CDS Exam 2010

Solved Question Paper - General Knowledge


1. In which one of the following islands of India is an active volcano found?

  1. Car Nicobar Island
  2. Nancowry Island
  3. Barren Island
  4. Maya Bunder Island

Barren Island is the one of easternmost islands of the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the only known active volcano in South Asia.

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

List-I (Pass) List-II (State)
A. Zoji La Pass 1. Sikkim
B. Bara Lacha Pass2. Uttarakhand
C. Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal Pradesh
D. Niti Pass 4. Jammu and Kashmir

Code:

  1. A - 4, B -1, C - 3, D - 2
  2. A - 2, B -3, C - 1, D - 4
  3. A - 4, B -3, C - 1, D - 2
  4. A - 2, B -1, C - 3, D - 4

3. Which one of the following longitudes determines the Indian Standard Time?

  1. 85.5o
  2. 86.5o
  3. 84.5o
  4. 82.5o

The difference between IST and GMT is 5 1/2 hrs. Every 15o difference in longitude makes a difference of 1 hr in time. Thus 5 1/2 hr corresponds to 82.5o from 0o longitude which marks the GMT.

4. Which one of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?

  1. Himalayas
  2. Aravali
  3. Satpura
  4. Nilgiri

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

List-I (River) List-II (Tributary)
A. Brahmaputra 1. Musi
B. Krishna 2. Tawa
C. Narmada 3. Bhavani
D. Cauvery 4. Dikhow

Code:

  1. A - 4, B -2, C - 1, D - 3
  2. A - 4, B -1, C - 2, D - 3
  3. A - 3, B -2, C - 1, D - 4
  4. A - 3, B -1, C - 2, D - 4

6. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest water salinity?

  1. Dal
  2. Chilika
  3. Wular
  4. Sambhar

7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Gomti : Lucknow
  2. Saryu : Ayodhya
  3. Alaknanda : Badrinath
  4. Narmada : Satna

8. Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?

  1. Srinagar
  2. Mumbai
  3. Kolkata
  4. Thiruvananthapuram

9. Which of the following diseases is not caused by viruses?

  1. Cholera
  2. Chickenpox
  3. Hepatitis
  4. Measles

10. Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct?

  1. Kochi-Mangalore-Mumbai-Koyali
  2. Koyali-Mumbai-Mangalore-Kochi
  3. Kochi-Mumbai-Mangalore-Koyali
  4. Mangalore-Kochi-Mumbai-Koyali

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11. Which one of the following states of India is the largest producer of lignite coal?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Gujarat
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Tamil Nadu

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

List-I (Multipurpose river Project) List-II (Hydel Power Station)
A. Rihand 1. Hirakud
B. Gandak 2. Balmikinagar
C. Chambal 3. Pipri
D. Mahanadi 4. Kota

Code:

  1. A - 3, B -4, C - 2, D - 1
  2. A - 1, B -2, C - 4, D - 3
  3. A - 3, B -2, C - 4, D - 1
  4. A - 1, B -4, C - 2, D - 3

13. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

National Park State
(a) Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh
(b) Sultanpur National Park Haryana
(c) Ranthambore National Park Gujarat
(d) Bandipur National Park Karnataka

14. Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil?

  1. Bombay High
  2. Digboi
  3. Ankleshwar
  4. Naharkatiya

15. The shaded area in the map given below is the major producer of which one of the following?

map
  1. Cotton
  2. Groundnut
  3. Wheat
  4. Mustard

16. Which one of the following States is the largest producer of black pepper in India?

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Kerala
  3. Karnataka
  4. Andhra Pradesh

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17. The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as 'Turning of the wheel of law' at?

  1. Sanchi
  2. Sarnath
  3. Sravasti
  4. Bodh Gaya

18. Which one of the following is the longest National Highway in India?

  1. NH 2
  2. NH 7
  3. NH 8
  4. NH 31

NH 7 with a length of 2369 km runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari. Refer Important information on Roads and Highways

19. In human beings, the opening of the stomach into the small intestine is called

  1. caecum
  2. ileum
  3. oesophagus
  4. pylorus

20. In which one of the following places is the Forest Survey of India (FSI), a national organisation engaged in forest cover mapping, forest inventory and training in the field of remote sensing and GIS, located?

  1. Dehradun
  2. Itanagar
  3. Ahmedabad
  4. Aizwal

Survey of India is also located at Dehradun. Botanical Survey of India and Zoological Survey of India are located in Kolkata.

