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

Copa America is an international men’s football tournament contested between national teams. In the final match played at Metlife Stadium, New Jersey (US), Chile defeated, Argentina by 4-2 goals in the penalty shootout as in the regulation period both teams failed to score goal.

Argentina defeated by Chile to win the Copa America Football Championship, 2016. The 2019 edition of Copa America Football was won by Brazil, Brazil defeated Pure by 3-1 in finals.

The Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission was V Reddy. NK Singh is the Chairman of 25th Finance Commission. The Finance Commission came into existence in 1951. The provision for Finance Commission comes under Article-280 of the Indian Constitution.

The function of Finance Commission is to define the financial relations between Centre and the State. The commission term is 5 years once it is appointed. It consists of a chairman and four other members.

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from European Union is commonly known a Brexit.

In June, 2016, a referendum was held in which England and Wales voted for Brexit. However, the other two geographical regions of UK i.e. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted against Brexit.

Guomindang identified the ‘four great needs’ of the people into four areas : clothing, food, housing and transportation.

Chinese Government, can take care of these people through ideal planning. The concept may be understood as social welfare as well.

The Missile Technology Control Regime was established in April, 1987 by G7 countries. The member countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain and USA.

The MTCR was created in order to curb the spread of unmanned delivery systems for nuclear weapons, specifically delivery systems that could carry a payload of 500 kg for a distance of 300 km. India became the member of MTCR in June, 2015 with active support from France and USA. Hence, option (d) is incorrect.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement between Canada, Mexico and United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America.

NAFTA was created with the aim to eliminate barriers to trade and investment between participating countries. This agreement was basically a free trade agreement, but it served as a framework for further regional cooperation.

T-55, T-72 and T-90 battle are USSR/Russian Origin battle tanks and are respectively based on first, second and third generation battle tank technologies.

T-155 is a Turkish 155 mm self-propelled Howitzer based on the K9 thunder by Samsung Techwin of South Korea. The T-155 has a maximum firing range of 40 km, depending on the type of ammunition used. It can reach a top speed of 66 km/h and has an operational range of 480 km.

Edo was the earlier name of Tokyo. It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa Shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868. During this period, it became one of the largest cities in the world.

The documents from Western India (Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra) record petitions sent by women to the village panchayats to seek redress and justice. Wives protested against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household, the grihasthi.

While male infidelity was not always punished, the State and ‘superior’ caste groups did intervene, when it came to ensuring that the family was adequately provided for.

Telegram is a written message transmitted by using an electric device, was started in 1850 on experimental basis between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour. It was made public in 1854 and discontinued permanently in 2013.