UPSC CDS Important Questions: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Combined Defence Services (CDS) written exam is scheduled for September 1, 2024. The UPSC CDS exam comprises three subjects, i.e. English, General Knowledge, and Elementary Mathematics. Further, the UPSC CDS general knowledge question paper is subdivided into various sections such as history, geography, polity, environment, general science, current affairs, defence, and much more.
In this article, we have compiled a list of important questions that can be asked in the UPSC CDS 2024 exam. Aspirants must go through the UPSC CDS important questions to increase their chances of clearing the exam.
UPSC CDS Important Questions Exam 2024
Here is the list of top questions shared below that are asked in the written examination, including history, geography, polity, environment, general science, current affairs, defence, and much more.
Q1. Who among the following Chief Justices of India ordered the constitution of a Special Bench called the 'Social Justice Bench'?
(a) Justice H. L. Dattu
(b) Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
(c) Justice R. M. Lodha
(d) Justice Y. K. Sabharwal
Ans. a
Q2. Who among the following is the author of the book, Bandi Jivan?
(a) Rash Behari Bose
(b) Veer Savarkar
(c) Aruna Asaf Ali
(d) Sachiildranath Sanyal
Ans. d
Q3. In the election held in 1937, in which two provinces was the Indian National Congress not able to emerge as the single largest party?
(a) Punjab and Sind
(b) Assam and North-West Frontier Province
(c) Punjab and Assam
(d) Assam and Madras
Q4. Which two rivers flow in the region between Gulbarga and Vijayanagara Hampi?
(a) Narmada and Godavari
(b) Mahanadi and Godavari
(c) Kaveri and Periyar
(d) Krishna and Tungabhadra
Ans. d
Q5. Which of the following is the only paramilitary force with a dual control structure?
(a) Central Reserve Police Force
(b) Assam Rifles
(c) Inda-Tibetan Border Police
(d) Central Industrial Security Force
Ans. b
Q6. Where is the Vikramkhol Cave located?
(a) Odisha
(b) Bihar
(c) Telangana
(d) West Bengal
Ans. a
Q7. The Chevrons is the name of the cricket team of which one of the following countries?
(a) Australia
(b) The Netherlands
(c) Ireland
(d) Zimbabwe
Ans. d
Q8. Which one among the following States has the longest extension in north south direction?
(a) Jharkhand
(b) Telangana
(c) Odisha
(d) Chhattisgarh
Ans. d
Q9. The eighth edition of the Exercise Garuda Shakti, a bilateral military-to-military exercise, was conducted recently between the special forces of India and
(a) Japan
(b) Indonesia
(c) Bhutan
(d) Myanmar
Ans. b
Q10. Who among the following political leaders suggested the dissolution of the Indian National Congress as a political organization and its replacement by a Lok Sevak Sangh?
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(c) M. K. Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans. c
Q11. India is the first country in the world to deploy an all-woman contingent to a UN Peacekeeping Mission. In which country did this mission operate?
(a) Liberia
(b) Sudan
(c) Burundi
(d) Croatia
Ans. a
Q12. Which member of the Servants of India Society founded the Seva Samiti at Allahabad in 1914?
(a) Shri Ram Bajpai
(b) Hriday Nath Kunzru
(c) S. G. Vaze
(d) Srinivas Shastri
Ans. b
Q13. The First Anglo-Maratha War concluded by which one of the following?
(a) The Treaty of Surat
(b) The Treaty of Purandar
(c) The Convention of Wadgaon
(d) The Treaty of Salbai
Ans. d
Q14. Name the battle in which the Travancore King defeated the Dutch in 1741.
(a) The Battle of Porto Novo
(b) The Battle of Colachel ·
(c) The Battle of Pollilore
(d) The Battle of Changanassery
Ans. b
Q15. Who among the following is the author of the famous novel City of Joy?
(a) Larry Collins
(b) Dominique Lapierre
(c) Rudyard Kipling
(d) Mark Tully
Ans. b
Q16. Who among the following is honoured with the UN Environment Programme's 2022 Champions of the Earth Award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category?
(a) Ela Bhatt
(b) Amit Dasgupta
(c) Purnima Devi Barman
(d) Vanshika Parmar
Ans. c
Q17. The theme of India's G20 Presidency 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' or 'One Earth-One Family-One Future' is drawn from the
(a) Maha Purana
(b) Maha Upanishad
(c) Rig Veda
(d) Smriti
Ans. b
Q18. The 16th edition of the Indo-Nepal annual joint training exercise in jungle warfare and counterterrorism operations was held in December 2022 at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi. What is the name of this exercise?
(a) Sampriti
(b) Mitra Shakti
(c) Yudh Abhyas
(d) Surya Kiran
Ans. d
Q19. The Citizenship Act, of 1955 deals with the determination of citizenship on or after
(a) 26th January, 1950
(b) 26th November, 1949
(c) 15th August, 1947
(d) 14th August, 1947
Ans. a
Q20. In the context of eighteenth-century India, what was 'Dastak?
(a) Signature
(b) Land document
(c) Trade Permit
(d) Tax on textiles
Ans. c
Q21. The titles of 'Rayagajakesari' and 'Dayagajakesari' were associated with which one of the following dynasties?
(a) Kakatiya
(b) Vijayanagara
(c) Gajapati
(d) Rashtrakuta
Ans. a
Q22. Which one of the following Indian States has the longest coastline?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans. b
Q23. Which one of the following Viceroys was the first to officially shift his Council to Simla in the summer season?
(a) John Lawrence
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) William Bentinck
Ans. a
Q24. Karthik Meiyappan, who secured a hat-trick in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2022, represents
(a) Zimbabwe
(b) United Arab Emirates
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Namibia
Ans. b
Q25. Which one among the following is the highest mountain in Africa?
(a) Atlas Mountain
(b) Mount Kilimanjaro
(c) Mount Kenya
(d) Mount Elgon
Ans. b
Q26. A person can see near objects clearly through his eyes but cannot see distant objects clearly. The possible reason(s) for this defect could be:
- excessive curvature of the eye lens.
- The eyeball has become too small.
- The focal length of the eye lens is too large.
- Elongation of the eyeball.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 1 and 4 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
Ans. c
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Q27. A concave mirror of radius of curvature 50 cm is used to form an image of an object kept at a distance of 25 cm from the mirror on its principal axis. What will be the position of the image from the mirror?
(a) At infinity
(b) At 50 cm
(c) At 25 cm
(d) At 75 cm
Ans. a
Q28. If the Moon is brought closer to the Earth such that its distance from the Earth becomes half of the original distance, then the gravitational force of attraction between the Earth and the Moon would:
(a) reduce to half of its original value.
(b) increase to two times of its original value.
(c) remain the same as the original value.
(d) increase to four times of its original value.
Ans. d
Q29. The term phyllotaxy refers to the pattern of:
(a) arrangement of leaves.
(b) branching in stem.
(c) flower formation on branch.
(d) arrangement of flowers.
Ans. a
Q30. Chromosomes are composed of DNA and:
(a) lipids
(b) vitamins
(c) proteins
(d) carbohydrates
Ans. c
Q31. Bacteria have an undefined nuclear region that lacks a nuclear membrane and contains only DNA without proteins. Such a region is called:
(a) Nucleosome
(b) Nucleus
(c) Nucleoprotein
(d) Nucleoid
Ans. d
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