SOLVED PAPER 2021 (CDS) (I) (General Awareness)

Total Questions: 120

61. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Author)List-II (Poetical work)
A. Brindavan Das1. Shivasankirttan
B. Krishnadas Kaviraj2. Chaitanyacharitamrita
C. Mukundaram Chakravarti3. Chandimangal
D. Rameshwar Bhattacharya4. Chaitanyamangal

 

Code:ABCD
(a)4231
(b)4321
(c)1324
(d)1234
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:Chandimangal is a work written by Mukundaram Chakravarti.

Chandimangal is an important subgenre of managalkavya, the most significant genre of medieval Bengali literature.

Chaitanyacharitamrita was composed by Krishnadas Kaviraj. It is one of the primary biographies detailing the life and teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Chaitanya Mangala was composed by Lochana Dasa. It is influenced by the Sanskrit Kadacha of Murari Gupta.

62. Which one of the following scholars of Akbar's court translated Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati into Persian ?

Correct Answer: (c) Fathullah Shirazi
Solution:Faizi translated Lilavati which is a work on mathematics into Persian and under his supervision, the Mahabharata was translated into the Persian language. Faizi was brother of famous poet Abul Fazl.

63. Who among the following was the Chairman of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution (2000)?

Correct Answer: (a) Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah
Solution:Justice M. N Venkatachaliah was the chairman of the National Commission for Review of the working of the Constitution (2000). It was a resolution set up by the NDA Government of India for suggesting possible amendments to the Constitution of India.

64. M.M. Punchhi Commission on Centre-State Relationshas recommended the disposal of a bill reserved for the consideration of the Union Executive within

Correct Answer: (b) six months
Solution:Bills reserved for the consideration of the Union Executive should be disposed of within the time period of six months. In April 2007, a three member commission headed by the former chief justice of India M.M. Punchhi was set up by the UPA Government to take a fresh look at relative roles and responsibilities of various levels of government and their inter-relations. This commission had submitted its report in 2010 to then Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

65. Who among the following founded the Marathi newspaper 'Kesari'?

Correct Answer: (a) Lokmanya Tilak
Solution:Kesari is a newspaper founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Bal Gangadhar Tilak used to run his two newspapers, the Kesari, in Marathi and Maratha in English from Kesari Wada.

66. Which mega public sector undertaking is designated with 'Navratna' status?

Correct Answer: (d) Bharat Electronics Limited
Solution:Among the given options, Bharat Electronics limited is designated with 'Navratna' Status Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian Government owned aerospace and defence electronics company. It was founded in 1954.

The Headquarters of BEL is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

67. Which of the following statements with regard to the creation of a new state or alteration of boundaries of states is/are correct?

1. An amendment has to be moved in the Parliament under Article 368 of the Constitution of India.
2. Ratification by one half of the states is necessary after the amendment is made by the Parliament.
3. The legislation can be passed by a simple majority of both Houses of Parliament.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (c) Only 3
Solution:Article 3 : Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States: Parliament may by law

(a) Form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State;
(b) Increase the area of any State;
(c) Diminish the area of any State;
(d) Alter the boundaries of any State;
(e) Alter the name of any State; Provided that no Bill for the purpose shall be introduced in either House of Parliament except on the recommendation of the President

68. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?

Correct Answer: (c) Indo-Aryan
Solution:Indo-Aryan are the largest lingustic group of India. People speaking Indo Aryan language came through North-western Mountains and got settled in the North West in Punjab and later in Gangatic plains. These were called as Aryans or Indo Aryans. They spoke Indo Iranian, Indo European or Sanskrit. Origin of Aryans is not clearly known, different scholars have different views on this point. It is said that Aryans lived in East of Alps (Eurasia), Central Asia, Arctic region, Germany, and Southern Russia.

69. Which one of the following water bodies separates the Andaman and the Nicobar islands?

Correct Answer: (b) Ten Degree Channel
Solution:The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It also separates Little Andaman and Car Nicobar.

70. Which one of the following longitudes is the standard meridian of India?

Correct Answer: (b) 82° 30'E
Solution:From Gujarat to Arunachal 'Pradesh there is a time lag of two hours. Hence, time along the Standard Meridian of India (82° 30'E passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar. Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for the whole country.