Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (17 April 2015)

Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (17 April 2015)

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:: General Studies (Paper -1) ::

1. A company marketing food products advertises that its items do not contain trans-fats. What does this compaign signify to the customers?

1. The food products are not made out of hydrogenated oils.
2. The food products are not made out of animal fats/oils.
3. The oils used are not likely to damage the cardiovascular health of the consumers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

2. Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”?

(a) Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
(b) Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
(c) Adult members of households of all backward communities
(d) Adult members of any household

3. With reference to “Look East Policy” of India, consider the following statements

1. India wants to establish itself as an important regional player in the Eat Asian affairs.
2. India wants to plug the vacuum created by the termination of Cold War .
3. India wants to restore the historical and cultural ties with its neighbour in Southeast and East Asia.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

4. When the annual Union Budget is not passed by the Lok Sabha,

a. the Budget is modified and presented again
b. the Budget is referred to the Rajya Sabha for suggestions
c. the Union Finance Minister is asked to resign
d. the Prime Minister submits the resignation of Council of Ministers

 

:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

A moral act must be our own act; must spring from our own will. If we act mechanically, there is no moral content in our act. Such action would be moral, if we think it proper to act like a machine and do so. For, in doing so, we use our discrimination. We should bear in mind the distinction between acting mechanically and acting intentionally. It may be moral of a king to pardon a culprit. But the messenger carrying out the order of pardon plays only a mechanical part in the king’s moral act. But if the messenger were to carry out the king’s order considering it to be his duty, his action would be a moral one. How can a man understand morality who does notuse his own intelligence and power of thought, but lets himself be swept along like a log of wood by a current ? Sometimes a man defies convention and acts on his own with a view to absolute good.

1. Which of the following statements best describe/describes the thought of the writer ?

1. A moral act calls for using our discretion.
2. Man should react to a situation immediately
3. Man must do his duty.
4. Man should be able to defy convention in order to be moral.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4

2. Which of the following statements is the nearest definition of moral action, according to the writer ?

(a) It is a mechanical action based on official orders from superiors.
(b) It is an action based on our sense of discretion.
(c) It is a clever action based on the clarity of purpose.
(d) It is a religious action based on understanding.

3. The passage contains a statement “lets himself be swept along like a log of wood by a current.” Among the following statements, which is/are nearest in meaning to this ?

1. A person does not use his own reason.
2. He is susceptible to influence/pressure.
3. He cannot withstand difficulties/ challenges.
4. He is like a log of wood.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4

4. In a queue, Mr. X is fourteenth from the front and Mr. Y is seventeenth from the end, while Mr. Z is exactly in between Mr. and Mr. Y. If Mr. X is ahead of Mr. Y and there are 48 persons in the queue, how many persons are there between Mr. X and Mr. Z?

(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
 

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