( SimCAT-2 ) ‘Test Booklet Serial No. 2308 INSTRUCTIONS Before the Tes 1, DO NOT REMOVE THE SEAL OF THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL THE SIGNAL TO START IS GIVEN. 2. Keep only the IMS ID Card, Admit Card, E-mail Admit Card, pencil, eraser and sharpener with you. DO NOT KEEP books, rulers, drawing instruments, calculators (including watch calculators), pagers, cellular phones, stop watches or any other device or loose paper with you. These should be left at a place indicated by the invigilator. Use only HB pencil to fill in the OMR Answer Sheet. Ensure that your personal data have beep entered correctly on the OMR Answer Sheet Check whether you have entered your Permanent IMS Number (PIN) in Box 1 of the OMR. Answer Sheet correctly or else you will not be able to access your score and feedback, At the start of the Test: 1. As soon as the signal is given, open the Test Booklet. 2. Immediately after opening the Test Booklet, verify that all the 32 pages. (including. the blank ones} have been printed properly and are in order. If there is @ problem with your Test Booklet, immediately inform the invigilator/supervisor. You will be provided with a replacement. vee ‘How to answer: 1, This test has three sections which examine various abilities. Each section has 30 questions, You will be given two and half hours to complete the test. In distributing your time over the three sections, please bear in mind that you need to demonstrate your competence in all the three sections, 2. Directions for answering the questions are given before each group of questions. Read these directions carefully and answer the questions by darkening the appropriate ovals on the OMR Answer Sheet. There is only one correct answer to cach question. 3. Each question carries 4 marks. In“every section, 1 mark per question will be deducted for the first five incorrect responses. Thereafter, 2 marks per question will be deducted for every incorrect response. For example, 6 incorrect responses in a section will result in the deduction of 7 marks. 4, Do your rough work only on the Test Booklet and NOT on the OMR Answer Sheet. 5. Follow the instructions. of the invigilator. Candidates found violating the instructions will be disqualified. 6. The correct way of darkening the ovals, 000 000 000 000 RK eo e © After the Test: OoOCOe@x 1. At the end of the test, remain seated. The invigilator will collect the OMR Answer Sheet from your seat. The invigilator will then distribute the Explanatory Answers booklet, Do not leave the hall until the invigilator announces, “You may leave now.” 2. You may retain this Test Booklet and use the PIN to access your performance report on www.imsindia.com Candidates giving assistance or seeking/receiving help from any source in answering questions or copying in any manner in the test will not be considered for the evaluation process. The institute reserves the right to exclude any question/questions from this Test Booklet for final evaluation— noe? DIRECTIONS for questions I to 7: Answer the questions on the basis of the data given below. In the “Preferential Voting System™, voters are required to place the number “I” against the candida of their choice. known as their “first preference”. Voters are then requited to place the numbers “3”, etc. against all the other candidates listed on the ballot paper in the order of their preference ‘Voters cannot give kame preference to more than one candidate, At the end of any round of counting, if a candidate has a “vote-count” greater than 50% of the total number of voters then he/she is declared the winner; otherwise, the candidate with the least “vote count” is eliminated from the voting process and there is one more round of counting The “vote-count” of a candidate in successive rounds of counting is computed as follows: © In the first round of counting, the “vote-count” of the candidates is equal Wo the number of “first preference” voles secured by them. In the first round: “Vote.coun!™ of a candidate X = Number of votes having X as “Preference 1”. © In the second round of counting, the votes of the eliminated candidate 3 the remaining candidates according to the number “2", or “second p eliminated at the end of the first rouid, then, in the second round: "Voie X= Number of votes having X a8 “Preference.” + Number of votes having Y and X as “Preference 1 and 2” respectively: © In the third round of counting, the votes of the candidate re-allocated amongst the remaining candidates as follows: > The votes which have one of the remaining candidates as the second preference get added to the “vote-count” of the. respective candidates, > The votes which have the candidate eliminated in the first round as the second pre! get added (0 the “vote-count” of the remaining candidates based on the third preference votes. > The votes which have the candidate eliminated in the second round as the second preference get added to the “vote-count” of the remaining candidates based on the third preference votes. reallocated amongst votes, If ¥ is count" of candidate ated in the second round nce ‘Thus, if Y is climinated in the first-round and Z is eliminated in the second cound, then, in the third mound “Vote-coumt" of candidate X = Number of votes having X ux “Preference 17 + Number of votes having Y and X as “Preference 1 and 2” respectively + Number of votes having Z and X as “Preference | and 2” respectively + Number of votes having Z, Y and X as “Preference 1, 2 and 3” respectively + Number of votes having Y, Z and X as “Preference 1, 2 and 3” respectively © In further rounds, this preference allocation continues until there is a candidate with a “vote count” greater than 50% of the total number of voters. available about the recently concluded elections for the House of Representatives © A total of 350 members voted in the elections which had 4 candidates ; Allan, Bill, Chris and David, © After the first round of counting, Allan Jed with 101 “Prefereace 1” votes and Bill came second with 84 "Preference 1” votes. Chris stood third, while David was climinated. * After the second round, Allan was still the Icading candidate, but Bill wus eliminated, @ =~ For votes in which “Preference 1” was David, > 17 votes had Allan as “Preference 2°, > Of the votes that had Bill as “Preference 2°, 16 had Allan as “Preference 3° © For yotes in which “Preference 1” was Bi > 18 votes had Allan as “Preference 2". > Of the votes that had David as “Preference 2", 22 had Allan as “Preference ¥°, while 12 had Chris as “Preference 3" @® 3 CieSimCAT ~ ee KaPREP 1. How many “Preference 1" votes did David get? 1] 83 2] 82 3181 4) 80 5] Cannot be determined 2. Of all the votes that had David as “Preference 1” and Bill as “Preference 2", how many had Chris as “Preference 3°? 1 31 2127 3) 18 4115 sds 3. What was Chris's “vole-count” at the end of the second round of counting? 1 118 2) 17 3] 116 4] 115 5] Cannot be determined 4, Of all the votes that had David as “Preference 1" and Chris as “Preference 2", how many could have had Bill as “Preference 3°? Wis ayy 3] 18 4] 20 5] All of these 5. Of all the votes that had Bilas ESeatore 1, how many had Chris as “Preference 2"? 1) 28 21:30 : 41 34 5136 6. Who won the elections and by what margin of “vote-cotint”? 1} Allan, 2 21 Allan, # BPeChrigg 41 Chrisi2 5] Chris, 4 £ 7. Which of the following will not affect the final result? 1] Of the votes where “Preference” was Bill, 20°votes -had Allan as “Preference 2”. 2] Of the votes where “Preference 1" was David, 19 votes had Allan as “Preference 2” 3) OF the votes where “Preference I” was Bill and “Preference 2” was David, 24 had Allan as “Preference! 41 OF the votes where “Preference 1 was: Bill-and-"Préférence 2” was David, 10 had Chris as “Preference 3” 5] All of the above IMS-30- TAL S-CT-2 a @