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

Total Questions: 120

71. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List-I (Railway Zone)List-II (Headquarters)
A. South-Eastern1. Secunderabad
B. South-Central2. Kolkata
C. South-Western3. Bilaspur
D.. South-East-Central4. Hubli

 

Code:ABCD
(a)2143
(b)2413
(c)3412
(d)3142
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:South-Eastern Railway Zone has its headquarter in Kolkata; South-Central Railway Zone has its headquarter in Secunderadabad; South-Western Railway Zone has its headquarter in Hubli and South-East-Central Railway; Zone has its headquarter in Bilaspur.

72. Ten Degree Channel is found between

Correct Answer: (c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
Solution:Ten Degree Channel is found between Little Andaman and Car Nicobar, about 77 miles to the S, is deep and clear. The charinel is approximately 150 km wide, running essentially along an East-West orientation. It is so named as it lies on the 10-degree line of latitude, North of the equator.

73. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List-I (Waterfall)List-II (State)
A. Barkana1. Tamil Nadu
B. Dudhsagar2. Odisha
C. Duduma3. Karnataka
D. Kiliyur4. Goa

 

Code:ABCD
(a)3241
(b)3421
(c)1423
(d)1243
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The Barkana Falls, formed by Seetha River, is a waterfall located near Agumbe in Shimoga district of state of Karnataka. Dudhsagar Falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa. Duduma Waterfall is situated in the border of Koraput (Odisha) district of India. Kiliyur Falls is a waterfall in the Shervarayan hill range in the Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu.

74. Which one of the following is not a resultant of the El-Nino effect?

Correct Answer: (b) Flow of the South-East Trade Winds towards the Indian Ocean
Solution:Al Nino is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical ocean. It distorts equatorial atmospheric circulation; it is featured by irregularities in the evaporation of seawater, it reduces the numbers of plankton in sea which reduces numbers of fish. The eastward flow of trade winds carry warm surface waters westward, bringing convective storms to Indonesia and Australia.

75. According to the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Correct Answer: (c) The President of India is elected by an Electoral College consisting of all Members of Parliament and all Members of all State Legislatures.
Solution:The President is elected by the members of an Electoral College consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry, not all the members.

76. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India requires the Prime Minister of India to furnish information related to decisions of the Council of Ministers to the President of India?

Correct Answer: (a) Article 78
Solution:Article 78 provides that it shall be the duty of Prime Minister to communicate all decisions of the Council of Ministers related to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation; and to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the union and proposals for legislation as the President may call for.

77. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Correct Answer: (c) The total number of ministers in the Council of Ministers cannot exceed ten percent of the total number of members of the House of People.
Solution:Article 75 "(1A) of the Constitution provides that the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the House of the People.

78. The issue, 'whether Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India' was decided in which one of the following cases?

Correct Answer: (d) Naz Foundation vs. Government of NCT of Delhi and others
Solution:Section 377 leads to harassment, forced sex and abuse of the LGBT community by the police. Judgement of the Delhi High Court in 2009, the Delhi High Court in Naz Foundation Government of N.C.T of Delhi struck down the section as being unconstitutional and violative of Article 14, 15, 19 and 21.

79. Which one of the following writs means 'you may have the body'?

Correct Answer: (a) Habeas Corpus
Solution:The writ of habeas corpus primarily acts as a writ of enquiry; it is issued by the courts to ascertain the grounds of detention of an individual. Therefore, it acts as a procedural safeguard against the law enforcement authorities, specifically their power to take into custody.

80. Who among the following belonged to Serampore Mission?

1. William Carey
2. Joshua Marshman
3. William Ward
4. David Hare

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:Serampore Mission (1800-1845) was India's first Christian missionary organisation. William Carey and his two associates Joshua Marshman and William Ward established this mission on 10th January, 1800. The mission started preaching the message of Jesus from two places in Hooghly district. The first Catholic Church in this district was established at Bandel in 1599. About two hundred years later a Protestant Church was built in Serampore (1800). William Carey established this church and the mission on 17th August, 1761. It was through his initiative that the Baptist Missionary Society was formed.