को बदल लेते हैं और बहू-बेटों को उचित सम्मान देते हैं, वे ऐसी स्थिति में नहीं पहुँचते ।

गद्यांश के अनुसार इतना लाड़ मिलने पर भी नई पीढ़ी असहनशील होती जा रही है, उसकी ग्रहणशीलता समाप्त हो रही है और पीढ़ियों के अंतराल से जीवन मूल्य तेज़ी से बदल रहे हैं ।

यही बात पहले विकल्प में है; अन्य विकल्प, जैसे स्वावलंबन या दूसरों के कष्ट न सोचना, गद्यांश में कारण के रूप में नहीं बताए गए हैं ।

गद्यांश के अनुसार बूढ़े माँ-बाप जब बच्चों और उनके परिवार के विषय में सलाह देते हैं तो उसका सम्मान नहीं होता, और उनसे एडजस्ट करके चलने की अपेक्षा रहती है ।

अतः रूखा व्यवहार, वाणी का असंयम और बहू-बेटों की ज़िन्दगी में अधिक दखलंदाज़ी ही अकेले रहने का सबसे सबल कारण है; अच्छी आर्थिक स्थिति इसका कारण नहीं है ।

गद्यांश में नई पीढ़ी का यह कथन है कि बुजुर्ग एडजस्ट करें, अन्यथा वृद्धाश्रम में हम-उम्र लोगों के बीच समय बिताएँ, और इसी नई पीढ़ी को असहनशील बताया गया है ।

पहले तीन विकल्प अच्छे माँ-बाप का वर्णन करते हैं, इसलिए वृद्धाश्रम भेजने की बात करने वाले संस्कारहीन और अविवेकी बच्चे ही हैं ।

Akbar had abolished the jaziya in 1564, and Aurangzeb reimposed it on non-Muslims in 1679. Humayun and Jahangir did not reimpose it, so the correct answer is Aurangzeb.

The British ran the first passenger train from Bombay to Thane in 1853; railways linked distant regions, expanded trade and helped national unity, so they are counted among the most important contributions. Plantations and mines mainly served exploitation.

The Panchatantra tales were written in Sanskrit by Vishnu Sharma to teach practical wisdom to a king’s sons through animal stories. Tulsidas wrote the Ramcharitmanas, Valmiki the Ramayana and Ved Vyasa the Mahabharata.

The Buddha’s first sermon at Sarnath is called ‘Dhamma-chakra-pravartana’, and the hand gesture showing it is the Dhamma-chakra-pravartana mudra. The Bhumisparsha mudra shows enlightenment, the Dhyana mudra meditation and the Abhaya mudra fearlessness.

Harishena was the court poet of Samudragupta and composed the Prayag Prashasti (Allahabad Pillar inscription), which describes Samudragupta’s conquests. Kumaragupta and Skandagupta were later Gupta rulers, not Harishena’s patrons.

The Civil Disobedience Movement began with Gandhiji’s Dandi March on 12 March 1930 and formally started when he broke the salt law on 6 April 1930, so the best exam answer is (D) the Dandi March to break the Salt Laws.

Note that (B) and (C) are also linked to its background: the 1929 Lahore session set Purna Swaraj as the goal, and the movement was launched after Viceroy Irwin rejected the eleven demands sent on 31 January 1930; but these came before, while breaking the salt law was the movement’s direct programme.

After the 1857 revolt, the Government of India Act, 1858 ended the East India Company’s rule and transferred power directly to the British Crown. The share of Indian soldiers in the army was reduced, not increased, and landlords were protected.

The Caspian Sea, with an area of about 3.7 lakh square kilometres, is the Earth’s largest inland body of water and has salty water. Lake Baikal is the deepest lake and Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake by area.

• Rajagopalachari succeeded Lord Mountbatten in 1948 as the first and last Indian Governor-General of free India and held the post until 1950. Sardar Patel was the first Home Minister and Maulana Azad the first Education Minister.

Under the Government of India Act, 1935, Burma was separated from British India from 1 April 1937 and made a separate colony. The Montague-Chelmsford Reforms (1919) brought dyarchy and the Minto-Morley Reforms (1909) brought separate electorates.

