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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.

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UPSC EPFO 2023 EO/AO Question Paper (02-Jul-2023)
120 Minutes
120 Questions
300 Marks
English
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Q1.

Directions: In the following five items, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning as S1 and S6. The four sentences in between S1 and S6 in each question have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
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.

Directions: In the following five items, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning as S1 and S6. The four sentences in between S1 and S6 in each question have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
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.

Q3.

Directions: In the following five items, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning as S1 and S6. The four sentences in between S1 and S6 in each question have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: Contemporary history is necessary, but it is at best a tentative record.
S6: Some portentous events can be seen to be so from the moment of their occurrence, like the discovery of the New World; others of comparable momentousness are hidden in obscurity.
P: The relevance of the issue of proportion is significant.
Q: It possesses, indeed, a massive supply of public record, but it necessarily lacks the inner knowledge of politicians' minds, of planners' proposals, of scientists' discoveries, of technicians' break-throughs.
R: It also lacks perspective since it is bereft of a sense of proportion.
S: It is impossible, over just a few years of observation, to estimate accurately the significance of various events.

Q4.

Directions: In the following five items, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning as S1 and S6. The four sentences in between S1 and S6 in each question have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: Income inequality in less-developed countries is worse than most estimates.
S6: The tax regime in these countries needs to be progressive and futuristic.
P: There is a staggering level of difference between the income metrics and the actual income of the prosperous in such countries.
Q: The effective tax rates are not really progressive with regard to income.
R: They need to be reengineered to bring into the tax net the enormous sums of 'missing' income.
S: They are even less so with regard to wealth.

Q5.

Directions: In the following five items, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning as S1 and S6. The four sentences in between S1 and S6 in each question have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: The history of English literature is usually divided into different periods.
S6: This is the real danger of periodization, which tends to give the impression of distinct categories where there are none.
P: However there are important discontinuities to be kept in mind.
Q: Each period has unique features that produce certain family resemblances between the writers of a particular period.
R: Scholars often specialize in periods such as Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literature.
S: Failure to detect these discontinuities often produce a false sense of uniformity and consensus within a period.

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