Group I Prelims 2010 September Paper
1. The total Solar eclipse of the 21st Century occurred on:1) 20th July, 2009
2) 21st July, 2009
3) 22nd July, 2009
4) 23rd July, 2009
5. The outer layer of the earth is known as :
1) Mantle
2) Core
3) Cirrus
4) Crust
6. Which one of the following is the major Ocean of the world?
1) Indian Ocean
2) Atlantic Ocean
3) Pacific Ocean
4) Arctic Ocean
7. Latitudes are imaginary lines drawn parallel to the Equator and run
from :
1) North to South
2) East to West
3) Arctic circle to North pole
4) South pole to Tropic of cancer
8. Bandipur National Park/Wildlife sanctuary is in :
1) Assam
2) Gujarat
3) Karnataka
4) Tamil Nadu
9. On 21st March and 21st September the Sun’s rays fall directly on :
1) Exosphere
2) Equator
3) Stratosphere
4) Tropic of Capricorn
10. In Andhra Pradesh among the following lead deposits are found in:
1) Kurnool District
2) Nizamabad District
3) Vijayanagaram District
4) Chittoor District
11. The first Coalition Government formed at the Centre was :
1) Janata Government
2) United Front Government
3) National Democratic Government
4) National Front Government
12. The Article 243-G of the Indian Constitution contains :
1) The financial resources of Panchayat Raj Bodies
2) The functions of the Nyaya Panchayats
3) The powers and functions of Village Panchayats
4) The powers of chairpersons of Zilla Parishads and Mandal
Parishads
13. Gandhiji launched his first Satyagraha is South Africa in the year :
1) 1905
2) 1906
3) 1915
4) 1916
14. The 97th Constitutional Amendment Act resulted in the :
1) Readjustment of Lok Sabha Constituencies
2) Prohibition of Members of Parliament to hold offices of profit
3) Increase in the number of languages in the 8th Schedule of the
Constitution
4) Limiting the size of the cabinet at the centre and state levels
to 10 percent of the total strength of the respective lower houses
15. The method which became popular in recent past for employing
persons for various jobs in the public as well as private sectors is :
1) Contract appointments
2) Emergency recruitment
3) Outsourcing
4) On-line recruitment
16. Sustainable development exactly means :
1) Improving the conditions of present generation without
affecting the needs of future generation
2) Development that percoloates to the bottom level sections in the
society
3) Development with social justice
4) Development that lasts for a long time
17. President Rule was imposed in Andhra Pradesh in 1973 because of:
1) Telangana agitation
2) Jai Andhra Movement
3) Political instability
4) Failure of Constitutional Machinery
18. The lowest number of seats won by the Congress Party in the
Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections held in the year :
1) 1983
2) 1985
3) 1994
4) 1999
19. The name of the Programme recently introduced by Government of
Andhra Pradesh to merge all the anti-poverty programmes into a
single integrated scheme is :
1) Velugu
2) Indira Prabha
3) Rajiv Gandhi Pragathi Patham
4) Indira Kranthi Pathakam
20. Providing microfinance arrangements to the poor women for
extension of credit along with thrift-type of saving schemes is
through :
1) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
2) Self-Help Groups
3) National Rural Employment Programme
4) Indira Prabha
21. Minimum support prices for food crops to the Union Government
is recommended by :
1) Agricultural Commission
2) Ministry of Agriculture
3) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
4) Food Corporation of India
22. The duration of medium term agricultural credit is :
1) 15 months to 5 years
2) 5 years to 10 years
3) less than 3 months
4) 3 months to 6 months
23. Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation lies between :
