APSC 2011 Question Paper & Answers
1. Habeas corpus writ is associated with
a) Anticipatory bill
b) Quashing the order of an administrative authority
c) An order of freedom of speech
d) Production of person before the court
Ans: d) Production of person before the court
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2. Drip irrigation is practiced in India is mostly practiced in India especially for
a) Tea and coffee
b) Vegetables (Rabi crops)
c) Rice
d) Wheat
Ans: b) Vegetables (Rabi crops)
3. Grey Revolution is associated with
a) Production of cement
b) Commercial production of eggs
c) Steel Production
d) Production of wool
Ans: d) Production of wool
4. What happens to the mass of an iron piece if it gets rusted?
a) May increase or decrease depending upon the temperature
b) Increases
c) Decreases
d) Remains the same
Ans: b) Increases
5. The purest form of gold is
a) 22 carat
b) 18 carat
c) 24 carat
d) 28 carat
Ans: a) 22 carat
6. The National Flood Control Programme(NFCP) for flood control in India was launched in
a) 1951
b) 1947
c) 1960
d) 1954
Ans: d)1954
7. The Integrated Wasteland Development Program (IWDP) is sponsored by
a) NABARD
b) UNO
c) Government of India
d) Asian Development Bank
Ans: c) Government of India
8. In which state of India, hill station Kodaikanal is situated?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
Ans: b
) Tamil Nadu
9. Which is the longest river in Asia?
a) Surama
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yangtze
d) Ganga
Ans: c) Yangtze
10. What is the percentage of oxygen in the Earth’s crust?
a) 92 {37632549f10ffff720969b4ab77e00ced6668940cd3eefd99db86ec5b5daf659}
b) 50 {37632549f10ffff720969b4ab77e00ced6668940cd3eefd99db86ec5b5daf659}
c) 61 {37632549f10ffff720969b4ab77e00ced6668940cd3eefd99db86ec5b5daf659}
d) 45 {37632549f10ffff720969b4ab77e00ced6668940cd3eefd99db86ec5b5daf659}
Ans: d) 45 {37632549f10ffff720969b4ab77e00ced6668940cd3eefd99db86ec5b5daf659}
11. Name the country which is known as “Land of Morning Calm”?
a) Korea
b) Japan
c) Thailand
d) Indonesia
Ans: a) Korea
12. What is the precise time taken by the earth for one rotation?
a) 24 hr
b) 23 hr 56 min 4.09 sec
c) 24 hr 30 min
d) 24 hr 5 min 5.02 sec
Ans: b) 23 hr 56 min 4.09 sec
13. The total area of Assam is
a) 78,438 km square
b) 75,565 km square
c) 76,000 km square
d) 79,452 km square
Ans: a) 78,438 km square
14. The largest continent in the world is
a) Europe
b) Africa
c) Asia
d) North America
Ans: c) Asia
15. Assam state enjoys___________type of climate
a) Tropical
b) Hot
c) Moderate
d) warm
Ans: a) Tropical
16. Teral Zone is situated at Assam
a) North zone
b) East zone
c) South zone
d) West zone
Ans: b) East zone
17. The National Park of Assam where the rare white-winged duck (Deohah) is found is
a) Nameri National Park
b) Dibru Saikhowa National Park
c) Manas National Park
d) Orang National Park
Ans: a) Nameri National Park
18. What is the name given to the new island emerging out of the Bay of Bengal?
a) Dhan Khuli
b) Purbasha
c) Uttara
d) Sonali
Ans: b) Purbasha
19. Which of the following organisations is related to International trade?
a) EXIM
b) FPO
c) IIP
d) TQM
Ans: a) EXIM
20.World’s largest producer of gold is:
