APPSC – DAO 2011 Question Paper
1. Department of Atomic Energy will be under the control of
1) Cabinet Secretariat 2) Ministry of Power
3) Ministry of Science and Technology 4) Prime Minister
2. The Government of India’s recent initiative for ‘Black Revolution’ for making country self dependent in
1) Ethanol 2) Bio diesel
3) Petroleum/Crude Oil 4) Edible Oil
3. HINI virus causing swine flu is medically termed as
1) Influenza C11 2) Influenza B
3) Influenza A 4) Influenza
4. Artificial chemicals are bio-chemically known as
1) Endocrine Reactors 2) Endocrine Disruptors
3) Endocrine Facilitators 4) Endocrine Inhibitors
5. Ethanol as viable biofuel can be obtained from APPSC – DAO – 2011 Question Paper with Answers
1) Maize 2) Sugar cane 3) Potato 4) Wheat
6. The 97th century Indian National Science congress was recently (2009) in
1) Thiruvanantapuram 2) Kolkata
3) Hyderabad 4) Bangalore
7. Which state of India became first carbon free state?
1) Kerala 2) Gujarat 3) Punjab 4) Himachal Pradesh
8. National E-governance plan have been initiated in the year
1) 2009 2) 2005 3) 2006 4) 2008
9. Recently launched Oceansat – II Satellite through?
1) GSLV – 18 2) PSLV – 16
3) PSLV – C 14 4) GSLV – 12
10. The energy of winds and the waves is
1) Kinetic 2) Electrical
3) Potential 4) Kinetic and Electrical
11. When Iron rusts, its weight?
1) Increases 2) Decreases
3) Decreases and then increases 4) Shows no charge
12. A vast collection of stars held together by mutual gravitation is called
1) A Galaxy 2) Constellations 3) Nebula 4) Universe
13. The smallest planet in the solar system is
1) Mercury 2) Pluto 3) Saturn 4) Earth
14. Jet Engine works on the principle of
1) Conservation of Angular momentum
2) Conservation of Energy
3) Conservation of linear momentum
15. The best conductor of heat among liquid is
1) Alcohol 2) Water 3) Acid 4) Mercury
16. Wood is the main raw material for manufacture of
1) Paint 2) Paper 3) Ink 4) Gunpowder
17. When the speed of a body is doubled, its kinetic energy becomes
1) One-fourth 2) Quadraple 3) Double 4) Half
18. The element required for solar energy conversion is
1) Ultra Pure carbon 2) Beryllium
3) Tantalum 4) Silicon
19. The chemical name for urea is
1) Choroethene 2) Aneurin 3) Nitrine 4) Carbamide
20. The Gas that used in electric bulb is
1) Oxygen 2) Nitrogen 3) Hydrogen 4) CO2
21. Number of Chromosomes present in a normal human body cell is
1) 46 2) 48 3) 44 4) 42
22. The disease that is caused by Viral infection is
1) Jaundice 2) Typhoid 3) Cold 4) Titanus
23. Palaeonotology is the study of
1) Bones 2) Organs 3) Fossils 4) Birds
24. AB blood group holder is sometimes called a Universal because of
1) Presence of Antibodies 2) Lack of Antibodies
3) Lack of Antigens 4) Lack of both Antigens and Antibodies
25. The International Rice Research Institute is located in
1) Philippines 2) Nigeria 3) Mexico 4) Brazil
26. August 29th is celebrated as “National Sports Day in Indian in memory of
1) Dhyan Chand 2) Milkha Singh
3) C.K. Naidu 4) Wilson Jones
27. The Decade 2006-2015 is designated by SAARC as the decade of
1) Girl Child 2) Rights of Child
3) Tourism 4) Poverty Alleviation
28. Cloud seeding is done for artificial rain by using the chemical named?
1) Potassium Permanganate 2) Copper Sulphate
3) Nitrogen 4) Silver Iodide
29. Which city known as the “Big Apple”?
1) Tokyo 2) Shanghai 3) New York 4) Paris
30. The largest peninsula in the world is
1) Arabia 2) Alaska 3) Southern India 4) Labrador
31. Who is the author of the book Golden threshold?
1) Aruna Asaf Ali 2) Sarojini Naidu
3) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 4) Annie Beasent
32. Which amongst the following countries has the worlds largest reserves of Uranium?
1) Canada 2) U.S.A. 3) Australia 4) Russia
33. The most literate Union territory in India is
1) Chandigarh 2) New Delhi 3) Pondicherry 4) Laksh Dweep
34. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award is related to
1) Journalism 2) Science and Technology
3) Literature 4) Peace
35. The concept of public interest litigation is originated in
1) Germany 2) India 3) Canada 4) U.S.A.