1) –1 to +1
2) –1 to 0
3) 0 to 1
4) 1 to 100
24. Saving is :
1) the major determinant of growth
2) the only determinant of growth
3) one of the determinants of growth
4) not concerned with growth
25. Which of the following descriptions does not explain VAT as per its conceptualisation?
1) It will diminish revenue buoyancy
2) It is a harmonised commodity taxation regime
3) Its effects are non-cascading
4) It is a self-enforcing system
26. Heavy Sector Strategy is associated with the name of :
1) Brahmananda
2) Mahalanobis
3) Bhagwati
4) Chakravarti
27. A stable macroeconomy contributes to global integration through
the :
1) Ability to withstand shocks
2) Use of prices as signals
3) High returns from education
4) Creation of financial discipline
28. One of the key elements of India’s market based developmental
strategy is :
1) No Government intervention
2) Investment in physical capital
3) Integration with the global economy
4) A rapidly changing macroeconomy
29. The Comptroller and Auditor General submits his Annual Report
regarding the Centre to :
1) The Prime Minister
2) The President
3) The Parliament
4) The Chairman of the Planning Commission
30. The Regional Rural Bank is a bank sponsored by :
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Ministry of Finance
3) NABARD
4) Scheduled Commercial Bank
31. Alfred Noble is associated with the invention of :
1) Cosmic rays
2) Dynamite
3) Dynamo
4) Penicillin
32. The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is :
1) 365 days
2) 30 days
3) 1 day
4) 12 hours
33. Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of :
1) Calcium sulphate
2) Calcium bicarbonate
3) Sodium bicarbonate
4) Magnesium bicarbonate
34. The Greenhouse effect deals with :
1) Cooling of lower atmosphere
2) Warming of upper atmosphere
3) Cooling of upper atmosphere
4) Warming of lower atmosphere
35. Pace-maker is related to :
1) heart
2) lung
3) liver
4) kidney
36. Inertia is the property of :
1) force
2) strength
3) mass
4) volume
37. Tea will cool mosteasily in :
1) glass cup
2) metal cup
3) clay cup
4) porcelain cup
38. When there is no external force acts on a system of particles, the
velocity of centre of mass of the system will be :
1) increased
2) decreased
3) zero
4) constant
39. If the momentum of a body is increased by 100%, th kinetic energy
will be increased by :
1) 300%
2) 200%
3) 100%
4) 50%
40. The colour given by excess Lithium in Lithium Chloride solid is :
1) Violet
2) Green
3) Pink
4) Yellow
41. Sodium benzoate is used as a :
1) flavouring agent
2) preservative
3) colouring agent
4) antacid
42. The element used in Integrated circuits of computers is :
1) Iron
2) Magnesium
3) Aluminium
4) Silicon
43. Brass is an alloy of :
1) Copper and Aluminium
2) Copper and Tin
3) Copper and Zinc
4) Copper and Nickel
44. Blood is a :
1) Solution
2) Colloid
3) Emulsion
4) Gel
45. Mosquito repellents contain mainly :
1) calcium dihydrogen phosphate
2) potassium hydrogen phosphate
3) sodium hydrogen sulphate
4) ammonium bicarbonate
46. The economically useful part in Ginger is :
1) Bulb
2) Fruit
3) Rhizome
4) Root
47. The edible part of coffee seed is :
1) Tapetum
2) Mace
3) Caruncle
4) Perisperm
48. Lutein is a/an :
1) Blue coloured pigment
2) Yellow coloured pigment
3) Brown coloured pigment
4) Orange coloured pigment
49. In the area of Biotechnology enzyme that is produced
commercially both from plants and microbes is :
1) Papain
2) Trypsin
3) Protease
4) Amylase
50. Plants that grow in seashores are called as :
1) Halophytes
2) Hydrophytes
3) Xerophytes
4) Psammophytes
51. The study of animal behaviour is called as :
1) Etymology
2) Ethology
3) Ecology
4) Euphenics
52. Vitamin related with production of antibodies is :
1) B6
2) B12
3) B1
4) B2
53. Serological tests have enormous value in the process of :
1) Classification
2) Identification
3) Diversity
4) Code of nomenclature
54. Pearls are the products from :
1) Annelids
2) Arthropods
3) Poriferans
4) Molluscs
55. Siphoning type of mouth parts are present in :
1) Mosquito
2) Cockroach
3) Butterfly
4) Housefly
56. The space shuttle launched by NASA in November, 2009 was :
1) Atlantis
2) Challenger
3) Columbia
4) Discovery
57. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2009 was
concluded in :
1) Poland
2) Denmark
3) China
4) Japan
58. Recently, the manuscripts of which one of the following has been
included in the UNESCO’s Memory of World Register?
1) Mahabharata
2) Ramayana
3) Rigveda
4) Abhidhamma Pitaka
59. In February, 2009, the first model e-COurt in India was launched
by the :
1) High Court of Gujarat
2) High Court of Tamil Nadu
3) High Court of Himachal Pradesh
4) High Court of Andhra Pradesh
60. Global Campaign ’350′ was observed as an International Day for
Climate Action on :
1) 25th October, 2009
2) 30th October, 2009
3) 14th October, 2009
4) 24th October, 2009
61. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation Model of
Economic Development assigns a key role to the :
1) Foreign Direct Investment
2) Information Technology
3) Private Sector
4) Public-Private partnership
62. The bulk of the business relating to the Indian Stock Market is
handled by the :
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) Bombay Stock Exchange
3) National Stock Exchange
4) International Stock Exchange
63. Achievement of the growth rate of 9.5% is/was the target of :
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Eleventh Five Year Plan
3) Tenth Five Year Plan
4) Planning Commission
64. The recent statement made by the Indian Prime Minister that the
Higher Education in India can be developed through adopting
approach of :
1) Privatisation
2) Involvement of Foreign Providers
3) Earmaking 60% of the national income for higher education
4) Public-Private partnership
65. The crisis of which impelled the Central Government to introduce
far reaching reforms in the country’s economy in 1990-1991 was :
1) Balance of payments crisis
2) Crisis in Public Sector
3) Financial crisis
4) Foreign exchange
66. Introducing a man, a woman said, “He is the only son of my
mother’s mother.” How is the woman related to the man?
1) Sister
2) Niece
3) Aunt
4) Mother