21. The Veerapa Moily Commission in its report on Administrative Reforms among other aspects has suggested doing away with which one of the following pairs of Articles of the Constitution of India?

  1. Articles 305 and 306
  2. Articles 307 and 308
  3. Articles 308 and 309
  4. Articles 310 and 311

22. Who among the following has created world record in the men's 100 metres sprint event at 2008 Olympic Games?

  1. Usain Bolt
  2. Churandy Martina
  3. Asafa Powell
  4. Walter Dix

23. What does Fuwa, the Official Mascot of the 2008 Olympics Games, contain?

  1. Four popular animals of China and the Olympic Flame
  2. Five popular animals of China and the mapt of China
  3. Five popular animals of China
  4. Four popular animals of China and the world map

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

List-I (Year) List-II (UN's International Year)
A. 2002 1. International Year of Ecotourism
B. 2004 2. International Year of Microcredit
C. 2005 3. International Year of Planet Earth
D. 2008 4. International Year of Struggle against Slavery and its abolition

Code:

  1. A - 3, B -4, C - 2, D - 1
  2. A - 1, B -4, C - 2, D - 3
  3. A - 3, B -2, C - 4, D - 1
  4. A - 1, B -2, C - 4, D - 3

25. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. O.P. Bhatt : SBI
  2. K.V. Kamath : ICICI
  3. Aditya Puri : HDFC
  4. Vikram Pandit : IDBI

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26. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Martti Ahtisaari :Peace
  2. Yoichiro Nambu: Physics
  3. Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio : Literature
  4. Osamu Shimomura : Physiology

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

List-I (Player) List-II (Sport)
A. Gagan Narang 1. Archery
B. Akhil Kumar 2. Swimming
C. Mangal Singh Champia 3. Boxing
D. Virdhawal Khade 4. Rifle Shooting

Code:

  1. A - 4, B -1, C - 3, D - 2
  2. A - 2, B -3, C - 1, D - 4
  3. A - 4, B -3, C - 1, D - 2
  4. A - 2, B -1, C - 3, D - 4

28. Consider the following statements about IAEA:

  1. It was set up as the world's Atoms for Peace organisation in 1957.
  2. The IAEA Secretariat is headquartered at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria.
  3. In terms of its Statute, the IAEA reports annually to the UN General Assembly
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 3 only

29. Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France?

  1. N.R. Narayana Murthy
  2. Ratan Tata
  3. K.M. Birla
  4. Mukesh Ambani

30. Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many states?

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 6

31. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Country Currency
(a) Brazil Reais
(b) China Yuan
(c) Mexico Pesos
(d) Thailand Ringgit

32. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists

List I
(City)		 List II
(Stadium)
A. Bangaluru 1. Sawai Mansingh
B. Chennai 2. Sardar Patel
C. Motera 3. Chinnaswami
D. Jaipur 4. Chidambaram

Code:

  1. A - 1; B - 2; C - 3; D - 4
  2. A - 3; B - 4; C - 2; D - 1
  3. A - 1; B - 3; C - 2; D - 4
  4. A - 3; B - 2; C - 4; D - 1

33. Who among the following had the won the Wimbledon Women's Singles Title, 2008?

  1. Ana Ivanovic
  2. Maria Sharapova
  3. Serena Williams
  4. Venus Williams

34. Who among the following is the first man (after Bjorn Borg in 1980) to win the French Open and Wimbedon Singles Title back to back?

  1. Rafael Nadal
  2. Roger Federer
  3. John McEnroe
  4. Daniel Nestor

35. Which one of the following had been named as the winner of the Best of the Booker Award in 2008?

  1. The Enchantress of Florence
  2. Disgrace
  3. Midnight's Children
  4. The Siege of Krishnapur

36. Which of the following countries has recently carried out military operation in Georgia?

  1. USA
  2. Poland
  3. Russia
  4. Krygyztan

37. Which one of the following Committees/Commissions was formed to study and suggest pricing pattern for oil and natural gas sectors in India?

  1. B.K. Chaturvedi Committee
  2. Sachar Committee
  3. B.N. Srikrishna Commission
  4. M. Veerappa Moily Commission

38. Which one of the following countries has adopted a new Constituton in the year 2008 aiming to pursue a modern, multi-party, democratic system and givin more power to the judiciary and legislature?

  1. Japan
  2. Bhutan
  3. Maldives
  4. Singapore