UPSC EPFO 2023 EO/AO Question Paper (02-Jul-2023); Download PDF
UPSC EPFO 2023 EO/AO Question Paper conducted on 02 July 2023 consisted of 120 objective-type questions for a total of 300 marks, with a duration of 2 hours. The paper tested candidates on areas such as General English, Indian Polity, Economy, Labour Laws, Social Security, General Science, Quantitative Aptitude, and Current Affairs, focusing on conceptual understanding and analytical ability. This question paper helps aspirants clearly understand the exam format, syllabus coverage and question style of the UPSC EPFO EO/AO exam.
Q1.
S1: Geological mapping, when properly done, demands skill and judgment.
S6: Nothing is more naive than to believe that a field geologist should gather only 'facts', the interpretation of which is to be made at a later date.
P: While the field work progresses he should conceive as many interpretations as are consistent with the known facts.
Q: As the field work progresses and the larger geological picture begins to unfold, experience and judgment are essential if the geologist is to evaluate properly the vast number of facts gathered from thousands of outcrops.
R: Such mapping requires keen observation and a knowledge of what data are significant.
S: Above all, the field geologist must use the method of "working multiple hypotheses" to deduce the geological structure.
Q2.
S1: Under the colonial regime, basic infrastructure such as ports, water transport, posts and telegraphs did develop.
S6: Naturally, therefore, these areas remained inaccessible to the people.
P: There always remained an acute shortage of all-weather roads to reach out to the rural areas during the rainy season.
Q: Roads constructed in India prior to the advent of British rule were not fit for modern transport.
R: However, the real motive behind this development was not necessarily to provide basic amenities to the people but to subserve various colonial interests.
S: The roads that were built primarily served the purposes of mobilizing the army within India and drawing out raw materials from the countryside to the nearest railway station.