General Ability NDA/NA Solved Paper 2020-I (101-150)

Total Questions: 50

11. What was Damin-i Koh in Rajmahal area?

Correct Answer: (a) A large area ofland demarcated and declared to be the land of the Santhals
Solution:

Damin-i-koh was the land of Santhals situated in Rajmahal hills. Rajmahal hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division ofJharkhand. Damin-i-koh (or sometimes
referred to simply as Damin) was the name given to the forested hilly areas of Rajmahal hills broadly in the area of present Sahebganj, Pakur and Godda districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

12. Which one of the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 is correct?

Correct Answer: (c) Therebel proclamations in 1857 repeatedly appealed to all sections of the population irrespective of their caste and creed.
Solution:

The rebel proclamations of 1857 appealed to all sections of the population, regardless of thelr caste oг creed. This is a correct statement.

13. Which one among the following was NOT a Panch Sheel principle?

Correct Answer: (c) Nuclear deterrence
Solution:

Panchsheel, or the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India signed on April 29, 1954, which stated, in its preamble, that the two Governments "have resolved to enter into the present Agreement based on the following five principles:-

i Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty,
ii. Mutual non-aggression,
iii. Mutual non-interference,
iv. Equality and mutual benefit, and
v. Peaceful co-existence.
Hence Nuclear deterrence is not among five principles of Panch sheel.

14. Who among the following had organised, in 1904, a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?

Correct Answer: (d) VD Savarkar
Solution:

Abhinav Bharat Society was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904. The original organization believed in armed revolution, and was responsible for the assassinations of some officers of the ruling British government before being disbanded in 1952.

15. The principle that the framing ofthe new Constitution for independent India should be primarily (though not solely) the responsibility of Indians themselves, was for the first time conceded in the

Correct Answer: (b) August Offer of Viceroy Linlithgow
Solution:

The Viceroy Linlithgow made a set of proposals called the 'August offer'. For the first time, the right of Indians to frame their own constitution was acknowledged.

As per the terms of the August Offer, a representative Indian body would be framed after the war to frame a constitution for India. Dominion status was the objective for India.

16. Which one of the following is a major environmental issue in easterm Canada?

Correct Answer: (a) Acid precipitation
Solution:

A large amount ofthe Canadian population lives in urban areas and cities are notorious for their poor air quality. Environment Canada has singled out air pollution as a major concern as it affects wildlife, vegetation, soil and water. The government agency has said air pollution from urban areas causes acid rain and contributes to climate change.

17. Which one of the foliowing mountains lies in between Caspian Sea and Black Sea?

Correct Answer: (a) Caucasus
Solution:

The mountain range that lies between the Black and Caspian Seas is called the Caucasus Mountain Range, or just the Caucasus Mountains. The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus separating the Black and Caspian seas in the region where Europe and Asia converge.

Trendinggenerally from northwest to southeast, the mountains consist of two ranges-the Greater Caucasus (Russian: Bolshoy Kavkaz) in the north and the Lesser Caucasus(Maly Kavkaz) in the south. Mount Elbrus in the Greater Caucasus range, at 18,510 feet (5,642 metres), is the highest peak.

18. Bagalihar, Dulhasti and Salal hydro power projects have been developed on which of the following rivers?

Correct Answer: (d) Chenab only
Solution:

Bagalihar, Dulhasti and Salal hydro power projects thave been developed on Chenab river. Baglihar Dam is built on Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir. Dulhasti hydro power is located in Kishtwar district where as Salal power station is located in Reasi district of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.

19. Which of the following statements with regard to Biosphere Reserve is/are correct?

1. The idea of Biosphere Reserve was initiated by UNESCO in 1973-74
2. There are 18 designated Biosphere Reserves in India
3. All Biosphere Reserves in India have been included in world network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (d) 1,2 and 3
Solution:

Not all of India's biosphere reserves are included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR); thus, option (c) is correct.

20. Which one of the following countries does NOT have direct access to the sea/ocean?

Correct Answer: (d) Armenia
Solution:

Asia has 12 landlocked countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Laos, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Syria is located in Western Asia, north of the Arabian Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea.

Jordan is almost entirely land-locked and only has a small (27 km) marine coast to the Red Sea, cantered on the port of Aqaba. Azerbaijan has a coastline of 713 km on the Caspian Sea.