APPSC Group-1 2004 PYQs

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q2) With what is non-stick kitchenware coated?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q3) Among mosquitoes, which of the following are blood—feeders, found throughout the world?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q4) Which of the following creatures.are.stone—deaf?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q5) The fingerprints of Siamese twins are

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q6) Though their diet is higher in meat and fat and lower in fruit and vegetables, who of the following are known to be free from heart diseases like heart—attacks, unlike others in the world?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q8) If we make a table—fan rotate at a speed of 50 rpm and place it under an electric lamp, it would appear to be

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q9) Where is the Black Box fitted in planes?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q10) Which of the following statements are not true about gold? a. It is a soft metal b. It has density; z- times that of iron c.Ornaments cannot be made of pure gold d. Gold is not easily scratched e. In 18 carat gold, we find 25 percent copper f. One carat represents — percent

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q11) After parboiling the nutritive value of rice

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q12) Bullet-proof vests are made from a fabric of

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q13) Why do trees shed their leaves in the winter season?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q14) One of the parameters used to gauge the power of a computer is its

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q15) A man of AB blood group has met with an accident and requires blood transfusion. Who among the following could donate blood to him? Relation Blood group a. Wife A b Son AB c. Friend oO d. Daughter B

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q16) In which of the following atmospheric Condition can seeds to preserved, best?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q17) If a colour—blind man is married to a normal—yisioned woman whose parents also had normal vision, what proportion of their children is likely to be colour—blind?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q18) We denote the time units taken by computer to execute instructions. Which of these time units is the smallest?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q19) An eggs inks in tap water, but floats in concentrated solution of salt, because

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q20) Which of the following planets is similar to our Earth in mass, size and density?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q21) Who of the following are immune to measles?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q22) Ammonia is a compound of

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q23) Which of the following is/are a source of Vitamin K?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q24) Which of the following kinds of glass is used in the production of electric bulbs and optical instruments?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q25) Identify the odd one:

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q26) The earliest Europeans to land on Indian soil were the

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q27) . Arrange the following in chronological order a. The Bahamanis of Deccan b. The Reddis of Kondaveedu c. The Kakatiya of Warangal d. The Rayas of Vijayanagara e. The Gajapatis of Orissa

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q28) Who of the following were the two sides that fought the Battle of Rakshahi-Thangadi which ended the glory of the Vijayanagar empire in 1565 A:D.?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q29) Ketana, a famous poet of the Kakatiya times, earned the title abhinava Dandi by rendering into Telugu the Sanskrit work titled

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q30) Where did Goutama, The Buddha die?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q31) | Qutub-ud—Din Aibak the founder of the Slave Dynasty in India was originally a slave of

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q32) As per the historic Uttaramerur Inscription, during whose period did village governments flourish in South India?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q33) | Who was the founder of the Radhaswami Satsang, a sect born out of Sikkim.in 1851?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q34) The British Governor-General who defeated Tipu Sultan and captured Mysore in the Fourth Anglo—Mysore War in 1799, was

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q35) Of the following newspapers published during the struggle for India’s independence, which one was published in a vernacular Language?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q36) Identify the odd one

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q37) Who of the following historical prominent Indian national leaders started the Brahminical magazine Brahman Sevadi to defend Hinduism against the Christian missionaries during the roth century?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q38) Which of the following was the most important pre—Congress nationalist organization, founded in the year 1876 by S.N. Banerji and Ananda Mohan Bose?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q39) Which of the following does not constitute a_part of the Shad—Darshanas (i.e. six orthodox schools of ancient Hindu Philosophy)?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q40) The city of Harappa, Where the ancient harappan Civilization flourished, is located on the banks of the river

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q41) The British government conducted the first trial of the INA prisoners in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945. Who of the following was not in the dock at the trial?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q42) Among the several centres where Jainism flourished, which of the following developed into an important centre under Vajramuni, during the 1S and 2″4 centuries A.D.?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q43) The Governor-General of India, who proposed shifting the Indian capital from Calcutta to Delhi, was

