General Knowledge Quiz for CDS & CAPF : 6th June
Dear Students, Defence Adda is providing you all with this quiz on General Knowledge questions for CDS, AFCAT, CAPF, and other Defence Examinations.
Q1. The last major extension of
British Indian Territory took place during the time of
(a) Dufferin
(b) Dalhousie
(c) Lytton
(d) Curzon
Q2. Which one of the following
territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Jhansi
(b) Chittor
(c) Jagdishpur
(d) Lucknow
Q3.Where is ‘Ninety East Ridge’
situated?
(a) Pacific ocean
(b) Indian ocean
(c) Atlantic ocean
(d) Arctic ocean
Q4. A Royal Commission on
the Public Service was appointed in the year
(a) 1912
(b) 1915
(c) 1910
(d) 1918
Q5.National Renewal Fund was
constituted for the purpose of
(a) Providing pension for
retiring employees
(b) Social security
(c) Rural reconstruction
(d) Reconstruction and
modernization of industries
Q6.Consider the following
organisations
1.International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
2.International Finance
Corporation (IFC)
3.International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD)
4.International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
Which of these are agencies of
United Nations?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Q7.In an elastic collision,
(a) momentum is conserved but
energy is not
(b) both momentum and energy are
conserved
(c) energy is conserved but
momentum is not
(d) neither momentum nor energy
is conserved
Q8.Which one of the following
statements regarding starch and cellulose is not correct?
(a) Both of them are of plant
origin
(b) Both of them are polymers
(c) Both of them give colour with
iodine
(d) Both of them are made up of
glucose molecules
Q9.Which one of the
following is an example of a vestigial organ in man?
(a) Jaw apparatus
(b) Ear muscles
(c) Canine teeth
(d) Humerus
Q10. Which of the
following soils are reclaimed by using Gypsum?
(a) Acidic soils
(b) Saline soils
(c) Sodic soils
(d) Acid sulfate soils
S1.Ans.(b)
Sol. The
last major extension of British Indian Territory took place during the time of
Dalhousie under his Doctrine of Lapse (Jhansi, Satara, Jaitpur, Sambhalpur, Udaipur, and Nagpur) and on the basis of misgovernance (Awadh).
S2.Ans.(b)
Sol. Among the following, Chittor
was not affected by the Revolt of 1857. Leaders who lead from different areas are Rani Laxmibai- Jhansi, Begum Hazrat
Mehal- Lucknow, Kunwar Singh- Jagdishpur (Bihar).
S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Ninety East Ridge is a 5500 km long, north-south-oriented,
submarine volcanic ridge in the eastern Indian Ocean that formed from magmatism
associated with the deep-seated Kerguelen mantle plume as the Indian plate
drifted rapidly northward during the Late Cretaceous.
S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Islington Commission, 1912 a Royal Commission formed to recommend
reforms in the Public Service of British India with Lord Islington as its
chairman.
S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Government of India had announced to establish a National
Renewal Fund (NRF) as a part of the slew of measures announced in New
Industrial Policy of 1991.
S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. All given organisations are the agencies of the UN.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. Both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved quantities in
elastic collisions.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Since cellulose does not have a helical structure like amylose, it
does not bind to iodine to form a coloured product.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The
muscles aren't capable of moving much but their reflex action still exists.
These muscles are vestigial, meaning they're remnants of evolution that once
had a purpose but no longer do. Ear muscles are example of vestigial organ in
man
S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Reclamation of sodic soils involves the replacement of exchangeable Na by Ca. Saline soils are reclaimed by using gypsum.
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