Indian Civil Services Exam - 2011- CSAT-Paper 2- Model Test 1-Part three
Directions for Questions 101-104 Venkat, a stockbroker, invested a part of his money in the stock of four companies - A, B, C and D. Each of these companies belonged to different industries, viz., Cement, Information Technology (IT), Auto, and Steel, in no particular order. At the time of investment, the price of each stock was Rs. 100. Venkat purchased only one stock of each of these companies. He was expecting returns of 20%, 10% 30% and 40% from the stock of companies A, B, C and D respectively. Returns are defined as the change in the value of the stock after one year, expressed as a percentage of the initial value. During the year, two of these companies announced extraordinarily good results. One of these two companies belonged to the Cement or the IT industry, while the other one belonged to either the Steel or the Auto industry. As a result, the returns on the stocks of these two companies were higher than the initially expected returns. For the company belonging to the Cement or the IT industry with extraordinarily good results, the returns were twice that of the initialy expected returns. For the company belonging to the Steel or the Auto industry, the returns on announcement of extraordinarily good results were only one and a half times that of the initially expected returns. For the remaining two companies, which did not announce extraordinarily good results, the returns realized during the year were the same as initially expected.
101. What is the minimum average return Venkat would have earned during the year?
1) 30%
2) 31¼ %
3) 32½ %
4) Cannot be determined
Ans: 1
102. If Venkat earned a 35% return on average during the year, then which of these statements would necessarily be true?
I) Company A belonged either to Auto or to Steel Industry.
II) Company B did not announce extraordinarily good results.
III) Company A announced extraordinarily good results.
IV) Company D did not announce extraordinarily good results.
1) I and II only
2) II and III only
3) III and IV only
4) II amnd IV only
Ans: 2
103. If Venkat earned a 38.75% return on average during the year, then which of these statement(s) would
necessarily be true?
I) Company C belonged either to Auto or to Steel Indutry.
II) Company D belonged either to Auto or to Steel Industry.
III) Company A announced extraordinarily good results.
IV) Comapny B did not announce extraordinarily good results.
1) I and II only
2) II and III only
3) I and IV only
4) II and IV only
Ans: 3
104. If company C belonged to the Cement or the IT industry and did announce extraordinarily good results,
then which of these statement (s) would necessarily be true?
I) Venkat earned not more than 36.25% return on average.
II) Venkat earned not less than 33.75% return on average.
III) If Venkant earned 33.75% retrun on average, Company A announced extraordinarily good results.
IV) If Venkat earned 33.75% return on average, Company B belonged either to Auto or to Steel
Industry.
1) I and II only
2) II and IV only
3) II and III only
4) III and IV only
Ans: 2
Directions for Questions 105-108 The table below presents the revenue (in million rupees) of four firms in three states. These firms, Honest Ltd., Aggressive Ltd., Truthful Ltd. and Profitable Ltd. are disguised in the table as A, B, C and D in no particular order.
States | Firm A | Firm B | Firm C | Firm D |
UP | 49 | 82 | 80 | 55 |
69 | 72 | 70 | 65 | |
MP | 72 | 63 | 72 | 65 |
105. What can be said regarding the following two statements?
Statement 1 : Honest Ltd. has the highest share in the UP market.
Statement 2 : Aggressive Ltd. has the highest share in the Bihar market
1) Both statements could be true.
2) At least one of the statements must be true.
3) At most one of the statements is true.
4) None of the above.
Ans: 3
106. What can be said regarding the following two statements?
Statement 1 : Aggressive Ltd.’s lowest revenues are from MP.
Statement : 2 : Honest Ltd.’s lowest revenues are from Bihar .
1) If Statement 2 is true then Statement 1 is necessarily false.
2) If Statement 1 is false then Statement 2 is necessarily true.
3) If Statement 1 is true then Statement 2 is necessarily true.
4) None of the above.
Ans: 3
107. What can be said regarding the follwoing two statements?
Statement 1 : Profitable Ltd. has the lowest share in MP market.
Statement 2 : House Ltd.’s total revenue is more than Profitable Ltd.
