UPSC Insta–DART (Daily Aptitude and Reasoning Test) 30 Nov 2024

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• Question 1 of 5 1. Question In its first major political iteration as the South Indian Liberal Federation or ‘Justice Party’ as it is popularly known, it sought to counter what is known as Brahmin/casteist hegemony. It extended through its second major political iteration as the Self-Respect Movement against the orthodoxy of ‘Vedic Hinduism’, in an alleged continuation of the so-called heterodox religions and sects of India. The Self-Respect Movement led by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy laid the popular base of the movement throughout the state, subsequently going on to espouse the cause of Tamil language and identity in opposition to Hindi. This was later consolidated by the third major iteration as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the DMK. On the basis of the above passage, the following assumptions have been made: In South India, casteism is an important theme and it has impacted polity as well. The politics in South India focussed on narrow regional issues. Which of the above assumptions is/are valid? a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 Correct Answer: A Explanation: In the very first statement it is clear that casteism has been an issue in the politics of the South India. So, statement 1 is right. Statement 2 is not right as issue highlighted in the passage cannot be considered as narrow in any sense. They are very important for expressing the identity of people. Hence option (a) is correct answer. Incorrect Answer: A Explanation: In the very first statement it is clear that casteism has been an issue in the politics of the South India. So, statement 1 is right. Statement 2 is not right as issue highlighted in the passage cannot be considered as narrow in any sense. They are very important for expressing the identity of people. Hence option (a) is correct answer.

#### 1. Question

In its first major political iteration as the South Indian Liberal Federation or ‘Justice Party’ as it is popularly known, it sought to counter what is known as Brahmin/casteist hegemony. It extended through its second major political iteration as the Self-Respect Movement against the orthodoxy of ‘Vedic Hinduism’, in an alleged continuation of the so-called heterodox religions and sects of India. The Self-Respect Movement led by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy laid the popular base of the movement throughout the state, subsequently going on to espouse the cause of Tamil language and identity in opposition to Hindi. This was later consolidated by the third major iteration as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the DMK.

• On the basis of the above passage, the following assumptions have been made:

• In South India, casteism is an important theme and it has impacted polity as well.

• The politics in South India focussed on narrow regional issues.

Which of the above assumptions is/are valid?

• c) Both 1 and 2

• d) Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:

• In the very first statement it is clear that casteism has been an issue in the politics of the South India. So, statement 1 is right. Statement 2 is not right as issue highlighted in the passage cannot be considered as narrow in any sense. They are very important for expressing the identity of people. Hence option (a) is correct answer.

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• Question 2 of 5 2. Question Presently the need for more and more surveillance and official, rather than citizen, convenience dominate acquisition. Inevitably the citizen is being digitized into so many bytes and algorithms that we must fear being atomized from individuals into mere numbers that can be configured to control our every move, predict our thoughts and perhaps even manipulate them to the purposes of the powerful. This is not fantasy. Even as we race forward, protection is feeble. Judges are not trained to understand sophisticated science in order to draw legal lines in protection of individual freedoms that must never be crossed. It will require much more skill and spine before the people can rely on the formal system to mediate power and deliver effective even-handed justice to all. With reference to the above passage which of the following could be the most rational and practical implications? Stop the process of digitization and first develop the tools to ensure freedom and liberty for people. Judges are trained to help them understand the true nature and scope digitization. People may raise voice against the government for controlling their lives through surveillance. Inform people about the dangers of digitization and what they can do to avoid their manipulation. Select the correct answer using the code given below: a) 1 and 2 only b) 2, 3 and 4 only c) 1, 3 and 4 only d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 Correct Answer: C Explanation: Since we are looking for rational and practical implications, we need to focus on statements which solve the problem at hand. Stopping digitization is definitely not rational or practical. So, statement 2 is incorrect. Statements 1, 3 and 4 are rational and they can act as implications. Hence option (c) is correct answer. Incorrect Answer: C Explanation: Since we are looking for rational and practical implications, we need to focus on statements which solve the problem at hand. Stopping digitization is definitely not rational or practical. So, statement 2 is incorrect. Statements 1, 3 and 4 are rational and they can act as implications. Hence option (c) is correct answer.

#### 2. Question

Presently the need for more and more surveillance and official, rather than citizen, convenience dominate acquisition. Inevitably the citizen is being digitized into so many bytes and algorithms that we must fear being atomized from individuals into mere numbers that can be configured to control our every move, predict our thoughts and perhaps even manipulate them to the purposes of the powerful. This is not fantasy. Even as we race forward, protection is feeble. Judges are not trained to understand sophisticated science in order to draw legal lines in protection of individual freedoms that must never be crossed. It will require much more skill and spine before the people can rely on the formal system to mediate power and deliver effective even-handed justice to all.

• With reference to the above passage which of the following could be the most rational and practical implications?

• Stop the process of digitization and first develop the tools to ensure freedom and liberty for people.

• Judges are trained to help them understand the true nature and scope digitization.

• People may raise voice against the government for controlling their lives through surveillance.

