upsc.gov.in Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016 : Union Public Service Commission
Organisation : Union Public Service Commission
Document Type : Question Paper
Year : 2016
Exam : Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016
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UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination
Paper : Civil Services
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum marks : 250
Related / Similar Question Paper :
UPSC Engineering Services Examination-2016
Instructions
Question Paper Specific Instructions :
** There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO SECTIONS and printed both in HINDI and in ENGLISH.
** Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.
** 60uestions no. I and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, any THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE from each section.
** The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.
** Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this @uestion-cum-Ansu0er (69CA) Booklet in the space provided.
** No marks will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.
** Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.
Model Question
Which of the following statements is/are true?
1. A Bill pending in the Lok Sabha lapses on its prorogation.
2. A Bill pending in the Rajya Sabha, which has not been passed by the Lok Sabha, shall not lapse on dissolution of the Lok Sabha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
|b| 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither i nor 2
2. Which of the following is/are the indicator/indicators used by Ifpri to compute the Global Hunger Index Report?
1. Undo Nourishment
2. Child stunting
3. Child mortality
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c| 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3 only
3. There has been a persistent deficit budget year after year. Which action/actions of the following can-be- taken by the Government to reduce? the deficit?
1. Reducing revenue expenditure
2. Introducing new welfare Schemes
3. Rationalizing subsidies
4. Reducing import duty
6. The term Intended Nationally Deter- Select that correct answer using the code reined Contributions’ is sometimes seen given below. in the news in the context of
(a) 1 only
(a) pledges made by the European countries to rehabilitate refugees
(b) 2 only from the war-affected Middle East
(c) Both 1 and 2
(b) plan of action outlined by the
{d} Neither 1 nor 2 countries of the world to correct climate change
7. Regarding the taxation system of Krishna (c) capital contributed by the member Dewa, the ruler of Vijayanagar, consider constitutes in the establishment of the following statements
Asian Infrastructure Insentience !. The tax Tate Drn land was fixed # Bank – depending on the quality of the (d) plan of action outlined by the land.
countries of the world regarding
8. Private owners of workshops paid = Sustainable Development Goals #am industries tax, + T. Which one of the following is a purpose of Which of the statements given above *LIDAY’, a scheme of the Governmnet is/are correct? ==
[a) Providing technical and financial [d) I only assistance to start-up Enter- 2 entrepreneur in the field of renewable
(b) only sources of energy
(c) Both 1 and 2
{b) Providing electricity to every
(d} Neither 1 nor 2 Household in the country by 2018 –
(c) Replacing the coal-based power
9. Which one of the following books of plants with natural gas, nuclear, “” ancient India has the lgwe story of the solar, wind and tidal power plants – son of the founder of Sunga dynasty? over a period of time
(a) Providing for financial turnaround
(b) revival of power distribution
(c) Replacing the coal-based power
10. With reference to *IFC Masala Bonds’, + {d} Rationalist F sometimes seen in the news, which of – the statements given below is/are 11. In the context of which of the following # coTTEctP do-you sometimes-find the terms amber box, blue box and green box’ in
1. The International Finance Corpora- he the nation, which offers these bonds, is an turn of the World Bank. {7| WTO affairs
2. They are the rupee-denominated . . (b) , SAARC affairs bonds and are a source of debt – – – financing for the public and private ‘ (c} – LJNFCCC affairs E==1]T, (d) India-EU negotiations on FTA
Civil Engineering Paper – I :
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