CDS, Combined Defence Services, General Awareness Solved Paper, February, 2009
Q.1. In which one of the following islands of India is an active volcano found?

A. Car Nicobar Island
B. Nancowry Island
C. Barren Island
D. Maya Bunder Island

Answer: C
Q.2. Which one of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?

A. Himalayas
B. Aravali
C. Satpura
D. Nilgiri

Answer: B
Q.3. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest water salinity ?

A. Dal
B. Chilika
C. Wular
D. Sambhar

Answer: D
Q.4.

Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?


A. Srinagar
B. Mumbai
C. Kolkata
D. Thiruvanantpuram

Answer: A
Q.5.

Which of the following diseases is not caused by viruses?


A. Cholera
B. Chickenpox
C. Hepatitis
D. Measles

Answer: A
Q.6.

Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct ?


A. Kochi-Mangalore-Mumbai-Koyali
B. Koyali-Mumbai-Mangalore-Kochi
C. Kochi-Mumbai-Mangalore-Koyali
D. Mangalore-Kochi-Mumbai-Koyali

Answer: A
Q.7. Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal ?

A. Maharashtra
B. Gujrat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu

Answer: D
Q.8. Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil ?

A. Bombay High
B. Digboi
C. Ankleshwar
D. Naharkatiya

Answer: B
Q.9. Which one of the following States is the largest producer of black pepper in India ?

A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: B
Q.10.

The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as Turning of the Wheel law at :


A. Sanchi
B. Sarnath
C. Sravasri
D. Bodh Gaya

Answer: B
Q.11. Which one of the following is the longest National Highway in India ?

A. NH2
B. NH7
C. NH8
D. NH31

Answer: A
Q.12. In human beings, the opening of the stomach into the small intestine is called.

A. Caccum
B. Ileum
C. Oesophagus
D. Pylorus

Answer: D
Q.13. In which one of the following places is the Forest Survey of India (FSI), a national organization engaged in forest cover maping forest inventory and training in the field of remote sensing and GIS, located ?

A. Dehradun
B. Itanagar
C. Ahmedabad
D. Aizwal

Answer: A
Q.14.

The Veerapa Moily Commission in itrs report on Administrative Reforms among other aspects has suggested doing away with which one of the following pairs of Articles of the Constitution of India?


A. Articles 305 and 306
B. Articles 307 and 308
C. Articles 308 and 309
D. Articles 310 and 311

Answer: D
Q.15.

Who among the following has created world record in the mens 100 metres sprint event at 2008 Olympic Games?


A. Four popular animals of China and the Olympic Flame
B. Five popular animals of China and the map of China
C. Five popular animals of China
D. Four popular animals of China and the world map.

Answer: A
Q.16. Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion of Hamour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France ?

A. N.R. Narayan Murthy
B. Ratan Tata
C. K.M. Birla
D. Mukesh Ambani

Answer: C
Q.17. Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States ?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Answer: C
Q.18. Who among the following had won the Wimbledon Womens Singles title, 2008 ?

A. Ana Ivanovic
B. Maria Sharapova
C. Serena Williams
D. Venus Williams

Answer: A
Q.19. Who among the following is the first man (after Bjorn Borg in 1980) to win the French Open and Wimbledon Singles title back to back ?

A. Rafel Nadal
B. Roger Federer
C. JohnMc Enroe
D. Daniel Naster

Answer: C
Q.20. Which one of the following books had been named as winner of the Best of the Booker Award in 2008 ?

A. The Enchantress
B. Disgrace
C. Midnights Children
D. The Stage of Krishnapur

Answer: C
Q.21. Which one of the following countries has recently carried out military operations in Georgia ?

A. USA
B. Poland
C. Russia
D. Kyrgyzstan

Answer: C
Q.22. Which one of the following Committees/Commissions was formed to study and suggest pricing pattern for oil and natural gas sectors in India?

A. B.K. Chaturvedi Committee
B. Sachar Committee
C. B.N. Srikrishna Commission
D. M. Veerapa Moily Commission

Answer: A
Q.23. Which one of the following countries has adopted a new Constitution in the year 2008 2008 aiming to pursue a modern, multi-party, democratic system and giving more power to the judiciary and legislature ?

A. Japan
B. Bhujtan
C. Maldives
D. Singapore

Answer: B
Q.24. Which one of the following countyries has recently tested a two-stage satellite launch rocket named the Safire-Omind or the Ambassador of Peace?

