CDS 2008 GK Question Paper -2

ORDERING OF SENTENCES

1. By using which one of the following techniques, is DNA fingerprint done ?
   • ELISA
   • RIA
   • Northern Blotting
   • Southern Blotting
2. On which one of the following conservative laws, does a rocket work ?
   • Mass
   • Energy
   • Linear momentum
   • Angular momentum
3. Which one of the following is correct ?

The mean distance from the Sun to the Earth is called a/an

• Light Year
• Parallactic Second
• Astronomical Unit
• Angstrom

4. Which one of the following is an element ?
   • Topaz
   • Diamond
   • Ruby
   • Sapphire
5. Which one of the following substances used in the manufacture of safety matches
   • Red Phosphorus
   • White Phosphorus
   • Phosphorus Trioxide’(PP3)
   • Black Phosphorus
6. Which one of the following is correct ?

Butter is

• a super cooled oil
• an emulsion
• a molecular solid
• None of the above

7. Which one of the following is the softest ?
   • Sodium
   • Aluminium
   • Iron
   • Lithium
8. Which one of the following properties changeswith valency
   • Atomic weight
   • Equivalent weight
   • Molecular weight
   • Density
9. Sarkaria Commission was established to study

• President and Governors relations
• Centre-State relations
• State and Panchayat body relations
• President and Prime Minister’s relations

10. For which one of the following is the density maximum ?
    • Chloroform
    • Water
    • Benzene
    • Ice
11. Which one of the following is used in the preparation of antiseptic solution ?
    • Potassium nitrate
    • Iodine
    • Iodine chloride
    • Potassium chloride
12. Which one of the following is not a chemical change ?
    • Burning of coal in air
    • Fermentation of sugarcane juice
    • Crystallisation of table salt from see water
    • Cracking of petroleum
13. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the nuclear power plants of India in the increasing order of their installed power generation capacity ?
    • Rawatbhata-Narora-Kaiga-Tarapur
    • Narora-Kaiga-Rawatbhata-Tarapur
    • Kaiga-Tarapur-Narora-Rawatbhata
    • Tarapur-Narora-Kaiga-Rawatbhata
14. Who among the following is the Commonwealth Secretary General ?
    • Rajiv Chandran
    • Kamalesh Sharma
    • Sashi Tharoor
    • Shiv Shankar Mukherjee
15. Among the following persons whose birth anniversary is celebrated as Sadbhavana Divas and death anniversary as Antiterrorism Day ?
    • Indira Gandhi
    • Rajiv Gandhi
    • Mahatma Gandh
    • Sanjay Gandhi
16. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘India Remembered’ ?
    • K. Rowling
    • Robert Dallek
    • Pamela Mountbatten
    • Stephen Hawking
17. Who among the following fast bowlers has taken a hat-trick in the very first over of a Test Cricket Match ?
    • Glenn Mc Grath
    • Pietersen
    • Walsh
    • Irfan Pathan
18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists
    1. Jeev Milkha Singh Archery
    2. Jayanta Talukdar Cricket
    3. Kunjarani Devi 3. Power lifting
    4. Jhulan Goswami Golf

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 4 1          3          2
• 4 3          1          2
• 2 3          1          4
• 2 1          3          4

19. In which one of the following places is the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research located ?
    • Thiruvananthapuram
    • Sriharikota
    • Kalpakkam
    • Trombay
20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

List-I                                           List-II

1. Girija Devi Leading woman executive
2. Indira Nooyi Leading writer
3. Kiran Desai Hematologist turned executive of the BBC trust
4. Chitra Bharucha Anti-liquor activist

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 3 1          2          4
• 4 1          2          3
• 4 2          1          3
• 3 2          1          4

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

List-I                                           List-II

1. F.Hussain 1. Tabla
2. Zakir Hussain                         Classical dance
3. Ulhas Kashalkar Painting
4. Yamini Krishnamurty Vocal classical

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 3 1          4          2
• 2 4          3          1
• 2 3          4          1
• 3 4          1          2

22. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
    • Hindalco Industries Novelis
    • Tata Steel Corns Group
    • Jet Airways Air Sahara
    • Kingfisher Airlines MDLR Airlines
23. Which one of the following days is observed as the World Environment Day ?
    • 28th February
    • 4thMarch
    • 5th June
    • 16th September
24. Meghnad Saha is known for his contribution in which one of the following fields ?
    • Physics
    • Medical Science
    • Environmental Science
    • History
25. Who among the following was the Governor-General of India immediately preceding Chakravarthi Rajgopalachari ?
    • The Marquess of Linlithgow
    • Lord Mountbatten
    • Lord Wavell
    • Lord Chelmsford
26. With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commence?
    • The Dandi March
    • No Tax campaign by Sardar Patel
    • The unfuling of the national flag by Nehru
    • Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast
27. After 1857,who of the following announced, at aDarbar at Allahabad, the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain ?
    • Lord Canning
    • Sir Johan Lawrence
    • Lord Mayo
    • Lord North brook
28. Arrange the following in chronological order
29. Third Carnatic War
30. First Burmese War
31. First Mysore War
32. Second Afghan War

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the above ?

• 1-4-3-2
• 1-3-2-4
• 2-4-1-3
• 3-1-2-4

29. Which one of the following has geographical position of 0° latitude and 0° longitude ?
    • In the South Atlantic Ocean
    • In the Mediterranean Sea
    • In Ghana, a West African country
    • At Greenwich Observatory in England
30. Who among the following was the first Governor General of India ?
    • Lord Amherst
    • Lord William Dentinck
    • Sir Charles Metcalfe
    • Robert Clive
31. In which one of the following Sessions was the Indian National Congress split into Moderates and Extremists ?
    • Nagpur
    • Allahabad
    • Surat
    • Calcutta
32. In which one of the following cities, was the East India Association founded by Dadabhai Naoro ji in 1866 ?
    • Paris
    • London
    • NewYork
    • Tokyo
33. Who among the following had founded the Theosophical Society in the United States of America ?
    • Swami Dayanand Saraswati
    • Madame Blavatsky
    • MadameCama
    • Lala Hardayal
34. Who among the following was not a party to the coalition that fought against the English in the Battle of Buxar ?
    • Mir Kasim
    • Mir Jafar
    • Shuja-ud-daulah
    • Shah AlamII
35. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

Article 26 of the Constitution of India states that subject to public order, morality and health, every religious denomination or any section thereof shall have the right.

1. to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes.
2. to manage its own affairs in matters of religion.
3. to own and acquire movable and immovable property.
   Select the correct answer using the codes given below
   • 1 only
   • 2 and 3
   • 1 and 3
   • 1, 2 and 3
4. Consider the following statements on Parliamentary Committees
5. Members of the Rajya Sabha are not associated with the Committees on Public Accounts and Public Undertakings.
6. Members of the Committee on Estimates are drawn from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
   Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
   • 1 only (b) 2 only
   • Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
7. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommended which one of the following “anchayati Raj structures ?
   • Gram Panchayat at the village level and Panchayat Samiti at the block level only
   • Panchayat Samiti at the block level and Zilla Parishad at the district level only
   • Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level and Zilla Parishad at the district level
   • Gram Panchayat at the village level and Zilla Parishad at the district level only
8. Consider the following statements
9. The USSR assisted in the building of the Bhilai Steel Plant.
10. The British assisted in the building of the Bokaro Steel Plant.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

39. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the Secretary Generals of the United Nations ?
    • Thant-K. Waldheim-B.B. Ghali-K. Annan
    • Waldheim-U. Thant-B.B. Ghali-K. Annan
    • Thant-K. Waldheim-K. Annan-B. B. Ghali
    • Waldheim-B. B. Ghali-U. Thant-K. Annan
40. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the freedom movements of India ?

• Quit India Movement—Non-Cooperation Movement—Civil Disobedience Movement
• Non-Cooperation Movement—Civil Disobedience Movement—Quit India Movement
• Quit India Movement—Civil Disobedience Movement—Non- Cooperation Movement
• Non-Cooperation Movement—Quit India Movement—Civil Disobedience Movement

Directions: The following five (5) items consist of two statements, one labelled as the ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as `Reason (R)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully select the answers to these items using the codes given below.

Codes

• Both A and Rare individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
• Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
• A is true, but R is false
• A is false but R is true

41. Assertion (A): The Equatorial regions bulge outwards by about 21 kilometre compared to Poles.

Reason (R): Earth’s slow rotation reduces the effect of gravity around the Equator.

42. Assertion (A): It is easier to swim in seawater compared to ordinary water.

Reason (R): Density of sea-water is higher than that of ordinary water.

43. Assertion (A): In temperate cyclones winds below from the periphery towards its centre.

Reason (R): There is high pressure in the centre of temperate cyclone.

44. Assertion (A): In a pressure cooker food is cooked above boiling point.

Reason (R): Boiling point of water increases as the pressure increases.

