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UPSC Prelims 2026 CSAT, question 73

Topic: Decision making

Q73

Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I (Tool of communication) List-II (Purpose)
A. Memorandum 1. To record decisions
B. Flyer 2. To inform confidentially
C. Bcc 3. To intimate a directive
D. Minutes 4. To disseminate non-targeted information
  1. (a) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
  2. (b) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
  3. (c) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1Correct answer
  4. (d) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

Solution.

Answer: (c) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

  1. A memorandum (memo) is an internal administrative tool used to intimate a directive or policy instruction (A-3), and a flyer is used to disseminate non-targeted public information (B-4).
  2. Blind carbon copy (Bcc) in email is used to inform a recipient confidentially without other recipients knowing (C-2), and minutes are the official written record of decisions taken at a meeting (D-1).
  3. So A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1, which is code (c).