SOLVED PAPER 2022 (CDS) (I) (General Awareness)

Total Questions: 120

91. Which one of the following statements about a Bill for Amendment of the Constitution of India is not correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Joint sitting can be resorted to for passing a Bill amending the Constitution of India.
Solution:A Constitutional Amendment Bill, is the one that seeks to change one or more provisions of the Constitution. Unlike a Money Bill or a Financial Bill, it does not require the President's prior recommendation.

It can be presented in either House and would require a special majority in each to pass. If there is a deadlock, there can't be a joint sitting to resolve, it needs to passed separately by both Houses.

92. Which one of the following methods is followed in electing the President of India?

Correct Answer: (c) Proportional Representation and the Single Transferable Vote System
Solution:The President of India is elected indirectly by the Electoral College according to secret ballot by the system of proportional representation through single transferable vote. The President of India is elected by an Electoral College consisting of elected members of the two Houses of Parliament, Legislative Assemblies of the States and Legislature of Union Territory of Delhi and Puducherry.

93. From among the following Mahajanapadas, identify the gana/sangha (oligarchy).

Correct Answer: (b) Vajji
Solution:In ancient, there were 16 Mahajanapadas, of which Vajji and Malia were Gana/Sanghas. The Ghana/ Sanghas had a government by the assembly and within the assembly they had an oligarchy..

94. The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given in

Correct Answer: (a) Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
Solution:The Government of India Act 1909, popularly known as the Morley Minto reforms, introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of a "separate electorate". Under this, the Muslim members were to be elected only by Muslim voters of the constituency reserved for Muslims.

95. Which of the following was/were the founder member(s) of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army established in September, 1928?

1. Bhagat Singh
2. Jatindranath
3. Ajoy Ghosh.
4. Phanindranath Ghosh

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (a) Only 1
Solution:Hindustan Republican Army or Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was an Indian revolutionary organisation founded by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindra Nath Bakshi, Sachindranath Sanyal and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee in 1925. In the year 1928, under the influence of Bhagat Singh, it was reformed as Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.

96. Who among the following did not belong to the group of 'No-Changers'?

Correct Answer: (b) Vithalbhai Patel
Solution:The 'No-changers' opposed council entry, advocated concentration on constructive work and continuation of boycott and non-cooperation and quiet preparation for resumption of the suspended civil disobedience programme, they were led by Vallabhbhai Patel, Rajendra Prasad, C. Rajagopalachari and M.A. Ansari came to be known as the 'No changers'.

Motilal Nehru, NC Kelkar, Subhash Chandra Bose and Vithalbhai Patel were Pro-changers.

97. The headquarters of Ghadar Movement/Party were at

Correct Answer: (a) San Francisco
Solution:The Ghadar Movement was an early 20th century, international political movement founded by expatriate Indians to overthrow British rule in India.

The early membership was composed mostly of Punjabi Sikhs who lived and worked on the West Coast of the United States and Canada but the movement later spread to India and Indian diasporic communities around the world. The official founding has been dated to a meeting on 15th July, 1913 in Astoria, Oregon, with the Ghadar headquarters and Hindustan Ghadar newspaper based in San Francisco, California.

98. Which one of the following pairs of Newspaper and Editor is not correctly matched?

List-I (Newspaper)List-II (Editor)
(a) Navjivan1. Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Mahratta2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bengalee3. Surendranath Banerijea
(d) Voice of India4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:Dadabhai Naoroji published newspaper called "Voice of India". He also founded a Gujarati fortnightly publication, the Rast Goftar. In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the 'Drain of Wealth' theory in which he stated that the Britain was completely draining India.

99. Which one of the following was not included in the terms and conditions of Subsidiary Alliance System of Lord Wellesley?

Correct Answer: (b) The ally was free to enter into agreements with other rulers or engage in warfare.
Solution:Under the subsidiary alliance, the Indian rulers were forbidden for making any negotiations with other rulers without prior permission from the British East India Company. They were also not allowed to maintain a standing army.

100. Which one of the following is an exhaustible but renewable natural resource?

Correct Answer: (b) Water in usable condition
Solution:Natural resources are of two types, exhaustible and non-exhaustible. Exhaustible resources are those natural resources that are available in limited quantity. Examples include coal, natural gas, petroleum. Non-exhaustible resources are those natural resources that are available in abundance. Renewable resources are those which can be recycled or replenished.

The solar energy is renewable and non-exhaustible source. Water is a renewable but exhaustible resource. It may exhaust one day if used without any concern.