45. Assertion (A): Addition of water to an aqueous solution of HC1 increases the p^H.

Reason (R): Addition of water suppresses the ionisation of HC1.

46. Which chamber of human heart pumps fully oxygenated blood to aorta and thence to the body ?
    • Right Auricle
    • Left Auricle
    • Right Ventricle
    • Left Ventricle
47. Which one of the following is a major constituent of Biogas ?
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Methane
    • Hydrogen
    • Nitrogen dioxide
48. Which one of the following is responsible for converting milk into curd ?
    • Fungi
    • Bacteria
    • Virus
    • None of these
49. Sweating during exercise indicates operation of which one of the following processes in the human body ?
    • Enthalpy
    • Homeostasis
    • Phagocytosis
    • Osmoregulation
50. Malariaa in the human body is caused by which one of the following organisms ?
    • Bacteria
    • Virus
    • Mosquito
    • Protozoan
51. Which one of the following diseases is caused by virus ?
    • Tuberculosis
    • Typhoid
    • Influenza
    • Diphtheria
52. Between which one of the following sets of blood groups, is the blood transfusion possible ?
    • A and 0 (A donor)
    • B and A (B donor)
    • A and AB (A donor)
    • AB and 0 (AB donor)
53. The phenomenon of mirage occurs due to which one of the following ?
    • Polarisation of light
    • Dispersion of light
    • Diffraction of light
    • Total internal reflection of light
54. Which one of the following is the secondary source of light in a -fluore1scent lamp ?
    • Neon gas
    • Argon gas
    • Mercury vapour
    • Fluorescent coating on the glass
55. Which one of the following common devices works on the basis of the principle of mutual induction ?
    • Tube light
    • Transformer
    • Photodiode
    • LED
56. Which one of the following is a programme that converts high level language to machine language ?
    • Linker
    • Assembler
    • Interpreter
    • Compiler
57. Which one of the following is correct ?
    Great Bear is a
    • galaxy
    • planet
    • star
    • constellation
58. Which one of the following is a global biodiversity hotspot in India ?
    • Western Ghats
    • Western Himalayas
    • Eastern Ghats
    • Northern Himalayas
59. The quarantine regulation for preventing entry of diseased plants into the country is done by which one of the following ?
    • National Botanical Research Institute
    • Botanical Survey of India
    • National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
    • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
60. ‘The Musalman’, the handwritten daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the following places?
    • Chennai
    • Hyderabad
    • Mysore
    • Lucknow
61. The ‘Arthasastra’ is a treatise on which one of the following ?
    • Economics
    • Environment
    • Political Philosophy
    • Religion in Administration
62. Arrange the following in chronological order
63. Partition of Bengal
64. Chauri-Chaura Incident
65. First Round Table Conference

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the above ?

• 1-2-3
• 3-2-1
• 1-3-2
• 2-1-3

63. Who among the following was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation of Indian National Congress ?
    • Lord Mayo
    • Lord Ripon
    • Lord Dufferin
    • Lord Lansdowne
64. Separate electorates for Muslims in India were introduced by which one of the following Acts ?
    • Government of India Act of 1909
    • Indian Councils Act of 1892
    • Row latt Act of 1919
    • Government of India Act of 1935
65. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

List-I                               List-II

1. 1st Session Allahabad
2. 2nd Session Madras
3. 3rd Session Calcutta
4. 4th Session Bombay

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 4 3          2          1
• 1 3          2          4
• 4 2          3          1
• 1 2          3          4

66. Which one of the following statements regarding Monitorable Socio-Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan, under the head Environment, is not correct ?
    • Treat all urban wastewater by 2011-2012 to clear river waters
    • Increase energy efficiency by 20 percentage points by 2016-2017
    • Attain WHO standards of air quality in all major cities by 2011-2012
    • Increase forest and tree cover by 15 percentage points
67. Which one of the following is not a “Navaratna” Public Sector Enterprise ?
    • Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
    • Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
    • Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.
    • Oil India Ltd.
68. By which one of the following years does the 11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele-density in India from the present 1.9% ?
    • 2009
    • 2010
    • 2011
    • 2012
69. Who among the following have won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2007 ?
70. Eric S. Maskin
71. Roger B. Myerson
72. Hu Jintao
73. Leonid Hurwicz

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• 1 and 2
• 3 and 4
• 1, 2 and 4
• 2 and 3

70. In which of the following International Organisations is India a member ?
71. Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation.
72. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