1) If Statement 1 is true Statement 2 is necessarily false.
2) If Statement 1 is true then Statement 2 is necessarily false.
3) Both Statement 1 is true then Statement 2 is necessarily
4) Neither Statement 1 nor Statement 2 are true.
Ans: 2
108. If Profitable Ltd.’s lowest revenue is from UP, then which of the following is true?
1) Truthful Ltd.’s lowest revenues are from MP.
2) Truthful Ltd.’s lowest revenues are from Bihar .
3) Truthful Ltd.’s lowest revenues are from UP.
4) No definite conclusion is possible.
Ans: 4
Directions for Questions 109-112 In the table below is the listing of players, seeded from highest (#1) to lowest (#32), who are due to play in an Association of Tennis Players (ATP) tournament for women. This tournament has four knockout rounds before the final, i.e., first round, second round, quarterfinals, and semi-finals. In the first round, the highes seeded player plays the lowest seeded player (seed #32) which is designated match No. 1 of first round; the 2nd seeded player plays the 31st seeded player which is designated match No. 2 of the first round, and so on.. Thus, for instance, match No 16 of first round is to be played between 16th seeded player and the 17th seeded player. In the second round, the winner of match No. 1 of first round plays the winner of match No. 16 of first round. and is designated match No. 1 of second round. Similarly, the winner of match No. 2 of first round plays the winner of match No. 15 of first round, and is designated match No. 2 of second round. Thus, for instance, match No. 8 of the second round is to be played between the winner of match No. 8 of first round and the winner of match No. 9 of first round. The same pattern is followed for later rounds as well.
Seed# Name of Player
1. Maria Sharapova
2. Lindsay Davenport
3. Amelie Meuresmo
4. Kim Clijsters
5. Svetlana Kuznetsova
6. Elena Dementieva
7. Justine Henin
8. Serena Williams
9. Nadia Petrova
10. Venus Williams
11. Patty Schnyder
12. Mary Pierce
13. Anastasia Muskina
14. Alicia Molik
15. Nathalie Dechy
16. Elena Bovina
17. Jelena Jankovic
18. Ana Ivanovic
19. Vera Zvonarreva
20. Elena likhovtseva
21. Daniela Hantuchova
22. Dinara Safina
23. Silver Farina Elia
24. Tatiana Golovin
25. Shinobu Asagoe
26. Francesca Schiavone
27. Nicole Vaidisova
28. Gisela
29. Flavia Pennetta
30. Anna Chakvetadze
31. Ai Sugiyama
32. Anna-lena Groenefeld
109. If Elena Dementieva and Serena Williams lose in the second round, while Justine Henin and Nadia Petrova make it t the semi-finals, then who would play Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals, in the event Sharapova reaches quarterfinals?
1) Dinara Safina
2) Justine Henin
3) Nadia Petrova
4) Patty Schnyder
Ans: 4
110. If the top eight seeds make it to the quarterfinals, then who, amongst the players listed below would definitely not play against Maria Sharapova in the final, in case Sharapova reaches the final?
1) Amelie Mauresmo
2) Elena Dementieva
3) Kim Clijsters
4) Lindsay Devenport
Ans: 3
111. If there are no upsets (a lower seeded player beating a higher seeded player) in the first round, and only
match Nos. 6, 7 and 8 of the second round result in upsets, then who would meet Lindsay Devenport in
quarter finals, in case Davenport
1) Justine Henin
2) Nadia Petrova
3) Patty Schnyder
4) Venus Williams
Ans: 4
112. If, in the first round, all even numbered matches (and none of the odd numbered ones) result in upsets, and there are no upsets in the second round, then who could be the lowest seeded player facing Maria
Sharapova in semi-finals?
1) Anastasia Myskina
2) Flavia Pennetta
3) Nadia Petrova
4) Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ans: 2
Directions for Questions 113-116 Help Distress (HD) is an NGO involved in providing assistance to people suffering from natural disasters. Currently, it has 37 volunteers. They are involved in three projects : Tsunami Relief (TR) in Tamil Nadu, Flood Relief (FR) in Maharashtra and Earthquake Relief (ER) in Gujarat . Each volunteerr working with Help Distress has to be involved in at least one relief work project.
