UPSC PYQPrelims 2026

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 2

Each item contains a question followed by two statements. Answer using these instructions: (a) if the question can be answered using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement (b) if the question can be answered using either statement alone (c) if the question can be answered using both the statements together, but cannot be answered using either statement alone (d) if the question cannot be answered even using any of the statements Question: For two distinct real numbers x and y, which of them is bigger? Statement I: x² < y < 1 Statement II: y < √x < 1

  1. Answerable using one statement alone, but not the other
  2. Answerable using either statement alone
  3. Answerable using both statements together, but not either alone
  4. Cannot be answered even using both statements
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (D) Cannot be answered even using both statements

व्याख्या

Even together (x² < y < √x with 0 < x < 1), y can be on either side of x: with x = 0.25, y can be anything between 0.0625 and 0.5, e.g. 0.1 (y < x) or 0.4 (y > x). So the question cannot be answered.