AFCAT 1 2025 Past Paper PDF

CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 AFCAT GS 500 MCQ 1. On which of the following dates was (c)​Sukhoi Su-30MKI the Indian Airforce established? (d)​MiG-21 (a)​8 October 1930 (b)​1 July 1933 7. How...

CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 AFCAT GS 500 MCQ 1. On which of the following dates was (c)​Sukhoi Su-30MKI the Indian Airforce established? (d)​MiG-21 (a)​8 October 1930 (b)​1 July 1933 7. How many of the given pairs is/are EY (c)​8 October 1932 incorrect. (d)​15 July 1950 (i) Northern Air Command - Udhampur (ii) Western Air Command - New Delhi 2. Which Indian Airforce Officer (iii) Central Air Command - Allahabad became the first Indian astronaut to go (iv) Maintenance Command - Shimla to space? (a)​2 and 3 (b)​1 and 4 N (a)​Kalpana Chawla (b)​Rakesh Sharma (c)​1,2 and 3 (c)​Vikram Sarabhai (d)​Only 1 (d)​Shubhanshu Shuklua R 3. What is the name of the Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) currently operated by India? 8. Which of the following is a surface-to-air missile system used by the Indian Air Force? (a)​Brahmos U (a)​Phalcons (b)​Akash (b)​Embraer EMB-145 (c)​Prithvi (c)​Lockheed EC-121 (d)​Nag O (d)​E-2 Hawkeye 9. Who is the First Woman Air Marshal 4. The Indian Air Force's MiG-21 Bison to be Awarded Padma Shri? is primarily used as: (a)​Nivedita Singh (b)​Padma Bandopadhyay SJ (a)​Transport Aircraft (b)​Trainer Aircraft (c)​Deepika Misra (c)​Helicopter (d)​Anjana Bhaduria (d)​Fighter Aircraft 10. What was the code name of the 5. The Indian Air Force's aerobatic first Nuclear test of India? D team is known as: (a)​Guiding Angel (a)​Surya Kiran (b)​Shakti (b)​Red Arrows (c)​Smiling Buddha (c)​Thunderbirds (d)​Dishta C (d)​Blue Angels 11. Spectsnaz is the special 6. The primary trainer aircraft used by commando unit of which of the the Indian Air Force is: following countries? (a)​Mig 27 (a)​India (b)​HAL HTT-40 (b)​USA  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​Germany (c)​3 only (d)​Russia (d)​None of the above 12. Who among the following has been 16. Consider the following statements referred to as “JUMBO” in the Indian about the Siachen Glacier conflict: Airforce? 1. It is located in the eastern (a)​Wg Cdr KK Majumdar Karakoram range. EY (b)​Air Cmde Mehar Singh 2. The Indian Army launched (c)​Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Operation Meghdoot in 1984 to secure Sekhon the glacier. (d)​Air Chief Marshal Pratap 3. Siachen is the highest battlefield in Chandra Lal the world. 13. In which of the following places is Which of the above statements is/are N the Indian Naval Academy located? correct? (a)​Dundigal, Hyderabad (a)​2 and 3 only (b)​Kochi, Kerala (b)​1 and 2 only R (c)​Ezhmila, Kerala (d)​Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (c)​1 and 3 only (d)​1,2 and 3 17. Which Indian operation was U 14. Who among the following was the launched to airlift Indian troops to Sri first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra? Lanka in 1987? (a)​Major Somanth Sharma (a)​Operation Cactus (b)​Captain Vikram Batra (b)​Operation Ganga O (c)​Captain Gurbachan Singh (c)​Operation Pawan Salaria (d)​Operation Trident (d)​Company Havildar Major Piru SJ Singh 18. Consider the following statements about the INS Vikrant: 15. Consider the following statements 1. It is India’s first indigenously built about India’s nuclear doctrine: aircraft carrier. 1. India follows a "No First Use" policy 2. It was commissioned into the Indian regarding nuclear weapons. Navy in 2022. D 2. The Strategic Forces Command 3. It is not a nuclear-powered carrier. (SFC) is responsible for managing Which of the above statements is/are India’s nuclear arsenal. correct? 3. India conducted its first successful (a)​1 and 3 only C nuclear test in 1998 under Operation (b)​3 only Smiling Buddha. (c)​1,2 and 3 Which of the above statements is/are (d)​None of the above incorrect? (a)​1,2 and 3 19. The INS Arihant is: (b)​1 and 2 (a)​A destroyer  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (b)​A frigate 24. The Indian Navy’s Operation (c)​A stealth ship Samudra Setu was launched for: (d)​ A nuclear-powered ballistic (a)​Anti-piracy missions missile submarine (b)​Counter- Terrorism (c)​Repatriation of Indian citizens 20. The first indigenously built during COVID-19 submarine of India is: (d)​Both 1 and 2 EY (a)​INS Chakra (b)​INS Vikram 25. The airlift during the Kargil War (c)​INS Shalki was known as: (d)​INS Kalvari (a)​Operation Vijay (b)​Operation Cactus 21. The _____ has supplied the (c)​Operation Safed Sagar Apache helicopter which is an attack (d)​Operation Meghdoot N helicopter. (a)​France 26. The headquarters of the Southern (b)​Germany Naval Command is located in: R (c)​Israel (d)​USA 22. Match List I and List II: (a)​Visakhapatnam (b)​Kochi (c)​Mumbai (d)​Chennai U 27. