Civil Services Exam 2013- CSAT Model Test 1-Part 1
Directions for the following
9 (1-9) items:
Read
the following three passages and
answer the items that follow each passage.
Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only
Passage-1
The
world dismisses curiosity by calling it idle or mere idle curiosity even though
curious persons are seldom idle. Parents do their best to extinguish curiosity
in their children because it makes life difficult to be faced everyday with a
string of unanswerable questions about what makes fire hot or why grass grows.
Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline are invited to join our
university. With the university, they go on asking their questions and trying
to find the answers. In the eyes of a scholar, that is what a university for.
some of the questions which the scholars ask seem to the world to be scarcely
worth asking, let alone answering. they asked questions too minute and
specialised for you and me to understand without years of explanation. If the
world inquires of one of them why he wants to know the answer to a particular
question he may say especially if he is a scientist, that the answer will in
some obscure way make possible a new machine or weapon or gadget. He talks that
way because he knows that the world understands and respects utility.
But
to you who are now part of the university, he will say that he wants to know
the answer simply because he does not know it, the way the mountain climber
wants to climb a mountain, simply because it is there. Similarly a historian
asked by an outsider why he studies history may come out with the argument that
he has learnt to respect to report on such occasions, something about knowledge
of the past making it possible to understand the present and mould the future.
But if you really want to know why a historian studies the past, the answer is
much simpler, something happened and he would like to know what. All this does
not mean that the answers which scholars to find to their enormous consequences
but these seldom form the reason for asking the question or pursuing the
answers. It is true that scholars can be put to work answering questions for
sake of the consequences as thousands are working now, for example, in search
of a cure for cancer. But this is not the primary scholars. For the
consequences are usually subordinate to the satisfication of curiosity.
1. "Children whose
curiosity survives parental discipline". What does it actually imply?
a)
Children retaining their curiosity in spite of being discouraged by their parents
b)
Children pursuing their mental curiosity
c)
Children's curiosity subdued due to parents intervention
d)
Children being disciplined by their parents
Answer: A
2. The common people
consider some of the questions that the scholars ask unimportant
a)
as they are too lazy and idle
b)
as they are too modest
c)
as it is beyond their comprehension
d)
as it is considered not worthy to be spent
Answer: C
3. With reference to the
passage, consider the following statements:
1.
Answer found out of the one of the obscure question will be ended up in the
invention of machine or weapon.
2.
The historian really wanted to know about the past is to mould the future.
3.
The people who are curious and their curiosity are idle.
Which
of the statements given above is/are correct?
a)
1 and 2 only
b)
1 only
c)
1 and 3 only
d)
2 only
Answer: B
4. According to the passage,
the children make life difficult for their parents
a)
by their ceaseless curiosity
b)
by unceasing bombardment of questions
c)
by asking irrelevant questions
d)
by posing profound questions
Answer: A
Passage 2
The
assault on the purity of the environment is the price that we pay for many of
the benefits of modern technology. For the advantage of automotive transportation
we pay a price in smog-induced diseases; for the powerful effects of new
insecticides, we pay a price in dwindling wildlife and disturbances in the
relation of living things and their surroundings; for nuclear power, we risk
the biological hazards of radiation. By increasing agricultural production with
fertilizers, we worsen water population.
The
highly developed nations of the world are not only the immediate beneficiaries
of the good that technology can do, that are also the first victims of environmental
diseases that technology breeds. In the past, the environmental effects which
accompanied technological progress were restricted to a small and relatively
short time, the new hazards neither local nor brief. Modern air pollutions
covers vast areas of continents: Radioactive fallout from the nuclear explosion
is worldwide. Radioactive pollutants now on the earth surface will be found
there for generations, and in case of Carbon-14, for thousands of years.
5. Consider the following assumptions
1.
The modern technology highly benefits the highly developed nations by all
means.
2. The environmental effects linked with the
progress of technology felt same throughout the passage of time.
3.
The benefits of modern technology needed to be compromised on the environmental
cleanliness.
With
reference to this passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
a)
1 only
b)
2 and 3 only
c)
3 only
d)
1,2 and 3
Answer: C
6. Which of the following statements is implied
by the whole passage?
a) The environmental hazards will be remnant
throughout the passage of time and generations after generations.
b) The highly developed will be always the
breeding ground of environmental hazards.
c)
The hazards of radiation will be cost of technology which brings in the
benefits of nuclear power.
d)
The advantages of technology always have tagged with the cost of untainted
environment.
Answer: D
Passage
3
Energy
use is rapidly growing and has already raised concerns over supply
difficulties, exhaustion of energy resources and heavy environmental impacts.
Growth in population, increasing demand for building services and comfort
levels, together with the rise in time spent inside buildings, have ensured
this upward trend in energy demand and will continue in the future. India
offers a huge opportunity in avoiding the carbon lock-in associated with new
buildings as about 66 per cent of the buildings expected to exist in India in
2030 are yet to be constructed. With the fast depleting fossil fuel reserves
and ever- increasing electricity prices, we must adopt Energy Conservation
Measures (ECMs). If ECMs are included in the design stage, today’s modern and
contemporary buildings, can avoid adverse impact on the environment and economy
by saving 25 to 50 per cent of its energy demand.
According
to a study conducted by McKinsey’s on global cost curve for greenhouse gas
abatement measures, almost a quarter of the possible emission can be reduced
from measures such as better insulation in buildings which carry no net life
cycle cost, which in effect comes free of cost. India is also witnessing this
trend and building envelope insulation is gradually becoming one of the key
practices to minimise heat gain in buildings while also saving on increasing
energy cost. Apart from the considerable savings in the operational cost,
exterior thermal insulation also improves the indoor comfort factor thereby
providing a healthier environment and enhancing the life of the building.
