General Knowledge (Part-3) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

31. Consider the following statement about the famous football player : “He was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency during his childhood but went on to win three European Golden shoes in his career.” Who is that player? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (b) Lionel Messi
Solution:

Lionel Messi was diagnosed with a  Growth Hormone Disorder or GHD. It is often called idiopathic short stature, but there are problems that go beyond being shorter than average. Lionel Messi is an Argentina professional footballer. He play for Spanish Club Barcelona and Argentina National team.

32. Which one of the following is not an Inter-Services Establishment? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Officers Training Academy
Solution:

National Defence Academy, National Defence College and Armed Forces Medical College are the joint services academy of the Indian Armed Forces where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force trained together before they go on to respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training.

These are inter-service establishment because one can go into different services through them but through Officers Training Academy, one can go only into Indian Army.

33. Which one of the following is a Peacetime Gallantry Award? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Shaurya Chakra
Solution:

Shaurya Chakra is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice while not engaged in direct action with the enemy. It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, sometimes posthumously.

It is the peacetime equivalent of the Vir Chakra. Other peace time gallantary awards are Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra. Ashoka Chakra is highest peacetime gallantary award. Kirti Chakra is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantary awards.

34. Who among the following is the author of the book A Comparison Between Women and Men? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Tarabai Shinde
Solution:

Tarabai Shinde (1850-1910) was a feminist activist, who protested patriarchy and caste in 19th century India. She is known for her published work, ‘A Comparison Between Women and Men’ (Stree-Purush Tulana), originally published in Marathi in 1882.

35. Which one of the following statements about reusable space vehicle of ISRO is not correct? [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) In June, 2016, ISRO successfully launched India's first reusable space vehicle
Solution:

In 23rd May, 2016, ISRO successfully launched India’s first indigenous winged Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

In this experimental mission, HS9 solid rocket booster carrying Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) lifted off from the first Launch Pad at Sriharikota. Hence, statement (a) is not correct.

36. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) Defence Research and Development Organisation is the manufacturer of Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter
Solution:

Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile being developed by Brahmos Aerospace, a joint venture between Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India and MPO Mashinostroeyenia (NPOM) of Russia.

The missile can be launched against ships and land-based targets. The missile is named after two rivers, the Brahmaputra in India and the Moskva in Russia.

The Indian Government has decided to lower the weight and strengthen the structure of the aircraft and rocket launcher of the Brahmos in order to make it more suitable for integration with the Sukhoi SU-30 MKI, and the Indian military scientists are capable to integrate it.

The Sukhoi SU-30 MKI is a twin jet multi-role air superiority fighter developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and built under licence by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Hence, option (d) is incorrect.

37. Neil O’Brien, who died in June 2016, was a famous [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) quiz master
Solution:

Neil O’Brien was a leader of the Anglo-Indian community, who is credited with pioneering quizzing in the country. He passed away in Kolkata at the age of 82 in 2016.

38. Recently, the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Indian Ordinance Factory Board
Solution:

The Dhanush project was started by the Indian Ordnance Factory Board to replace the older 105 mm Indian Field Gun, 105 mm Light Field Gun and the Russian 122 mm guns with a modern 155 mm artillery gun.

The Dhanush is a 155 mm towed howitzer gun, which is now used by the Indian Army. The design is based on Bofors, (now Haubits FH77) which India acquired in the 1982.

39. Who among the following won the men’s singles title in the Australian Open tennis tournament, 2016? [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Novak Djokovic
Solution:

Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title in the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament by defeating Andy Murray. In 2019, Novak Djokovic again won the Australian Open tennis tournament by defeating Rafael Nadal, Novak Diokvoic plays for Serbia.

40. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [Evening Shift-2016 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and National Investment Fund (NIF) are the names of the same organisation.
Solution:

The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIlF) was announced in the Union Budget, 2015-16. The objective of NlIF is to maximise economic impact through infrastructure development in viable projects both in Greenfield and Brownfield, including stalled projects, mainly in the core infra sector.

NIIF has been structured as a fund of funds and set-up as Category II Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Regulations.

As on the above, the NIIF is a fund of funds, means that there would be multiple alternative investment funds underneath the main fund.

National Investment Fund (NIF) is resporate from NIIF as it was established to receive disinvestment proceeds of CPSUs and investing the same to generate earnings.