APSC 2011 PYQs – Complete Set
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1. Habeas corpus write is associated with-
(A) anticipatory bail
(B) quashing the order of an administrative authority
(C) an order of freedom of speech
(D) production of person before the court
2. Drip irrigation is mostly practised in India specially for-
(A) Tea and coffee
(B) rice
(C) wheat
(D) vegtables (Rabi crops)
3. Grey Revolution is associated with-
(A) production of cement
(B) commercial production of eggs
(C) production of sweets
(D) steel production
4. The mass of an iron piece when gets rusted-
(A) may increase or decrease depending upon temperature
(B) decreases
(C) increases
(D) remains same
5. The purest form of gold is-
(A) 18 carat
(B) 22 carat
(C) 24 carat
(D) 28 carat
6. The National Flood Control programme (NFCP) for flood control in India was launched in the year-
(A) 1951
(B) 1954
(C) 1947
(D) 1960
7. The Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP) is sponsored by-
(A) NABARD
(B) Government of India
(C) Asian Development Bank
(D) UNO
8. In Which Indian State is the hill station Kodaikanal situated?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Rajasthan
9. Which is the longest river in Asia?
(A) River Surma
(B) River Ob
(C) River Ganga
(D) River Brahmaputra
10. What is the percentage of oxygen in the earth’s crust?
(A) 92
(B) 50
(C) 61
(D) 45
11. Name the country which is known as the “Land of Morning Calm”-
(A) Japan
(B) Korea
(C) Indonesia
(D) Canada
12. What is the precise time taken by the earth for one rotation?
(A) 24 h
(B) 24 hr 30 min
(C) 23 hr 56 min 4.09 sec
(D) 24 hr 5 min 5.02 sec
13. The total area of Assam is-
(A) 80645 km²
(B) 78438 km²
(C) 79012 km²
(D) 77901 km²
14. The largest continent in the world is-
(A) Europe
(B) North America
(C) Asia
(D) Africa
15. Assam State enjoys-
(A) tropical climate
(B) hot climate
(C) warm climate
(D) cold climate
16. Terai Zone is situated at Assam’s-
(A) North zone
(B) East zone
(C) South zone
(D) West zone
17. The National Park of Assam where the rare white-winged duck (DeoHanh) is found is-
(A) Nameri
(B) Dibru Saikhowa
(C) Manas
(D) Orang
18. What is the name of the new island emerging out of the Bay of Bengal?
(A) Sona
(B) Dhan Khuli
(C) Purbasa
(D) Uttara
19. Which of the following is related to international trade?
(A) EXIM
(B) IIP
(C) FPO
(D) TQM
20. Of the total geographical area of Assam the total area under forest is-
(A) 33 P.C.
(B) 22 P.C.
(C) 28 P.C.
(D) 19 P.C.
21. World’s largest producer of gold is-
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) USA
(C) South Africa
(D) Canada
22. When was Mizoram converted into a Union Territory?
(A) 1969
(B) 1972
(C) 1949
(D) 1951
23. Which is the world’s longest railway line?
(A) Trans-Siberian line
(B) Texas Railway line
(C) Trans-Austin line
(D) Trans-American line
24. For a healthy adult Indian, the Body Mass Index (BMI) should be in the range of-
(A) 11.51–18
(B) 18.5–24.9
(C) 25–30
(D) None of the above
25. Black hole is an object to be found-
(A) at the bottom of oceans
(B) in the sky
(C) inside a current-carrying conductor
(D) None of the above
26. Minimum velocity required by a body to escape earth’s gravitation (escape velocity) is-
(A) 9.5 km/s
(B) 11.2 km/s
(C) 13 km/s
(D) 24.5 km/s
27. Which one of the following is not an operating system of computers?
(A) SunOS
(B) BSD
(C) GNEXT/Linux
(D) Windows NT
28. Which is the largest moon in the solar system?
(A) Ganymede
(B) Titan
(C) Lo
(D) Callisto
29. Pacemaker is implanted in heart when one of the following is defective-
(A) SA node
(B) AV node
(C) Purkinje fibre
(D) Bundle of His
30. When a person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his/her urine will contain abnormal quantity of-
(A) fat
(B) ketone
(C) amino acid
(D) glucose
31. Science of improving human race is-
(A) eugenics
(B) epigenesis
(C) epistasis
(D) eutenics
32. A photon will have less energy, if its-
(A) amplitude is higher
(B) frequency is higher
(C) wavelength is longer
(D) wavelength is shorter
33. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is mainly a mixture of-
(A) propane and butane
(B) butane and isobutane
(C) propane and isobutane
(D) propane and tetralin
34. One of the elements of direct democracy is-
(A) referendum
(B) equality
(C) free and fair election
(D) universal adult franchise
35. ‘Purna Swaraj’ resolution of the Congress was adopted on-
(A) 26th January, 1930
(B) 26th January, 1931
(C) 26th January, 1929
(D) 26th January, 1932
36. Article 80 of the Indian Constitution deals with the formation of the-
(A) Rajya Sabha
(B) Lok Sabha
(C) Legislative Council
(D) District Council
37. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated into the Constitution of India on the basis of the recommendation of-
