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CDS 1 2016 General Knowledge Question Paper

 

Q. Plants contains variety of sterols like stigma-sterol. ergosterol, sitosterol etc., which very closely resemble cholesterol. This plant sterols refered as

(a) Phytosterols

(b) CaIci ferols

(c) Ergocalci ferols

(d) Lumisterols

With which one of the following countries, India has signed a MoU under the International Cooperation on Brahmaputra and Satluj rivers?

(a) Pakistan

(b) China

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Nepal

Q. Headquarters of which one among the following Railway Zones in India is situated at the highest elevation from the mean sea level

(a) East Central Railway

(b) South Eastern Railway

(c) South Western Railway

(d) West Central Railway

Q. Stalactites and stalagmites are features of:

(a) glacial topography

(b) volcanic topography

(c) karst topography

(d) fluvial topography

Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given planets in increasing order of their site (diameter)?

(a) Mars – Venus – Earth – Mercury -Uranus

(b) Mercury – Mars – Venus – Earth -Uranus

(c) Mercury – Mars – Venus – Uranus -Earth

(d) Venus – Mercury – Mars – Earth –Uranus

Q. In artificial insemination (Al) process, which of the following is / are introduced into the uterus of the female?

(a) Egg only

(b) Fertilized egg

(c) Sperm only

(d) Egg and sperm

Q. Genetically modified (GM) crops contain modified genetic material due to

1. introduction of new DNA
2. removal of existing DNA
3. introduction of RNA
4. introduction of new traits

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1and 2 only.

(b) 1 2 and 3

(c) 3 and 4

(d) 1 2 and 4

Q. Which one of the following statements is correct? The velocity of sound:

(a) does not depend upon the nature of media

(b) is maximum in gases and minimum in liquids

(c) is maximum in solids and minimum in liquids

(d) is maximum in solids and minimum in gases

Q. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Sound waves in gases are longitudinal in nature

(b) Sound waves having frequency below 20 Hz are known as ultrasonic waves

(c) Sound waves having higher amplitudes are louder

(d) Sound waves with high audible frequencies are sharp

Q. Which one of the following vitamins has a role in blood clotting?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin

(d) Vitamin K

Q. Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency causes pernicious anemia. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin B₁₂, Humans must obtain all their vitamin B₁₂ from their diet. The complexing metal ion in vitamin B₁₂ is :

(a) Mg²⁺ (Magnesium ion)

(b) Fe²⁺ (Iron ion)

(c) Co³⁺ (Cobalt ion)

(d) Zn²⁺ (Zinc ion)

Q. Consider the following statements:

1. Most of the coal and the ferrous group of minerals in India occur in the peninsula, south of the Vindhyas
2. The peninsular India once formed part of the super-continent which included Australia, Antarctica, Africa and South America

Which of the statements given above is / are correct

(a) I only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q. The Mahatma Gandhi National Marine Park is located in

(a) Pirotan Island

(b) Rameswaram

(c) Ganga Sagar Island

(d) Port Blair

Q. Which of the following statements is / arc correct ?

1. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on January 3
2. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Perihelion, which generally occurs on July 4
3. The earth is farthest away from the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on July 4
4. The earth is nearest to the Sun at Aphelion, which generally occurs on January 3

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) I only

(b) 2 and 4

© I and 3

(d) 1 and 2

Q. Which one of the following islands is of volcanic origin?

(a) Reunion island

(b) Andaman & Nicobar islands

(c) Lakshadweep islands

(d) Maldives

Q. Glucose is a source of energy. Which one of the following types of molecules is Glucose?

(a) Carbohydrate

(b) Protein

© Fat

(d) Nucleic Acid

Q. The living content of cell is called protoplasm. It is composed of

(a) Cytoplasm only

(b) Cytoplasm and nucleoplasm

© Nucleoplasm only

(d) Cytoplasm, nucleoplasm and other organelles

Q. Norman Borlaug won Nobel Peace prize for his contributions in

1. development of high yielding crops
2. modernization of irrigation
3. introduction to synthetic fertilizers find pesticides.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) I only

(b) 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) I, 2 and 3

Q. A myopic person has a power or -1.25 Diopter. What in the focal length and nature of his lens?

(a) 50 cm and convex lens

(b) 80 cm and convex lens

(c) 50 cm and concave lens

(d) 80 cm and concave lens

Q. A piece of ice, 100 gm in mass is kepi at 0⁰C. The amount of heat it requires to melt at °C is (take Intent heat of melting of ice to be 333.6 J/g):

(a) 750.6 J

(b) 83.4 J

(c) 33360 J

(d) 3.336

Q. Which one of the following hormones /contains peptide chain’

(a) Oxytocin

(b) Corticotropin

(b) Insulin

(d) Cortisone

Q. Which one of the following is an example of the chemical change?

(a) Burning of paper

(b) Magnetization of soil iron

(c) Dissolution of cane sugar in water

(d) Preparation of ice cubes from water

Q. Which one of the following is the cause of long-term sea-level change?

(a) Atmospheric disturbance

(b) Change in marine water density

© Melting of icebergs

(d) Melting of ice sheets

Q. Consider the following tributaries of river

Brahmaputra :

1. Lohit
2. Tista
3. Subansiri
4. Sankosh

Arrange the above rivers from west to cast:

(a) 2-4-3-1

(b) 2-3-4-1

(c) 4-2-3-I

(4} 3-1-2-4

Q. Which one of the following is the reason due to which the wind in the southern hemisphere is deflected towards its left?

(a) Difference in the water masses of northern and southern hemisphere

(b) Temperature and pressure variations

© Inclined axis of the Earth

(d) Rotation of the earth

Q. The ‘eye’ cyclone has :

(a) abnormally high temperature and lowest pressure

(b) abnormally low temperature and pressure

(c) clear sky and lowest temperature

(d) dense cloud cover and low pressure