36. Who is currently the Executive Secretary of United Nations Frame Work Convention
for climate change?
1) Yuo De Boer 2) Yaseer Sayeed
3) Mariam Blanchett 4) Ban kee Moon
37. Srikumar Benerjee is the new head for
1) Dept. of Home 2) Dept. of Atomic Energy
3) Dept. of Petroleum 4) Dept.of Science and Technology
38. The Governor of Reserve Bank of India is
1) D.V. Subba Rao 2) Y.V. Reddy
3) Usha Thorat 4) Amitabh Guha
39. The current chairman of the T.R.A.I. is
1) Vipul Uppal 2) J.S. Sharma
3) Sam Pitrode 4) Anil Kakodkar
40. The National Crisis Management commission is headed by
1) The Prime Minister of India 2) The Union Home Minister
3) The Union Finance Minister 4) Cabinet Secretary
41. The Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister is
1) M. Natarajan 2) M.G.K. Pillai
3) M.K. Narayan 4) V.K. Saraswat
42. Which country has been suspended from common wealth in September 2009 is
1) Fizi 2) Pakistan 3) Nepal 4) Srilanka
43. Microsofts new search engine launched in 2009 is called
1) Ming 2) Buzz 3) Bing 4) Turill
44. The Third largest party which emerged in 15th Lok Sabha elections of 2009 is
1) C.P.I. (Marxist) 2) Samajwadi Party
3) Bahujan Samaj Party 4) Trinamool Congress
45. What is ISRO’s versions of Google earth launched is 2009?
1) Bhoogol 2) Bhoomi 3) Bhuvan 4) Samsar
46. Recently, the Andhra Pradesh Government has formed Special Developments
Authority to which of the following Sector
1) Mining 2) Petroleum 3) Industry 4) Fertilizers
47. National Institute of Nutrition is located at
1) Hyderabad 2) Pune 3) Chennai 4) Kolkata
48. Which one of the following is not a form of Carnatic Music?
1) Slokem 2) Thilana 3) Kirti 4) Tappa
49. The Audacity of Hope has been written by
1) Algore 2) Hillary Clinton
3) Banki moon 4) Barack Obama
50. Russia is going to build koodankulam Style nuclear power plant in
1) Tamil Nadu 2) Maharashtra
3) West Bengal 4) Gujarat
51. Lothal has been situated in
1) Rajasthan 2) Gujarat 3) Punjab 4) Pakistan
52. The kings who issued gold coins for the first time in India was
1) Kushans 2) Guptas 3) Mauryas 4) Indo-Greeks
53. The capital of Bimbisara was
1) Champa 2) Rajgir 3) Vaishali 4) Ujjain
54. In the Third battle of panipat, the Marathas were defeated by
1) Mughals 2) Afghans 3) French 4) British
55. Madurai was the capital of
1) Pallavas 2) Cholas 3) Pandyas 4) Rastrakutas
56. The first English man to preside over a congress session was
1) A.O. Hume 2) Annie Beasant 3) George Yule 4) Robert Clive
57. The Partition of Bengal was in reality
1) Attempt to weaken the nationalism in Bengal
2) Act to appeare sentiments of Muslims
3) Step taken for administrative Convenience
4) Attempt to split the congress
58. In September 1932 Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto Death in Yarrawads Jail
against
1) British repression of satyagrahis 2) Communal riots in Kolkata
3) Violation of Gandhi -Irwin pact 4) Communal Award of Ramsay Mc Donald
59. The firstr Municipal corporation was set up India in
1) Madras 2) Delhi 3) Calcutta 4) Bombay
60. The first prince who signed instrument of Accession in 1947 was
1) Maharaja of Baroda 2) Maharaja of Patiala
3) Scindia of Gwalior 4) Maharaja of Travancore
61. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular press Act?
