CONTAINER CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED

MODEL QUESTION PAPER

WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (COMMERCIAL & OPERATION)

Max. Marks: 150 Duration: 3 hours

Note: All Questions are compulsory

Part I

: Professional Knowledge (Max. Marks: 30)

Q.1. Choose the correct answer:

(10 x 2=20)

1. Jawahar Lal Nehru Port, the port handling maximum containers in India is located in: a) Kerala b) Maharashtra c) Gujarat d) Orissa 2. Four Ps of Marketing are: a) Product, Price, Promotion, Place b) Promotion, Place, Panel, Price c) Product, Place, Price, Panel d) Panel, Price, Product, Perseverance 3. IGM is a document to be filed by: a) Port b) Importer c) Shipping lines d) CONCOR 4. Amul is an example of: a) State owned enterprise b) FDI in Retail c) Successful Cooperative d) Capital intensive industry 5. Letter E in SEZ stands for: a) Export

b) Economic c) Embassy d) EXIM 6. Life Cycle of a product consists of: a) Introductory, Growth, Decline b) Introductory, Maturity, Decline c) Introductory, Growth, Maturity, Decline d) None of the above 7. CRM is an abbreviation for: a) Corporate Relations Management b) Customer Relationship Management c) Customer Reward Manager d) Customer Retention Mechanism 8. SWOT is an acronym of: a) Safety, Welfare, Obligation, Time b) Strength, Welfare, Opportunity, Threat c) Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat d) None of the above 9. EOU is an acronym of: a) Enterprise Of Excellence Unit b) Export Oriented Unit c) Export Oriented Enterprise d) Enterprise of Export Unit 10. FOB means: a) Price includes all charges upto the time goods are loaded on ship b) Price includes all charges including insurance c) Price includes all charges including freight & insurance d) Price includes all charges including freight, insurance and commission of Agent. Q.2. Choose a) if True and b) if False: (5x2=10)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Mundra Port is located in Maharashtra Pakistan has been given the status of Most Favoured Nation by India IEC Number is issued by DGFT in India Bill of Lading is issued by Customs Cold Chain helps in prolonging the shelf life of perishable goods.

Part II : General knowledge/ Current Affairs (Maximum Marks: 30)

Choose the correct answer:

(10x2=20)

1. Who is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh: a) Mulayam Singh Yadav b) Mayawati c) Akhilesh Yadav d) Rahul Gandhi 2. Who is called Flying Sikh: a) Jeev Milkha Singh b) Rajbir Singh c) Milkha Singh d) Randev Singh 3. Which batsman has hit 50 or more centuries in Test Cricket: a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Sunil Gavaskar c) Allan Border d) Virat Kohli 4. Where were the Olympics held in 2012: a) London b) Paris c) Barcelona d) Moscow 5. What is the land of rising sun: a) Japan b) China c) India d) Pakistan 6. In the group of BRIC nations, what does B stand for: a) Burma b) Brazil c) Bolivia d) Bosnia 7. World Population Day is observed on which of the following days: a) 11 July b) 11 June c) 21 July d) 21 June 8. Who is Director General of WTO: a) Pascal Lamy b) Renalto Ruggiero c) Mike Moore d) None of these

9. Who received the sixth Chess Oscar: a) Viswanathan Anand b) Robert J. Fischer c) Garry Kasporov d) None of these 10. Air version of which missile will automatically proceed towards target on being launched by pilot: a) Trishul b) Brahmos c) Agni d) Nishant

Q.2. For each of these questions choose a) if True and b) if False:

(5 x 2=10)

1. Shri Vinod Rai is the present CAG of India 2. Polio is a vector borne disease for which a special programme has been launched by the Government of India 3. Dr. Manmohan Singh is President of India 4. Bhopal is the capital of Chhatisgarh 5. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India