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the equivalent ranks in the Indian Armed Forces? O (a)​Major in the Army is equivalent to Lieutenant Commander in the Choose the correct answer from the Navy and Squadron Leader in SJ options given below: the Air Force. (a)​A - III, B - II, C - IV, D - I (b)​Lieutenant in the Army is (b)​A - II, B - III, C - I, D - IV equivalent to Captain in the (c)​A - IV, B - II, C - III, D - I Navy and Flying Officer in the (d)​A - I, B - III, C - II, D - IV Air Force. (c)​Colonel in the Army is D 23. “Operation Sard Hawa” related to equivalent to Commander in the which of the following? Navy and Group Captain in the (a)​Operation conducted by BSF Air Force. (b)​Evacuation plan from (d)​Brigadier in the Army is C Afghanistan equivalent to Vice Admiral in the (c)​Counter-insurgency campaign Navy and Air Vice Marshal in (d)​Military Exercise between India the Air Force. and Srilanka  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 28. Which of the following commando 33. Which Indian organization is force and its parent agency/ force is leading the development of hypersonic wrongly matched? missile technology? (a)​MARCOS - Indian Coast Guard (a)​ISRO (b)​Garuda Commando Force - (b)​DRDO Indian Airforce (c)​HAL (c)​Para SF - Indian Army (d)​BHEL EY (d)​None of the above 34. INS Nirdeshak, which has been 29. Exercise Desert Knight is a recently commissioned, belongs to trilateral air combat exercise between which class of survey ships? India and which two other countries? (a)​Sandhayak-class (a)​UAE and Egypt (b)​Makar-class (b)​Egypt and UAE (c)​Sukanya-class N (c)​France and UAE (d)​Talwar Class (d)​France and Egypt 35. Which Indian company launched R 30. DRDL stands for - (a)​Defence Research and Documentation Laboratory (b)​Defence Research and the Fast Patrol Vessels Amulya and Akshay for the Indian Coast Guard? (a)​Goa Shipyard Limited (b)​Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders U Development Laboratory Limited (c)​Department of Research and (c)​Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Development Laboratory Engineers (d)​Department of Research and (d)​Hindustan Shipyard Limited O Documentation Laboratory 36. The rank of Captain in the Indian 31. What is the name of India’s Navy is equivalent to which rank in the SJ first-ever tri-services defence space Indian Air Force? exercise conducted by the Defence (a)​Wing Commander Space Agency? (b)​Group Captain (a)​Antariksha Abhyas 2024 (c)​Squadron Leader (b)​Antariksha Raksha 2024 (d)​Air Commodore (c)​Space Shield 2024 D (d)​Astra Abhyas 2024 37. What is the primary objective of the VLF (Very Low Frequency) 32. “Hezbollahis the militant group of communication station established by which of the following countries? the Indian Navy? C (a)​Lebanon (a)​To enhance maritime security in (b)​Israel the Arabian Sea (c)​Palestine (b)​To strengthen communication (d)​Yemen capabilities for naval operations (c)​To monitor seismic activity in the Bay of Bengal  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (d)​To facilitate space exploration (a)​Tejas missions from the Indian coast (b)​Mirage 2000 (c)​Sukhoi 30 MKI 38. What is the theme of Indian Navy (d)​Jaguar Day 2024? (a)​Strength and Power through 43. Which among the following is not Innovation and Indigenisation under the Defence Ministry? EY (b)​Operational Efficiency, (a)​Department of Defence Readiness, and Mission Intelligence Accomplishment in the Maritime (b)​Department of Ex-servicemen Domain Welfare (c)​Swarnim Vijay Varsh (c)​Department of Defence (d)​None of the above Production (d)​Defence Research and N 39. Which exercise is conducted Development Organization between the special forces of India and Kyrgyzstan? 44. Which one of the following is the R (a)​Yudh Abhyas (b)​Khanjar (c)​Sada Tanseq (d)​Nomadic Elephant motto of NCC? (a)​Unity and Discipline (b)​Unity and Integrity (c)​Unity and Command U (d)​Unity and Service 40. In which of the following places was the 1st edition of Joint Table Top 45. INS Tushil , which has been in news recently is a - O Exercise, CINBAX, between the Indian Army and the Cambodian Army (a)​Diesel Electric Submarine conducted? (b)​Stealth guided missile frigate (a)​Chaubatia, Uttarakhand (c)​Survey vessel SJ (b)​Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, (d)​None of the above Rajasthan: (c)​Jodhpur Military Station 46. Recently, DRDO conducted (d)​Foreign Training Node, Pune successful Field Evaluation Trials of the Nag Mk 2 missile. Nag is a- 41. The Indian Army has installed a (a)​Surface-to Surface missile D statue of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati (b)​Surface-to-Air missile Shivaji on the bank of which Lake? (c)​Rocket Launcher (a)​Kyagar Lake (d)​Anti-tank Fire and Forget Guided (b)​Chagar Tso Missile C (c)​Tso Moriri (d)​Pangong Tso 47. Which year has been termed as the ‘Year of Reforms’ by the Ministry of 42. Which of the following is a Defence to modernize the Armed long-range, multi-role Air Superiority Forces? Aircraft in the Indian Air Force?  