APSC 2014 PYQ

1. Zojila Pass is in-

(A) Jammu and Kashmir
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh

2. Tungabhadra and Bhima are the tributaries of-

(A) Narmada
(B) Mahanadi
(C) Krishna
(D) Kaveri

3. North Cachar hill is known for-

(A) graphite
(B) rock salt
(C) limestone
(D) coal

4. In Assam, red soil is the main feature of-

(A) Bodoland Area
(B) North Cachar Hill Area
(C) Barak Valley Region
(D) Brahmaputra Valley Region

5. Which one of the following combinations is mainly concentrated in single State of North-East India?

(A) Khasi-Naga
(B) Khasi-Garo
(C) Naga-Mizo
(D) Khasi-Mizo

6. India’s permanent research station, ‘Dakshin Gangotri’ is located in-

(A) Indian Ocean
(B) Himalayas
(C) Arabian Sea
(D) Antarctica

7. PSLV-C14 in its latest space quest had carried Oceansat-2 with how many foreign nano-satellites?

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 9

8. National Sugar Institute (NSI) is located at-

(A) Varanasi
(B) New Delhi
(C) Kanpur
(D) Lucknow

9. The first telegraph line in India was laid between-

(A) Calcutta and Delhi
(B) Calcutta and Bombay
(C) Calcutta and Agra
(D) Delhi and Bombay

10. India’s first supercomputer is known as-

(A) SAGA
(B) EKA
(C) PARAM 2000
(D) PARAM 8000

11. India’s first remote-sensing satellite (IRS-1A) was launched from-

(A) Sriharikota
(B) Baikonur
(C) Cape Kennedy
(D) French Guiana

12. Which was the first Indian satellite that was launched from Soviet Cosmodrome in 1975?

(A) Aryabhatta
(B) Bhaskara-I
(C) Bhaskara-II
(D) INSAT-1A

13. Where was India’s first computer installed?

(A) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
(B) Indian Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., Burnpur
(C) Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
(D) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

14. Recently India’s largest solar power plant has been launched in which of the following States?

(A) Rajasthan
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Gujarat

15. Which of the following satellites helps to telecast TV network programmes all over the country?

(A) Aryabhatta
(B) APPLE
(C) Rohini
(D) INSAT-1B

16. Rajatarangini, written by Kalhana, is a story of the King of-

(A) Nepal
(B) Kamrup
(C) Kashmir
(D) Orissa

17. The ‘Tartar’ tribe inhabites in which part of the world?

(A) Siberia
(B) Kenya
(C) Europe
(D) None of the above

18. ‘Salsa’, a popular form of social dance, originated from-

(A) Brazil
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) America

19. ‘Ikebana’ is a Japanese art of-

(A) paper craft
(B) dress designing
(C) miniature tree farming
(D) flower arrangement

20. Which tribe of North-East celebrates the ‘Agalmaka’ festival?

(A) Dimasa
(B) Garo
(C) Mishing
(D) Sonowal Kachari

21. The author of Prahlada Charita is-

(A) Harivara Vipra
(B) Hem Saraswati
(C) Durgabar Kayastha
(D) Ananta Kandali

22. Raja Harishchandra, an early Indian film, was produced by-

(A) Dada Saheb Phalke
(B) Ashok Kumar
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Guru Dutt

23. ‘Ugadi’ is a popular festival of-

(A) Karnataka
(B) Bihar
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Nepal

24. Name the author of the famous book, Cha Garam, the tea story-

(A) Maniram Dewan
(B) Hemendra Prasad Barooah
(C) Arup Kumar Dutta
(D) None of them

25. Name the three capitals of Ahom Kingdom at different eras-

(A) Tipam, Namrup, Gargaon
(B) Moran, Bhogdoi, Charing
(C) Charaideo, Gargaon, Jorhat
(D) None of the above

26. One of the first ever Barbaruas of Ahom Kingdom also achieved a memorable reputation. Name both father and son duo.

(A) Satram Barbarua (father), Kaliabhomora Barphukan (son)
(B) Momai Tamuli Barbarua (father), Lachit Barphukan (son)
(C) Bholanath Barbarua (father), Haranath Barphukan (son)
(D) None of them

27. Who built the Charminar of Hyderabad and on what occasion?

(A) Nawab of Hyderabad built it to celebrate freedom from British rule (1947)
(B) Nawab Safdar Jang built it to celebrate relief from a major famine (1739)
(C) Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah constructed it to commemorate the eradication of plague (1591)
(D) None of the above