Part III : Reasoning Maximum Marks: 30

Q.1. Each question contains four arguments of three sentences each. Choose the set in which the third statement is a logical conclusion of the first two. (4x2=8) 1. A. Some Xs are Ps. Some Ps are Ys. Some Xs are Ys. B. All Sonas are bright. Some bright are crazy. Some Sonas are crazy. C. No faith is strong. Only strong have biceps. No faith has biceps. D. All men are weak. Some weak are strong. Something are weak. a) b) c) d) A and D C only D only None of these

2. A. Some icicles are cycles. All cycles are men. Some icicles are men. B. All girls have teeth. No teeth are yellow. No girls are yellow. C. No hand is foot. Some feet are heads. Some hands are heads. D. Every man has a wife. All wives are devoted. No devoted has a husband. a) A, B and C

b) A and B c) C and B d) A, B, C and D 3. A. No, sun is not white. All moon is sun. All moon is white. B. All windows are open. No open space is allocated. All window is closed space. C. No German can fire. All Americans bombard. Both, Germans and Americans can fight D. No X is Z. No Z is Y. No X is Y. a) b) c) d) A only B only C only D only

4. A. All Ts are squares. All squares are rectangular. All Ts are rectangular. B. Some fat are elongated. Some elongated things are huge. Some fat are huge. C. Idiots are bumblers. Bumblers fumble. Idiots fumble. D. Water is good for health. Health food are rare. Water is rare. a) b) c) d) D only C only Both A and C All of these.

Q.2. In each of these questions, the main statement is followed by four sentences. Select the pair of sentences that relate logically to the given statement: (5x2=10)

1. Either Sita is sick or she is careless. A. Sita is not sick. B. Sita is not careless. C. Sita is sick. D. Sita is careless. a) b) c) d) AB AD BA DA

2. Ram gets a swollen nose whenever he eats hamburgers. A. Ram gets a swollen nose. B. Ram does not eat hamburgers. C. Ram does not get a swollen nose. D. Ram eats hamburgers. a) b) c) d) AB DC AC BC

3. Either the employees have no confidence in the management or they are hostile by nature. A. They are hostile by nature. B. They are not hostile by nature. C. They have confidence in the management. D. They have no confidence in the management. a) b) c) d) BA CB DA BD

4. Whenever Ram reads late into the night, his father beats him up. A. His father does not beat Ram. B. Ram reads late into the night C. Ram reads early in the morning D. Rams father beats him in the morning. a) b) c) d) CD BD AB None of these

5. All irresponsible parents shout if their children do not cavort. A. All irresponsible parents do not shout B. Children cavort C. Children do not cavort D. All irresponsible parents shout a) b) c) d) AB BA CA All of these

Q.3. Given below are six statements followed by sets of three. You are to mark the option in which the statements are most logically related: (6x 2=12)

1. A. Some pins are made of tin B. All tin is made of copper C. All copper is used for pins D. Some tin is copper E. Some pins are used for tin F. Some copper is used for tin a) b) c) d) ABC CEF CDA ABE

2. A. An ostrich lays eggs B. All birds lay eggs C. Some birds can fly D. An ostrich cannot fly E. An ostrich is a bird F. An ostrich cannot swim a) b) c) d) BEA ABE DEC ECB

3. A. Some paper is wood B. All wood is good C. All that is good is wood D. All wood is paper E. All paper is good F. Some paper is good a) b) c) d) BED BDF FAB FBA

4. A. All bricks are tricks B. Some tricks are shrieks C. Some that are shrieks are bricks D. Some tricks are not bricks E. All tricks are shrieks F. No tricks are shrieks a) b) c) d) EAC BCD ABC EDC

5. A. Some sand is band B. All sandal is band C. All band is sand D. No sand is sandal E. No band is sand F. Some band is sandal

a) b) c) d)

BCA AFE DEC CEA

6. A. No wife is life B. All life is strife C. Some wife is strife D. All that is wife is life E. All wife is strife F. No wife is strife a) b) c) d) BEF FCB ABF BDE