The Indian National Army (INA) was first raised in 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh, with Japanese help, from Indian soldiers captured in Malaya and Singapore. Rash Behari Bose later handed it to Subhas Chandra Bose, who reorganised it in 1943.

Teak is the main tree of tropical deciduous forests, and Madhya Pradesh has the largest teak forests in India, such as in the Hoshangabad (Narmadapuram) and Balaghat areas. Himachal and Punjab are cold or dry, and Jharkhand mainly has sal forests.

When the south-west monsoon arrives, rainfall suddenly rises sharply and continues for several days; this is called the ‘burst of the monsoon’, which reaches Kerala around 1 June. A dry spell within the season is called a ‘break in the monsoon’.

GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, the time based on the 0° longitude (Prime Meridian) passing through Greenwich in London; world time zones are counted from it, and Indian Standard Time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of it.

The crude birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 population in a year. The general fertility rate counts births per 1,000 women aged 15–49, and the total fertility rate is the average number of children per woman.

On 19 July 1969, the Indira Gandhi government nationalised 14 major private banks, each with deposits above ₹50 crore. Six more banks were nationalised in 1980, so the option 6 refers to the second round, not 1969.

After the New Industrial Policy of 1991, the industries reserved for the public sector were cut down to only two: atomic energy and railway operations. Communication and metro transport allow private companies, so they are not reserved.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia was Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission from 2004 to 2014 and was its last, because NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission on 1 January 2015. The other names did not hold this post last.

In India the primary sector, mainly agriculture, is the largest employer and still engages roughly 45 per cent or more of the workforce. The service (tertiary) sector contributes the most to GDP but employs fewer people than the primary sector.

The Green Revolution began in the 1960s in Punjab, which had good irrigation and fertile land; high yielding wheat seeds were first adopted there. Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh were not its starting sites.

Article 29 is titled ‘Protection of interests of minorities’ and lets any section of citizens conserve its language, script and culture. Article 30 covers setting up educational institutions, Article 26 managing religious affairs and Article 27 freedom from religious taxes.

The 42nd Amendment (1976) added Article 39A on equal justice and free legal aid, along with 43A and 48A. Article 38(2) on reducing inequalities came with the 44th Amendment, while prohibition (47) and international peace (51) were in the original Constitution.

The Fundamental Duties in Article 51A include protecting the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India, safeguarding public property, and developing scientific temper and humanism. All three are listed, so ‘All of these’ is correct.

All acids give hydrogen ions ( $H^{+}$) in water, as in $HCl$, $H_{2}S{O}_4$ and $HN{O}_3$, so hydrogen is the element common to all acids. Sulphur and carbon occur only in some acids, such as sulphuric acid or carbonic acid.

Non-stick utensils are coated with Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE), to which food does not stick and which withstands heat. PVC is a plastic used for pipes and gives off harmful fumes when heated.

Article 245 sets the extent of laws made by Parliament and the State Legislatures; Parliament may make laws for the whole or any part of India. So, under this Article, the function of Parliament is law-making.

The Sarkaria Commission was set up in 1983 under Justice R. S. Sarkaria to review Centre-State relations and submitted its report in 1988. Election reforms, banking and press freedom were not its subject.

A light year is the distance light travels in one year, about $9.46imes{10}^{12}$ kilometres, so it is a unit for measuring stellar distances. Although its name contains ‘year’, it is not a unit of time or speed.

चरण 1: सूत्र $a^3+b^3=\left(a+b\right)\left(a^2-ab+b^2\right)$ से व्यंजक का मान a + b होता है, जहाँ a = 2.1 और b = 5.8 ।

चरण 2: मान = 2.1 + 5.8 = 7.9 ।

Scientific studies rank dolphins among the most intelligent mammals after humans; they have a large brain for their body size, recognise themselves in mirrors and communicate with complex sounds. Elephants and whales are also clever, but the standard answer is dolphins.

Plant development is influenced by the quality (wavelength), quantity (intensity) and duration (photoperiod) of light; for example, duration decides when many plants flower. The other options name only one or two of these factors, so they are incomplete.

