APSC Question Papers: Prelim Exam 2016 GS Papers – Solution and Answer Key
APSC CC (Prelim) Exam 2016 – General Studies Paper is solved here. This will help aspirants to have a fair idea of the frequently asked areas and will benefit them in their preparation for APSC Prelim Exam 2018.
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2016 GS Question Papers – Series A
Q1. Founder of the South-East Asia Ramayana Research Centre?
b. Late Dr. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Q2. Recipient of Bishwaratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika International Soldidarity Award in 2015?
d. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Q3. First Assamese women to be awarded Sangeet Natak Academy Award
c. Pritan Pandey Barua
Q4. In which division of british Indian rmy, Mangal Pandey was inducted
a. 344th Bengal Native Infantry
Q5. India’s average annul growth rate of Population during 2001-2011
a. 1.64%
Q6. In which sector, Maximum plan allocation and priorities were given in 12th Five Year Plan in Assam
d. Irrigation and flood control
Q7. Contribution of agriculture in India`s GDP is
a. 14%
Q8. WTO is successor to
d. GATT
Q9. Aruna Asaf Ali was a major women organiser of underground activities in
d. Quit India Movement
Q10. Slogan `Inquilab Zindbad` was first raised by
d. Bhagat Singh
Q11. After which incident, M K Gandhi called the Non-Cooperation movement as Himalayan Blunder
b. Chauri-Chaura
Q12. Who organised a march on the Tanjore Coast to break Salt Law
d. C Rajagopalachari
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Q13. “Mother of Indian Revolution” is
d. Bhikaji Cama
Q14. In ‘Individual Satyagraha’, who was the second Satyagrahi
c. JL Nehru
Q15. Founder of Gupta Empire
d. Sri Gupta
Q16. First Census was conducted at the time of
d. John Napier ( acting Viceroy in 1872)
Q17. Gupta Painting in other than Ajanta Cave
b. Bagh Cave
Q18. Which Gupta King faced first Huna Invasion
d. Kumaragupta I
Q19. Who anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the earth
d. Brahmagupta
Q20. Quorum of the Parliament is fixed at
a. One-tenth of the membership of the house
Q21. ‘Sunrise Industry’ is
c. IT
Q22. No. of satellite launched by ISRO to create history
d. 104
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Q23. MS Word is a
b. Application Software
Q24. During whose reign the ‘Rang Ghar’ was built
b. Pramatta Singha
Q25. Which city issued red alert for air pollution for the first time on Dec 2015
c. Beijing
Q26. GST would replace
d. VAT
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Q27. High Altitude Warfare School of the Indian Army is located at
c. Gulmarg
Q28. Largest troop contributor to UN Peacekeeping Mission
b. India ( 1st Ethiopia, 2nd India, 3rd Pakistan and 4th Bangladesh )
Q29. Who said ‘India is the bright spot on the cloudy global horizon’
d. IMF Chief Christine Lagarde
Q30. Supreme Court was set up under
a. Regulating Act of 1773
Q31. Addl and Acting judges are appointed in High Courts, under which Article
c. Article 224
Q32. First lok Adalat was held in
c. 1987 ( as the Act passed 1987, but Correct ans not given, it should be 1982)
Q33. Custodian of the Constitution of India
d. Supreme Court of India
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Q34. Which jurisdiction of Indian judiciary covers PIL
d. epistolary jurisdiction
Q35. The power of Supreme Court to decide disputes between the Centre and the states falls under it’s
c. Original Jurisdiction
Q36. Maximum permissible period between two sessions of a state Legislative Assembly is
b. Six months
Q37. Governor of which state has special power regarding the schedule tribal areas
b. Assam
Q38. The state of Jammu and Kashmir was accorded special status under
b. Art 370
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Q39. Under which Articles, Supreme Court has power to review it’s own judgment or order
a. Article 137
Q40. Who has written 3524 songs in 650 films and eligible for Guinness book of world record
d. Sameer
Q41. Paintings on the walls and ceiling of Ajanta Cave depicts mainly
c. Incidents related to life of Gautham Buddha
Q42. Mughal building exactly equal in length and breadth
d. Taj Mahal
Q43. When was the National Anthem adopted by the Govt of India
c. 24th January 1950
Q44. 0.5% chess on which services to fund the Swachh Bharat Programme
d. All taxable services
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Q45. Radcliff committee was appointed to
c. Delimit boundaries between India and Pakistan
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Q46. Viceroy of India during the time of Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
b. Chelmsford
Q47. Against whom was the Lahore Conspiracy Case registered
d. Vishnu Ganesh Pringle
Q48. Women revolutionary who shot the Governor of Bengal which receiving her degree at University of Calcutta
b. Buna Das
Q49. The viceroy upon whom a bomb was thrown
a. Harding
