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Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (31 July 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements.

1) No Money Bill imposing tax shall be introduced in the parliament except on the recommendation of the President.
2) The Railway Budget was separated from the General Budget in 1921 on the recommendation of Acworth Committee.
3) The Rajya Sabha should return the Money Bill to the Lok Sabha within fourteen days.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

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

2. Consider the following statements.

1) The Parliament is not authorised to curtail the jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Courts.
2) The retired judge of the Supreme Court can be judge of Criminal Court.
3) The pension of the judges of the Supreme Court is not charged on the consolidated fund.

Which of the statement given above is / are correct.

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

3. Consider the following statements.

1) The 52nd Amendment Act 1985 provided for the disqualification of the Member of Parliament.
2) An independent member can be disqualified if he joins any political party after election.
3) If a nominated member joins any political party after six month from the date on which he takes his seat in the house then member will be disqualified.

Which of the statement given above is / are correct.

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

4. Consider the following statements.

1) A candidate should have domicile in that state where he is contesting an election for the Rajya Sabha.
2) A candidate sponsored by a recognised political party only one proposer is required in election.
3) Rajya Sabha uses the open ballot system.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct.

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

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1. Transparency is, in many ways, the basis for participatory decision-making. Transparency enables people to participate meaningfully in public decision-making by providing themwith the information they need to understand, evaluate, and influence the actions of decision-makers.While some international organizations have recently improved their information disclosure policies and practices,they still fall well short of international best practice. According to you, what is the best practice which improve transparency ?

(a) A guiding principle of maximum disclosure, in which all information is subject to disclosure unless there is an overriding public interest in keeping it secret.
(b) Broad definitions of the scope of information subject to disclosure.
(c) Clear, accessible mechanisms for the public to exercise of the right to information, including an independent mechanism through which denials of information requests can be appealed
(d) Practical steps to promote greater access to information.

2. A National Development Fund was created by the Government of India a fewyears ago. The purpose of the fund are to boost investment in social sector projects to promote education, healthcare and employment, capital investments in selected profitable PSEs to yield adequate returns, to fund revision in pay structure of Government employees, but still lags inmost of the areas.What you

(a) shut down the NDF
(b) take initiative to improve the NDF by suggesting the alternative methods
(c) assist the NDF with some money on your own.
(d) avoid some procedural steps.

3. Because of recent incidents parents in the locality decided to stop sending their children to school by private vehicles. Amajor accident of a private van carrying school children lead to deaths of few and injuries for many children. What is the foremost and basic strategy that reduces the accident levels and them to send their children to school. You...

(a) cancel the license of the drivers
(b) cancel the affiliation of the schools
(c) sort out the problems, prioritize the particular areas of the problem
(d) replace the private vehicles with the govt. vehicle.

4.The city observed lowest temperature of the last decade accompanied by heavy fog during the week. Most of the flights from the city were indefinitely delayed causing panic among the passengers. What you

(a) plan for new airport
(b) improve the training of the pilots
(c) judge the whole scenario of the delaying, prioritise some areas and plan
(d) update the planes with latest technology

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