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (a)​2024 (a)​Vietnam (b)​2025 (b)​Mozambique (c)​2026 (c)​Brunei (d)​2030 (d)​Gabon 48. Which type of missile is Army 53. What is the name of the seventh Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow EY which was in the news recently? Water Craft (ASW SWC) launched for (a)​Intercontinental ballistic missile the Indian Navy? (b)​Anti-ship cruise missile (a)​Arjun (c)​Surface-to-surface artillery (b)​Abhay weapon system (c)​Vikshit (d)​Surface-to- Air missile (d)​Pracheen N 49. India recently launched its fourth 54. What is the name of India’s first nuclear-powered ballistic missile pollution control vessel recently submarine (SSBN) at which place? launched by the Indian Coast Guard? R (a)​Goa (b)​Mumbai (c)​Visakhapatnam (d)​Chennai (a)​Sagar Yantra (b)​Samudra Pratap (c)​Viksit Bharat (d)​Samudra Raksha U 50. Recently, where was the Indian Air 55. Which country’s space agency Force (IAF) C-295 Full Motion recently launched two Iranian Simulator (FMS) inaugurated? satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, into O (a)​Air Force Station Ambala orbit? (b)​Air Force Station Agra (a)​Iran (c)​Air Force Station Bidar (b)​USA SJ (d)​Air Force Station Kalaikundu (c)​Russia (d)​Ukraine 51. What is the name of the indigenously designed and 56. Chancay port, which was in the manufactured machine pistol recently news recently, is located in which inducted by the Northern Command of country? D the Indian Army? (a)​Cambodia (a)​Rakshak (b)​Maldives (b)​Agni (c)​Peru (c)​Asmi (d)​Brazil C (d)​Tejas 57. Which of the following Indian Naval 52. Recently, the Government of India Sailing Vessels has completed the gifted two water-jet propelled Fast Navika Sagar Parikrama II expedition? Interceptor Craft (FIC) to the (a)​INS Sahyadri Government of _______? (b)​INS Vikrant  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​Isomers (d)​Isotherms 75. Artificial rain is produced by seeding clouds with 69. The constituents of Brass are- (a)​Silver iodide (a)​Copper and Zinc (b)​Potassium Nitrate (b)​Copper and Tin (c)​Copper Sulphate (c)​Copper, Tin and Zinc (d)​Silver Nitrate EY (d)​Solder and Lead 76. Which one of the following explains 70. Mud houses are cooler in summer the occurrence of the solar eclipse? and warmer in winter, because (a)​Position of the Moon between (a)​mud is superconductor of heat Sun and Earth (b)​mud is bad conductor of heat (b)​Position of the Moon between (c)​mud is good conductor of heat Sun and Earth on a new Moon N (d)​None of the above (c)​Both (a) and (b) (d)​None of the above 71. Aqua-regia is a mixture of which of R the following in the ratio 3:1 by volume (a)​conc.HNO3 and conc. HCI (b)​conc.HCl and conc.HNO3 (c)​dil. HCl and dil.HNO3 77. In which atmospheric layer are the communication satellites located? (a)​Stratosphere (b)​lonosphere U (d)​conc. HCI and conc.H2SO4 (c)​Troposphere (d)​Mesosphere 72. Industrial commodities are graded with - 78. Which of the following inert gases O (a)​ISI MARK is used as a coolant in nuclear (b)​AGMARK reactors? (c)​FPO MARK (a)​Neon SJ (d)​HALL MARK (b)​Helium (c)​Argon 73. Biodegradable wastes can usually (d)​Xenon be converted into useful substances with the help of 79. Lactose is a disaccharide (a)​Bacteria containing- D (b)​Nuclear proteins (a)​Glucose and Fructose (c)​Radioactive (b)​Glucose and Galactose (d)​viruses (c)​Galactose and Fructose (d)​None C 74. Cadmium pollution is associated with 80. Which of the following soils is most (a)​minamata disease conducive to the growth of cotton? (b)​black foot disease (a)​Alluvial (c)​dyslexia (b)​Red (d)​Itai-itai (c)​Laterite  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​INS Tarini 63. Which of the following groups of (d)​INS Virat organic compounds are least likely to be used in making perfumes? 58. According to recent reports, which (a)​Alcohols one of the following countries emerged (b)​Carboxylic Acids as the top three destinations for (c)​Esters defence exports by India? (d)​Aldehydes EY (a)​Russia, China and Israel (b)​New Zealand, Australia and 64. Match the following Russia Vitamins​ Chemical (c)​Bangladesh, Iran and Iraq Name (d)​United States,France and 1.​ Vitamin K​ A. Tocopherol Armenia 2.​ Vitamin A​ B. Retinol 3.​ Vitamin D​ C. Calciferol N 59. What is the name of the sixth and 4.​ Vitamin E​ D. Phylloquinone final Scorpene-class submarine Choose the correct options: delivered to the Indian Navy? (a)​1-C,2-B,3-A,4-D R (a)​INS Vikrant (b)​INS Malpe (c)​INS Kaveri (d)​INS Vaghsheer (b)​1-D,2-B,3-C,4-A (c)​1-B,2-A,3-C,4-D (d)​1-D,2-B,3-A,4-C U 65. Measles is caused by - 60. Soyuz-2.1a rocket , which was in (a)​Rubella Virus news recently belongs to which (b)​Andro Virus Country? (c)​Variola virus O (a)​Russia (d)​None of the above (b)​China (c)​Iran 66. Rocket works on the principle of SJ (d)​Kuwait (a)​Newton’s third law of motion (b)​Newton’s first law of motion 61. “ National Science Day” is (c)​Newton’s second law of motion observed on- (d)​Archimedes principle (a)​2nd February (b)​3rd March 67. Through ‘photosynthesis’ green D (c)​28th February plants generate (d)​24th October (a)​inorganic materials (b)​Minerals 62. Barometer is used for measuring - (c)​organic materials C (a)​Depth of the ocean (d)​nutrients (b)​atmospheric pressure (c)​Intensity of sound 68. Lines that connect places of equal (d)​Quantity of heat salinity on a map are called- (a)​Isosaline (b)​Isohaline  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (d)​Black 87. Which of the following statements is/are correct. 81. Malic acid is found in - 1.​ Femur is the longest bone in the (a)​Orange human body. (b)​Apple 2.