Tuesday 21 May 2013

UPSC Exam-Civil Services Exam 2013-CSAT Model Test 3-Part 3


Civil Services Exam 2013-CSAT Model Test 3-Part 3



Directions (39-43): Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions:



ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF CARS BY COMPANY A
COMPANY B AND COMPANY C IN THOUSANDS


39. Approximately, what is the ratio between the average production of cars in Company A in 2007 and 2008 together and average production of cars in Company C for all the years taken together?
a) 13 : 22                    b) 15 : 27
c) 65 : 91                    d) 63 : 46



Answer: A






40. The total production of cars by all three companies in 2006 is by what percent (percent age rounded off to two digits after decimal) more / less than production of cars in all the three companies in 2004?
a) Less by 15.65%    b) More by 30.43%
c) Less by 33.45%    d) None of these



Answer: B






41. For Company C had the total production for all the years been less by 25%, what should have been the total production for all the years?
a) 3, 34,700 units      b) 2,75,000 units
c) 5,70,000 units       d) 4,50,633 units



Answer: C






42. Total production of cars of Companies B and C together in 2010 is approximately what percent of the total production of these two companies together for all the years together?
a) 10%                        b) 12%
c) 5%                          d) 15%



Answer: D





             
43. The average production of cars in Company B is approximately what percentage of average production of cars in Company C for all the years taken together?
a) 62%                                    b) 74%
c) 85%                                    d) 90%



Answer: D






Directions for the following 6 (44-50) items:
Read the following three passages and answer the items that follow each passage and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only.

Passage 1
Transport, in India, plays a crucial role in ensuring sustained economic growth and is vital for the development of the various segments of the economy. The need for according high priority to the transport sector flows virtually from the size of this country as well as from the geographical dispersal of its natural resources. Transport services, unlike other commodities, are neither tradable nor can they be stored. Transportation is also an aggregate of many linear situations and, as such, highly susceptible to cumulative chain reactions.  It is subject to wide fluctuations in demand intensities. Investments in transport infrastructure usually have to be in fairly large indivisible units, which prevent precise or continuous 'matching' of demand and supply. All these factors, combined together, make it desirable, as far as possible, to provide a certain amount of flexibility and cushion in the transport system, to prevent bottlenecks and the consequent chain reactions in the economy.

The transport sector is one of the largest consumers of the commercial energy, consuming nearly 33 per cent of the total.  In assessing therefore, the desirable level of inter modal split of freight traffic between railways and roads and while making resource cost comparisons in this context, appropriate weight has to be give to the relative energy intensities

44. With reference to the above passage, consider the following assumptions
1. Indian economy is dependent on transport
2. Size of India is a liability for its population
Which of the assumptions is/are valid?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: A





45. Consider the following statements
1. Transportation is a sensitive domain
2. Transportation is prone to external influences
As per above passage, which of the given statements is/are implied?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: D






46. Consider the following statements
1. Dispersal of natural resources calls for high priority to the transport sector
2. Without commercial energy the transport sector will come to a stand still
According to the above passage, which of the given statements is/are valid?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: A






Passage 2
The transformation of the Indian cities faces several structural constraints. Foremost, the current urban development model starves cities of financing. Also, weak or outdated urban management practices - inappropriate planning systems, unsustainable service delivery models, and lack of focus on the urban poor - negate the benefits of agglomeration economies in Indian cities by distorting land and housing markets, rendering cities non-creditworthy and leaving them with expensive yet poorly functioning urban services.
The current urban management techniques are also out- moded. The Master Plan concept - as currently practised in India - is not widely used elsewhere. Besides it is not well suited to rapidly growing cities and multi-jurisdiction urban agglomerations. The Master Plan concept has also not been useful in addressing India's large and widely spread slums. By locking-in the supply of buildable land and space, the Master plan, inter alia, inhibits the development of housing markets and contributes to the proliferation of slums.  Therefore there is an urgent need to develop new management and service deliver approaches across the board.

47. Consider the following statements
1. Indian Cities are facing acute financing problem
2. Weak urban management results in poorly functioning urban services
As per the passage, which of the given statements is/are valid?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: B






48. With reference of the above passage, consider the following assumptions
1. Indian urban management is not following the techniques used in other countries
2. Present urban management techniques in India are no longer apt for its rapidly growing cities
Which of the given statements is/are valid?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: B






49. Consider the following assumptions
1. The Master plan concept has not delivered its desired result
2. the Master plan concept generally helps in urban management
As per the passage, which of the given assumptions is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2



Answer: D






Direction (50-56): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight trains bound for eight different cities are stationed on eight different platforms numbered one to eight, facing the north.  The numbering is done either from right to left or from left to right.

Train to Delhi leaves from Platform no.6.  Two trains are stationed between the trains bound for Kolkata and the train for Delhi.  The train leaving for Jammu is not stationed immediately next to either Kolkata or Delhi bound trains.  Trains bound for Mumbai and Patna are stationed on adjacent platforms.  The trains bound for neither Patna nor Mumbai is stationed on Platform no. 4.  Only one train is stationed between the train bound for Patna and the train ound for Varanasi.  The train bound for Amritsar is not stationed immediately next to the Varanasi bound train.  The train for Dehradun is not stationed on an odd numbered platform and is parked towards the left of Amritsar bound train (not necessarily to the immediate left).

50. What is the position of the Dehradun bound train with respect to the Patna bound train?
a) Immediate left       b) Second to the left
c) Third to the right    d) Third to the left



Answer: D






51. Train bound to which of the following cities leaves from Platform No.5?
a) Jammu                   b) Varanasi
c) Amritsar                 d) Patna



Answer: B






52. Train to Amritsar leaves from which of the following platform numbers?
a) 2                             b) 7
c) 5                              d) 3



Answer: A






53. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the given arrangement and so form a group.  Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
a) Varanasi                b) Patna
c) Jammu                   d) Mumbai



Answer: D






54. Train to Mumbai leaves from which of the following platform numbers?
a) 1                             b) 5
c) 7                              d) 8



Answer: D






55. Which of the following is true with respect to the given arrangement?
a) Trains to Amritsar and Jammu leave from adjacent platforms
b) Train to Jammu leaves from Platform No.4
c) Train to Patna leaves from an even numbered platform
d) There is only one platform between the platforms from which trains bound for Delhi and Patna leave



Answer: A






56. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary

Based on the above information, four conclusions, as given below, have been made. which one of these logically follows from the information given above?
a) You will not have to settle for the ordinary if you do not risk the unusual
b) if you are willing to risk the unusual, you will not have to settle for the ordinary
c) If you dont want to settle for the ordinary, you will have to risk the unusual
d) You will not have to settle for the ordinary if you are not risking the unusual



Answer: C






57. Neurobiologists are providing visual evidence that learning promotes brain health in school students. On the basis of this they are concluding that mental stimulation of the elderly in the form of learning new things could limit the damaging effects of aging on memory and the mind.

Which of the following will most strengthen the neurobiologists' recommendations?
a) It is possible to learn at any age irrespective of brain health
b) Learning continues to promote brain health under all conditions
c) The effects of aging on the brain are not well understood
d) mental stimulation need not be triggered only by learning



Answer: B

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