Tuesday 21 May 2013

UPSC Exam-Civil Services Exam 2013-CSAT Model Test 2-Part 4

Civil Services Exam 2013-CSAT Model Test 2-Part 4


Direction (62-65): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions
P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X are sitting around a circular table facing the center but not necessarily in the same order.
R sits third left of W.X sits second to right of T, T is not an immediate neighbor of R and W. Two people sit between P and S. Neither P nor S is an immediate neighbor of X. Q is not an immediate neighbor of X and P

62. Who amongst the following represent the immediate neighbors of S?
a) W,T                        
b) R,Q                        
c) R,X                                    
d) X,T             




Answer: B






63. What is the position of V with respect to P in the above arrangement?
a) Immediate left      
b) Fifth to the right    
c) immediate right    
d) second to the right




Answer: D






64. Who sits third to the right of Q?
a) P                            
b) S    
c) X                            
d) T                




Answer: D






65. What will come in the place of question mark according to the above seating arrangement?
X      P            S         V         ?
a) Q                            
b) W               
c) T                             
d) P    




Answer: B






Directions for the following 8 (66-73) items:
The following eight items (questions 66 to 73) are based on three passages in English to test the comprehension of English language and therefore these items do not have Hindi version.  Read each passage and answer the items that follow.

Passage 1
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into and out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module.

66. The word 'Command Module' used twice in the given passage indicates perhaps that it deals with
a) an alarming journey
b) a commanding situation
c) a journey into outer space
d) a frightful battle




Answer: C





67. Which one of the following reasons would one consider as more as possible for the warning lights to be on?
a) There was a shower of debris
b) A catastrophe was imminent
c) Jack was yelling
d) The moon was looming close and big




Answer: B






Passage 2
Harold a professional man who had worked in an office for many years had a fearful dream. In it, he found himself in a land where small slug-like animals with slimy tentacles lived on people's bodies. The people tolerated the loathsome creatures because after many years they grew into elephants which then became the nation's system of transport, carrying everyone wherever he wanted to go. Harold suddenly realised that he himself was covered with these things, and he woke up screaming. In a vivid sequence of pictures this dream dramatised for Harold what he had never been able to put in to words; he saw himself as letting society feed on his body in his early years so that it would carry him when he retired. He later threw off the "security bug" and took up freelance work.

68. Which one of the following phrases best helps to bring out the precise meaning of 'loathsome creatures'?
a) Security bug and slimy tentacles
b) Fearful dream and slug-like animals
c) Slimy tentacles and slug-like animals
d) slug-like animals and security bug




Answer: C






69. The statement that 'he later threw off the security bug' means that
a) Harold succeeded in overcoming the need for security
b) Harold stopped giving much importance to dreams
c) Harold started tolerating social victimisation
d) Harold killed all the bugs troubled him




Answer: A






70. Harold's dream was fearful because
a) it brought him face to face with reality
b) it was full of vivid pictures of snakes
c) he saw huge elephant in it
d) in it he saw slimy creatures feeding on people's bodies




Answer: A






Passage 3
Sometimes we went off the road and on a path through the pine forest. The floor of the forest was soft to walk on; the frost did not happen it as it did the road.  But we did not mind the hardness of the road because we had nails in the soles and heels nails bit on the frozen ruts and with nailed boots it was good walking on the road and invigorating. It was lovely walking in the woods.

71. 'Frozen ruts' means
a) very cold roads
b) wheel marks in which frost had become hard
c) the road covered with frost
d) hard roads covered with snow




Answer: C






72. The floor of the forest was soft because
a) the forest did not harden it on account of trees
b) the travellers were wearing boots
c) the shoes had nails on their sole and heel
d) they enjoyed walking in the woods




Answer: A






73. We found great joy on account of
a) wearing nailed boots
b) the good long walk on the road
c) walking occasionally through the forest
d) walking on frost with nailed boots on




Answer: D






Directions for the following 7 (74 -80) items:
Given below are seven items. Each item describes a situation and is followed by four possible responses. Indicate the response you find most appropriate. Choose only one response for each item. The responses will be evaluated based on the level of appropriateness for the given situation

Please attempt all the items. There is no penalty for wrong answers for these seven items.