1) Lord Litton 2) Lord Ashington
3) Lord Corn Wallis 4) Lord Rippon
62. The founder of Satavahana Dynasty was
1) Goutami Putra Satakarni 2) Satakarni V
3) Kanha 4) Simukha
63. Neetisastram was written by
1) Rudra Deva 2) Agasthya 3) Ketana 4) Marana
64. The Dynasty which had given ultimate design to Andhra culture and civilisation was
1) Satavahanas 2) Pallavas 3) Kakatiyas 4) Chalukyas
65. The Satavahana king who has been regarded as Kavivastala was
1) Satakarni II 2) Yagnasri Satakarni
3) Goutamiputra Satakarni 4) Pulemami
66. The foreign Traveller who visited the kakatiya kingdom during Rudramma Devi’s rule was
1) Marcopole 2) Huan Tsang 3) Abdul Razak 4) Columbus
67. The first Sultanate who invaded Kakatiya’s was
1) Ala-uddin-Khilji 2) Bahadhur Shah
3) Ibrahim Lodi
68. The Mulki rule agitation took place during the rule of
1) Mir Usman Alikhan 2) Afjaluddaulah
3) Mir Mehaboob Alikhan 4) Nizam Alikhan
69. The Jatiya Andhra Maha Sabha was founded by
1) Suravaram Prathap Reddy 2) Ravi Narayana Reddy
3) Konda Venkata Reddy 4) Jamalapuram Kesava Rao
70. The father of Movement for peoples dilect in Telugu Language was
1) Suravaram Pratap Reddy 2) Kandukuri Veeresi Lingam
3) Gidugu Rama Murthy 4) Gurajada Appa Rao
71. The Muslim scholar who accompanied Muhammad Ghazni was
1) Firishta 2) Abul Fazal 3) Ibin Batuta 4) Alberuni
72. The man who lead the 1857 revolt in New Delhi was
1) Kunwar Singh 2) Bahadur Shah
3) Tantia Tope 4) Bakht Khan
73. The Kheda Movement started against
1) Money Lenders 2) Governments
3) Land Lords 4) European Planters
74. The Land Tax collected during the Kakatiyas was termed as
1) Hali 2) Vihar 3) Saalvi 4) Aari
75. A traveller named Numiz visited Vijaya Nagara Empire during rule of Achyuta Deva Raya Numiz belonged to
1) France 2) Britain 3) Italy 4) Dutch
76. Which of the following cloud types do not indicate fair weather?
1) Cumulonimbus 2) Cumulus
3) Cumulers 4) Cirrus
77. Which of the following is not a tropical type of soil?
1) Brown soil 2) Desert Soil
3) Black Soil 4) Red Soil
78. Shallow rooted trees are associated with
1) Equatorial climate 2) Tropical climate
3) Temperate climate 4) Savanna climate
79. Earthquakes and Volcanoes occur mostly in
1) Deep Sea Plains 2) Folded and Faulted Regions
3) Coastal Regions 4) Plateau Regions
80. The most Salty Sea in the world is
1) Red Sea 2) Ural Sea 3) Dead Sea 4) Black Sea
81. The deepest trench in the world is in
1) North American Sea 2) Pacific Ocean
3) Arabian Ocean 4) Atlantic Ocean
82. The Greatest Archipelago in the world is
1) Cairo 2) Philippines 3) Indonesia 4) Haiti
83. Which Mountain Range in Peninsular India is also called as Sahyadri Range?
1) Western Ghats 2) Nilgiri Hills
3) Eastern Ghats 4) Satpura Range
84. The Mulla Periyar Dam issue is between the following states
1) Tamil Nadu- Andhra 2) Tamil Nadu- Karnataka
3) Kerala- Karnataka 4) Tamil Nadu- Kerala
85. India’s largest private sector seaport has been commissioned very recently is in
1) Kerala 2) Gujarat 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Andhra Pradesh
86. The river which has not been originated in India is
1) Sutlej 2) Ravi 3) Beas 4) Chenab
87. Kundah hydro-electric project is located in
1) Kerala 2) West Bengal 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Karnataka
