APSC CCE (P) 2018

1. Which one of the following scholars is (D) Tripura

believed to have written the Parichatancra
stories?
(A) Vishnu Sharma
(B) Bhattadeva
5. The largest Buddhist monastery in India
(C) Suchruta is located in
(D) Chaitanya (A) Sanchi
(B) Bodhgaya
2. Hornbill Festival of Nagaland is (C) Nalanda
celebrated in which of the following
venues? (D) Tawang

(A) Khonoma
(B) Kisarna 6. Ima Keithel is the largest

(C) Barabasti (A) freshwater lake in Manipur

(D) Toupherna (B) association of Manipuri mothers

(C) association of Naga mothers

3. Which artist made the famous painting (D) all-women market in Manipur
'Guernica' in 1937?
(A) Michelangelo 7. Which Indian actor is also a recipient of
(B) Pablo Picasso Jnanpith Award in literature?

(C) Pablo Neruda (A) Girish Karnad

(D) Salvador Pali (B) Habib Tanvir

(C) Utpal Dutt

4. Lai Haraoba is art important festival of (D) Shyam Benegal

(A) Mizoram
(B) Meghalaya 8. The Cheraw dance is a dance form of

(C) Manipur (A) Meghalaya

(B) Sikkim (D) The Comic
(C) Puducherry
(D) Mizoram 13. Renaissance is a/an
(A) Italian word
9. Therukoothu is an art form of (B) Spanish word
(A) Telangana (C) Greek word
(B) Kerala (D) French word
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Maharashtra 14. The Room on the Roof was written by
(A) Ruskin Bond
10. Who wrote the book, We, the People? (B) Virginia Woolf
(A) J.R. D. Tata (C) Thomas Hardy
(B) Mahatma Gandhi (D) George Orwell
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Nani Palkhivala 15. How many 'Ghosas' are there in the
Nama Ghosa?

11. Who was the first recipient of the (A) 500

Sahitya Academi Award for English (B) 1000
Literature? (C) 1500
(A) Nayantara Sehgal (D) 2000
(B) R. K. Narayan
(C) Raja Rao 16. Which language was used by
(D) Mulk Raj Anand Sankardeva for composing Ankia Nat?
(A) Pali
12. Which of the following is not a poetic (B) Brajavali
tradition? (C) Prakrit
(A) The Epic (D) Apabhrangsha
(B) The Occult
(C) The Tragic
17. Which of the following was the first 18. Who is known as the father of
Ankia Nat written by Sankardeva? Assamese prose?
(A) Patniprasad (A) Ratnakar Kandali
(B) Chinhayatra (B) Bhattadeva
(C) Rukminiharan (C) Sarbavauma Bhattacharyya
(D) Kaliyadaman (D) Gopal Aata

(A) Nirupama Borgohain

(B) Chandra Prasad Sailda
19. Which century witnessed the growth (C) Homan Borgohain
and development of the 'Charit Puthi? (D) Nirod Choudhury
(A) 14th century
(B) 15th century 23. Aahar, an Assamese drama, written by
(C) 16th century Arun Sharma is alan

(D) 17th century (A) social drama

(B) historical drama
20. The 'Buranji' written by Ratna Kandali (C) absurd drama
and Arjun Des Bairagee was (D) None of the above
(A) Tripura Buranji
(B) Kachari Buranji 24. Who among the following was the first
(C) Axom Buranji recipient of the Assam Valley Literary
Award?
(D) Kamrup Buranji
(A) Homan Borgohain

21. Who was the first editor of Jonaki? (B) Nabakanta Barua

(A) Lakshminath Bezbaruah (C) Bhabendra Nath Saikia

(B) Chandra Kumar Agarwalla (D) Nilamoni Phukan

(C) Hemchandra Goswami

25. Who among the following writers from
(D) Ratneswar Mahanta Assam was awarded the 'Padma Shri' in
2018?
22. The novel, Astarag is authored by (A) Arup Kumar Dutta
(B) Arupa Patangia s (B) AIADMK
(C) Dr. Dhrubajyoti Bora (C) Asom Gana Parishad
(D) Debabrata Das (D) Shiromani Akali Dal

26. Which Articles of the Indian 30. Which of the following is not a feature
Constitution deal with Right to Equality? of Panchayat Raj system?
(A) Articles 14 to 18 (A) Three-tier structure
(B) Articles 19 to 22 (B) Direct election
(C) Articles 22 to 24 (C) Reservation of seats
(D) Articles 25 to 30 (D) None of the above

27. Which Amendment incorporated the

Fundamental Duties in the Indian 31. The North-Eastern Areas
Constitution? (Reorganization) Act was passed in the
year
(A) 40th Amendment
(A) 1981
(B) 42nd Amendment
(B) 1972
(C) 44th Amendment
(C) 1970
(D) None of the above
(D) 1971

