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APPSC 2012 (Model Exam)SUB: Sci. & Tech, Current affairs, Geography & Mental Ability
Branch: Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Time : 75 Minutes Maximum Marks : 75
01. The monsoon starts retreating from India in?
(a) Mid-September (b) Mid-March (c) Mid-December (d) Late October
02. Which is the shortest route from Moscow to san Francisco?
(a) Via Canada (b) Over land
(c) Over the south pole (d) Over the north pole
03. What kind of vegetation is usually found in river estuaries?
(a) Grass (b) Thorn forests
(c) Littoral forests (d) deciduous forests.
04. What is Jhoom?
(a) a type of cultivation (b) a type of swinging basket
(c) a river valley in a dry region (d) a tribal dance of M.P
05. Where is the Bandipur national park?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Assam (d) Karnataka
06. Match the following?
(A) Coal (1) Hazari bhagh
(B) Iron (2) Neyveli
(C) Lignite (3) Rourkela
(D) Mica (4) Jharla
A B C D A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 4 3 2 1(c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 3 2 4 1
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07. Which state is the leading producer of thorium?
(a) Kerala (b) Bihar (c) Orissa (d) Madhya Pradesh
08. What is kuda kulam known for?
(a) Proposed Nuclear Power Plant (b) Proposed Super thermal Power plant
(c) Proposed Boisphere Persue (d) Proposed major port in Tamil nadu
09. A Mulla periyar clam in kerala is located in which of the following district?
(a) Tirullam (b) Vallur (c) Ernakulam (d) Idukki
10. Which of the following is first green field port in India?
(a) Kochi (b) Krishnapatnam (c) Visakhapatnam (d) Chennai
11. Which is the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
(a) Indo-Aryans (b) Dravidians (c) Austro-Asiatic (d) Sino-Tibetan
12. Which of the following types of soil has surface accumulation of organic matter?
(a) Peaty soils (b) alluvial soil (c) Literate soil (d) red soil
13. The only negative population growth rate state in India. According to 2011 population
censes?
(a) Mizoram (b) Sikkim (c) Manipur (d) Nagaland
14. Blizzards are characteristic of region?
(a) Equatorial (b) Tropical (c) Antarctic (d) temperative.
15. Which racial group has the largest number of member?
(a) Negroid (b) Mongoloid (c) Australoid (d) Caucasoid
16. What is obra known for?
(a) a new refinery (b) Thermal power station
(c) an upcoming Aluminiam plant (d) bird Sanctuary
17. The first modern steel industry was set up in India at
(a) Jamshedpur in Jharkhand . (b) Salem in Tamil Nadu
(c) Kulti in West Bengal (d) Rourkela in Orissa
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18. The first National waterway of India is
(a) Cachar Bhagirathi stretch (b) Haridwar - DeQIi .
(c) Allalnabad - Delhi (d) Haldia - Patna
19. Green Revolution in India has so far been the most successful in the case of
(a) rice and wheat (b) wheat and potato
(c) mustard and oilseed (d) tea and coffee
20. Idukki Dam is on the river
(a) Krishna (b) Cauvery (c) Periyar (d) Dhataprabha
21. Which state has the maximum area under red soils?
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Tamilnadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
22. Which area of Madhya Pradesh is known for white tigers?
(a) Chattisgarh (b) Baghelkhand (c) Malwa (d) None of these
23. The highest dam in India is located in
(a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Jammu & Kashmir
24. HIV Virus destroys
(a) RBC (b) WBC (c) Platelets (d) None
25. The largest part of the brain is
(a) Cerebellum (b) Cerebrum
(c) Medulla oblongata (d) Cerebral hemispheres
26. The bacteria which change atmospheric nitrogen to nitrates and make them available to
plants
(a) Lactic acid Bacteria (b) Viruses
(c) Rhizobium (d) Mitheogenic
27. Which one is not a viral disease
(a) Small pox (b) Polio (c) Surine flu (d) Typhoid
28. Pure water does not have(a) Odour (b) Colour (c) Taste (d) All
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29. Mothers milk contains large amounts of
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B-Complex
(c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin E
30. Compounds/elements which emitted from refrigerators deplete ozone layer
(a) O2 (b) N2 (c) CFC (Chloro fluoro carbons) (d) Helium
31. Oxygen and Nitrogen are present in our in the ratio
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
32. Saliva contains a digestive juice which contains a enzyme
(a) Pepsin (b) Ptyalin (c) Rennin (d) Lipase
33. According to latest research the closest relatives to land plants are
(a) Green algae (b) Blue-Green algae (c) Mosses (d) Red algae
34. Deficiency of B1 Vitamins Causes
(a) Night Blindness (b) Pellagra (c) Mild anemia (d) Beri Beri
35. The vitamin helpful to heal wounds
(a) Cyano cobalamin (B12) (b) Riboflavin (B2)
(c) Ascorbic acid (C) (d) Retinal (Vit A)
36. Best source of casein, which is a protein
(a) Green leafy vegetables (b) Milk (c) Fish (d) Egg
37. Union cabinet on 24 November 2011 approved what per cent foreign direct investment
(FDI) in multi-brand retail?(a) 49% (b) 100% (c) 51% (d)26%
38. Recently, which one of the following nations was suspended by the Arab league?
(a) Syria (b) Lebanon (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Jordan
39. Which one of the following states became the only state in India to implement public
service guarantee act?