88. The Western most limit of Sivalic Hils is
1) River Kosi 2) Potwar Basin 3) Pir Panjal 4) Morni Hills
89. Which of the following states is land locked?
1) Orissa 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Jharkhand 4) Karnataka
90. The river which flows from east direction to the west direction is
1) Tapti 2) Cauvery 3) Krishna 4) Mahanadi
91. The smallest state of India is
1) Meghalaya 2) Sikkim 3) Nagaland 4) Arunachal Pradesh
92. The line which separated India and Afghanistan is
1) Rad Cliffline 2) Mc Mohan Line
3) Gulf of Mannar 4) Durand line
93. ‘Mehsana’ Breed buffalo will be found mainly in
1) punjab 2) Haryana 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Gujarat
94. The most prominent crop of Dry Farming in India is
1) wheat 2) Bajra 3) paddy 4) Cotton
95. The state which produces large quantity of teak wood is
1) Rajasthan 2) Assam 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Maharashtra
96. The Chief Mineral Product of West Bengal is
1) Coal 2) Manganese 3) Copper 4) Dolanute
97. The nuclear power plant which is designed specifically to agricultural purposed has been located in
1) Kalpakkam 2) Kota 3) Narora 4) Tarapur
98. The chitravati is the tributary to River
1) Penna 2) Godavari 3) Krishna 4) Thunga Bhadra
99. Mica is used in manufacture of
1) Chemicals 2) Plastic goods
3) Paints 4) Electric goods
100. In A.P. Uranium deposits are mostly available in
1) Kadapa 2) Nalgonda 3) Srikakulan 4) Khammam
101. Project Arrow was launched by
1) ONGC 2) Jet Air Ways
3) Home Department 4) Postal Department
102. Axis Bank is the new name for
1) UCO Bank 2) UTI 3) IDBI Bank 4) Union Bank
103. Reserve Bank of India was Nationalised in the year
1) 1947 2) 1949 3) 1957 4) 1959
104. Narasimhan committee is related to
1) Tax Reforms 2) Energy 3) Banking Sector 4) Road Safety
105. Rainbow Revolution is associated with
1) Agriculture Sector 2) Small Scale Industries
106. Which of the following is a modern tank?
1) Bhim 2) Akash 3) Arjun 4) Prithvi
107. Economics as the study of relationship between unlimited wants and scarce resources according to
1) J.M. Keynes 2) Karl Marx 3) Max Weber 4) Adam Smith
108. Recently Chief Minister of A.P. Mr. Rosaiah presented the budget for 2010-2011 and he succeeded in presenting the budget.
1) 18th time 2) 14th time 3) 16th time 4) 12th time
109. In the AP Budget 2010-11 the highest-allocation of funds meant for
1) Education 2) Free power
3) Arogya Sri 4) Loan Waiving for farmers
110. Which project has been collectively constructed by three stagtes, AP, M.P.
Maharashtra?
1) Pranahita 2) Dummugudem 3) Pulichintala 4) Ichampalli
111. The first session of the constituent Assembly was held in
1) Bombay 2) Lahore 3) Calcutta 4) New Delhi
112. Which part of the Indian constitution elaborates the concept of a welfare state?
1) Preamble 2) Fundamental Rights
3) Directive Principles 4) Fundamental Duties
113. Which constitutional amendment granted privacy to the Directive Principles Over Fundamental Rights?
1) 42th 2) 25th 3) 36th 4) 44th
114. Constitution of India borrowed the Scheme of Federation from the constitution of
1) Ireland 2) Canada 3) U.S.A. 4) U.K.
115. The union territories get representation in
1) Both Houses of Parliament 2) Lok Sabha
3) Rajya Sabha 4) None of these
116. The most important questions allowed by the speaker in the Lok Sabha are
1) Starred 2) Supplementary 3) Short Notice 4) Unstarred
117. Public Accounts Committee is
1) Sub committee 2) Select committee of Lok Sabha
3) Standing committee of Rajya Sabha 4) Joint Committee of Both houses
118. The Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by
1) Prime Minister 2) Governor
3) The president of India 4) Chairman UPSC
119. Impeachment Proceedings against the Vice President can be initiated
1) Supreme Court of India 2) Only in Rajya Sabha
3) Only in Lok Sabha 4) Both Houses of Parliament
120. The contingency Fund of a state is operated by
1) President of India 2) Chief Minister
3) Governor 4) C and A.G
121. Ministers in a state get salaries as determined by
1) The Governor 2) The Constitution
3) State Legislature 4) Parliament
122. The residuary powers of legislation in the case of Jammu and kashmir belong to
1) State Legislature 2) Parliament
3) Governor 4) State High Court
123. The Committee which had not recommended the state on linguistic basis was
1) S.K. Dhar Committee 2) Panikhar Committee
3) Syed Fazi Ali 4) B.K. Iyyengar Committee
124. The strength of the Andhra Pradesh legislative council is
1) 100 2) 90 3) 120 4) 145
125. The 22nd Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1) K. Rosaiah 2) N.T. Rama Rao
3) N. Chandra Babu Naidu 4) Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy
