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

Total Questions: 120

41. Which one of the following inputs is required in less quantity in case of non-farming activities?

Correct Answer: (a) Land
Solution:The land is the Rural Non-Farm Sector (RNFS) encompasses all non-agriculture activities like mining and quarrying, household and non-household manufacturing, processing, etc.

42. Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, is correct?

Correct Answer: (d) This is implemented only in rural areas of India.
Solution:Statement (d) is correct option.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, is implemented only in rural areas of India. It provides an employment of 100 days to needy person in rural areas. Only the unskilled workers were given work in it. MGNREGA stipulates equal wages for women and men.

43. Which one of the following is not mentioned as a form of Emergency in the Constitution of India?

Correct Answer: (d) Health Emergency
Solution:Health emergency is not mentioned as a form of emergency in the Constitution of India.

Article 352 deals with the proclamation of an emergency due to war, external aggression or armed rebellion. This is popularly knowns as 'National Emergency'. Under Article 352, the President can declare a national emergency when the security of India or a part of it is threatened by war or external aggression or armed rebellion.

According to Article 356, President's rule can be imposed on any state of India on the grounds of the failure of the constitutional machinery.

The President of India declares a Financial Emergency if he believes that a situation has emerged that endangers India's financial stability or credit, or any part of its territory. A financial emergency in India is declared under Article 360 of the Indian Constitution.

44. Which one of the following is not a provision related to a Money Bill?

Correct Answer: (c) Imposition of fines by local authority for local purpose
Solution:Article 110 (2) provides that a bill shall not be deemed to be a Money Bill by reason, that it provides for imposition of fines, penalties, payment of fees for licence, fees for services, or by reason that is provided for the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration, regulation of any tax by any local authority for local purpose.

The money bill consist of imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax, appropriation of money out of the consolidated fund of India, custody of the consolidated fund of India or the contingency fund of India.

45. Which one of the following items is not covered under GST?

Correct Answer: (d) Petrol.
Solution:The petrol is an indirect tax used in India on the supply of goods and services. It is a value-added tax levied on most goods and services sold for domestic consumption.

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

1. Committee on Estimates is an ad hoc committee of the Parliament.
2. Committee on Railway Convention is a standing committee of the Parliament.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Solution:Statements 1 and 2 both are not correct. Estimates Committee is a type of Financial Committee in the Constitution of India. It is a one of the Parliamentary Committees (Permanent Standing Committee). The purpose of this committee is to examine the estimates included in the budget presented in the Parliament and the Committee on Railway Convention is ad hoc committee of the Parliament.

47. Which one of the following is not an Indian form of Socialism?

Correct Answer: (b) Radical Socialism
Solution:Radical socialism is not an Indian from of socialism.

Democratic socialism is defined as having a socialist economy in which the means of production are socially and collectively owned or controlled, alongside a liberal democratic political system of government. Democratic socialists reject most self-described socialist states and Marxism-Leninism.

Communitarianism is a philosophy that emphasises the connection between the individual and the community. Its overriding philosophy is based upon the belief that a person's social identity and personality are largely molded by community relationships, with a smaller degree of development being placed on individualism.

Nehruvian socialism is based on the idea of democratic socialism. It implies political liberty, equality and tolerance. It also believes in individual freedom and a centralised-social control and planning of the economic life of the people.

48. Which one of the following best describes BRICS?

Correct Answer: (c) A group of five major emerging economies
Solution:It is an acronym for the grouping of the world's leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

49. Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of Indian Federalism?

Correct Answer: (a) The federating units consented to form a union.
Solution:India is a federal system but with more tilt toward a unitary system of government. It is sometimes considered a quasi-federal system as it has features of both a federal and a unitary system. Article 1 of the Indian Constitution states, 'India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. The word federation is not mentioned in the Constitution. The supremacy of the Constitution- the Constitution is the supreme law in India.

50. Which of the following statements about sculptures at Sanchi is/are correct?

1. In some sculptures there is representation of Shalabhanjika.
2. The figure of Shalabhanjika is represented by a woman surrounded by lotuses and elephants.
3. The Shalabhanjika motif was not directly inspired by Buddhist ideas.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 3
Solution:The sculptures in Sanchi Stupa includes scene depicted in the gateways as a scene from the Vessantara Jataka. Many symbols like empty seats, wheels and trees were used to indicate the different teaching of Buddhism in Sanchi Stupa.

Some figures were perhaps not directly inspired by Buddhist ideas. These figures include beautiful women swinging from the edge of gateway holding into tree, like Shalabhanjika was a women whose touch caused tree to flower and bear fruit.

Shalabhanjika became part of the temple architecture, especially in the corner brackets. The Shalabhanjika from Sanchi holds the tree leader with fruits.