APSC Prelim 2016 GS Paper – Solved Question Paper

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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
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
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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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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.

  1. 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?

  1. 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
  1. Economy+Planning
  • Organisation related to international trade (EXIM, IIP, FPO, TQM)
  • headquarters of WTO
  • Per capita income of Assam
  1. 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
  • National Highway 1
  • States is not touched by Tropic of Cancer
  • odd pair out,(A) Dheerbeel : Dhubri district(B) Khamrengabeel : kamrup (C) Tamrangabeel : Bongaigaon district(D) Merbeel :jorhat
  • average gradient of the Brahamaputra within Assam
  • Clouded leopard and capped langur are important animals of which NP
  • not a tributary to the Indus
  • Sardar Sarobar Dam is constructed on river
  • Bermuda Triangle is located in
  • Waterloo is located in country
  • vast grassland of Australia is known as
  • famous fort sonar killa is located
  • Strait divides Europe from Africa

  1. History, culture, Literature, Freedom 
  • ‘PurnaSwaraj’ resolution
  • Home Rule Movement
  • French philosopher Rousseau years
  • Indus Valley Cilvilization
  • first to visit India – Huen Tsang, I-Tsing, Fa-Hien
  • AhalyaBai
  • ‘Do or Die’
  • Land Settlement Systems in Assam
  • capital of British India was shifted to Delhi in the year
  • A. O. Hume was a
  • Indian National Army was headed by
  • Swadeshi Movement started during
  • first regular census in India
  • earliest historical dynasty of Assam
  • first tea company established in Assam
  • The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by
  • events can be ascribed to the year 1919
  • Act transferred power from the Company to the Crown in India?
  • first railway line in India
  • When East India Company begin to build up its territorial power in India
  • Third Battle of Panipat
  • When was Mizoram converted into a Union Territory?
  • which year was Burma annexed by the British?
  • Who wrote ‘VandeMatram’?
  • Indian National Congress was founded during the viceroyalty of?
  1. Science
  • Rusting
  • purest form of gold
  • the percentage of oxygen in the earth’s crust
  • the precise time taken by the earth for one rotation?
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) Should be
  • Black hole
  • operating system of computers
  • Escape velocity
  • Largest moon in the solar system
  • Pacemaker
  • prolonged fasting, his/her urine will contain abnormal quantity of
  • Science of improving human race
  • photon will have less energy
  • Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is mainly a mixture of
  • radioactive isotope is most useful for nuclear power
  • third most abundant gas in the atmosphere
  • planet takes more time to complete one rotation on its axis than to complete one revolution around the sun
  1. Aptitude
  • % problem

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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 2013 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.

  1. Indian Polity + Political System in India
  • Which subject not included in the state list in the constitution of India?
  • Rajya Sabha has exclusive jurisdiction in?
  • Which is not a part of the Directive Principles of the State Policy?
  • Which was not originally included in the Preamble to the Constitution of India?
  • President of India does not deny his consent to a Money Bill because?
  • Constituent Assembly of India have its first meeting on which date?
  • Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with?
  • 42nd amendment of Indian Constitution deals with?
  • Ashok Mehta Committee is related to? 
  • Which schedule deals with the Division of power between Centre and States?
  • Legal document created in 1947 that allowed the Princely states to join either India or Pakistan is?
  • During National emergency, Fundamental Rights limitations?
  • Presidents of India in the correct chronological sequence
  • The term ‘secular’ was added to the Preamble in?
  • Which is not a Money Bill? A. Budget B. Appropriation Bill C.Bill seeking Vote on Account D. Finance Bill
  • Which article of the Indian Constitution has empowered the parliament to regulate the citizenship matters?
  • What is the status of Planning Commission of India?
  • Committees formed related to Panchayati Raj institutions?
  • Which of the following state does not have an autonomous district?
  • Which Government remained in power in India for the shorted period?

