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

Total Questions: 120

61. Which one of the following is not a major tectonic plate?

Correct Answer: (a) Saudi Arabian plate
Solution:Lithosphere is divided in different tectonic plates. These plates are of two types- Major and Minor. There 7 major plates and 20 minor plates.

Major Plates are as follows
1. North American plate
2. South American plate
3. Pacific plate
4. Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic plate
5. Eurasia and the adjacent oceanic plate
6. Africa with the eastern Atlantic floor plate
7. India-Australia-New Zealand plate
Saudi Arabian plate is a minor plate. Hence, option (a) is correct.

62. Which one of the following is considered as the deepest point of the oceans?

Correct Answer: (b) Mariana Trench
Solution:The Mariana Trench is considered as deepest point of the oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, East of the Mariana Islands. The maximum known depth is 10,984 m (36,037 ft) at the southern end of a small slot-shaped valley its floor known as the Challenger Deep.

Other Important Trenches of the world

TrenchOcean
Tonga TrenchPacific Ocean
Philippine TrenchPacific Ocean
Kuril-Kamchatka TrenchPacific Ocean
Kermadec TrenchPacific Ocean
Izu-Bonin TrenchPacific Ocean
Japan TrenchPacific Ocean
Puerto Rico TrenchAtlantic Ocean
South Sandwich TrenchAtlantic Ocean
Peru-Chile Trench or Atacama TrenchPacific Ocean
Java TrenchIndian Ocean

63. The four planets closest to the Sun are called

Correct Answer: (a) Terrestrial planets
Solution:The four planet closest Sun are called Terrestrial planets. It includes Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Terrestrial planets are Earth-like planets made up of rocks or metals with a hard surface. Terrestrial planets also have a molten heavy-metal core, and topological features such as valleys, volcanoes and craters.

64. Which one of the following countries does not have Tundra vegetation?

Correct Answer: (a) Belarus
Solution:Belarus do not have Tundra vegetation. The tundra is the coldest biome. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert. Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions. The tundra soil is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia.

65. Which one of the following is not a fluvial landform?

Correct Answer: (a) Cirque
Solution:Cirque is a glacial landform. The landform created by the glacier are known as glacial landform. Aretes, Nunatak, Esker etc. are important glacial landforms.

66. In the Gandhara School of Art, initially blue schist and green phyllite were used. When did stucco completely replace stone as main material used by Gandhara School sculptors?

Correct Answer: (c) 3rd Century CE
Solution:The Gandhara school of Art flourished in the areas of Afghanistan and present North-Western India. It flourished from 1st Century BCE to 4th Century BCE. The material used for in the sculpture making were green phyllite and gray blue schist and Stucco, which was used increasingly after the 3rd Century BCE. This school of Art is associated with the Greco-Roman style of Art. The main theme of this art were derived from the Mahayana Buddhism.

67. Which one of the following statements about Gupta coins is not correct?

Correct Answer: (d) The largest number of coins issued by the Guptas were of copper.
Solution:Gupta king issued large number of gold coins known as ‘Dinars’. Gupta coins were usually minted in gold and silver. The obverses of coins were carved with the images of the kings in the reverse with deities. Gupta kings like Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta and Budhagupta issued silver coins. Gupta kings also depicted socio-political event such as marriage of the kings and queens, Ashvmedha Yagya etc. Gupta dynasty reigned from 319 to 467 CE. It covered much of the Indian subcontinent.

68. Who among the following wrote The Philosophy of the Bomb?

Correct Answer: (c) Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Solution:The Philosophy of the Bomb was written by the revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagwati Charan Vohra. He was associated with Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. He died in Lahore on May 28, 1930 while testing a bomb.

69. At which one of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress was the resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy passed?

Correct Answer: (d) Karachi Session
Solution:At the Karachi Session (1931), the Indian National Congress passed to resolution on Fundamental Rights (FR) and Economic policy.

70. Which one of the following towns was not a centre of the Revolt of 1857?

Correct Answer: (b) Agra
Solution:Agra was not a centre of the Revolt of 1857. In 1857, people of country started a revolt against the exploitative British government. The revolt began on 10th May 1857, at Meerut in the form of sepoy mutiny. The political economic and socio-religious activities of British government were responsible for the revolt.