Combined Defence Services (CDS) Solved Exam Paper 2 – 2017

21. Statements :
I. The early Aryans, who were essentially pastoral, did not develop any political structure which could measure up to a State in either ancient or modern sense.

II. Kingship was the same as tribal chiefship; the term Rajan being used for tribal chief who was primarily a military leader and who ruled over his people and not over any specified area.

22. Which one of the following peasant struggles was an outcome of British opium policy ?
(A) Phulaguri Dhawa (1961)
(B) Birsaite Ulgulan (1899-1900)
(C) Pabna Revolt (1873)
(D) Maratha Peasant Uprising (1575)

23. Which one of the following statements about the Sayyid brothers during the period of Later Mughals is not true ?
(A) They brought Jahandar Shah to power
(B) They wielded administrative power
(C) They followed a tolerant religious policy
(D) They reached an agreement with King Shahu

24. Which of the following statements with regard to the heterdo sect between Sixth and fourth Century BC are correct ?
1. The Jain ideas were already being circulated in the seventh Century BC by Parshva.
2. Although Buddhism, and to a lesser extent Jainism, look account of the changes in material life and reacted against orthodoxy, neither of these sought to abolish the caste system.
3. The first female disciple of Mahavira is said to have been a captured slave woman.
4. Buddha held that runs Could attain spiritual liberation just like a monk and granted them an equal status in the mendicant order.
Select the correct answer using the code given below
(A) 1,2,3 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 1, 2 and 4 only
(D) 3 and only

25. Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is corectly matched?
(A) 1789: Napoleonic Code
(B) 1791: Tennis Court Oath
(C) 1792: National Convention
(D) 1804 New Constitution of France

26. Who among the following is the author at the book, The Social Contract ?
(A) Voltaire
(B) Hobbes
(C) Locke
(D) Rousseau

27. Who aIIKKIIg the following is the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, 2016?
(A) Shaikha Ghosh
(B) Raghuveer Chaudhari
(C) Pratibha Ray
(D) Rehman Rahi

28. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by the UNO in place of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2015, aim to achieve the 17 goals by the year—
(A) 2020
(B) 2030
(C) 2040
(D) 2050

29. Teejan Bai, a reapient of the MS Subbulakshmi Centenary Award, 2016, is an exponent in—
(A) Kannada Classical vocal
(B) Kajari dance
(C) Bihu dance
(D) Pandawani, a traditional performing art

30. Who among the following is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2016?
(A) Nana Patekar
(B) Manoj Kumar
(C) Javed Akhtar
(D) K Viswanath

31. Which one of the following statements about the All India Services is correct ?
(A) The AII India Services may be created by an Act of the Paraliament.
(B) The endorsement of the Rajya Sabha is not essential for the Creation of the All India Services.
(C) The rules of recruitment to the All India Services are determined by the UPSC.
(D) The Conditions of Service to the All India Services may be altered by the UPSC.

32. Which one of the following stateIments about emergency provisions under the Constitution of India is not correct ?
(A) The powers of the Union Executive extend to Giving directions to the States concerning the exercise of their powers
(B) The Union Executive carn issue a provision relating to reduction of salaries of employees of the State governments
(C) Governors have no emergency powers like the President of India
(D) If the Governor of a State is satisfied that a situation has arisen whereby the financial stability or Credit of the State is threatened, he may declare financial emergency in the State

33. The National Handloom Day is observed
(A) 7th June
(B) 17th July
(C) 7th August
(D) 17th September

34. Venus, the first environmental research satellite, was launched in August 2017 by which one of the following countries ?
(A) India
(B) Russia
(C) China
(D) Israel

35. Which one of the following was the theme of the World EnvironIment Day, 2017?
(A) Green Economy : Does it include you?
(B) Connecting People to Nature
(C) Think, Eat, Save
(D) Many species, One Planet, One Future

36. The all-women expedition of Indian Navy to circunnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel, INSV Tarint, is scheduled to have four stopovers, Which one of the following is not one of them?
(A) Fremantle
(B) Lyttelton
(C) Port Stanley
(D) Durban

37. Why was constitutional amendment needed for introducing GST?
(A) States were not willing to agree with the Lon for introduction of GST without amendment in the Constitution
(B) GST was to be implemented On concurrent base and Article 246 was inadequate for such a Case
(C) The Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers had recomended for constitutional amendment
(D) The GST council had recommended for constitutional amendment so that its power enhances

38. Where is world’s first Partition Museum inaugurated recently ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Lahore
(C) Amritsar
(D) Islamabad

39. The Setu Bharatam Programme of the Government of India is a programme for—
(A) building bridges across major rives for transport of goods
(B) building bridges for safe and Seamless travel om national highways
(C) building roads to connect Coastal areas
(D) training of highway engineers at the entry level and service level

40. Which one of the following statements about the Global Environment Facility Grant Agreement, signed by India in August 2017 with the World Bank for “EcoSysteins Service Improvement Project”, is not correct?
(A) The size of the project is about USD 5 million
(B) The duration of the project is 15 years
(C) The project will entirely be financed by the World Bank out of its GEF Trust Fund
(D) The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change will implement the project

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