Indian Civil Services Exam 2012-Free CSAT Model Paper 4-Part 2

Indian Civil Services Exam 2012-Free CSAT Model Paper 4-Part 2

Directions for the following 14 (fourteen) items:

The following ten items (Q21 – 34) are based on four passages in English to test the comprehension of English language. Read each passage and answer the items that follow.

Passage 1

The greatest thing this age can be proud of is the birth of Man in the consciousness of men. In his drunken orgies of power and national pride man may flout and jeer at it. When organized national selfishness, racial antipathy and commercial self-seeking begin to display their ugly deformities in all their nakedness, then comes the time for man to know that his salvation is not in political organizations and extended trade relations, not in any mechanical re-arrangement of social system but in a deeper transformation of life, in the liberation of consciousness in love, in the realization of God in man.

21. In the phrase ‘the birth of Man in the consciousness of men’, Man stands for

a)     noble human qualities.

b)     way of finding self in the service of fellow human being.

c)      centre around their own ego.

d)     an idealistic notion of human self.

ANSWER:  D

22. In this passage, the phrase ‘God in man’ implies

a)     God having assumed the shape of man

b)     neither fully godly nor fully human

c)      man being transformed into God

d)     the divine qualities in man

ANSWER:  D

23. According to the author, ‘salvation’ of human beings lies in the

a)     orgy of national pride

b)     extended trade relations

c)      spiritual transformation of life

d)     whole-hearted participation in political organizations

ANSWER:  C

24. The author uses the expression ‘ugly deformities’ to show his indignation at

a) the liberation of human consciousness

b) selfishness and materialism of the people

c) the drunken orgies of power

d) political organizations   

ANSWER:  B

Passage 2

Once while travelling by the local bus, I got a seat beside a very strange man. He seemed interested in every passenger abroad. He would stare at a person, scribble some odd mathematical notations on his long notebook and then move on to the next. Being quite interested in what he was doing  I asked him what all those notations meant and then came the startling reply. He saw a man’s face not as a single unit but as thousands of squares put together. He was in fact a statistical expert and a budding artist learning the art of graphics.

25. The man was scribbling down

a)     The figures of co-passengers

b)     The details of thousands of squares put together

c)      Some mathematical formulae and calculations

d)     Some mathematical signs

ANSWER:  D

26. The man caught author’s attention because

a)     He was sitting next to him

b)     He was staring at every person in the bus.

c)      He stared at every person to scribble down.

d)     He was a budding artist learning the art of graphics

ANSWER:  C

27. The author found that man’s reply quite startling because

a)     A professional touch with the focused attitude

b)     A budding artist cannot be a statistical expert

c)      Graphics is still a rare art form and he was learning it while travelling in a bus

d)     A statistical expert cannot be a budding scientist

ANSWER:  A

28. From the passage we gather that

a)     The author is very inquisitive

b)     The author tries to poke his nose in other people’s business

c)      The author is interested in mathematical notations

d)     The author is a good observer.

ANSWER:  A

Passage 3

With the inevitable growth of specialization, I see the universities facing two great dangers. First, it is very easy to get so involved in the technical details of education that the object of education is lost. And secondly, in an effort to condition a university to the needs of its students and to the needs of the State it may lose its power to make or mould those students into responsible men, capable of thinking for themselves and capable of expressing the results of their thoughts to others.

29. The author calls growth of specialization ‘inevitable’. Which one of the following statements is likely to be the most correct reason for this inevitability?

a)     Universities give grants only to do specialized work in different disciplines

b)     The professors and researchers in universities are competent only for specialized work

     c) Specialization helps economic growth of the nation

    d) In an age of science and technology specialization becomes necessary

ANSWER:  C

30. Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the central theme of the passage?

a)     The aim of education is specialization

b)     The aim of education is to mould the youth to work for the State

c) The aim of education is to make the youth capable of independent thought and expression

d)     The aim of education is to enable the youth to earn a comfortable living

ANSWER:  C

31. Which one of the following statements most correctly suggests the warning implied in the passage?

a)     University education should not be concerned with technical details.

b)     Universities should not subordinate themselves to the interests of the State.

c)      Universities should be concerned only with the needs of students.

d)     Universities should not go in for any specialization

ANSWER:  B

Passage 4

As I slung my pack onto my shoulders a big mosquito thudded against my cheek. There had been a few through the day, but it was early in the season-the ice had gone out just two week before – and  I had  scarcely noticed them. But now as I would down the ridge, the last breeze faded, and they were on me. Rising in clouds from the soggy tundra, they pelted against my face. I reached in my pocket for the repellent and came up empty.

32. The traveler could not feel the breeze because

a)     The mosquito had bitten him

b)     He was at the foot of the hill

c)      There was no ice on the mountain

d)     There was no breeze on the tundra mountain

ANSWER:  B

33. The traveler carried with him

a)     Mosquito repellent

b)     a pack of food

c)      a sling

d)     a back-pack

ANSWER:  A

34. When he was in the arctic, the time of the year was

a)     Middle of winter

b)     Early autumn

c)      Early spring

d)     Middle of summer

ANSWER:  C

35. What was the day of the week on 17th June, 1998?

a)     Monday         

b)     Tuesday        

c)      Wednesday

d)     Thursday

ANSWER:  C

36. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years. Had the interest been 2% more, how much more interest would it have earned?

a)     Rs. 35                        

b)     Rs. 245                      

c)      Rs. 350          

d)     Cannot be determined

ANSWER:  D

37. 1, 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 16, ?

a)     32                   

b)     64                   

c)      81                   

d)     256

ANSWER:  B

38. 6, 13, 25, 51, 101, ?

a)     201    

b)     202                

c)      203                

d)     205

ANSWER:  C

39. The length of a rectangle is halved, while its breadth is tripled. What is the percentage change in area?

       a) 25% increase           

b)     50% increase           

c)     50% decrease          

d)      75% decrease

ANSWER:  B

40. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?

a)     35                   

b)     40                               

c)      45                   

d)     50

ANSWER:  B