APSC CC (Mains) Interview –Tips, Question & Guidance (All you need to know)
APSC CC Mains 2016 results is out now. For those in the list, the war is not won yet, you still have the last battle, i.e. Interview or Viva-Voce. You need to prepare and perform alteast decently in the interview, to get a good score out of 200 marks, which will get added to the Mains written exam to determine the final score for selection.
APSC CC(Mains) Final Marks = CC Mains (Written Exam) marks + Interview marks
Need for Interview
The interview stage of the APSC CC (Mains) Exam is supposed to assess the suitability of the candidates who are academically qualified to serve the executive branch of Govt of Assam. They try to ascertain personality traits, qualities and essentialities of a good civil service officer.
InterviewProcess
Unlike APSC Prelims and Mains Exam, Interview questions have no defined standard & Syllabus and thus difficult to prepare and generalize questions by the APSC Interview Boards, and solely depends on the board members taking your interview.
There will be multiple Boards, each board has one chairman (probably either APSC Chairman or as APSC member) and two/three other members.
InterviewQuestions
Most of the questions asked in interview are usually predictable barring a few. It is therefore important to be as attentive and as calm as possible in the interview so that the answers should be short, sensible and up to the point.
You should try to answer any question by systematically arrange the facts and points (in mind).
It is more about answering correctly rather than giving correct answers. You should smartly sail through the questions whose answer you don’t know.
Tips for APSC Interview Preparation
# KnowYourself – Very probably the APSC Interview board will ask atleast one question regarding yourself. So, know everything (what comes in your resumes) about yourself. Stick to the original you (If you are not a good actor). Your Hobby, Your Academics, Your Achievements, Your Job (for working candidates), Your Family etc.
# WhyACS/APS or any other service – At some point of time they may ask your reason to join ACS, APS or any other particular service. Prepare a very convincing answer for this question. Utmost important for candidates already in a job, any way superior to APSC ACS/APS etc.
# CurrentHappenings – Reading newspapers, magazine, following govt/development happenings and other current issues of Assam and India is very important
# Know Assam – Knowledge about Assam History, Polity, Geography, Economy and Art & Culture is also very important, so, try to brush up again these areas. (Very important if you are staying outside Assam). Also know your locality.
# Optional / Academic subjects – Questions can be asked about your optional subject(s) and degree/masters subject(s), so try to revise alteast the fundamentals of these subjects. (Very important if your Optional(s) are different from your educational background)
# Don’t Bluff– If you don’t know answer of a particular question, say “Sorry Sir/Madam, I do not know” instead of beating around the unknown bush. Just make sure you don’t say too many “Sorry Sir/Madam, I do not know”.
Before the APSC Interview
# Preparementally – The Interview stage demands more of calm and composed mind & personality, so stop accumulating more and more information immediately before Interview and try to be in your comfort zone.
# Readyall necessary documents
All original certificates (including Birth Certificate)
Mark Sheets
Caste certificate
Disability_status(if applicable)
We recommend No Objection Certificate (NOC) also
# First impression(Dress code)
On Interview day, Dress smartly in a comfortable full formal attire.
For Male – Shoe (with shocks), Trouser (Preferably dark coloured), Full sleeve shirt (Preferably light coloured). Tie is optional (based on your comfort level and climatic condition). Wristwatch is good.
For Female – Shoe or Sandal (low-heeled / do not make noise), simple Saree or a Salwar suit (based on your comfort level). Neaty hair and minimum makeup. Minimum jewellery.
NOT Recommended
Avoid bright colours/shades/prints cloths
No cool jeans and T-shirts.
No sneakers or flip-flops.
Male candidates avoid very stylish beard and long hair.
Be ConfidentBe Positive
Don`t give up and never despond! Believe in yourself and your luck; you can do everything!!!!
Q4. Who presented the first Assam Budget in 1948, in the independent India?
R K Shanmugham Chetty
Gopinath Bordoloi
Muhammad Saadulla
Bishnu Ram Medhi
d. Bishnu Ram Medhi
Q5. Which of the following product from Assam has recently got Geographical Indication (GI) in September 2021?
Judima
Manohari gold tea
Joha Rice
Boka saul or ‘mud rice’
a. Judima
Judima wine brewed by the Dimasa community in Assam, has been awarded the geographical indication (GI) tag. This wine made from rice and a certain herb is the first beverage from the north-east to earn this label.
