Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (21 September 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Aurangzeb confronted a number of rebellions including Jats under Rajaram & Chauraman; Sikhs and Rajputs.
(ii) Dara Shikoh was a devotee of Qadiri order of Sufis.
(iii) Shahjahan executed Guru Arjun Dev with charge of giving help to the prince Khusrao after his revolt in 1606.

(a) i & iii
(b) i & ii
(c) all of the above
(d) none of the above

2. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Akbar established Royal Karkhana for painting.
(ii) Shalimar garden was laid out by Shahjehan.
(iii) Jehangir was a painter himself and loved paintings on animal & birds.

(a) i & iii
(b) none of the above
(c) all of the above
(d) ii

3. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is correct.

(i) Guru Ramdas was the political guru of Shivaji.
(ii) Shivaji adopted the title of Chattarpati and Kshtriya Kulavatamsa.
(iii) Sivaji belonged to Bhonsle Clan.

(a) all of the above
(b) ii
(c) none of the above
(d) ii & iii

4. Consider the following statements and mark the option which is true.

(i) Baji Rao I propounded concept of Hindu Pad Padshahi and was also the real architect of Marath Empire.
(ii) Moksha Mahal were the Land grants given during the time of Marathas.
(iii) During the reign of Baji Rao I the Maratha Capital shifted from Satara to Poona.

(a) all of the above
(b) i & ii
(c) ii & iii
(d) none of the above

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Directions :Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/expressions are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

I worked as health secretary for about five years fromthemiddle of 1962 to themiddle of 1967. Thereafter I worked as finance secretary until the end of 1969.
Indiscipline was rampant in the health department. Intense loby ing to secure plumpostings was the order of the day. Ministers, legislators, senior officers and other influential people openly pleaded the cause of thier proteges. The Health Minister was an honest, well meaning politician.He apporaved my proposals to bring about some system and objectivity in postings and transfers and pout an end to lobying. But those efforts met withh only limited success. Doctors succeeded in getting desired posings by resorting to bribery. On the eve of the electrions, the then minister sent down over 100 transfer orders from his camp office. They were in conflict with the guidelines and quite a few were confusing in asmuch as two doctors were posted to the same place, or one person was posted to more than one post.

I did not carry out the orders. I submitted a note to ChiefMinister through the Chief Secretary pointing out why the orders should not be implemented. The chief Secretary supported me. The chief Minister decided that the minister's orders should not be implemented. All the doctors who had paidmoney were disappointed. In several other departments also corruption became widespread. In the works departments corruption had existed since a logn time in the matter of awarding contracts. Now ribes were freely offered to secure transfer to particular posts, and even for getting promotions.

As Flinance Secretary I found that the finances of the state were in a Precarious condition. Financial discipline had evaporated. Long before the advent fo thewireless and the telephone, the British had included in the Treasury Code a rule (Rule 27) empowering collectors to draw money from the treasury to meet emergencies like floods, earthquakes, devastating fires, etc. To my dismay I found that collectors were freely drawingmoney for allmanner of trivial purposes under Rule 27 of the Treasury Code. In one case a collector had drawn money under the rule to uy a staff car for the SDO of another district. All checks and balances had disappeared. There was no accountability and any one could do what he pleased. Resorting to a number of harsh measures I could restore ameasure of financial discipline. But the administration continued to be in disarray.

1. How many years did the author work as health secretary?

(a) He worked as health secretary until the end of 1969.
(b) He worked as health secretary before he took over as finance secretary
(c) He worked as health secretary till the health minister was found to be a man of integrity
(d) He worked as health secretary for about five years.

2. According to the author what was the order of the day?

(a) Strict discipline
(b) Cut throat competition
(c) Racial discrimination
(d) Intense lobbying

3. How did the doctors succeed in getting desired postings?

(a) Through dedicated service.
(b) By working in the health minister's constituency
(c) By joining hands with the underworld criminals
(d) By resorting to sycophancy