UPSC CDS 2 Exam 14 Nov 2021 Paper (General Knowledge) (Answer Key)

61. Swami Dayanand Saraswati took inspiration from
(a) Puranas
(b) Vedas
(c) Medieval saints
(a) Sufism

62. The call for renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government’ was given during
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement.
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement.
(c) Quit India Movement.
(d) Protest against partition of Bengal.

63. Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Time Zone in India ?
1. There is one standard time for the whole country.
2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands have different Time Zones.
3. Indian Standard Time (IST) is five and half hours behind GMT.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1 and 3 only

64. D had recently visited Khardung La, Nubra Valley and several Buddhist monasteries. Which one of the following States /UT had she visited ?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Sikkim
(d) Ladakh

65. Which one of the following States receives rainfall from both the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch of Monsoon?
(a) Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Tamil Nadu

66. Inceptisols, Entisols, Vertisols and Mollisols are orders of which one of the following ?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Soil
(c) Coal
(d) Copper

67. Shad witnessed contour bunding and contour ploughing while visiting one of the States in India. Identify the State from the options given below.
(a) Punjab
(b) Haryana
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan

68. Which one of the following target groups is the beneficiary of “Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan scheme?
(a) All rural women
(b) All returning migrants
(c) All below poverty line households
(d) All new migrants to town

69. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Curve) – List II (Indication)
A. Lorenz curve – 1. Inflation and employment
B. Phillips curve – 2. Tax rates and tax revenue
C. Engel curve – 3. Inequality in distribution of income or wealth
D. Laffer curve – 4. Income and proportion of expenditure on food
Code :
А B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 2 4 1 3

70. Which one of the following is a typical example of monopolistic competition ?
(a) Retail vegetable markets
(b) Market for soaps
(c) Indian Railways
(d) Labour market for software engineers

71. Following the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, the Parliament of India enacted quite a few GST Acts in the year 2017. Which one of the following does not fall in this category?
(a) The Central Goods and Services Tax Act
(b) The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act
(c) The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Acts
(d) The State Goods and Services Tax Act

72. Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Directorate of Enforcement ?
(a) It is a specialized financial investigation agency under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
(b) It enforces the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.
(c) It enforces the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
(d) It enforces the Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act, 1988.

73. Which one of the following is not correct?
(a) Taxes on agricultural income is a subject under the State List.
(b) Price control is a subject under the Concurrent List.
(c) Insurance does not come under the Union List.
(d) Forests’ is a subject under the Concurrent List.

74. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the nature of India’s federal system?
(a) There is no equality of representation of States in the Council of States.
(b) Sikkim was not initially included in the Union as a full-fledged State.
(c) Special provisions have been laid down in the Constitution of India for Andhra Pradesh under Article 371 D.
(d) The Constitution of India enables the federal government to acquire the strength of a unitary system during emergencies.

75. The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech and expression. But the freedom is subject to certain reasonable restrictions imposed by the State. These restrictions may relate to which of the following ?
1. Defamation
2. Decency or morality
3. Incitement to an offence
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

76. Which one of the following amendments in the Constitution of India made a Proclamation of Emergency immune from judicial review ?
(a) 39th Amendment
(b) 40th Amendment
(c) 42nd Amendment
(d) 44th Amendment

77. Which one of the following British officials was elevated to the position of Governor General after the Regulating Act of 1773?
(a) Car Warren Hastings
(b) Lord North
(c) Mountstuart Elphinstone
(d) Philip Francis

78. Which of the following ideas was preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har movement of the 1870s?
(a) Acceptance of the Hindu pantheonic order
(b) Monotheism and internal social reform
(c) Philosophy of Yoga and Mimansa
(d) Polytheism

79. In which one of the following years was the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha established ?
(a) 1884
(b) 1876
(c) 1869
(d) 1870

80. Which one of the following was an important Pandya port, celebrated for its pearls in Sangam poems and Greek accounts ?
(a) Muchiri
(b) Korkai
(c) Puhar
(d) Arikamedu