(a) Haryana (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) UP
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40. Which of the following states cabinet recently decided to waive Value Added Tax (VAT)
on fertilizers to provide relief to the farmers.
(a) Delhi (b) Bihar (c) UP (d) Gujarat
41. Which country won its first Fed Cup title in 23 years on 6 November 2011 after securing
a 3-2 win over Russia in the final?
(a) Iran (b) South Korea (c) Greece (d) Czech Republic
42. Which cricket journalist bagged the The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011 for
his The Sly Company of People Who Care on 30 October 2011?
(a) Pradeep Vijayakar (b) Mihir Bose (c) Balbir Dutt (d) Rahul Bhattacharya
43. The government gave its approval to revive 60 Mines in the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary.
In which of the following places the sanctuary is located?
(a) Goa (b) Jharkhand (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh
44. Union government of India decided to ban the use of infertility drug Letrozole. Letrozole
is mainly recommended for treating ____.
(a) Cancer (b) AIDS (c) Dengue (d) Malaria
45. Goa State Assembly Unanimously Passed Goa Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill is a
modified version of Goa Lakayukta Bill____.
(a) 2002 (b) 2004 (c) 2001 (d) 2003
46. Wangari Maathai an environmentalist & first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize
died on 25 September 2011 in Nairobi. Which African country did she belong to?
(a)Ghana (b) Kenya (c) Ethiopia (d) South Africa
47. Which one of the following became the first state in India to offer Air taxi services?
(a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Haryana
48. Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award for the year, 2010 was announced on 19 August 2011.
Which one of the following ministry is responsible for giving out the award?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development (b) Home Ministry
(c) Finance Ministry
(d) Human Resources Development Ministry
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a f
g
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Indians Artists
Singers
49. Which state government launched Website & Helpline to discourage Sex Determination
Tests?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Haryana (c) Maharashtra (d) Punjab
50. How many numbers from 11 to 50 are there which are exactly divisible by 7 but not by 3?
(a) Two (b)four (c) five (d) six
51. A person walks 4 km towards east and takes a right turn and walks 3 km. how far is he
from the starting point?
(a) 4 km (b) 3 km (c) 7 km (d) 5 km
Study the following diagram carefully answer the questions that follows.
52. Indians who are Artists but not singers represented by
(a) a (b) b (c) c (d) d
53. Artists who are neither Indians nor singers are represented by
(a) b (b) c (c) f (d) g
54. Indians who are singers but not Artists represented by
(a) d (b) f (c) e (d) b
55. Indians who are Artists as well as singers are represented by
(a) d (b) b (c) e (d) c
56. Pointing to a photograph, a person tells his friend, She is the grand daughter of the elder
brother of my father. How is the girl in the photograph related to his man.
(a) Niece (b) Sister (c) Aunt (d) Sister-in-law
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65. How many persons are there in between D and B ?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Nil
66. Who is second to the right of F
(a) E (b) A (c) B (d) G
67. The maximum number of students among them 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be
distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and same
number of pencils is
(a) 91 (b) 910 (c) 1001 (d) 1911
68. Madhav ranks thirteenth in a class of thirty-one. What is his rank from the last?
(a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) None of these
69. Which of the following chemicals is used in photograph?
(a) aluminium hydroxide (b) silver bromide
(c) potassium nitrate (d) sodium chloride
70. The most commonly used bleaching agent is
(a) alcohol (b) carbon dioxide (c) chloride (d) sodium chloride
71. During a chloride test white fumes are produce due to formation of
(a) ammonium chloride (b) ammonium nitrate
(c) silver nitrate (d) none of these
72. Which of the following gases is not known as open house gas?
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) methane
(c) Nitrous oxide (d) chlorofluorocarbons
73. College of defense Management located in which of the following places?
(a) Visakhapatnam (b) Nagpur
(c) Secunderabad (d) Cochin
74. North Eastern space application center is located in which of the following states?
(a) Nagaland (b) Manipur (c) Meghalaya (d) Mizoram
75. Sagarika(K-15) cruise missile which was test fired for the first time in
(a) 26th
January, 2008 (b) 26th
February, 2008(c) 26
thMarch, 2008 (d) 26
thApril, 2008 `
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