Civil Services Exam-2014-CSAT Paper 2- Question and Answer Part 3
38. The following table shows the
marks obtained by two
students in different subjects
:
Student Maximum
Student Maximum
A Marks B Marks
English 60 100 80 150
Psychology 70 100 70 100
History 50 100 60 100
Sanskrit 30 50 15 25
The
difference in the
mean aggregate percentage
marks of the students is
(a) 2.5 %
(b)
13.75%
(c) 1.25 %
(d) Zero
Answer:
C
39. Examine the following figure:
Which one
of the following figures has the above figure embedded in it ? (ans(c))
40. Consider the following matrix:
Which one of the following figures fits into
the blank part of the above matrix? (ans. b)
The following table gives population and
total income of a city for four years:
Which one
of the following statements is correct in respect of the above data?
(a)
Population increased by 5% or more every year.
(b) Income
increased by 10% or more every year.
(c) Per capita income was always above Rs. 5,000.
(d) Per capita income was highest in 1994.
Answer:
C
42.
Consider the table given below in which the numbers
bear certain relationship among themselves
along the rows:
29 13 18
33 X 19
30 27 3
Which one
of the following numbers is the missing number indicated above by X?
(a) 19
(b) 15
(c) 14
(d) 8
Answer:
D
43. Consider
the following matrix with one empty
block in the
lower extreme corner?
Which of
the following figures could fit in the empty block and thus complete the matrix? (ans.
(a))
44. With reference to the figure given below, the number of different routes from S to T without retracing from U and / or V, is
(a) 3
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 18
Answer:
D
45.
Consider the following figures:
Change in
positions of beads in the four figures above follows a sequence Following the
Same Sequence, which of the figure below should appear as the fifth figure above?
(ans.
(b))
46. A bell
rings every 18 minutes. A second bell rings
every 24 minutes. A third bell rings
every 32 minutes. If all the three bells ring at
the same time at 8 o’clock in the morning,
at what other time will they all ring
together?
(a) 12 :
40 hrs
(b) 12 : 48 hrs
(c) 12 :
56 hrs
(d) 13 :
04 hrs
Answer:
B
47.“Price
is not the same thing as value. Suppose that on a day the
price of everything
viz., coal, bread, postage, stamps, a day’s labour, the
rent of houses, etc. were to double. Prices then
would certainly rise, but values of
all things except one would not.”
The writer wants to say that if prices of all things
were doubled
(a) the values of all things would remain constant.
(b) the values of the things sold would be doubled.
(c) the values of the things bought would be halved.
(d) the value of
money only would be halved.
Answer: D
48. A and
B decide to travel from place X to place Y by
bus. A has Rs. 10 with him and he
finds that it is 80% of the bus fare for
two persons. B finds that he has Rs. 3 with
him and hands it over to A. In this
context, which one of the following
statements is correct?
(a) Now the money A has is just enough to buy two
tickets.
(b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying the tickets.
(c) After buying
the two tickets A will be
left with 50 paise.
(d) The
money A now has is still not sufficient to buy two tickets.
Answer: C
49. As
per agreement with
a bank, a businessman
had to refund a loan in some equal instalments
without interest. After paying 18 instalments
he found that 60 percent of his loan was refunded. How many instalments
were there in the agreement?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 33
Answer: C
50. A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes
late if his speed from his house to the
factory is 5 km/hr.
If he walks at a speed of 6 km/hr,then he
reaches the factory 7 minutes early.
The distance of the factory from his house is
(a) 3 km
(b) 4 km
(c) 5 km
(d) 6 km
Answer: C
51. “Liberty, therefore, is never real
unless the Government
can be called to account when it invades rights.”
Which one of the following is the best justification
of the above statement?
(a) In the realisation
that the government can
be brought to book in a court of law.
(b) In
identifying a man as a political unit in a way which distinguishes him from
other
citizens
(c) In a
decentralized society wherein the basic needs of men can find satisfaction
(d) In the
understanding that liberty and restraints are complementary.
Answer:
A
Directions for the following 7 (seven) items:
Read the
following two passages and answer the items that follow each passage. Your answers to these items should be
based on the passages only.
Passage - 1
Many nations now place their faith in capitalism
and governments choose it as the strategy to create wealth for their people. The spectacular
economic growth seen in Brazil, China and India after the liberalization of
their economics
is proof of its enormous potential and success.
However, the global banking crisis and the economic recession have left many
bewildered. The debates tend to focus on free market operations
and forces, their efficiency and their ability for self-correction.
Issues of justice,
integrity and honesty are rarely elaborated to highlight the failure of
the global
banking system. The apologists of the system continue to justify the success
of capitalism
and argue that the recent crisis was a blip.
Their
arguments betray an ideological bias with the assumptions that an unregulated market is
fair and competent, and that the exercise of private greed will be in the larger
public
interest.
