CDS Elementary Mathematics Solved Exam Paper (I) : 2007

1. If the mean of the variable X is M, what is the mean of variable Y = (X – 4)/ 5?
(a) (M – 4)/ 5
(b) M
(c) M – 5
(d) 5M – 4

CDS Elementary Mathematics Solved Exam Paper (II) : 2006

1.What is the value of n of a regular polygon of n sides for which its side is equal to the radius of the circumscribed circle?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8

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CDS Elementary Mathematics Solved Exam Paper (I) : 2006

Directions: The following four (4) items consist of two statements, one labelled as the ‘Assertion (A)’ and the other as ‘Reason (R)’. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below:

Codes:
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

1. The mean, median and mode of given data of scores are 21, 23 and 22 respectively. If 3 is  added to each score, what are the new valuesof mean, median and mode, respectively.
(a) 21, 23, 22 (b) 24, 26, 25
(c) 24, 23, 22 (d) None of these

1. Which of the following statement is incorrect ?
(a) 95% of the countrys’s trade was through sea lanes. So to protect the sea lanes, India launched “INS Chennai” the third missile destroyer of project - 15A.
(b) Chennai is the third and last Kolkata class warship, It is propelled by four gas turbines, and is designed to achieve speeds in excess of 30 knots.
(c) It is being built for the navy at the Garden rich Shipbuildersand Engineers Ltd. (Kolkata)
(d) It will be fitted with the indigenous Supersonic Brah Mos surface to surface missile system.

2. SIMBEX is an annual naval exercise this was formalised in 1994. between India and ?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) France
(c) USA
(d) Singapore

3. Consider the following Statements : -
1. Cryogenic engines use liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen at very low temperatures,
2. This technology is needed to put heavier, Communication Satellites in a geosynchronous transfer orbit with an apogee of 36,000 km and a perigee of 200 km.
Which of the above statement is in correct ?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

4. The Liquid propulsion systems centre (LPSC) of the Indian space Research organisation (ISRO) is at ?
(a) Mahendragiri (TamilNadu)
(b) Bangalore (Karnataka)
(c) Hydrabad (Andhra Prades)
(d) Ahmedabad (Gujrat)

5. Consider the following statements :
1. GSLV- D3 has failed to put in orbit an advanced communication satellite calledGSTA-4.
2. The main high lights of GSAT-4 were its communication system in ka band. Its GAGAN Payload which would help in the landing accuracy of commercial aircraft at airports in India.
3. GAGAN Stands for GPS-aided Geo-Augmented navigation System. GPS is short for Global positioning system.
Which of the above statement is/are wrong ?
(a) 1Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) 3Only
(d) Non of the above

6. Consider the following statements : -
1. Cobalt - 60was leaked when a worker cut open a pece of metal in a Delhi market this cobalt-60 is used for medical purposes, industrial radiography for nondestructive testing and in the food processing industry for irradiation process.
2. TheAtomic EnergyRegulatoryBoard (AERB) ismeant tomaintain a “Cradle to grave” System to keep track of such equipment, including through on-site inspection.
Which of the above statement is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of the above.

7. In a break through the scientist have isolated an exotic radioactive gas which they claimwould make it easier to detect under ground nuclear tests from air samples. the name of this radioactive gas is ?
(a) Xenon - 133.
(b) Xenon - 135
(c) Nion - x - 133.
(d) Nion - x - 135.

8. TheGardenReachshipbuilder andEngineerslimited hasbuilt the country’s firstAnti submarine warfare corvette (ASWC). The name of this corvette is ?
(a) Andaman sea
(b) Ganga Sagar
(c) Kamorta
(d) Kachu baria

9. ‘MALABAR’ is a naval exercise between India and ?
(a) Singapore
(b) U.S.A
(c) China
(d) Britain

10. Consider the following Statements : -
1. Brah Mos armed with su- 30MKI would be a game changer in the India ocean because it has a range of 290Kmand Can also travel at a top speed of mach 2.8 barely 3-4 metres above the sea Surface, the missilecannot be intercepted by anyKnown weapon system in the world.
2. Brah Mos Acrospace, a joint venture between India and Russia has started designing a hypersonic Verson of the Brahmos missile Brahmos - II
Which of the above statement is / are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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1. Which of the statement is incorrect ?
(a) India has set up Sovereign Fund that would help its state-run Companies to Pursue acquisition of oil, gas, coal, LNG and other raw material in other countries in order to compete with China.
(b) Oil and natural gas corporationVidesh Limited (OVL) had been told to pursue at least one major oil and gas asset every year.
(c) OVL last year bought Imperial Energy Plc for $2.1 billion is India’s biggest energy acquisition.
(d) India’s Soverign Fund is constituted with the help of Russia. As Russia has enough experience in this regard.

2. Consider the following statements.
1. Karaikal Port is a deep-water private port at karaikal district of Puducherry.
2. India Infrastructure Fund (IIF) Which will be investing in this project. Is a fund managed by IDFC Project equityCompanyLimited.
Which of the above statements is\ are correct ?
(a) 1 Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 Nor 2.

3. Recently which IndianCompany has earning its green revenue with issuance of first set ofCertified EmissionReduction (CER) fromits first rigstered CDM(cleanDevelopment Mechanism) Project. ?
(a) ONGC
(b) NPCIL
(c) NTPC
(d) SAIL

4. Rosneft,Gazprom, and Sistema, with these oil and gasCompanies, India’s companyOVL has decided tojoinhandtojointlybid forthe sakhalin- IIIProject in far east Russia, and gas fields in East Siberia and yamal Peninsula.TheseCompaniesbelongs to :
(a) Germany
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) Kazakhstan.