Q6. When was the North Eastern Council (NEC) constituted as the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region, under the NEC Act 1971?
1971
1972
1975
1988
a. 1971
North Eastern Council (NEC) is a statutory advisory body constituted under the North Eastern Council Act 1971 and came into being on 7 November 1972 at Shillong. functions under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) of Govt of India.
Eight States of Northeast India are members of the council, with their respective Chief Ministers and Governors representing them.
Sikkim was added to the council in the year 2002.
Q7. Which of the following was the first state in India to present a e-budget and was also live-streamed on social media?
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Assam
Delhi
c. Assam
Assam presents its first digital budget in 2018 which was also live streamed on social media.
Andhra Pradesh to present its budget in the digital format in 2016. However, Assam is the first to live stream digital budget session on social media.
Q8. As per the Assam Human Development Report (HRD) 2014, Assam’s Human Development Index (HDI) is at
0.607
0.557
0.507
0.525
b. 0.557
Q9. Which place is famously known as Manchestar of Assam?
Karimganj
Majuli
Sualkuchi
Jorhat
c. Sualkuchi
This is the textile center of Assam and has large number of cottage industry engaged in handloom
Muga silk and Pat silk along with Eri silk and Endi cloth from this region is famous for its quality.
Its registered trademark is SUALKUCHI’STM.
Q10. The Eri, Muga and Pat different types of a which specialty of Assam?
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APSC Prelim Test Series – Aspirants/Participants’ reviews
Testimony of Assamexam.com’s APSC Test Series
For us, best form of advertisement is the acknowledgement of our aspirants. Here we have some appreciating words about our Tests from some participants..
APSC Aspirants' Reviews of Our Test Series Questions
Question are very tough – Kamal
Questions are really good – BISHNU JYOTI DAS
Questions are very good – Gargee Kashyap
Questions were good and upto the syllabus – BARSHA RANI DAS
Standard questions – Pankaj Hazarika
Thank you.It’s good – NIRJU N
The questions are up to date mode. It will really helpful for the aspirants. – Bishnu Jyoti Das
The questions are very practicable – Bishnu Jyoti Das
The standard of the questions are very good – Jadab Borah
V. Good. No polity questions though. – Dhritiman Talukdar
Very appropriate mcqs for apsc prelims – Ritamoni Khanikarr
Very good initiative by Adhikary as usual… – Dhruba Jyoti Nath
Very good questions – Mrinali
Very good questions. – Ujjal Choudhury
Very helpful – Jintumoni Dutta
Very informative – Das BK
Very nice – Bikash Roy
Very standard and upto the APSC level – Partha pratim Baruah
Very very important current affairs questions – Suraj Kumar Das
Our Participants Reviews
‘All questions are upto the mark …pl carry on such initiatives..thanks a lot…’ – REHANA
‘First of all i want to thank adhikary education for giving us the opportunity to take the mock test which is of great help for the aspirants’ – Jyotipan deka
‘All the above questions are good.’ – Samishta Borah
‘Got a fair idea about preparation. thanks’ – Namrata Chetri
‘All the questions are very much important and selective. I have enjoyed the test. Thank you. ‘ – Dhanashree Kalita
‘Appreciation’ – Bonnie Das
‘Aptitude question should increase’ – Pallob Borah
‘As my point of view test very good.. ‘ – NILPABAN DEKA
‘Best quetions’ – Bedanta Bhagawati
‘by this test we can able to know how much we are prepare for the exam’ – Sandipan Chakravorty
‘Good set of questions… want some more tests of this kind. thank you.’ – Hirakjyoti Baishya
‘In line with the apsc prelims. That’s really admirable’ – NAVAJYOTI BORA
‘Great work. Please keep providng such papers. Would request short explainations fior the number series and analytical questions.’ – nipam medhi
‘it was very benificial, current affair part is quite good.’ – JEBIN SULTANA
