UKPSC Prelims 2025

"As a boss of the office, one of your subordinate criticizes your distant behaviour towards the emotional wellbeing of the office staff." Which one of the following will be the closest reaction based on constructive thinking?

Consider the following statements according to Uttarakhand Census – 2011: 1. Rudraprayag district has the least population in Uttarakhand. 2. Nainital district is at the third place in terms of population in the state of Uttarakhand. 3. Sex-ratio in Uttarakhand is 963. 4. The population density of Uttarakhand is 189. Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

If "All birds can fly" is false, then what can be true?

According to Uttarakhand Economic Survey 2024-25, what was the projected growth rate of the Gross State Domestic Product (at constant prices) of Uttarakhand in 2024-25?

If the letters of the English alphabet are written in reverse order, which letter comes in the middle of the 13th and the 25th letter?

In Uttarakhand, where is the unit of Hindustan Machine Tools situated?

Choose the correct alternative which will complete the series: ACT, EGG, INK, ____

The craft products of the Uttarakhand state are sold by which brand name?

You are an administrator and members of your staff are inexperienced. They do not work efficiently as per norms. You lose your temper and, to avoid that aggression, what will you do?

What is the total score obtained by Uttarakhand in the 6th Food Security Index, 2024?

Your boss is very strict and always keeps a check upon your day-to-day activity, which bothers you. What would be your reaction?

What is the score of Uttarakhand in NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index, 2023-24?

Which part of the visual memory system is responsible for holding a fleeting visual image for a very short time like a spark?

What is the Boolean expression for a NAND gate?

The missing alphabet in the following figure is: F J N M Q U O S ?

Which of the following is used to measure the speed of a computer’s processor?

The angle between the two hands of a clock at 40 minutes past 3 is:

Which application software is used for sending and receiving e-mails?

Five men A, B, C, D and E read a newspaper. The person who reads first hands it to C and the person who reads last takes it from A. E was neither the first nor the last to read the newspaper. There were exactly two persons between B and A. To whom did B give the newspaper?

What does the acronym PaaS stand for in cloud computing?

If the unit digit in the product (459 × 46 × 28θ × 484) is 2, then the digit that should replace ‘θ’ is:

Bulk Modulus for a perfectly rigid body is:

What will be the remainder when (9⁶ + 1) is divided by 8?

Which Five-Year Plan was focused on inclusive growth?

The sum of three pairwise-non-divisible numbers is 100. If one of them exceeds another by 36, then one of the numbers is:

Where is the Herbal Research and Development Institute of Uttarakhand situated?

In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs is 14 more than twice the number of heads. How many cows are there in the group?

As per Uttarakhand Budget 2025-26, the amount allocated for Char Dham Road network improvement is ______.

Insert the missing number in the following figure (see the figure given in the paper):

The moderator used in a nuclear reactor is:

Rahul ranked ninth from the top and thirty-eighth from the bottom in his class. How many students are there in the class?

The marble of Taj Mahal is getting discoloured and lustreless due to:

Babita walks 5 metres towards East and then turns left and walks 6 metres. Again, she turns right and walks 9 metres. Finally, she turns right and walks 6 metres. How far is she from the starting point?

The thickness of the ozone layer from the base to the top of the atmosphere is measured in:

The sum of 51 terms of the series (1 − 1⁄51) + (2 − 2⁄51) + (3 − 3⁄51) + … is:

The rate at which solar energy is stored in green plants to be used as food is called:

Find the sum of the series 2² + 4² + 6² + … + 50²:

The interaction in which one organism is benefitted and the other is neither harmed nor benefitted is called:

The least multiple of 7 which leaves a remainder of 4 when divided by 6, 9, 15 and 18 is:

Consider the following statements about Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: 1. It is a World Heritage Site. 2. Its inhabitants include snow leopard, musk deer and blue sheep. Choose the correct answer using the options below:

How many natural numbers between 1 and 200 are divisible by both 2 and 3?

Match the items given in Column-I and Column-II: Column-I A. Biomagnification B. Electro-precipitation C. Landfills D. Stratosphere Column-II 1. Synthesis of ozone 2. Solid waste 3. Concentration build-up at successive trophic levels 4. Particulate matter Codes:

In which year was Mohal born? Statement-I: Mohal at present is 25 years younger than his mother. Statement-II: Mohal’s brother, who was born in 1964, is 35 years younger than his mother.

