(Download) Model Test Paper For UPSC Pre CSAT 2011: (Paper-2) - SET - 1

Directions (Qs. 1 to 4): In each of these questions, choose the option which can be substituted for the given words.

1. A speech made by someone for the first time
(a) maiden
(b) extempore
(c) spontaneous
(d) sermon

2. A large-scale departure of people from a territory
(a) exodus
(b) immigration
(c) migration
(d) aberration

3. A disease that spreads by means of germs carried in atmosphere
(a) contagious
(b) epidemic
(c) infectious
(d) endemic

4. A hater of learning and knowledge
(a) misologist
(b) bibliophilic
(c) illiterate
(d) misogynist

Directions (Qs. 5 to 8): In each of these questions, choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.

5. Although almost all climate scientists agree that the Earth is gradually warming, they have long been of two minds about the process of rapid climate shifts within larger periods of change. Some have speculated that the process works like a giant oven or freezer, warming or cooling the whole planet at the same time. Others think that shifts occur on opposing schedules in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, like exaggerated seasons. Recent research in Germany examining climate patterns in the Southern Hemisphere at the end of the last Ice Age strengthens the idea that warming and cooling occurs at alternate times in the two hemispheres. A more definitive answer to this debate will allow scientists to better predict when and how quickly the next climate shift will happen.

(a) Research in Germany will help scientists find a definitive answer about warming and cooling of the Earth and predict climate shifts in the future in a better manner.
(b) Scientists have been unsure whether rapid shifts in the Earth’s climate happen all at once or on opposing schedules in different hemispheres; finding a definitive answer will help them better predict climate shifts in future.
(c) Scientists have been unsure whether rapid shifts in the Earth’s climate happen all at once or on opposing schedules in different hemispheres; research will help find a definitive answer and better predict climate shifts in future.
(d) More research rather than debates on warming or cooling of the Earth and exaggerated seasons in its hemispheres, will help scientists in Germany predict climate changes better in future.

6. Try before you buy. We use this memorable saying to urge you to experience the consequences of an alternative before you choose it, whenever this is feasible. If you are considering buying a van after having always owned sedans, rent one for a week or borrow a friend’s. By experiencing the consequences first hand, they become more meaningful. In addition, you are likely to identify consequences you had not even thought of before. May be you will discover that it is difficult to park the van in your small parking space at work, but that, on the other hand, your elderly father has a much easier time getting in and of it.

(a) Always try before you buy anything. You are bound to discover many consequences. One of the consequences of going in for a van is that it is more difficult to park than sedans at the office car park.
(b) Before choosing an alternative, experience its consequences, if feasible. If, for example, you want to change from sedans to a van, try one before buying it. You will discover aspects you may never have thought of.
(c) It you are planning to buy a van after being used to sedans, borrow a van or rent it and try it before deciding to buy it. Then you may realise that parking a van is difficult while it is easier for your elderly father to get in and out of it.
(d) We urge you to try products such as vans before buying them. Then you can experience consequences you have not thought of such as parking problems. But your father may find vans more comfortable than cars

7. Developed countries have made adequate provisions for social security of senior citizens. State insurers (as well as private ones) offer Medicare and Pension benefits to people who can no longer earn. In India, with the collapse of the joint family system, the traditional shelter of the elderly has disappeared. And a State faced with a financial crunch is not in a position to provide social security. So it is advisable that the working population give serious thought to building a financial base for itself.

Which one of the following, if it were to happen, weakens the conclusion drawn in the above passage the most?
(a) India is on a path of development that will take it to a developed country’s status with all its positive and negative implications.
(b) The insurance sector is underdeveloped and trends indicate that it will be extensively privatized in the
future.
(c) The investable income of the working population as a proportion of its total income will grow in the future.
(d) If the working population builds a stronger financial base, there will be revival of the joint family system.

8. Organizations are often defined as groups of people who come together to pursue a common goal. But more often than not, goals diverge as much as they converge, marking the rationality of the overall organization no more than an elusive ideal. Beneath the collective irrationality, however, organizations are often operating in a way that is eminently rational from the standpoint of the individuals, groups and coalitions directly involved.

Which of the following can be inferred from the above passage?
(a) As individuals, groups or coalitions in an organization pursue their own interests, the conceptual issues of rational behavior get blurred.
(b) Although conceptually, an organization may appear to be irrational—behaviors of individuals, groups and coalitions in the organization may be rational.
(c) If all employees of an organization pursue their individual goals, one can never have an organization that behaves rationally.
(d) Since people are essentially irrational, the ideal of building a rational organization is elusive.

Directions (Qs. 9 to 12): In each of these questions, identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English.

9. We want the trainer to be him who has the best rapport knowledge about the subject and the most superior communication skills.
(a) We want him to be the trainer who has the best rapport knowledge about the subject and the most superior communication skills.
(b) We want the trainer to be he who has the best rapport knowledge about the subject and the most superior communication skills.
(c) We want the trainer to be him who has the best rapport knowledge about the subject and the most superior communication skills.
(d) We desire that the trainer be him who has the best rapport knowledge about the subject and the most superior communication skills.

10. The government’s failing to keep its pledges will have the effect of earning distrust from all the other nations in the region.
(a) The government’s failing to keep its pledges will have the effect of earning distrust from all the other nations in the region.
(b) The government failing to keep it’s pledges will have the effect of earning distrust from all the other nations in the region.
(c) The government’s failing to keep its pledges will have the effect of earning distrust from all the other nation in the region.
(d) The government failing to keep its pledges will have the effect of earning distrust from all the other nations in the region.