  1. Current Affairs National + International
  • GSAT-7 launched from which place?
  • Name of the Submarine which was destroyed recently?
  • Zubin Mehta was in news recently, why?
  • Ship MV Bingo was drowned due to cyclone Phailin, which aircraft was used for search & rescue mission?  – Dornier Aircraft CG 790
  • Which organisation launched the world’s largest solar sail in 2014?
  • Which Indian film personalities received Oscar Award?
  • National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) was held in?
  • Who is the author of the book, ‘India Against Itself’?
  1. Economy+Planning
  • Which Indian economist helped create the United Nations Human Development Index?
  • Indian economic sectors has attracted the highest foreign direct investment inflows?
  • Who formulates the fiscal policy?
  • Which committee that recommended abolition of tax rebate under Section 88- A. Chelliah Committee, B. Kelkar Committee, C. Shome Committee?
  • VAT is imposed on?
  • SEBI is a/an A. statutory body B. advisory body C. constitutional body D. non-statutory?
  • inflation is measured by?
  • Terra-cotta industry in Assam in which place?
  • Rise in the general price level is due to?
  • FDI limit in specific sectors?
  • Recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission is for which period?
  • Minimum Needs Programme was launched when?
  • Plan holiday was in which year(s)?
  • Estimation of the national income done by which organisations?
  • Disinvestment meaning?
  • New tax regime VAT/ GST?
  • First systematic attempt of economic planning started when?
  • Minimum amount of calorie-based definition of poverty?
  • Decentralized planning?
  • Assam Gas Cracker Project at Tengakhat does not have the proposal to produce what?
  1. Geography
  • UN in its report World Population Prospects, 2012, India will be the Most populous by which year?
  • When Kaziranga wildlife Sanctuary was elevated to a National Park?
  • According to Census 2011, Female literacy rate in India is?
  • Largest plain of the world?
  • Percent of the Indian landmass is covered by the State of Assam?
  • Which sea is without a coastline?
  • Panidihing Birds Sanctuary is located in which district?
  • National Parks of Assam correctly in the order of descending size?
  • Cottage industry workers in Assam developed is due to? availability of raw materials
  • Mineral Resources found in places of Assam?
  • Panama Canal?
  • If the Arctic Ice was somehow replaced with dense forest -What will situation be situation?
  • Find out the odd combination out of the following:
    A. Japan, Singapore, Australia, England
    B. Bhutan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
    C. Mumbai, Kochi, Goa, Chennai
    D. Guwahati, Ranchi, Patna, Chandigarh
  1. History, culture, Literature, Freedom 
  • Patharughat Battle took place in which year?
  • President of Swaraj Party formed in Assam during the Freedom Movement?
  • The Yandaboo Treaty was signed in 1826 between which parties?
  • Shanti Sena Force was formed during which all India movement?
  • Buranjis are?
  • Hybrid Indo-Greek art form depicting Buddhist themes is called?
  • Title given by the British to M. K. Gandhi which he surrendered was? Kaiser-e-Hind
  • Mountbatten Plan, a referendum in Assam?
  • First Session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by?
  • Who was the last independent Ahom King?
  • Constituent Assembly was set up according to the proposal of?
  • Gandhara School of Art is a contribution of?
  • Sadiya Khowa Gowahin was a?
  • Prachya Sasanavali was edited by?
  • Who is nicknamed as Bhagaraja?
  • Pioneer lady responsible for forming the Mrityu Bahini in Assam
  • Which of the following statements is not correct?

A. Civil Disobedience Movement was started based on the issue of salt
B. Dandi March was started from Gandhiji’s Ashram at Wardha
C. Gandhi violated the Salt Laws on April 6, 1930
D. Salt March was widely covered by the European and American press

  • What are Maidans?
  • Bagarumba is a folk dance performed by?
  • Ibn Batuta, the celebrated traveler, visited Assam when?
  • Gang Ghar was constructed during the reign of which ruler?
  • Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was mooted by?
  • Assam Provincial Congress formed in which year?
  • Gandhiji visited Assam in which year?
  • Who is the author of Asomiya Sahityar Buranji?
  • Assam region was separated from the Bengal Presidency in which year?
  • Gohain Kamal Ali from Koch Behar to Narayanpur was constructed during the reign of?
  • The first Ahom Monarch to assume the Hindu title Swarganarayan’?
  • Hasthividyarnava was done by?
  • British-made aerodrome at Barnagar, Sarbhog was set ablaze under the leadership of Brajanath Sarma in
  • The title of the overall administrative head of Lower Assam region during the Ahom Rule was?
  • First rebellion against the British rule in Assam in 1828 was led by?
  • Which district was separated from Assam and given to Pakistan in 1947?
  1. Science
  • renewable energy sector, the first three ranks
  1. Aptitude
  • series 65, 76, 78, 95, 91, 114, 104, 133, … …. find the two missing terms
  • time / missing no. / Day on date – calendar / Order  – puzzle

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APSC Prelim 2015 GS Paper – Questions & Section-wise Analysis

APSC Question Papers: Prelim Exam 2015 GS Papers & Analysis
APSC prelims questions
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 2015 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.