Consider the following statements: Statement I: Light travels faster in air than in water. Statement II: Refractive index of air is greater than that of water. Select the correct option:

Point of intersection of two ogives is known as:

Consider the following statements: 1. The coefficient of linear expansion has dimension K⁻¹. 2. The coefficient of volume expansion has dimension K⁻¹. Choose the correct option:

What is the range of a grouped dataset? Statement-I: The class intervals are from 10-20 to 60-70. Statement-II: The highest frequency is in class interval 30-40.

When milk is converted into curd, the sour taste is due to:

The smallest 4-digit number which, when divided by 5, 7 and 13, gives remainders 3, 5 and 11 respectively is:

Penicillin was discovered by:

The sum of the ratio of the LCM and HCF of the numbers 12, 18 and 30 is:

Correct hierarchy of classification of plants is:

The sum of 16 terms of the series √2 + √8 + √18 + √32 + … is:

What was the key focus of the Waqf Amendment Bill introduced in April, 2025?

What is the average of five numbers? Statement-I : Sum of the five numbers is 225. Statement-II : The largest number is 60.

Which programme was approved by the Union Cabinet in April, 2025 to develop border villages?

A table has missing monthly data for April. If the average of January to May is 40 and the values for January, February, March and May are 30, 45, 35 and 50 respectively, what is the value for April?

What was the primary objective of the ‘Poshan Pakhwada’ event observed in April, 2025?

The number of Science, Arts and Commerce graduates working in a company are 300, 700 and 500 respectively. If these figures are represented by a pie-chart, what is the angle corresponding to Science graduates?

ISRO’s module re-entered the atmosphere and impacted the Indian Ocean on April 4, 2025. Name the module.

What day is on the fourteenth of a given month? Statement-I : The last day of the month is a Wednesday. Statement-II : The third Saturday of the month was seventeenth.

In March 2025, the Indian Government announced the merger of how many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) under the “one state, one RRB” initiative?

Which of the following statements is/are sufficient to find the answer of the question that Ajit, Krishna and Amrish distribute their profit in what proportion? Statement-I: Ajit gets 2/5th of the profit. Statement-II: 75% of the total investment is made by Krishna and Amrish.

A key focus of Viksit Bharat Yatra is to disseminate information and facilitate access to which of the following areas?

If a pie-chart shows five sectors with angles 90°, 60°, 75°, 45° and 90°, then what is the percentage of the sector having an angle of 75°?

Which of the following statements about causes of biodiversity loss is/are correct? 1. Habitat loss and fragmentation are the most important cause driving animals and plants to extinction. 2. Human activities lead to over-exploitation of natural resources. 3. When a species becomes extinct, the plant and animal species associated with it do not become extinct. Choose the correct answer using the options below:

In a line graph, the sales of a company A increase linearly from 100 to 200 units in 5 years. What is the yearly average increase?

Transformation of normal cells into cancerous neoplastic cells may be induced by physical, chemical or biological agents are called:

The mirror image of the given figure (mirror) is:

Which pair is NOT correctly matched?

Mirror is related to reflection in the same way as water is related to:

Which Singapore-based student won the Breakthrough Junior Challenge Award in April 2025 for the work in mechanogenetic cellular engineering?

ISLAND is related to OCEAN in the same way as OASIS is related to:

Which of the following countries are members of BRICS? 1. India 2. Indonesia 3. Iran 4. Egypt 5. Ethiopia Select the correct answer:

Select the number-triad that is analogous to the given triads: (60, 12, 84), (115, 20, 59)

In January 2025, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights appealed for how much funding to support human-rights work worldwide?

If HIGH = 128 and LOW = 150, then FAR = ?

What is the objective of the ‘DigiLocker’ service?

If the speed of a train is 120 km/h and its length is 600 metres, then how much time will it take to cross a pole?

The United Nations has designated the year 2025 as the International Year of which scientific field?

The mirror image of DL9CG4728 (mirror) is:

Which of the following technologies is used to create personalised medicine based on a patient’s genetic make-up?

In the following list: Roof, Homes, Males, Time – the odd-one is:

Which one of the following is incorrect about Uttarakhand’s first nano-fabrication facility for semiconductor research set up by I.I.T. Roorkee?

