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CSAT Test 2
This paper contains eighty (80) questions. Each question carries 2.5 marks. Each
incorrect answer penalises you with one-third of the mark allocated to each
question. Total Duration: two (2) hours.
Q1. Consider arithmetic mean (AM) of numbers a, b, c, d where a<b<c<d. Which of
the following statement is true?
a. AM is greater than a and less than d.
b. The advantage of AM is that it is not affected by extreme values such as a and d.
c. AM provides an average picture about the numbers which is not a good indicator
because of diversity in the individual numbers.
d. AM will necessarily be around mid-values such as b and c.
Q2. Consider two points in the Price-Quantity space, where first number denotes
price and the second denotes quantity:
A: (5, 10)
B: (10, 5)
Which of the following statements is necessarily correct?
a. From point A to point B, the rate of fall of quantity is the same as the rate of rise
in prices but the buyer now has to pay more money for her purchases
b. The buyer of this good seems to have unlimited budget since any rise in prices
will not lead her to decrease her purchases to zero
c. From point A to point B, the percentage fall in quantity is the same as the
percentage rise in prices
d. None of the above
Instruction for Q3 to Q4:
Read the following information and answer the two (2) items that follow:
A, B, C, D, E, and F are cousins. No two cousins are of the same age, but all have
birthdays on the same day of the same month. The youngest is 17 years old and the
eldest E is 22 years old. F is somewhere between B and D in age. A is older than B. C is
older than D. A is one year older than C.
Q3. Which one of the following is possible?
a. D is 20 years old
b. F is 18 years old
c. F is 19 years old
d. F is 20 years old
Q4. What is the number of logically possible orders of all six cousins in terms of
increasing age?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Q5. In a plane, line X is perpendicular to line Y and parallel to line Z; line U is
perpendicular to both lines V and W; line X is perpendicular to line V.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a. Z, U, and W are parallel
b. X, V, and Y are parallel
c. Z, V, and U are all perpendicular to W
d. Y, V, and W are parallel
Q6. Usha runs faster than Neha, Priti runs slower than Swati, Swati runs slower
than Neha. Who is the slowest runner?
a. Neha
b. Priti
c. Swati
d. Usha
Q7. In a 500 metre race, B starts 45 metres ahead of A, but A wins the race while B
is still 35 metres behind. What is the ratio of the speeds of A to B assuming that
both start at the same time?
a. 25:21
b. 25:20
c. 5:3
d. 5:7
Q8: Four cardboard pieces of specific shapes are shown in the following figure:
Which one of the following figures can be formed by joining these pieces
together?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q9. A student was asked to multiply a number by 25. He instead multiplied the
number by 52 and got the answer 324 more than the correct answer. The number
to be multiplied was
a. 12
b. 15
c. 25
d. 32
Q10. What is the maximum value of m if the number, N = 35 x 45 x 55 x 60 x 124 x
75, is divisible by 5m ?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
Q11. A milkman claims to be selling milk at its cost price only, but he is making a
profit of 20% since he has mixed some amount of water in the milk. What is the
percentage of milk in the mixture?
a. 80%
b. 250/3 %
c. 75%
d. 200/3 %
Q12. A man rows downstream 32 km and 14 km upstream, and he takes 6 hours
to cover each distance. What is the speed of the current? (Note: downstream
means he rows in the same direction as the current and upstream means he rows
in the opposite direction of the current).
a. 0.5 km/hr
b. 1 km/hr
c. 1.5 km/hr
d. 2 km/hr
Q13. The efficiency of P is twice that of Q, whereas the efficiency of P and Q
together is three times that of R. If P, Q, and R work together on a job, in what
ratio should they share their earnings?
a. 2:1:1
b. 4:2:1
c. 4:3:2
d. 4:2:3
Q14. A coin is tossed five times. What is the probability that there is at least one
tail?
a. 31/32
b. 1/16
c. 1/2
d. 1/32
Q15. Consider the following figure:
To fit the question mark, the correct answer is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q16. The number x in sequence 3, 6, 4, 12, 5, 20, 6, x is
a. 35
b. 30
c. 36
d. 24
Instruction for Q17 to Q30:
Read the following ten (10) passages and answer the items mentioned below each
passage. The answer should be based only on the reading of the passage.
