Indian Civil Services Exam CSAT 2011 Paper II Questions 20-43

Paasage-B:

A moral act must be our own act; must spring from our own will. If we act mechanically, these is no moral content in our act. Such action would be moral, If we think it proper to act like a machine and do so. For, in doing so, we use our discrimination. We should bear in mind the distinction between acting mechanically and acting intentionally. It may be moral of a king to pardon a culprit. But the messenger carrying out the order of pardon plays only a mechanical part in the king's moral act. But if the messenger were to carry out the king's order considering it to be his duty, his action would be a moral one. How can a man understand morality who does not use his own intelligence and power of thought, but lets himself be swept along like a log of wood by a current ? Sometimes a. man defies convention and acts on his own with a view to absolute good.

20. Which of the following statements best describe/describes the thought of the writer?

1. A moral act calls for using our discretion.
2. Man should react to a situation immediately.
3. Man must do his duty.
4. Man should be able to defy convention in order to be moral.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4

Ans: d

21. Which of the following statements is the nearest definition of moral action, according to the writer?

(a) it is a mechanical action based on official orders from superiors.

(b) It is an action baased on our sence of discretion.

 (c) IS a clever action based on the clarity of purpose?

(d) It is a religious action based on understanding.

Ans: b

22. The passage contains a statement "lets himself be swept along like a log of wood by a current." Among the following statements, which is/are nearest in meaning to this?

1. A person docs not use his own reason.

2. He is susceptible to influence/pressure.

3. He cannot withstand difficulties/challenges.

4. He is like a log of wood.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4

Ans: b

23. Consider the following distance - time graph. The graph shows three athletes A, Band C running side by side for a 30 km race.

With reference to the above graph consider the following statements :

1. the race was won by A.

2. B was ahead of A up to 25 km 26 mark.

3. C ran very slowly from the beginning.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Ans: b

24. Consider the following figures:

What is the missing number?

(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10

Ans: c

25. Study the following figure:

A person goes from A to B always moving to the right or downwards along the Jines. How many different routes can he adopt?

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

Ans: c

26. Consider the following figure and answer the item that follows :




What is total number of triangles in the above grid ?

(a)   27

(b) 26
(c) 23
(d) 22

Ans: c

Directions for the following 4 (four) items:

Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answers to these items should be based on the passage only.

Passage

A country under foreign domination seeks escape from the present in dreams of a vanished age, and finds consolation in visions of past greatness. That is a foolish and dangerous pastime in which many of us indulge. An equally questionable practice for us in India is to imagine that we are still spiritually great though we have come down, in the world in other respects. Spiritual or any other greatness cannot be founded on lack of freedom and opportunity, or on starvation and misery. Many western  writers have encouraged that notion that Indians are other-worldly. I suppose the poor and unfortunate in every country become to some extent other-worldly, unless they become revolutionaries, for this world is evidently not meant for them. So also subject peoples.

As a man grows to maturity he is not entirely engrossed in, or satisfied with, the external objective world. He seeks also some inner meaning, some psychological and physical satisfactions. So also with peoples and civilizations as they mature and grow adult. Every civilization and every people exhibit these parallel streams of an external life and an internal life. Where they meet or keep close to each other, there is an equilibrium and stability. When they diverge conflict arises and the crises that torture the mind and spirit.

27. The passage mentions that "this world is evidently not meant for them". It refers to people who

1. seek freedom from foreign domination.

2. live in starvation and misery.

3. become revolutionaries .

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

Ans: b

28. Consider the following assumptions:

1. A country under foreign domination cannot indulge in spiritual pursuit.

2. Poverty is an impediment in the spiritual pursuit.

3. Subject peoples may become other-worldly.

With reference to the passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid ?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

Ans: d

29. The passage thematically centers on

(a) the state of mind of oppressed people 
(b) starvation and misery 
(c) the growth of civilization 
(d) body, mind and spirit of people in general

Ans: a

30. According to the passage, the torture of the mind and spirit is caused

(a) by the impact of foreign domination.

(b) by the desire to escape from foreign domination and find consolation III visions of past greatness.

(c) due to lack of equilibrium between an external life and an internal life.

(d) due to one's inability to be either revolutionary or other-worldly.

Ans: c

Directions for the following 3 (Three) items:

Read the passage given below, study the graph that follows and answer the three items given belwo the figure.

During a party, a person was exposed to cotaminated water. A few days later, he developed fever and loose motions. He suffered for some days before going to a doctor for treatment. On starting the treatment, he soon became better and recovered completely a few days later. The following graph shows different phases of the person's disease condition as regions A, B, C, D and E of the curve.

 

31. Which region/regions of the curve correspond/corresponds to incubation phase of the infection ?

(a) A only
(b) B only
(c) Band C
(d) No part of the curve indicates the incubation phase

Ans: a

32. Which region of the curve indicates that the person began showing the symptoms of infection?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Ans: b

33. Which region of the curve indicates that the treatment yielded effective relief?

(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) The curve does not indicate the treatment

Ans: c

34. There are four routes to travel from city A to city B and six routes from city B to city C. How many routes are possible to travel from the city A to city C ?

(a) 24
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 8

Ans: a

35. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay in completion of the work beyond a certain date IS as follows : Rs. 200 for the first day,  Rs. 250 for the second day, Rs. 300 for the third day etc., the penalty for each succeeding day being 50 more than that of the preceding day. How much penalty should the contractor pay if he delays the work by 10 days?

(a) Rs. 4950
(b) Rs. 4250
(c) Rs. 3600
(d) Rs. 650

Ans: b

36. Consider the figure given below and answer the items that follows:

In the figure shown above, OP 1 and OP 2 are two plane mirrors kept perpendicular to each other. S is the direction of a beam of light falling on the mirror OP 1 The direction of the reflected beam of light from the mirror OP 2 will be

(a) Perpendicular to the direction S.
(b) At 45° to the direction S.
(c) Opposite and parallel to the direction S.
(d) At 60° to the direction S.

Ans: c

37. Consider the following figure and answer the item that follows:

What is the minimum number of different colours required to paint the figure given above such that no two adjacent regions have the same colour?

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Ans: a

 

38. Consider the following fogure and answer the items that follows:

A square is divided into four rectangles as shown above. The lengths of the sides of rectangles are natural n umbers. The areas of two rectangles are indicated in
the figure. What is the length of each side of the square?

(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 15
(d) Cannot be determined as the given data are Insufficient

Ans: b

39.  A person has only Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins with her. If the total number of coins that she has is 50 and the amount of money with her is Rs. 75, then the number of Rs. 1 and Rs. 2 coins are, respectively

(a) 15 and 35
(b) 35 and 15
(e) 30 and 20
(d) 25 and 25

Ans: d

40. Three persons start walking together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42 cm and 45 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk so that each can cover the same distance in complete steps?

(a) 25 m 20 cm
(b) 50 m 40 cm
(c) 75 m 60 cm
(d) 100 m 80 cm

Ans: a

41. If a bus travels 160 km in 4 hours and a train travels 320 km in 5 hours at uniform speeds, then what is the ratio of the distances travelled by them in one hour ?

(a) 8 : 5
(b) 5 : 8
(c) 4 : 5
(d) 1 : 2

Ans: b

42. There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% students play cricket, 30% student play football and 10% student play both the games. What is the number of students who play neither cricket nor football?

(a) 25
(b) 20
(c) 18
(d) 15

Ans: b

43. A village having a population of 4000 requires 150 liters of water per head per day. It has a tank measuring 20 m x 15 m x 6 m. The water of this tank will last for

(a) 2 days
(b) 3 days
(c) 4 days
(d) 5 days

Ans: b