General Knowledge Mock Test - 3 - CDS

Eight of the water-soluble vitamins are known as the vitamin B-complex group: thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), folate (folic acid), vitamin B12, biotin and pantothenic acid. The B vitamins are widely distributed in foods, and their influence is felt in many parts of the body.

Red Data Book is related with a complete list of all endangered species.

Bat is mammal not a bird.

White blood cells (WBC) bring out the function of body defence.

Beri-Beri is not insect borne disease. It is caused by the deficiency of vitamin- B₁ or thiamine.

Methane (CH₄) is produced in rice fields in the most prominent quantities. Because when organic matter decomposes without O₂ in the water logged rice paddies, bacteria in the water produce methane.

The carcinogen is any substance causing cancer. Benzene (C₆ H₆) is casue of bone marrow failure.

Somatotrophin is produced by the anterior pituitary. It is a peptide hormone that induces growth, cell reproduction and regeneration.

Total internal reflection is responsible for mirage formation in deserts.

Transformer is based on the principle of mutual induction.

Curvature of the earth does not allow the television signals to be received beyond a particular distance.

Velocity of raindrop increases until it reaches the terminal velocity.

X-rays cannot be deflected by magnetic field as they consists of no charge.

The permissible level is 50 dB.

Infrared rays helps in reading an old written material.

An Earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.

A laser is a device that emits coherent light through a process called stimulated emission.

The correct answer is C good absorber and a good radiator.
Key Points

• A perfectly black body: A body that absorbs the entire radiation incident on it is called a perfectly black body.
  • The ratio of heat absorbed (radiation) to total incident radiation for a body is called absorptive power (a) of the body. It has no unit.
  • White colour is a bad absorber and good reflectors of heat radiation while black colour is good absorbers and bad reflectors of heat.
  • The ratio of emissive power and absorptive power of a body is always the same.
  • ​​It is equal to the emissive power of a black body. This is known as Kirchhoff’s law.

An α-particle is identical with helium nuclei. It consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons and represented by ₂He⁴ .

Rayon is made from naturally occurring cellulose. Rayon is also called artificial silk.

The metals copper, silver gold and platinum are less reactive than hydrogen and they do not replace hydrogen from water or acid.

Nitric acid is used in the production of fertilizers. The principal chemical produced form nitric acids ammonium nitrate, sulphuric acid is used in the production of explosives like TNT, nitroglycerine, gun cotton, etc.

Baking soda has sodium bicarbonate as the chief constituent. It decomposes on heating giving carbon dioxide. This causes dough, cakes, biscuits etc. to expand and become light.

Amnesty International is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights. It was founded in London in 1961 by the lawyer Peter Benenson. It draws attention to human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international laws and standards.

A very fine powder of ferric oxide is known as “jeweler’s rouge”, “red rouge”, or simply rouge. It is used to put the final polish on metallic jewellery and lenses, and historically as a cosmetic.

‘Misch metal’ alloyed with iron is used in the cigarettes lighters. Misch metal is an alloy of cerium (50%), lanthanum (25%), neodymium (18%), praseodymium (5%) and other rare metals.

Pure water is neutral in nature hence; the pH value of pure water is 7.

1. The Apatani-are a tribal group of people living in the Zero valley in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.

2. Bhutia people live particularly in Sikkim.

3. Gond people are a Dravidian people of central India spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Western Odisha.

4. The Meetei people are an ethnic group of Kangleipak (Manipur).

Diamond is an element. It is an allotrope of carbon. While ruby, topaz and sapphire are minerals (i.e., compounds). These are valuable gemstones.

The capital of Combodia is Phnom Penh.

Ukraine is not located between Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. It is located on the North of Black Sea.

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary also known as the Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat.
The lion-tailed macaque is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. In the forests of Kerala they were observed preying on nestling and eggs of pigeons.
Hoolock Gibbon is a primate found in Assam, Bangladesh and in Myanmar.

Both intersect each other at Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh).

The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sundarban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Ganges, Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. Lorises is the common name for the strepsirrhine primates of the subfamily Lorinae in the family Lorisidae.

Christopher Columbus encountered the cocoa bean on his fourth mission to the Americas on August 15, 1502 when he and his crew seized a large native canoe that proved to contain among other goods for trade cocoa beans.

Mixed farming is an agrarian system that mixes arable farming with the raising of livestock. When on a farm along-with crop production, some other agriculture based practice like poultry, dairy farming or bee keeping etc. is adopted then this is known as mixed farming.

A. Mercury-God of Commerce, Eloquence, and Skill

B. Pluto-God of Underworld and Death

C. Mars-God of War

D. Neptune-God of the Sea

The creatures that we normally think of as dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era, from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago).

On the equinox, night and day is nearly exactly the same length -12 hours – all over the world. Thus equator experience 12 hours daylight on September equinox.