​ Keratin, which is a protein, is (c)​Tamarind found in nails. (d)​Amla (a)​Only 1 EY (b)​Only 2 82. Animals active at night are called? (c)​Both 1 and 2 (a)​Diurnal (d)​Neither 1 nor 2 (b)​Nocturnal (c)​Parasites 88. What is the chemical name of (d)​actor-diurnal Baking Soda? (a)​Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate N 83. What is the average life of the red (b)​Sodium Carbonate blood corpuscles? (c)​Magnesium Chloride (a)​100-120 days (d)​Copper Sulphate R (b)​120-140 days (c)​80-95 days (d)​70-85 days 89. Which of the following diseases is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin A? (a)​Scurvy U 84. Which one among the following (b)​Rickets metals is used in fireworks to make a (c)​Xerophthalmia brilliant white light? (d)​Beri-beri (a)​Sodium O (b)​Magnesium 90. What is the typical range of human (c)​Aluminium audible frequency? (d)​Silver (a)​20 HZ to 200 HZ SJ (b)​20 HZ TO 20,000 HZ 85. In visible spectrum, the ray of light (c)​40 Hz to 40,000 Hz with minimum wavelength is (d)​More than 20,000 HZ (a)​Violet ray (b)​Blue ray 91. Which disease is also known as (c)​Red Ray Hansen's disease? D (d)​Yellow Ray (a)​Leprosy (b)​Tuberculosis 86. LPG( Liquified Petroleum Gas) is (c)​Measles a mixture of (d)​Cancer C (a)​Methane and Propane (b)​Metane and Ethane 92. The _________ is/are given for (c)​Propane and Butane outstanding performance in sports and (d)​Butane and Methane games over a period of the previous four years and for showing qualities of  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 leadership, sportsmanship and a (d)​London 2012 sense of discipline. (a)​Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 98. Who was the first Indian to win an (MAKA) Trophy individual medal in the Olympics? (b)​Rashtriya Khel Protsahan (a)​MilkhaSingh Puraskar (b)​PTUsha (c)​Arjuna Awards (c)​Karnam Malleswari EY (d)​Dronacharya Awards (d)​KD Jadhav 93. ________ was the first fast bowler 99. Who is known as the female Don who was the Indian test team captain. Bradman in the cricketing world? (a)​Javagal Srinath (a)​Meghann Moira Lanning (b)​Jaspreet Bumrah (b)​Katherine Helen Brunt (c)​Zaheer Khan (c)​Jhulan Goswami N (d)​Kapil Dev (d)​Elizabeth Rebecca Wilson 94. Who among the following is 100. The term Pugilist is used for R popularly known as ‘The Flying Sikh’? (a)​Norman Pritchard (b)​Milkha Singh (c)​Vijay Singh Chauhan players of which game? (a)​Boxing (b)​Long-Lump (c)​Archery U (d)​Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (d)​Table Tennis 95. Indian football team won its first 101. Which cricket team won the first gold in which of the following Asian edition of the World Test O Games? Championship (WTC)? (a)​1951 (a)​Australia (b)​1962 (b)​India SJ (c)​1970 (c)​England (d)​1982 (d)​New Zealand 96. The term “Produnova” is 102. The "Duckworth–Lewis–Stern associated with which sports? method" is associated with which (a)​Badminton sport? D (b)​Rowing (a)​Football (c)​Gymnastics (b)​Tennis (d)​Chess (c)​Cricket (d)​Football C 97. Dipa Karmarkar was the first Indian female gymnast to compete in which of 103. Which country won the 2024 the following Olympics’ edition? Copa América Football (a)​Rio 2016 Championship? (b)​Tokyo 2020 (a)​Uruguay (c)​Paris 2024 (b)​Argentina  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​Brazil (ii) India won its maiden title by (d)​Chile winning the 2024 edition. (a)​(i) only 104. First ever century for India in one (b)​(ii) only day internationals was scored by - (c)​Both (i) and (ii) (a)​Saurabh Gangualy (d)​Neither (i) nor (ii) (b)​Kapil Dev EY (c)​Sunil Gavaskar 110. Who was the first world chess (d)​Sachin Tendulkar champion, winning the first official World Chess Championship match in 105. Who won the Men's Singles title 1886. at the India Open 2024? (a)​Wilhelm Steinitz (a)​Viktor Axelsen (b)​Johannes Zukertort (b)​Lakshya Sen (c)​Alexander Alekhine N (c)​Kidambi Srikanth (d)​Emanuel Lasker (d)​Shi Yugi 111. Who among the following became R 106. Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee are located in which country? (a)​Greece the most expensive player in IPL auction history for INR 27 crore. (a)​Virat Kohli (b)​Rituraj Gaekwad U (b)​Switzerland (c)​Rishabh Pant (c)​Belgium (d)​Shreyas Iyer (d)​France 112. Who among the following won the O 107. Which was the only appearance 2024 FIDE Women’s World Rapid of cricket at the Summer Olympics? Championship? (a)​1900 Paris Games (a)​Koneru Humpy SJ (b)​1901 Paris Games (b)​Vaishali Rameshbabu (c)​1902 Paris Games (c)​Divya Deshmukh (d)​1903 Paris Games (d)​Tanya Sachdev 108. Which country is the host of Kho 113. Recently, who made the record Kho World Cup 2025? for the fastest century in women's Test D (a)​Australia cricket? (b)​China (a)​Nat Sciver-Brunt (c)​Nepal (b)​Smriti Mandhana (d)​India (c)​Harmanpreet Kaur C (d)​Ellyse Perry 109. Consider the following statements about ICC women’s T20 World Cup: 114. Who has become the first (i) 9th edition of ICC women’s T20 Monégasque driver to win the Monaco World Cup was held in the United Arab Grand Prix since 1931. Emirates. (a)​Charles Leclerc  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (b)​Max Verstappen 120. Which Indian city is set to host (c)​Lewis Hamilton the 2025 Para Athletics World (d)​Oscar Piastri Championship? (a)​Mumbai 115. Who was named the chairperson (b)​New Delhi of the Athletics Federation of India (c)​Bengaluru (AFI) Athletes Commission in 2024? (d)​Hyderabad EY (a)​Neeraj Chopra (b)​P. T. Usha 121. Consider the following (c)​Anju Bobby George statements: (d)​Milkha Singh 1.