CDS Exam (I)- 2019 - General Knowledge Defence Question Paper

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CDS Exam (I)- 2019 - General Knowledge

CDS Exam (I)- 2019 - General Knowledge Defence Questions

21.
Which one of the following is not an assumption in the law of demand?
A.
There are no changes in the taste and preferences of consumers.
B.
Income of consumers remains constant.
C.
Consumers are affected by demonstration effect.
D.
There are no changes in the price of substitute goods.
ANSWER :
C. Consumers are affected by demonstration effect.
22.
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A.
When total utility is maximum, marginal utility is zero.
B.
When total utility is decreasing, marginal utility is negative.
C.
When total utility is increasing, marginal utility is positive.
D.
When total utility is maximum, marginal and average utility are equal to each other.
ANSWER :
D. When total utility is maximum, marginal and average utility are equal to each other.
23.
Consider the following statements about indifference curves:
1. Indifference curves are convex to the origin.
2. Higher indifference curve represents higher level of satisfaction.
3. Two indifference curves cut each other.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A.
1 only
B.
1 and 2
C.
2 and 3
D.
3 only
ANSWER :
B. 1 and 2
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 a democratic management.
4. It has a collective ownership.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A.
1 and 2 only
B.
1, 2 and 3 only
C.
3 and 4 only
D.
1, 2, 3 and 4
ANSWER :
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
25.
When some goods or productive factors are completely fixed in amount, regardless of price, the supply curve is
A.
horizontal
B.
downward sloping to the right
C.
vertical
D.
upward sloping to the right
ANSWER :
C. vertical
26.
Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?
A.
H. St. Clair Wilkins
B.
Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
C.
Purushottamdas Thakurdas
D.
Nusserwanji Tata
ANSWER :
A. H. St. Clair Wilkins
27.
Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?
A.
Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
B.
Sister Nivedita
C.
Madame Blavatsky
D.
Sarojini Naidu
ANSWER :
A. Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini
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"?
A.
Queen Victoria
B.
Peter the Great of Russia
C.
Napoleon Bonaparte
D.
Gustav II Adolf
ANSWER :
C. Napoleon Bonaparte
29.
Which European traveller 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"?
A.
Francois Bernier
B.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
C.
Thomas Roe
D.
Abbe J. A. Dubois
ANSWER :
D. Abbe J. A. Dubois
30.
Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?
A.
W. L. Thomas
B.
Rachel Carson
C.
David Cannadine
D.
William H. McNeill
ANSWER :
D. William H. McNeill