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

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101. The term soil impoverishment relates to which one of the following?
(a) Soil erosion
(b) Soil deposition
(c) Soil getting very deficient in plant nutrients
(d) Soil getting enriched with plant nutrients

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102. Which one of the following is the correct sequential phase in the successional development of vegetation community in a habitat?
(a) Migration, Reaction, Stabilization and Nudation
(b) Migration, Stabilization, Reaction and Nudation
(c) Nudation, Migration, Reaction and Stabilization
(d) Reaction, Migration, Stabilization and Nudation

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103. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
.  List I                    List II
. (Soil type) (Major characteristic)
A. Oxisols               1. Very rich in organic matter
B. Vertisols            2. Soil lacking horizons
C. Histosols           3. Very old and highly weathered
D. Entisols             4. Rich in clay content and highly basic
Code:
.   A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 2 4 1 3

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104. Which one of the following mountains 10 separates Black Sea and Caspian Sea ?
(a) Urals
(b) Caucasus
(c) Carpathians
(d) Balkan mountains

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105. Rains caused by thunderstorms during the hot weather season (mid-March to mid-June) in Karnataka are called
(a) Kalbaisakhi
(b) Mango showers
(c) Loo
(d) Cherry blossoms

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106. Which one of the following is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
(a) Chilika
(b) Loktak
(c) Dal
(d) Wular

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Direction : The following 4 (four) items consist of two statements, Statement and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below :
Code:
(a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
(b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

107.
Statement I:
The Greek travellers were most impressed by the fertility of India’s soil and the energy and ability of her cultivators.
Statement II:
Ancient India knew the use of manure.

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108.
Statement I:
Non-cooperation began in Punjab with the student movement inspired by Lala Lajpat Rai in January 1921.
Statement II :
The Sikh dominated central Punjab countryside was stirred by the powerful Akali upsurge.

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109.
Statement I:
The Oudh Kisan Sabha established in 1920 failed to bring under its wing any Kisan Sabhas
Statement II :
The Oudh Kisan Sabha asked the Kisans to refuse to till bedakhli land, not to offer hari and begar.

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110.
Statement I:
The United Provinces during Non-Cooperation became one of the strongest bases of the Congress.
Statement II:
The literary outcrop of Non-Cooperation in Bengal was quite meagre compared to the days of the Swadeshi agitation.

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111. Who were Alvars?
(a) Those who immersed in devotion to Vishnu
(b) Devotees of Shiva
(c) Those who worshipped abstract form of God
(d) Devotees of Shakti

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112. Which one of the following is monatomic ?
(a) Hydrogen
(b) Sulphur
(c) Phosphorus
(d) Helium

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113. In graphite, each carbon atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms
(a) forming a three-dimensional structure
(b) in the same plane giving a hexagonal array
(c) in the same plane giving a square array
(d) in the same plane giving a pentagonal array

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114. Soap solution used for cleaning purpose appears cloudy. This is due to the fact that soap micelles can
(a) refract light
(b) scatter light
(c) diffract light
(d) polarize light

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115. People prefer to wear cotton clothes in summer season. This is due to the fact that cotton clothes are
(a) good absorbers of water
(b) good conveyors of heat
(c) good radiators of heat
(d) good absorbers of heat

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116. Employing Chromatography, one cannot separate
(a) radio-isotopes
(b) colours from a dye
(c) pigments from a natural colour
(d) drugs from blood

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117. Consider the following statement :
“Atomic number of an element is a more fundamental property than its atomic mass.” Who among the following scientists has made the above statement ?
(a) Dmitri Mendeleev
(b) Henry Moseley
(c) J. J. Thomson
(d) Ernest Rutherford

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118. Which one of the following acids is also known as Vitamin C ?
(a) Methanoic acid
(b) Ascorbic acid
(c) Lactic acid
(d) Tartaric acid

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119. Which one of the following is not found in animal cells?
(a) Free ribosomes
(b) Mitochondria
(c) Nucleolus
(a) Cell wall

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120. Marsilea, Fern and Horse-tail are examples of which one of the following plant groups ?
(a) Pteridophyta
(b) Bryophyta
(c) Gymnosperms
(d) Angiosperms

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