Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (8 May 2015)

Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (8 May 2015)

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1. Satellites used for telecommunication relay are kept in a geostationary orbit. A satellite is said to be in such an orbit when

1. The orbit is geosynduonous.
2. The orbit is circular.
3. The orbit lies in the plane of the Earth’s equator.
4. The orbit is at an altitude of 22,236 km.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

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

2. India has experienced persistent and high food inflation in the recent past. What could be the reasons?

1. Due to a gradual switchover to the cultivation of commercial crops, the area under the cultivation of food grains has steadily decreased in the last five years .by about 30%.
2. As a consequnce of increasing incomes, the consumption patterns of the people have undergone a significant change.
3. The food supply chain has structural constraints.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

3. At present, scientists can determine the arrangement or relative positions of genes or DNA sequences on a chromosome. How does this knowledge benefit us?

1. It is possible to know the pedigree of livestock.
2. It is possible to understand the causes of all human diseases.
3. It is possible to develop diseaseresistant animal breeds.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

4. In terms of economy, the visit by foreign nationals to witness the XIX Common Wealth Games in India amounted to

(a) Export
(b) Import
(c) Production
(d) Consumption

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

A number of empirical studies find that farmers are risk-averse, though only moderately in many cases. There is also evidence to show that farmers’ risk aversion results in cropping patterns and input use designed to reduce risk rather than to maximize income. Farmers adopt a number of strategies to manage and cope with agricultural risks. These include practices like crop and field diversification, non-farm employment, storage of stocks and strategic migration of family members. There are also institutions ranging from share tenancy to kinship, extended family and informal credit agencies. One major obstacle to risk sharing by farmers is that the same type of risks can affect a large number of farmers in the region. Empirical studies show that the traditional methods are not adequate. Hence, there is a need for policy interventions, especially measures that cut across geographical regions.
Policies may aim at tackling agricultural risks directly or indirectly. Examples of risk-specific policies are crop insurance, price stabilization and the development of varieties resistant to pests and diseases. Policies which affect risk indirectly are irrigation, subsidized credit and access to information. No single risk-specific policy is sufficient to reduce risk and is without side-effects, whereas policies not specific to risk influence the general situation and affect risks only indirectly.
Crop insurance, as a policy measure to tackle agricultural risk directly, deserves careful consideration in the Indian context and in many other developing countries-because the majority of farmers depend on rain-fed agricultural and in many areas yield variability is the predominant cause of their income instability.

1. The need for policy intervention to mitigate risks in agriculture is because—

(a) farmers are extremely risk-averse
(b) farmers do not know how to mitigate risks
(c) the methods adopted by farmers and existing risk sharing institutions are not adequate
(d) majority of farmers depend on rainfed agriculture

2. Which of the following observations emerges from the above passage?

(a) One can identify a single policy that can reduce risk without any side-effect
(b) No single risk-specific policy is sufficient to reduce agricultural risk.
(c) Policies which affect risk indirectly can eliminate it
(d) Government’s policy intervention can mitigate agricultural risk completely

3. Consider the following statements-

(i) A primary group is relatively smaller in size.
(ii) Intimacy is an essential characteristic of a primary group.
(iii) A family may be an example of a primary group.

In the light of the above statements, which one of the following is true?

(a) All families are primary groups
(b) All primary groups are families
(c) A group of smaller size is always a primary group
(d) Members of a primary group know each other intimately.

4. Four friends, A, B, C and D distribute some money among themselves in such a manner that A gets one less than B, C gets 5 more than D, D gets 3 more than B. Who gets the smallest amount?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

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