CDS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SOLVED PAPER 2007

CDS General Knowledge Solved Paper (I) : 2007 

Directions: The following 4 (Four) items consist of two statements: one labelled as the ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as ‘Reason (R)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below.

Codes:

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

1. Assertion (A): The number of the Members of the Union Public Service Commission is prescrined in the Constitution of India.
Reason (R): The Union Public Service Commission was constituted under the provisions in the Constitution of India.

2. Assertion (A): Per capita income of India does not give a complete picture of the economic growth of the country.
Reason (R): Per capita income of a country i s not independent of the size of its population.

3. Assertion (A): An elevator is going up at constant velocity. If a person in the lift drops a coin in the elevator, then the coin will fall with uniform velocity.
Reason (R): The elevator is not moving with any acceleration or retardation.

4. Assertion (A): In winter, although many lakes and rivers are frozen, the marine fish still survives.
Reason (R): The density of water is maximum at 4°C. Hence, water below the frozen outer surface is maintained at 4°C.

5. Container Corporation ,of India Limited (CONCOR), a Public Sector Undertaking is under the administrative control of which of the following Ministries ?
(a) Heavy Industry
(b) Small Scale
(c) Railway
(d) Shipping, road transport and highways

6.Which one of the following is the deepest point in the ocean floor ?
(a) Challenger Deep
(b) Milwaukee Deep
(c) Java Trench
(d) Philippine Trench

7. The Asteroid Belt is found between which of the following?
(a) Mars and Jupiter
(b) Earth and Mars
(c) Jupiter and Saturn
(d) Saturn and Uranus

8.What is the convergence of north east and south east trade winds near equator known as ?
(a) Doldrums (b) Jet stream
(c) Inter-tropical convergence zone (d) Upper air monsoon

9. The Sarkaria Commission Report deal with which one of the following ?
(a) Corruption in India
(b) Centre-state relations
(c) Local governance
(d) Inter-river dispute

10. Consider the following :
1. Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
3. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
4. Indira Awas Yojana
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above Yojanas ?
(a) 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 (b) 4 - 1 - 2 - 3
(c) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (d) 4 - 3 - 1 - 2

11.Who was the President of India at the time of proclamation of emergency in the year 1976 ?
(a) VV Giri (b) Giani Zail Singh
(c) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad (d) Shankar Dayal Sharma

12.Which one of the following statements in not correct ?
(a) The Vice President of India holds office for a period of five years
(b) The Vice President of India can be removed by a simple majority of votes passed in the Rajya Sabha only
(c) The Vice President of India continues to be in office even after the expiry of his term till his successor takes over
(d) The Supreme Court of India has to look into al l disputes with regard to the election of the Vice-President of India

13. Consider the following statements:
1. A Money Bill cannot be introduced in the Council of States.
2. The Council of States cannot reject a Money Bill nor amend it.
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

14.Whi ch of the fol low ing i s not a Parliamentary Committee?
(a) Demands for Grants Committee
(b) Committee on Public Accounts
(c) Committee on Public Undertakings
(d) Committee on Estimates

15.Who propounded the Saptanga Theory ?
(a) Manu (b) Charaka
(c) Kautilya (d) Tulsidas

16. Consider the following statements about National Security Guard (NSG)
1. NSG was set up in the year 1984.
2. Hostage rescue missions and counterhi jack operations are its primary tasks.
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

17. The office of Lokpal and Lokayukta in India is based on which one of the following ?
(a) Parliamentary Commissioner of UK
(b) Ombudsman in Scandinavia
(c) Procurator General of Russia
(d) Council of State in France

18. The development of which of the following administrative concepts could be attributed to German Sociologist Max Weber ?
(a) Democracy (b) Bureaucracy
(c) Pluralism (d) Corporatism

19.Where is the Wanderers Test Cricket ground located ?
(a) Colombo (b) Melbourne
(c) Auckland (d) Johannesburg

20. Under which Article of the Constitution of India can the President of India be impeached ?
(a) Article 61 (b) Article 75
(c) Article 76 (d) Article 356

21. PERT is a technique used for which one of the following?
(a) Electric Power transmission
(b) Project management
(c) Railway safety
(d) Internet

22.Who among the following was not a noble under Alauddin Khilji ?
(a) Ain-ul-Mulk Multani
(b) Zafar Khan
(c) Nusrat Khan
(d) Munim Khan

 23.Who among the fol low ing leader s dominated the Lucknow Pact in December, 1916 ?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Madan Mohan Malviya

24.Which region of India was ruled by Sultan Zain-ul Abidin ?
(a) Assam (b) Delhi
(c) Kashmir (d) Orissa

25.Which one among the following religions was patronized by Rashtrakutas ?
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism
(c) Shaivism (d) Vaishnavism

26. The Santhal rebellion of 1855-56 resulted in the creation of a separate geographical entity known as Santhal Parganas for the tribals. Who were the leaders associated with the rebellion ?
(a) Sidhu and Chakara (b) Chakara and Bogra
(c) Sidhu and Kanhu (d)Dora and Chakara

27.Who wrote the famous drama Neel Darpan, which depicted the agony of the indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters ?
(a) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(b) Dinabandhu Mitra
(c) Sisir Kumar Ghose
(d) Ram Gopal Ghose

28.Which Rock Edict of Asoka provideds a description of the horrors of Kalinga War ?
(a) 13th Rock Edict
(b) Kalinga Edict at Dhauli
(c) The Edict at Jaugada
(d) 10th rock Edict

29.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) HCL : Shiv Nidar
(b) Ranbaxi : Bhai Mohan Singh Laboratories Ltd
(c) DLF Group : Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel
(d) Hero Group : B. M. Munjal

30.Which one of the following Vedic god/ goddess depicts an association with the Sun?
(a) Ashvin (b) Pusan
(c) Indira (d) Aranyani