Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (10 August 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements.

1) Biosequestration is the capture & storage of the atmospheric greenhouse gas CO2 by biological processes.
2) Sulpher dioxide is the most abundant & stable greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) Both 1 & 2
(b) 1 only
(c) 2 only
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

2. Consider the following statements.

1) Algae naturally capture sunlight & use its energy to split water into hydrogen, oxygen & oil which can be extracted.
2) The United Nations Collaborative programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & forest Degradation in Developing countries is a collaboration between UNDP & Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) Both 1 & 2
(b) 2 only
(c) Neither 1 nor 2
(d) 1 only

3. Consider the following statements.

1) The non legally binding forest principles were established in Rio de Janeiro (1992).
2) India has the largest area of tropical rain forest.
3) Charcoal created by pyrolysis of biomass is known as Biochar.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

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

4. Consider the following statements about Nagoya protocol.

1) Nagoya protocal was adopted on October 2010.
2) Protocol provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of one of the three objectives of the CBD (Conventional on Biological Diversity).

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1. Agriculture in America has—industrial progress.

(a) kept pace with
(b) kept paces along
(c) kept its pace for
(d) kept pace together with

2. I know I have a copy of the book you need, but at the moment, I can't —it.A24

(a) lay my hands on
(b) lie my hand
(c) lay my fingers on
(d) lay my hands to

3. Due to industrial recession, retrenchment of jobs is— in big and small units alike.

(a) order for the day
(b) the daily order
(c) the order of the day
(d) the order every day

4. _____ pompous, he was an entertaining companion.

(a) Before
(b) Never
(c) Though
(d) Despite

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