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Q33·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2025

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GeographyGeomorphology & Earth ScienceAssertion-ReasonHardStatic

Question

With reference to "Software as a Service (SaaS)", consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1.

    SaaS buyers can customise the user interface and can change data fields.

  2. 2.

    SaaS users can access their data through their mobile devices.

  3. 3.

    Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail are forms of SaaS.

Options

a

1 and 2 only

b

2 and 3 only

c

1 and 3 only

d

1, 2 and 3

Answer

Explanation

All three statements are correct.

SaaS delivers software centrally hosted over the internet. Users can heavily customize their workspace dashboards and data fields (Statement 1) and access the service seamlessly across mobile and desktop interfaces (Statement 2). Cloud-based email providers like Yahoo and Outlook are quintessential everyday examples of SaaS (Statement 3).

SaaS eliminates local installation, delivering customizable, multi-device software straight from the cloud.

Answer: (d).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q33

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Geomorphology & Earth Science

Type

Assertion-Reason

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

Cloud Computing Models & Digital India SaaS Framework

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