‘It’s a nice initiative. Very helpful to all the aspirants. contents are standard and as per the syllabus of APSC. Thanks a lot.’ – Sanjib Sarma
‘its a very useful test’ – Partha Pratim Baruah
‘Firstly, Thanx a lot, for such an initiative. In my view level of questions for the next time expecting to be much tougher. As a first mock test its fine, more questions related to polity and policies/scheme is what needed. Although few sections were great (assam history, geo+ env, eco, current affair.) one advice Reduce the no of date/year oriented questions for the next time. ‘ – BIKRAMJIT DEKA
‘Found it very good with diversity of GS covered to commendable satisfaction. Regards. ‘ – Sanju Das
‘Outstanding quality of questions .’ – Ashim Roy
‘nice questions…… Some simple some tough and some are drazzling… ‘ – Jayanta Madhab Borah
‘questions are very standard. i think this type of question pattern will come in prelims’ – DIPJYOTI HAZARIKA
‘Questions are very technical, take much time, but it was good for preparation for prestigious examination. Thnak you.’ – Hemanga Saha
‘Superb Series!!’ – Shyamal Baruah
‘Thanks for your great effort.. ‘ – Chiranjit roy
‘the qstns were vry hlpfull to upcmng xm..thnq..’ – Rimjim Jula
‘the question are of standard quality.thanks.’ – Wahidur Rahman
‘Very helpful and good initiative’ – DIPJYOTI BORSAIKIA
‘Quite appreciative.Helped a lot in preparation.’ – Daisy Borah
‘Question choice is good’ – Bhaskar J pegu
‘Question pattern is really good’ – Sangeeta deka
‘Questions are good. ‘ – Sangmirlin Terangpi
‘very tough few questions were there ,rest are easy’ – mryou you
‘Very tough. But good quality questions.’ – Sumanta Bhuyan
‘very up to date and informational’ – Meghna Talukdar
‘Good collection of questions’ – Rini hazarika
‘Good for APSC. Done a great job for the aspirants. ‘ – Anupam Konwar
‘Excellent ‘ – Pranjal Deep Gogoi
‘Awesome’ – Pranjal Bhuyan
‘Awesome’ – Ankurjyoti Bordoloi
‘Awsm’ – Swapan Dhar
‘awsm’ – ABHIJIT MEDHI
‘Beneficial’ – Hiranya Kumar Bordoloi
‘BEST’ – IPSITA SARMA
‘Good initiative ‘ – bikash dowara
‘Good job’ – Anubhab
‘Good level of Questions’ – Sanjib Borah
‘GOOD ONE’ – PRABIN KUMAR NATH
‘Good one’ – Nandita baruah
‘good one.’ – Amit Choudhury
‘Good paper. Current affairs based. ‘ – MOUSHMI KAUR
‘Good QUALITY questions.’ – Abhilekh Saikia
‘GOOD QUESTIONS’ – UJJAL CHOUDHURY
‘Good questions’ – Rani Gogoi
‘Good questions ‘ – Champak Das
‘Good questions…’ – Daisy konwar
‘Good set of questions’ – Himangshu Das
‘Good step taken.. i think time limit is required’ – Bitupon Gogoi
‘Good test ‘ – Normada
‘good work’ – Homen Dehingia
‘Good,need some more geography and environment questions’ – Babu
‘Good.’ – Bedanta Bora
‘Good. Its helpfool for preparation’ – Kakoli Borah
‘Good.we expect more questions from modern imdia history and indian polity’ – Jitumoni Choudhury
‘Goodone …’ – biplab bora
‘Great’ – Sa.ha
‘Great’ – Rupjyoti bhuyan
‘Great initiative’ – Anshu Prakash Deka
‘helpful’ – Imran Hussain
‘I like it’ – DAIPAYAN dutta choudhury
‘It is good… but Indian polity should be more questions.’ – Uttam Doley
‘It seems great. Level is good too.’ – Kunaljit Deka
‘It was best… thanks’ – Rajashri Hazarika
‘IT WAS GOOD’ – RESHNA ROY
‘it was great ‘ – Debobrat Doley
‘It was really good. ‘ – Debajit borah
‘ITS GOOD’ – KAMALESH VERMA
‘Its good’ – Neena das
‘its good for every one ‘ – gyanashree das
‘Its good.’ – Pranab P
‘its very good, but i suggest topics on economics, polity and history get less emphasis on this mock test.’ – JAy
‘Keep it up’ – Sanjay S
‘Lacks the static part.’ – PRITAM KUMAR GOSWAMI
‘Love it’ – Jahnabi Hazarika
‘Need more’ – Bikuraj
‘Nice cover up’ – Hasnu
‘Nice efforts. Questions from Assam history & culture should also be included in future efforts.’ – Kuldip Kalita
‘All questions are upto the mark …pl carry on such initiatives..thanks a lot…’ – REHANA
‘First of all i want to thank adhikary education for giving us the opportunity to take the mock test which is of great help for the aspirants’ – Jyotipan deka
‘All the above questions are good.’ – Samishta Borah