28. In India, who appoint(s) the District

Judges? 32. In India, the RTI Act came into force on

(A) The Governor (A) 15th June, 2005

(B) The Judges of the High Court (B) 15th August, 2005

(C) The Chief Minister (C) 12th October, 2005

(D) The President (D) 1st November, 2005

33. What is the proportion of seats

reserved for women as the Chairperson in
29. Which of the following regional parties the Gram Panchayat?
was formed prior to India's Independence? (A) 1/2
(A) DMK (B) 1/3
(C) 2/3 (A) 22 (A)
(D) 1/4. (B) 21(A)
(C) 23 (A)
34. Which Article of the Indian (D) 24 (A)
Constitution gives authority to impose
central rule if there has been failure of the
constitutional machinery in any State of
India? 38. Which of the following Schedules deals
(A) Article 356 with the administration of tribal areas in
Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram?
(B) Article 256
(A) Fifth Schedule
(C) Article 2
(B) Sixth Schedule
(D) Article 3
(C) Seventh Schedule
(D) Eighth Schedule
35. Which of the following is not a feature
of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Democratic 39. The Council of Ministers includes

(B) Presidential (A) the Cabinet Ministers

(C) Republic (B) the State Ministers

(D) Federal (C) the Deputy Ministers

(D) All of them

36. The Constitution of India is

parliamentary because 40. Which one was not the principal item
(A) there is an elected President of export in the 17th century Indian trade?

(B) there is a Supreme Court (A) Pepper

(C) there is a Parliament (B) Opium

(D) the Executive is responsible to the (C) Ivory

Legislature (D) Sugar

37. Right to Education is a fundamental 41. Who founded the Home Rule League in
right under the Article September, 1916?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (D) Greenland
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai 46. Which of the following numericals
(D) Annie Besant stands as the extent of seawater/ ocean
water distance from the baseline in case of
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?
42. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in the (A) 200 nautical miles
year
(B) 250 nautical miles
(A) 1931
(C) 300 nautical miles
(B) 1925
(D) 300 nautical miles
(C) 1929
(D) 1932
47. Which of the following rivers of India
43. Hayungthal Copper Plate was issued by does not meet the Bay of Bengal?
(A) Bhaskar Varman (A) North Perinar Station
(B) Susthita Varman (B) Subarnarekha
(C) Banamala Varman (C) Mahi
(D) Harjjar Varman (D) Vaigai

48. Identify the district which ranks rust in

44. Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty? regards to density of population as per
(A) Brahmapala 2011 Census.

(B) Viradutta (A) Dhubri

(C) Indrapala (B) Barpeta

(D) Dharmapala (C) Nalbari

(D) Nagaon

45. Which of the following is known as the

Land of Midnight Sun? 49. Which of the following Wildfire
(A) Finland Sanctuaries is located in Udalguri district?

(B) Spain (A) Chakrashila

(C) Norway (B) Bornadi

(C) Amchang LIST I LIST II
(D) Bura Chapori a. Famines in India 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. Poverty and un- 2. M. G. Ranade
50. Which of the following traditional Briitsh rule in India
agricultural practices is followed by the c. The Industrial 3. B.M. Bhatia
Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh? Evolution of India
(A) Bamboo-drip irrigation d. Essays on Indian 4. D. R. Gadgil
(B) Zabo system Economics
(C) Paddy-cum-fish culture system
(D) Panikheti system CODES:
A a b c d
51. Identify the power project which is 3 4 1 2
managed by NEEPCO. B a b c d
(A) Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station 3 1 4 2
(B) Lawka Gas Thermal Power Station C a b c D
(C) Namrup Thermal Power Station 2 4 3
(D) Kathalguri Thermal Power Station
D A b c D
2 3 4 1

52. Which of the following is the major

contributor to national income of India
within the primary sector?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Fishery 54. In India, the Zamindari system was first
introduced in
(C) Forestry
(A) Bengal
(D) Mining
(B) Madras
(C) Bombay
53. Match List -I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the codes given (D) Delhi
below the Lists:
55. In terms of nominal GDP, Indian 59. Match List-I with List-II and select the
economy is the world's correct answer using the codes given
(A) 2nd largest economy below the Lists:

