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UPSC CSE CSAT 2022 · Paper II (CSAT) · Question 35 · Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, averages, time & work

x सप्ताह, x दिन, x घण्टे, x मिनट और x सेकण्ड में कुल कितने सेकण्ड हैं?

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2022, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Question 35 — Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, averages, time & work.

x सप्ताह, x दिन, x घण्टे, x मिनट और x सेकण्ड में कुल कितने सेकण्ड हैं?

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How many seconds in total are there in x weeks, x days, x hours, x minutes and x seconds?

(a) 11580x · (b) 11581x · (c) 694860x · (d) 694861x

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) 694861x

Convert each unit to seconds: a week is 604800 s, a day 86400 s, an hour 3600 s, a minute 60 s. Adding these and the lone second gives 694861 seconds for every x.

  1. 1 week = 7 × 24 × 3600 = 604800 s; 1 day = 24 × 3600 = 86400 s; 1 hour = 3600 s; 1 minute = 60 s.
  2. Total = (604800 + 86400 + 3600 + 60 + 1)x = 694861x seconds.
  3. Check: the x seconds make the coefficient end in 1, and one week alone is 604800x, so only 694861x fits.

Remember · Use the last digit as a filter: the extra ‘x seconds’ makes the total end in 1.

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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