Which word will come in place of the question-mark (?) ? Vigilant : Alert :: Viable : ?

Which one of the following is incorrect about the event ‘Surya Dev Bhoomi Challenge’ organised by the Indian Army and the Uttarakhand Government?

Arrange the following words in a meaningful sequence: 1. Key 2. Door 3. Lock 4. Room 5. Switch on

What is the title of Pope Francis’ autobiography, released in January 2025?

In a certain code language, "HONEST" is written as "NTRHUU" and "LABOUR" is written as "RFFRWS". How will "ENOUGH" be written in that language?

Which international summit did Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend in Bangkok in April 2025?

If "LION" is written as "KHNM", then in the same way how will "TIGER" be written?

Which historic site in Jamaica faced threats from coastal erosion and storm surges, prompting UNESCO to launch a conservation project in early 2025?

If ÷ implies +, − implies ÷, × implies − and + implies ×, then the value of (36 × 4) − 8 × 4 —————————————— = ? 4 + 8 × 2 + 16 ÷ 1

Which one of the following is incorrectly matched about festivals/exhibitions/expos held in Uttarakhand in 2025?

What is the seventh number in the following sequence? 5, 9, 16, 29, 54, 103, ?

After the successful completion of the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand, India is preparing itself to host ____ Olympics.

Choose the number-pair which is different from the others:

Which one of the following books is NOT written by Pushpesh Pant, a noted author of Uttarakhand?

The number of triangles in the given figure is:

Where was the closing ceremony of the 38th National Games held?

A pair of words is given, followed by four alternative pairs. Choose the pair in which the words bear the same relationship as the words of the given pair. CHALK : BLACK BOARD

The Silkyara Tunnel spanning ____ is expected to shorten the distance between Gangotri and Yamunotri by more than 20 km.

In a certain code, if DOG = 4157, then CAT will be:

Which of the following UNESCO World Heritage Sites is/are located in Uttarakhand? Choose the correct option:

Four choices of words are given with their letters jumbled. Three of them are alike and one is different. Find the odd one out.

Who among the following received the Padma Shri Award in 2025 for social work from Uttarakhand?

Statements: (i) All windows are carpets. (ii) Some carpets are rats. Conclusions: (I) All rats are carpets. (II) All carpets are windows. (III) All windows are rats. (IV) All rats are windows. Which conclusion follows?

Which of the following is incorrectly matched about Central Government Institutes located in Uttarakhand?

Statements: (i) Some teachers are advocates. (ii) Some players are teachers. Conclusions: (I) All players are advocates. (II) All advocates are players. (III) Some advocates are teachers. Which conclusion follows?

Match List – I with List – II and choose the correct answer using the code given below: List – I (Biography) A. Ramcharita B. Navasahasankacharita C. Kumarpalacharita D. Vikramankadevacharita List – II (Authors) 1. Padmagupta 2. Hemchandra 3. Sandhyakarnandi 4. Bilhana

If 'a' means '+', 'b' means '−', 'c' means '×' and 'd' means '÷', then the value of 6 a 7 b 8 c 8 d 2 a 50 is:

Which of the following texts are written by Amir Khusrau? 1. Khazain-ul-Futuh 2. Nuh Siphir 3. Miftah-ul-Futuh 4. Qiraan-us-Sadaain

Statement: United Nations has adopted 21st June as 'World Yoga Day'. This has promoted India's glorious tradition all over the world. Conclusions: (I) Yoga is practised only on 21st June. (II) More people are coming to India to practise Yoga. Which conclusion follows?

Who founded a separate department called ‘Diwan-i-amir-i-kohi’ to improve agriculture?

The smallest six-digit number that is completely divisible by 111 is:

Who was popularly known as Chiragh-i-Delhi?

A, B and C are sisters. D is the brother of E and E is the daughter of B. How is A related to D?

Arrange the following events in correct chronological order, starting from the earliest to the last event: I. First Battle of Panipat II. Battle of Khanwa III. Battle of Ghagra IV. Battle of Chanderi Select the correct answer from the code given below:

In the given Venn diagram the numbers represent the persons reading newspapers Paper-1, Paper-2 and Paper-3. How many persons read exactly two newspapers?

