Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (1 September 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements about the recommendations of Chawla Committee on Natural Resources.

1) Urgent need to have a comprehensive national legislation on water.
2) Amend the River Boards Act 1956.
3) Committee recommends aquifer level mapping along with hydrological studies.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) 1 & 2
(b )2 & 3
(c) 1 & 3
(d) All of the above.

2. Consider the following statements about Land Acquisitions Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011.

1) Bill will replace the Land Acquisition Act 1894.
2) Compensation will be four times market value in Rural area & 2 times in Urban areas.
3) It has been amended by an ordinance to do away with social impact assessment for all the projects.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) 1 & 2
(b) All of the above
(c) 2 & 3
(d) 1 & 3

3. Consider the following

i) Jamaica is the world’s second largest producer of bauxite and alumina
ii) It is an important producer of sugarcane.
iii) Most parts of Jamaica have Karst features.

Which of the above are true?

(a) All of the above
(b) Only ii
(c) Only iii
(d) i and ii

4. Consider the following

i) Europe is the second smallest continent in the world in area after Australia
ii) Strait of Gibraltar is known as key to the Mediterranean
iii) Europe and Asia is one common landmass known as Eurasia Which of the above are correct?

(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) all of the above
(d) iii only

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

"My god, it speaks" uttered the Emperor of Brazil and the receiver of the Telephone slipped formhis hand and banged around.At the other end Alexander Grahm
Bell was still on line.

The incident goes back to 1876 whtn at an exhibition in Philadelphia (USA), Alexander Grahmell was giving a demonstration of his invention. this strange instrument known as Telephoine was to revolutionize life in the years to come.

Bell was born at Edinborough, Scotland. He was a teacher and, was dedicated to the noble cause of teaching the deaf and the dumb. Due to severe illness,
Bell was sent to Canada in 1870, where too he got engaged in helpig the dumb-deaf to hear and speak. Thereafter, he shifted to the USA but continued with his work by opening a school for deaf and dumb.

Bell was fond of scientific inventions and was ever engated in making some machines in his spare time. While atBoston, he tried to communicate throughmetal wire.His companion in this work wasWatson. One day while experimentingwith his instrument, Bell spoke to Watson standing at distance, Watson was taken by pleasant surprise as he had heard Bell clearly through his instrument. The instrument was a success and Bell patented it.

Graham Bell had some sterling qualities of head and heart. Apart from being and artist he was a kind human being, ready to help the needy. He established and institutionh for the deaf and dumb children. He died in 1922 in Canada. The entire northern America paid him a tribiute by hanging up teir telephones for while during his funeral.

1. What according to passage was the contribution of invention of telephone?"

(a) Interaction between tow persons at some distance was possible
(b) Rich people were able to communicate with others
(c) Graham Bell could converse with Watson regarding invention through telephone
(d) It revolutionize human life

2. Which of the following made Bell to invent telephone?

(a) His activity of teaching
(b) His service to the deaf and dumb
(c) His keen interest in scientific inventions
(d) Encouragement received fromWatson

3. The teaching activity undertaken by Bell was considered 'noble' particularly because—

(a) he was teaching the physically underprivileged persons
(b) there was nobody else in the field of education
(c) he was not accepting any salary for that job
(d) he was a very famous scientist of his times

4. Grahm Bell made the telephone call of his invention to the Emperor from the city of—

(a) Edinborough
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Brazil
(d) Boston

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