CDS 2022 (1) (held on 10.04.2022)

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge

91. Which one of the following statements about a Bill for Amendment of the Constitution of India is not correct?

  1. It is governed by Article 368(2) of the Constitution of India.
  2. Joint sitting can be resorted to for passing a Bill amending the Constitution of India.
  3. The State Legislatures cannot initiate any Bill or proposal for amendment of the Constitution of India.
  4. The previous sanction of the President of India is not required for introducing any Bill in the Parliament for amendment of the Constitution of India

92. Which one of the following methods is followed in electing the President of India?

  1. Proportional Representation only
  2. First-Past-the-Post System only
  3. Proportional Representation and the Single Transferable Vote System
  4. Proportional Representation and the First-Past-the-Post System

93. From among the following Mahajanapadas identify the gana/sangha (oligarchy):

  1. Magadha
  2. Vajji
  3. Avanti
  4. Kosala

94. The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given in

  1. Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
  2. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
  3. Communal Award, 1932
  4. Government of India Act, 1935

95. Which of the following was/were the founder member(s) of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army established in September, 1928?

  1. Bhagat Singh
  2. Jatindranath
  3. Ajoy Ghosh
  4. Phanindranath Ghosh

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

96. Who among the following did not belong to the group of 'No-Changers'?

  1. M.A. Ansari
  2. Vithalbhai Patel
  3. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
  4. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar

97. The headquarters of Ghadar Movement/Party were at

  1. San Francisco
  2. Stanford University
  3. Portland
  4. Florida

98. Which one of the following pairs of Newspaper and Editor is not correctly matched?

NewspaperEditor
(a) NavjivanMahatma Gandhi
(b) MahrattaBal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) BengaleeSurendranath Banerjee
(d) Voice of IndiaGopal Krishna Gokhale

99. Which one of the following was not included in the terms and conditions of Subsidiary Alliance System of Lord Wellesley?

  1. The British would protect their ally.
  2. The ally was free to enter into agreements with other rulers or engage in warfare.
  3. In the territory of the ally, a British armed contingent would be sustained.
  4. The ally would have to provide resources for the maintenance of the British armed contingent.

100. Which one of the following is an exhaustible but renewable natural resource?

  1. Solar energy
  2. Water in usable condition
  3. Soil
  4. Landscape in its natural condition

101. Recently, the term 'two-pillar soluction/two-pillar package' often seen in the news refers to

  1. Global energy security in near future
  2. International cyber crime reporting
  3. Minimum global corporate tax
  4. Prevention of international money laundering

102. Consider the following pairs of vaccine and category/type:

1. Covaxin: Inactivated pathogen-based vaccine
2. Covishield: mRNA vaccnine
3. Sputnik V: Viral vector-based vaccine

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

103. What is 'Unicorn Company' often mentioned in Indian news?

  1. Any privately held startup company with a value of over $ 1 billion
  2. Any public sector company to be merged with another public sector company
  3. Privatisation of any loss-making State-owned company
  4. Any foreign multinational company doing business in India in collaboration with an Indian company

104. A global initiative popularly known as '30 x 30 target' is often seen in the news. Which one of the following statements best reflects this initiative?

  1. At least 30% of the planet should be protected by 2030.
  2. At least 30% of the cultivated area should be brought under organic farming by 2030.
  3. At least 30% of the energy requirements should be met by renewable sources by 2030.
  4. At least 30% of the people below poverty line should be brought out of their poverty by 2030.

105. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding LOFAR (Low Frequency Array)?

  1. It is the world's most powerful radio antenna.
  2. It is a space technology launched by NASA to discover exoplanets.
  3. It is an arrangement of satellites in space for the purpose of creating Satellite Navigation System
  4. It is a wireless communication technology for 5G services.