Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (30 December 2015)

Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (30 December 2015)

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1. Which of the following is called Earths twin

(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter

2. Which of the following is correct?

i) A comet is made up of dust and frozen gases
ii) The tail of the comet always points away from the sun

(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) both i and ii
(d) none

3. Consider the following statements.

1) The Parliament alone can make extra terretorial legislation and it applicable to the Indian citizens and their property in any part of the world.
2) The state legislature can make laws for the whole or any part of the state.

Which of the statement given above is / are correct.

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

4. Consider the following statements.

1) Lowering the voting age to 18 year was done by amending Article 326.
2) No candidate can contest Lok Sabha from more than two constituencies except in Union Territory.
3) President can extend the National emergency on the recommendation of the Election Commission.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct.

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

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

In a village of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh, only two types of people live who belong to a tribal class. The first type is known as class A, while the other is known as class B. In that village, there is no other type of person except these two. The activities of both of these types of persons are governed by perfectly patterned norms of social behaviour. Each person of the tribe has to obey the norms. They are rigid about this. As far as marriage is concerned, the following norms are to be followed :

1.

(i) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they canmarry members of class B.
(ii) After being married, eachmalemember ceases to be a member of that class in which he was born, but automatically becomes themember of the class to which his wife belongs.
(iii) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being married.
(iv) On birth, the child automatically becomes the member of hismother’s class.
(v) When any male member becomes a widower or a divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was born.
(vi) Nobody can marry more than one person. One boy who was born in class B (boy and his wife both can have married and unmarried brothers),

(a) can have his daughter in class B.
(b) can have a son-in-law born in class A.
(c) can have his uncle from any class.
(d) can have a divorced son in class B.

2.

(i) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they canmarry members of class B.
(ii) After being married, eachmalemember ceases to be a member of that class in which he was born, but automatically becomes themember of the class to which his wife belongs.
(iii) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being married.
(iv) On birth, the child automatically becomes the member of hismother’s class.
(v) When any male member becomes a widower or a divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was born.
(vi) Nobody can marry more than one person. Which of the following marriages is not permissible according to the social laws ?

(a) Any girl of class B marries her mother’s brother.
(b) Any widowermarries his wife’s sister.
(c) Any boy of class B marries his father’s sister.
(d) Any widower horn in class A marries his brother’s widow.

3.

(i) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they canmarry members of class B.
(ii) After being married, eachmalemember ceases to be a member of that class in which he was born, but automatically becomes themember of the class to which his wife belongs.
(iii) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being married.
(iv) On birth, the child automatically becomes the member of hismother’s class.
(v) When any male member becomes a widower or a divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was born.
(vi) Nobody can marry more than one person. Aman has a certain number of small boxes to pack into parcels. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 boxes in a parcel, then he is left with only one. If he packs 7 boxes in a parcel, then none is left over. What is the number of boxes that he must pack ?

(a) 106
(b) 301
(c) 309
(d) 400

4.

(i) The people of class A cannot marry any other member of their own class, though they canmarry members of class B.
(ii) After being married, eachmalemember ceases to be a member of that class in which he was born, but automatically becomes themember of the class to which his wife belongs.
(iii) As far as females are concerned, they remain the members of their own class after being married.
(iv) On birth, the child automatically becomes the member of hismother’s class.
(v) When any male member becomes a widower or a divorcee, then he again belongs to the group in which he was born.
(vi) Nobody can marry more than one person. A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original. Then, he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a way that the upper half of the sheets was on the top of the lower half’. Then, how many carbon copies did he get ?

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

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