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

Total Questions: 120

71. Following the Constitution (One Hundred Arid First Amendment) Act, 2016, the Parliament of India enacted quite a few GST Acts in the year 2017. Which one of the following does not fall in this category?

Correct Answer: (c) The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Acts
Solution:

The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, amendment introduced a national Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India from 1st July, 2017. It replaces all Indirect taxes levied on goods and services by the Indian Central and State Governments. Goods and Service Tax (GST) is levied on the supply of goods and services. Goods and Services Tax Law in India is a comprehensive, multi-stage, destination-based tax that is levied on every value addition. GST is a single domestic indirect tax law for the entire country.

72. Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Directorate of Enforcement ?

Correct Answer: (b) It enforces the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
Solution:

The Directorate of Enforcement is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government Of India. The prime objective of the Enforcement Directorate is the enforcement of two key Acts of the Government of India namely, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).

73. Which one of the following is not correct ?

Correct Answer: (b) Price control is a subject under the Concurrent List.
Solution:Price controls are restrictions set in place and enforced by governments, on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market. In India, the government first enacted price control in 2013 for the Drug Price Control order. This order gave local regulatory body and the Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority the power to set ceiling prices on the National List of Essential medicines. It comes under the Union List.

74. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the nature of India’s federal system?

Correct Answer: (d) The Constitution of India enables the federal government to acquire the strength of a unitary system during emergencies.
Solution:

A national emergency modifies the federal system of government to a unitary one by granting Parliament the power to make laws on the 66 subjects of the State List (which contains subjects on which the state governments can make laws). Also, all state money bills are referred to the Parliament for its approval.

75. The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech and expression. But the freedom is subject to certain reasonable restrictions imposed by the state. These restrictions may relate to which of the following?

1. Defamation
2. Decency or morality
3. Incitement to an offence

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:

All statements 1,2 and 3 are correct. The right to freedom of speech and expression is not absolute and has been reasonably restricted by the Constitution of India under Article 19(2). The grounds for imposing these restrictions are: Sovereignty and Integrity of India, Security of the State, to maintain friendly relations with foreign states, decency and morality, defamation and contempt of court.

76. Which one of the following amendments in the Constitution of India made a Proclamation of Emergency immune from judicial review ?

Correct Answer: (a) 38th Amendment
Solution:

The Thirty-eighth (38th) Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1975, made the declaration of ‘‘The Emergency’’ final and conclusive. In particular it codified and enlarged the State’s power to remove fundamental rights from its citizens during states of emergency.

77. Which one of the following British officials was elevated to the position of Governor General after the Regulating Act of 1773 ?

Correct Answer: (a) Warren Hastings
Solution:

Among the given options, Governor General Warren Hastings was elevated to the aforementioned position after the Regulating Act of 1773. It limited his power by making the Governor-General one member of a five-man Supreme Council. He was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal and so the first de facto Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785.

78. Which of the following ideas was preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har Movement of the 1870s?

Correct Answer: (b) Monotheism and internal social reform
Solution:

Monotheism and internal social reform was preached by Sapha Har movement. Kherwar Movement was started apparently in 1868. It is also known as Sapha Har Movement. This movement had popularised the concept of One God as well as aimed at social reform. This movement initially taught Monotheism and Internal social reform and but before its suppression it took the form of campaign against revenue endowment.

79. In which one of the following years was the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha established

Correct Answer: (d) 1870
Solution:

Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, was established in 1870 at Pune by MG Ranade in 1870.Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, was a sociopolitical organisation in British India which started with the aim of working as a mediating body between the government and people of India and to popularise the peasants' legal rights.

80. Which one of the following was an important Pandya port, celebrated for its pearls in Sangam Poems and Greek Accounts?

Correct Answer: (b) Korkai
Solution:

Korkai was popularly known for its pearl fishery and has a long history to cherish finding its name in Tamil sangam literatures and also noted as ‘Colchis’ in Periplus of the Erythrean Sea which is a maritime traders' guide belong to the mid-first century and ‘Kolkhoi’ by Ptolemy who visited the Southern peninsula in the second century.