Prelims - GS Paper 1
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Q. A school has 80% of its students passing an exam. If there are 250 students, how many passed the exam?
Q. A survey shows that 45% of people support a new policy. If 200 people were surveyed, how many support the policy?
Q. A survey shows that 60% of citizens support a new public policy. If there are 10,000 citizens surveyed, how many support the policy?
Q. A tractor can plow a field in 4 hours. If the field is 20 acres, what is the rate of plowing in acres per hour?
Q. A wetland ecosystem has a water retention capacity of 2000 liters. If it currently holds 1200 liters, what percentage of its capacity is filled?
Q. How many members are there in the Lok Sabha?
Q. If 15% of a class of 40 students are absent, how many students are present?
Q. If 5% of a population of 10,000 are unemployed, how many people are unemployed?
Q. If a bill is passed with a majority of 60% in a legislative assembly of 200 members, how many votes are needed to pass the bill?
Q. If a biotechnologist has 200 mg of a plasmid DNA and needs to prepare a 1:10 dilution, how much diluent should be added?
Q. If a biotechnologist needs to culture cells in a 100 mL medium and the cell density is 1 x 10^6 cells/mL, how many cells are in the culture?
Q. If a car travels at a constant speed of 60 km/h, how far will it travel in 2 hours?
Q. If a carbon footprint of a household is reduced by 15% each year, what will be the footprint after 2 years if the initial footprint is 2000 kg?
Q. If a certain pollutant decreases in concentration by 25% each year, what will be the concentration after 2 years if the initial concentration is 160 mg/L?
Q. If a certain species of bird migrates 1,200 kilometers in 3 weeks, what is the average distance it migrates per week?
Q. If a city council has 12 members and 4 are from the ruling party, what fraction of the council members are from the ruling party?
Q. If a city has a population of 1 million and each person generates 0.5 kg of waste per day, how much waste is generated by the city in a week?
Q. If a city has a poverty rate of 12% and the total number of poor people is 24,000, what is the total population of the city?
Q. If a city plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 25% and the current emissions are 200,000 tons, what will be the new emissions target?
Q. If a company has 120 employees and 30% of them are women, how many women are there in the company?
Q. If a country has 5 major political parties and the total number of seats in the parliament is 500, how many seats does each party get if they all receive an equal share?
Q. If a country has a forest cover of 30% and plans to increase it to 40%, what percentage increase in forest cover is this?
Q. If a country has a population of 1,000,000 and 60% are eligible voters, how many eligible voters are there?
Q. If a country has a total export value of $1.2 billion and a total import value of $1 billion, what is the export-import ratio?
Q. If a country receives $200 million in remittances and spends $50 million on foreign aid, what is the net inflow from these transactions?
Q. If a country reduces its carbon emissions by 20% and its original emissions were 500 million tons, what will be the new emissions level?
Q. If a country's exports are $500 million and imports are $300 million, what is the trade balance?
Q. If a country’s foreign direct investment inflow is $300 million and outflow is $200 million, what is the net FDI?
Q. If a country’s GDP is $2 trillion and its exports are 10% of GDP, what is the value of its exports?
Q. If a department has a budget of $150,000 and has already spent $90,000, what is the ratio of the remaining budget to the total budget?