Passage 1
As per depositories data, FPIs invested a net amount of ₹13,308.78 crore in equities and
pulled out ₹2,212.08 crore from the debt segment during April 1-12, taking the total net
investment to ₹11,096.70 crore. "We are seeing this positive rally since February largely
due to the rising confidence in having a stable government post elections. The fear of
economic slowdown in the developed world has increased prospects of foreign money
in the Indian market," said Harsh Jain, COO at Groww.
Q17. What is the main theme of this passage?
a. FPI can come in a country through either equity or debt route but mainly driven
by equity route.
b. A stable government is necessary to attract FPI in a country.
c. FPI in a country is driven by both domestic factors as well as foreign factors.
d. Since the developed world is slowing down, the money is going to flow out of
these countries to developing countries.
Passage 2
Britain's biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years is mired in
uncertainty, with ministers saying Brexit may never happen, businesses worried the
country could leave without a deal, and others just wanting to reverse it.
Q18. What is the main theme of this passage?
a. Brexit is Britain’s biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years.
b. Brexit is going to harm not only Britain but rest of the European Union as well.
c. Since the government is not able to win the support of the British Parliament,
Brexit will not happen.
d. Brexit has created a lot of uncertainty for major sections of the country.
Passage 3
The quality of India’s economic data in general, and gross domestic product (GDP) data
in particular, has come in for questioning in recent months. Those questions only
acquired more urgency in January, when the GDP growth in 2016-17 was revised to
8.2%—the highest in any year between 2011-12 and 2018-19. In 2016-17, a large
section of the informal economy, which forms a significant portion of the Indian
economy, was severely hit by demonetisation. Hence, the question: how did the
economy grow at 8.2% during the year?
Q19. What is the main theme of this passage?
a. It is unethical to revise GDP figures upward and hence it is right to question such
practices.
b. It is not possible for a country to grow at 8.2% during a demonetisation year as a
large section of the informal economy gets hit severely.
c. Revising growth figures for demonetisation year has raised concerns about the
reliability of India’s economic data.
d. India’s economic data has lost its sheen and become questionable.
Passage 4
Why do we do the things we do? Despite our best attempts to "know thyself," the truth
is that we often know astonishingly little about our own minds, and even less about the
way others think. As Charles Dickens once put it, “A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that
every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every
other.”
Q20. What is the main inference from this passage?
a. The ultimate goal of a human being is to “know thyself”.
b. Charles Dickens’ quote solves the mystery of a human creature.
c. Human creature is like a secret to not only himself but to others also.
d. A human being will never be able to solve the mysteries of his mind.
Passage 5
Think you know what's going on around you? You might not be nearly as aware as you
think. In 1998, researchers from Harvard and Kent State University targeted
pedestrians on a college campus to determine how much people notice about their
immediate environments. In the experiment, an actor came up to a pedestrian and
asked for directions. While the pedestrian was giving the directions, two men carrying a
large wooden door walked between the actor and the pedestrian, completely blocking
their view of each other for several seconds. During that time, the actor was replaced by
another actor, one of a different height and build, and with a different outfit, haircut and
voice. A full half of the participants didn't notice the substitution.
Q21. What is the main theme of this passage?
a. Pedestrians don’t notice the person to whom they give directions.
b. Even though we think we know what’s going around us, we are not as aware.
c. Two men carrying a large wooden door walking between the actor and the
pedestrian is the reason for poor observational skills of the pedestrian.
d. The experiment conducted may not give accurate results if the sample is not
selected randomly.
