SOLVED PAPER 2021 (CDS) (II) (General Studies)

Swami Vivekananda took inspiration from Vedas. He was of the view that All that is called knowledge is in the Vedas. Every word is sacred and eternal, eternal as the soul, without beginning and without end. According to him, the three essentials of Hinduism are belief in God, in the Vedas as revelation, in the doctrine of Karma and transmigration.

Non-Cooperation Movement gave a call for renunciation of all voluntary associations with the British Government. The Non-Cooperation Movement was a political campaign launched on 4th September, 1920. by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British Government, with the aim of inducing the British to grant self-governance and full independence (Purna Swaraj) to India.

Statement 1 is correct. India uses only one time zone (even though it spans across two geographical time zones) across the whole nation and all its territories, called Indian Standard Time (IST), which equates to GMT+05:30, five and half hours ahead of Green which mean time.

Khardung La, Nubra Valley and several Buddhist monasteries are situated in Ladakh. Ladakh is most famous for breathtaking landscapes, the crystal clear skies, the highest mountain passes, thrilling adventure activities, Buddhist monasteries and festivals.

Tamil Nadu experiences two major periods of rainfall: The South-West Monsoon (Arabian sea branch) in Tamil Nadu starts in June and lasts till September. The North-East Monsoon (Bay of Bengal Branch) in Tamil Nadu begins in October and goes on till December.

Inceptisols, Entisols, Vertisols and Mollisols are orders of Soil. Soil Taxonomy places soils into one of 12 categories known as ‘orders.’ Each of these orders represents a grouping of soils with distinct characteristics and ecological significance.The 12 soil orders are Entisols, Inceptisols, Andisols, Mollisols, Alfisols, Spodosols, Ultisols, Oxisols, Gelisols, Histosols, Aridisols and Vertisols.

Contour bunding or contour farming or Contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines. Such type of farming practice is prevalent in hilly regions. Out of four options, Himachal Pradesh is the states S witnessed such farming practice.

The Government of India launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan initiative to tackle the impact of COVID-19 on shramik workers (All returning migrants) in India. It is a rural public works scheme which was launched on 20th June, 2020 with an initial funding of ₹50,000 crore.

The correct matching is A-3,B-1,C-4,D-2. The Lorenz Curve (the actual distribution of income curve), a graphical distribution of wealth developed by Max Lorenz in 1906, shows the proportion of income earned by any given percentage of the population. The Phillips curve is an economic concept developed by A. W. Phillips. He stated that inflation and unemployment have a stable and inverse relationship. Engel curves relate the quantity of good consumed to income. If the good is a normal good, the Engel curve is upward sloping. If the good is an inferior good, the Engel curve is downward sloping. The Laffer curve illustrates a theoretical relationship between rates of taxation and the resulting levels of the government's tax revenue.

Market for soaps is a typical example of monopolistic competition Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that there are many producers competing against each other, but selling products that are differentiated from one another and hence are not perfect substitutes.