Indian Civil Services Exam 2012-Free CSAT Model Paper 4-Part 4
Passage 3
Rural India
In rural India
Power is a key requirement in rural areas, for agricultural
as well as domestic use. Technology can provide reliable power, at
comparatively low cost in a decentralized manner. However, this needs to be
upgraded and scaled in a big way, with emphasis on renewable and non-polluting
technologies. Reliable and low cost means of transporting goods and people is
an essential need for rural areas. The bullock-cart and the tractor-trailer are
at present the vehicles of choice. Surely, technology can provide a better,
cheaper and more efficient solution? Information related to commodity prices,
agricultural practices, weather etc., is crucial for the farmer. Technology can
provide these through mobile phones, which is a proven technology; however, the
challenge to ensure connectivity remains. Thus there is a pressing need for
technology as currently economic growth – though skewed and iniquitous – has
created an economically attractive market in rural India
60. Which of the
following is/are assumed to be the role of mobile technology in the rural
economy?
1. It will not play a large role since the technology is
largely untested.
2. It provides opportunities for framers to manipulate
commodity prices.
3. It will largely be beneficial since such technology is
cheap.
Find out the correct response using the following codes?
a). 1 only
b). 2 and 3 only
c). 3 only
d) .none of the
above
ANSWER: D
61. Consider the
following statements
1. About 33 per cent of arable land in India
2. There is hardly any motivation to utilize technology to
optimize water usage among farmers.
3. Climatic information can easily be made available to
farmers.
Which of the above statement/s is/are true in the contest of
the passage?
a). 1 only
b). 1 and 2 only
c). 2 and 3 only
d). 1,2 and 3
ANSWER: B
62. The main objective of author in the context of the
passage is to
a). criticize farmers for not utilizing experimental, low
cost post-harvesting technology
b). exhort the government to subsidise the cost of utilizing
technology
c). promote a second Green Revolution
d). advocate broadening the scope of research and use of
technology in agriculture
ANSWER: D
63. Consider the following
1. Inadequate rural
infrastructure such as roads
2. Excessive
utilization of technology
3. fluctuating
power supply
Which of the above
is/are currently not a threat to the rural economy according to the passage?
a). 1 only
b). 2 only
c). 1 and 2 only
d). 2 and 3 only
ANSWER: D
64. Which of the following is not an impact of the
Green Revolution?
a). Over utilization water resources
b). Application of scientific research only in demonstration
farms
c). Wealth creation restricted to certain areas
d). Supply of wheat surpassed demand
ANSWER:
B
65. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected.
In how many different ways can they be selected such that at least one boy
should be there?
a) 159
b) 194
c)
205
d) 209
e) None of these
ANSWER:
D
66. What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of height 14
cm and base radius 7 cm?
a) 344.35 cm2
b) 462 cm2
c)
498.35 cm2
d) None of these
ANSWER:
C
67. A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the
number of feet equals 140, then the number of hens will be:
a) 22
b) 23
c)
24
d) 26
ANSWER: D
68. The product of two numbers is 9375 and the quotient, when the larger
one is divided by the smaller, is 15. The sum of the numbers is:
a) 380
b) 395
c)
400
d) 425
ANSWER:
C
69. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'CORPORATION'
be arranged so that the vowels always come together?
a) 1440
b) 2880
c)
50400
d) 5760
ANSWER:
D
70. From the given
alternative select the word which cannot be formed using the letters given in
the word
PERMANENT
a)REMNANT
b) TRAMP
c)MENTOR
d)AMPERE
a
ANSWER: C
71. A man drives
his car 50km towards eastward direction. He turned right went for 30km, then he
turned west and drive for 10km. How far is he from the starting point?
a) 50km
b)60km
c)100km
d)20km
ANSWER:
A
72. Raju facing north and moves 20km, then he turned to his right and
moves 20 km and then he moves 10km in north-east then he turned to his right
and moves 20km and then he turned to his right and moves 20km and again he
turned to his left and moves 20km. Now in which direction Raju is facing?
a) south-east
b) north-east
c) south-west
d) north-west
ANSWER: C
Direction for the following 8 (eight) items from
Q73-80
Given below are eight 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 response
will be evaluated based on the level appropriateness for the given situation.
Please attempt all the items. There is no
penalty for wrong answers for these eight items.
73. Recently you were transferred to a new
district with promotion. After the strong observation, you found that there was
no basic prevalence of trust on each other among the employees resulted with
the very meager co-ordination between them in all aspects. The habit of
gossiping about each other and the level of politicizing the issues were seen
more prominent among them which reduce the efficiency of the work to be
performed. What will be the measures you adopt to rectify the above situation?
a)
As you observed the core of the problem yourself, you will
be issuing the circular warning that the continuation of such a behavior would
lead to the severe action.
b)
You individually in person meet up each employee to find out
the problem they have in this regard and take steps accordingly.
c)You will find out
the best trainer to train the key personnel with the skills of working with the
team.
d)You will initiate
the team building exercises gradually to make them feel the better working
environment with the possible changes among them.