Passage 6
"Stereotypes are categories that have gone too far," Bargh told Psychology Today.
"When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the colour of the skin of the
person before us, and our minds respond with messages that say hostile, stupid, slow,
and weak. Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect
reality."
Q22. What is the main theme of this passage?
a. Stereotyping is an unethical practice and should be dealt strictly with.
b. Stereotypes have taken a worse route over time and don’t reflect the truth about
the environment.
c. Wrong stereotyping is done about the gender, age and colour of the skin only.
d. Human attributes like hostile, stupid, slow, and weak don’t exist in our society
anymore.
Passage 7
In the contemporary world, we belong, in a sense, to more than one ‘society’. When
amidst foreigners reference to ‘our society’ may mean ‘Indian society’, but when
amongst fellow Indians, we may use the term ‘our society’ to denote a linguistic or
ethnic community, a religious or caste or tribal society. This diversity makes deciding
which ‘society’ we are talking about difficult. But perhaps this difficulty of mapping
society is not confined to sociologists alone. While reflecting on what to focus on in his
films, the great Indian film maker Satyajit Ray wondered: What should you put in your
films? What can you leave out? Would you leave the city behind and go to the village
where cows graze in the endless fields and the shepherd plays the flute? You can make a
film here that would be pure and fresh and have the delicate rhythm of a boatman’s
song. Or would you rather go back in time-way back to the Epics, where the gods and
demons took sides in the great battle where brothers killed brothers, or would you
rather stay where you are, right in the present, in the heart of this monstrous, teeming,
bewildering city, and try to orchestrate its dizzying contrasts of sight and sound and
milieu?
Q23. What is the reason behind Satyajit Ray’s wonderment?
a. Indian society is so diverse that rural and urban lives are completely different
from each other.
b. Rural life is full of romanticism which doesn’t get depicted in today’s films.
c. It is very difficult to decide which aspect of the Indian society to focus upon in
films
d. Going back in time in the age of Epics would earn more revenue than staying in
the present
Q24. As per the above passage, what is correct about the Indian Society?
a. Foreigners think Indian society has no diversity.
b. Indians identify themselves with a society based on religion, caste, or language.
c. The Indian Society does not exist in reality because it is too diverse to be
classified as one.
d. The view of the Indian Society has changed over time.
Passage 8
The Indian Constitution encourages equal respect between communities. This was not
easy in our country, first because communities do not always have a relationship of
equality; they tend to have hierarchical relationships with one another (as in the case of
caste). Second, when these communities do see each other as equals, they also tend to
become rivals (as in the case of religious communities). This was a huge challenge for
the makers of the Constitution: how to make communities liberal in their approach and
foster a sense of equal respect among them under existing conditions of hierarchy or
intense rivalry? It would have been very easy to resolve this problem by not recognising
communities at all, as most western liberal constitutions do. But this would have been
unworkable and undesirable in our country. This is not because Indians are attached to
communities more than others. Individuals everywhere also belong to cultural
communities and every such community has its own values, traditions, customs and
language shared by its members. For example, individuals in France or Germany belong
to a linguistic community and are deeply attached to it. What makes us different is that
we have more openly acknowledged the value of communities. More importantly, India
is a land of multiple cultural communities. Unlike Germany or France we have several
linguistic and religious communities. It was important to ensure that no one community
systematically dominates others. This made it mandatory for our Constitution to
recognise community based rights.
Q25. What is the central theme of this passage?
a. Comparison between Indian and European communities
b. Why it was a challenge for Constitution makers of India to make communities
liberal in approach
c. Why is the institution of Community so important in India
d. None of the above
Q26. From the above passage it can be said that,
1. In India, the hierarchical structure of society tends to create and reinforce
the inequalities amongst different communities
2. If communities were not recognised in India, we would have an unequal
society.
3. Communities define people’s culture and traditions and hence, even if they
cause some social problems, they are necessary.
Choose the correct option from the codes given below.
