Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (13 August 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements.

1) The Indian Network on Climate Change Assessment was launched (INCCA) in 2009.
2) The INCCA will carry out research on the effects of climate change in different regions.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

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

2. Consider the following statements about The Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC).

1) Launched in 2009.
2) Buildings with an electrical connected load of 1000 kw or more are covered by ECBC.
3) ECBC was developed by an expert committee set up by India’s Bureau of energy efficiency.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

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

3. Consider the following statements regarding vacuoles?

(A) It is a fluid filled space enclosed by membranes.
(B) It stores excess water, reveals, food substances and waste products.
(C) It size in animal is big and in plants is small.

Which of the above are false?

(a) All of the above
(b) A and B only
(c) A and C only
(d) C only

4. Consider the following statement regarding Ribosomes.

(A) It synthesizes protein & fats.
(B) Protein and fat help in building cell membranes.
(C) The process of building up of cell membrane is called membrane biogenesis.

Which of the above are true?

(a) All of the above
(b) None of the above
(c) Only C
(d) Only A & B

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1.

A. Deprived of livelihood and income, they face penury, and as families split up and spread out, their community bonds crumble.
B. Oddly, all this happens in the name of development, and the victim are described as beneficiaries.
C. Cut off from their most vital resources, those uprooted are then robbed of their history traditions and culture.
D. Imagine the entire population of the continent of Australia turned out of their homes – eighteen million people losing their lands, evicted fromtheir houses.

(a) DACB
(b) DBAC
(c) ACDB
(d) ABDC

2.

A. India accordedMost Favoured Nation (MFN) status to Pakistan long ago.
B. Matters have hardly improved since dialogue was broken off in early 1994.
C. Pakistan is still only talking about giving India MFNstatus in trade, even though it is obliged to under the World Trade Organisation.
D. In some ways, they have worsened.

(a) CADB
(b) BDCA
(c) CBDA
(d) ACBD

3.

A. And big was certainly the word at the Classic ITC Cup held in Bangalore – a total of Rs 75 lakh as prize money!
B. There are also 12 horses that have, among them, won 9 derbies and 24 classics.
C. Says a champion jockey, "the Cup is a difficult race to win, but where you get to ride the best horses."
D. It's called racing's biggest weekend.

(a) BACD
(b) CDAB
(c) DABC
(d) ADCB

4.

A. Small-time sapphire hawkers accost you, scratching their wares furiously against little panes of glass to prove that the stones are genuine.
B. In fact, precious rocks are a typically Thai success story.
C. No visitor to Bangkok can help noticing the Thai gem and jewellery industry.
D. Hundreds of gem shops are strung like a necklace around the big hotels.

(a) DCBA
(b) BDAC
(c) BACD
(d) CADB

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