Prelims - GS Paper 1
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Q. A budget of $60,000 is divided among three departments in the ratio 2:3:5. How much does the department with the largest share receive?
Q. A car's price was $20,000 last year. If the inflation rate is 10%, what will be the price of the car this year?
Q. A carbon offset program costs $20 per ton of CO2. If a company needs to offset 500 tons, how much will it cost?
Q. A certain ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 1,000 deer. If the current population is 800, what percentage of the carrying capacity is currently being utilized?
Q. A certain ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 500 rabbits. If the current population is 300 rabbits, what percentage of the carrying capacity is currently being utilized?
Q. A certain ecosystem has a total of 500 species. If 15% are mammals, how many mammal species are there?
Q. A certain enzyme has a specific activity of 50 units/mg. If you have 2 mg of this enzyme, what is the total activity?
Q. A certain species of fish can reproduce every 3 months. If a single fish reproduces 20 offspring each time, how many fish will there be after 1 year assuming all offspring survive?
Q. A charity organization allocates 20% of its funds to education. If the total funds are $50,000, how much is allocated to education?
Q. A charity organization helps 1,200 people out of 3,000 living in poverty. What percentage of the poor does the organization help?
Q. A city has a budget of $500,000. If it spends $200,000 on infrastructure and $150,000 on education, what percentage of the budget is left?
Q. A city has a population of 1 million people and each person contributes 4 tons of CO2 annually. What is the total CO2 contribution of the city in a year?
Q. A city plans to increase its public transportation budget by 20% next year. If the current budget is $150 million, what will be the new budget?
Q. A city plans to reduce its water consumption by 15% from its current usage of 2 million liters per day. What will be the new daily water consumption?
Q. A company has a budget of $50,000 for a project. If they spend $30,000 in the first month, what percentage of the budget remains?
Q. A company plans to allocate 40% of its $250,000 budget to research and development. How much money is that?
Q. A company reports that 10% of its products are defective. If it produces 1,200 products, how many are defective?
Q. A conservation area has 80 species of birds. If 10% are migratory, how many migratory bird species are there?
Q. A conservation area is designed to protect 150 species of plants. If 10% of these species are endangered, how many species are endangered?
Q. A conservation project costs $1.5 million and is expected to increase biodiversity by 25%. If the current biodiversity index is 40, what will be the new index?
Q. A country aims to plant 1 million trees in 5 years. If they plant 200,000 trees in the first year, how many trees do they need to plant in the next 4 years to meet their goal?
Q. A country aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 25% over the next 5 years. If the current emissions are 200 million tons, what will be the target emissions after 5 years?
Q. A country has a balance of trade of $100 million and a balance of services of -$50 million. What is the overall balance?
Q. A country has a current account deficit of $150 million and a capital account surplus of $100 million. What is the overall balance of payments?
Q. A country has a labor force of 50 million and an unemployment rate of 4%. How many people are unemployed?
Q. A country has a net foreign investment of $400 million and a net foreign liabilities of $600 million. What is the net international investment position?
Q. A country has a total debt of $500 million and its foreign debt is $300 million. What is the ratio of foreign debt to total debt?
Q. A country has an unemployment rate of 8%. If there are 1,500,000 people in the workforce, how many are unemployed?
Q. A family has a monthly budget of $2,500. If they spend $1,000 on rent, $600 on groceries, and $400 on utilities, how much do they have left?
Q. A farmer has 300 fruit trees. If 1/4 of them are apple trees, how many apple trees does he have?