Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Food Security Act is not correct?

Option D: The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

Which one of the following statements about Indian economy during 2019-20 is not correct?

Option C: Fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP has been as per the Budget Estimates.

Which one among the following is not correct about the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?

Option C: The Secretary General works under the Speaker with delegated authority.

Which one among the following statements pertaining to the President’s term of office is not correct?

Option C: The President may resign before the expiration of his/her term by writing to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Which of the following Articles in the Constitution of India are exceptions to the Fundamental Rights enumerated in Article 14 and Article 19?

Option A: Article 31A and Article 31C

Which one of the following is not the necessary condition for the issue of a writ of Quo Warranto?

Option C: The office must not be a substantive one.

Which one of the following Commissions is related to Article 338A?

Option B: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

August 12 is celebrated as

Option D: the International Youth Day

Normally, there will not be a shift in the demand curve when

Option A: price of a commodity falls

Which one of the following statements with regard to ozone is not correct?

Option C: 16th November is celebrated as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

The largest barrier reef system in the world is found at

Option A: East Australian Coast

Which one of the following was not a demand made by the Congress moderates?

Option C: Extension of Permanent Settlement

Who among the following formed the National Liberation Federation (Liberal Party)?

Option C: T. B. Sapru and M.R. Jayakar

Which one among the following is not a character of a secular State?

Option C: A State in order to be secular must be democratic.

A special address by the Governor refers to the address delivered by the Governor

Option C: at the commencement of the first session after general election and at the first session of each year.

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CDS 2020 — General Knowledge (CDS-II)

