Part – B General knowledge (English) (NDA/NA SOLVED PAPER 2019 (I) (101 to 150)

Total Questions: 50

21. Kamarajar Port was commissioned in 2001 to handle thermal coal requirements. It is situated along the coast of which Indian State?

Correct Answer: (c) Tamil Nadu
Solution:

Kamarajar (Ennore) Port is situated along the coast of Tamil Nadu. It is the 12th major port of India. This port was commissioned in 2001 to handle thermal coal requirement.

22. Which one of the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in terms of geographical area?

Correct Answer: (d) Lakshadweep
Solution:

Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territories of India in terms of geographical area. According to Census 2011, Lakshadweep has an area of 32 km².
It is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands and having the capital at Kavaratti. Among others, UTs Daman and Diu has an area of 112 km² whereas Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli has an area of 114 km² and 491 km² respectively.

23. Which one of the following can be said to be essentially related to ‘Polar Front Theory’?

Correct Answer: (c) Temperate Cyclone
Solution:

The ‘Polar Front Theory’ of cyclogenesis was developed to explain the formation of mid-latitudes cyclone or Temperate cyclone. According to this theory, the warm-humid air masses from the topics meet the dry-cold air masses from poles, and thus a polar front is formed.
The cold air mass pushes the warm air mass upwards, forming a low pressure cyclonic system. A mid-latitude cyclone is a large-scale low pressure system that is developed. Hence, option (b) is correct.

24. Brahmaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which one of the following may be the true definition of an antecedent drainage?

Correct Answer: (b) Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence
Solution:

An antecedent drainage is one whose path of flow neithin a valley was established before the mountainous structure was uplifted. Antecedent drainage existed before the Himalayan range came into existence. The rivers that existed before the upheaval of the Himalayas and cut their courses southward by making gorges in the mountains are known as the antecedent rivers.
The Indus, Sutlej, Ganga, Kali, Arun, Tista and Brahmaputra are some of the important antecedent rivers originated from beyond the Greater Himalayas.

25. The Karachi Resolution of Congress in 1931 advocated which one of the following issues?

Correct Answer: (d) State shall own or control key industries and services.
Solution:

The Karachi Resolution of Congress in 1931 advocated that, ‘State shall own or control key industries and services’. The Karachi Resolution was passed by the INC at its Karchi Session in 1931.
The session was conducted in the shadow of three major events— First, Mahatma Gandhi had just been released from prison following his Salt Satyagraha.
Second, the Gandhi-Irwin pact had just been concluded which had brought the Civil Disobedience Movement to an end. And third, the British Government had, a week before the session, executed Bhagat Singh and two of his associates in connection with the kakori Conspiracy Case.

26. The treaty of Schonbrunn (1809) was signed after which one of the following battles?

Correct Answer: (c) Battle of Wagram
Solution:

The treaty of Schonbrunn (1809) or treaty of Vienna was signed after the Battle of Wagram. This treaty was signed between Austria and France. Battle of Austerlitz (2nd Dec-1805), the first engagement of the war of the third coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories.
Battle of Tilsit fought between French and Russia on 14th June, 1807.
The battle of Lisbon (1st July to 25th Oct, 1147) was the military action that brought the city of Lisbon under definitive portuguese control and explelled its Moorish overloads.

27. Which of the following statements about the New Model Unions is/are correct?

1. The New Model Unions were formed in the 1850s.
2. The New Model Unions were formed in the 1880s.
3. The New Model Unions comprised a Labour Party idea.
4. The New Model Unions excluded women in the 1920s.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Correct Answer: (a) Only 1
Solution:

New Model Union or New Model Trade Union (NMTU) were a variety of Trade Union prominent in the United Kingdom. These were formed in the 1850s. These were generally tended to be restricated to individual trades. These union were not comprised by a Labour Party idea and it also did not excluded women. So, here is only statement (1) is correct. Hence, option (a) is correct.

28. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve which one of the following?

Correct Answer: (a) Containment of the USSR
Solution:

The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve containment of the USSR. It was announced by Harry S Truman on 12th March, 1947 and further developed on 12th March, 1948.

29. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In 1948, Burma was admitted to the United Nations and immediately supported the USA in the Cold War.
2. In 1948, Burma joined the United Nations, but refused to denounce China as the aggressor in the Korean War.
Select the correct answer using the codes, given below:

Correct Answer: (b) Only 2
Solution:

On 4th Jan, 1948 Burma became an independent republic, under the terms of the Burma Independence Act, 1947. The new country was named the Union of Buma. A pant from this, in 1948, burma joired the United Nations but refused to denounce China as the aggressor in the Korean war. Hence option (b) is correct answer.

30. Who among the following presented ‘The April Thesis’ to the Russian people in 1917?

Correct Answer: (d) Lenin
Solution:

Vladimir Lenin presented ‘The April Thesis’ to the Russian people in 1917. It was the series of ten directives issued by Lenin. It was aimed at fellow Bolsheviks in Russia and returning to Russia from exile. The April Thesis influenced the October Revolution.