​ England is the only country that has won the ICC World Cup 116. “Bring it On: The Incredible Story twice. 2.​ Virat Kohli is the only player to of My Life” is the autobiography of- N be adjudged as the Player of (a)​Dipa Karmakar the Series in the ICC T20 World (b)​Deepa Malik Cup twice. (c)​Murlikant Petkar Which of the above statements is/are R (d)​Sumit Antil 117. How many athletes were selected to represent India at the 2024 Paris correct? (a)​1 only (b)​2 only (c)​Both 1 and 2 U Summer Olympics? (d)​Neither 1 nor 2 (a)​118 (b)​120 122. Which country will host the 2025 (c)​117 Champions Trophy? O (d)​106 (a)​Pakistan (b)​India 118. Swapnil Kusale won a Bronze (c)​UAE (d)​Both (a) and (c) SJ medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics in which event? (a)​10 m pistol 123. “Murlikant Petkar”, India’s first (b)​50 m rifle 3 position Paralympics Gold medalist, recently (c)​25m rapid-fire pistol received the Arjuna Award(Lifetime). (d)​10 m air rifle He is related to which sports? D (a)​Javelin 119. ‘Castling’ is related to which of the (b)​Swimming following sports? (c)​Shot Put (a)​Cricket (d)​Table-Tennis C (b)​Tennis (c)​Chess 124. Who among the following played (d)​Billiards Murlikant Petkar’s character in his biopic? (a)​Kartik Aryan (b)​Akshay Kumar  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​Siddharth Malhotra 130. “Mandeep Jangra” who was in (d)​Shahid Kapoor news recently is related to which sports? 125. Who among the following (a)​Wrestling cricketers was the first to be given out (b)​Boxing by the 3rd empire? (c)​Badminton (a)​Ricky Ponting (d)​Sailing EY (b)​Sachin Tendulkar (c)​MS Dhoni 131. Who has created history by (d)​Rahul Dravid becoming the youngest rated chess player from India? 126. Who among the following is not (a)​Javokhir Sindarov associated with the sport of F1 racing? (b)​Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (a)​Lewis Hamilton (c)​Divith Reddy N (b)​Charles Leclerc (d)​Anish Sarkar (c)​Romain Grosjean (d)​Luis Suarez 132. Billie Jean King Cup is R 127. 'Raider' is associated with which sport? (a)​Cricket associated with which sports? (a)​Badminton (b)​Tennis (c)​Football U (b)​Hockey (d)​Handball (c)​Kabaddi (d)​Football 133. Emma McKeon, who has recently announced her retirement, O 128. Who among the following has belongs to which country? written the book Stargazing: The (a)​USA Players in My Life? (b)​Finland SJ (a)​Suresh Raina (c)​Russia (b)​Rahul Dravid (d)​Australia (c)​Sunil Gavaskar (d)​Ravi Shastri 134. "Fearless: A Memoir" is the autobiography of which famous Indian 129. Who among the following Indians cricketer? D is among the 3 inductees into the (a)​Kapil Dev International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall (b)​Sunil Gavaskar of Fame in 2024. (c)​Mohinder Amarnath (a)​Neetu David (d)​Ravi Shastri C (b)​Diana Edulji (c)​Shubhangi Kulkarni 135. Who was awarded the ICC (d)​Jhulan Goswami Cricketer of the Year in 2024? (a)​Babar Azam (b)​Joe Root (c)​Kane Williamson  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (d)​Pat Cummins 142. India is divided into how many 136. Which is the largest freshwater earthquake zones (seismic zones)? lake in India? (a)​4 (a)​Loktak Lake (b)​2 (b)​Lonar Lake (c)​6 (c)​Wular Lake (d)​5 EY (d)​Dal Lake 143. “Sagarmatha” is the Nepali name 137. What is the southernmost point of of? mainland India called? (a)​Mount Everest (a)​Kanyakumari (b)​Makalu (b)​Indira Point (c)​Kanchenjunga (c)​Point Calimere (d)​Lhotse N (d)​Rameswaram 144. I. Prairies - North America 138. Which state has the longest II. Downs -Australia R coastline in India? (a)​Maharashtra (b)​Tamil Nadu (c)​Kerala III. Llanos -Venezuela IV. Pampas- South America How many of the above pairs are correctly matched? U (d)​Gujarat (a)​Only (b)​Only III and IV 139. The Duncan Passage separates: (c)​I, III and IV (a)​Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (d)​All are correct O (b)​Lakshadweep Islands and Maldives 145. Match the following: (c)​South Andaman and Little SJ Andaman Name of Shifting Country (d)​Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar cultivation 140. Which desert is known as the 1. Ray A. Venezuela "Great Indian Desert"? (a)​Thar Desert 2. Milpa B. Vietnam D (b)​Deccan Desert (c)​Sahara Desert 3. Tamari C. Thailand (d)​Kalahari Desert 4. Konuko D. Yucatan and C 141. Study of the structure of the Earth Guatemala is called ______. (a)​1-D,2-B,3-A,4-C (a)​Geology (b)​1-B,2-D,3-C,4-A (b)​Nephrology (c)​1-B,2-D,3-A,4-C (c)​Pedology (d)​1-C,2-D,3-A,4-C (d)​Virology  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 152. Which among the following tribe 146. Which instrument is used to has the largest population in India? measure depth of ocean? (a)​Bhils (a)​Galvanometer (b)​Meenas (b)​Barometer (c)​Gonds (c)​Endoscope (d)​Sahariyas (d)​Fathometer EY 153. Which of the following mountain 147. When a cloud burst occurs ranges is the oldest in India? (a)​Sudden and very heavy rainfall (a)​Himalayas (b)​Sudden and almost negligible (b)​Western Ghats rainfall (c)​Aravalli (c)​Random and light rainfall (d)​Satpura (d)​No rainfall is observed N 154. Indira Col makes the 3-point 148. The whole earth does not boundary between which of the experience equal days and equal following countries? R