A. Israel
B. Iran
C. Pakistan
D. Turkey

Answer: B
Q.25.

In apppreciation of his environmental research and campaigns, space agency NASA has recently named a minor planer after whom among the following?


A. Sainudeen Pattarzhy
B. Anil Agarwal
C. Sunita narain
D. R.K. Pachauri

Answer: A
Q.26.

Who among the following has issued the coin rupee for the first time?


A. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
B. Alauddin Khilji
C. Sher Shah
D. Akbar

Answer: C
Q.27.

Which one of the following was the original name of Tansen, the famous musician in the court of Akbar?


A. Mahananda Pande
B. Lal Kalwant
C. Baz Bahadur
D. Ramtanu Pandey

Answer: D
Q.28.

Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?


A. Sir Stafford Cripps
B. A.V. Alexander
C. Radcliffe
D. Pethwick Lawrence

Answer: C
Q.29.

Under which one of the following systems of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the Farmers?


A. Zamindari
B. Ryotwari
C. Anganwari
D. Desaiwari

Answer: B
Q.30. Who among the following has started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?

A. Lord William Bentinck
B. Lord Dalhousie
C. Lord Wellsley
D. Lord Cornwallis

Answer: B
Q.31. Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?

A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Surendranath Banerjee
C. Gopal KrishnaGokhale
D. Shankaran Nair

Answer: A
Q.32.

Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference?


A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz
B. Josh Malihabadi
C. Muhammad Iqbal
D. Firaq Gorakhpuri

Answer: C
Q.33. In which of the following years was the first Railways line between Bombay and Thane laid?

A. 1853
B. 1854
C. 1856
D. 1858

Answer: A
Q.34. Who among the following was not a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar?

A. Shuja-ud-daulah
B. Shah Alam
C. Mir Jafar
D. Mir Kasim

Answer: C
Q.35. In Buddhism, what does Patimokkba stand for?

A. A description of Mahayana Buddhism
B. A description of Hinayana Buddhism
C. The rules of the Sangha
D. The question of king Menander

Answer: C
Q.36. Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim League?

A. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
B. Shaukar Ali
C. Nawab Salimullah
D. Aga Khan

Answer: A
Q.37. Whose philosophy is called the Advaita?

A. Ramanujacharya
B. Shankarcharya
C. Nagarjuna
D. Vasumitra

Answer: B
Q.38. In which one of the following Ministers the census organization has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961?

A. Health and Family Welfare
B. Home affairs
C. Social Justice and Empowerment
D. Human Resource Development

Answer: C
Q.39. Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Ashok Mehta Committee on Panchayat Raj?

A. Open participation of political parties in Panchayat Raj affairs
B. Creation of a three-tier system
C. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
D. Compulsory powers of taxation to Panchayat Raj institution

Answer: B
Q.40. The head of a district (Abara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer in charge of general and military function in his jurisdiction dring Mauryan Empire, was known as:

A. Krori
B. Rajoka
C. Foujdar
D. Chirastdar

Answer: B
Q.41. Which one among the following States has the highest gender disparity?

A. Orissa
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Haryana
D. Maharashtra

Answer: C
Q.42. Who among the following recommends to the Parliament for the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State?

A. The President of India
B. The Governor of the concerned State
C. The Legislative Council of the concerned State
D. The Legislative Assembly of the concerned State

Answer: B
Q.43. Nail polish remover contains:

A. Acetone
B. benzene
C. Petroleum
D. acetic acid

Answer: A
Q.44. Who among the following had moved the objectives resolution which formed the basis of the Preamble of the Constitution of India in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946?

A. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Answer: D
Q.45. Which one of the following is the largest committee of the Parliament?

A. The Public Accounts Committee
B. The Estimates Committee
C. The Committee on Public Undertakings
D. The Committee on Petitions

Answer: B
Q.46. Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?

A. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B. Acharya J.B. Kriplani
C. Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan
D. K.M. Munshi

Answer: C
Q.47. In which of the following years the Fundamental Duties have been added to the existent Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India?

A. 1965
B. 1976
C. 1979
D. 1982

Answer: B
Q.48. Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi 1919?

A. Motilal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. M.A. Jinnah
D. Shaukat Ali

Answer: D
Q.49.

According to Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, in three States there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. Which one of the following States is not covered by the Article?


A. Jharkhand
B. Punjab
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Orissa

Answer: B
Q.50. In which of the following years was the All-India Trade Union Congress formed in Bombay?

