UPSC Previous Year Questions: CSP 2021

upsc2020said

The percentage by which the money the borrower pays back exceeds the money that was borrowed is called:

a. bank rate

b. nominal interest rate

c. real interest rate

d. terms of credit

upsc2020said

An antibiotic is not useful against virus whereas a vaccine is. Which one of the following is the most appropriate reason for this?

A. An antibiotic can break RNA only whereas virus has DNA.

B. An antibiotic is a carbohydrate in its chemical nature, whereas a vaccine is a protein, which works well to kill a virus.

C. Only vaccine can break the genetic material of a virus.

D. A virus does not use biochemical pathways which can be blocked by an antibiotic. But a vaccine can boost an immune system to fight the virus.

( CDS 1 2021)