  1. Indian Polity + Political System in India
  • Right to Education – under which category? (a) DP, (b) FR, (c) FD, (d)Legal Right
  • Disputes in election of President and Vice-President is decided by which authority?
  • Reservation in private institution related to Amendment no.?
  • Which of the subject is not in state list? – (a) Police, (b) Law&order, (c) Prison, (d) Passport
  • Who initiate Impeachment of President – (a) LS, (b)Any house, (c) Rajya Sabha  (d) Supreme Court
  • Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of RS ?
  • Panchyta raj implemeneted in 1959 in which state?
  • Welfare State is in which part of Indian Constitution?
  • Three list – union, state, concurrent; are available in which schedule of Indian Constitution?
  • Which of the following Ideas were not in original preamble? – (a)liberty, (b)socialism, (c)equality, (d)justice
  • Which Dept prepare Union Budget?
  • Hornbill festival is celebrated in which state?
  • Which Article of Indian Constitution has provision for Anglo Indian in LS?
  • National party – eligibility criteria?   – state party, defection, party symbol
  • What is maximum seat for Lok Sabha?
  • what is the maximum. gap b/n two sessions of Parliament?
  • Essential feature of parliamentary form of govt
  • When does a candidate losses his Deposit in election – criteria
  1. Current Affairs National + International
  • Theme of Indian Science Congress
  • First district in India where High-Speed Rural Broadband network is being implemented?
  • Theme of National youth festival 2015 in Guwahati?
  • Bhupen Hazarika Award’15 is awarded to whom?
  • Storm ‘Etau’  came in which country?
  • Who is the 1st President of BRICS development Bank?
  • Where is the 2022 Comonwealth games hosted?
  • UNESCO award – conservation -temple – city
  • When is the 1st International yoga Day organised?
  • First transgender Principal in which state of India?
  • Asian Athletics Championship 2015 is hosted in which city ?
  • 2022 Olympic winter games to be hosted is which city?
  • Best Film in Nat. Film Award?
  • Personality death recently
  • Cricket related Question
  • PAHAL – Govt Scheme?
  • Smart city – which state has maximum no.?
  • What is Aadhar ?
  • NPP – stable population?
  1. Economy+Planning
  • Which is th Bankers of Bank ?
  • 14th Fin Comm – recommendation – % of tax devolution to states?
  • Non-Development  expenditure include?
  • Which new Bank started?
  • Women-20 – President?
  • Mainstay of Indian economy
  • What is Deficit Financing?
  • Most important source of income for GoI?
  • Which items not under GST?
  • Women bank?
  • NITI full form?
  • JAM full form? (terms of Economic survey)
  • Which Five year plan plan focus growth with social justice & equity?
  1. Geography
  • smallest district of assam?
  • not east flowing river?
  • highest mountain peak in India?
  • geographical Which process forms valley?
  • Name of dry local wind of sahar desert?
  • Which is not a kharif crop?
  • diego Garcia – island in which ocean?
  • Baksa district created from district?
  • Indian standard Time – longitude?
  • India’s rank by Area?
  1. History, culture, Literature, Freedom 
  • Dispur was made capital of assam in which year?
  • Who translate Ramayana in Assamese?
  • Planter Raj to Swaaraj author?
  • First Assamese to win Sangeet Natak Academy award
  • First dictionary in Assamese by
  • Firs novel by Rajanikanta Bordoloi
  • Civil Dis-Obedience Movement – Pact B/n Gandhi & ?
  • Red Fort built by?
  • Dandi March –began which movement?
  • Who ends Dual Govt in Bengal?
  • East India Company established in 1600 by which Ruler ?
  • Governance of India passed to which which British Act?
  • Which ruler made postal delivery system
  • Sankardev born year?
  • BhupenH’zrika taught in which univ ?
  • INC formed month,year?
  • Institute not founded by Gandhi – Sabarmati, Sevagram,Visva-bharati,Phoenis Ashram
  • Swaraj demand made first time by ?
  • First movement among the swadeshi,khilafat,quit,CDM
  • Viceroy during whom Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place?
  • Vande Mataram was adopted as slogal in which movement – QIM,NCM,PoB,Rev1857
  • First martyr of 1942 revolt?
  • Patharughat incident – Itakhuli, Phulaguri,Rangiya
  • MrityuBahini organized by ?
  • Yogini Tantra written century ?
  • You said it,commom man, tunnel of time –by ?
  1. Science
  • Dakshin Gangotri research station location?
  • DRDO developed drug Lukoski?
  • First remote sensing satellite –launched from
  • EDUSAT – launched which year?
  • Fabric from bananan fibre –developed by which organisation?
  1. Aptitude
  • Speed &dist / Ranking – back-forth x2 / Direction x 2
  • Code –language / Time / Series – APLHABET
  • Misc – Ikebana – Japanese art of ?

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