a) Saudi Arabia
b) United Arab Emirates
c) South Africa
d) Canada
Ans: c) South Africa
21. When did Mizoram turn into a Union Territory?
a) 1969
b) 1972
c) 1949
d) 1951
Ans: b) 1972
22. Which is the world’s longest railway line?
a) Trans-Siberian line
b) Texas Railway line
c) Trans-Austin Railway line
d) Trans-America line
Ans: a) Trans-Siberian line
23. For a healthy adult Indian, the Body Mass Index (BMI) should lie in the range of?
a) 11.51-18
b) 18.5-24.9
c) 25-30
d) None of the above
Ans: b) 18.5-24.9
24. Black hole is an object to be found
a) At the bottom of oceans
b) Inside a current carrying conductor
c) In the sky
d) Underwater
Ans: c) In the sky
25. Minimum velocity required by a body to escape the earth’s gravitation (escape velocity) is
a) 9.5 km/s
b) 11.2 km/s
c) 24.25 km/s
d) 13 km/s
Ans: b) 11.2 km/s
26. Which one of the following is not an operating system of computers?
a) GNEXT/Linux
b) Windows NT
c) BSD
d) Sun 05
Ans: d) Sun 05
27. Which is the largest moon in the solar system?
a) Ganymede
b) Titan
c) Lo
d) Callisto
Ans: a) Ganymède
28. A pacemaker is implanted in the heart when one of the following is defective
a) SA node
b) AV node
c) Purkinje Fibre
d) Bundle of His
Ans: a) SA node
29. When a person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his/her urine contain an abnormal amount of
a) Fats
b) Ketone
c) Amino acid
d) Glucose
Ans: b) Ketone
30. The science of improving the Human race is known as
a) Eugenics
b) Epigenesis
c) Epistasis
d) Euthenics
Ans: a) Eugenics
31. A photon will have less energy if its
a) Amplitude is higher
b) Frequency is higher
c) Wavelength is longer
d) Wavelength is shorter
Ans: a) Amplitude is higher
32. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) is mainly a mixture of
a) Propane and butane
b) Butane and isobutane
c) Propane and isobutane
d) Propane and tetralin
Ans: c) Propane and isobutane
33. One of the elements of direct democracy is
a) Referendum
b) Equality
c) Universal Adult Franchise
d) Free and Fair Election
Ans: a) Referendum
34. “Purna Swaraj” resolution of the congress was adopted on
a) 26th January 1930
b) 26th January 1929
c) 26th January 1931
d) 26th January 1932
Ans: a) 26th January 1930
35. Article 80 of the Indian Constitution deals with the formation of the
a) Rajya Sabha
b) Lok Sabha
c) Legislative Council
d) District Council
Ans: a) Rajya Sabha
36. The Fundamental duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution based on the recommendations of the
a) S.V. Singh Committee
b) Swaran Singh Committee
c) C. Hanumantha Rao Committee
d) None of these
Ans: b) Swaran Singh Committee
37. In the formal sense, the Panchayati Raj system was established in Assam in?
a) 1961
b) 1975
c) 1972
d) 1964
Ans: d) 1964
38. The planning commission in India was established by
a) Resolution of the Central Government
b) An act of the parliament
c) President order
d) The Constitution of India
Ans: a) Resolution of the Central Government
39. 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 the right to vote
Ans: d) By exercising the right to vote
40. Which of the following types of budgeting is followed in India?
a) Plural budgeting
b) Cash budgeting
c) Performance budgeting
d) Surplus budgeting
Ans: c) Performance budgeting
41. 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
Ans: a) 7th Schedule
42. The French philosopher Rousseau belonged to the
a) Eighteenth century
b) Sixteenth century
c) Fifteenth century
d) Seventeenth century
Ans: a) Eighteenth century
43. 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
Ans: a) Any house of the Parliament
44. 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
Ans: c) Execution and rendering of accounts
45. Under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994, the quorum for the the meeting of the Gram Panchayat is