Part IV : Analytical Ability Maximum Marks: 30

Q.1. Answer the following questions based on this information:

(5x2=10)

K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, U and W are the only ten members in a department. There is a proposal to form a team from within the members of the department, subject to the following conditions-

A. B. C. D. E. F.

A team must include exactly one among P, R and S A team must include either M or Q, but not both If a team includes K, then it must also include L and vice versa If a team includes one among S, U and W, then it must also include the other two L and N cannot be members of the same team L and U cannot be members of the same team

The size of a team is defined as the number of members in the team. 1. What would be the size of the largest possible team? a) 8 b) 7 c) 6 d) 5 e) Cannot be determined 2. What could be the size of a team that includes K?

a) b) c) d) e)

2 or 3 2 or 4 3 or 4 Only 2 Only 4

3. In how many ways a team can be constituted so that the team includes N? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 e) 6 4. Who cannot be a member of a team of size 3? a) L b) M c) N d) P e) Q 5. Who can be a member of a team of size 5? a) K b) L c) M d) P e) R

Q.2. Answer these questions based on the following information:

(4x2=8)

A study was conducted to ascertain the relative importance that employees in five different countries assigned to five different traits in their Chief Executive Officers. The traits were Compassion ( C), Decisiveness ( D), Negotiation skills ( N), Public visibility ( P) and Vision ( V). The level of dissimilarity between two countries is the maximum difference in the ranks allotted by the two countries to any of the five traits. The following table indicates the rank order of the five traits for each country-

Rank 1 2 3 4 5

India C P N V D

China N C P D V

Japan D N C V P

Malaysia V D P C N

Thailand V C N P D

1. Which amongst the following countries is most dissimilar to India? a) China

b) Japan c) Malaysia d) Thailand 2. Which of the following pairs of countries are most dissimilar? a) China & Japan b) India & China c) Malaysia & Japan d) Thailand & Japan 3. Three of the following four pairs of countries have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which pair is the odd one out? a) Malaysia & China b) China & Thailand c) Thailand & Japan d) Japan & Malaysia 4. Which of the following countries is least dissimilar to India? a) China b) Japan c) Malaysia d) Thailand

Q.3. Answer these questions based on the following information:

(3x2=6)

The seven basic symbols in a certain numeral system and their respective values are as followsI=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, D=500 and M=1000

In general, the symbols in the numeral system are read from left to right, starting with the symbol representing the largest value; the same symbol cannot occur continuously more than three times; the value of the numeral is the sum of the values of the symbols. For example, XXVII = 10+10+5+1+1= 27. An exception to the left to right reading occurs when a symbol is followed immediately by a symbol of greater value; then, the smaller value is subtracted from the large. For example, XLVI = (50-10)+5+1=46.

1. The value of the numeral MDCCLXXXVII is a) 1687 b) 1787 c) 1887 d) 1987 2. The value of the numeral MCMXCIX is a) 1999 b) 1899 c) 1989 d) 1889

3. Which of the following can represent the numeral for 1995 i. MCMLXXV, ii. MCMXCV, iii. MVD, iv. MVM a) Only i and ii b) Only iii and iv c) Only ii and iv d) Only iv

Q.4. Answer these questions based on the following information:

(3x2=6)

Five of Indias leading models are posing for a photograph promoting World peace and understanding. But Rakesh Shreshtha, the photographer, is having a tough time getting them to stand in a straight line, because Aishwarya refuses to stand next to Sushmita for Sushmita has said something about her in a leading gossip magazine. Rachel and Anu want to stand together because they are such good friends. Manpreet on the other hand cannot get along well with Rachel, because there is some talk about Rachel scheming to get a contract already awarded to Manpreet. Anu believes her friendly astrologer who has asked her to stand at the extreme right for all group photographs. Finally, Rakesh managed to pacify the girls and got a beautiful picture of five girls smiling in a straight line, promoting world peace.

