UPSC EPFO SOLVED PAPER 2015

Total Questions: 120

81. There are 20 girls and 30 boys in a class, and their respective average marks are found to be 55 and 58. The average marks of the entire class are

Correct Answer: (d) 56.8
Solution:

Total marks of girls
= average × number of girls
= 55 × 20 = 1100

82. Consider an industry with the following features

1. Budgeted monthly fixed cost = ` 2,20,000
2. Normal monthly output = 12000 per standard labour hour
3. Standard variable overhead rate = ` 25 per labour hour
What would be the total factory overhead rate?

Correct Answer: (d) ₹ 43.33 per labour hour
Solution:

83. Acid rain is due to

Correct Answer: (a) Sulphur dioxide pollution
Solution:Acid rain is due to sulphur dioxide pollution.

84. DNA fingerprinting is a technique used for the detection of

Correct Answer: (b) Disputed parentage
Solution:DNA fingerprinting is a technique used for the detection of disputed parentage.

85. There are four identically sized and shaped balls in a box, with only its top open. Each ball is of a different colour, these being: Green, Red, White and Blue, only one ball of each colour. Without looking into the box, one ball is randomly picked out and its colour is noted; then it is returned to the box. What are the chances that, it two successive draws, one may get the white ball and the red ball-in whichever order?

Correct Answer: (b) 1/8
Solution:

86. Consider the following programmes

1. Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme
2. Micro Finance Programme
3. National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme
4. Cluster Development Programme
What is common is the above programmes?

Correct Answer: (b) They are programmes related to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Solution:

The government launched the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) to allow Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) access to capital. Micro Finance Programme is providing funds to small businesses. The Government has announced the formulation of a National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP) with an aim to support the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in their endeavour to become competitive.

87. SPAM in a system (e-mail) is

Correct Answer: (a) A message distributed indiscriminately
Solution:

Spam in a system (e-mail) is a message distributed indiscriminately. It is the abuse of messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages in the form of e-mails. It is a subset of electronic spam involving nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by e-mails.

88. A cylindrical closed tank contains 36p cubic metres of water, and is filled to half of its capacity. When the cylindrical tank is placed upright on its circular base on level ground, the height of the water in the tank is 4 metres. But when this tank is placed on its side on level ground, what will be the height of the surface of the water above the ground?

Correct Answer: (c) 3 metres
Solution:

89. Data regarding inventory of a particular item of usage in the production activities of an organisation are: the quantity in stock is 1500 units and the value of this stock is ` 1,27,500. (This works out ot an average unit cost of ` 85. During the ensuing year X,......additional 300 units are purchased at a unit cost of ` 95. Consumption in production processes during the year X has been 600 units. Working by the First-In First-Out basis, the value of the residual inventory the item at the end of the year X will be

Correct Answer: (c) ₹ 1,05,500
Solution:

90. Consider the following statements about All India Radio

1. It is governed by the Prasar Bharti Board.
2. It was so named in 1936.
3. It does not provides DTH services.
4. FM Rainbow and FM Gold and its subsidiary channels.
Which of the above statements are correct?

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 4
Solution:

All India Radio, officially known since 1956 as Akashvani, is the national public radio broadcaster of India. It is a division of Prasar Bharati. It was established in 1936. All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world, and one of the largest broadcasting organisations in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast and the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves. It provides DTH (direct-broadcast satellite) service FM Rainbow and FM Gold as its subsidiary channels.