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
Passage 9
Think of one factor that has made a great difference in the evolution of mankind.
Perhaps it is man’s capacity to store and transmit knowledge which he has been doing
through conversation, through songs and through elaborate lectures. But man soon
found out that we need a good deal of training and skill to do things efficiently. We know
that the labour skill of an educated person is more than that of an uneducated person
and hence the former is able to generate more income than the latter and his
contribution to economic growth is, consequently, more. Education is sought not only as
it confers higher earning capacity on people but also for its other highly valued benefits:
it gives one a better social standing and pride; it enables one to make better choices in
life; it provides knowledge to understand the changes taking place in society; it also
stimulates innovations. Moreover, the availability of educated labour force facilitates
adaptation of new technologies. Economists have stressed the need for expanding
educational opportunities in a nation as it accelerates the development process.
Q27. As per the above passage, an educated person is able to generate more
income than an uneducated one because
a. An educated person has more career opportunities
b. An educated person has more skills
c. An educated person can bargain for more wages
d. None of the above
Q28. What is the core inference of this passage?
a. Economic growth and development of a country is intrinsically linked to level of
educational attainment of the people
b. Education helps one in generating more income than others
c. Higher the education, higher is the income
d. Benefits of human capital far outweighs those of physical capital
Passage 10
A plan spells out how the resources of a nation should be put to use. It should have some
general goals as well as specific objectives which are to be achieved within a specified
period of time; in India plans are of five years duration and are called five year plans
(we borrowed this from the former Soviet Union, the pioneer in national planning). Our
plan documents not only specify the objectives to be attained in the five years of a plan
but also what is to be achieved over a period of twenty years. This long-term plan is
called ‘perspective plan’. The five year plans are supposed to provide the basis for the
perspective plan. It will be unrealistic to expect all the goals of a plan to be given equal
importance in all the plans. In fact the goals may actually be in conflict. For example, the
goal of introducing modern technology may be in conflict with the goal of increasing
employment if the technology reduces the need for labour. The planners have to balance
the goals, a very difficult job indeed. We find different goals being emphasised in
different plans in India. Our five year plans do not spell out how much of each and every
good and service is to be produced. This is neither possible nor necessary (the former
Soviet Union tried to do this and failed). It is enough if the plan is specific about the
sectors where it plays a commanding role, for instance, power generation and irrigation,
while leaving the rest to the market.
Q29. As per the above passage, Planning
a. is a useless activity in a market economy
b. is time-consuming and yields no results since it has too many conflicting goals
c. is a difficult task but necessary to achieve certain goals
d. has failed in Soviet Union and hence it must be abolished in India also
Q30. Why does the author imply by ‘this is neither possible nor necessary’?
a. India is so big that dictating to every sector how much to produce is impossible
and not necessary
b. Since micromanaging every sector failed badly in the Soviet Union, it is not
necessary and possible in India as well
c. Every sector has their unique strengths and bottlenecks and hence, plans cannot
dictate to them how much to produce
d. None of the above
Instruction for Q31 to Q32:
Read the following information carefully and answer the two (2) items that follow:
A group of six P, Q, R, S, T and U which includes a doctor, an engineer and a businessman
and their wives are sitting in a circular table. The Doctor, P is sitting to the right his wife
Q, who is the sister of R. The Engineer is sitting opposite to his wife S and between his
sister Q and the business man. Businessman is sitting to the right of his wife U.
Q31. Who is sitting opposite to the doctor?
a. Businessman
b. Engineer
c. Doctor’s brother-in-law
d. Engineer’s wife
Q32. Which couple is seated in between the Engineer and his wife?
a. Businessman and his wife
b. Doctor and his wife
c. Only the Businessman
d. Cannot be determined
Q33. Statements: Some P is T. Some T are S. All C are P. Some S is P.
