SOLVED PAPER 2023 (CDS) (II) (General Studies)

Total Questions: 120

111. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

List-I (Festivals of North-East India)List-II (State)
A. Hornbill Festival1. Meghalaya
B. Chapchar Kut2. Sikkim
C. Nongkrem Dance Festival3. Nagaland
D. Saga Dawa4. Mizoram

 

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

Hornbill Festival is state festival of Nagaland.
Chapchar Kut is dance festival of Mizoram.
Nongkrem dance Festival is of Meghalaya.
Saga Dawa is dance festival of Sikkim.

112. 112.From which one of the following countries has India procured the S-400 Triumph Air Defence Missile System?

Correct Answer: (d) Russia
Solution:India has procured S-400 Triumph is Air Defence Missile System (ADMS) from Russia. It is developed in 1990 by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S-100 family. The S-400 went in service in 2007. India signed deal with Russia for five S-400 systems.

113. Abhinav Bindra is the winner of the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India. He won gold in which shooting event and in which Olympic Games?

Correct Answer: (c) 10 metre air rifle, Beijing
Solution:Abhinav Bindra won gold medal at 10 metre air rifle, at Beijing Olympics, 2008. He is a retired sports shooter and businessman. He is the first and one of only two Indians to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal.

114. Cheetahs were recently re-introduced to India from Africa. From which language is the name 'Cheetah' derived?

Correct Answer: (d) Sanskrit
Solution:Cheetah word is derived from Sanskrit language.

Cheetah is introduced to Indian under Project Cheetah re-introduction. Objectives to restore for population of Cheetah which were declared extinct in 1952. The project involves translocation from South Africa and Namibia to Kuno National Park Madhya Pradesh.

115. A new species of pit-viper was discovered in 2019 and named after the state in which it was found. Identify the state from among the following.

Correct Answer: (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Solution:A venomous pit-viper endemic to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. A new species of pit-viper was discovered in 2019. It named has Trimeresurus Arunachal alensis. It was discovered during biodiversity survey in thick Evergreen Forest of Pakke Tiger Reserve.

116. Who among the following set of players from India have either won or secured the runner-up position in the All England Badminton Tournament?

Correct Answer: (b) Pullela Gopichand, Sania Nehwal, Lakshya Sen
Solution:Pullela Gopichand, Sania Nehwal, Lakshya Sen are set of players from India have either won or secured the runner-up position in the All England Badminton Tournament the Only Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand won All England Badminton Tournament. Three Indians Prakash Nathu, Sania Nehwal and Lakshya Sen have come close but lost in final. Parkash Padukone is the first Indian who won All England Badminton Tournament.

117. Who among the following leaders recently won the election to the office of the President of Turkey?

Correct Answer: (a) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Solution:Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the election to the office of the President of Turkey. He is the 12th President of Turkiye from 2014. Previously he served as a the Prime Minister from 2003 to 2014.

118. Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev won the International Booker Prize, 2023 for the darkly comic novel by the name

Correct Answer: (c) Time Shelter
Solution:Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev won the International Booker Prize, 2023 for the darkly comic novel named 'Time Shelter.'

The theme of the Time Shelter is "Whether our memories of the past, real or imagined, can protect us from temporal chaos outside our daily lives."

119. The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian honour of which among the following countries?

Correct Answer: (d) Suriname
Solution:The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian honour of Suriname. Indian President Droupadi Murmu became the first Indian to be honoured with this award. She was honoured by President of Suriname.

120. Which one among the following correctly represents the theme on which the interiors of the new Parliament Building is based?

List-I (Lok Sabha)List-II (Rajya Sabha)
(a) LotusBanyan
(b) PeacockLotus
(c) PeacockBanyan
(d) LotusPeacock
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:In the new Parliament building the theme of Lok Sabha is Peacock and the theme of the Rajya Sabha is Lotus. It opened was in May, 2023. It has 2 houses Rajya Sabha and Lok sabha. The architect of the new building is Bimal Patel.