a) one-half of the total number of members
b) one-half of 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
Ans: c) one-third of the total number of members
46. Who initiated the Home Rule Movement in India?
a) Chittaranjan Das
b) Lajpat Rai
c) Annie Besant
d) Maulana Azad
Ans: c) Annie Besant
47. The Indus Valley Civilisation belongs to which age?
a) Neolithic Age
b) Chalcolithic Age
c) Mesolithic Age
d) Palaeolithic Age
Ans: b) Chalcolithic Age
48. Who among the following was the first to visit India?
a) Huen Tsang
b) I-Tsing
c) Fa-Hien
d) Megasthenes
Ans: d) Megasthenes
49. Ahalya Bai was a distinguished
a) Maratha leader
b) Rajput leader
c) Mughal leader
d) Sikh leader
Ans: a) Maratha leader
50. During which period did the East India Company begin to build up its territorial power?
a) Beginning of the 18th century
b) Last quarter of 17th century
c) Middle of 18th century
d) First quarter of the 19th century
Ans: c) Middle of 18th century
51. When did the Third Battle of Panipat take place?
a) 1551
b) 1761
c) 1661
d) 1526
Ans: b) 1761
52. Which Act transferred power from the Company to the India?
a) Act of 1861
b) Act of 1892
c) Act of 1858
d) Act of 1853
Ans: c) Act of 1858
53. The first railway line in india was laid in
a) 1853
b) 1855
c) 1955
d) 1953
Ans: 1853
54. Which of the following events can be ascribed to the year 1919?
a) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
b) Permanent Settlement of Bengal 58.
c) Partition of Bengal
d) Subsidiary Alliance
55. 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) 1885
d) 1891
Ans: c) 1885
56. Who wrote ‘Vande Matram’?
a) Muhammad lqbal
b) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
c) Rabindra Nath Tagore
d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Ans: d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
57. The earliest historical dynasty of Assam was that of the
a) Palas
b) Varmans
c) Narakas
d) Salastambhas
Ans: b) Varmans
58. The first tea company established in Assam was
a) Jorhat Tea Company
b) Assam-Bengal Tea Company
c) Assam Company
d) None of the above
Ans: c) Assam Company
59. The Indian National Congress was founded during the viceroyalty of
a) Lord Canning
b) Lord Amherst
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Curzon
Ans: c) Lord Dufferin
60. 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
Ans: d) the Quit India Movement
61. Which of the following Land Settlement Systems was followed in Assam?
a) Mahalwari
b) Ryotwari
c) Zamindari
d) None of the above
Ans: b) Ryotwari
62. A. O. Hume was a
a) Social worker
b) Military commander
c) Scientist
d) Civil Servant
Ans: d) Civil Servant
63. The capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in the year
a) 1947
b) 1937
c) 1911
d) 1908
Ans: c) 1911
64. The Swadeshi Movement started during
a) Anti Bengal Partition Movement
b) Civil Disobedience Movement
c) Non-Cooperation Movement
d) None of the above
Ans: b) Civil Disobedience Movement
65. The third most abundant gas in the atmosphere is
a) Argon
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Hydrogen
d) Helium
Ans: a) Argon
66. Where is the headquarters of the WTO?
a) Geneva
b) New York
c) Switzerland
d) Rome
Ans: a) Geneva
67. Who authored the book,” India from Midnight to Millenium” ?
a) Khushwant Singh
b) Sashi Tharoor
c) Mira Nair
d) Arun Jaitley
Ans: b) Sashi Tharoor
68. The first regular census in India was carried out in the year?
a) 1861
b)
1881
c) 1901
d) 1911
Ans: b) 1881
69. Who was the first secretary general of UNO?
a) Jack Hammarskjold
b) U Thant
c) Xavier perez de Cuellar
d) Trygve Lie
Ans: d) Trygve Lie
70. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is located at
a) Kalpakkam
b) Tarapur
c) Jadugoda
d) Trombay
Ans: a) Kalpakkam
71. The Bhakra Dam is located at
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Punjab
c) Haryana
d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: a) Himachal Pradesh
72. Which planet takes more time to complete one rotation on its Axis than to complete one Revolution around the sun?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
Ans: a) Mars
73. Who chairs the planning commission in India?
a) president of India
b) Vice President of India
c) Prime Minister of India
d) none of the above
Ans: c) Prime Minister of India
74. Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which Indian classical dance form?
a) Bharat natyam
b) Odissi
c) Kathakali
d) Kathak
Ans: b) Odissi
75. Swine flu is caused by
a) Bacteria
b) Protozoa
c) Virus
d) Algae
Ans: c) Virus
76. How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha from Assam?
a) 7
b) 5
c) 8
d) 9
Ans: a) 7
77. The states that share common boundary with Bangladesh are:
a) Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura, Assam
b) Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura
c) Manipur, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal
d) West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
Ans: d) West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram
78. 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
Ans: c) 13 cm/km
79. Which one of the following is not a tributary to the Indus?
a) Satluj
b) Saraswati
c) Chambal
d) Beas
Ans: b) Saraswati
80.Clouded leopard and capped langur are important animals of
a) Manas National Park
b) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary
d) Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
Ans: a) Manas National Park
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