- l A Maximum number of volunteers are involved in the FR project. Among them, the number of volunteers involved in FR project alone is equal to the volunteers having additional involvement in the ER project.
- l The number of volunteers involved in the ER project alone is double the number of volunteers involved in all the three projects.
- l 17 volunteers are involved in the TR project.
- l The number of volunteers involved in the TR project alone is one less than the number of volunteers involved in ER project alone.
- l Ten volunteers involved in the TR project are also involved in at least one more project.
113. Based on the information given above, the minimum number of volunteers involved in both FR and TR
projects, but not in the ER project is :
1) 1
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5
Ans: 4
114. Which of the following additional information would enable to find the exact number of volunteers involved in various projects?
1) Twenty volunteers are involved in FR.
2) Four volunteers are involved in all the three projects.
3) Twenty three volunteers are involved in exactly one project.
4) No need for any additional information.
Ans: 1
115. After some time, the volunteers who were involved in all the three projects were asked to withdraw from one project. As a result, one of the volunteers opted out of the TR project, and one opted out of the ER
project, while the remaining ones involved in all the three projects opted out of the FR project. Which of
the following statements, then, necessarily follows?
1) The lowest number of volunteers is now in TR project.
2) More volunteers are now in FR project as compared to ER project.
3) More volunteers are now in TR project as compared to ER project.
4) None of the above.
Ans: 4
116. After the withdrawal of volunteers, as indicated in Question 25, some new volunteers joined the NGO.
Each one of them was allotted only one project in a manner such that, the number of volunteers working
in one project alone for each of the three projects became indentical. At that point, it was also found
that the number of volunteers involved in FR and ER projects was the same as the number of volunteers
involved in TR and ER projects. Which of the projects now has the highest number of volunteers?
1) ER
2) FR
3) TR
4) Cannot be determined
Ans: 1
Directions for Questions 117-120 The year is 2089. Beijing, London, New York and Paris
- In any round of voting, the city receiving the lowest number of votes in that round gets eliminated. The survivor after the las round of voting gets to host the event.
- A member is allowed to cast votes for at most two different cities in all rounds of voting combined. (Hence, a member becomes ineligible to cast a vote in a given round if both the cities (s) he voted for in earlier rounds are out of contention in that round of voting.)
- A member is alos ineligible to cast a vote in a round if the city (s) he represents is in contention in that round of voting.
- As long as the member is eligible, (s) he must vote and vote for only one candidate city in any round of voting. The following incomplete table shows the information on cities that received the maximum and minimum votes in different rounds, the number of votes cast in their favour, and the total votes that were cast in those rounds.
Round | Total votes cast | Maximum votes cast | Eliminated | ||
City | No. of votes | City | No. of votes | ||
1 | 30 | 12 | |||
2 | 83 | 32 | 21 | ||
3 | 75 | ||||
117. What percentage of members from among those who voted for New York in round1, voted for Beijing
1) 33.33
2) 50
3) 66.67
4) 75
Ans: 4
118. What is the number of votes cast for Paris
1) 16
2) 18
3) 22
4) 24
Ans: 4
119. What percentage of members from among those who voted for Beijing in round 2 and were eligible to vote in round 3, voted for London
1) 33.33
2) 38.10
3) 50
4) 66.67
Ans: 4
120. Which of the following statements must be true?
a) IOC member from New York must have voted for Paris
b) IOC member from Beijing voted for London
1) Only a
2) Only b
3) Both a and b
4) Neither a nor b
Ans: 1
Directions for Questions 121-124 Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Twenty one participants from four continents (Africa, Americas , Australasia and Europe ) attended a United Nations conference. Each participant was an expert in one of four fields, labour, health, population studies, and refugee relocation. The following five facts about the participants are given.
a) Africa did not send any labour expert. Otherwise, every continent, including Africa , sent at least one expert for each category.
b) Africa did not send any labour expert. Otherwise, every continent, including Africa , sent at least one expert for each category.
c) None of the continents sent more than three experts in any category.
d) If there had been one less Australasian expert, then the Americas
e) Mike and Alfanso are leading experts of population studies who attended the conference. They are from Australasia .
