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

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1. Consider the following statements

1) ISRO’s SMAP will provide measurements of the land surface soil moisture
2) Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a planned Sun-observing satellite, under development by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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 about National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR).

1) NBPGR’s headquarter is in Nagpur.
2) NBPGR functions under ICAR.
3) The Bureau draws guidelines from the crop science division.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

(a) 2 & 3
(b) 1 & 2 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 1 & 3

3. Consider the following statements.

1) A gravitational singularity or spacetime singularity is a location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become zero.
2) Galaxies appear to be moving away from us at speeds proportional to their distance. This is called Hubble's Law.

Which of the above statements is / are true

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

4. Consider the following statements.

1) Carto Sat-2 is a advanced remote sensing satellite with single Panchromatic Camera.
2) The Camera is capable of providing scene specific spot imageries of cartographic application with spatial resolution of 2.5 meters and swath of 10 km.

Which of the above statements is / are Correct.

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

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

Directions Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.

Six persons Amar, Bijay, Chetan, Disha, Esha and Farukh took up a job with an organization in a week from Monday to Saturday. Each of them joined for different posts on different days. The postswere of clerk, officer, technician, manager, supervisor and sales executives, though not necessarily in the same order. Farukh joined as amanager on the first day. Bijay joined as a supervisor but neither on Wednesday nor on Friday. Disha joined as a technician on Thursday. Chetan joined the firmas an officer onWednesday. Esha joined as a clerk on Tuesday. Amar joined as a sales executive.