• Inform people about the dangers of digitization and what they can do to avoid their manipulation.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

• a) 1 and 2 only

• b) 2, 3 and 4 only

• c) 1, 3 and 4 only

• d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Explanation:

• Since we are looking for rational and practical implications, we need to focus on statements which solve the problem at hand. Stopping digitization is definitely not rational or practical. So, statement 2 is incorrect. Statements 1, 3 and 4 are rational and they can act as implications. Hence option (c) is correct answer.

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• Question 3 of 5 3. Question Though newspaper reports would have you believe that this is the worst-ever stock market crisis India has faced for a long time, stock market regulars will tell you it’s just one of the many that surface from time to time. Prithvi Haldea, who runs Prime Database, will tell you that India’s stock markets have had close to one scam every year in the past decade. Sure, these have not followed a neat calendar, in the sense that some scams have overlapped and there were a couple of scam-less years. But since there were 10 big scams in the past decade, it’s one and the same thing. In each case, as in the current stock market scandal, the country’s regulators have been found wanting, even squabbling over whose primary responsibility it was to check the scam. In the case of the ‘vanishing companies’ scandal that surfaced between 1992 and 1996, around 3,911 companies raised Rs 25,000 crore in the primary capital markets and then simply disappeared. Or just did not set up the projects for which the money was raised – certainly the funds vanished. So, for instance, Asian Consolidated raised Rs 115 crore from investors, promising to set up a project to make 500 million aluminium beverage cans a year, but never set up the unit. Last heard, the company was being wound up. The Asian Group, by the way, also set up a factory to produce beer, and raised funds separately to make the seals for the top of beverage cans; that firm was called Asian Tops. But neither SEBI, the Department of Company Affairs (DCA), any of the country’s various stock exchanges, or even the police, bothered to penalise the group for the loss to investors through their fraudulent behaviour. For many years, in fact, SEBI argued that this was not its jurisdiction, as did the DCA. Similarly, when plantation companies raised somewhere in the region of Rs 50,000 crore by promising huge returns to investors who put in funds into their teak plantation schemes, and then failed to deliver, there was a dispute over who was to regulate such schemes – SEBI, the DCA, or, hold your breath, the Ministry of Forests! Apart from the sleeping regulators, one of the most fascinating aspects of the current stock market scandal is that it is replete with instances of history repeating itself. According to the passage given above: The Asian Group of companies is a fraudulent company. India’s stock markets have had only one scam every year in the past. Which of the above statements is true? a) 1 only b) 2 only c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 Correct Answer: D Refer to the lines, ’Asian group…. bothered to penalize the group for the loss to investors through their fraudulent behaviour’. Hence 1 is false. Refer to the lines, ‘India’s stock markets have had close to one scam every year in the past decade. Hence 2 is false. Hence option (d) is correct answer. Incorrect Answer: D Refer to the lines, ’Asian group…. bothered to penalize the group for the loss to investors through their fraudulent behaviour’. Hence 1 is false. Refer to the lines, ‘India’s stock markets have had close to one scam every year in the past decade. Hence 2 is false. Hence option (d) is correct answer.

#### 3. Question

Though newspaper reports would have you believe that this is the worst-ever stock market crisis India has faced for a long time, stock market regulars will tell you it’s just one of the many that surface from time to time. Prithvi Haldea, who runs Prime Database, will tell you that India’s stock markets have had close to one scam every year in the past decade. Sure, these have not followed a neat calendar, in the sense that some scams have overlapped and there were a couple of scam-less years. But since there were 10 big scams in the past decade, it’s one and the same thing. In each case, as in the current stock market scandal, the country’s regulators have been found wanting, even squabbling over whose primary responsibility it was to check the scam. In the case of the ‘vanishing companies’ scandal that surfaced between 1992 and 1996, around 3,911 companies raised Rs 25,000 crore in the primary capital markets and then simply disappeared. Or just did not set up the projects for which the money was raised – certainly the funds vanished. So, for instance, Asian Consolidated raised Rs 115 crore from investors, promising to set up a project to make 500 million aluminium beverage cans a year, but never set up the unit. Last heard, the company was being wound up. The Asian Group, by the way, also set up a factory to produce beer, and raised funds separately to make the seals for the top of beverage cans; that firm was called Asian Tops. But neither SEBI, the Department of Company Affairs (DCA), any of the country’s various stock exchanges, or even the police, bothered to penalise the group for the loss to investors through their fraudulent behaviour. For many years, in fact, SEBI argued that this was not its jurisdiction, as did the DCA. Similarly, when plantation companies raised somewhere in the region of Rs 50,000 crore by promising huge returns to investors who put in funds into their teak plantation schemes, and then failed to deliver, there was a dispute over who was to regulate such schemes – SEBI, the DCA, or, hold your breath, the Ministry of Forests! Apart from the sleeping regulators, one of the most fascinating aspects of the current stock market scandal is that it is replete with instances of history repeating itself.