74. Poaching has increased in a forest that is under your supervision threatening the survival of a rare species of a mammal that lives in this forest only. You will:
a) bring out the stringent rules so that the staff will be alert of poaching.
b) suggest the government to ban the tourist visit in order to stop poaching.
c) call in the police to track down and arrest the poachers.
d) ensure extra security and regular patrolling in the forest to defer the poachers.




Answer: C






75.  You are the head of the police department of a town of religious importance to some people. Pilgrims will start pouring into the town to visit a holy shrine in a few days' time. You have reports of a possible terrorist strike during the pilgrimage season. What will you do?
a) Try to find out more about the planned terrorist strike and arrest those who intend to carry out the attack. Meanwhile, let the pilgrimage proceed.
b) Ban the pilgrimage this season and arrest any outsider who tries to enter the town during the pilgrimage season.
c) Go on national television and appeal to the would be attackers to give up the path of violence and join the mainstream.
d) Increase police presence, try to keep medical facilities ready in order to aid victims in the event of an attack, try to arrest the would-be attackers and let the pilgrimage proceed.




Answer: D






76.  You have got a two month internship in the company of your choice and if you do well the company will offer you a job at the end of two months. Your boss has given you a project with a deadline to complete it in a month and has promised to provide two people for completing the project on time. Two weeks have passed and rather than giving you any more people to help with the project your boss keeps giving you other short-term assignments to finish. Also, he/she is pressurizing you and saying that it seems unlikely that you will get the job if you do not complete the project within the given deadline. You will:
a) confront your boss and cite that he hasn't given you the resources he promised and therefore any delay in the completion of the project won't be your fault
b) quit the internship since you are anyway not going to complete the project on time and thus won't get the job
c) remind your boss that he had promised to give you more resources and state that the lack of resources and the additional work is making it difficult for you to complete work on the project.
d) say nothing and work overtime to finish the project as you really want this job in your dream organization.




Answer: C






77. Your company is undergoing a serious economic peril. The only way out of this situation is to urgently bring in some public money into the company. However, some of the Board of Directors in the company are against the idea as they think that the time is nor ripe for raising public money. You will:
a) agree with them and defer the plan of raising public money.
b) use your veto and go ahead with the plan.
c) try to reason it out with them to convince them.
d) sell your share in the company and quit the business.




Answer: B






78.  You are the district magistrate. There has been an incident in the government hospital. A mob went on a rampage in the hospital after a child admitted with head injuries died allegedly due to the negligence of the Medical Officer on duty. Now the Medical officers have complained to you saying that it is impossible to work in such a threatening environment. You will:
a) assure the Medical Officers that the situation will be investigated
b) reprimand the Medical Officer for such negligence
c) ask the Medical Officer to apologize to the victim's family
d) assure the locals that a proper investigation of the case will take place




Answer: D






79.  You are the head of the foreign diplomacy department of your country. The country's economy is ailing and it needs fresh infusion of capital. You have been asked by the foreign minister to do something about the problem. You will:
a) meet the private business houses and ask them to devise ways to bring in capital from the foreign investors.
b) contact the foreign offices of the countries where you see financial potential and formally invite them to invest in your country.
c) talk to some foreign businessmen friends of yours and informally ask them to set up business in your country.
d) tell the minister that the situation is quite grim and not much can be done on this front




Answer: B






80.  You are an official in the district education department who oversees the proper functioning of schools in every respect. You have received a complaint from an employee of a school that the school authorities are involved in wrongful practices with regards to the compensation of the employees. The law clearly states that the school employees are to be paid the salary as per the rules of the state government. You will
a) raid the school as part of the investigation and confiscate the books of account of the school administration for audit.
b) ask the complainant to lodge an FIR against the school authorities and let the law take its course.
c) tell the complainant to bring hard evidence against the school authorities in order to register a complaint in your office
d) immediately approach the school manager and discuss the situation with him off the record




Answer: B

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