ICSI Mock Test 1 PDF

Section 1 - Business Communication No. of Questions: 35...

Section 1 - Business Communication No. of Questions: 35 Duration in Minutes: 120 5) In _________ several people can talk to each other and 1) The proverb, Birds of a feather flock together means: see each other on the television screen simultaneously. A) From one trouble to another big trouble A) Teleconferencing/ videoconferencing B) Said of something impossible B) Multimedia C) People of like character come together C) Fax D) One never loses hope D) Voice mail 2) Following sentence is divided into four parts. One of the 6) Choose the appropriate combination of articles (a, an, parts may contain a mistake. Identify that part and select or the) to fill the two blanks in each of the sentences given the appropriate answer. below: It is not at all unusual for ____ editor to tamper with____ writer’s manuscript. A) Six prototype A) an, a B) in hospitals in India B) an, the C) of each device C) the, no article D) are now being tested D) an, no article 3) Outsourcing means: 7) A well-written _______________ delivers the most important information, without the recipient even having to A) The activity of providing goods and services involving open the email. financial and commercial and industrial aspects. B) The commercial processes involved in promoting and A) Salutation selling and distributing a product or service. B) None of the above C) Contracting out selected functions or activities of an organization to other organizations that can do that C) Subject line work more efficiently. D) Message D) Business or government activity that is purposely designed to stimulate invention and innovation. 8) Any asset that is pledged as security for a loan instrument is called___________. 4) A___________ is used to end a declarative sentence, a sentence which is not a question or an exclamation. A) Liability B) Share A) Comma C) Collateral B) Space D) Capital C) Hyphen D) Full stop 9) Give an Antonym for the word: C) Laboratory report D) Trouble report Audacity A) Affectionate 15) The idiom: Crocodile tear means: B) Lavish C) Bravado A) a narrow escape from mishap D) Cowardice B) jealously C) without emotion D) pretended sorrow 10) Answering the letters promptly, apologizing for any omissions or thanking generously for a favour are the few examples of ____________ principle in communication. 16) When words are used in communication, either A) Completeness spoken or written, this kind of communication is known as: B) Courtesy A) Downward communication C) Correctness B) Upward communication D) Clarity C) Non-verbal communication D) Verbal communication 11) Noise is a _____________ barrier to communication. A) Physical 17) The receiver’s response (or non- response) to a message is called: B) Socio-Psychological C) Semantic A) Channel D) None of the above B) Message C) Feedback D) Input 12) Always start writing your email with a _________. A) Closing remarks B) Greeting C) Purpose D) Question 18) The Communication within the organisation is known as________. 13) Give Synonym for the word: A) Internal communication B) Informal communication Idiosyncrasy C) External communication A) Affectionate D) Verbal communication B) Tormenting C) Preposterous 19) In MIS system design, the sources of information may D) Eccentricity be categorized as ________ and__________. A) constructive, destructive 14) Which of these reports contains information of a B) internal, external routine nature? C) personal, organizational A) Progress report D) useful, unuseful B) Periodic report  25) Pick the most effective word from the given words to 20) The channel of communication which is mostly fill in the blank to make sure the sentence is meaningfully associated with gossip and rumours, is called: complete. The proud king turned a deaf ear to the _____ of wise A) Upward communication counsellors. B) Formal communication C) Grapevine A) Advise D) Social gatherings B) Advice C) Advices D) Advises 21) The original amount that is borrowed or the outstanding balance to be repaid less interest is called________. 26) Communication word is derived from the Latin A) Dividend word__________. B) Principal A) Communicare C) Simple interest B) Communion D) Instalment C) Cosmos D) Communis 22) Before sending any written communication, one should take a moment to review for spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes. This practice is called: 27) Which one of the following is the odd word out? A) Courtesy A) Gorgeous B) Over-communication B) Elegant C) Checking the tone C) Exquisite D) Proof reading D) Hideous 23) Which of the following protocol is used by the web? 28) The phrase vox populi means: A) HTPH A) the voice of the people is voice of god B) HPPT B) an oral examination C) HTTP C) word for word D) HTPT D) conversely 24) ‘A single controlling authority is involved in a vertical 29) Use a single word for: type communication and people are communicating with a central figure or person. This central figure or person Deliberate killing of whole community or race. radiates instructions and orders to several of his employees who are working under him.’ This type of A) Hangar network is called : B) Genocide C) Atheist A) Wheel & spoke network D) Flora B) Vertical network C) Circuit network D) Chain network 30) Given below is a paragraph where the sentences are not in order. Choose the correct order in which the sentences can be rearranged to form a coherent paragraph. 32) A large part of the increased food production is lost (i) Columbus called these people Indians because he because of: thought that he had reached India (ii) And, of course, most scholars agree that America was A) The lack of irrigation facilities discovered many years ago by Asians who crossed the narrow Bering strait to Alaska B) The inadequate rainfall in the country (iii) Few lands have been discovered as often as America C) Bad eating habits of the people (iv) They then spread south and east across North D) The destruction caused by the harmful insects America and further southward to Central America and beyond (v) According to various claims, voyages to the New World had been made by the Phoenicians, Irish, Vikings, Welsh 33) The common earthworm: and Chinese long before Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean in 1942. A) Breaks up the leaves on the crop B) Is the greatest destroyer of crops The correct order in which the above sentences can be organised to form a paragraph is: C) Reduces the grain to dust D) Makes the soil more rich A) (v), (ii), (iv), (iii), (i) B) (iii), (v), (ii), (iv), (i) C) (iii), (v), (i), (ii), (iv) 