Name of the Organisation : Union Public Service Commission
Name of the Subject: Essay, Precis Writing And Comprehension & General Ability, Intelligence :
Name of the Paper : CISF AC (EXE) Examination Question Paper 2015
Year : 2015
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CISF AC (EXE) Examination Question Paper :
I. General Ability, Intelligence :
1. A half railway ticket of any class costs half the full fare but the reservation charge is the same on the half ticket as on the full ticket. One reserved first class ticket for a journey between two stations is ”a” 362; and one full fare and one half fare reserved first class tickets cost Rs 554. The reservation charge is
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(a) Rs 18
(b) Rs 22
(c) Rs 38
(d) Rs 46
2. A man standing on the platform observes a train going in one direction takes 4 seconds to pass him. Another train of same length going in the opposite direction takes 5 seconds to pass him. The time taken by the two trains to cross each other will be
(a) 31/9 seconds
(b) 40/9 seconds
(c) 49/9 seconds
(d) 50/9 seconds
3. How many times will the digit 5 come in counting from 1 to 99 excluding those which are divisible by 3 ?
(a) 13
(b) 14
(c) 15
(d) 20
4. The average age of a husband and wife was 23 years when they were married 5 years ago.The average age of the husband, wife and a child who was born during the interval, is 20 years now. How old is the child now ?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 4 years
5. A man changes his car for a new one giving 20% more km per liter. Just then the fuel price is increased by 5%. If he drives the same distance in a given period, what happens to his fuel bill ?
(a) The bill stays the same
(b) The bill goes down by 12°5%
(C) The bill goes d0wn by 15%
(d) The bill goes up by 5%
6. 40% of a Company’s employees are women.Out of the men, 60% are of age more than 30 years. If there are 360 male employees below the age of 30, what is the total number of employees in the Company ?
(a) 1800
(b) 1500
(c) 1350
(d) 1200
7. P has 20% more money than Q and 10% less money than R. If their total capital is ? 5,300, then which one of the following statements is not correct ‘?
(a) P and Q’s total capital is 3,300.
(b) Q and R’s total capital is 3,500.
(c) Q has 25% less money than R.
(d) R has 25% more money R than Q.
II. Essay, Precis Writing And Comprehension :
1. Write an essay in about 500 words on any ONE of the following topics 40
(a) Cleaning Ganga : A Possible Mission
(b) Making Armed Forces Attractive to Youngsters b
(c) Politics Without Ethics’
(d) India’s Defence Preparedness
(e) Judicial Activism is Useful for Civil Society
2. Write a précis of the following passage by reducing it to one-third of its length. Failure to adhere to the word-limit may result in deduction of marks. Do not suggest any title. The précis must be written on the précis sheets only, which should be securely fastened inside the answer book. State the number of words used in your précis. 20
Though conditions change and the environment is being continuously transformed, the minds of men and women take time to adjust and adapt themselves ‘ to new trends and L circumstances. The past lives in our blood. However irrational the belief, however preposterous the practice, we are reluctant to cast them aside through sheer force of habit. Men are i conservative by nature, they become reformers through hard thinking, painful experience or the compulsion of necessity.
The revolt against traditional modes of thought took various forms in the East and the West. In India, most of the revolts, from Buddha to Swami Vivekanand to Gandhi, even if social in their motivation, have had a religious complexion. In the West, the attacks against beliefs and institutions were rationalistic and philosophic. Traditions have always been challenged, and yet many of them have survived