121. Which of the following combinations is NOT possible?
a) 2 experts in population studies from the Americas and 2 health experts from Africa attended the
conference.
b) 2 experts in population studies from the Americas and 1 health expert from Africa attended the
conference.
c) 3 experts in refugee relocation from the Americas and 1 health expert from Africa attended the
conference.
d) Africa and America
Ans: D
122. If Ramos is the lone American expert in population studies, which of the following is NOT true about the numbers of experts in the conference from the four continents?
a) There is one expert in health from Africa .
b) There is one expert in refugee relocation from Africa .
c) There are two expert in health from the Americas
d) There are three experts in refugee relocation from the Americas
Ans: C
123. Alex, an American expert in refugee relocation, was the first keynote speaker in the conference. What can be inferred about the number of American experts in refugee relocation in the conference, excluding Alex?
I) At least one
II) At most two
a) Only i and not ii
b) Only ii and not i
c) Both i and ii
d) Neither i nor ii
Ans: C
124. Which of the following numbers cannot be determined from the information given?
a) Number of labour experts from the Americas
b) Number of health experts from Europe .
c) Number of health experts from Australasia .
d) Number of experts in refugee relocation from Africa .
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 125-128 Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below. The year was 2006. All six teams in Pool A of World Cup hockey, play each other exactly once. Each win earns a team three points, a draw earns one point and a loss earns zero points. The two teams with the highest points qualify for the semifinals. In case of a tie, the team with the highest goal difference (Goal For - Goals Against) qualifies. In the opening match, Spain lost to Germany
Teams | Games Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Points |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
In the third round, Spain played Pakistan , Argentina played Germany and New Zealand played South Africa
a) Spain
b) Both Argentina and Germany
c) Pakistan
125. Which one of the following statements is true about matches played in the first two rounds?
a) Germany beat New Zealand
b) Spain beat New Zealand
c) Spain beat South Africa
d) Germany beat South Africa
Ans: D
126. Which one of the following statements is true about matches played in the first two rounds?
a) Pakistan beat South Africa
b) Argentina beat Pakistan
c) Germany beat Pakistan
d) Germany beat Spain
Ans: D
127. If Pakistan
a) Argentina
b) Germany
c) Spain
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: D
128. Which team finished at the top of the pool after five rounds of matches?
a) Argentina
b) Germany
c) Spain
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 129-132 Substitute digits for the letters to make the following relation true.
NEVER
LEAVE
+ME
------------
A L O N E
Note that the leftmost letter can’t be zero in any word. Also, there must be a one-to-one mapping between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 3 for the letter M, no other letter can be 3 and all other M in the puzzle must be 3.
129. Find value of R + E?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10
Ans: D
130. Find the value of N?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
Ans: A
131. Which value is not possible for R?
a) 0
b) 5
c) None
d) Both
Ans: D
132. Find value of A + L + O + N + E ?
a) 8
b) 9
c) 11
d) Data insufficient
Ans: C
Directions for Questions 133-135 There are 4 mathematicians - Brahma, Sachin, Prashant and Nakul - having lunch in a hotel. Suddenly, Brahma thinks of 2 integer numbers greater than 1 and says, “The sum of the numbers is....” and he whispers the sum to Sachin. Then he says, “The product of the numbers is...” and he whispers the product to Prashant. After that following conversation takes place : Sachin : Prashant, I don’t think that we know the numbers. Prashant : Aha!, now I know the numbers. Sachin: Oh, now I also know the numbers. Nakul : Now, I also know the numbers.