The National Waterways Bill, 2015, as passed by Lok Sabha on 21 December, 2015, hereby declared the inland waterways specified at serial number 6 to 111 to be national waterways for the purposes of shipping and navigation. National Waterway 1 (NW 1) starts from Allahabad to Haldia with a distance of 1620 km (longest National waterway in India). It runs through the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hoogly river system.

Both A and R correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.

The Golden Quadrilateral connects the four major cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The North-South corridor will pass through Hyderabad.

Crude oil was discovered here in late 19th century. The first refinery of Digboi was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation. It is situated in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam.

The Tropic of Cancer 23° 30’ N divides India into almost two halves.

Durgapur Steel Plant is located in Durgapur (West Bengal). It was Set up in the late 1950s with assistance from United Kingdom. It is one of the integrated steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited. Rourkela Steel plant was established in collaboration with Germany and Bhilai steel plant was started in collaboration with Russia.

The southwest monsoon brings rains towards the end of summer as the high pressure built in the India Ocean pushes the wind masses towards the low pressure formed on land. The southwestern summer monsoon occurs from July through September. Northern and central Indian subcontinent heats up during the hot summers. This causes a low pressure area over the northern and central Indian subcontinent. To fill this void, the moisture-laden winds from the Indian Ocean rush in to the subcontinent. These winds, rich in moisture, are drawn towards the Himalayas. The Himalayas act like a high wall, blocking the winds from passing into Central Asia and forcing then to rise. As the clouds rise their temperature drops and precipitation occurs. 4. Second Civil Disobedience Movement- 1932

Taiwan is not a member of UN. Taiwan wants to become a member of the United Nations. However, it lost its seat in that body in 1971 when the U.N. chose to recognize the People’s Republic of China instead. According to U.N decision, there can be only one China in the world and the government in Beijing runs it.

Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath. Sarnath is a city located in the north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Gomati rivers in Uttar Pradesh,

Shankaracharya philosophy is called Advaita. The Advaita Vedanta focuses on the basic concepts as Brahman, atman, vidya (knowledge), avidya (ignorance), maya, karma and moksha.

The All India Muslim League, a political organization was founded in 1906 by Nawab of Dhaka Salimullah. Its mainpurpose was to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in India.

Patimokkha stands for the rules of the Sangha. Buddha Dhamma and Sangha are the three Jewels of Buddhism.

The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Penisula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853 between Bombay and Thane.

· Champaran Satyagrah – 1917

· Nagpur Satyagrah – 1923

· Bardoli Satyagrah – 1928

· Rajkot Satyagrah – 1939

Muhammad Iqbal was invited to the second and third round table conference.

· G.K Gokhale established The Servants of India Society in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905.

· Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya founded Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916.

· The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari, was Indian conservative political party that existed from 1959 to 1974.

· Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded Free India Society (student society).

Dadabhai Naoroji

2nd Session Calcutta Dec. 27-30, 1886 Dadabhai Naoroji

9th Session Lahore Dec. 27-30, 1893 Dadabhai Naoroji

22nd Session Calcutta Dec. 26-29, 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji

A separate Public Works Department was established by Lord Dalhousie. The main works of this department were to construct roads, bridges and government buildings.

Corporation tax is a direct tax levied, collected and appropriated by the Union or the central government. No part of this tax can be assigned to the states.

World Bank is made up of two development institutions owned by 187 member countries: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA). IBRD aims to reduce poverty in middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, while IDA focuses on world’s poorest countries. Their work is complemented by that of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). There is a difference between the World Bank and the World Bank Group.

Variable Reserve Ratio (Cash Reserve Ratio) is aimed to control only volume of credit (quantitative method) not both volume and purpose of credit for which bank gives loans. (Qualitative method and selective control method are used for these purposes. It has a number of limitations.

Dinesh Goswami Committee (1990) was concerned with electoral reforms. It suggested providing state funding in kind to political parties. It also suggested that a candidate should not be allowed to contest election from more than two constituencies.

Bank Rate is that rate of interest at which central bank of a country provides refinancing facilities to commercial banks. The bank rate, a benchmark rate at which RBI buys or re-discounts bills of exchange or other commercial papers eligible for purchase. Every bank needs refinancing as it is very difficult to match borrowings and flow of deposits.

Best answer should be (1243). IFCI – July 1948; ICICI – 1955; IDBI – 1963 - UTI –July 1964;

FCNR ‘B’ – Foreign Currency Non-Resident (bank) Account

World Trade Organization (WTO) is a body making global trade rules with binding effects on its members. It is not only an institution, but also a set of agreements. The WTO regime is known as the rules- based multilateral trading system. The history of the Organization dates back to 1947, when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was set up to reduce tariffs barriers, remove trade barriers and facilitate international trade in goods and services

Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is the chief regulator of forwards and futures markets in India. As of March 2009, it regulates Rs 52 Trillion worth of commodity trade in India. It is headquartered in Mumbai and is overseen by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Government of India. The commission allows commodity trading in 22 exchanges India of which 6 are national. It was established in 1953.