Who were the famous painters at Jahangir’s court? 1. Basawan 2. Manohar 3. Bishun Das 4. Mansur

Statements: (i) All flowers are trees. (ii) No fruits are trees. Conclusions: (I) No fruits are flowers. (II) Some trees are flowers. Which conclusion follows?

Consider the following statements with reference to Trade Union Movement in India: 1. All India Trade Union Congress was founded in 1920. 2. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected its first President. 3. All India Trade Union Federation was formed by S. A. Dange in 1929. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Which of the following Venn-diagrams best represents the relationship among the groups – Doctors, Mothers, Females?

Which of the following Vedas is divided into two branches as Krishna and Shukla?

Which of the following group is best represented by the given Venn diagram (three concentric circles)?

Which ancient city was named ‘Polibrotha’ in the Greek texts?

Statement: A top institute has reduced the syllabus of mathematics in class-12. Assumptions: (I) Students can score more marks than before in mathematics. (II) This has been done to reduce the stress and burden of the students in mathematics. Which assumption is implicit?

Consider the following statements with reference to the inscriptions of Ashoka: 1. Most of the inscriptions are in Prakrit language and Brahmi script. 2. The inscriptions found at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi are in Prakrit language and Kharoshthi script. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Statement: Teachers in India still teach using traditional methods and are not aware of modern methods of teaching. Courses of Action: (I) Orientation should be conducted for teachers to change their method of teaching. (II) There should be a pay hike for teachers who teach using modern methods. Which course of action follows?

When did Muslim League observe ‘Direct Action Day’?

A is three times as old as B. Four years ago, C was twice as old as A. After four years, A will be 31 years old. What is the sum of the present ages of B and C?

Who wrote the book ‘The Indian Musalmans’?

Statement: The Prime Minister has made clear that his government will make concerted efforts for upliftment of poor farmers and announced an annual pension for them. Conclusions: (I) Government understands that the condition of poor farmers need immediate attention. (II) No benefits are announced for other sections of the society. Which conclusion follows?

The religious reforms in Bombay were started by whom?

Which of the following is the most helpful in quick decision making?

When was the ‘Sargeant Plan’ of education started?

Decision making begins with which one of the following?

Consider the following statements: 1. During the Gurkha Administration, the Judge was called ‘VICHARI’. 2. The other judicial workers were also called ‘SABHA’. 3. For the prompt justice the officer appointed was called ‘DIVYA’. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

If a person has multiple options and needs to choose the most effective one, then what should he prioritize?

Consider the following statements and select the correct statement(s): 1. Somchand appointed four fort guards – Karki, Bora, Taragi and Chaudhary. 2. All the above were jointly called ‘CHAR Aal’.

Statement: Should school education be made free in India? Arguments: (I) Yes, this is the only way to improve the level of literacy. (II) No, it would add to the already heavy burden on the exchequer. Which argument is strong?

What were the duties of ‘KAMIN’ in Uttarakhand during the Colonial period?

Statement: Are nuclear families better than joint families? Arguments: (I) No, joint families ensure security and also reduce the burden of work. (II) Yes, nuclear families ensure greater freedom. Which argument is strong?

Consider the following statements with reference to the ‘Revolt of 1857’: 1. Syed Ahmad Khan wrote “Causes of the Indian Revolt”. 2. Mangal Pande was hanged on March 29, 1857. 3. Hazrat Mahal led the revolt at Lucknow. 4. Nana Saheb led the revolt at Bareilly. Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Statement: Ten coaches of a passenger train have derailed and blocked both the railway tracks. Courses of Action: (I) The railway authorities should immediately send men and equipments to clear the railway tracks. (II) All the trains running in both the directions should be diverted to other routes. Which course of action follows?

Which of the following commissions are related to famine in British India? 1. Campbell Commission 2. Lyall Commission 3. Strachey Commission 4. Hunter Commission Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Which is the primary focus of Emotional Intelligence?

Who was appointed the Chairman of the ‘National Planning Committee’ by the Indian National Congress in 1938?

Which of the following is not the component of Emotional Intelligence?

By which name did the Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang address the Kumaon region ?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a critical thinking?

Who founded a branch of the 'Home-Rule League' at Dehradun in 1918 ?

Your batchmate has made you aware about certain shortcomings and the wrong deeds that you have done in your tenure. In that case, what will be your reaction?