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

Total Questions: 120

111. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Nilmani Phukan Jr. is the 56th Jnanpith Award winner.
2. Damodar Mauzo is the 57th Jnanpith Award winner.

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Correct Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2
Solution:Nilmani Phookan Jr. is the 56th Jnanpith Award winner. He is Guwahati based poet. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990 and received the Sahitya Akademi fellowship in 2002. He is the third Assamese writer to receive the Jnanpith.

Damodar Mauzo is the 57th Jnanpith Award winner. He is a Goa-based poet. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for his novel Karmelin. he has also won the Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar Award for his novel 'Tsunami Simon' in 2011. He is the co-founder of the Goa arts and literature festival.

112. Which one of the following statements about Anil Menon is correct?

Correct Answer: (c) He is a physician selected by NASA to be an astronaut.
Solution:Space X Flight Surgeon Anil Menon is among the 10 latest trainee astronauts who will join the 2021 class of NASA as it plans for the first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. He served NASA as the crew flight surgeon for various expeditions on the International Space Station (ISS).

Menon is Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force and was SpaceX's first flight surgeon. Menon started as Nasa flight surgeon in 2014.

113. India's maiden human space mission will be launched in 2023. What is its name?

Correct Answer: (d) Gaganyaan
Solution:India's maiden human space mission will be launched in 2023. Gaganyaan is the initiative of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The objective of the Gaganyaan programme is to demonstrate the capability to send humans to low Earth orbit onboard an Indian launch vehicle and bring them back to Earth safely. Four Indian astronaut candidates have already undergone generic space flight training in Russia as part of the Gaganyaan programme. ISRO's heavy-lift launcher G5LV MK- III has been identified for the mission.

114. Which one of the following teams won the Senior Women's National Football Championship, 2021?

Correct Answer: (a) Manipur
Solution:The Senior Women's National Football Championship, 2021 won by Manipur. It was the 26th edition of the championship. Manipur came out to be the winners, defeating railways by 2-1.

115. Which of the following about Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is/are correct?

1. It is recently declared as a Ramsar site (wetlands of international importance).
2. It is located in Uttar Pradesh.

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Correct Answer: (a) Only 1
Solution:The Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh have been listed as wetlands of international important by the Ramsar convention.

Hence statement (1) is correct and (2) is incorrect.

In July, 2022, India added 5 more wetland areas, now India has 54 Ramsar sites.

116. Which one among the following countries has announced a plan that sets a goal of having fewer than 5% of its populace smoking by 2025?

Correct Answer: (c) New Zealand
Solution:New Zealand is determined to achieve a national goal of reducing its national smoking rate to 5% by 2025, with the aim of eventually eliminating it altogether. At the moment, 13% of New Zealand's adults smoke, with the rate much higher among the indigenous Maori population. Maori occupies one-third of it and also suffer a higher rate of disease and death.

New Zealand's Health Ministry says smoking causes one in four cancers and remains the leading cause of preventable death for its five million strong population. The number of shops authorised to sell cigarettes will be drastically reduced to under 500 from about 8,000.

117. Who among the following won the FIDE World Chess Championship, 2021?

Correct Answer: (b) Magnus Carlsen
Solution:Carlsen of Norway won the FIDE World Championship in December, 2021 in Dubai. He beat lan Nepomniachtchi of Russia by 7.5-3.5.

118. With reference to Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Sultanpur National Park, Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary and Wadhwana Wetland, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. All of them are Ramsar sites.
2. All of them are naturally formed wetlands.
3. All of them are birding sites.

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Correct Answer: (b) 1 and 3
Solution:Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Jhajjar district of Haryana. It was designated as Ramsar site in May, 2021. Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is a human-made freshwater wetland and is the largest wetland in Haryana state.

Sultanpur National Park is a bird paradise for bird watchers park is famous for its migratory as well as resident birds. A total of around 250 bird species have been reported in the park. It was designated as Ramsar site in May, 2021.

Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary in 1988, it was declared as a wildlife sanctuary to protect the birdlife found there. More than 320 birds species can be found, making up some 57% of all the bird species of Gujarat. it was designated as Ramsar site in April, 2021.

Wadhwana Wetland this reservoir was created in 1910 by the former Baroda state. The wetland is internationally important for its birdlife as it provides wintering ground to migratory water birds, including over 80 species that migrate on the Central Asian flyway. It was designated as Ramsar site in April, 2021. Hence the correct answer is 1 and 3 only.

119. To study which one of the following was a spacecraft launched that would be farthest from the Sun and would run exclusively on solar power?

Correct Answer: (a) Jupiter's Trojan asteroids
Solution:Lucy is NASA's newly launched spacecraft, the US space agency's first-ever mission to explore distant asteroids and seek out the origin of our solar system. Lucy is the first space mission to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids and would run exclusively on solar power.

120. Recently, archaeological studies at which one among the following revealed that by 1200 BCE there was a flourishing agrarian civilisation and the cultivation of rice was well-established at this place?

Correct Answer: (d) Vicinity of Thamirabarani river
Solution:A carbon dating analysis of rice with soil, found in a burial urn at Sivakalai in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. It was conducted by the Miami-Based Beta Analytic Testing Laboratry. The finding has established that the Porunai river (Thamirabarani) civilisation dates back to 3,200 years.