NDA 2019 Answer Key

UPSC NDA I Exam 2019 – General Aptitude Test Part – B (Answer Key)

111. Kamarajar Port was commissioned in 2001 to handle thermal coal requirements. It is situated along the coast of which Indian State ?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka

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Answer – (B)

112. Which one of the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in terms of geographical area?
(a) Daman and Diu
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Lakshadweep

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Answer – (D)

113. Which one of the following can be said to be essentially related to “Polar Front Theory’?
(a) Anticyclone
(b) Tropical Cyclone
(c) Temperate Cyclone
(d) Inter Tropical Convergence

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Answer – (C)

114. Brahmaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which one of the following may be the true definition of an antecedent drainage ?
(a) Which follows the initial slope of the Himalaya
(b) Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence
(c) Which followed the dip or rock beds of the Himalaya
(d) Which followed the strikes of rock beds of the Himalaya

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Answer – (D)

115. The Karachi resolution of Congress in 1931 advocated which one of the following issues ?
(a) State shall not own or control key industries and services
(b) State shall handover the key industries and services to the Indian business groups
(c) State should allow the Indian business group to invest fifty per cent of the capital
(d) State shall own or control key industries and services

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Answer – (B)

116. The treaty of Schonbrunn (1809) was signed after which one of the following battles?
(a) Battle of Austerlitz
(b) Battle of Tilsit
(c) Battle of Wagram
(d) Battle of Lisbon

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Answer – (C)

117. Which of the following statements about The New Model Unions is/are correct?
1. The New Model Unions were formed in the 1850s
2. The New Model Unions were formed in the 1880s
3. The New Model Unions com prised a Labour Party idea
4. The New Model Unions excluded women in the 1920s
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 3 only

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Answer – (A)

118. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve which one of the following ?
(a) Containment of the USSR
(b) Increasing agricultural production in the USA
(c) Offering friendship to Europe
(d) Strengthening the UNO

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Answer – (A)

119. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. In 1948, Burma was admitted to the United Nations and immediately supported the USA in the Cold War
2. In 1948, Burma joined the United Nations but refused to denounce China as the aggressor in the Korean War
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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Answer – (A)

120. Who among the following presented ‘The April Theses’ to the Russian people in 1917 ?
(a) Stalin
(b) Trotsky
(c) Bukharin
(d) Lenin

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Answer – (D)

121. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct for the given reaction ?
Fe(s) + CuSO4(aq) → FeSO4(aq) + Cu(s)
(a) Iron is the reducing agent
(b) The solution turns green in colour after the reaction
(c) Copper is a more reactive metal than iron
(d) The reaction is an example of a redox reaction

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Answer – (C)

122. Which one of the following is an organic acid ?
(a) Hydrochloric acid
(b) Nitric acid
(c) Acetic acid
(d) Sulphuric acid

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Answer – (C)

123. Dinitrogen (N2) and dioxygen (O2) are the main constituents of air but they do not react with each other to form oxides of nitrogen because requires initiation
(a) the reaction by a catalyst
(b) oxides of nitrogen are unstable
(c) the reaction is endothermic and requires very high temperature
(d) the stoichiometry of N2 and O2 in air is not ideal for the reaction to take place

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Answer – (A)

124. Who among the following has explained the phenomenon of photoelectric effect ?
(a) Max Planck
(b) Albert Einstein
(c) Neils Bohr
(d) Ernest Rutherford

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Answer – (B)

125. The equivalent weight of oxalic acid in C2H2O.2H2O is
(a) 45
(b) 63
(c) 90
(d) 126

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Answer – (B)

126. Which one of the following is NOT a west flowing river?
(a) Periyar
(b) Bharatpuzha
(c) Pamba
(d) Tamraparni

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Answer – (D)

127. Which one of the following rivers was earlier known as “Vitasta”?
(a) Tista
(b) Jhelum
(c) Tungabhadra
(d) Bharatpuzha

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Answer – (B)

128. River Sarda drains in the Northern Plains of Uttar Pradesh. Before entering in the Plains, Sarda is known
(a) Saraswati
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Kali
(d) Pindar

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Answer – (C)

129. “Mission Indradhanush” is related to
(a) Bullet train project
(b) Agriculture development
(c) Women empowerment
(d) Full immunization

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Answer – (D)

130. Which of the following is/are environ mental effects of Rotation of the Earth?
1. Daily or diurnal rhythm in day light and air temperature
2. Flow path of both air and water are turned consistently in a sideward direction
3. The movement of the tides
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

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Answer – (C)

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