Few recognize the bidirectional relationship
between capitalism and greed; that each reinforces the other. Surely, a more
honest conceptualisation
of the conflicts of interest among the rich and powerful players who have benefited
from the system, their biases and ideology is needed; the focus on the wealth creation should
also highlight the resultant gross inequity.
52. The apologists of the “Free
Market System”,
according to the passage, believe in
(a) Market
without control by government authorities.
(b) Market without
protection by the government
(c) Ability of market to self-correct
(d) Market
for free goods and services
Answer: C
53. With reference to “ideological bias”, the
passage implies that
(a) free
market is fair but not competent.
(b) free
market is not fair but competent.
(c) free market is fair and competent.
(d) free
market is neither fair nor biased.
Answer: C
54. “The exercise of private greed will be in the
larger public interest”
from the passage
1.
refers to the
false ideology of capitalism.
2.
underlies the righteous claims of the free market.
3. shows
the benevolent face of capitalism.
4. ignores
resultant gross inequity.
Which of
the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1
only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and
4
(d) 4 only
Answer: A
or C
Passage - 2
Net profits are only 2·2% of their total assets for
central public sector undertakings, lower than for the private corporate sector.While the
public sector
or the State-led entrepreneurship played an
important role in triggering
India’s industrialization, our evolving development
needs, comparatively less-than-satisfactory performance
of the public
sector enterprises, the maturing of our private sector, a much larger social
base now available for expanding entrepreneurship and the
growing institutional capabilities to enforce competition policies would suggest
that the time has come to review the role of public sector.
What should the portfolio composition of the
government be? It should not remain static all times. The airline industry works
well as a
purely private affair. At the opposite end, rural roads, whose sparse traffic makes
tolling unviable,
have to be on the balance-sheet of the State. If the government did not own rural roads,
they would not exist. Similarly, public health capital in our towns and cities will
need to come from
the public sector. Equally, preservation
and improvement of forest cover will have to be a new priority for the public sector
assets.
Take the
example of steel. With near-zero tariffs, India is a globally competitive market for
the metal. Indian firms export steel into the global market, which demonstrates there is no
gap in technology. Indian companies are
buying up global
steel companies, which shows there is no gap in capital
availability. Under these conditions, private
ownership works best.
Private
ownership is clearly desirable in regulated industries, ranging from finance to infrastructure, where a government
agency performs the function
of regulation and multiple competing firms are located in the private
sector. Here, the simple and clean solution -
government as the umpire and the private sector as the players is what works
best. In many of
these industries, we have a legacy of government ownership, where productivity tends to
be lower, fear of bankruptcy is absent, and the risk of asking for money from the tax payer is ever
present. There is also the conflict of interest between government as an owner and as the
regulator. The formulation and implementation
of competition policy will be more
vigorous and fair
if government companies
are out of action.
55.
According to the passage, what is/are the reason/reasons
for saying that the time has come to
review the role of public sector?
1. Now public sector
has lost its relevance in the industrialization process.
2. Public
sector does not
perform satisfactorily.
3. Entrepreneurship
in private sector is expanding.
4. Effective
competition policies are available now.
Which of
the statements given above is/are correct in the given context?
(a) 1 and
3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2,
3 and 4
Answer: C
56. According
to the passage, rural roads should be
in the domain of public sector only. Why?
(a) Rural development
work is the domain of government only.
(b) Private sector
cannot have monetary gains in this.
(c) Government takes
money from tax payers and hence it is the responsibility
of government only.
(d) Private sector need not have any social responsibility.
Answer: B
57.
The portfolio composition of
the government
refers to
(a) Public sector assets quality.
(b) Investment in liquid assets.
(c)
Mix of government investment in different
industrial sectors.
(d) Buying Return on Investment yielding capital
assets.
Answer: C
58. The author prefers government as the umpire
and private sector
as players because
(a)
Government prescribes norms for a
fair play by the price sector.
(b) Government is the ultimate in policy formulation.
(c) Government has no control over private
sector players.
(d) None of the above statements is correct in
this context.
Answer: A
59. A
question paper must have a question on one of the eight poets: A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H. The
first four belong to the medieval period while the rest are considered modern poets.
Generally, modern poets figure in the question paper in alternate years. Generally those who
like H like G also; and those who like F like E also. The paper-setter does not like
to ask about F as he has written a book on F, but he likes F. Last year, the paper contained
a question on A. On the basis of the information given, this year’s paper is most
likely to contain a question on
(a) C
(b) E
(c) F
(d) H
Answer: B
60. In a
group of six women there are four dancers,
four vocal musicians, one actress and three
violinists. Girija and Vanaja areamong the
violinists while Jalaja
and Shailaja do
not know how to play on the violin.
Shailaja and Tanuja are among the dancers.
Jalaja, Vanaja, Shailaja and Tanuja are all
vocal musicians and two of them are also
violinists. If Pooja is an actress, who among the following is certainly a
dancer and a violinist?
(a) Jalaja
(b) Pooja
(c)
Shailaja
(d)
Tanuja
Answer: D
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