34) The function of the insecticide is: D) (v), (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) A) To protect the growing crop B) To harvest the growing crop Read the following passage and answer the questions: C) To nourish the growing crop D) To store the harvested crop India loses grain crops worth crores of rupees every year because of pests. In fact, the increased food production made possible by modern technology and agricultural 35) When the farmer sprays his field with chemical that research would become more evident if farmer is able to kills insects: effectively combat the various pests and insects that destroy crops. While some of the crops are destroyed after harvesting, a large quantity of grains is destroyed in A) He decreases his food productions the fields. True that Indian farmer today is better able to B) He kills good as well as bad insects combat these destroyers of grains, for he made available C) He spoils his growing crop to him better storing facilities for the harvested crops, and D) He fertilizers the soil modern chemical aid like insecticides with which he may spray the growing crops in his fields. But, one has to remember that not all insects are harmful. The common earthworms, for instance, is a friend of man, because it works like a dustman by breaking up the dead leaves and wood from plants and mixes them with the soil, thus making the soil richer. Therefore, when a farmer sprays his field with chemicals that kills insects, he destroys his friends with his enemies. 31) After harvesting what the farmer needs is: A) A good supply of seeds B) A safe place for storage C) A lot of chemical fertilizers D) Ability to combat the weather  Section 2 - Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning No. of Questions: 35 Duration in Minutes: 120 C) Newphew and Uncle D) Niece and Uncle 36) From the graph below, which would be the most suitable inference? 39) Direction: The following question comprises of one or more statements. Answer the questions on the basis of the given statement(s). Accept the factual assumptions required by the question, even if you believe that the statement is false. Statements: I. Cheese is bad for people with high-cholesterol. II. Sumeet does not eat cheese. Assuming that (I) and (II) are true, which of the following statement follows? A) No trend is obvious B) Population is increasing A) None of the above C) Population is decreasing B) People with high-Cholesterol do not eat cheese D) Population growth is stable C) Sumeet has high-cholesterol D) Cheese is bad for Sumeet 37) Consider the following statements: i. Parliament of India consists of two Houses— Lok Sabha 40) Which of the following are the functions of the Institute and Rajya Sabha of Company Secretaries of India? ii. Parliament of India consists of the President and Lok Sabha A) Conduct of elections to the Council of the Institute iii. Parliament of India consists of the President and two B) Regulation of Training of the Students Houses—the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha C) Examination of the Student iv. Parliament of India consists of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha D) All of the above Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 41) 280 oranges are divided among some boys and girls A) (iii) only whose total number is 50 so that each boy gets 5 oranges B) (ii) & (iv) only and each girl get 7 oranges. The number of girls is C) (i) & (ii) only A) 15 D) (iv) only B) 35 C) 30 38) A and B are young ones of C. If C is the father of A, D) 20 but B is not the son of C. How are B and C related A) Daughter and Father B) None of these 42) According to the Constitution of India, all citizens shall A) (i) & (ii) only have the right to practise any profession, or to carry on B) (iii) only any occupation, trade or business is a- C) (iv) only A) Statutory Duties D) (ii) & (iv) only B) Fundamental Duties C) Voluntary Duties 47) Event (A): Company X is opening an office in city Y for D) Fundamental Rights marketing the company's products. Event (B): Company X has chalked out an expansion plan, involving raising production capacity at its existing plants. 43) Judges of the Supreme Court of India retire at age of- A) Seventy A) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principle cause. B) Sixty B) If 'A' is the effect but 'B' is not its immediate and C) Sixty Two principle cause. D) Sixty Five C) If 'B' is the effect and 'A' is its immediate and principle cause. D) If 'B' is the effect but 'A' is not its immediate and 44) Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be principle cause. A) Saturday B) Thursday 48) According to the Constitution of India, who is/are C) Tuesday empowered to issue Writ? D) Wednesday A) Governor of the State B) Prime Minister 45) Minimum number of directors require for Private C) Supreme Court of India Limited Company under the Companies Act, 2013 D) President of India A) Three B) Seven 49) Law of torts deals with C) Two D) One A) Negligence B) Trespass C) All of the above 46) Consider the following statements: D) Defamation i. Preamble of the Constitution of India states that we, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Democratic Republic 50) At what time between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock, will the ii. Preamble of the Constitution of India states that we, the hands of a clock be together? people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Socialist Democratic Republic A) 38(2/11) minutes past 7 o’ clock iii. Preamble of the Constitution of India states that we, the B) 32(1/11) minutes before 8 o’ clock people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute C) 35(7/11) minutes past 8 o’ clock India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic D) 33(5/12) minutes past 7 o’ clock iv. Preamble of the Constitution of India states that we, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Democratic Republic. 51) Moon: Satellite:: Earth : ? Which of the statements given above is/are correct? A) Asteroid B) Sun D) Government Company C) Planet D) Solar System 56) How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'NURSING" which have as many letters between them as in the alphabet? 52) Which of the following is/are "Mission" of ICSI? A) Three A) to develop high calibre professionals facilitating good Corporate Governance B) One B) Creating Brand ICSI C) Five C) All of the above D) Six D) to develop globalisation of professions of Company Secretaries 57) Study the following digit-letter-symbol sequence carefully and answer the questions given below: R*TJL2$D=M#8C%B