SOLVED PAPER 2022 (CDS) (II) (General Studies)

Total Questions: 120

1. Which of the following states has/have bicameral legislature?

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Telangana
3. Bihar
4. Uttar Pradesh

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Solution:All the given states has bicameral legislature.

Bicameral legislature is a legislative body with two houses. in a bicameral legislature, the functions to administer and implement the laws are shared between the two houses.

The names of the six states having bicameral legislature are:

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Karnataka
4. Maharashtra
5. Telangana
6. Uttar Pradesh

2. By which one of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts, was the Article 21A (Right to Education) inserted into the Constitution of India?

Correct Answer: (d) 86th Amendment Act
Solution:By the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 the Article 21A (Right to Education) was inserted into the Constitution of India.

It was inserted in the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education for all children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a Fundamental Right in such a manner as the state may by law, determine.

3. An object is dropped from a height onto the floor. Which one of the following remains uniform as it falls?

Correct Answer: (a) Its acceleration
Solution:When an object is dropped from a height onto the floor it experiences constant gravitational acceleration g (9.8 m/s²).

4. If an object is placed at the focus of convex lens, its image is

Correct Answer: (d) at infinity.
Solution:If an object is placed at focus of a convex lens, then its image is formed at infinity.

5. Which one of the following statements about the aperture of a convex lens is correct?

Correct Answer: (c) It is independent of its radius of curvature.
Solution:The aperture of a convex lens is the size of opening in optical path. It is the part of lens suitable for refraction. It is independent of the radius of curvature.

6. When water is heated from 0°C to 4°C, its density

Correct Answer: (b) increases
Solution:Though liquids expand on heating, but water does not expand between 0°C to 4°C When water is heated from 0°C to 4°C then it contracts, hence water has maximum density at 4°C Thus, density of water increases when heated from 0°C to 4°C It is called anomalous behaviour of water.

7. The acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface depends on

Correct Answer: (c) both its mass and radius
Solution:The acceleration due to gravity at the Earth's surface is given by

So, it depend on both mass of earth (M) and its radius (R).

8. In which one of the following highlands of India can you find temperate forests called 'Sholas'?

Correct Answer: (a) Nilgiris
Solution:The temperate forests called Sholas can be found in the Nilgiris. Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Shola forests are found in the higher elevation hill regions of the Nilgiris, Anaimalai, around Anamudi, Palni hills, Meghamalai, Agasthyamalai to the South and the Malnad and associated ranges in parts of Wayanad, Coorg, Baba Budangiri, Kudremukha up to the North, to Goa, Satara district and Sindhudurg district in the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

9. 'Pingos' are associated with which one of the following process?

Correct Answer: (b) Peri-glacial
Solution:'Pingos' are associated with Peri-glacial process.

A pingo is a periglacial landform, which is defined as a non-glacial landform or process linked to colder climates. They are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, ranging in height from 3 to 70m and 30 to 1,000m in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments such as Arctic and sub-arctic. It is estimated that there are more than 11,000 pingos on Earth.

10. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists.

List-I (Drainage Pattern of River)
List-II (Feature)
A. Insequent1. Whose direction of flow is. controlled by the rock structure
B. Consequent2. No apparent reason why it follows the path it takes
C. Subsequent3. Flow in the same direction as the consequent stream but at a lower level
D. Resequent4. Whose course is determined by the original slope of the land

 

Code:ABCD
(a)2143
(b)2413
(c)3412
(d)3142
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:The correct matching is A-2, B-4, C-1 and D-3.

Insequent streams have an almost random drainage often forming dendritic patterns. These are typically tributaries and have developed by head ward erosion on a horizontally stratified belt or on homogeneous rocks.

Consequent streams are streams whose course is a direct consequence of the original slope of the surface upon which it developed, that is streams that follow slope of the land over which they originally formed.

Subsequent streams are streams whose course has been determined by selective head ward erosion along weak strata. These streams have generally developed after the original stream. They develop independently of the original relief of the land and generally follow paths determined by the weak rock belts.

Resequent streams are streams whose course follows the original relief, but at a lower than the original slope. These streams develop later and are generally a tributary to a subsequent stream.