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CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 1

Henry T. Colebrooke was a Professor of Sanskrit in which one of the following institutions?

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In 1782 Colebrooke was appointed through his father's influence to a writer-ship with the East an India Company in Calcutta.
Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 2

The Deccan Agriculturalists 'Relief Act of 1879 was enacted with which one of the following objectives?

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The Deccan Riots Commission was set up which presented a report to the British Parliament in 1878.
In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.
It was an Act for the relief of Indebted Agriculturists in certain parts of the Deccan.

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CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 3

The Damien-i-Koh was created by the British Government to settle which one of the following communities?

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Damini-i-Koh was the land allocated to the Santhals. The Santhals could live on the land and practice plow agriculture, thus helping them to carry out settled agriculture.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 4

The Limitation Law, which passed by the British in 1859, addressed which one of the following issues?

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The ryots came to see the moneylender as devious and deceitful. They complained of moneylenders manipulating laws and forging accounts. In 1859 the British passed a Limitation Law that stated that the loan bonds signed between moneylenders and ryots would have validity for only three years. This law was meant to check the accumulation of interest over time. The moneylender, however, turned the law around, forcing the ryot to sign a new bond every three years.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 5

Who among the following was known during the days of the Revolt of 1857 as 'Danka Shah'?

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Ahmadullah Shah Madrasi alias Danka Shah (1789-1858), a descendant of the Qutub Shahi family of the Deccan, was in Faizabad when the sepoys mutinied in Meerut. He threw himself into the movement then and there. This was why he also came to be known as Ahmadullah Shah Faizabad.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 6

The Summary Settlement of 1856 was based on which one of the following assumptions?

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The British land revenue policy further undermined the position and authority of the taluqdars. After annexation, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856, was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 7

​The Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 on the recommendation of 

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The Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 following the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission.
The constitutional roots of the council are to be found in Article 263, which recommends that the President of India set up such a council to deal with federal issues.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 8

Which among the following writs is issued to quash the order of a Court or Tribunal?

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A writ of certiorari is issued to quash the order passed by an inferior court or tribunal in excess of jurisdiction.
A writ of prohibition is issued to prevent an inferior court or tribunal to go ahead with the trial of a case in which it has assumed excess of jurisdiction.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 9

Which among the following statements about the power to change the basic structure of the Constitution of India is/are correct?
1. It falls outside the scope of the amending powers of the Parliament.
2. It can be exercised by the people through representatives in a Constituent Assembly.
3. It falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Detailed Solution for CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 9

The Parliament cannot amend those provisions which form the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. This was ruled by the Supreme Court in the Kesavananda Bharati Case. (1973) Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution is not defined. But according to SC, the basic structure can be evolved but cannot be destroyed. Hence it falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament. Hence both 1 and 3 are correct.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 10

When a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, the right to move a Court for the enforcement of all Fundamental Rights remains suspended, except

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The right to protection in respect of conviction for offences (Article 20) and the right to life and personal liberty (Article 21) remain enforceable even during emergency.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 11

Which one of the following Articles of the Constituent of India down that no citizen can be denied the use of wells, tanks and bathing Ghats maintained out of State funds?

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Article 15:
Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
(1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them
(2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to
(a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or
(b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 12

Who amongst the following organized the All India Scheduled Castes Federation?

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Scheduled Caste Federation was founded by Dr. Ambedkar in 1942 to fight for the rights of the Dalit community. SCF was the successor organization of the Independent Labour Party led by Ambedkar. SCF later evolved into the Republican Party of India.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 13

Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

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Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, investor, software engineer, humanitarian, and philanthropist. Alongside Bill Gates, Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution and later became the world's largest PC software company.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 14

The mobile app 'cVIGIL' is helpful in

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The Chief Election Commissioner Shri. O.P. Rawat, along with the Election Commissioners Shri Sunil Arora and Shri Ashok Lavasa launched a mobile app, called ‘Cvigil,’ on July 3, 2018, for citizens to report any violation of the model code of conduct during elections.
“cVIGIL" is a user-friendly and easy to operate Android application.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 15

Prahaar' is

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The Prahaar is a short-range, solid propellant, road-mobile ballistic missile designed for tactical strikes against close range targets. It is a surface to surface missile.
Prahaar is expected to replace the Prithvi-I short-range ballistic missile in Indian service.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 16

Who among the following is/are the recipient/recipients of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2018?

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 17

Pakyong Airport is located in

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Pakyong Airport is a greenfield airport near Gangtok, the state capital of Sikkim, India. The airport, spread over 400 ha (990 acres), is located at Pakyong town
The airport was inaugurated by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24th September 2018

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 18

The United Nations has been observing International Day of Rural Women on

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On October 15, the United Nations commemorates the International Day of Rural Women.
This year the theme is 'Sustainable infrastructure, services and social protection for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 19

Who among the following is the first Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize?

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Gobind Behari Lal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 20

Saurabh Chaudhary excels in which one of the following sports?

