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

Total Questions: 120

31. Which one of the following is the first urban settlement in the world to reach a population size of one million (million-plus city)?

Correct Answer: (a) London
Solution:The first urban settlement to reach a population of one million was the city of London by around 1810 A.D..by 1982 approximately 175 cities in the world had crossed the one million population mark.

32. Which one of the following climatic types (Koppen's Scheme) is best suited to describe the climate of the western fringe of Rajasthan?

Correct Answer: (c) Bwhw
Solution:Bwhw climate type is used for hot and arid regions. The western fringe of Rajasthan has a similar climate. The region has arid-hot desert climate with very scanty rainfall. On the contrary the process of evaporation is very active. Thus, these areas are known as desert region, limited to western parts of Thar Desert

33. Where are the Bermuda Islands located?

Correct Answer: (b) North Atlantic Ocean
Solution:Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) East of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.).

34. Which one of the following States 'Union Territories has the highest percentage of forest area to the total geographical area?

Correct Answer: (b) Lakshadweep
Solution:According to the ISFR 2021, the forest cover in the Lakshadweep is 27.10 sq. km. which is 90.33 percent of its geographical area, about 82 percent of the landmass is covered by privately owned coconut plantations.

35. In India, the period of steady population growth refers to the decade(s) of

Correct Answer: (c) 1921-1951
Solution:The decades 1921-1951 are referred to as the period of steady population growth. An overall improvement in health and sanitation throughout the country brought down the mortality rate. Option (c) is correct.

36. Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is known for

Correct Answer: (b) geothermal energy
Solution:Geothermal energy extends from the Harihar temple at the entrance of the village to the confluence of the Parbati River with the Brahmaganga Nala. It is located in the Parvati Valley on the river Parvati, in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

37. Who among the following, first mooted the idea of deficit financing?

Correct Answer: (c) John Maynard Keynes
Solution:John Maynard Keynes organised the idea of deficit financing as compensatory spending meant to solve the problem of unemployment and depression.

38. Which of the following is/are the function(s) of environment?

1. Supplying resources
2. Sustaining life
3. Providing aesthetic services

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Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:All the given statements are correct. Environment functions as supplying of necessary resources like food, fodder, oxygen, environment sustainability etc.

It sustains like by providing conditions which are required for the survival of living being in the planet. The interaction between an individual and the environment in relation to beauty is the aesthetic service provided by environment.

39. Who among the following formulated the concept of poverty as a measurable development indicator in the Indian subcontinent?

Correct Answer: (a) Dadabhai Naoroji
Solution:The correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji. Pre-Independence Poverty Estimation: Dadabhai Naoroji in his book, "Poverty and unBritish Rule in India" made the earliest estimation of the poverty line.

40. Which one of the following terms denotes the inputs in terms of tools, machines, building, raw materials and money in hand required at any stage of production?

Correct Answer: (c) Physical capital
Solution:The correct answer is physical capital. Tools and machines range from very simple tools such as a farmer's plough to sophisticated machines such as generators, turbines, computers, etc. Physical capital is further divided into fixed and working capital. Option (c) is correct.