Q50. M K Gandhi started Civil Disobedience Movement from
d. Sabarmati
Q51. Who founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association
a. MK Gandhi
Q52. Which Act aroused a wave of popular indignation that lead to massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
d. Rowlett Act
Q53. Central Institute of Buddhist Studies located at
d. Leh
Q54. Most qualified person in India
c. Srikant Jichkar (APSC takes Facebook posts seriously)
Q55. “Every pearl in the royal crown is nothing but the crystallized drops of blood fallen from the tearful eyes of the poor farmers’
c. Amir Khusru
Q56. Which pair is related to 3G mobile telecommunications
a. WiMAX and UMTS (doubtful as 3G standards are – UMTS, WiMAX, EDGE or EGPRS and given option d. UMTS and GPRS )
Q57. Air-to-air missile
a. Astra
Q58. Clock and calendar in your computer is found in
a. Taskbar
Q59. Groups of only output devices
d. Plotter, printer and monitor
Q60. President of Swaraj party in Assam during the freedom movement
d. Tarun Ram Phookan
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Q61. Leaders of 1857 Revolt in Assam
d. Maniram Dewan
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Q62. Tribes practices nomadic herding
d. All the above
Q63. Device used to record humidity
a. Hygrometer
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Q64. Dolby B and Dolby C refers to
c. Noise reduction circuit
Q65. Packet of information travels between browser and the webserver
d. Cookie
Q66. WTO promote
d. Multilateral trade
Q67. National intelligence agencies of Israel
c. Mossad
Q68. Sum total of incomes received for the services of labour, land or capital in a country is called
b. national income
Q69. Speaker can ask a Member of the house to stop speaking and allow others to speak, is called
d. Yielding the floor
Q70. State with largest no. Of seats reserved for schedule tribes in the lok sabha
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q71. In deciding Whether any bill is money bill or not, whose decision is final
c. Speaker of Lok Sabha
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Q72. Which can input image/picture in a computer
d. Scanner
Q73. Not an official language of UN
c. Portuguese
Q74. Permanent HQ of SAARC Secretariat is located at
a. Kathmandu
Q75. First NAM summit held at
b. Cairo
Q76. WTO approve which country’s membership in December 2015
d. Afghanistan
Q77. Which is a warm current
b. Kuroshio Current
Q78. Tropical cyclone of Philippines is
d. Baguio
Q79. Trees belong to cool temperate hardwood species
c. Oak, poplar and maple
Q80. Biodiversity forms basis of human existence in which way
d. Pollination of crop (all options correct, d. seems most suitable )
Q81. Which covers the highest percentage of forests area in the world
Temperate Coniferous forests
Q82. Which basin experience conventional rainfall
a. Amazon ( ‘Conventional’ should be ‘Convectional’ )
Q83. How many km are represented by 1 degree of latitude
c. 111km
Q84. First fort constructed by British in India
b. Fort St. George (The fort currently houses the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly)
Q85. Last European to come to Pre-independence India as traders
a. French
Q86. Invested 15000 @10% per annum for 1 year, interest compounded half-yearly, what will be the amount after 1 year
c. 16537.5
( After first six month, amount = 15000+(15000x10x0.5)/100 = 15750
After second six month, amount = 15750+(15750x10x0.5) = 16537.5 )
Q87. Relation
b. granddaughter
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Sister
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Q –Mother-> R –Father-> S –Mother-> T
Q88. Code language
a. LCUXNQ
Q89. Educated middle class Indian
d. Remained neutral to the revolt of 1857
Q90. First English news paper in India
b. Bengal Gazette
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Q91. Who succeeded Robert Clive to head the East India Company
c. Lord Hastings
Q92. Job Charnok founded Kolkata at the site of
d. All the above ( It’s doubtful theory and Calcutta High Court declared that Charnock ought not to be regarded as the founder of Calcutta, APSC should have avoided this )
Q93. The seasonal reversal of wind is typical characteristic of
c. Monsoon climate
Q94. Tirupur is well-known for export of
d. Knitted garments
Q95. Path of Buddha is known as the ‘Middle Path’ because
c. avoid self- indulgence and self-immolation
Q96. Party founded by SC Bose
d. Forward Block
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Q97. The doctrine of ‘non-violence’ and ‘civil disobedience’ were influenced by
b. Ruskin, Tolstoy and Thoreau
Q98. Chief Ministers of all the states are ex-officio members of
d. National Development Council NDC
Q99. Which of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constituency
d. Ladakh
Q100. Which Committee of the Parliament has no members from Raja Sabha
b. Estimate Committee
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