‘Got a fair idea about preparation. thanks’ – Namrata Chetri
‘All the questions are very much important and selective. I have enjoyed the test. Thank you. ‘ – Dhanashree Kalita
‘Appreciation’ – Bonnie Das
‘Aptitude question should increase’ – Pallob Borah
‘As my point of view test very good.. ‘ – NILPABAN DEKA
‘Best quetions’ – Bedanta Bhagawati
‘by this test we can able to know how much we are prepare for the exam’ – Sandipan Chakravorty
‘Good set of questions… want some more tests of this kind. thank you.’ – Hirakjyoti Baishya
‘In line with the apsc prelims. That’s really admirable’ – NAVAJYOTI BORA
‘Great work. Please keep providng such papers. Would request short explainations fior the number series and analytical questions.’ – nipam medhi
‘it was very benificial, current affair part is quite good.’ – JEBIN SULTANA
‘It’s a nice initiative. Very helpful to all the aspirants. contents are standard and as per the syllabus of APSC. Thanks a lot.’ – Sanjib Sarma
‘its a very useful test’ – Partha Pratim Baruah
‘Firstly, Thanx a lot, for such an initiative. In my view level of questions for the next time expecting to be much tougher. As a first mock test its fine, more questions related to polity and policies/scheme is what needed. Although few sections were great (assam history, geo+ env, eco, current affair.) one advice Reduce the no of date/year oriented questions for the next time. ‘ – BIKRAMJIT DEKA
‘Found it very good with diversity of GS covered to commendable satisfaction. Regards. ‘ – Sanju Das
‘Outstanding quality of questions .’ – Ashim Roy
‘nice questions…… Some simple some tough and some are drazzling… ‘ – Jayanta Madhab Borah
‘questions are very standard. i think this type of question pattern will come in prelims’ – DIPJYOTI HAZARIKA
‘Questions are very technical, take much time, but it was good for preparation for prestigious examination. Thnak you.’ – Hemanga Saha
‘Superb Series!!’ – Shyamal Baruah
‘Thanks for your great effort.. ‘ – Chiranjit roy
‘the qstns were vry hlpfull to upcmng xm..thnq..’ – Rimjim Jula
‘the question are of standard quality.thanks.’ – Wahidur Rahman
‘Very helpful and good initiative’ – DIPJYOTI BORSAIKIA
‘Quite appreciative.Helped a lot in preparation.’ – Daisy Borah
‘Question choice is good’ – Bhaskar J pegu
‘Question pattern is really good’ – Sangeeta deka
‘Questions are good. ‘ – Sangmirlin Terangpi
‘very tough few questions were there ,rest are easy’ – mryou you
‘Very tough. But good quality questions.’ – Sumanta Bhuyan
‘very up to date and informational’ – Meghna Talukdar
‘Good collection of questions’ – Rini hazarika
‘Good for APSC. Done a great job for the aspirants. ‘ – Anupam Konwar
‘Excellent ‘ – Pranjal Deep Gogoi
‘excellent..’ – Uddipta Das
‘Awesome’ – Pranjal Bhuyan
‘Awesome’ – Ankurjyoti Bordoloi
‘Awsm’ – Swapan Dhar
‘awsm’ – ABHIJIT MEDHI
‘Beneficial’ – Hiranya Kumar Bordoloi
‘BEST’ – IPSITA SARMA
‘Good initiative ‘ – bikash dowara
‘Good job’ – Anubhab
‘Good level of Questions’ – Sanjib Borah
‘GOOD ONE’ – PRABIN KUMAR NATH
‘Good one’ – Nandita baruah
‘good one.’ – Amit Choudhury
‘Good paper. Current affairs based. ‘ – MOUSHMI KAUR
‘Good QUALITY questions.’ – Abhilekh Saikia
‘GOOD QUESTIONS’ – UJJAL CHOUDHURY
‘Good questions’ – Rani Gogoi
‘Good questions ‘ – Champak Das
‘Good questions…’ – Daisy konwar
‘Good set of questions’ – Himangshu Das
‘Good step taken.. i think time limit is required’ – Bitupon Gogoi
‘Good test ‘ – Normada
‘good work’ – Homen Dehingia
‘Good,need some more geography and environment questions’ – Babu
‘Good.’ – Bedanta Bora
‘Good. Its helpfool for preparation’ – Kakoli Borah
‘Good.we expect more questions from modern imdia history and indian polity’ – Jitumoni Choudhury
‘Goodone …’ – biplab bora
‘Great’ – Sa.ha
‘Great’ – Rupjyoti bhuyan
‘Great initiative’ – Anshu Prakash Deka
‘helpful’ – Imran Hussain
‘I like it’ – DAIPAYAN dutta choudhury
‘It is good… but Indian polity should be more questions.’ – Uttam Doley
‘It seems great. Level is good too.’ – Kunaljit Deka
‘It was best… thanks’ – Rajashri Hazarika
