SOLVED PAPER 2020 (CDS) (II) (General Studies)

Total Questions: 120

11. The largest geographical area of India is covered by which one of the following types of soils?

Correct Answer: (a) Inceptisols
Solution:The largest geographical area of India is covered by Inceptisols, which is 39.74%. Inceptisols are usually the weakly developed young soil though they are more developed than entisols.

Other soils cover an area of

Entisols – 28.08%
Albisols – 13.55%
Vertisols – 8.52%

12. Which one of the following cities is closest to the Equator ?

Correct Answer: (b) Singapore
Solution:Singapore is closest to the equator.
Other cities which are near to the equator are
Quito (Equador)
Kampala (Uganda)
Pekanbaru (Indonesia)
Padang (Indonesia)
Maccapa (Brazil)
Kisumu (Kenya)
Libreville (Gabon)

13. Who among the following gave evidence before the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, 1919 in favour of female franchise?

1. Annie Besant
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Hirabai Tata

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu and Hirabai Tata gave evidence before the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, 1919 in favour of Female Franchise. The Government of India Act, 1919, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the Government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State of India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy Lord Chelmsford.

14. In which one of the following places was the Ahmadiyya Movement started by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad?

Correct Answer: (d) Gurdaspur
Solution:The Ahmadiyya Movement was launched by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadiyan in 1889 from Gurudaspur. He began his work as a defender of Islam against the Polemics (Religions Propoganda) of the Arya Samaj and the Christian missionaries.

15. With whom did Subhas Chandra Bose form an alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40?

Correct Answer: (b) The Muslim League
Solution:Subhas Chandra Bose with an alliance with the Muslim League destroyed the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40. The Holwell Monument was constructed to commemorate the victims of the ‘Black Hole Tragedy 1956. It was named after John Zephaniah Holwell, one of the survivor of this incident.

16. Who among the following created the first All India Trade Union Congress in 1920?

Correct Answer: (c) NM Joshi
Solution:NM Joshi created the first All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) in 1920.

The AITUC was founded on October 31, 1920 in Mumbai .

It is associated with the Communist Party of India. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, AITUC had a membership of 14.2 million in 2013.

17. Which one among the following was India’s first trade union in the proper sense of the term?

Correct Answer: (c) Madras Labour Union
Solution:Madras Union Labour was India first trade Union in the proper sense of term. Madras Labour Union was formed on April 27, 1918 by the workers of the then Buckingham and Carnatic Mills at Perambur, Chennai. The two prominent traders involved in forming the union were Selvapathi Chettiyar and Ramanujulu Naidu. BP Wadia was the founding member of the MLU. Selvapathi and Ramanujulu became the General Secretaries of the union while Thiru Vi Ka its Vice President.

18. Who among the following formed the Seva Samiti Boy Scouts Association in 1914?

Correct Answer: (a) Hriday Nath Kunzru
Solution:Hriday Nath Kunzru and Madan Mohan Malviya formed the Seva Samiti Boy Scouts Association. On the line of the Worldwide BadenPowell Organisation, which at the time refused to allow Indians to join it. They were assisted by Shri Ram Bajpai.

19. Which one among the following is not correct about the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?

Correct Answer: (d) The Secretary General passes orders in the name of the Speaker
Solution:The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha passes orders in the name of the speaker is not correct statement. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is the Administrative Head of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. He/she is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The post of Secretary General is of the rank of the Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India, who is the senior most civil servant to the Indian Government. In the discharge of his constitutiona and statutory responsibilities, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha is assisted by the Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, functionaries of the level of the Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary and other officers and staff of the Secretariat at various levels. The Secretary General remains in office till his/her retirement at the age of 60. He/she is answerable only to the Speaker, his/her action cannot be discussed or criticised in or outside the Lok Sabha. On behalf of the President of India, he/she summons members to attend session of Parliament and authenticates Bills in the absence of the Speaker.

20. Who among the following moved the motion of Secret Sitting Session of the Assembly (1942)?

Correct Answer: (a) MS Aney
Solution:Madhav Shrihari Aney (MS Aney) moved the motion of Secret Sitting Session of the Assembly in 1942. The objective of this Session was to discuss the 2nd World War situation. He was member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council from 1941-1944. He is popularly referred as Loknayak Bapujj Aney. He was also Governor of Bihar from 12th January, 1948 to 14th June, 1952.