Question : The UPSC in India is responsible for:

Option 1: Ensuring universal access to healthcare
 

Option 2: Conducting civil service examinations
 

Option 3: Regulating education institutions

Option 4: Monitoring health infrastructure development

Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A) The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030.
B) The SDGs cannot be achieved without the realisation of child rights.
C) Also known as the Global Goals, the SDGs are a call to action to create a world where no one is left behind.
D) As world leaders work to deliver on the 2030 promise, children around the globe are standing up to secure their right to good health, quality education, a clean planet and more.

Option 1: ABDC

Option 2: ADCB

Option 3: ACBD

Option 4: ADBC

Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Through a subtle analysis, Woolf raises certain concerns regarding discrimination against women in a male-dominated society.
B. It's also against the need for freedom of expression in women, and the right to human dignity and equality.
C. In 'Shakespeare's Sister', Virginia Woolf explores the plight of women in society in England during the 15th and 16th centuries.
D. It is against the denial of education to the girl-child and violence against women.

Option 1: BACD

Option 2: DCBA

Option 3: ADBC

Option 4: CADB

Question : The concept of secularism in India is enshrined in:

Option 1: The Preamble to the Constitution

Option 2: The Right to Education Act

Option 3: The Hindu Marriage Act

Option 4: The Indian Penal Code

Question :

Option 1: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D

Option 2: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-D

Option 3: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D

Option 4: 1-C, 2-D, 3-A, 4-B

Question : Assertion (A): Innovation, invention, and technical advancement are produced via the human capital formation process.
Reason (R): Since an educated workforce typically adapts to modern technologies and innovation, investments in education create the capacity to accept newer technologies, facilities inventions, and innovations.

Option 1: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
 

Option 2: Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation
of Assertion (A).
 

Option 3: Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is False
 

Option 4: Assertion (A) is False but Reason (R) is true.

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Salvador Dali (1)________ a prominent Spanish surealist painter, (2)______ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3)________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4)_____ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5)_______.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

Option 1: was

Option 2: were

Option 3: has

Option 4: is

Question : The Mandal Commission recommended reservations for OBCs in which sectors?  
 

Option 1: Agriculture and Industry  
 

Option 2: Education and Government Employment  
 

Option 3: Health and Transportation  

Option 4: Tourism and Hospitality

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

Malti had to wait long to see her son, Abhik. She had worked hard to (1)______ her husband’s last wish that Abhik should (2)______ his higher education at Cambridge. Abhik (3)______ to be meritorious and hardworking and had secured a seat. Making ends meet was (4)______ and a trip back home in the vacation, (5)______ for the mother and son. 
 

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

Option 1: uncouth

Option 2: unbearable

Option 3: unaffordable

Option 4: uncomfortable

Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.

The number of Indian students going abroad for higher studies has increased by 68.79 per cent in the past year, according to data provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Subhas Sarkar. As per the data provided by him in the Lok Sabha, the number of Indians enrolled in foreign varsities increased from 4.44 lakh in 2021 to 7.5 lakh in 2022. He clarified that while the Bureau of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs maintain departure and arrival data of Indians, there is no index for capturing the category of Indians going abroad for higher education.

"Purpose of Indians going abroad for higher education is captured manually based either on their verbal disclosure or the type of visa of the destination country produced by them at the time of immigration clearance," Sarkar said.

According to the data provided by the ministry, the number of Indian nationals increased from 4.54 lakh in 2017 to 5.17 lakh in 2018. There was a significant increase in 2019 as well, with 5.86 lakh students flying out of the country. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Indian nationals in foreign varsities saw a drastic dip as only 2.59 lakh students were registered. While the number continued to remain low, it saw a slight increase in 2021 with 4.44 lakh registrations. However, the number has significantly jumped to 7.5 lakh in 2022. The increase in the number of Indian nationals abroad corresponds with the latest immigration reports from some of the popular study-abroad destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. For the UK, the Immigration Statistics Report states that 127,731 visas were granted to Indian students in September 2022, an increase of 93,470 (+273 per cent) against 34,261 in 2019. Similarly, in the US, the number of Indian students has more than doubled, and the Open Doors Report 2022 has predicted that the number of Indian students heading to America is likely to surpass those from China in 2022-23.

Question:

In 2019, how many Indian students went abroad?

Option 1: 5.17 lakh

Option 2: 4.54 lakh

Option 3: 5.86 lakh

Option 4: 4.44 lakh