CDS Answer Key 2018, Download UPSC CDS 1 Paper Solution

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Q.51) Which of the following statements about the olive ridley turtles is/are correct ?

1. They are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.

2. They live in warm waters of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

3. The Coromandel Coast in India is the largest mass nesting site for the olive ridley turtles.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a) 1,2 and 3

b) 1 and 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only

d) 1 only

Q.52) Consider the following statement :

“A sound body means one which bends itself to the spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service.”

The above statement is attributed to

a) Sardar Patel

b) Winston Churchill

c) Mahatma Gandhi

d) Baden Powell

Q.53) Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?

a) Mahatma Gandhi

b) B.R.Ambedkar

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Swami Vivekananda

Q.54) Name the platform used for ritual purposes by the kings of the Vijayanagara Empire

a) Mahanavami Dibba

b) Lotus Mahal

c) Hazara Rama

d) Virupaksha

Q.55) The idea of ‘Farr-I Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by which one of the following Sufi saints?

a) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

b) Nizamuddin Auliya

c) Ibn al-Arabi

d) Bayazid Bistami

Q.56) Which Buddhist text contains an account of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka?

a) Vinaya Pitaka

b) Sutta Pitaka

c) Abhidhamma Pitaka

d) Mahavamsa

Q.57) Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?

a) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult

b) They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks

c) They were located in rural areas

d) They were located close to trade routes

Q.58) Which one among the following States of India has the largest number of seats in its Legislative Assembly?

a) West Bengal

b) Bihar

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Tamil Nadu

Q.59) Which of the following statements about the Ordinance – making power of the Governor is/are correct?

1. It is discretionary power

2. The Governor himself is not competent to withdraw the Ordinance at any time

Select the correct answer using the code given below

a) 1 only

b) 2 only

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.60) Which one of the following events is not correctly matched with the year in which it happened?

a) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic interbank fund transfers world wide – 1985

b) Conclusion of the Uruguay Round of GATT – 1994

c) Inauguration of the World Trade Organization – 1995

d) Establishment of the first wholly electronic stock exchange [Nasdaq] – 1971

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