133. Find the sum of two numbers?
a) 17
b) 19
c) 13
d) 15
Ans: A
134. Find the product of two numbers?
a) 80
b) 52
c) 72
d) 50
Ans: B
135. Find the difference of two numbers?
a) 7
b) 3
c) 9
d) 1
Ans: C
Directions for Questions 136-140 Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A, B, C, D and E are five towns out of which two are hill stations and the reset are in plain. Two towns, which are in plain, are harbours. Four towns out of five are capitals and two are industrial than 5 lacs. It is 20 lacs of one town and more than 50 lacs of two towns. Tow towns are on the same latitudes and other two towns. Two towns ae on the same latitudes and other two are on the same longitudes. Latitudes and longitudes of both harbours are different and out of these one is an industrial town. The population of both industrial towns is more than 50 lacs. The longitudesof one hill station and one of the industrial towns are same. The latitudes and longitudes of the other hill station and other harbour are different. One industrial town is neither a hill station nor a harbour. None of the hill stations is an industrial town. The hill station of which longitudes are same as that of a harbour, is a capital. B is a hill station while the longitudes of A and E are same. E is a harbour. The latitudes of D and C are same and the population of D is 20 lacs. Both the harbours are capitals and one of them is an industrial town.
136. Which of the following two town are those whose population is less than 5 lacs?
a) D and A
b) B and C
c) A and B
d) A and C
Ans: C
137. Which of the following towns is not a capital?
a) A
b) C
c) D
d) B
Ans: D
138. Which of the following is a harbour, capital and an industrial town?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) E
Ans: D
139. Which of the following towns have population more than 50 lacs?
a) A and B
b) B and E
c) C and E
d) D and E
Ans: C
140. Which one of the follwoing towns is a hill station as well as a capital?
a) B
b) C
c) E
d) A
Ans: D
Directions for Questions 141-145 Study the following information and answer the questions given below it:
A, B, C and D are four friends who do not mind exchanging items. A had two chessboards each costing Rs. 500 and a record player. C originally had a cycle and a walkman. Each cricket bat costs Rs. 700. Both D and C got a cricket bat from B. A gave his record player costing Rs. 2,000 to B. C got a camera costing Rs. 1,500 from D. The cycle C ad cost Rs. 1,000 and the walkman costs Rs. 700. B had three cricket bats at the beginning and D had two cameras, total cost of which is Rs. 3,000. A gave one of his chessboards to C and took C’s cycle. C gave his walkman to D.
141. Who did not have a cricket bat at the end of exchange of items?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: A
142. The total cost of materials C had at the beginning was
a) Rs. 5,000
b) Rs. 3,000
c) Rs. 2,100
d) Rs. 1,700
Ans: D
143. After completion of exchange of items, A had with him an item which no one else had. What is the item?
a) Chessboard
b) Cycle
c) Record player
d) Walkman
Ans: B
144. At the beginning who had the costliest items?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
Ans: D
145. In the process of exchange of items, B received an item from
a) A
b) D
c) C
d) None of these
Ans: A
146. After exchange of items, B had
a) One record player
b) One cricket bat
c) One record player and one cricket bat
d) None of these
Ans: C
147. Kailash faces towards north. Turning to his right, he walks 25 metres. He then turns to his left and walks 30 meters. Next, he moves 25 metres to his right. He then turns to his right again and walks 55 meters. Finally, he turns to the right and moves 40 meters. In which direction is he form his starting point?
a) Sourth - West
b) South
c) North - West
d) South – East
Ans: D
148. Johnson left for his office in a car. He drove 15 km towards North and then 10km towards West. He then turned to the South and covered 5 km. Further, he turned to the East and moved 8 km. Finally, he turned right and drove 10 km. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
a) 2 km West
b) 3 km North
c) 6 km South
d) 5 km East
Ans: A
149. Which is the most suitable option? Venn diagram among the following, which represents interrelationship among Anti-Social element, Pickpockts and Blackmailers.
a) (insert Venn diagram)
b) (insert Venn diagram)
c) (insert Venn diagram)
d) (insert Venn diagram)
Ans: C
150. Which one of the following four logical diagrams represents correctly the ralationship between
Musicians, Instrumentists and Violinists?
a) (insert Venn diagram)
b) (insert Venn diagram)
c) (insert Venn diagram)
d) (insert Venn diagram)
Ans: A
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