1. If Aishwarya is standing to the extreme left, who is standing in the middle? a) Manpreet b) Sushmita c) Rachel d) Cannot say 2. If Aishwarya stands to the extreme left, who stands second from left? a) Cannot say b) Sushmita c) Rachel d) Manpreet 3. If Anus astrologer tells her to stand second from left and Aishwarya decides to stand second from right, then who is standing on the extreme right? a) Rachel b) Sushmita c) Cannot say d) Manpreet

Part IV : English Language Maximum Marks : 30

Q.1: Read the following passage carefully and mark the correct answer from the five choices given for each question: (5x2=10)

My aim is to present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higher level of abstraction the familiar theory of the social contract. In order to do this we are not to think of the original contract as one to enter a particular society or to set up a particular form of government. Rather, the idea is that the principles of justice for the basic structure of society are the object of the original agreement. They are the principles that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality. These principles are to regulate all further agreements; they specify the kinds of social cooperation that can be entered into and the forms of government that can be established. This way of regarding the principles of justice, I shall call justice as fairness. Thus, we are to imagine that those who engage in social cooperation choose together, in one joint act, the principles which are to assign basic rights and duties and to determine the division of social benefits. Just as each person must decide by rational reflection what constitutes his good, that is, the system of ends which it is rational for him to pursue, so a group of persons must decide once and for all what is to count among them as just and unjust. The choice which rational men would make in this hypothetical situation of equal liberty determines the principles of justice.

In justice as fairness, the original position is not an actual historical state of affairs. It is understood as a purely hypothetical situation characterized so as to lead to a certain conception of justice. Among the essential features of this situation is that no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does anyone know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength and the like. I shall even assume that the parties do not know their conceptions of the good or their special psychological propensities. The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. This ensures that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged in the choice of principles by the outcome of natural chance or the contingency of social circumstances. Since, all are similarly situated and no one is able to design principles to favour his particular condition, the principles of justice are the result of a fair agreement or bargain.

Justice as fairness begins with one of the most general of all choices which persons might make together, namely with the choice of the first principle of a conception of justice which is to regulate all subsequent criticism and reform of institutions. Then, having chosen a conception of justice, we can suppose that they are to choose a constitution and a legislature to enact laws and so on, all in accordance with the principles of justice initially agreed upon. Our social situation is just if it is such that by this sequence of hypothetical agreements we would have contracted into the general system of rules which defines it. Moreover, assuming that the original position does determine a set of principles, it will, then be true that whenever social institutions satisfy these principles, those engaged in them can say to one another that they are cooperating on terms to which they would agree if they were free and equal persons whose relations with respect to one another were fair. They could all view their arrangements as meeting the stipulations which they would acknowledge in an initial situation that embodies widely accepted and reasonable constraints on the choice of principles. The general recognition of this fact would provide the basis for a public acceptance of the corresponding principles of justice. No society can, of course, be a scheme of cooperation which men enter voluntarily in a literal sense; each person finds himself placed at birth in some particular position in some particular society, and the nature of this position materially affects his life prospects. Yet a society satisfying the principles of justice as fairness comes as close as a society can to being a voluntary scheme, for it meets the principles which free and equal persons would assent to under circumstances that are fair.

1. A just society, as conceptualized in the passage, can be best described as: a) A Utopia in which everyone is equal and no one enjoys any privilege based on their existing positions and powers