Which of the following conclusion(s) follow(s)?
a. All T are Ps.
b. Some Ps is C.
c. No T is C.
d. All of these follow
Q34. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 km/hr and including stoppages,
it is 45 km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
a. 5 min
b. 10 min
c. 4 min
d. 9 min
Q35. Statement:
A large number of people die every year due to drinking polluted water
during the summer.
Courses of Action:
I. The government should make adequate arrangements to provide safe
drinking water to all its citizens.
II. The people should be educated about the dangers of drinking polluted
water.
a. Only I follows
b. Only II follows
c. Either I or II follows
d. Both I and II follow
Q36. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3
km he turns to the left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the
starting place?
a. West
b. South
c. North-East
d. South-West
Q37. Find out the figure which contains figure X as its part.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Q38. Choose the alternative which closely resembles the water image of the given
combination of characters.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Q39. How many dots lie opposite to the face having three dots, when the given
figure is folded to form a cube?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Instruction for Q40 to Q44:
Study the following graphs and answer the five (5) items that follow:
Q40. The ration of the maximum exports to the minimum imports was closest to:
a. 64
b. 69
c. 74
d. 79
Q41: How many countries exhibited a trade surplus?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 6
Q42: The total trade surplus/deficit for all the countries put together was
a. 11286 surplus
b. 11286 deficit
c. 10286 deficit
d. 10286 surplus
Q43. The highest trade deficit was shown by which country?
a. C
b. G
c. H
d. L
Q44. The ratio of Exports to Imports was highest for which country?
a. A
b. I
c. J
d. K
Instruction for Q45 to Q48:
Read the following statements and answer the four (4) items that follow:
Five cities P, Q, R, S, and T are connected by different modes of transport as follows;
P and Q are connected by boat as well as rail.
S and R are connected by bus and boat.
Q and T are connected by air only.
P and R are connected by boat only.
T and R are connected by rail and bus.
Q45. Which mode of transport would help one to reach R starting from Q, but
without changing the mode of transport?
a. Boat
b. Rail
c. Bus
d. Air
Q46. If a person visits each of the places starting from P and gets back to P, which
of the following places must he visit twice?
a. Q
b. R
c. S
d. T
Q47. Which of the following pairs of cities is connected by any one of the routes
directly without going to any other city?
a. P and T
b. T and S
c. Q and R
d. None of these
Q48. Between which two cities are there maximum number of combinations of
modes of transport available?
a. Q and S
b. P and R
c. P and T
d. Q and R
Q49. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a die?
a. 1/6
b. 1/8
c. 1/9
d. 1/12
Q50. If x is an integer and y is a whole number, then which of the following is NOT
possible?
a. Sum of x and y is zero
b. Product of x and y is non-zero
c. Sum of x and y is divisible by zero
d. A car having a free fall from a cliff has the speed equal to (x + y)
Instruction for Q51 to Q70:
Read the following fifteen (15) passages and answer the items mentioned below
each passage. The answer should be based only on the reading of the passage.
Passage 1
Some people believe that a constitution merely consists of laws and that laws are one
thing, values and morality, quite another. Therefore, we can have only a legalistic, not a
political philosophy approach to the Constitution. It is true that all laws do not have a
moral content, but many laws are closely connected to our deeply held values. For
example, a law might prohibit discrimination of persons on grounds of language or
religion. Such a law is connected to the idea of equality. Such a law exists because we
value equality. Therefore, there is a connection between laws and moral values. We
must therefore, look upon the constitution as a document that is based on a certain
moral vision. We need to adopt a political philosophy approach to the constitution.
Q51. The author suggests that laws
a. always have moral content
b. Have deep connect with a society’s values
c. Ensure moral uprightness in the society
d. Can have immoral content
Passage 2
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones.
Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on.
Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into and out of view, the snow, the shower of
debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by
layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During
this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing
down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the
command module.
Q52. Which one of the following reasons would one consider as more as possible
for the warning lights to be on?
a. There was a shower of debris.
b. Jack was yelling.
c. A catastrophe was imminent.
d. The moon was looming close and big.