nights on (a)​21st March (b)​22nd December (c)​23rd September (a)​India, Nepal, China (b)​India, Pakistan, China (c)​India, Myanmar, China (d)​India, Bhutan, China U (d)​Both 1 and 3 155. The Tropic of Cancer passes 149. Which type of iron ore is also through which of the following Indian termed as brown ore? states? O (a)​Haematite (a)​Rajasthan, Gujarat, (b)​Magnetite Maharashtra (c)​Limonite (b)​Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand SJ (d)​Siderite (c)​Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal 150. Which is the green planet in the (d)​Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka solar system? (a)​Earth 156. Green Voyage 2050 project is (b)​Jupiter related to which of the following? D (c)​Uranus (a)​Zero marine plastic pollution (d)​Saturn (b)​Zero damage to marine biodiversity by ships 151. International date line passes (c)​Zero Greenhouse gas emission C through which Ocean? by ships (a)​Pacific Ocean (d)​Zero oil spillage by ships (b)​Atlantic Ocean (c)​Indian Ocean 157. Which Indian state is the largest (d)​Arctic Ocean producer of coffee? (a)​Kerala  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (b)​Tamil Nadu the total geographical area of India is (c)​Karnataka covered with forest and tree? (d)​Andhra Pradesh (a)​21.67% (b)​25.17% 158. Which among the following (c)​29.15% countries administers “Coco Islands” (d)​33.12% located in Andaman sea? EY (a)​India 164. The Lonar lake of Maharashtra is (b)​Sri Lanka a type of which of the following? (c)​Myanmar (a)​Crater Lakes (d)​China (b)​Tectonic Lakes (c)​Landslide Lakes 159. In which of the following seasons, (d)​Aeolian Lakes brief squalls and thunderstorms known N as Kalbaisakhi, or Nor’westers, often 165. Which of the following is known occur in West Bengal? as the Golden Quadrilateral? (a)​Early winter (a)​Rail lines joining metropolitan R (b)​Late winter (c)​Early summer (d)​Rainy Season cities (b)​National Highway Project (c)​Air Routes (d)​Gold Trading Ways U 160. Which among the following is the largest physiographic division of India? 166. ‘Shifting cultivation’ is also known (a)​Peninsular Upland as _____ in north-east india: (b)​Himalayan Region (a)​Logan O (c)​Northern plains (b)​Jhum (d)​Desert region (c)​Chena (d)​Ladang SJ 161. The city of Paris is situated on which river? 167. How many major sea ports are (a)​Danube there in India? (b)​Seine (a)​6 (c)​Potomac (b)​9 (d)​Saône (c)​10 D (d)​13 162. The valley of flowers is located in which of the following places? 168. Which mountain range acts as a (a)​Kashmir Himalaya boundary between Europe and Asia? C (b)​Himachal Himalaya (a)​Altai (c)​Nepal Himalaya (b)​Atlas (d)​Garhwal Himalaya (c)​Ural (d)​Hindukush 163. As per the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023, what percent of  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 169. How many climatic groups did (a)​Tanzania Koeppen recognise? (b)​Madagascar (a)​20 (c)​Mozambique (b)​10 (d)​Bahrain (c)​5 (d)​6 175. Where has Asia's Largest and World’s Highest Imaging Cherenkov EY 170. Which among the following is not Observatory inaugurated? the ideal condition for the formation of (a)​Hanle, Ladakh tropical cyclones? (b)​Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh (a)​Large sea surface with (c)​Gangtok, Sikkim temperature higher than 27° C (d)​None of the above (b)​Upper divergence above the sea level system 176. Vembanad lake, that was recently N (c)​Presence of the Coriolis force seen in news, lies in which state? (d)​High-level cyclonic circulation (a)​Kerala (b)​Karnataka R 171. Mount Semeru, which was seen in the news due to a volcanic eruption, is located in which country? (a)​Indonesia (c)​Maharashtra (d)​Tamil Nadu 177. Where was India’s first glass U (b)​Philippines bridge inaugurated? (c)​Malaysia (a)​Porbandar, Gujarat (d)​Vietnam (b)​Kochi, Kerala (c)​Visakhapatnam, Andhra O 172. Diego Garcia Island, which was Pradesh recently seen in the news, is located in (d)​Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu which ocean? SJ (a)​Indian Ocean 178. Vav-Tharad has been approved (b)​Atlantic Ocean as a new district of which state (c)​Pacific Ocean recently? (d)​Arctic Ocean (a)​Madhya Pradesh (b)​Gujarat 173. Which stadium in India received (c)​Rajasthan D the prestigious FIFA QUALITY (d)​Uttarakhand certification for its football turf? (a)​Ladakh Football Stadium 179. Consider the following pairs: (b)​Salt Lake Stadium (i) Guru Ghasidas -Tamor Pingla Tiger C (c)​Tawang High Altitude Stadium Reserve - Chhattisgarh (d)​Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (ii) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary - Madhya Pradesh 174. Dar Es Salam port, which was in Which of the above pairs is/are news recently, is located in which incorrectly matched? country? (a)​(i) only  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (b)​(ii) only 185. The 'Quit India Movement' was (c)​Both (i) and (ii) launched during which session of the (d)​Neither (i) nor (ii) Indian National Congress? (a)​Bombay, 1942 180. In which of the following places (b)​Lahore, 1929 has the Union Cabinet recently (c)​Calcutta, 1940 approved the development of the (d)​Karachi, 1931 EY National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC)? 