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Saurabh Chaudhary is an Indian sport shooter. He comes from a family of farmers living in Yamuna & Gangetic plains of western Uttar Pradesh. He won the Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m Air Pistol.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 21

Which one of the following is not an assumption in the law of demand?

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There are certain assumptions underlying the law of demand, which are as follows:
i. Assumes that the consumer’s income remains same
ii. Assumes that the preferences of consumer remain same.
iii. Considers that the fashion does not show any changes, because if fashion changes, then people would not purchase the products that are out of fashion.
iv. Assumes that there would be no change in the age structure, size, and sex ratio of population. This is because if population size increases, then the number of buyers increases, which, in turn, affect the demand for a product directly.
v. Restricts the innovation and new varieties of products in the market, which can affect the demand for the existing product.
vi. Restricts changes in the distribution of income.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 22

Which one of the following statements is not correct?​

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Total utility - It is total psychological satisfaction which a consumer derives from the consumption of a commodity is known as total utility
Marginal utility - It is an addition made in total utility by consuming and additional unit of a commodity is known as a marginal utility.

  • When marginal utility is positive, total utility increases
  • When marginal utility is zero, total utility is at maximum
  • When marginal utility is negative, total utility decreases
CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 23

Consider the following statements about indifference curves:
1. Indifference curves are convex to the origin.
2. Higher indifference curve represents a higher level of satisfaction.
3. Two indifference curves cut each other.

Q. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Detailed Solution for CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 23

The indifference curves cannot intersect each other. Higher indifference curve represents a higher level of satisfaction because higher IC means a bundle consisting more of both the goods or same quantity of one good n more quantity of the other good. Hence statement 2 is correct and 3 is incorrect. Indifference curves are convex to the point of origin because of Diminishing Marginal Rate of Substitution.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 24

Consider the following statements about a joint-stock company:
1. It has a legal existence.
2. There is limited liability of shareholders.
3. It has democratic management.
4. It has collective ownership.

Q. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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The joint-stock company is a voluntary association of individuals for profit, having a capital divided into transferable shares, the ownership of which is the condition of membership.
The definition of a joint-stock company highlights the following features of a company.
Separate legal entity: From the day of its incorporation, a company acquires an identity, distinct from its members. Its assets and liabilities are separate from those of its owners. The law does not recognize the business and owners to be one and the same.
The management and control of the affairs of the company are undertaken by the Board of Directors, which appoints the top management officials for running the business. The directors hold a position of immense significance as they are directly accountable to the shareholders for the working of the company. The shareholders, however, do not have the right to be involved in the day-to-day running of the business. The liability of the members is limited to the extent of the capital contributed by them in a company
The risk of losses in a company is borne by all the shareholders. This is unlike the case of the sole proprietorship or partnership firm where one or a few persons respectively bear the losses.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 25

When some goods or productive factors are completely fixed in amount, regardless of price, the supply curve is

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Although demand curves are typically downward sloping to reflect that consumers’ utility for a good diminishes with increased consumption, firm supply curves are generally upward sloping.
The upward-sloping character reflects that firms will be willing to increase production in response to a higher market price because the higher price may make additional production profitable.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 26

Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?

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The Bombay Secretariat was completed in 1874 and designed by Captain Henry St. Clair Wilkins in the Venetian Gothic style. With its arcaded verandahs and huge gable over the west facade, it was a monument to the civic pride of Bombay's British rulers.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 27

Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?

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Mataji Maharani Tapaswini was one of the strongest proponents of female education in India. Her greatest contribution came in the form of the Mahakali Pathshala which she set up in Kolkata in 1893.
The school was a completely indigenous affair which did not rely on either foreign aid or assistance. The education of girls was carried out on a strictly national basis in the hopes that they would be able to revive and regenerate Hindu society.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 28

Which European ruler had observed 'Bear in mind that the commerce of India is the commerce of the world …. he who can exclusively command it is the dictator of Europe?

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India was one of the main centers of world trade and industry. Peter the Great of Russia was led to exclaim:
“Bear in mind that the commerce of India is the commerce of the world and … he who can exclusively command it is the dictator of Europe.”

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 29

Which European traveler had observed, "A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers"?

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A European traveler, Abbe J.A. Dubois, commented, at the beginning of the 19th century:
"A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even in the most crowded places, and she need never fear the impertinent looks and jokes of idle loungers...A house inhabited solely by women is a sanctuary which the most shameless libertine would not dream of violating.'
The women of the time possessed title individuality of their own. This does not mean that there were no exceptions to this rule.

CDS I - General Knowledge Previous Year Question Paper 2019 - Question 30

Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?

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Plagues and Peoples is a book on epidemiological history by William Hardy McNeill published in New York City in 1976. It was a critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of the extraordinary impact of infectious disease on cultures as a means of enemy attack. The book ranges from examining the effects of smallpox in Mexico, the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe.

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