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

Total Questions: 120

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

List-I (Cloud Form)List-II (Characteristic)
A. Cirrus1. Storm clouds
B. Cumulus2. High fog "Low Ceiling"
C. Nimbostratus3. Fair-weather clouds
D. Stratus4. Entirely of ice particles

 

Code:ABCD
(a)2134
(b)2314
(c)4312
(d)4132
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The correct matching is A-4, B-3, C-1 and D-2.

Cirrus is a high cloud made of ice crystals. These clouds. typically appear delicate and wispy with white strands. They are usually formed when warm, dry air rises, causing water vapour deposition onto rocky or metallic dust particles at high altitudes.

Cumulus humilis are clouds with vertical extent, common in the summers, that are often referred to as 'fair weather cumulus'. If they develop into cumulus mediocris or cumulus congestus, thunderstorms could form later in the day.

Nimbostratus clouds are dark, grey featureless layers of clouds, thick enough to block the sun. These clouds are often associated with frontal systems provided by mid-latitude cyclones.

Stratus clouds are low level clouds characterised by horizontal layering with a uniform base, as opposed to convective or cumuli-form clouds that are formed by rising thermals. These clouds are essentially above ground fog formed either through the lifting of morning fog or through cold air moving at low altitudes over a region.

92. Which one among the following planets has the largest number of known satellites?

Correct Answer: (d) Saturn
Solution:Saturn has the largest number of known satellites.

It is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Like its fellow gas giant Jupiter, it is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. It has 82 Moons as compared to any other planets.

93. Who among the following usurped power in Kanyakubja after the death of Harshavardhana?

Correct Answer: (b) Arunashva
Solution:Arunashva usurped power in Kanyakubja after the death of Harshavardhana.

Arunashva ruled Tirhut, Kannauj and the surrounding area for a brief period after Harshavardhana, who died heirless. He usurped the throne, succeeding the Pushyabhuti dynasty. After the death of Harshavardhana, he usurped the throne and became the new king of Kannauj. He was the emperor's former minister.

94. The legend of Prahlad and his father Hiranyakashyap was first set out in the

Correct Answer: (b) Vishnu Purana
Solution:The legend of Prahlad and his father Hiranyakashyap was first set out in the Vishnu Purana. In Hindu mythology, Prahlad is an Asura King, known for his devotion towards the God Vishnu. He appears in the narrative of Narasimha, the man-lion avatar of Vishnu, who slay Prahlada's evil father, Hiranyakashyap. Prahlad is described as a saintly boy, known for his innocence and bhakti to Vishnu.

In the Vishnu Purana, the sage Parasara ends narrating the tale of Prahlad to Maitreya.

95. Which one of the following statements on the issue of ownership according to Smriti literature is not correct?

Correct Answer: (d) Stridhana was not inherited by the children without the permission of the husband.
Solution:Statement (d) is not correct on the issue of ownership according to Smriti literature. Manu has prescribed six kinds of stridhana to the minimum extent. According to Manusmriti, after the death of an issueless woman, her relatives are entitled to get her stridhana. If the marriage has been performed in the form of Brahma, Daiva, Gandharba or Prajapatya, the husband of the deceased issueless woman is entitled to get the stridhana, however, in case of Asura, Rakhyasa and Paisacha form of marriage, the stridhana of an issueless, deceased woman is taken by her father or mother.

96. Who among the following was not a woman labour leader who organised workers in the strikes in the 1920s?

Correct Answer: (c) Prabhabati Devi
Solution:Prabhabati Devi was not a woman labour leader who organised workers in the strikes in the 1920s.

Prabhabati Devi was a passionate follower of Mahatma Gandhi. She spent most of her early life in the Gandhi Ashram. She participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and was arrested in 1932. Her role in the Quit India Movement was equally remarkable. She broke the Salt Law, was arrested, and sent to Bhagalpur jail. She established the Mahila Charkha Samiti in Patna to continue the Mahatma's Spinning Wheel Movement Sarla Devi Choudhurani was the niece of Rabindranath Tagore and was active in the national freedom struggle. She was among the first Indian women to form women's organisations.

Ushabai Dange was one of the first women participants in the Trade Union Movement. She did revolutionary work regarding the upliftment and working conditions of women workers.

Anasuya Behn was a pioneer of the Women's Labour Movement in India. She founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association which is India's oldest union of textile workers.

97. Among the following countries, where did the idea of 'Social Market Economy' emerge in 1950s?

Correct Answer: (a) Germany
Solution:The idea of 'Social Market Economy' emerged in 1950s in Germany.

The social market economy, also called Rhine capitalism, is a socio-economic model combining a free market capitalist economic system alongside social policies and enough regulation to establish both fair competition within the market and generally a welfare state. It is sometimes classified as a regulated market economy. The social market economy was originally promoted and implemented in West Germany by the Christian Democratic Union.

98. Who among the following Indian thinkers first spoke of food-for-work programmes to counteract the effects of famines?

Correct Answer: (a) Kautilya
Solution:Kautilya was among the Indian thinkers who first spoke of food-for-work programmes counteract the effects of famines. The methods of counteracting the effects of famine mentioned in the Arthashastra by Kautilya are:
  • distribute to the public, on concessional terms, seeds and food from the royal stores;
  • undertake food-for-work programmes such as building forts or irrigation works;
  • share out the royal food stocks;
  • move the entire population (with the King and Court) to a region or country with abundant harvest or near the sea, lakes or rivers;
  • supplement the harvest with additional cultivation of grain, vegetables, roots and fruits, by fishing and by hunting deer, cattle, birds and wild animals.

99. The 'Ramsar Convention' relates to which one of the following areas?

Correct Answer: (a) Wetland preservation
Solution:The 'Ramsar convention' is related to wetland preservation.

These are the wetlands designated as internationally important under the convention on wetland held at Ramsar, Iran in 1977 for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Now the wise use here means as the maintenance of their ecological character achieved through the implementation of ecosystem approach within the context of sustainable development.

100. Which one among the following reports defines Sustainable Development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?

Correct Answer: (a) Brundtland Report
Solution:The Brundtland Report defines Sustainable Development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development requires an integrated approach that takes into consideration environmental concerns along with economic development. In the year 1987, the United Nations Brundtland

Commission had defined Sustainable Development as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the future. There are almost 140 developing countries in the world is seeking ways to meet to ensure development today that does not negatively affect future generations. The sustainable goals form the framework for improving the lives of populations around the world and mitigating the hazardous man-made effects of climate change.