(A) S.V. Singh Committee
(B) Swaran Singh Committee
(C) C. Hanumantha Rao Committee
(D) None of the above
38. In the formal sense, Panchayati Raj was established in Assam in the year-
(A) 1980
(B) 1982
(C) 1983
(D) 1984
39. The Planning Commission in India was established by-
(A) an act of the Parliament
(B) The Constitution of India
(C) resolution of the Central Government
(D) Presidential order
40. Which of the following methods is not provided by the Citizenship Act, 1955 to acquire Indian citizenship?
(A) By birth
(B) By descent
(C) By registration
(D) By exercising right to vote
41. Which of the following types of budgeting is followed in India?
(A) Plural budgeting
(B) Cash budgeting
(C) Performance budgeting
(D) Surplus budgeting
42. Which of the following Articles of the constitution of India is related to the independence of the Union Public Service Commission?
(A) Article 323
(B) Article 324
(C) Article 325
(D) Article 326
43. Which of the following Schedules to the Constitution of India relates to languages?
(A) 7th Schedule
(B) 8th Schedule
(C) 9th Schedule
(D) 10th Schedule
44. The French philosopher Rousseau belonged to the-
(A) eighteenth century
(B) sixteenth century
(C) fifteenth century
(D) seventeenth century
45. Which of the following can initiate the process of impeachment of the President of India?
(A) Any House of the Parliament
(B) The Lok Sabha alone
(C) The Rajya Sabha alone
(D) The Supreme Court of India
46. Which of the following is not a part of the financial management?
(A) Preparation of the budget
(B) Approval of the budget by the Cabinet
(C) Execution and rendering of Accounts
(D) Audit and accounts of Public Expenditure
47. Under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, the quorum for the meeting of the Gram Panchayat is-
(A) one-half of the total numbers of members
(B) one-half the total number of members present
(C) one-third of the total number of members
(D) one-third of the total number of members present
48. Who initiated the Home Rule Movement in India?
(A) Chittaranjan Das
(B) Lajpat Rai
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Maulana Azad
49. The Indus Valley Civilization belongs to the-
(A) Paleolithic Age
(B) Mesolithic Age
(C) Neolithic Age
(D) Chalcolithic Age
50. Who among the following was the first to visit India?
(A) Huen Tsang
(B) I-tsing
(C) Fa-Hien
(D) Megasthenes
51. Ahalya Bai was a distinguished-
(A) Maratha leader(B) Rajput leader
(C) Sikh leader
(D) Mughal leader
52. During what period did the East India Company begin to build up its territorial power in India?
(A) Beginning of the 18th century
(B) Last quarter of the 17th century
(C) Middle of the 18th century
(D) First quarter of the 19th century
53. What is the date of the Third Battle of Panipat?
(A) AD 1551
(B) AD 1661
(C) AD 1761
(D) AD 1861
54. Which Act transferred power from the Company to the Crown in India?
(A) Act of 1861
(B) Act of 1862
(C) Act of 1858
(D) Act of 1853
55. The first railway line in India was laid in-
(A) 1852
(B) 1853
(C) 1857
(D) 1885
56. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by-
(A) Chandrasekhar Azad
(B) Muhammad Iqbal
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
57. Which of the following events can be ascribed to the year 1919?
(A) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(B) Partition of Bengal
(C) Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(D) Subsidiary Alliance
58. In 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo was signed by which the British practically occupied Assam from the Burmese. In which year was Burma annexed by the British?
(A) 1837
(B) 1826
(C) 1864
(D) 1891
59. Who wrote ‘Vande Mataram’?
(A) Muhammad Iqbal(B) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore
60. The earliest historical dynasty of Assam was that of the-
(A) Palas(B) Varmans
(C) Narakas
(D) Salastambhas
61. The first tea company established in Assam was-
(A) Jorhat Tea Company
(B) Assam Company
(C) Assam-Bengal Tea Company
(D) None of the above
62. The Indian National Congress was founded during the Viceroyalty of-
(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) Lord Amherst
(D) Lord Curzon
63. ‘Do or Die’ was the slogan during-
(A) the Swadeshi Movement
(B) the Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) the Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) the Quit India Movement
64. Which of the following Land Settlement Systems was followed in Assam?
(A) Ryotwari
(B) Zamindari
(C) Mahalwari
(D) None of the above
65. A. O. Hume was a-
(A) scientist
(B) Social worker
(C) civil worker
(D) military commander
66. The capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in the year-
(A) 1908
(B) 1911
(C) 1937
(D) 1947
67. Indian National Army was headed by-
(A) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) General Cariappa
(C) A. G. Khan
(D) M. N. Roy
68. The Swadeshi Movement started during-
(A) Anti Bengal Partition Movement
(B) Non-Cooperation Movement
(C) Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) None of the above
69. If the deepest parts of the ocean are about 1 kilometer and the radius of the earth is about 6400 kilometers, then the depth of the ocean would represent what percentage of the earth’s radius?