71. In which one of the following places is the headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway located ?
    • Guwahati
    • Gorakhpur
    • Kolkata
    • Bhubaneshwar
72. Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN ?
    • Brunei Darussalam
    • Cambodia
    • Vietnam
    • India
73. Who among the following was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission ?
    • Rajendra Prasad
    • Jawahar lal Nehru
    • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    • B. Kripalani
74. As per the Economic Survey 2007-2008, which one of the following is the largest source of revenue of the Government of India?
    • Excise Duty
    • Personal income Tax
    • Corporation Tax
    • Customs Duties
75. The acronym SRO, being used in the capital market for various market participants, stands for which one of the following ?
    • Self Regulatory Organisations
    • Small Revenue Operators
    • Securities Roll-back Operators
    • Securities Regulatory Organisations
76. Consider the following statements
77. Food for Work Programme was launched in India during the 10th Five Year Plan.
78. The Planning Commission in India is a constitutional body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

77. Who among the following was the Finance Minister of India in the Interim Government during 1946-1947 ?
    • K. Shanmukham Chetiy
    • John Mathai
    • Liaquat Ali Khan
    • Chintamanrao Deshmukh
78. Holding a ‘Bandh’ was declared illegal for the first time in India by which one of the following High Courts ?
    • Rajasthan High Court
    • Gujarat High Court
    • Kerala High Court
    • Maharashtra High Court
79. The 11th Five Year Plan strategy to raise agricultural output envisages which of the following ?
80. Greater attention to land reforms.
81. Double the rate of growth of irrigated area.
82. Promote animal husbandry and fishery.
83. Interest free credit to the farmers.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• 1 and 3
• 2 and 3
• 1, 2 and 3
• 2 and 4

80. In which one of the following Indian States is the game of Polo said to have originated?
    • West Bengal
    • Meghalaya
    • Manipur
    • Sikkim

81. In which one of the following years did the Right to Information Act come into force ?
    • 2003
    • 2004
    • 2005
    • 2006
82. Who among the following was the fourth President of independent India ?
    • Zakir Hussain
    • Zail Singh
    • V.Giri
    • Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
83. Which one of the following is the first geostationary, tele communictaion satellite of India ?
    • INSAT-IA
    • APPLE
    • ROHINI
    • ARYABHATTA
84. To encourage increase in the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world the World Food Prize is founded by
    • M.S. Swaminathan
    • UNDP
    • Norman Borlaug
    • WHO
85. Billy Doctrove, a member of the Elite Panel of ICC umpires belongs to which one of the following countries ?
    • South Africa
    • West Indies
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
86. The boundary between North and South Korea is marked by which one of the following ?
    • 16th Parallel
    • 29th Parallel
    • 38th Parallel
    • 49th Parallel
87. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

List-I                               List-II

(Person)                         (Organisation)

1. Juan Somavia IAEA
2. Margaret Chan ILO
3. Kemal Dervis WHO
4. Mohamed El Baradei UNDP

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 1 2          3          4
• 2 3          4          1
• 2 4          3          1
• 1 3          2          4

88. Match List-I with List-11 and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists ?

List-I (Place)                               List-II (Industry)

1. Muzaffarnagar Cottontextiles
2. A doni Sugar
3. Ranchi Sports goods
4. Jalandhar Engineering goods

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 2 1          4          3
• 1 3          4          2
• 2 3          4          1
• 1 4          3          2

89. Who among the following has been selected for the Netherlands Golden Ark Award for the year 2008 ?
    • Medha Patkar
    • Charudutt Mishra
    • Baba Amte
    • Swami Ramdev
90. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards ?
    • Kosi
    • Ghaghara
    • Gandak
    • Sone
91. For which one of the following is plan meter used ?
    • To know the surface area on a map
    • To Know the distance on a map
    • To know the direction on a map
    • To know the height of places on a map
92. The city of Nasik is situated on the bank of which one of the following rivers ?
    • Krishna
    • Mandovi
    • Godavari
    • Tapi
93. Rihand Valley Project is located in which one of the following States ?
    • Orissa
    • Gujarat
    • Himachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh
94. Which one of the following States has the largest forest area to its tatal land area ?
    • Mizoram
    • Arunachal Pradesh
    • Sikkim
    • Jammu and Kashmir
95. What is the correct order of occurrence of the following places as one moves from east to west ?
96. Murshidabad
97. Gorakhpur
98. Bhopal
99. Bhavnagar

