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APPSC 2012 (Model Exam) SUB: Sci. & Tech, Current affairs, Geography & Mental Ability Branch: Civil & Mechanical Engineering
Time : 75 Minutes 01. The monsoon starts retreating from India in? (a) Mid-September (b) Mid-March (c) Mid-December (d) Late October Maximum Marks : 75

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02. Which is the shortest route from Moscow to san Francisco? (a) Via Canada (c) Over the south pole (b) Over land (d) Over the north pole

03. What kind of vegetation is usually found in river estuaries? (a) Grass (c) Littoral forests 04. What is Jhoom? (a) a type of cultivation (c) a river valley in a dry region 05. Where is the Bandipur national park? (a) Rajasthan (c) Assam 06. Match the following? (A) Coal (B) Iron (C) Lignite (D) Mica A (a) 2 (c) 4 B 1 2 C 4 3 (1) Hazari bhagh (2) Neyveli (3) Rourkela (4) Jharla D 3 1 (b) (d) A 4 3 B 3 2 C 2 4 D 1 1 (b) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka (b) a type of swinging basket (d) a tribal dance of M.P (b) Thorn forests (d) deciduous forests.

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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 (c) Proposed Boisphere Persue (b) Proposed Super thermal Power plant (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 (c) an upcoming Aluminiam plant (b) Thermal power station (d) bird Sanctuary

17. The first modern steel industry was set up in India at (a) Jamshedpur in Jharkhand . (c) Kulti in West Bengal (b) Salem in Tamil Nadu (d) Rourkela in Orissa

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18. The first National waterway of India is (a) Cachar Bhagirathi stretch (c) Allalnabad - Delhi (b) Haridwar - DeQIi . (d) Haldia - Patna

19. Green Revolution in India has so far been the most successful in the case of (a) rice and wheat (c) mustard and oilseed 20. Idukki Dam is on the river (a) Krishna (b) Cauvery (c) Periyar (d) Dhataprabha (b) wheat and potato (d) tea and coffee

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 (c) Himachal Pradesh 24. HIV Virus destroys (a) RBC (b) WBC (c) Platelets (d) None (b) Rajasthan (d) Jammu & Kashmir

25. The largest part of the brain is (a) Cerebellum (c) Medulla oblongata (b) Cerebrum (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 27. Which one is not a viral disease (a) Small pox (b) Polio (c) Surine flu (d) Typhoid (d) Mitheogenic

28. Pure water does not have (a) Odour (b) Colour APPSC Model Exam

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29. Mothers milk contains large amounts of (a) Vitamin A (c) Vitamin C (b) Vitamin B-Complex (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) (c) Ascorbic acid (C) 36. Best source of casein, which is a protein (a) Green leafy vegetables (b) Milk (c) Fish (d) Egg (b) Riboflavin (B2) (d) Retinal (Vit A)

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 (c) Finance Ministry (d) Human Resources Development Ministry APPSC Model Exam CE/ME (b) Home Ministry

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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. b c g Singers 52. Indians who are Artists but not singers represented by (a) a (b) b (c) c (d) d

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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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57. What will be the number at the bottom if 5 is at the top, two positions of the dice being as given below? 1 4 (i) (b) 2 2 6 2 (ii) (c) 3 (d) 6 3

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58. If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL is coded as 935396, then how would you coded ACCEPT? (a) 455978 (b) 547978 (c) 554978 (d) 735961

59. 36 28 24 22 ? (a) 20 60. (b) 22 (c) 21 (d) 23

101 838 35 (a) 127

43 15 (b) 142

48 ? 38 56 (c) 158

34 184 (d) 198

Directions: Questions No. 61 to 66 Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle facing the centre. B is sitting between G and D. H is third to the left of B and second to the right of A. C is sitting between A and G and B and E are not sitting opposite to each other. 61. Who is third to the left of D ? (a) A (b) E (c) F (d) cannot be determined

62. Which of the following statements is not correct ? (a) C is third to the right of D (c) D and A are sitting opposite to each other 63. Who is facing A ? (a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (b) A is sitting between C and F (d) E is sitting between F and D

64. Who is between A and C ? (a) G (b) F (c) B (d) None

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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 (c) potassium nitrate (b) silver bromide (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 (c) silver nitrate (b) ammonium nitrate (d) none of these

72. Which of the following gases is not known as open house gas? (a) Carbon dioxide (c) Nitrous oxide (b) methane (d) chlorofluorocarbons

73. College of defense Management located in which of the following places? (a) Visakhapatnam (c) Secunderabad (b) Nagpur (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 (c) 26th March, 2008 APPSC Model Exam (b) 26th February, 2008 (d) 26th April, 2008 END OF THE PAPER ` CE/ME