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UPPSC 2024 — Comprehension & Decision Making Questions with Answers

All 6 Comprehension & Decision Making previous-year questions from UPPSC 2024, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Decision making & problem solving

   Which decision-making bias refers to the tendency to give excessive weight to the first information received?

   • a)Confirmation bias
   • b)Hindsight bias
   • c)Anchoring bias
   • d)Availability heuristic
2. Q2.Communication Skills

   What are the four basic communication skills? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 1. Understanding 2. Listening 3. Informing 4. Speaking 5. Observing 6. Reading 7. Influencing 8. Writing

   • a)2,4,6,8
   • b)7,2,5,6
   • c)3,5,2,7
   • d)1,3,7,8
3. Q3.Decision making & problem solving

   Functional fixedness is a kind of ______.

   • a)Confirmation bias
   • b)Mental set
   • c)Forward working
   • d)Creativity bias
4. Q4.Communication

   What are the examples of interpersonal communication? Select the correct answer from the codes given below: 1. Seminar 2. Journalism 3. Office operation 4. Letter writing 5. Study-Teaching 6. Conversation 7. Interview

   • a)6, 7, 5, 3
   • b)2, 3, 5, 7
   • c)2, 4, 7, 6
   • d)4, 5, 2, 1
5. Q5.Communication

   Which of the following is an example of mediated communication?

   • a)A newscaster delivers the weather report on 9 o'clock news
   • b)A politician addresses a nominating convention
   • c)Two friends gossip with one another
   • d)Students work on a class project together
6. Q6.Communication

   Another name of interpersonal communication is:

   • a)Face-to-face public communication
   • b)Virtual reality
   • c)Mass communication
   • d)Diadic communication