General Knowledge (Part – B : english) (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2021-I) (101 to 150)

Total Questions: 50

31. Which one of the following is not a form of condensation?

Correct Answer: (d) Sleet
Solution:
  • Sleet is a regionally variant term for some meteorological phenomena: Ice pellets, pellets of ice composed of frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes (United States). Glaze, a smooth coating of ice formed on objects by freezing rain.
  • Condensation takes one of the following forms - dew, frost, fog and clouds. Dew - Condensation of water vapour in the form of water droplets on a cool solid surface when the dew point of the air mass is above the freezing point

32. Which one of the following clouds is a rain-bearing cloud?

Correct Answer: (c) Nimbus cloud
Solution:
  • Nimbus clouds are those which bring precipitation, and they usually appear in the sky as dark gray. The gray color comes from the fact that they are dense and deep, which prevents much of the sun's light from filtering through them. Nimbus clouds can also bring rain, snow, or hail.
  • The different types of clouds are cumulus, cirrus, stratus and nimbus.

33. In which one of the following countries is intensive subsistence agriculture not predominantly practised?

Correct Answer: (c) Canada
Solution:
  • A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land.
  • There are two types of the intensive subsistence agriculture. One is dominated by wet paddy and the other is dominated by crops other than paddy, e.g., wheat, pulses, maize, millets, sorghum, kaoling, soya- beans, tubers and vegetables.
  • Intensive subsistence agriculture is best developed and practically confined to the monsoon lands of A'sia. It is carried on mainly in China, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and the islands of Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia.

34. The Headquarters of South-Eastern Railway is located at

Correct Answer: (c) Kolkata.
Solution:Kolkata
  • The headquarters of SER is in the Garden Reach suburb of Kolkata in West Bengal. Electrical Multiple Units or EMU services are also run by South Eastern Railway to places near Kolkata.
  • The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 18 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway division, Kharagpur railway division and Ranchi railway division.

35. Bharatmala Pariyojana is related to

Correct Answer: (b) networks of National Highways in India.
Solution:Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella program for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps through effective interventions like development of Economic Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes, National Corridor Efficiency Improvement, Border and International connectivity roads, Coastal and Port connectivity roads and Green-field expressways.

36. The natural vegetation which covers the maximum geographical areas of India is

Correct Answer: (a) Tropical deciduous forests.
Solution:
  • Tropical Deciduous Forests are the most widespread forests of India and are popularly as Monsoon Forests. Tropical deciduous forests are found in the regions, which receive rainfall between 70 and 200 cm.
  • These are the most widespread forests in India. They are also called the monsoon forests. They spread over regions which receive rainfall between 70-200 cm. On the basis of the availability of water, these forests are further divided into moist and dry deciduous.
  • Top 5 states having highest forest cover as a percentage of total geographical area:
  • Mizoram (85.41%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%), Meghalaya (76.33%), Manipur (75.46%) and Nagaland (75.31%)

37. River Beas, flowing from Himachal and Punjab, joins the river

Correct Answer: (b) Satluj.
Solution:
  • Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Beas rises at an elevation of 14,308 feet (4,361 metres) at Rohtang Pass in the western (Punjab) Himalayas (a section of the vast Himalayas mountain range), in central Himachal Pradesh.
  • Finally the Beas joins the river Sutlej at the south- western boundary of Kapurthala district of Punjab after a total course of 470 kilometres (290 mi). The chief tributaries are Bain, Banganga, Luni and Uha

38. With regard to the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Correct Answer: (c) The Preamble is enforceable in a Court of Law.
Solution:Through the Berubari case, the Court stated that 'Preamble is the key to open the mind of the makers' but it can not be considered as part of the Constitution. Therefore it is not enforceable in a court of law.

39. Which one of the following is not a power of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

Correct Answer: (b) Speaker will cast vote in the first instance in the House.
Solution:The speaker does not vote in the first instance. But he can exercise a casting vote in the case of a tie. In other words, only when the House is divided equally on any question, the Speaker is entitled to vote. Such vote is called casting vote, and its purpose is to resolve a deadlock.

40. Which one of the following is included in Article 51A (Part IV A) of the Constitution of India?

Correct Answer: (a) Fundamental Duties
Solution:Fundamental duties It shall be the duty of every citizen of India
  • to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the national Flag and the National Anthem;
  • to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;
  • to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
  • to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;
  • to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;
  • to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
  • to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;
  • to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform;
  • to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
  • to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement PART V THE UNION CHAPTER I THE EXECUTIVE The President and Vice President