Banking Ombudsman is a quasi judicial authority functioning under India’s Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006, and was created pursuant to the a decision by the Government of India to enable resolution of complaints of customers of banks relating to certain services rendered by the banks. The Banking Ombudsman Scheme was first introduced in India in 1995, and was revised in 2002. The current scheme became operative from 1st January 2006, and replaced and superseded the banking Ombudsman Scheme of 2002.

Gilt-edged is the market in government securities guaranteed by the government – center or state. The term means least-risk/best quality by way of least risk of default in repayment of principal and interest.

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was established in 1977 with the objective to fight rural poverty. Its mission is to “Enable poor rural people to overcome poverty”. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is one of five institutions that comprise the World Bank Group.

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located in Cochin of Kerala, which is marked as ‘5’ in the given map. Central sheep breeding farm is located in Hissar of Haryana, which is marked as ‘2’. National Dairy Research Institute is situated in Karnal of Haryana is marked by ‘1’ in the map. National Institute of Agricultural Extension is situated at Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh and is marked by ‘4’ in the given map.

Major producer of mineral oil is Venezuela of South America. Coal reserve in Venezuela is 10.2 billion. Major producer of copper is Zambia and Zambia is ranked as world's seventh largest producer of copper. Gabon is ranked as five global producers of manganese. Guyana is the major producer of bauxite, the production of bauxite is 1.5 million tons per year.

Ryotwari System was introduced by Thomas Munro in 1820. In this System, the ownership rights were handed over to the peasants. British Government collected taxes directly from the peasants.

· Illbert Bill – 1883

· Marley Minto Reforms – 1909

· Rowlatt Act – 1919

· Gandhi Irwin pact – 1931

Cabinet Mission was composed of three cabinet Ministers of England

· Sir Pethick Lawrence, Secretary of State for India.

· Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,

· A. V Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty

· Sir Cyril Radcliffe was appointed to chair two Boundary Commissions in June 1947 -one for Bengal and one for Punjab.

Tansen, who was one of the nine jewels or navaratnas in the court of Emperor Akbar, was born in a Hindu family at Behat near Gwalior in the Madhya Pradesh state. Father of Tansen was Makarand Pande, who named him Ramtanu Pandey.

The first Rupee (Silver coin) was introduced by Sher Shah and was called “Rupia” which remained in use throughout the Mughal rule.

All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded on 31 October 1920 with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first president. Upto 1945 Congressmen, Socialists, Communists worked in the AITUC which was the central trade union organization of workers of India. It is the oldest trade union federation in India.

Gandhiji was elected President of the All-India Khilafat Conference which met at Delhi on November 23, 1919. They decided to withdraw all cooperation from the government if their demands were not met.

The Constitution of India was drafted by the constituent assembly and it was set up under the cabinet Mission plan on 16 May 1946. The members of the constituent assembly were elected by the Provincial assemblies by method of single transferable vote system of proportional representations. Members of the committee:, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, K. M. Munshi, Acharya J. B Kriplani. Lok Nayak Jai Prakash was not the member of the constituent assembly.

The historic Objective Resolution was moved by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946, and was adopted unanimously on 22 January 1947.

In District administration each district was administered by 3 officers viz. Pradeshika, Rajuka, & Yukta. Pradeshika was senior and Rajuka was subordinate. Yukta was subordinate to both of them. The district administration was under the charge of Rajukas, whose position and functions are similar to modern collectors. He was assisted by Yuktas or subordinate officials. The rajjuka was responsible for surveying and assessing the land, fixing its rent and record keeping besides judicial functions.

Details of Citizenship are mentioned in part II (Article 5-11) of the constitution.

Schedule X was added by 52nd amendment in 1985. It contains provisions of disqualification on the grounds of defection.
Schedule VIII contains List of 22 languages of India recognized by Constitution.
Schedule 1 deals with the List of States & Union Territories.
Schedule IX contains acts & orders related to land tenure, land tax, railways, and industries. Added by Ist amendment in 1951. Laws under Schedule IX are beyond the purview of judicial review even though they violate fundamental rights enshrined under part III of the Constitution.

The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under article 280 of the Constitution, mainly to give its recommendations on distribution of tax revenues between the Union and the States and amongst the states themselves.

Jawaharlal Nehru took charge as the first Prime Minister of Indiaon 15 August 1947, and chose 15 other members for his cabinet in which B.R. Ambedkar was the first law minister of India.

The 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission was initial set up under the Chairmanship of Mr. Veerappa Moily, who resigned with effect from 1st April 2009. He was succeeded by V. Ramachandran. The Commission was to prepare a detailed blueprint for revamping the public administration system in India.

The award of the Lok Adalat is fictionally deemed to be decrees of Court and therefore the court has all the powers in relation thereto as it has in relation to a decree passed by itself. This includes the powers to extend time in appropriate cases. The award passed by the Lok Adalat is the decision of the court itself, though, arrived at by the simpler method of conciliation instead of the process of arguments in court.

Sarkaria Commission was set up by the central government of India in June 1983 to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central governments in the country and suggest changes within the framework of Constitution of India.