Passage 3
But I did not want to shoot the elephant. I watched him beating his bunch of grass
against his knees, with the preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have. It seemed
to me that it would be murder to shoot him. I had never shot an elephant and never
wanted to. (Somehow it always seems worse to kill large animal.) Besides, there was the
beast's owner to be considered. But I had got to act quickly. I turned to some
experienced-looking Burmans who had been there when we arrived, and asked them
how the elephants had been behaving. They all said the same thing; he took no notice of
you if you left him alone, but he might charge if you went too close to him.
Q53. From the passage it appears that the author was
a. an inexperienced hunter
b. kind and considerate
c. possessed with fear
d. a worried man
Passage 4
Nehru was a many sided personality. He enjoyed reading and writing books as much as
he enjoyed fighting political and social evils or residing tyranny. In him, the scientist and
the humanist were held in perfect balance. While he kept looking at special problems
from a scientific standpoint. He never forgot that we should nourish the total man. As a
scientist, he refused to believe in a benevolent power interested in men's affairs but as a
self-proclaimed non-believer, he loved affirming his faith in life and the beauty of
nature. Children he adored. Unlike Wordsworth, he did not see him trailing clouds of
glory from the recent sojourn in heaven. He saw them as a blossoms of promise and
renewal, the only hope for mankind.
Q54. A 'many-side personality' means
a. a complex personality
b. a secretive person
c. a person having varied interests
d. a capable person
Passage 5
Speech is great blessings but it can also be great curse, for while it helps us to make our
intentions and desires known to our fellows, it can also if we use it carelessly, make our
attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the tongue, the use of unusual word, or of
an ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a
friend. Again, different classes of people use different vocabularies, and the ordinary
speech of an educated may strike an uneducated listener as pompous. Unwittingly, we
may use a word which bears a different meaning to our listener from what it does to
men of our own class. Thus speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one
which demands careful handling. Only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and
conditions to men.
Q55. Speech can be curse, because it can
a. hurt others
b. lead to carelessness
c. create misunderstanding
d. reveal our intentions
Passage 6
At this stage of civilisation, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact
for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one
another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one
another's historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to
expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international
situations. Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing,
because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the
history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political
conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
Q56. According to the author of 'Mentality' of a nation is mainly product of its
a. history
b. international position
c. politics
d. present character
Passage 7
Mahatma Gandhi believed that industrialisation was no answer to the problems that
plague the mass of India's poor and that villagers should be taught to be self-sufficient
in food, weave their own cloth from cotton and eschew the glittering prizes that the
20th century so temptingly offers. Such an idyllic and rural paradise did not appear to
those who inherited the reins of political power.
Q57. The basis of 'an idyllic and rural paradise' is
a. rapid industrialisation of villages
b. self-sufficiency in food clothes and simplicity of the lifestyle
c. bringing to the villages the glittering prizes of the 20th century
d. supporting those holdings powerful political positions
Passage 8
In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten that health is
really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine
and this includes many patients as well as many physicians pays very little attention to
health but very much attention to those who imagine that they are ill. We talk about
health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary
illness. The healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health: he should be
using health for work. The work does the work that good health possible.
Q58. The passage suggests
a. health is an end in itself
b. health is blessing
c. health is only means to an end
d. we should not talk about health
Passage 9
Soft bodied animals like caterpillars often fall a prey to voracious hunters like birds or
reptiles. Despite having no means to 'actively' defend themselves, with weapons like
claws or jaws, they have nevertheless, evolved other equally effective deterrents. A
particular species of the caterpillar lives at an altitude over 2,500 metres in the
Himalayas. It uses prominent colour to inform would be predators of its in edibility. In
the event that an inexperienced or adventurous bird did eat the caterpillar, it would
probably vomit it soon after, and subsequently desist from attacking similar species in
future. Though this would do the unfortunate victim no good, the species benefits. A
rare example of the martyr among animals.