चरण 1: $9-4\sqrt{5}=5+4-2\times 2\times \sqrt{5}={\left(\sqrt{5}-2\right)}^2$ लिखा जा सकता है ।

चरण 2: चूँकि $\sqrt{5}\approx 2.236$ है जो 2 से बड़ा है, इसलिए वर्गमूल धनात्मक मान $\sqrt{5}-2$ होगा ।

‘स्थावर’ का अर्थ है जो अपने स्थान से हिल न सके, जैसे पेड़ या पर्वत; इसका विलोम ‘जंगम’ है, अर्थात जो चल-फिर सके, जैसे पशु और मनुष्य ।

‘सचल’ और ‘चंचल’ के विलोम क्रमशः ‘अचल’ और ‘स्थिर’ हैं, तथा ‘चेतन’ का विलोम ‘जड़’ है, इसलिए वे यहाँ उपयुक्त नहीं हैं ।

‘बिल्ली को पहले ही दिन मारना’ लोकोक्ति का अर्थ है आरंभ में ही अपना रौब या प्रभाव जमा देना, क्योंकि जो रौब पहले दिन पड़ता है वह बाद में नहीं पड़ता ।

‘भय का शमन’ या ‘बुरे समय में सचेत होना’ इसका अर्थ नहीं है, और ‘आश्रयदाता को हानि पहुँचाना’ का अर्थ ‘जिस थाली में खाना, उसी में छेद करना’ है ।

‘स्वल्प’ = सु + अल्प; यहाँ यण संधि है, जिसमें ‘उ’ के बाद भिन्न स्वर ‘अ’ आने पर ‘उ’ का ‘व्’ हो जाता है, इसलिए सु + अल्प से स्वल्प बनता है ।

इसी प्रकार सु + आगत = स्वागत और अनु + अय = अन्वय बनते हैं; अन्य विकल्पों के खंड सही रूप नहीं देते ।

‘इति’ का अर्थ है समाप्ति या अंत, जैसे ‘इतिश्री’; ‘ईति’ का अर्थ है खेती को हानि पहुँचाने वाली विपत्ति या विघ्न, जैसे टिड्डी या अतिवृष्टि ।

इसलिए ‘समाप्ति – विघ्न’ सही अर्थ-भेद है; अन्य विकल्पों में दिए गए अर्थ इन दोनों शब्दों में से किसी के नहीं हैं ।

ईश्वर में विश्वास रखने वाले व्यक्ति को ‘आस्तिक’ कहते हैं, और ईश्वर में विश्वास न रखने वाले को ‘नास्तिक’ कहते हैं, जो इसका ठीक उलटा है ।

‘श्रद्धावान’ किसी के प्रति श्रद्धा रखने वाला और ‘भक्त’ किसी विशेष देवता की भक्ति करने वाला होता है, इसलिए वे सटीक एक शब्द नहीं हैं ।

The passage says that Valentine’s Day is even celebrated by school children, who give thank-you cards to their teachers. Jewellery, balloons and chocolates are things adults spend money on, not what children give teachers.

The passage clearly states that Valentine’s Day is not an official holiday in the U.S., so government offices and schools stay open as usual. So the answer is No, and it is specified in the passage.

Tame means gentle and not wild, easy to control, so its synonym is docile, which means quiet and easy to manage. Animated, free and spirited suggest liveliness or wildness, which is the opposite idea.

Rapid means very fast, so its antonym is tardy, which means slow or late. Free, adventurous and mean have no opposite relation with speed, so they cannot be the antonym of rapid.

A stoic is a person who stays calm and shows no feeling in pleasure or pain, from the Greek Stoic philosophers. An orphan has lost parents, an optimist expects good outcomes, and a mercenary works only for money.

In June 2022 the first Bharat Gaurav tourist train, ‘Shri Ramayana Yatra’, left Safdarjung in Delhi and went to Janakpur in Nepal under the Ramayana Circuit, so it ran between India and Nepal. Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh were not on its route.

In July 2022, India gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to various organisations in Nepal to build on the robust and longstanding partnership between the two countries. Bangladesh, Ukraine and Sri Lanka did not receive this gift.