(A) Less than 1%
(B) About 5%
(C) About 10%
(D) None of the above
70. How are latitude and longitude lines drawn on a globe of the earth?
(A) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the equator
(B) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the equator
(C) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles
(D) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles
71. Which radioactive isotope is most useful for nuclear power generation?
(A) Uranium-238
(B) Uranium-235
(C) Carbon-14
(D) Rubidium-87
72. The third most abundant gas in the atmosphere is-
(A) argon
(B) carbon dioxide
(C) helium
(D) hydrogen
73. Where is the headquarters of WTO?
(A) NewYork
(B) Geneva
(C) Rome
(D) Paris
74. Who authored the book, India from Midnight to Millennium?
(A) Khushwant Singh
(B) Mira Nair
(C) Sashi Tharoor
(D) Arun Jaitley
75. The first regular census in India was carried out in the year-
(A) 1861
(B) 1881
(C) 1901
(D) 1911
76. Who was the first Secretary General of UNO?
(A) Dag Hammarskjold
(B) U Thant
(C) Trygve Lie
(D) Javier Perez de Cuellar
77. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is located at-
(A) Trombay
(B) Kalpakkam
(C) Tarapore
(D) Jaduguda
78. The Bhakra Dam is located in-
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Haryana
(C) Punjab
(D) Uttar Pradesh
79. Which planet takes more time to complete one rotation on its axis than to complete one revolution around the sun?
(A) Mercury
(B) Venus
(C) Mars
(D) Jupiter
80. Who chairs the Planning Commission in India?
(A) The President of India
(B) The Vice-President of India
(C) The Prime Minister of India
(D) None of the above
81. Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which Indian classical dance form?
(A) Kathak
(B) Kathakali
(C) Bharat Natyam
(D) Odissi
82. Swine flu is caused by-
(A) bacteria
(B) virus
(C) protozoa
(D) fungi
83. How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha from Assam?
(A) 7
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 6
84. The States which have common boundaries with Bangladesh are-
(A) Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura, Assam
(B) Manipur, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal
(C) West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
(D) Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
85. The average gradient of the Brahmaputra within Assam is-
(A) 18 cm/km
(B) 20 cm/km
(C) 13 cm/km
(D) 10 cm/km
86. Find the odd pair-
(A) Dheer beel : Dhubri district
(B) Khamrenga beel : Kamrup (M)
(C) Tamaranga beel : Bongaigaon district
(D) Mer beel : Jorhat district
87. Clouded leopard and capped langur are important animals of-
(A) Manas National Park
(B) Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
(D) Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
88. The slogan of the commonwealth Games-2010 held in New Delhi was-
(A) Get our and play
(B) Come here and play
(C) Come out and play
(D) Jiyo Utho Badho
89. The per capita income of Assam has been calculated to be as-
(A) Rs. 14,500
(B) Rs. 11,600
(C) Rs. 10,200
(D) Rs. 8,300
90. The National Highway 1 connects-
(A) New Delhi and Mumbai
(B) Kolkata and Amritsar
(C) Jammu and New Delhi
(D) Srinagar and Thiruvanantha-puram
91. Which one of the following States is not touched by Tropic of Cancer?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Mizoram
(C) Bihar
(D) Chhattisgarh
92. The famous Fort Sonar Killa is located at-
(A) Jaipur
(B) Jaisalmer
(C) Jodhpur
(D) Bikaner
93. Which one of the following not a tributary to the Indus?
(A) Beas
(B) Chambal
(C) Chenab
(D) Ravi
94. Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed on river-
(A) Sutlej
(B) Saraswati
(C) Narmade
(D) Godavari
95. Bermuda Triangle is located in-
(A) Caribbean Sea
(B) Gulf of Mexico
(C) Gulf of Guinea
(D) Persian Gulf
96. Waterloo is located in-
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Switzerland
97. The vast grassland of Australia is known as-
(A) Prairie
(B) Steppe
(C) Veld
(D) Down
98. Which Strait divides Europe from Africa?
(A) Bosporus
(B) Bering
(C) Dover
(D) Gibraltar
99. Who was awarded the Man of the Series in Cricket World Cup, 2011?
(A) M.S. Dhoni
(B) Tilakaratne Dilshan
(C) Yuvraj Singh
(D) Kumar Sangakara
100. First Indian to win the gold medal in men’s singles tennis at the Asian Games was-
(A) Leander Paes
(B) Rohan Bopanna
(C) Somdev Devvarman
(D) Mahesh Bhupathi