126. What is the next number in the series? 27,24,26,23,25,………….
1) 21 2) 24 3) 22 4) 27
127. What is the probability of getting a sum of the 8 by throwing a single pair of dice
1) 5/36 2) 8/12 3) 3/12 4) 4/36
128. Ravi is twice as old as Venkat.Three years ago Ravi was three times as old as venkat. How old is Ravi now?
1) 6 2) 12 3) 14 4) 10
129. Ramesh Travels 7 kms east wards and then turn left and travelled 3 km.and further turns left and travels 13 kms. How for is Ramesh now from starting point?
1) 16 kms 2) 7 kms 3) 8 kms 4) None of the above
130. A man spends 30% his income on house rent. 75% of the remaining other items. What percentage of income does he save?
1) 16.25 2) 34.50 3) 52.5 4) 17.5
131. What is 25% of 25% equal to?
1) 6.25 2) .625 3) .0625 4) 625
132. Trace out the wrong number from the numbers given below. 3, 8, 15, 24, 34, 48, 63
1) 48 2) 63 3) 34 4) 24
133. How many Triangles are there in the Figure shown above?
1) 24 2) 18 3) 28
134. March 1st 2008 was Saturday which day was it on March 1st 2002?
1) Monday 2) Friday 3) Sunday 4) Saturday
135. Body Included limbs as tree included
1) Branch 2) Seeds 3) Leaves 4) Root
136. What comes next in the following letter series BEI,OGIK, FIM HKO
1) KMP 2) JMP 3) JMV 4) JMQ
137. Swathi is taller than Swetha. shalini is shorter than Vaishali Keerthi is taller than Swathi. If Vaishali’s Height is 5. 3″ who it taller of all?
1) Keerthi 2) Swathi 3) Swetha 4) Shalini
138. What is 30% of 450?
1) 150 2) 135 3) 115 4) 125
139. A Clock when seen rough a mirror placed opposite it shows the time 1.35. what is actual time?
1) 11.35 2) 12.25 3) 11.25 4) 12.35
140. P Q R S are playing a game of carrom P,R S, Q are the partners. S is to the Right of R. Which direction Q is facing
1) South 2) East 3) West 4) North
141. Disease is related to pathology in the same way as a planet is relate to
1) Orbit 2) Astronomy 3) Geology 4) Astrology
142. The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 6 : 5 and sum of their ages is 44 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after 8 years?
1) 6: 9 2) 4 :8 3) 8 :7 4) 12:14
143. Find probability that in five tosses, a coin shows heads at least 3 times in succession
1) 3/10 2) 1/8 3) 1/5 4) 1/4
144. Find the next number in series 1,4, 12, 32, 80,………….
1) 192 2) 180 3) 186 4) 144
145. 1,8,27,64, 125, 126……
1) 354 2) 343 3) 353 4) 512
146. Four metal rods of lengths 78cm, 104 cm, 117 cm and 169cm are to be cut into parts of equal length. Each part must be as long as possible. What is maximum number of pieces that can be cut?
1) 36 2) 27 3) 43 4) 48
147. In an examination 70% of students passed in the paper I and 60% of the students passed in the paper 2. 15% students failed in both papers while 270 students passed in both the papers. What is total number of students?
1) 560 2) 580 3) 600 4) 640
148. If a circle is diametrically divided into 16 parts. How many radii will it have finally?
1) 64 2) 16 3) 32 4) 128
149. International Ramayana conference was held at
1) Mysore 2) Hyderabad 3) Madagascar 4) Lusaka
150. A child was born on August 8th. 1978. It was Tuesday. What will be his birthday in the year 1986?
1) Saturday 2) Monday 3) Thursday 4) None
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