According to the passage given above:

• The Asian Group of companies is a fraudulent company.

• India’s stock markets have had only one scam every year in the past.

Which of the above statements is true?

• c) Both 1 and 2

• d) Neither 1 nor 2

Refer to the lines, ’Asian group…. bothered to penalize the group for the loss to investors through their fraudulent behaviour’. Hence 1 is false. Refer to the lines, ‘India’s stock markets have had close to one scam every year in the past decade. Hence 2 is false. Hence option (d) is correct answer.

• Question 4 of 5 4. Question Which of the following best represents the main idea of the passage? a) Asian Group should be blamed for the its vanishing companies. b) Expose the wrongs in the society is not an easy task. c) Misdeeds of prominent people can be exposed but monitoring agency is lacking. d) The stock market’s history of scams is replete with instances the sleeping regulators, Correct Answer: D Refer to the lines , ‘Apart from the sleeping regulators, one of the most fascinating aspects of the current stock market scandal is that it is replete with instances of history repeating itself.’ clearly option d is the answer. Hence option (d) is correct answer. Incorrect Answer: D Refer to the lines , ‘Apart from the sleeping regulators, one of the most fascinating aspects of the current stock market scandal is that it is replete with instances of history repeating itself.’ clearly option d is the answer. Hence option (d) is correct answer.

#### 4. Question

Which of the following best represents the main idea of the passage?

• a) Asian Group should be blamed for the its vanishing companies.

• b) Expose the wrongs in the society is not an easy task.

• c) Misdeeds of prominent people can be exposed but monitoring agency is lacking.

• d) The stock market’s history of scams is replete with instances the sleeping regulators,

• Refer to the lines , ‘Apart from the sleeping regulators, one of the most fascinating aspects of the current stock market scandal is that it is replete with instances of history repeating itself.’ clearly option d is the answer. Hence option (d) is correct answer.

• Question 5 of 5 5. Question Equity and equality, both the concepts have fairness as a basis, but through different means. If a full-grown adult and a child are trying to reach out to something kept at a certain height. While the adult can simply lift the hand to touch it, the child would need the assistance of a pedestal to reach that level. Treating them both equal by not providing the pedestal to the child is what equality emphasises upon. Equity is giving equal opportunity to the child as well through an aid which will help attain the desired height. Which of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the passage given above? a) If the state has to justice to all the citizens, it must go beyond the regular definition of equality. b) Equality cannot be interpreted as a stand-alone concept and state has a right to do that to ensure development. c) The idea of equality can be implemented only when other fundamental rights are given first to the citizens. d) Equality as an idea is not possible and there are differences between individuals and it will continue. Correct Answer: B Explanation: Option (a) is incorrect as it talks about expanding the definition of equality. The author highlights that we need to see equality along with other ideals which may ensure equality in true sense. So, option (a) is limited and hence, it is wrong. Option (b) is the best option as it captures the essence of the idea the author wants to put forward. Option (c) has the same problem as highlighted in option (a). It goes much beyond the idea of equality and focusses on other fundamental rights. Option (d) is very extreme as it says equality is not possible. This is beyond the scope of the passage as author has not given up hope that equality is not possible. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer. Incorrect Answer: B Explanation: Option (a) is incorrect as it talks about expanding the definition of equality. The author highlights that we need to see equality along with other ideals which may ensure equality in true sense. So, option (a) is limited and hence, it is wrong. Option (b) is the best option as it captures the essence of the idea the author wants to put forward. Option (c) has the same problem as highlighted in option (a). It goes much beyond the idea of equality and focusses on other fundamental rights. Option (d) is very extreme as it says equality is not possible. This is beyond the scope of the passage as author has not given up hope that equality is not possible. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

#### 5. Question

Equity and equality, both the concepts have fairness as a basis, but through different means. If a full-grown adult and a child are trying to reach out to something kept at a certain height. While the adult can simply lift the hand to touch it, the child would need the assistance of a pedestal to reach that level. Treating them both equal by not providing the pedestal to the child is what equality emphasises upon. Equity is giving equal opportunity to the child as well through an aid which will help attain the desired height.

Which of the following is the most logical and rational inference that can be made from the passage given above?

• a) If the state has to justice to all the citizens, it must go beyond the regular definition of equality.

• b) Equality cannot be interpreted as a stand-alone concept and state has a right to do that to ensure development.

• c) The idea of equality can be implemented only when other fundamental rights are given first to the citizens.

• d) Equality as an idea is not possible and there are differences between individuals and it will continue.

Explanation:

• Option (a) is incorrect as it talks about expanding the definition of equality. The author highlights that we need to see equality along with other ideals which may ensure equality in true sense. So, option (a) is limited and hence, it is wrong. Option (b) is the best option as it captures the essence of the idea the author wants to put forward. Option (c) has the same problem as highlighted in option (a). It goes much beyond the idea of equality and focusses on other fundamental rights. Option (d) is very extreme as it says equality is not possible. This is beyond the scope of the passage as author has not given up hope that equality is not possible. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

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