28. Dimapur, the capital of the Kachari Kingdom, was occupied by the Ahom King-

(A) Rudra Singha
(B) Gadadhar Singha
(C) Suhungmung
(D) Rajeswar Singha

29. The posts of Barbarua and Barphukan were created by-

(A) Suteopha
(B) Pratap Singha
(C) Supatpha
(D) Rudra Singha

30. The Ashokan Pillar at Allahabad provides information about the reign of-

(A) Chandragupta Maurya
(B) Chandragupta-I
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Chandragupta-II

31. The Ain-i-Akbari was written by-

(A) Farishta
(B) Ibn Batuta
(C) Abul Fazl
(D) Birbal

32. The Kamakhya Temple was rebuilt by the Koch King-

(A) Biswa Singha
(B) Raghu Dev
(C) Naranarayan
(D) Prananarayan

33. Permanent Settlement in India was introduced by-

(A) Lord Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Bentinck
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Ripon

34. When did the British Government take over the reign of India from the East India Company and who was the first Viceroy?

(A) 1857, Lord Linlithgow
(B) 1858, Lord Canning
(C) 1861, Lord Curzon
(D) 1858, Lord Curzon

35. In which year, Kushal Konwar was hanged by the British and for what cause?

(A) 1930, spearheading Quit India Movement in Upper Assam
(B) 1921, facilitating Non-Cooperation Movement and Satyagraha in Sivsagar
(C) 1942, declared guilty of conspiracy for a train derailment near Golaghat.
(D) None of the above

36. Who was the Ahom King in Assam during the Mutiny of 1857?

(A) Gourinath Singha
(B) Kandarpeswar Singha
(C) Lakshminath Singha
(D) None of them

37. Who was the first Assamese to join the Indian National Congress during the Second Session held in 1886?

(A) Gopinath Bordoloi
(B) Tarunram Phukan
(C) Devicharan Baruah
(D) Nobin Chandra Bordoloi

38. Which freedom fighter of Assam refused to accept the Tamra Patra and said, “With all my profound sense of gratitude to the well-wishers of the Government, I would like to say humbly that I did not take part in the India’s freedom movement with an intention to get something in return”?

(A) Rohini Choudhury
(B) Puspalata Das
(C) Nilamani Phukan
(D) Kamala Miri

39. Who was the first President of the Muslim League?

(A) Liaquat Ali Khan
(B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(C) Aga Khan
(D) None of them

40. Mahatma Gandhi was called the ‘Father of the Nation’ first by-

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

41. The First Round Table Conference was held in London in-

(A) November 1930
(B) March 1919
(C) August 1942
(D) October 1939

42. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was-

(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Anne Besant
(C) Aruna Asaf Ali
(D) Suhasini Mulay

43. If ‘CAT’ and ‘BOAT’ are written as ‘XZG’ and ‘YLZG’ respectively in a code language, then how is ‘EGG’ to be written in the same language?

(A) VSS
(B) URR
(C) VTT
(D) UTT

44. A cuboid has six sides of different colours. The red side is opposite to black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. Which one of the following would be opposite to brown?

(A) Red
(B) Black
(C) White
(D) Blue

45. A man walks 3 km northwards and then turns left and goes 2 km. He again turns left and goes 3 km. He then turns right and walks straight. In which direction is he walking now?

(A) East
(B) West
(C) North
(D) South

46. In a class of 60, where boys are twice that of girls, Alaka is ranked 17th from the top. If there are 9 boys ahead of Alaka, then how many girls are after her in the rank?

(A) 26
(B) 12
(C) 10
(D) 33

47. Half of the villagers of a certain village have their own houses. One-fifth of the villagers cultivate paddy. One-third of the villagers are literate. Four-fifth of the villagers are below twenty-five. Then which one of the following is certainly true?

(A) All the villagers who have their own houses are literate

(B) A quarter of the villagers who have their own houses cultivate paddy

(C) Some villagers under twenty-five are literate

(D) Half of the villagers who cultivate paddy are literate

48. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, how many apples he had?

(A) 588
(B) 600
(C) 672
(D) 700

49. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the number, then the digits are reversed. The number is-

(A) 18
(B) 24
(C) 42
(D) 81

50. If X : Y = 4 : 7 and Y : Z = 5 : 11, then X : Y : Z is-

(A) 4 : 35 : 55
(B) 20 : 35 : 77
(C) 4 : 35 : 77
(D) 35 : 20 : 77

51. In how many phases, the Election to the Lok Sabha in the year 2014 was conducted?

(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

52. Which Lok Sabha Election resulted in a Hung Parliament?

(A) 9th Lok Sabha Election (1989)
(B) 10th Lok Sabha Election (1991)
(C) 11th Lok Sabha Election (1996)
(D) 13th Lok Sabha Election (1999)