Daily Questions Challenge for IAS PRE (CSAT) Exam (23 December 2015)

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1. Consider the following statements.

1) Delhi Darbar was held in 1911 during the viceroyalty of Lord Hardinge.
2) Amir Chand, Avadh Bihari, Balmukund & Basanta Kumar Biswas received capital punishment in Lahore Bomb case.

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 Lucknow pact (1916).

1) In the Central Legislature one third of the elected Indian members should be muslims.
2) Ras Bihari Bose was the congress president in 1916.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

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

3. Consider the following statements.

1) October 17, 1919 was observed as the Khilafat day at an all India scale.
2) At a special session of the Indian national congress at Calcutta (September 1920) passed the resolution to launch the non-cooperation movement.

Which of the above statements is / are true.

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

4. Match the following Party State

(1) Labur Swaraj party        A) Madras
(2)Kirti Kishan party            B) Bengal
(3)Congress Labour Party    C) Punjab
(4) Labour Kisan Party         D) Mumbai

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

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:: CSAT (Paper -2) ::

1. In a situation that air passangers give little thought to but what is serious threat to air-safety is poor maintenance. In the current global airline boom, competition is intense, which compels airline to minimize COST AND MAXIMISE OUTPUT. What you will do to reduce the serious threat ?

(a) Raise the fund for maintenance
(b) Reduce the fare
(c) Chalk out the problem, take best possible measures to improve air safety
(d) Maximise the cost then maintain the air safety

2. Despite good economic progress of the country, significant number of undernourished children has been observed in the country. If you are the chairman of the committee what you would suggest that is the foremost and basic decision for the improvement of the health of undernourished children ?

(a) Increase wealth tax and income tax and use that money for upliftment of the deprived class.
(b) Give the employment to their parents.
(c) Introduce schemes like free meal in schools etc.
(d) Educate their parents to feed them properly.

3. Transparency is, in many ways, the basis for participatory decision-making. Transparency enables people to participate meaningfully in public decision-making by providing them with 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.

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