Reading Comprehension (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

11. “There are also those who are entirely landless, although agriculture is their main source of livelihood” means [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) most of them are agriculture labourers
Solution:

The given statement means that although some farmers are totally dependent on agriculture for livelihood but they do not have enough money to buy lands.

12. Directions (Q.Nos. 12-17) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Passage 3

Despite downsizings, workers’ overall job satisfaction actually improved between 1988 and 1994. Some reasons given were improved work flow, better cooperation between departments, and increased fairness in supervision.

Many firms today rely on attitude surveys to monitor how employees feel about working in their firms. The use of employee attitude surveys had grown since 1944 when the National Industrial Conference Board “had difficulty finding fifty companies that had conducted opinion surveys”.

Today, most companies are aware of the need for employees’ anonymity the impact of both the design of the questions and their sequence, the importance of effective communication, including knowing the purpose of the survey before it is taken and getting feedback to the employees after it is completed.

Computerisation of surveys can provide anonymity, if there is no audit trail to the user, especially for short answers that are entered rather than written or typed on an identifiable machine.

Survey software packages are available that generate questions for a number of standard topics and can be customised by modifying existing questions or by adding questions.

If the survey is computerised, reports can be generated with ease to provide snapshots of a given period of time, trend analysis and breakdowns according to various demographics.

You may be interested in responses by age, sex, job categories, departments, division, functions or geography. The survey can be conducted by placing microcomputers in several locations convenient for employees’ use.

Employees are advised where the computers will be, for how long, and when the data will be collected (for instance, daily at 5:00 p.m. for three weeks). The screens should not be viewable to supervisors or passers-by.

While there may be some risk that employees will take the survey more than once, there are comparable risks with other methods too. Managers may be interested in knowing how they are perceived by their peers and subordinates.

Packages are available that can be customised, which allow the manager to complete a self-assessment tool used to compare self-perceptions to the anonymous opinions of others. This comparison may assist in the development of a more effective manager.

Which one of the following is not the reason for improved job satisfaction of employees?

Correct Answer: (d) Increased remuneration
Solution:

No where in the passage it has been mentioned that increased remuneration is reason for improved job satisfaction.

13. Companies feel that it is necessary to [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) conduct surveys from their employees
Solution:

Many companies felt that it is necessary to conduct surveys from their employees.

14. One major benefit of using survey software packages is [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) reports can be generated easily
Solution:

If companies use survey software packages, they can generate reports easily, can provide snapshots of a given period of time, trend analysis and breakdowns according to various demographics.

15. Which word in the passage means ‘tendency’? [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Trend
Solution:

‘Trend’ also means ‘tendency’. Both words means ‘an inclination or likelihood’

16. “The screens should not be viewable to supervisors or passers by.” Why? [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) To maintain the secrecy of a person
Solution:

The screens should not be viewable to supervisors or passers by in order to keep the surveys secret.

17. What does the word ‘customised’ means here? [Evening Shift-2019 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Adapted
Solution:

The word ‘customise’ also means ‘adapted’. Both word means ‘to modify according to a customer’s individual requirements’.

18. Directions (Q.Nos. 18-22) Read a passage carefully and answer the items based on it. [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Passage 4

From 1600 to 1757 the East India Company’s role in India was that of a trading corporation which brought goods or precious metals into India and exchanged them for Indian goods like textiles and spices, which it sold abroad. Its profits came primarily from the sale of Indian goods abroad. Naturally, it tried constantly to open new markets for Indian goods in Britain and other countries. Thereby, it increased the export of Indian manufacturers and thus encouraged their production. This is the reason why Indian rulers tolerated and even encouraged the establishment of the Company’s factories in India. But, from the very beginning, the British manufacturers were jealous of the popularity that India textiles enjoyed in Britain. All of a sudden, dress fashions changed and light cotton textiles began to replace the coarse woolens of the English. Before, the author of the famous novel, Robinson Crusoe, complained that Indian cloth had “crept into houses, our closets and bed chambers curtains, cushions, chairs and at last beds themselves were nothing but calicos or India stuffs”. The British manufacturers put pressure on their government, to restrict and prohibit the sale of Indian goods in England. By 1720, laws had been passed forbidding the wear or use of printed or dyed cotton cloth. In 1760 a lady had to pay a fine of 200 for possessing an imported handkerchief ! Moreover, heavy duties were imposed on the import of plain cloth. Other European countries, except Holland, also either prohibited the import of Indian cloth or imposed heavy import duties. In spite of these laws, however, Indian silk and cotton textiles still held their own in foreign markets, until the middle of the eighteenth century when the English textile industry began to develop on the basis of new and advanced technology.

The East India Company was encouraging the export of Indian manufacturers because

Correct Answer: (c) it profited from the sale of Indian goods in foreign markets
Solution:

East India Company was encouraging the export of Indian goods as it got huge profits by the sale of Indian goods in foreign markets.

19. The people of England used Indian cloths because [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) the Indian textile was light cotton
Solution:

The British people used Indian clothes because the clothes were light cotton and of breathable fabric.

20. What did the British manufacturer do to compete with the Indian manufacturers? [Morning Shift-2019 (I)]

Correct Answer: (b) They pressurised the government to levy heavy duties on import of Indian clothes
Solution:

The British manufacturers were jealous of Indian manufacturers and they pressurised the British Government to levy heavy duties on import of Indian clothes.