The
traditional and conventional systems of waterproofing and thermal insulation in
India worked well for ages to suit the Indian construction and economics.
However, the use of conventional systems such as Brick Bat Coba, tar felt, mud
phuska, etc. are not sustainable. Waterproofing and insulation material for
roof should be selected based on the life cycle analysis and not just the
initial investment. New-age waterproofing technologies are now available across
the country which offer excellent performance, apart from being green products.
For e.g. Dr. Fixit Extensa R offering 1,600 per cent elongation, water based
quick setting spray applied membrane and more products from the industry help
manage moisture and water leakages.
7. Which of the following
inferences can be made from the passage?
1.
The exhaustion of energy resources should be the basis for including ECM at the
designing stage of the building in the Indian scenario.
2.
The upward trend of energy demand can be negotiated with the planned
constructions of the buildings.
Select
the correct answer using the codes given below
a)
Neither 1 nor 2
b)
Both 1 and 2
c)
1 only
d)
2 only
Answer: D
8. Consider the following
assumptions
1.
Insulated buildings can reduce the emission of green house gases
2.
The traditional construction blend with water proofing and insulation provide
environmental sustainability suitable to Indian economy as well.
3.
The interior comfortability will be equated with the enclosed insulation as it
negates the thermal effect.
With
reference to the passage, which of the above assumptions is/are valid?
a)
1 only
b)
2 and 3 only
c)
1 and 3 only
d)
1,2 and 3
Answer: C
9. Which one of the
following statements constitutes the central theme of this passage?
a)
Adopting Energy Conservation Methods in buildings will be the greater step
towards enhancing availability of energy with the concern over environmental
impacts.
b)
Following the conservative methods with modern energy conserving techniques
will benefit the country in sustaining the energy supply.
c) Indian economy suits for the energy
conservation methods aiming at sustainable environment and cost effective
d)
Data inadequate.
Answer: A
Direction
(10-14): The following
table shows the number of new employees added to different categories of
employees in a company and also the number of employees from these categories
who left the company every year since the foundation of the Company in 1995.
|
year
|
Managers
|
Technicians
|
Operators
|
Accountants
|
Peons
|
|||||
|
New
|
Left
|
New
|
Left
|
New
|
Left
|
New
|
Left
|
New
|
Left
|
|
|
1995
|
760
|
-
|
1200
|
-
|
880
|
-
|
1160
|
-
|
820
|
-
|
|
1996
|
280
|
120
|
272
|
120
|
256
|
104
|
200
|
100
|
184
|
96
|
|
1997
|
179
|
92
|
240
|
128
|
240
|
120
|
224
|
104
|
152
|
88
|
|
1998
|
148
|
88
|
236
|
96
|
208
|
100
|
248
|
96
|
196
|
80
|
|
1999
|
160
|
72
|
256
|
100
|
192
|
112
|
272
|
88
|
224
|
120
|
|
2000
|
193
|
96
|
288
|
112
|
248
|
144
|
260
|
92
|
200
|
104
|
10. What is the
difference between the total number of Technicians added to the Company and the
total number of Accountants added to the Company during the years 1996 to 2000?
a) 128
b) 112
c) 96
d) 88
Answer: D
11. What was the
total number of Peons working in the Company in the year 1999?
a) 1312
b) 1192
c) 1088
d) 968
Answer: B
12. For which of
the following categories the percentage increase in the number of employees
working in the Company from 1995 to 2000 was the maximum?
a) Managers
b) Technicians
c) Operators
d) Accountants
Answer: C
13. What is the
pooled average of the total number of employees of all categories in the year
1997?
a) 1325
b) 1195
c) 1265
d) 1235
Answer: B
14. During the
period between 1995 and 2000, the total number of Operators who left the
Company is what percent of total number of Operators who joined the Company?
a) 19%
b) 21%
c) 27%
d) 29%
Answer: D
Direction
(15-19):Out of the two bar graphs
provided below, one shows the amounts (in Lakh Rs.) invested by a Company in
purchasing raw materials over the years and the other shows the values (in Lakh
Rs.) of finished goods sold by the Company over the years.
Amount invested in Raw Materials (Rs. in
Lakhs)
Value
of Sales of Finished Goods (Rs. in Lakhs)
15. The maximum
difference between the amount invested in Raw materials and value of sales of
finished goods was during the year?
a) 1995
b) 1996
c) 1997
d) 1998
Answer: C
16. The value of
sales of finished goods in 1999 was approximately what percent of the sum of
amount invested in Raw materials in the years 1997, 1998 and 1999?
a) 33%
b) 37%
c) 45%
c) 49%
Answer: D
17. What was the
difference between the average amount invested in Raw materials during the
given period and the average value of sales of finished goods during this
period?
a) Rs. 62.5 lakhs
b) Rs. 68.5 lakhs
c) Rs. 71.5 lakhs
d) Rs. 77.5 lakhs
Answer: D
18. In which
year, the percentage change (compared to the previous year) in the investment
on Raw materials is same as that in the value of sales of finished goods?
a) 1996
b) 1997
c) 1998
b) 1999
Answer: B
19. In which
year, there has been a maximum percentage increase in the amount invested in
Raw materials as compared to the year?
a) 1996
b) 1997
c) 1998
d) 1999
Answer: A
20. Present ages
of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence,
the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's
present age in years?
a) 24
b) 27
c) 40
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these
Answer: A
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