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Q1
As per the Budget Estimates of 2019-20, the following are some of the important sources of tax receipts for the Union Government:
1Corporation Tax
2Taxes on Income other than Corporation Tax
3Goods and Services Tax
4Union Excise Duties Which one of the following is the correct descending order of the foresaid tax receipts as a percentage of GDP?
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As per the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Ranking, India’s rank has improved from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019. During this period, in which of the following parameters has India’s rank deteriorated?
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Food Security Act is not correct?
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Which one of the following statements about Indian economy during 2019-20 is not correct?
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As per the Budget Estimates of expenditure on major subsidies during 2019-20, the maximum expenditure was likely to be on
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Which one of the following Indian places receives minimum rainfall in a year?
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Timber vegetation is generally not found in which of the following regions?
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Decadal growth rate of population in per-centage was highest in India in the year
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The Isotherm Line, which divides India North-South in almost two equal parts in the month of January, is
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Which one of the following indicates the Tropical Savannah climate?
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Q11
The largest geographical area of India is covered by which one of the following types of soils?
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Q12
Which one of the following cities is closest to the Equator?
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Who among the following gave evidence before the Joint Select Committee on the Government of India Bill, 1919 in favour of female franchise?
1Mrs. Annie Besant
2Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3Mrs. Hirabai Tata
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Q14
In which one of the following places was the Ahmadiyya Movement started by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad?
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With whom did Subhas Chandra Bose form an alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40?
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Who among the following created the first All India Trade Union Congress in 1920?
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Which one among the following was India’s first trade union in the proper sense of the term?
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Q18
Who among the following formed the Seva Samiti Boy Scouts Association in 1914?
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Q19
Which one among the following is not correct about the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?
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Q20
Who among the following moved the motion of Secret Sitting Session of the Assembly (1942)?
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Which one among the following statements pertaining to the President’s term of office is not correct?
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Q22
Which of the following Articles in the Constitution of India are exceptions to the Fundamental Rights enumerated in Article 14 and Article 19?
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Which one of the following is not the necessary condition for the issue of a writ of Quo Warranto?
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Which one of the following Commissions is related to Article 338A?
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Q25
August 12 is celebrated as
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Q26
Which one of the following countries had chosen the name ‘Nisarga’ for the cyclone which devastated the coastline of Maharashtra and Gujarat in June 2020?
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Q27
Who among the following played the role of Shakuntala Devi in the biopic movie based on the life of the famous mathematician?
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Q28
G. C. Murmu, who was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in August 2020, was the Lieutenant Governor/ Administrator of which one of the following Union Territories prior to this appointment?
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Q29
Which one of the following States is planned to host the Khelo India Youth Games (4th Edition)?
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Q30
Which one among the following is not a coral reef island?
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Q31
Since 2014-15, India has consistently run trade surplus with which one among the following countries?
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Q32
Arrange the following countries in descending order as per the Global Human Development Index, 2019:
1Germany
2USA
3South Africa
4India
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Q33
As per the use-based classification of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the maximum weight has been assigned to
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A market, in which there are a large number of firms, homogeneous product, infinite elasticity of demand for an individual firm and no control over price by firms, is termed as
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Q36
Which one of the following statements with regard to ozone is not correct?
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Sea of Azov is connected to
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Q38
Climax mine, the largest producer of molybdenum, is located in
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Q39
Which one among the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in geographical area?
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Buenos Aires and Montevideo are situated across the banks of
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The largest barrier reef system in the world is found at
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Q42
During the 19th century, who among the following wrote Satapatra Series?
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Q43
Which one of the following was not a demand made by the Congress moderates?
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Q44
Who among the following founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Asso-ciation (1893)?
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Q45
After the First World War, the Triveni Sangh was formed by
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Who among the following was the first to accept a ministerial position in the Central Provinces in October 1925?
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Q47
Who among the following formed the National Liberation Federation (Liberal Party)?
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Q48
The National Disaster Management Authority functions under the Ministry of
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Q49
The socialist idea of Sapta Kranti (Seven Revolutions) was proposed by
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Q50
Which one among the following is not a character of a secular State?
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Q51
A special address by the Governor refers to the address delivered by the Governor
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Q52
Which one of the following statements in relation to Panchayats is not correct?
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Q53
Which one of the following statements with regard to ‘protective democracy’ is not correct?
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Q54
In August 2020, a blast has taken place at Beirut killing about one hundred people and thousand wounded. The blast was caused by
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Q55
What is “Little Boy’?
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Q56
Which one of the following Indian institutes was approved by the Drugs Controller General of India for conducting human trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine candidate?
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Q57
The recent explosion near OIL well in Baghjan is due to
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Q58
Who among the following is the architect of the Ram Temple being constructed at Ayodhya?
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Q59
Which one of the following countries is not located on the Tropic of Capricorn?
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Q60
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List-I List-II (Active Volcano) (Location) A. Mount Merapi
1Hawaii B. Sakurajima
2Italy 142 C. Mount Vesuvius
3Japan D. Mauna Loa
4Indonesia Code: A B C D
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Q61
Which one of the following is not a major tectonic plate?
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Q62
Which one of the following is considered as the deepest point of the oceans?
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Q63
The four planets closest to the Sun are called
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Q64
Which one of the following countries does not have Tundra vegetation?
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Q65
Which one of the following is not a fluvial landform?
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Q66
In the Gandhara School of Art, initially blue schist and green phyllite were used. When did stucco completely replace stone as main material used by Gandhara School sculptors?
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Q67
Which one of the following statements about Gupta coins is not correct?
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Q68
Who among the following wrote The Philosophy of the Bomb?
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Q69
At which one of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress was the resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy passed?
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Q70
Which one of the following towns was not a centre of the Revolt of 1857?
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Q71
Consider the following statements: The Azamgarh Proclamation refers to
1the declaration by the rebels of 1857
2the statement by the leader of the underground movement in the Revolt of 1942 Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?
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Q72
Ibn Batuta went to China as the envoy of which one of the following Delhi Sultans?
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Q73
Al-Biruni’s Kitab-ul-Hind was written in which language?
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Q74
Which of the following statements with regard to the privileges of the Members of the Parliament are correct?
1Privileges would not be fettered by the Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India.
2Privileges must be read subject to the Articles 20-22 and Article 32 of the Constitution of India.
3Immunity is available in relation to both civil and criminal prosecution.
4Immunity is available in relation to freedom of speech even in his/her private or personal capacity.
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Q75
Which one of the following statements with regard to the appointment of the Members of the Parliamentary Committees is correct?
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Q76
Which one of the following is not a classified category of political parties as outlined by the Election Commission of India?
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Which of the following terms were added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by the Constitutional Amendment, 1976?
1Socialist
2Secular
3Integrity
4Fraternity
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Q78
Who among the following was the advisor to the Constituent Assembly?
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Q79
In the Indian judicial system, writs are issued by
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Q80
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act falls under which one of the following Parts of the Constitution of India?
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Q81
Recently a rare kind of yellow turtle was discovered in India. The State in which it was seen is
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Q82
ASEEM is
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Q83
The Government of India programme regarding ‘Stay in India and Study in India’ is initiated by
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Q84
Which one of the following lakes in India has a large quantity of a substance found in the Moon?
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Q85
The Pragyan rover installed in Chandrayaan-II mission had how many wheels?
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Q86
If the linear momentum of a moving object gets doubled due to application of a force, then its kinetic energy will
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If the distance between two objects is increased by two times, the gravitational force between them will
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Q88
Which one of the following statements about the properties of neutrons is not correct?
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the ultraviolet light is not correct?
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If the speed of light in air is represented by c and the speed in a medium is v, then the refractive index of the medium can be calculated using the formula
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Q91
Under the Kingdom Plantae, which of the following individuals are predominantly aquatic?
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All the individuals of a particular organism, such as rose plants, belong to a taxonomic category called
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Q93
Pearls are harvested from
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Wings of birds and bats are considered analogous structures because they have
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Apart from hyper acid secretion, peptic ulcers are also developed due to bacterial infection. The causative agent is
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A mixture of sodium chloride (salt) and ammonium chloride can be separated by
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Symbol of element was introduced by
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Identify the correct pair of elements among the following which are liquid at room temperature and standard pressure.
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Which one of the following oxides shows both acidic and basic behaviour?
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Q100
Silver articles turn black when kept in the open for longer time due to the formation of
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Q101
Which of the following lenses will bend the light rays through largest angle?
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A luminous object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a converging lens of focal length 25 cm. The image obtained in the screen is
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Q103
When a light ray enters into glass medium from water at an angle of incidence 0°, what would be the angle of refraction?
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Q104
Which one of the following phenomena verifies the fact that light travels much faster than sound?
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Q105
Which one of the following combinations of source and screen would produce sharpest shadow of an opaque object?
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Q106
Which one among the following is a non-conventional source of energy?
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Q107
Which one of the following statements about phloem is correct?
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Q108
Mature sclerenchyma cells have
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Q109
In human beings, the chromosomes that determine birth of a normal female child are
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Antibiotic such as penicillin blocks
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The radioactive isotope of hydrogen is
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Which one of the following is used for storing biological tissues?
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Which one of the following does not form oxide on reaction with oxygen?
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The valency of phosphorus is
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Lead nitrate on heating gives
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Which one of the following is a decommi-ssioned aircraft carrier?
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Who among the following has won the Singles Title in Wimbledon Tennis Championship (Women) in the year 2019?
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Q118
Recently islands of Andaman and Nicobar were connected with mainland by Submarine Optical Fibre Cable. Which one of the following islands was not connected initially?
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In August 2020, who among the following was administered the oath as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fourth time? Finished Solving the Paper ? Time to evaluate yourself ! SCANTHE CODE SSCCAANN For elaborated Solutions
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Which one of the following Indian Ocean island nations has recently declared a state of environmental emergency due to oil spill from a grounded ship?
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