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• 2, 4, 3, 1
• 1, 3, 4, 2
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 4, 3, 2, 1

96. Which one of the following Indian States does not have a common international border with Bangladesh ?
    • Manipur
    • West Bengal
    • Tripura
    • A som
97. 38 N and 77.12 E are the respective latitude and longitude of which one of the following places ?
    • Jaipur
    • Delhi
    • Lucknow
    • Allahabad
98. Mist is a result of which one of the following?
    • Condensation
    • Evaporation
    • Sublimation
    • Saturation
99. In which one of the following States is Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary located ?
    • Tamil Nadu
    • Kerala
    • Karnataka
    • Andhra Pradesh
100. Pattadakal group of monuments are located in which one of the following States ?
     • Bihar
     • Orissa
     • Madhya Pradesh
     • Karnataka
101. Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

List -I                                          List -II

1. Aurangabad Auroville
2. Guwahati Saranath
3. Puducherry Ellora temples
4. Varanasi Nilachal hills

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 3 4          1          2
• 2 1          4          3
• 3 1          4          2
• 2 4          1          3

102. For which one of the following is Sualkuchi famous ?
     • Bird sanctuary
     • Temple city
     • Silk centre
     • Hill station
103. In which one of the following countries is the volcano ‘Guallatiri’ located ?
     • Peru
     • Chile
     • Tanzania
     • Ecuador
104. The island of Honshu is located in which one of the following countries ?
     • Indonesia
     • Malaysia
     • Japan
     • South Korea
105. Which one of the following rivers flows into the Arabian Sea ?
     • Indravati
     • Godavari
     • Kaveri
     • Narmada
106. Which one of the following is correct ?

Setting of Plaster of Paris is

• dehydration
• oxidation with atmospheric oxygen
• hydration leading to another hydrate
• combination with atmospheric CO₂

107. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists
     1. Slate                         Igneous rock
     2. Lignite Metamorphic rock
     3. Bauxite Non-ferrousmineral
     4. Granite Sedimentary rock

Codes:

A            B          C         D

• 1 3          4          2
• 2 4          3          1
• 2 3          4          1
• 1 4          3          2

108. Which one of the following places is famous for production of railway coaches ?
     • Nasik
     • Kapurthala
     • Kanpur
     • Kochi
109. The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of the following States ?
     • Karnataka
     • Andhra Pradesh
     • Kerala
     • Tamil Nadu
110. Which one of the following statements is not correct ?
     • All meridians run in a true north-south direction
     • Meridians are spaced farthest apart at the Equator and converge to common points at the poles
     • All meridians are always parallel to one Another
     • An indefinite number of meridians may be drawn on a globe
111. In which one of the following states is Kakrapar nuclear power station located ?
     • Karnataka
     • Tamil Nadu
     • Maharashtra
     • Gujarat
112. Which one of the following pairs in not correctly matched ?
     • International Labour Organisation Geneva
     • International Maritime London Organisation
     • International Monetary Fund Washington D.C.
     • International Atomic Energy New York Agency
113. Consider the following statements
114. Article 46 of the Constitution of India provides for free legal aid to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
115. Article 14 of the Constitution of India provides for equality before law.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

114. The Bombay High Court does not have a bench at which one of the following places?
     • Nagpur
     • Panaji
     • Pune
     • Aurangabad
115. Consider the following statements
116. The Chairman and the Members of the UPS Care appointed by the President.
117. The Chairman and the Members of the UPS Care eligible for further employment under the Government.
     Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
     • 1 only
     • 2 only
     • Both 1 and 2
     • Neither 1 nor 2
118. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is also known as
     • Credit Bank
     • Exim Bank
     • World Bank
     • Asian Bank
119. Department of Official Language (Raj Bhasha Vibhag) comes under which one of the following Ministries ?
     • Ministry of Culture
     • Ministry of Home Affairs
     • Ministry of Human Resource Development
     • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
120. With respect to Article 371A of the Constitution of India, the Governor of which one of the following States has special responsibility with respect to law and order of the State ?
     • Asom
     • Manipur
     • Nagaland
     • Andhra Pradesh
121. Consider the following statements
122. The Ministries/ Departments of the Union Government are created by the Prime Minister.
123. The Cabinet Secretary is the Ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct ?

• 1 only
• 2 only
• Both 1 and 2
• Neither 1 nor 2

120. The Treaty of Amritsar was concluded between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and who of the following ?
     • Lord Cornwallis
     • Lord Dalhausie
     • Lord Hastings
     • Lord Minto