CDS General Knowledge(2) Questions and answers

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    1. TNPSC
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      1. CDS General English(1)
      2. CDS General Knowledge(1)
      3. CDS Maths(1)
      4. CDS General English(2)
      5. CDS General Knowledge(2)
      6. CDS Maths(2)
      7. CDS GK(3)
      8. CDS GK(4)
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These are the questions asked in previous year CDS General Knowledge exam. You can practice these questions as real time exam in this link.


41). Indian Navy commissioned its first Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron at Kochi in November 2013. What is the name of the helicopter?
A). Chetak
B). Dhruv
C). Rudra
D). Cheetah
42). Which of the following statements about India's unorganized sector are true? �
1. Labour is more in number than that in the organized sector.
2. Job security and work regulation are better in unorganized sector.
3. They are usually not organized into trade unions.
4.Workers are usually employed fora limted number of days.
Select the correct answer using the code given below

A). 1,2 and 4
B). 1,3 and 4
C). 3 and 4 only
D). 1 and 3 only
43). Consider the following statements:
1. Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.
2. The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A). 1 only
B). 2 only
C). Both 1 and 2
D). Neither 1 nor 2
44). Corporation tax in India is levied on income of a company. Which one of the following does not include Corporation tax?
A). Profit from business
B). Capital gain
C). Interest on securities
D). Sale proceed of assets
45). The concept of hegemony is used to understand the capacity to 'manufacture consent'. Here hegemony implies
1. class ascendency in ideological spheres.
2. deploying ideological resources to shape behaviour of weaker States/power.
3. provision of global public goods by a dominant power.
4. military dominance in relative and absolute terms.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A). 1 and 2
B). 2 and 3
C). 4
D). 1 only


46). On November 8,2013, many people died in 2 Philippines after a super typhoon ravaged the country. What was the name of the typhoon?
A). Haiyan .
B). Utor
C). Phailin
D). Nesat
47). Non-military Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in a peace process include
1. people .to people contact across borders.
2. literary and cultural interaction under. governmental and non-governmental agenc1es.
3. increase in travel facilities,
4. joint initiatives to tackle common socioih'economic problems
select the correct answer using the code given below.

A). 2 and 3 only
B). 1 and 3 only
C). 2 and 4 only
D). 1, 2, 3 and 4
48). In India, mergers and acquisition of firms are regulated by
A). National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
B). Competition Commission of India
C). Security and Exchange Board of India
D). Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
49). Consider the following statements regarding
Indian Feudalism in the early medieval period:
1. The revenue assignments were called Bhoga.
2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected revenues nor assumed administrative powers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A). 1 only
B). 2 only
C). Both 1 and 2
D). Neither 1 nor 2
50). The Fundamental Rights, enshrined in Part III of the Constitution of India, �are inherent and connot be extinguished by any constitutional and statutory provision.� This was made clear in the case of
A). A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras
B). LC. Golak N ath V. State of Punjab
C). State of West Bengal v. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal
D). Shankari Prasad Singh Deo v. Union of India
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