ANSWER: D
74. You are a very
honest person in the department and your straight forwardness is well known in
the department. On this instance, one of your colleagues told you that there is
a complaint of bribery raised to the senior officer against you. By knowing
this,
a). you will be
getting panicking about the complaint and become very upset on the regard of
false complaint made.
b). you just
receive what your colleague said and will be ready for the inquiry.
c). you just ignore
what your colleague said because you are not sure of the authenticity of the
matter told by her/him.
d). As everybody in
the department knows about your honesty including your senior, You will go to
the senior official and try to prove that you are not guilty with the belief
that he understands you.
ANSWER: B
75. There is a new
welfare scheme introduced by the government for the upliftment of the rural
areas. As a district collector, you visit village by village of your district
to explain the benefits of the scheme. In one of such meeting, at the feedback
session, you found that all of the villagers look very blank at you and
complete silence without raising any doubts or come up with suggestions. You
will
a). doubt whether
they understood the scheme properly and try to analyse it through few field
visits.
b). find the
villagers are uninterested and write the final report about the responses on
this regard.
c). assume that
nobody has alternative opinion on the welfare scheme as they have not raised up
any comment over this.
d). feel that they
are afraid of wording up their opinions for some reason and encourage them to
express their views.
ANSWER:A
76. There is a
significant and important policy formulated in your company. You are the head
of Personnel department and need to introduce the provisions of the policy to
all the employees of the company. What
will be your appropriate action taken on this regard?
a). As you believe
in the effectiveness of direct interaction, you will conduct the meeting and
present the provisions of the policy to the employees orally.
b). You will be
orally presenting the whole policy by issuing up the written copies of the same
to the employees in the meeting.
c). you issue the
main document of the new policy with explanation notes of each section to the
employees as you feel that the written communication would better explain the
policy thoroughly.
d) .None of the above
ANSWER: B
77. You are the
head of the grievances cell for the employees in a district. A woman worker of
a welfare department comes up with the sexual harassment complaint on the
higher and experienced official who handles the tribal rehabilitation scheme
which is at the finishing stage. It is the crucial stage and the efforts put up
in the projected will be severely getting affected without him as he is the key
person. The women employee approached you with all sorts of proof in support of
her complaint. What will be your most appropriate action?
a). As the public
interest involved in the project, you request the woman employee to wait for
sometime till the project gets finished.
b). Explain to her
the importance of the project and ask her to postpone the submission of
official complaint by assuring her that you will take action again him after
the completion of the project.
c). You will take
action immediately against him as it is the serious issue to be rectified
immediately.
d). You ask her give
the written complaint officially addressing the grievance cell and assure her
you will inquire on the matter accordingly.
ANSWER: D
78. You are the
police official in charge of law and order of the district. It is scheduled
that there is a state minister going to visit your district headquarters on
supervising the execution of a new scheme. You are asked for permission to
stage up the demonstration on the issues of the same scheme by some group of
people in front of the minister. The leaders assured you for the peaceful
demonstration. The local politicians of the political party in which the
minister belongs pressurize you to take action against the leaders of protest
group. What will you do?
a). You will allow
the demonstration but tighten up the security with instruction of extra
alertness all over the city during the visit of the minister.
b). Considering the
importance of Law and Order and the consequences made on the public, you deny
to give permission for the demonstration.
c) .As a law and
order official of the district for quite some time, you understand the notion
of the leaders very well and allow them for the peaceful demonstration.
d) .You meet the
leaders of the groups personally and explain to them about the importance of
law and order problem and ask them to give the written petition of the demands
to be given to minister,
ANSWER: A
79. You are working
along with the team on the relief measures for the tsunami hidden remote areas
of a district. You and another co-worker share a kind of work which can be
executed depending on each other. The work is already heavy with the greatest
responsibility and the workforce is very less. In this situation, your
co-worker becomes seriously ill and hospitalized. Considering the importance of
the task, your project head asks you take up the additional responsibility of
the work of your co-worker. On this instance, you will be overburdened along
with your work. You will
a) Try to explain
to your official how you are overburdened and asks for help to finish up the
extra work raised at this instances.
b) Put forth the
difficulty in finishing up the workload to the project head and ask him/her to
assign two more persons who are working for the same for project in other areas
to shoulder the enormous workload.
c) Accept the
responsibility considering the special circumstances in which you are working
for.
d) Get the local
help from the locality to share your burden as they are aware of the present
situation very well.
ANSWER: C
80. A large number
of students studying in the municipal school could not pass higher secondary
board exam resulted in causing frustration among the students and their
parents. How can the situation be handled?
a) The Municipal
authority should immediately fill up the teachers vacancies in the municipal
school.
b) The Municipal
authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their
attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.
c) The Municipal
authority should improve the understanding skills of the students better by
adopting different methods of teaching.
d) The Municipal
authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to
improve the situation.
ANSWER: D
Courtesy: P.L.Raj Memorial Coaching Centre
Courtesy: P.L.Raj Memorial Coaching Centre
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