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q45) Who of the following was the last king of the Qutub Shahi dynasty of Golkonda?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q46) Identify the odd one

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q47) Who served as the Home Minister in the Interim government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1946?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q48) Under Whose leadership were branches of the Home Rule Movement started in Andhra Pradesh?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q49) In which of the-following sessions of the Indian National Congress did a Telugu man, Anandacharlu, Preside in 1891?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q50) The first Nizam of Hyderabad, who accepted Lord Wellesly’s plan of Subsidiary Alliance in 1798, was

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q51) Which of the following seas is reported recently to be dying because of drying?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q52) On the report of the UN Environment Programme; the Government of India has launched a study to determine the extent of responsibility. of-countries for the occurrence of the “Asian Brown Cloud—(ABC)”. Where is the ABC formed?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q53) The Kambalakonda Reserve Forest in A.P. has been declared by the Union Government a Wildlife Sanctuary. Where is it located?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q54) Which of the following is the mysterious place in the Western Atlantic, where a large number of planes and ships have vanished without trace since 1945?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q55) The mountain range lying between the Pamir plateau and the Indus river is

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q57) Which of the following countries has:;common borders with the largest number of countries?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q58) Which of the following planets has the Indian name ‘Yama’?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q60) Which of the following states has the Great Indian Hornbill, which is considered an endangered species, as its ‘State bird’?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q61) Which of the following lakes is the deepest?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q62) Which of the following pairs of states experienced the highest rate of population growth (4.97) and the lowest (0.90) respectively, during 1991 — 2001 in India?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q63) Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q64) Identify the odd one

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q65) Which of the following countries does not produce pepper?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q66) What is the old name of Iraq?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q67) Mount Everest is located in the

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q68) Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Narmada?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q69) Which of the following National Highways runs between Pune and Vijayawada. via Sholapur and Hyderabad?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q70) In all, how many international airports are there in India?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q71) Which of the following states in not a habitat of the Kuki tribe in India?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q72) Which of the following cities experiences sunlight for the longest period during summer?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q73) Which of the following countries are separated by the 49″ Parallel?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q74) Andia leads in the production of

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q75) After Anantapur district, which is the next largest district in Andhra Pradesh, area wise?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q76) Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q77) What is meant by ‘Bank Rate”?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q79) | What was the sex ratio of Andhra Pradesh during 1991 — 2001?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q80) Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Ltd. (ICICI) was the second all—India special industrial financial institution to be set up in the country in 1955. Which was the first?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q81) Gems and Jeweller Constituted the highest share in India’s exports during 2002 — 2003. Which of the following comes next during the said period?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q82) India’s FOREX reserves crossed a historic high, standing at $ 110.48 billion as on December igth, 2003. How low were our FOREX reserves in the first-Half of 1991?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q83) As per the World Water Development Report; what is India’s rank in water quality among the list of 122 countries?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q84) Which of the following states does not come under the jurisdiction of the Guwahati High Court?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q85) As per the Indian Constitution, in the Union Council of Ministers,

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q86) How many times has Governor’s rule been clamped in Andhra Pradesh so far?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q87) Including the two nominated members from the Anglo—Indian community, what is the total membership of the Lok Sabha at present?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q88) Which of the following famous cases, which came before the Supreme Court of India, is not related to the Right to Property?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q89) Which of the following states does not have a Legislative Council?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q90) If the President of India wishes to resign from the post, to whom does he submit his letter of resignation?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q91) From which of the following sources can the Government of India draw money to meet unforesen expenditure, additional and excess grants pending authorisation?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q92) Which of the following statements regarding the members of the State Public Service Commissions is true?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q93) As per the succession of Prime Ministers in India, which order among the following, is correct? a) Indira Gandhi b) Rajiv Gandhi c)charan Singh d) Morarji Desai e) Chandrashekhar f) Gulzari Lal Nanda