186. Which session of the Indian (a)​Kochi, Kerala National Congress witnessed the split (b)​Mandvi, Gujarat between Moderates and Extremists? (c)​Lothal, Gujarat (a)​Surat, 1907 (d)​Bhagatrav, Gujarat (b)​Calcutta, 1906 (c)​Lucknow, 1916 N 181. Which of the following can not be (d)​Bombay, 1915 used as a method of soil conservation? 187. During which session did the R (a)​Crop rotation (b)​Terrace Farming (c)​Shifting Cultivation (d)​Use of fertilizers Indian National Congress adopt the resolution for 'Purna Swaraj' (complete independence)? (a)​Lahore, 1929 U (b)​Lucknow, 1916 182. Who among the following is the (c)​Nagpur, 1920 founder of The National Congress? (d)​Surat, 1907 (a)​AO Hume O (b)​W C Banerjee 188. Who was the first chairman of the (c)​G.K Gokhale Finance Commission of India? (d)​Rajendra Prasad (a)​K Santhanam SJ (b)​KC Neogy 183. Who was the first president of the (c)​Ashok Kumar Chanda Indian National Congress? (d)​PV Rajamannar (a)​Dadabhai Naoroji (b)​Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee 189. Who among the following was the (c)​Gopal Krishna Gokhale first woman president of the Indian D (d)​A.O. Hume National Congress? (a)​Annie Besant 184. Which is the only session of the (b)​Sarojini Naidu Indian National Congress that was (c)​Kasturba Gandhi C presided by Mahatma Gandhi? (d)​Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (a)​Belgaum, 1924 (b)​Lahore, 1929 190. Who among the following (c)​Calcutta, 1920 founded the Atmiya Sabha in 1814? (d)​Karachi, 1931 (a)​Keshab Chandra Sen (b)​Raja Rammohun Roy  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (c)​Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (d)​Sandesh (d)​Debendranath Tagore 197. The Great Bath, the bronze 191. Who was the president of the statue of the dancing girl were popular Indian National Congress at the time of discoveries of Indus civilization. Where Indian Independence? were these two found? (a)​Jawaharlal Nehru (a)​Dholavira EY (b)​Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (b)​Mohenjo Daro (c)​J.B. Kripalani (c)​Rakhigarhi (d)​Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d)​Kalibangan 192. Who founded the newspaper 'Amrita Bazar Patrika'? 198. At which place, the British East (a)​Motilal Ghosh India Company established its first N (b)​Bal Gangadhar Tilak permanent factory? (c)​Mahatma Gandhi (a)​Masulipatnam (d)​Surendranath Banerjee (b)​Surat R 193. Who is the author of 'India divided'? (a)​Rajendra Prasad (c)​Bengal (d)​Ahmedabad 199. When was the East India U (b)​Jawaharlal Nehru Company established? (c)​Mahatma Gandhi (a)​1664 (d)​Jyotiba Phule (b)​1498 (c)​1600 O 194. Arthasastra was written by (d)​1602 ________. (a)​Vishakhadatta 200. Who among the following was NOT among the Nine Gems of Akbar’s SJ (b)​Megasthenes (c)​Kautilya Darbar? (d)​Banabhatta (a)​Abu'l-Fazl (b)​Raja Man Singh 195. The magazine 'Harijan' was (c)​Mulla Do-Pyaza published by which prominent leader? (d)​Bairam Khan D (a)​Jawaharlal Nehru (b)​Mahatma Gandhi 201. According to Ashokan edicts,the (c)​Subhas Chandra Bose account of Kalinga war is mentioned in (d)​B.R. Ambedkar (a)​Major Rock Edict XIII C (b)​Major Rock Edict X 196. Which of the following magazines (c)​Major Rock Edict XIV was started by Mahatma Gandhi? (d)​Major Rock Edict VIII (a)​Kesari (b)​Young India 202. Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra In Ajmer is (c)​New India built by which of the following rulers?  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (a)​Qutb-ud-din Aibak 208. The Battle of Buxar was fought (b)​Shah Jahan between the British East India (c)​Alauddin Khilji Company and the combined forces of? (d)​Khizr Khan (a)​Mir Jafar, Siraj-ud-Daula, and Tipu Sultan 203. Who was the famous warrior (b)​Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and begum from the principality of Awadh, Shah Alam II EY who fought the British as part of the (c)​Hyder Ali, Mir Qasim, and 1857 mutiny? Siraj-ud-Daula (a)​Begum Hazrat Mahal (d)​Nizam of Hyderabad, Hyder Ali, (b)​Begum Raziya Sultan and Marathas (c)​Begum Jahanara (d)​Begum Meherunnisa 209. The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum was fought N 204. Who led the 1857 revolt in between: Kanpur? (a)​Alexander and Porus (a)​Bahadur Shah Zafar (b)​Alexander and Marathas R (b)​Tantia Tope (c)​Nana Sahib (d)​Rani Lakshmibai (c)​Akbar and Maharana Pratap (d)​Alexander and Humayun 210. The second battle of Panipat was U 205. Who was the titular head of the fought in: 1857 revolt in Delhi? (a)​1556 (a)​Nana Sahib (b)​1576 (b)​Bahadur Shah Zafar (c)​1666 O (c)​Tantia Tope (d)​1546 (d)​Rani Lakshmibai 211. Which war was fought between SJ 206. The Battle of Plassey was fought Sher Shah and Humayun in the year in which year? 1540 AD? (a)​1757 (a)​Battle of Chausa (b)​1761 (b)​Battle of Bhojpur (c)​1857 (c)​Battle of Guzargah (d)​1869 (d)​Battle of Kannauj D 207. Which battle was fought in 1526 212. Mohammad Ghori defeated that led to the establishment of Mughal Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second rule in India? Battle of Tarain. In which year was this C (a)​First Battle of Panipat battle fought? (b)​Second Battle of Tarain (a)​1190 A.D (c)​Battle of Chausa (b)​1191 A.D (d)​Battle of Khanwa (c)​1192 A.D (d)​1193 A.D  