‘IT WAS GOOD’ – RESHNA ROY
‘it was great ‘ – Debobrat Doley
‘It was really good. ‘ – Debajit borah
‘ITS GOOD’ – KAMALESH VERMA
‘Its good’ – Neena das
‘its good for every one ‘ – gyanashree das
‘Its good.’ – Pranab P
‘Its good. Team Adhikary has really worked hard!!’ – Aspirante
‘its very good, but i suggest topics on economics, polity and history get less emphasis on this mock test.’ – JAy
‘Keep it up’ – Sanjay S
‘Lacks the static part.’ – PRITAM KUMAR GOSWAMI
‘Love it’ – Jahnabi Hazarika
‘Need more’ – Bikuraj
‘Nice’ – Aparupa sarma
‘Nice’ – Pirbi Tissopi
‘Nice’ – Riku Dey
‘nice’ – ranju kotoky
‘Nice’ – Himshikha gogoi
‘Nice ‘ – Jintu Sarma
‘Nice ‘ – Prakash singha
‘Nice cover up’ – Hasnu
‘Nice efforts. Questions from Assam history & culture should also be included in future efforts.’ – Kuldip Kalita
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.
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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
Q45. Radcliff committee was appointed to c. Delimit boundaries between India and Pakistan #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
Q61. Leaders of 1857 Revolt in Assam d. Maniram Dewan #Q in Our test series
Q62. Tribes practices nomadic herding d. All the above
Q63. Device used to record humidity a. Hygrometer #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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 P | Sister | 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 #Q in Our test series
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 #Q in Our test series
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
APSC Previous years are always very helpful as they provide the trends APSC asks questions about and also the topics APSC gives more weightage upon. Here we will list the Questions asked in APSC Prelim 2009 General Studies Paper and also analyse the paper by segregating no. of questions from each areas and see from which area more questions have appeared and which are the sections very lightly covered by the GS paper.
Indian Polity + Political System in India
Habeas corpus writ
National Flood Control Programme (NFCP)
The Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP)
Direct democracy
Article 80
Fundamental Duties – committee
Panchayati Raj was established in Assam
Planning Commission year
Citizenship Act, 1955 to acquire Indian citizenship
types of budgeting is followed in India
Articles of the Constitution of India is related to the independence of the Union Public Service Commission
Schedules to the Constitution of India relates to languages
Impeachment of the President of India
not a part of the financial management
Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 – provisions
How many members are there in the Rajya Sabha from Assam?
Current Affairs National + International
Who Was awarded the Man of the Series in Cricket World Cup, 2011?
Authored the book, India from Midnight to Millennium?
First Secretary-General of UN
Chairs the Planning Commission
Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which Indian clasaical dance
slogan of the Commonwealth Games-2010
Swine flu is caused by
First Indian to win the gold medal in men’s singles tennis at the Asian Games
Economy+Planning
Organisation related to international trade (EXIM, IIP, FPO, TQM)
headquarters of WTO
Per capita income of Assam
Geography
Drip irrigation
Grey Revolution
In which Indian State is the hill station Kodaikanal
longest river in Asia?
‘Land of Morning Calm’.
total area of Assam
largest continent in the world
Assam State climate
Terai zone is situated at Assam’s
National Park of Assam where the rare white-winged duck (Deohanh) is found
new island emrging out of the Bay of Bengal?
total geographical area of Assam the total area under forest
World’s largest producer of gold
world’s longest railway line?
How are latitude and Iongitilde lines drawn on a globe
Bhakra Dam is located in
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research is Located
States which have common boundaries with Bangladesh