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q94) Zonal Councils have been established by the State Reorganisation Act, 1956 dividing the country into five zones. In which zone is Sikkim included?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q95) The Government,of India appointed the Official Language Commission in 1955. Who was the Chairman of the Commission?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q96) The National Rural Employment Programme and the Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme were launched during the

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q97) As regards Local Self-Government Institutions, the 73″, and 74‘ Constitutional Amendment Acts relating to them are not applicable in the states of

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q98) What is the current investment limit in Small Scale Industry?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q99) 100% Foreign Direct Investment is permitted in

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q100) Which of the following is levied and collected by the Centre, but assigned to the States?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q101) Which of the following items has been taken out of the list of essential commodities, by a recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India, on the ground that it does not come under the ‘food! category?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q102) On November 5‘h, 2003, Prince charles of England visited Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slum in the heart of Mumbai. He was accompanied by the President of the National Slum Dweller’s Federation, who is also a Magsaysay awardee. Who is he?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q103) who, among the following, is the Hollywood actress, who has been nominated 13 times-for the Oscar, breaking the earlier record of 12 times by Katharine Hapburn and has been awarded the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q104) The South African novelist, J.M.Coetzee, won the 2003 Nobel Prize for literature. Among the following works, which one is not authored by him?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q105) China launched a manned spacecraft successfully on 15‘ October, 2003. Which of the following statements are not true about the event? a) It is code-name ‘Project 920’ b) China has spent $2.2 billion so far on the project c) The name of the spacecraft is Shenzhou—5 d) China became the 5th manned space-faring nation in the world with this launch e) Yang Liwei, the person who manned the craft, is the 4318 man of the 241 manned missions into space for f) The name of the two-stage launcher is chang Zheng—2F.

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q106) Bobby Jindal, an Indian—American who contested the»election for the position of Governor of Louisiana in USA, was defeated by 52 per cent to 48 per cent votes. Who defeated him in the straight contest to become the first woman Governor of the State of Louisiana from the Democrats?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q107) The Eco-ship Rainbow Warrior, belonging to the Greenpeace Group came to Mumbai recently to launch Greenpeace India’s compaign, focussing on the ecologically hazardous ship breaking yard at Alang. Which of the following statement is not true about the Rainbow Warrior? a) Its chief is Lesley Simkiss b) Its Medical Officer is Moritz Kulotenbrarier c) The ship is not the original Rainbow Warrior d) It was docked in Mumbai last in December 1999 e) The original Rainbow Warrior was actually sunk by French agents in 1985. f) The earlier name of the Rainbow Warrior was Grampo Pleasure lja,d,f

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q108) Boyi Bheemanna was presented the Jashuva Foundation’s prestigious Jashuva Sahitya Puraskaram” on December 16¢4, 2003. Who of the following Telugu poets got it earlier?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q109) Karan Thapar won the Best Current Affairs Presenter Award of the prestigious Asian Television Awards — 2003 at a grand ceremony in Singapore on December 7‘, 2003. What are the programme and the episode for which he won this award?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q110) The name of the word’s fastest curise missile Brah Mos has been coined by taking