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 213. Which of the following (a)​Lord Cornwallis monuments was not built by Shah (b)​Lord Chelmsford Jahan? (c)​William Bentinck (a)​Taj Mahal, Agra (d)​Lord Reading (b)​Jamat Khana Masjid,New Delhi (c)​Red Fort,Delhi 219. Who is known as the "Napoleon (d)​Moti Masjid, Agra of India”? EY (a)​Samudragupta 214. Who among the following rules (b)​Chandragupta II abolished the Jizya tax? (c)​Skandagupta (a)​Akbar (d)​Ashoka (b)​Alauddin Khilji (c)​Babur 220. Who is the author of Ain-i-Akbari? (d)​Humayun (a)​Abu’l Fazl N (b)​Amir Khusrau 215. What was the primary purpose of (c)​Ziauddin Barani the Dagh (Daag) system implemented (d)​Shaikh Burhan R during the Mughal period? (a)​To regulate the collection of land revenue (b)​To brand horses used in the 221. Who was the author of Kitab-ul-Hind? (a)​Minhaj Siraj U Mughal cavalry (b)​Ziauddin Barani (c)​To impose a tax on luxury (c)​Badauni goods (d)​AL-Biruni (d)​To levy a tax on non-Muslims O 222. The book ‘Argumentative Indian’ 216. Who was the Governor General is written by of India during the formation of Indian (a)​Amartya Sen SJ National Congress? (b)​Abhijeet Banerjee (a)​ Lord Reading (c)​Jagdish Bhagwati (b)​ Lord Dufferin (d)​Manmohan Singh (c)​ Lord Minto (d)​ Lord William Bentinck 223. Shortugai (Indus Valley Civilization site) is in which country? 217. Who was the first governor D (a)​India general of India? (b)​Iran (a)​Warren Hasting (c)​Pakistan (b)​Robert Clive (d)​Afghanistan C (c)​William Bentinck (d)​Lord Canning 224. Which was the first Indus Valley site to be discovered? 218. Who was the Governor General (a)​Harappa of India during the Jallianwala Bagh (b)​Mohenjadaro massacre? (c)​Lothal  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 (d)​Kalibangan 231. The call of ‘Back to the Vedas’ was given by 225. The Indus Valley civilisation is (a)​Swami Vivekananda identified with which age? (b)​Swami Dayanand Saraswati (a)​Iron Age (c)​Aurobindo Ghosh (b)​Copper Age (d)​Raja Rammohan Ro (c)​Bronze Age EY (d)​Rigvedic Age 232. Razia Sultan belonged to which of the following dynasty? 226. ‘Satyamev Jayate’ is taken from (a)​Slave Dynasty which Upanishad? (b)​Mauryan Dynasty (a)​Rig Veda (c)​Khilji Dynasty (b)​Yajur Veda (d)​Koravi Dynasty (c)​Mundaka Upanishad N (d)​Ramayana 233. Who was the founder of Brahmo Samaj? 227. During the colonial rule in (a)​Raja Rammohan Roy R India,the permanent settlement was introduced by (a)​Lord Bentinck (b)​Lorn Cornwallis (b)​Swami Vivekananda (c)​Dayanand Saraswati (d)​Atmaram Pandurang U (c)​Lord Curzon 234. Who started the Shuddhi (d)​Lord Wellesley Movement? (a)​Ram Mohan Roy 228. Who was the first Nawab of (b)​Keshav Chandra Sen O Awadh? (c)​Dayanand Saraswati (a)​WazirAli Khan (d)​Swami Vivekanand (b)​Muhammad Ali Shah SJ (c)​Shiraj-ud-daulah 235. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the (d)​Saadat Khan leader of……… (a)​Bhoodan movement 229. Who is known as ‘Iron man of (b)​Rowlatt Satyagraha India’? (c)​Bardoli Satyagraha (a)​Jawaharlal Nehru (d)​Swadeshi Movement D (b)​Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c)​Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 236. Who among the following (d)​Mahatma Gandhi launched the Home Rule Movement in 1916 C 230. Who was the founder of INA? (a)​Frank Besant (a)​Mohan Singh (b)​Helena Blavatsky (b)​Subhash Chandra Bose (c)​Charles Knowlton (c)​Rash Bihari Bosh (d)​Annie Besant (d)​CR Das  CDS JOURNEY AFCAT 1 2025 237. Who wrote the book Neel Darpan? 243. Besides the Qutb Mosque and (a)​Bankim Chandra Chaterjee Qutub Minar,Qutub-ud-din Aibak is (b)​Rabindra Nath Tagore said to have built (c)​Dinbandhu Mitra (a)​Adhai-din ka Jhopra mosque at (d)​None of the above Ajmer (b)​Khirki masjid at Jahan-Panah EY 238. Which British officer suppressed (c)​Mausoleum of Khan-i-Jahan the Revolt of 1857 in Delhi? Tilangani (a)​Colin Champbell (d)​Kila-i-Kuhna mosque at Delhi (b)​Nicholson and Hudson (c)​Major William Taylor 244. Which of the following dynasties (d)​Col.Neill was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander's invasion? N 239. The doctrine of subsidiary (a)​Nanda alliance was introduced by whom in (b)​Maurya India? (c)​Sunga R (a)​Lord Hastings (b)​Lord Amherst (c)​Lord Wellesley (d)​Lord Cornwallis (d)​Kanva 245. Match the following Governor-Generals with their U significant achievements: 240. Hiuen Tsang visited India during Governor-General Achievement the reign of (a)​Chandra Gupta I O A) Lord Wellesley 1) Abolished (b)​Chandra Gupta II Sati (c)​Harshavardhana (d)​Rudradama B) Lord Dalhousie 2) Doctrine of Lapse SJ 241. Who is rightly called the ‘Father of C) Lord William 3) Subsidiary Local Self Government’ in India? Bentinck Alliance (a)​Lord Mayo (b)​Lord Ripon D) Lord Canning 4) First Viceroy (c)​Lord of India D (d)​Curzon (a)​A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 (e)​Lord Clive (b)​A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 (c)​A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 242. Who abolished the Iqta system? C (d)​A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 (a)​Babur (b)​Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq 246. What is the minimum age (c)​Iltutmish required to become the Prime Minister (d)​Alauddin Khilji of India? (a)​25 years