UPSC CDS II Exam Paper 2019 – General Knowledge (Answer Key)

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21. Arrange the following in the chronological order of their implementation :
1. The Indian Factory Act (First)
2. The Vernacular Press Act
3. The Morley-Minto Reforms
4. The Cornwallis Code
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 4, 2, 1, 3
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 3, 4, 1, 2
(d) 2, 1, 3, 4

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22. Article 371 A of the Constitution of India provides special privileges to
(a) Nagaland
(b) Mizoram
(c) Sikkim
(d) Manipur

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23. How many Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Re-organization Act, 1956 ?
(a) Eight
(b) Seven
(c) Six
(d) Five

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24. Which provision of the Constitution of India provides that the President shall not answerable to any Court in India for the exercise of powers of his office ?
(a) Article 53
(b) Article 74
(c) Article 361
(d) Article 363

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25. Which law prescribes that all proceedings in the Supreme Court shall be in English language?
(a) Article 145 of the Constitution of India
(b) Article 348 of the Constitution of India
(c) The Supreme Court Rules, 1966
(d) An Act passed by the Parliament

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26. The total number of members in the Union Council of Ministers in India shall not exceed
(a) 10% of the total number of members of the Parliament
(b) 15% of the total number of members of the Parliament
(c) 10% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha
(d) 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha

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27. Which one of the following is the most noticeable characteristic of the Mediterranean climate ?
(a) Limited geographical extent
(b) Dry summer
(c) Dry winter
(a) Moderate temperature

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28. Which one of the following rivers takes a ‘U’ turn at Namcha Barwa and enters India ?
(a) Ganga
(b) Tista
(c) Barak
(d) Brahmaputra

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29. What was the Dutt-Bradley thesis ?
(a) The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress decided that Congress should play a crucial role in realising the independence of India
(b) The Socialist party decided to play foremost part in anti-imperialist struggle
(c) Revolutionary socialist Batukeshwar Dutt put forth a ten-point plan to work for the success of anti-imperialist front
(d) It was a Communist party document, according to which the National Congress could play a great part and a foremost part in realising the anti-imperialist people’s front

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30. The khuntkatti tenure was prevalent in which one of the following regions of India during the British Colonial Rule?
(a) Bundelkhand
(b) Karnataka
(c) Chota Nagpur
(d) Madras Presidency

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31. Who was the author of the book ‘Plagues and Peoples’?
(a) William H. McNeill
(b) WI. Thomas
(c) Rachel Carson
(d) David Cannadine

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32. Who among the following started the Indian Agriculture Service ?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Lord Minto
(d) Lord Rippon

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33. “Chandimangala” was composed in which one of the following languages during the 16th century CE ?
(a) Sanskrit
(b) Tamil
(c) Bengali
(d) Oriya

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34. In December 1962, which Soviet leader declared that China was responsible for the Sino-Indian War of 1962 ?
(a) Khrushchev
(b) Bulganin
(c) Suslov
(d) Malenkov

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35. Which of the following statements with regards to the ‘Make in India’ initiative is/are correct?
1. It was launched in the year 2018.
2. Its objective is to foster innovation
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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36. Which one of the following States does not have a Legislative Council ?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Telangana
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

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37. What is SWAYAM ?
(a) Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
(b) Study Webs of Active-Learning for Youth Aspiring Minds
(c) Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiration Minds
(d) Study Webs of Active-Learning for Youth of Aspiration Minds

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38. Which one of the following is not enumerated in the Constitution of India as a fundamental duty of citizens of India?
(a) To safeguard public property
(b) To protect and improve the natural environment
(c) To develop the scientific temper and spirit of inquiry
(d) To promote international peace and security

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39. Who among the following in his book “The Managerial Revolution” argued that I managerial class dominated all industrial societies, both capitalist and communist, by virtue of its technical and scientific knowledge and its administrative skills ?
(a) James Burnham
(b) Robert Michels
(c) Gaetano Mosca
(d) Vilfredo Pareto

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40. Which one of the following conditions laid down in the Constitution of India for the issue of a writ of Quo-Warranto is not correct?
(a) The office must be public and it must be created by a Statute
(b) The office must be a substantive one
(c) There has been a contravention of the Constitution or a Statute in appointing such person to that office
(d) The appointment is in tune with a statutory provision

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