Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (15 December 2015)

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1. Which is the largest fishing ground in the World.

(a) Japan sea
(b) North sea
(c) North east pacific
(d) Newfoundland waters

2. Which of the following are correct?

i) The continental shelf changes further into the continental slope
ii) Continental slope are potential mining sites for minerals

(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) i and ii
(d) None

3. Match the following

i) Isothermobath     a) Sea water temperature at given depth
ii) Isonif                  b) Amount of snowfall
iii) Isohaline            c) Salanity
iv) Isohyet              d) Rainfall amount

(a) i-d, ii-b, iii-c, iv-a
(b) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
(c) i-d, ii-b, iii-c, iv-a
(d) i-c, ii-b, iii-a, iv-d

4. Which of the following are correct?

i) Orographic precipitation occurs when warm and humid air rises to great heights
ii) Convectinal precipitation occurs when humid air strikes landforms such as Mountains

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

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1.

A. This chemical compound finds wide usage in diversified industries such as refectories, ceramics, etc.
B. Indal developed the requisite technology inhouse at its Belgaum centre.
C. In 1982-83, it started developing special alumina, an import substitute.
D. In pursuit of its policy of adding value to the basic products, Indal has been adding value to alumina too.

(a) BCDA
(b) CDAB.
(c) CBAD
(d) DCAB

2.

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

3.

A. Humour gives you the opportunity to exaggerate a point which is presumably why it is best remembered.
B. Using humour can be not just the most arduous route but the joke may fail to cause a flutter.
C. But a warming here: humour has to be funny.
D. Everyone with a successful humour advertisement agress that they are very careful about the script.

(a) DCBA
(b) ACDB
(c) ACBD
(d) ABDC

4.

A. Speaking before a congressional hearing on digital entertainment, Valenti said the industry is moving to meet the demand at a time when piracy of films is growing at an exponential rate.
B. He said that 35000 movies are being illegally downloaded everyday.
C. "Within four to six months, several of the major film studios will be online with movies, and the others will be close on their heels." Said Jack Valenti.
D. The major Hollywood studios will be working online soon, but may ask Congress for help to combat a growing problem of piracy of films over the internet.

(a) DABC
(b) DCAB
(c) BCAD
(d) DBCA

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