CDS General Knowledge Exam Paper – 15 February 2015

61. Information under the RTI act, 2005 can be provided in respect of –
A. national security council secretariat
B. assam rifles
C. border road development board
D. border road organisation

62. Who acts as the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee ?
A. the president of india in his capacity as the commander-in-chief
B. the prime minister
C. the defence minister
D. the senior-most chief of staff

63. Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists –
list-I (editor)            list-II (journal/newspaper)
a. S.A. dange         1. Labour-kisan gazette
b. Muzaffar ahmed 2. inquilab
c. ghulam hussain  3. navayug
d. M. singaravelu   4. The socialist
Code :
.    a b c d
A. 4 3 2 1
B. 4 2 3 1
C. 1 2 3 4
D. 1 3 2 4

64. Which of the following was/were connected primarily to the communist ideology ?
1.kirti kisan party
2.labour swaraj party
Select the correct answer using the code given below-
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. both 1 and 2
D. neither 1 nor 2

65. Which of the following statements is not true ?
A. the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) had regulated global trade since 1947
B. GATT was replaced by the world trade organisation (WTO) in 1995
C. the most favoured nation principle under GATT provided that preferential trading agreements reached with one country should be extended to other countries
D. the WTO has been able to cover in its agreements the agriculture and textile sectors which are the principal countries (LDCs)

66. Which of the following is not a part of contemporary indian foregin policy in relationships with with its neighbours ?
A. look east policy for linking up with south-east asia via myanmar
B. panchsheel
C. non-alignment
D. SAARC

67. Consider the following statements-
1. The nirmal bharat abhiyan is restructured into the swachh bharat mission
2. The swachh bharat mission has two submission-union territories and states.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. both 1 and 2
D. neither 1 nor 2

68. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
A. the president cannot pardon a person sentenced by a court martial
B. the supreme command of the defence forces of the union vests in the president, but its exercise has to be regulated by law
C. a person awarded rigorous imprisonment cannot be compelled to do hard work as 23 of the constitution of india
D. the armed forces tribunal act,2007 excludes the powers of the high courts under article 226 of the constitution of india in relation to service matters of persons in the armed forces

69. Demand for a commodity refers to –
A. desire for that commodity
B. need for that commodity
C. quantity demanded of that commodity
D. quantity demanded at certain price during any particular period of time

70. The interest of the british government of india in afghanistan in the nineteenth century came about in order to –
A. make use of the natural resources of afghanistan
B. ensure that the russian empire did not have an influence over afghanistan
C. increase the reach of the british empire
D. establish a monopoly over the markets of afghanistan

71. What was the common element among (I) G D. birla, (II) ambalal sarabhai and (III) walchand hirachand ?
A. they were leading members of the socialist movement in india
B. they were indian industrialists
C. they were nationalist leaders
D. all of the above

72. Which of the following is not true for SAFTA (south asian free trade area) ?
A. it is a step towards a south asian customs union and common market
B. the agreement came into effect in 2006
C. the SAFTA is a trade liberalisation regime
D. the SAFTA agreement takes precedence over any other agreement a member country may have with states outside SAFTA

73. Which of the following is not a laid done principle of the panchsheel ?
A. mutual respect for each other’s temtonin integrity
B.mutual non-aggression
C. mutual support for each other in world forum
D. mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs

74. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1. ‘Yudh abhyas 2014’ was an India – USA military exercise.
2. ‘Yudh abhyas 2014’ was conducted in himachal pradesh
Select the correct answer using the code given below-
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. both 1 and 2
D. neither 1 nor 2

75. An exceptional demand curve is one that slopes –
A. downward to the right
B. upward to the right
C. horizontally
D. upward to the left

Directions – the following 4 (four) items consist of two statements, statement I and statement II . you are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to there items using the code given below-
Code :
A. both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
B. both the statements are individually true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement.
C. statement I is true, but statement II is false
D. statement I is false, but statement II is true.

76. Statement I : India’s offshore and deep sea fish catch is very poor considering the marine potential.
Statement II : Indian coast does not have many gulfs, bays, enstuaries and backwaters.

77. Statement I : tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the moon and the sun, and the rotation of the earth.
Statement II : earth rotates from the west towards the east once in 24 hours with respect to the sun.

78. Statement I : Sideral day is shorter than solar day.
Statement II : the motion of the earth in its orbit around the sun is termed as revolution.

79. Statement I : when a gun is fired it recoils, i.e., it pushes back, with much less velocity then the velocity of the bullet.
Statement II : velocity of the re-coiling gun is less because the gun much heavier than the bullet

80. In an observation, α-particles, β-particles and γ-rays have same energies. Their penetrating power in a given medium in increasing order will be –
A. α, β, γ
B. β, γ, α
C. α, γ, β
D. β, α, γ

81. The earth without rotational movement would result into –
1. no sun-rise and sun-set.
2.no occurrence of day and night cycle.
3. only one season.
Select the correct answer using the code given below –
A. 1 only
B. 1 and 2 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1,2 and 3

82. When hard water is evaporated completely by heating the white solid remains in the container. It may be due to the presence of –
1. Carbonates of Ca and Mg
2. Sulphates of Ca and Mg
3. Chlorides of Ca and Mg
Select the correct answer using the code given below –
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 3 only
D. 1 and 3 only

83. Which one among the following statements is correct ?
A. prokaryotic cells possess nucleus
B. cell membrane and present both in plant and animal cells
C. mitochondria and chloroplasts are not found in eukaryotic cells
D. ribosomes are present in eukaryotic cells only

84. A person standing 1 m in front of a plane mirror approaches the mirror by 40 cm. The new distance between the person and his image in the plane mirror is –
A. 60 cm
B. 1.2 m
C. 1.4 m
D. 2.0 m

85. Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists –
list-I (ocean current)
a. Guinea current
b. Oyashio current
c. Canaries current
d. Kuroshio current
List-II (location in map)

Code :
.    a b c d
A. 4 3 1 2
B. 2 3 1 4
C. 2 1 3 4
D. 4 1 3 2

86. Which one among the following compounds has same equivalent weight and molecular weight ?
A. H₂SO₄
B. CaCI₂
C. Na₂SO₄
D. NaCI

87. Which one among the following statement is not true for mammals ?
A. they posses hair on the body
B. some of them lay eggs
C. their heart is three chambered
D. some are aquatic

88. Arrange the following layers of atmospehre vertically from the surface of the earth –
1. mesosphere
2. troposphere
3. stratosphere
4. thermosphere
Select the correct answer using the code given below-
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 3, 4
C. 2, 3, 1, 4

D. 3, 4, 2, 1

89. A metallic plate sticks firmly on the mouth of a water vessel made from another metal. By way of heating, one can detach the plate from the vessel. This is because heat expands –
A. the vessel only
B. both the vessel and the plate equally
C. the vessel more then the plate
D. the vessel and contracts the plate

90. Electricity is produced through dry cell from –
A. chemical energy
B. thermal energy
C. mechanical energy

D. nuclear energy

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