5. Whichwas the first state- owned company that hit the capital market tomop up about Rs16000 crore by selling its equity and issuing fresh shares to the public, as part of government’s ambitious disinvestment programme to raise the targeted Rs40,000 crore.
(a) ONGC
(b) NTPC
(c) SAIL
(d) NPCIL.

6. WhichCountry has hostedthe communicAsia 2010, themost established infomation, Communication and technology (ICT) event inAsia.
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Singapore

7. If a company getMaharatna status, then it could enhanced Its investment capacity upto -
(a) Rs. 1000 crore
(b) Rs. 2500 Crore
(c) Rs. 5000 Crore
(d) Rs. 7500 Crore

8. Consider the following Statements :
1. NTPC has examined the feasibility of setting up a coal based power plant in Bangladesh.
2. At present Bangladesh has a power generation capcity of 5000MW. of which 83% is gas - based.
Which of the above statements is/are incorrect ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

9. Consider the following statements :
1. Bank of America - Merill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland and Bank ofCanada are the three merchant banks Selected for helping the Public Sector Coal India Ltd. (CIL) to seal Strategic Partuership deals with coal companies in three Countries -Australia, Indonesia and U.S.
2. Coal India Ltd. (CIL) is the world’s Single largest coal Company.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

10. NTPChassetting upoftwocoal-based thermal power plants inwhich centralAsianCountry?
(a) Kazakhstan
(b) Turkmenistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Kyrgyzstan.

11. The planning Commission announced for setting upof an 18member expert committee torecommend measures for efficient management of public expenditure.This Committte isheaded by -
(a) Montek singAhluwalia.
(b) N.C. Vaidy.
(c) Deepak Parekh.
(d) C. Rangarajan.

12. Which of the statement is incorrect ?
(a) Nuclear power corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and NTPC entered into a joint venture agreement to setup nuclear power project.
(b) S.K. Jain is theChairman ofNTPCandR.S. sharma is theChaiman andManaging director of NPCIL.
(c) NTPC is the largest power generation companywith an installed capacity of 31, 704MW.
(d) NTPC,s. Total coal requirement for the year 2011 is about 145-150 million tonnes, ofwhich the company is planning to import 14 million tonnes.

13. Which of these two banks are not Indian banks.As central government maintained that at least74% equity of these banks are from ontside. So by defination they are not Indian bank.
(a) ICICI andHDFC.
(b) HDFC and Standard charter.
(c) ICICI and standard charter.
(d) StandardCharter and CityBank.

14. Match the following
List I (Chairman)                     List - II (Company)
A.R.S. Sharm                         1.NT PC.
B. B.P. Rao                            2.BHEL.
C. C. P. Singh                        3.NBPPL.
A B C
(a) 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 3

15.Match the following
List-I (Power Plant)                                 List-II (Location)
A. Namrup gas project                            1.Assam
B. Palatana gas project                            2. Tripura
C. Singruli thermal                                   3. Madhya Pradesh project
A B C
(a) 1 2 3
(b) 3 2 1
(c) 2 1 3
(d) 3 1 2

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1. Consider the following statements :
1. India – Bangladesh Sunder bans Ecosystem forum was launched recently
2. The project was funded by Asian Development Bank and will be executed over five years.
Which of the above statement is / are wrong ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.

2. Which of the statement is wrong ?
(a) In Kyrgyzstan the U.S. military base is at man as which become one of the focal pointsfor transporting American troops and equipment toAfganistan.
(b) In Kyrgyzstan, Russia also has a military base at kant.
(c) “Tulip Revolution” of 2005was related with the Kyrgyz political movement.
(d) Dushanbe is the Capital of Kyrgyzstan, and its new President is Roza outnbayeva.

3. The 47 Countries attended the two meet for nuclear Security summit at Washington. The next meeting in 2012 will be held in –
(a) New Delhi
(b) Islamabad.
(c) Tokyo
(d) Seoul

4. The Recent Conference on Disarmament and non – Proliferation which held in -
(a) Tehran
(b) New Delhi
(c) Colombo
(d) Dhaka

5. Consider the following statements :
1. Article VI of the NPT Calls for disarmament, but there is no time frames have been fixed within its framework to achieve this.
2. India, Iran, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea are not the member ofNPT.
Which of the above statement is correct ?
(a) 1Only
(b) 2 Only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

6. Recently India has raised its objection over the construction of the zangmu dam. In this Context which Country is building this Zangmu dam ?
(a) Pakistan in Pok
(b) Pakistan with the help of China assistance
(c) Bangladesh on the Brahmaputra river
(d) China on the Brahmaputra River.

7. Consider the following Statements :
1. The Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010, an annual Publication of the United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific released stated that 62% of the word’s Population lived in this region.
2. The report finds that the region’s developing economies Forecast to growby7% led byChina 9.5% and India 8.3% .
Which of the above statements is / are Correct ?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2.

8. Pakistan has objected over the India’s 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project in kishanganga river, Kishanganga is a tributary of which river ?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Indus
(c) Chenab
(d) Non of the above

9. ‘MONUC’ is recently in news. This is related with
(a) This is a peace keeping force of United nation deployed in congo.
(b) This is a peace keeping force of united Nation deployed in Democratic Republic of congo.
(c) It is a rebal group of Congo which recently attacked the UN Peace keeping force that lead to the death of one Indian Solider.
(d) None of the above.

10. Recently President Pratibha patel dedicated an Indian- Style temple in the to wnofLuoyang to the friendship between the people of India and the people of which country ?
(a) Vietnam
(b) China
(c) Cambodia
(d) Laos.

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