UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) conducted the CDS (Combined Defence Services) I Exam – 2023. CDS I 2021 Paper held on 03 September, 2023. This paper is General Knowledge Section. UPSC CDS (2) 2023 General Knowledge Paper Answer Key available here.
Exam – UPSC CDS (2) 2023
Organized by – UPSC
Subject – General Knowledge
Date of Exam – 03 September, 2023
Number of Question – 120
PART – 06
101. Which of the following statements about ‘the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) are correct ?
1. NCGG was set up by the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.
2. The National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR) has been rechristened and subsumed into NCGG.
3. NCGG is an apex-level autonomous body under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4. The Chairperson of the Governing Body of the NCGG is the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
- (a) 1, 2 and 4
- (b) 2 and 4 only
- (c) 1and 3 only
- (d) 3 and 4 only
Show Answer Answer – (b)
102. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List !……………………………………… List II
(International Yoga Day) …… (Theme)
- 6th Edition : 1. Yoga for well-being
- 7th Edition : 2. Yoga for health – Yoga at home
- 8th Edition : 3. Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
- 9th Edition : 4. Yoga for Humanity
| (a) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| (b) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (c) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (d) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Show Answer Answer – (B)
103. The joint multinational maritime exercise named IBSAMAR is conducted by the Navies of which of the following countries ?
- (a) India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives
- (b) India, Bangladesh and South Africa
- (c) India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Mauritius
- (d) India, Brazil and South Africa
Show Answer Answer – (D)
104. In which one of the following cities is the Heliopolis Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery located ?
- (a) Marseille
- (b) Washington D.C.
- (c) Cairo
- (d) Athens
Show Answer Answer – (C)
105. Under which one of the following rivers has India’s first underwater metro rail tunnel been constructed ?
- (a) Yamuna
- (b) Ganga
- (c) Hooghly
- (d) Gomti
Show Answer Answer – (C)
106. Which among the following set of national teams participated in the South Asian Football Federation Championship -2023 ?
- (a) Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh
- (b) Lebanon, Kuwait, Pakistan
- (c) India, Pakistan, Myanmar
- (d) Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan
Show Answer Answer – (B)
107. Which butterfly species was recently named the official, butterfly of Jammu and Kashmir ?
- (a) Noble’s Helen
- (b) Kaisar-i-Hind
- (c) Blue Duke
- (d) Blue Pansy
Show Answer Answer – (D)
108. Which company operated the ill-fated Titan submersible which recently imploded killing all five passengers while on a dive to visit the Titanic shipwreck under the waters of the North Atlantic ?
- (a) Odyssey Marine Exploration
- (b) M.A.R.E. (Marine Adventure for Rei;iearch and Education)
- (c) OceanGate Expeditions
- (d) Seafarer Exploration Corporation
Show Answer Answer – (C)
109. Which among the following is India’s longest road tunnel ?
- (a) Atal Tunnel
- (b) Kuthiran Tunnel
- (c) Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Tunnel
- (d) Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel
Show Answer Answer – (C)
110. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List I List II (Padma (Category) Vibhushan/ Padma Bhushan Awardee, 2023)
A. Dilip Mahalanabis 1. Literature & (posthumous) Education
B. Sudha Murthy 2. Public Affairs
c. S.M. Krishna 3. Social Work
D. S.L. Bhyrappa 4. Medicine
codes:
| A | B | c | D | |
| (a) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (b) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| (c) | 1 | 2 . | 3 | 4 |
| (d) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Show Answer Answer – (A)
111. Match List I with List II .and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List I List II (Festivals of North (State) East India)
A. Hornbill Festival 1. Meghalaya
B. Chapchar Kut 2. Sikkim
c. Nongkrem Dance Festival 3. Nagaland
D. Saga Dawa 4. Mizoram
Code:
A B c D
- (a) 2 4 1 3
- (b) 3 1 4 2
- (c) 3 4 1 2
- (d) 2 1 4 3
Show Answer Answer – (C)
112. From which one of the following countries has India procured the S-400 Triumf air defence missile system ?
- (a) United Kingdom
- (b) U.S.A.
- (c) France
- (d) Russia
Show Answer Answer – (D)
113. Abhinav Bindra is the winner of the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India. He won gold in which shooting event and in which Olympic Games ?
- (a) 10 meter air pistol, London
- (b) 10 meter air rifle, London
- (c) 10 meter air rifle, Beijing
- (d) 10 meter air pistol, Beijing
Show Answer Answer – (C)
114. Cheetahs were recently re-introduced to India from Africa. From which language is the name ‘Cheetah’ derived ?
- (a) Swahili
- (b) Afrikaans
- (c) Somali
- (d) Sanskrit
Show Answer Answer – (D)
115. A new species of pit-viper was discovered in 2019 and named after the State in which it was found.
Identify the State from among the following :
- (a) Kerala
- (b) Arunachal Pradesh
- (c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- (d) Assam
Show Answer Answer – (B)
116. Who among the following set of players from India have either won or secured the runner-up position in the · All England Badminton Tournament ?
- (a) Prakash Padukone, P.V. Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap
- (b) Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, Lakshya Sen
- (c) Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Srikanth Kidambi
- (d) Lakshya Sen, P.V. Sindhu .Saina Nehwal
Show Answer Answer – (D)
117. Who among the following leaders recently won the election to the office of the President of Turkey ?
- (a) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- (b) Kemal Kilidaroglu
- (c) Ahmet Necdet Sezer
- (d) Abdullah GuI
Show Answer Answer – (A)
118. Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev won the International Booker Prize, 2023 for the darkly comic novel by the nam :
- (a) The Promise
- (b) Shuggie Bain
- (c) Time Shelter
- (d) Girl, Woman, Other
Show Answer Answer – (c)
119. The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian honour of which among the following countries ?
- (a) Fiji
- (b) · Papua New Guinea
- (c) Egypt
- (d) Suriname
Show Answer Answer – (D)
120. Which one among the following correctly represents the theme on which the interiors of the new Parliament Building is based ?
| Lok Sabha | Rajya Sabha |
| Lotus | Banvan |
| Peacock | Lotus |
| Peacock | Banyan |
| Lotus | Peacock |
Show Answer Answer – (B)
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