Q59. In the context of this passage, a martyr is one who dies
a. without putting up resistance
b. without any gain to oneself
c. while defending ones homeland
d. to save others
Passage 10
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 organised 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 organisations 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 realisation of God in man
Q60. According to the author, "salvation" of human beings lies in the
a. extended trade relations
b. spiritual transformation of life
c. orgy of national pride
d. wholehearted participated in political organisations
Passage 11
There is modicum of truth in the assertion that "a working knowledge of ancient history
is necessary to the intelligent interpretation of current events". But the sage who
uttered these words of wisdom might well have added something on the benefits of
studying, particularly, the famous battles of history for the lessons they contain for
those of us who lead or aspire to leadership. Such a study will reveal certain qualities
and attributes which enabled the winners to win and certain deficiencies which caused
the losers to lose. And the student will see that the same patterns recur consistently,
again and again, throughout the centuries.
Q61. The expression "more than a modicum of truth" means
a. some truth
b. much truth
c. more than a small amount of truth
d. nothing but truth
Q62. A knowledge of history is necessary to interpret current problems because
a. they have roots in the past
b. they can be contrasted with the past events
c. they may be repetitions of past events
d. only then they can be put in a proper context
Passage 12
The Indian middle class consists of so many strata that it defies categorisation under a
single term class, which would imply a considerable degree of homogeneity. Yet two
paradoxical features characterise its conduct fairly uniformly; extensive practice and
intensive abhorrence of corruption.
In the several recent surveys of popular perceptions of corruptions, politicians of course
invariably and understandably top the list, closely followed by bureaucrats, policemen,
lawyers, businessmen and others. The quintessential middle class. If teachers do not
figure high on this priority list, it is not for lack of trying, but for lack of opportunities.
Over the years, the sense of shock over acts of corruption in the middle class has
witnessed a steady decline, as its ambitions for a better material life have soared but the
resources for meeting such ambitions have not kept pace.
What is fascinating, however, is the intense yearning of this class for a clean corruption-
less politics and society, a yearning that has again and again surfaced with any figure
public or obscure, focus on his mission of eradicating corruption. Even the repeated
failure of this promise on virtually every man's part has not subjected it to the law of
diminishing returns.
Q63. According to the passage, the Indian Middle class is
a. defiant
b. mysterious
c. homogeneous
d. stratified
Q64. Teachers are not high on the list of corruption because they do not have
a. Courage
b. Opportunities
c. Support
d. Ambition
Passage 13
Organisations are institutions in which members compete for status and power. They
compete for resource of the organisation, for example finance to expand their own
departments, for career advancement and for power to control the activities of others.
In pursuit of these aims, grouped are formed and sectional interests emerge. As a result,
policy decisions may serve the ends of political and career systems rather than those of
the concern. In this way, the goals of the organisation may be displaced in favour of
sectional interests and individual ambition. These preoccupations sometimes prevent
the emergence of organic systems. Many of the electronic firms in the study had
recently created research and development departments employing highly qualified
and well paid scientists and technicians. Their high pay and expert knowledge were
sometimes seen as a threat to the established order of rank, power and privilege. Many
senior managers had little knowledge of technicality and possibilities of new
developments and electronics. Some felt that close cooperation with the experts in an
organic system would reveal their ignorance and show their experience was now
redundant.
Q65. The theme of the passage is
a. groupism in organisations
b. individual ambitions in organisations
c. frustration of senior managers
d. emergence of sectional interests in organisations
Q66. The author makes out a case for
a. organic system
b. Research and Development in organisations
c. an understanding between senior and middle level executives
d. a refresher course for senior managers
Passage 14
Courage is not only the basis of virtue; it is its expression. Faith, hope, charity and all the
rest don't become virtues until it takes courage to exercise them. There are roughly two
types of courage. The first, an emotional state, which urges a man to risk injury or death,
is physical courage. The second, more reasoning attitude which enables him to take
coolly his career, happiness, his whole future or his judgement of what he thinks either
right or worthwhile, is moral courage.