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q111) The Bollywood-actor, Dev Anand, was chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2003 recently. Which of the following is his last film, which flopped miserably?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q112) Who authored the Preamble of the proposed Constitution of the European Union?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q113) Which of the following groups of countries decided recently to construct/ upgrade the 1360 km Moreh—Bagan—Mae Sot Highway, work on which will begin early in 2004?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q114) Whom did Time magazine choose.recently as its Person of the Year for 2003?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q115) Who of the following has been described by ‘UNICEF’ Report, The State of the World’s Children: 2004, as the role model and featured on the cover of the report which was released on December 118, 2003 in New Delhi?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q117) Who, among the following, is nota recipient of the Cyber Oscar Award presented on Decemnber 10‘, 2003 in Geneva during the World Summit on the Information Society?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q118) Which of the following Bollywood films recently became the world’s first feature film to be offered for download from the popular net www.kazam.com at a cost of $ 2.99?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q119) After 31 years of glorious service to the nation, the last of the Petya class warships, INS Anjadip, was decommissioned ceremoniously on December 13, 2003 at the Visakhapatnam naval base. Who was its last Commanding Officer?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q120) Where did the Biswa Ijtema or World Muslim congregation, believed to be the largest Muslim gathering after the Haj of Mecca, take place during December 2003, where three million devotees from 70 countries participated?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q121) The world’s first hydrogen fuel cell car reached Sydney on December 27th, 2003. Which of the following statements are true about the car? a. It was designed, built and run by the students of Tamagawa University of Tokyo. b. It is named after the Biblical Gods of Sun and Water. c. Its name is Isaac Moses. d. It completed the world’s first continental crossing by completing a 4084 km run in lessthan nine days. e. Its name is Apollondine. f. It was designed and built by the students of Tokugawa University, but run by the students of University of Perth. lha,d,e

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q122) Twice did the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, escape bids on his life, — first on December 14th, 2003 and next on December 25th, 2003 — in the same city in Pakistan. Which is that city?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q123) Beagle—2, surface probe of Mars, was successfully launched under the aegis of the European Space Agency on December 19th, 2003, Which country built Beagle—2?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q124) Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the longest-serving Head of State in Asia, started his five-year term as President of Maldives on November 11th, 2003. How many terms had he served as the President of Maldives earlier?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q125) The list of languages proposed to be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution does not contain.

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q127) If the current channel is Zee and Amit presses T + 2, PR, PP and T + 2, then he will arrive on Channel number?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q128) If the current channel Star Plus, how can he reach Channel no. 25?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q130) In a certain code language, EMPHASIS is written as NDIOBRJR, How do you write CREATURE in that code?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q131) If the twenty—rupee notes were 6 less than the ten—rupee notes and the five—rupee notes were 4 more than the fifty—-rupee notes, how many five—rupee notes did she have?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q132) If starting from the highest, she took out one note from it and then went on taking double the number of notes from each purse as compared to the previous one, how much money would she take out?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q133) How many letters in the series are preceded by a symbol and followed by a number?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q134) If the letters in the series are arranged in alphbetical order, how many letters will remain at their place as such?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q136) Identify the odd one

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q137) Which of the following is different from the others?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q138) Find out.the pair of numbers that does not belong to the group for lack of common property

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q139) If 8x 9 = 2724, 4×2=612 and 7x 3=921, then 6x 8=?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q140) The population of a town was 20,000 in 1944, It decreased by 10 percent during 1944 – 1954 but increased by 20 percent during 1954 — 1964. What was the population like in 1964?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q141) A party consists of grand—mother, father, mother, four sons and their wives, and one son and two daughters to each of the sons. How many females are there in all?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q142) How many independent words can HEARTLESS be divided into without changing the order of the letters and using each letter only once? 1)2

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q143) Find the missing number Ay

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q144) How many triangles does the following figure have?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q146) Acoin is flipped four times with one of the following results in terms of occurrence of head (H) or tail (T) a. HTTH b. TITT c. HHHH d. HHTH Based:on the above information what would be the probability of (H) occuring on the fifth flip? 1).100 % 2) 50 % 3) 25 % 40% 147… In one minutes, 3/7 of a bucket is filled. The rest of the bucket can be filled in

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q148) Achild was born on August 18, 1978. It was Tuesday. What day will be his birthday in the year 1986?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q149) If Venus is brighter than Mercury, Mercury is not brighter than Jupiter, Jupiter is brighter than Venus but not brighter than Pluto, then which of these is the brightest?

(APPSC Group-1 2004 – Q150) If X =—3, then X3 — 3X2- 2X — 1 is equal to