A. 1918
B. 1919
C. 1920
D. 1921

Answer: C
Q.51. Who among the following was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

A. M.A. Ayyanagar
B. G.V. Mavalankar
C. Sardar Hukam Singh
D. N. Sanjiva Reddy

Answer: B
Q.52. In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

A. 1991
B. 1995
C. 2000
D. 2005

Answer: B
Q.53. If a small raindrop falls through air:

A. its velocity goes on increasing
B. Its velocity goes on decreasing
C. Its velocity goes on increasing for some time and then becomes constant
D. Its falls with constant speed for some time and then its velocity increases.

Answer: A
Q.54.

Television signal cannot be received generally beyond a particular distance due to:


A. Curvanure of the earth
B. Weakness of antenna
C. Weakness of signal
D. Absorption of signal in air

Answer: C
Q.55. Because of which one of the folowing factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?

A. Low pressure
B. Low humidity
C. High wind velocity
D. High temperature

Answer: B
Q.56. Which one of the following is an object with such a strong gravitational field that even light cannot escape from its surface?

A. Neutron star
B. White dwarf
C. Black hole
D. Supernova star

Answer: C
Q.57.

Which one of the following is a medium range surface-to-air missile?


A. Trishul
B. Nag
C. Prithvi
D. Akash

Answer: D
Q.58.

Which one of the following is the tide produced as a consequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the same direction?


A. Spring tide
B. Neap tide
C. High tide
D. Low tide

Answer: A
Q.59. Aqua regia used by alchemists to separate silver and gold is a mixture of :

A. hydrolchloric acid (concentrated) and nitric acid (concentrated)
B. Hydrochloric acid (concentated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated)
C. Nitric acid (concentrated) and sulphuric acid (concentrated)
D. Hydrochloric acid (dilute) and sulphuric acid (dilute)

Answer: A
Q.60. Commercial vulcanisation of rubber involves:

A. sulphur
B. Carbon
C. phosphorus
D. Selenium

Answer: A
Q.61. In which one of the following is higher percentage of carbon found?

A. Lignite coal
B. Peat coal
C. Bituminous coal
D. Antharcite coal

Answer: D
Q.62.

Which one of the following when dissolved in H2O gives hissing sound?


A. Limestone
B. Shacked lime
C. Soda lime
D. Quicklime

Answer: A
Q.63.

The rusting of iron mail:


A. Decreases its weight
B. Incfreases its weight
C. Does not affect weight but iron is oxidised
D. Does not affect weight but iron is reduced

Answer: B
Q.64. Which one of the following is heavy water used in nuclear reactor?

A. Water having molecular weight 18 amu
B. Water having molecular weight 20 amu
C. Water at 40 C but having molecular weight 19 amu
D. Water below the ice in a frozen sea.

Answer: B
Q.65. Which one of the following is ujsed as a mordant in dyeing and tanning industry?

A. Magnesium oxide
B. Magnesium carbonate
C. Magnesium chloride
D. Magnesium sulphite

Answer: D
Q.66. By which one of the following, an old written material which cannot be read easily, cana be read?

A. Y-rays
B. X-rays
C. IR-rays
D. Radio frequency waves

Answer: C
Q.67. Which one of the following characteristics is common among parrot, platypus and kangaroo?

A. Oviparity
B. Toothless jaws
C. Homotheremy
D. Functional postanal tail

Answer: A
Q.68. Which one of the following petroleum refinery produces has the lowest boiling point?

A. Kerosene
B. Diesel
C. Gasoline
D. Lubricating oil

Answer: C
Q.69. In which one of the following places was Asias first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) set up?

A. Santa Cruz
B. Kandla
C. Cochin
D. Surat

Answer: B
Q.70. Which one of the following features films is official nominee for Oscar, 2008 from India?

A. Rock on
B. Walu
C. Drona
D. Taare Zamin Par

Answer: D
Q.71. Which one of the following zones of the atmosphere is rich in ozone gas?

A. Mesosphere
B. Troposphere
C. Stratosphere
D. Ionosphere

Answer: C
Q.72. Which one of the following is an example of vestigial organ in man?

A. Zjaw apparatus
B. Ear muscles
C. Canine teeth
D. Nostoc

Answer: B
Q.73. Which one of the following is free-living bacterium that helps in nitrogen fixation in oil?

