Important Questions and Answers for APPSC Group I (group 1)

1. The Sagar kanya is the name of

1. The research vessel India has bought
2, satellite construeted at SAAR
3. Aship employed by the Coast guards
4. A new high yielding variety of wheat

2. Nikolai Tikhonov is ?
1. Soviet Prime Minister 
2. Chess Champion
3. Gymnast
4. Cosmonaut

3. The 1983 All England Badminton Champion is ?
1. Liem Swie King
2. Luan Jin
3. Han Jian
4. Prakash Padukone

4. The President of the Philippines is ?
1. Bob Hawke
2. Sukarto
3. Ferdinand Macros
4. M. Ershad

5. The Commission set up by the Central Government to examine Centre State relations is the ?
1. Sarkaria Commission 
2. Mohan Commission
3. Padmanabhan Commission
4. Sadasivan Commission

6. The coast of submerge is found in ?
1. Coromandal coast
2. Konkan ooast
3. South Canara coast
4. Kerala coast

7. The highest urbanization in India is found in ?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Tamilnadu
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

8. original name of Dilip Kumar is?
1. Hanif Khan
2. Yusuf Khan
3. Ranvir
4. Vasudeo

9. India made its first atomic explosion in ?
1. 1984
2. 1951
3. 1961
4. 1974

10. Total strength of Lok Sabha is?
1. 450
2. 150
3. 600
4. 542

11. Who has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 1997?
1. Ronald Reagan
2. Jimmy Carter
3. George Bush
4. Kofi Annan

12. In myanmar the pro-democracy leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of the ?
1. National Congress
2. National League
3. National League for Democracy
4. League for Democracy

13. Which one of the following is not a member of G-15?
1. Chile
2. Kenya
3. Nigeria
4. Pakistan

14. Which one of the following posts has been newly created by the UN General Assembly?
1. Secretary-General
2. Deputy Secretary-General
3. President
4. Vice-President

15. In which country conventions play dominant role?
1. England 
2. Canada
3. India
4, Switzerland

16. Who is the President of Bharatiya Janata Party ?
1. Venkayya Naidu
2. Kushabhau Thakre
3. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. Murali Manohar Joshi

17._____ was the Prime Minister of England, when India became independent.?
1. Churchill
2. Attlee
3. Chamberlain
4, Wilson

18. Who, among the following, has not attempted the decipherment of the Harappan script?
1. Iravatham Mahadevan
2. Ram Sharan Sharma
3. S.R. Rao
4. Father Heras

19. Asoka's victory over Kalinga is mentioned in ?
1. Rock Edict XIII 
2. Rock Edict XII
3. Sepacate Kalinga Ed
4. Arthasastra

20. 'Bhitargaon' is situated in the state of?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Bihar

21. Who was the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty?
1. Chandragupta Maury 
2. Asoka
3. Bindusara
4. Skandagupta

22. Who among the following is the author of  'Dayabhaga"?
1. Vigneswara.
2. Kulluk Bhatta
3. Visvarutra
4. Jimutavahana

23. India has the World's largest reserves of ?
1. Coal
2. Mica 
3. Iron ore
4. Barytes

24. The region which receives high rainfall due to the North east monsoon is ?
1. Tamilnadu coast
2. Gangetic plain
3. Kashmir
4. Assam

25. The sugar belt in India lies in ?
1. Godavari Valley
2. Punjab
3. Middle Ganga Valley 
4. Maharashtra

26. While all the major peninsular rivers flow to the east, Narmada and Tapati flow to the west, because of ?
1. Lava Flow
2. Floding
3. Fault line
4.Vindhya and Satpura ranges

27. Both quality and quantity the leading mica mining State in India is ?
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Rajasthan
4. Tamil Nadu

28. But for their large scale, monsoons are similar to ?
1. Land and sea breezes 
2. Trade winds
3. Westerlies
4. Local winds

29. The Indian Standard Time is referred to the latitude ?
1. 85' E
2. 82 1/2" E 
3. 80 E
4. 88' W

30. The geopolitical significance of the India lies in its ?
1. large population
2 large agricultural production
3. rich ancient culture
4. size and location