Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (7 July 2015)

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1. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) In India, the same person cannot be appointed as Governor for two or more States at the same time
(b) The Judges of the High Court of the States in India are appointed by the Governor of the State just as the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President.
(c) No procedure has been laid down in the Constitution of India for the removal of a Governor from his/her post
(d) In the case of a Union Territory having a legislative setup, the Chief Minister is appointed by the Lt. Governor on the basis of majority support

2. With reference to the history of Indian rock-cut architecture, consider the following statements:

1. The caves at Badami are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India.
2. The Barabar rock-cut caves were originally made for Ajivikas by Emperor Chandragupta Maurya.
3. At Ellora, caves were made for different faiths.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

3. Recombinant DNA technology (Genetic Engineering) allows genes to be transferred

1. across different species of plants
2. from animals to plants
3. from microorganisms to higher organisms

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

4. The Chinese traveler Yuan Chwang (Hiuen Tsang) who visited India recorded the general conditions and culture of India at that time. In this context, which of the following Statements is/are correct?

1. The roads and river-routes were completely immune from robbery.
2. As regards punishment for offences, ordeals by fire, water and poison were the instruments for determining the innocence or guilt of a person.
3. The tradesmen had to pay duties at ferries and barrier stations.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1.Many people die every year in the stampede during the various fairs and festivals at different religious places. What steps should be taken by the government?

(a) Make proper arrangements to control the crowd at these places
(b) Give compensation to those who injured and Died.
(c) Put ban on the celebration of these fairs and Festivals
(d) Only allowed a certain number of people to take part in these programmes which are Manageable.

2.There are many cases of corruption and fraud found against the various microfinance companies, that are charging very high interest rates from the poor people becoming cause for the suicide of these people. What steps should be taken ?

(a) Ban all the micro finance enterprises.
(b) Enact a law to regulate and nationalize them.
(c) Ask them to pay compensation to those who charged more interest rate from the poor People.
(d) Appoint a committee to see the issue.

3.With the increase in the growth rate of the Indian economy, the problems of unemployment, inflation, poverty are not decreasing at that speed as the growth of economy. What do you think ?

(a) Government is not concentrating on these problems of country.
(b) The factors responsible for both-increasing growth rate, and these problems are different.
(c) It will take time to remove these problems.
(d) Government should concentrate more on these problems and should make plans and also implement them strictly.

4.If you are the project manager of Project Tiger, which is to be re-launched and rescheduled. Despite all the efforts of your subordinates in the past few months, there remains lots of work to do before the project launch. What you would do ?

(a) suspend all subordinates
(b) resign from the post of project director
(c) analyse all the work which has completed and work on that properly
(d) decide to launch the project

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