A. Azotobacter
B. Anabaena
C. Azolla
D. Nostoc

Answer: A
Q.74. Which one of the following is associated with the formation of brown air in traffic congested cities?

A. Sulphur dioxide
B. Nitrogen oxide
C. Carbon oxide
D. Carbon monoxide

Answer: B
Q.75. Which one of the following is the permissible level of noise in a silent zone at daytime?

A. 50 dB
B. 60 dB
C. 65 dB
D. 75 dB

Answer: A
Q.76. Which one of the following is the first National Park established in India?

A. Bandipur
B. Corbett
C. Velavadar
D. Periyar

Answer: B
Q.77. Bryophytes are photosynthetic but do not have vascular tissue and true roots. This feature enables them to resemble with which of the following?

A. Fungi
B. Algae
C. Peridophytes
D. Angiosperms

Answer: B
Q.78. The genetically engineered Golden Rice is rich in which of the following?

A. Vitamin A and nicotine acid
B. B-carotene and folic acid
C. B-carotene and iron
D. Vitamin A and niacin

Answer: C
Q.79. Which one of the following is categorised as millet?

A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Sorghum
D. Maize

Answer: C
Q.80. The plant dye hennaimparts orange-red colour to skin and hairs due to in reaction with which of the following ?

A. Proteins and amino acid
B. Lipids
C. Carbohydrates
D. Nueleic acids

Answer: A
Q.81.

Which one of the following plants is preferred for mixed cropping in order to enhance the bioavailability of nitrogen?


A. Wheat
B. Gram
C. Maize
D. Barley

Answer: B
Q.82. The Red Data Book containing information on all wild plants and animals in danger of extinction has been published by which one of the following?

A. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN
B. World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
C. World Conservation, Union (WCU)
D. United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)

Answer: A
Q.83.

Wavelengths of which of the following colours of the visible spectrum of light are maximally absorbed by great plants?


A. Green and Yellow
B. Red and Blue
C. Green and Red
D. Blue and Yellow

Answer: B
Q.84. A Forgotton Empire, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell is about which one of the following Empires?

A. Kushan Empire
B. Mauryan Empire
C. Vijaynagar Empire
D. Mughal Empire

Answer: C
Q.85.

Q.2.  Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

            List I                                        List II

            (Pass)                                     (State)

A.  Zozi La Pass                               Sikkim

B.  Bara Lacha Pass                        Uttarakhand

C.  Jelep La Pass                             Himachal Pradesh

D.  Niti Pass                                      Jammu and Kashmir

 

Code :

      A   B        C     D

a.   4    1        3      2

b.   2    3        1      4

c.   4    3        1      2  

d.   2    1        3      4

 



Answer: C
Q.86.

Which one of the following longitudes determines the Indian Standard Time?


A. 85.5°E
B. 86.5°E
C. 84.5°E
D. 82.5°E

Answer: D
Q.87.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

            List I                            List II

         (Riiver)                       (Tributary)

A.  Brahmaputra                   Musi

B.   Krishna                           Tawa

C.  Narmada                          Bhavani

D.  Cauvery                           Dikhow

 

Code :

       A    B      C   D

a.    4     2      1    3                

b.    4    1      2    3                             

c.    3    2      1    4    

d.    2    1      3    4

 



Answer: B
Q.88.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

      River                     City

a.   Gomti                   Lucknow

b.   Saryu                   Ayodha

c.   Alaknanda          Badrinath

d.   Narmada             Satna            



Answer: D
Q.89.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

            List I                                        List II

     (Multi River Project)        (Hydel PowerStation)

A.   Rihand                                        Hirakund

B.  Gandak                                        Balmikinagar

C.  Chambal                                      Pipri

D.  Mahanandi                                 Kota

Code :

      A   B        C     D

a.   3   4         2     1

b.   1   2        4      3   

c.   3   2        4      1   

d.   1   4        2      3



Answer: C
Q.90.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

      Person                 Bank

a.   O.P. Bhatt            SBI

b.   K.V. Kamath       ICICI

c.   Aditya Puri          HDFC

d.   Vikram Pandit     IDBI   



Answer: D
Q.91.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

      Nobel Laureate of 2008                       Discipline

a.   Martti Abhisari                                        Peace

b.   Yoichiro Nambu                                     Physics

c.   Jean-Marie Gustaye Le Clezio            Literature

d.   Osamu Shimomura                              Physiology   



Answer: D

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July 22, 2014
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