UPSC Combined SOs/Steno’s Gr.B/Gr.I Exam Sample Question Paper 2015

Name of the Organisation : Union Public Service Commission
Name of the Exam : Combined SOs/Steno’s (Gr.B/Gr.I) Exam
Year : 2015
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Subject : Noting and Drafting, Precis Writing, Dictation English.Categories III & VII

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Combined SOs/Steno’s (Gr.B/Gr.I) Exam :

Noting And Drafting, Precis Writing :
Attempt any THREE questions of the following: (30×3=90 Marks)
(a) On the basis of “the following information, put up a self contained Note to the Minister of Shipping suggesting why it is advantageous to supply coal from Haldia Port to NTPC power plant at Barh in Biliar through Inland Waterways and develop the project on PPP node.

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National Waterways (N W)-l, is Ganges/Hooghly river system from Allahabad to Haldia Port. NTPC has a power plant at 13th which is about 864 Kms upstream from Haldia on the bank of Ganges. For this plant, imported coal from Indonesia comes at I-laldia Port.

Normal mode of transporting coal from Haldia Port to Barh power plant is by rail rakes. But due to shortage of rail wagons and already heavy traffic on the rail route it is becoming impossible to deliver coal at Barh on regular basis

(b) The following data has been brought out on quick estimates for selected major commodities for July, 2015 on Exports. In certain items the exports have come down by more than 30%.

As a Section Officer in the Ministry of Commerce, write a note on the overall situation about the exports in the Report and suggest for addressing the concerned Ministries where exports are seen less by 30% seeking reasons for the decline and steps being taken by the respective Ministries to improve the situation in the coming months.

(c)As directed by the Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, please put up a self-contained note on opportunities and other issues related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in civil aviation in India, keeping the following in view

(i) Ever since nationalization of Air Lines in 1953, Indian Airlines/Air India have been the main Airlines in the country.
(ii) The sector was opened to private players in 1986, granting permission to Private Airlines (Air Sahara, Jet Airways, etc.)
(iii) Subsequently, more Airlines were granted permission to operate in the country.
(iv) By 1998, several Airlines were closed causing loss of about Rs. 10 billion.
(v) Indian Airlines faced crisis due to financial losses.
(vi) Stakeholders in the aviation sector include air—craft manufacturing, airport infrastructure, manpower training, air cargo, carrying passengers, ground handling services, etc

1. Answer all of the following : 8×5=40
(a) What do you understand by the term characteristic strength of a material 2 Please elaborate. 8

(b) A continuous beam ABCDE is subjected to Dead Load and Live Load. Draw the arrangements of Live Load that produce maximum Bending moment at support B and span BC of the beam

(c) What do you understand by multiskilling of labour What are the benefits of multiskilling
(d) What are the main advantages of Activity on the Node (A-O-N) networks over activity on the Arrow (A-O-A) networks 2 8
(e) State the Muller-Breslau principle. Hence draw influence line for moment at D in the beam shown

2.(a) Explain with appropriate figures the failure criteria based on maximum shear stress theory. Also draw its Mohr circle representation. 15
(b) A cylindrical shaft made of steel for which the tensile yield strength MPa is subjected to static loads consisting of a bending moment of 700 kNmm and torsion of 400 kNmm. Determine the diameter of shaft for a factor of safety equal to 1.5 if E = 200 GPa and Poisson’s ratio v = 0.25; Adopt maximum shear stress failure theory. 15

(c) Draw a network for the following situations
(i) A is prerequisite on D
(ii) B is prerequisite on D and E
(iii) C is prerequisite on E
(iv) D is prerequisite on F
(v) E is prerequisite on F. 10
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