b) A hypothetical society in which people agree upon principles of justice which are fair c) A society in which principles of justice are not based on the existing positions and powers of the individuals d) A society in which principles of justice are fair to all e) A hypothetical society in which principles of justice are not based on the existing positions and powers of the individuals 2. The original agreement or original position in the passage has been used by the author as: a) A hypothetical situation conceived to derive principles of justice which are not influenced by position, status and condition of individuals in the society b) A hypothetical situation in which every individual is equal and no individual enjoys any privilege based on the existing positions and powers c) A hypothetical situation to ensure fairness of agreements among individuals in society d) An imagined situation in which principles of justice would have to be fair e) An imagined situation in which fairness is the objective of the principles of justice to ensure that no individual enjoys any privilege based on the existing positions and powers 3. Which of the following best illustrates the situation that is equivalent to choosing the principles of justice behind a veil of ignorance: a) The principles of justice are chosen by businessmen, who are marooned on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck, but have some possibility of returning b) The principles of justice are chosen by a group of school children whose capabilities are yet to develop c) The principles of justice are chosen by businessmen, who are marooned on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck and have no possibility of returning d) The principles of justice are chosen assuming that such principles will govern the lives of the rule makers only in their next birth, if the rule makers agree that they will be born again e) The principles of justice are chosen by potential immigrants who are unaware of the resources necessary to succeed in a foreign country 4. Why, according to the passage, do principles of justice need to be based on an original agreement: a) Social institutions and laws can be considered fair only if they conform to principles of justice b) Social institutions and laws can be fair only if they are consistent with the principles of justice as initially agreed upon c) Social institutions and laws need to be fair in order to be just d) Social institutions and laws evolve fairly only if they are consistent with the principles of justice as initially agreed upon e) Social institutions and laws conform to the principles of justice as initially agreed upon 5. Which of the following situations best represents the idea of justice as fairness, as argued in the passage: a) All individuals are paid equally for the work they do b) Everyone is assigned some work for his or her livelihood c) All acts of theft are penalized equally d) All children are provided free education in similar schools e) All individuals are provided a fixed sum of money to take care of their health Q.2. In each of the following questions there are five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then choose the most appropriate option: (3x2=6)

1. A. When I returned to home, I began to read B. everything I could get my hand on about Israel. C. That same year Israels Jewish Agency sent

D. a Shaliach a sort of recruiter to Minneapolis. E. I became one of his most active devotees. a) C and E e) C,D and E b) C only c) E only d) B,C and E

2. A. So once an economy is actually in recession, B. the authorities can, in principle, move the economy C. out of slump- assuming hypothetically D. that they know how to- by a temporary stimuli. E. In the longer term, however, such policies have no affect on the overall behaviour of the economy. a) A,B and E e) B only b) B,C and E c) C and D d) E only

3. A. It is sometimes told that democratic B. government originated in the city- states C. of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time. D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion. E. The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model. a) A,B and D e) D only b) B,C and D c) B and D d) B only

Q.3. In each of the following questions, the word at the top is used in four different ways. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate: (3x2=6)

1. Hand a) I have my hand full, I cannot do it today b) The minister visited the jail to see the breach at first hand c) The situation is getting out of hand here d) When the roof of my house was blown away, he was willing to lend me a hand 2. For a) b) c) d)

He has a great eye for detail We are waiting for the day I cant bear for her to be angry It couldnt be done for ever

3. Near a) I got there just after you left- a near miss b) She and her near friend left early c) The war led to a near doubling of oil prices d) They came near to tears seeing the plight of the victims Q.4. For every word a sentence is given, you have to find out the option which represents the similar meaning to the given word: (4x2=8)

1. OPPROBRIUM: The police had to bear the opprobrium generated by their blatant partisan conduct. a) Harsh criticism b) Acute distrust c) Bitter enmity d) Stark oppressiveness 2. PORTENDS: It appears to many that US war on terrorism portends trouble in Gulf. a) Introduces b) Bodes c) Spells d) Evokes 3. PREVARICATE: When her video tape recording was shown to her and asked to explain her presence, she started prevaricating. a) Speaking evasively b) Speaking violently c) Lying furiously d) Throwing a tantrum 4. OSTENSIBLE: The watchmans ostensible job is to guard this building. a) Blatant b) Ostentatious c) Insidious d) Apparent