I have known many men, who had marked physical courage, but lacked moral courage.
Some of them were in high places, but they failed to be great in themselves because they
lacked moral courage. On the other hand I have seen men who undoubtedly possessed
moral courage but were very cautious about taking physical risks. But I have never met
a man with moral courage who couldn't, when it was really necessary, face a situation
boldly.
Q67. As per the above passage, physical courage is an expression of
a. emotions
b. deliberation
c. uncertainty
d. defiance
Q68. According to the passage, all virtues become meaningful because of
a. faith
b. charity
c. courage
d. hope
Q69. What is the main argument of the author?
a. Physical courage endangers a person’s life as it leads one to take risks
b. Moral courage is a higher virtue than physical courage
c. Men who lack physical courage necessarily have moral courage and vice versa
d. Without moral courage, physical courage has no meaning
Passage 15
The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without
discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an
important element, evaluation is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no
point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and
says, "This is important and that does not amount to row of beans; deserves no one’s
attention, and should travel the wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as
meaningful as the real news.
Q70. The writer of the above passage
a. seems to be happy with the contemporary arrangements for circulating news
b. is shocked by the casual stories about horrors and disasters reported in the
newspapers
c. wants better evaluation of news before publication
d. wants to put his foot down on news stories
Instruction for Q71 to Q74:
Read the information given below and answer the four (4) items that follow:
Out of four friends A, B, C, and D,
A and B play football and cricket,
B and C play cricket and hockey,
A and D play basketball and football,
C and D play hockey and basketball.
Q71. Who does not play hockey?
a. D
b. C
c. B
d. A
Q72. Who plays football, basketball, and hockey?
a. D
b. C
c. B
d. A
Q73. Which game do B, C, and D play?
a. Basketball
b. Hockey
c. Cricket
d. Football
Q74. Who play at least three games?
a. A, B, and D
b. A, C, and D
c. B, C, and D
d. All four
Q75: A sum of ₹700 has to be used to give seven cash prizes to the students of a
school for their overall academic performance. If each prize is ₹20 less than its
preceding prize, what is the least value of the prize?
a. ₹30
b. ₹40
c. ₹60
d. ₹80
Q76. A person can walk a certain distance and drive back in total six hours. He can
also walk both ways in 10 hours. How much time will he take to drive both ways?
a. Two hours
b. Two and a half hours
c. Five and a half hours
d. Four hours
Q77. Look at this series: F2, _____, D8, C16, B32.
What number should fill the blank?
a. A16
b. G4
c. E4
d. E3
Q78. Posthumous Publication occurs when a book is published after the author's
death. Which situation below is the best example of Posthumous Publication?
a. Richard's illness took his life before he was able to enjoy the amazing early
reviews of his novel.
b. Melissa's publisher cancels her book contract after she fails to deliver the
manuscript on time.
c. Clarence never thought he'd live to see the third book in his trilogy published.
d. Elizabeth is honoured with a prestigious literary award for her writing career
and her daughter accepts the award on behalf of her deceased mother.
Q79. Statement: It is desirable to put the child in school at the age of 5 or so.
Assumptions:
I. At that age the child reaches appropriate level of development and is ready
to learn.
II. The schools do not admit children after six years of age.
Choose the correct option from the codes given below.
a. Only Assumption I is implicit
b. Only Assumption II is implicit
c. Both Assumptions I and II are implicit
d. Neither Assumption I nor II is implicit
Q80. Statements:
1. Mara runs faster than Gail.
2. Lily runs faster than Mara.
3. Gail runs faster than Lily.
If the first two statements are true, then
a. The third statement should be True
b. The third statement should be False
c. There is no connection between first two and the third statement
d. The third statement may or may not be True
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