(B) 4th largest economy List-I List-II

(C) 5th largest economy a. Urjit Patel 1. Chairman, SBI

(D) 6th largest economy b. Viral 2. Governor, RBI
Acharya
c. Bibek 3.Member,MonetaryPolicy
56. The Second Five-Year Plan of India
Debroy Committee, India
advocated substantial investment in
d. Rajnish Chairman, Economic
(A) small industries
Kumar Advisory Council
(B) cottage industries
CODES:
(C) heavy industries
(A) a b c d
(D) sick industries
2 3 4 1
(B) a b c D
57. The aggregate growth model followed
by First Five-Year Plan in India was the 2 3 1 4
growth model sector developed by (C) a b c D
(A) Harrod-Domar 2 4 3 1
(B) R. Solow (D) A b c D
(C) J. Robinson 4 2 1 3
(D) None of them
60. Pick the odd one out.
58. Which of the following was never an (A) Securities and Exchange Board of India
objective of the Five-Year Plans in India? (SEBI)
(A) To attain growth (B) Insurance Regulatory and Development
(B) To bring justice with equality Authority (IRDA)
(C) To modernize the agricultural sector (C) Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA)
(D) To reduce immigration
(D) Micro Units Development and Refinance
Agency Ltd., (MUDRA)
 (B) NITI Aayog
61. Match List-I with List-ll and select the (C) Ministry of Finance, The Government of
correct answer using the codes given India
below the Lists: (D) The Reserve Bank of India
List-I List-II
a. PMMY 1. Self-employment 63. Choose the correct statement.
scheme
(A) The last Chairperson of the Planning
b. PMRY 2. Scheme for funding Commission of India was Dr. Manmohan
non-corporate, non- Singh.
farm sector
(B) At present, Arvind Subramanian is the
c. PMGSY 3. Credit-link subsidy chief economic adviser to the Government
scheme for housing of India.
d. PMAY Scheme for all –weather (C) Amitabh Kant is the current CEO of the
road connectivity for NITI Aayog.
rural India
(D) V.K. Sinha is the present Chairman of
SEBI.
CODES:
(A) a b c d
1 3 4 2 64. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the codes given
(B) a b c d below the Lists: List:
2 1 4 3 List-I List-II
(C) a b c D
2 1 3 4 a. Saubhagya 1. Free LPG
(D) A b c D Yojana connection to the
poor
3 4 1 2
b. Ujjwala 2. Universal
Yojana household
62. Which of the following is responsible electrification
for the preparation of National Accounts
c. Bharatmala 3. Ude Dash Ka Aam
that includes GDP in India?
Pariyojana Naagrik
(A) National Accounts Division of Central
d. UDAN 4. Umbrella
Statistical Office
 Programme for (D) general sales tax
Highway

CODES: 67. Who used to give the final approval to

(A) a b c d the Five Year Plans in India?
4 3 1 2 (A) The Planning Commission
(B) a b c d (B) The President of India
2 1 4 3 (C) The Prime Minister of India
(C) a b c D (D) National Development Council
2 4 1 3
(D) A b C D 68. Choose the correct duration of the 12th
Five Year Plan.
2 1 3 4
(A) 2010-2015
(B) 2011-2016
(C) 2012-2017
65. As per 2011 Census, which of the
following States showed a negative (D) 2013-2018
decadal growth rate of population?
(A) Sikkim 69. Who was the Deputy Chairperson of
(B) Arunachal Pradesh the First Five-Year Plan?

(C) Nagaland (A) Gulzarilal Nanda

(D) Mizoram (B) V. T. Krishnamachari

(C) C. D. Deshmukh

66. In India "any tax on supply of goods or (D) N. R. Pillai

services or both except taxes on supply of
the alchoholic liquor for human 70. NITI Aayog has prepared the First
consumption" is called Three-Year Action Agenda for the period of
(A) an indirect tax (A) 2015-16 to 2018-19
(B) goods and services tax (B) 2016-17 to 2019-20
(C) non-excise duties (C) 2017-18 to 2019-20
(D) 2017-18 to 2020-21 71. (D) Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Which of the following is not a component 72. During which Five-Year Plan, the Green
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Revolution was introduced in India?
being coordinated by the NITI Aayog? (A) Second Five-Year Plan
(A) No Poverty (B) Third Five-Year Plan
(B) Zero Hunger (C) Fourth Five-Year Plan
(C) Life Below Water (D) Fifth Five-Year Plan

73. If 'light' is called 'morning', 'morning' is (C) Husband

called 'dark', 'dark' is called 'night' is called (D) Father-in-law
'sunshine' and 'sunshine' is called 'dusk',
then when do we sleep?
(A) At night 76. If P is taller than Q, R is shorter than P,
S is taller than T but shorter than Q, then
(B) At sunshine who among them is the tallest?
(C) In dusk (A) P
(D) At dark (B) Q
(C) S
74. If MINERAL is written as 'QRSTUVW' (D) T
and SOUND is written as 'ABCSD', then
how will READER be written in the same
code?
(A) SBFEFS
(B) UTVDTU 77. In the numbers from 100 to 1000, how
(C) TUDVUT many times digit 1 comes at the 10's place?

(D) QDZCDQ (A) 9

75. Arun said, “This girl is the wife of the (B) 10

grandson of my mother". Who is Arun to (C) 90
the girl? (D) 900
(A) Father
(B) Grandfather
78. If second and fourth Saturdays and all 2: 3, then what percentage of the
Sundays are holidays in a 30-day month population is literate?
beginning on Saturday, then how many (A) 20%
working days are there in that month?
(B) 25%
(A) 20
(C) 50%
(B) 21
(D) 75%
(C) 22
(D) 23
81. A hill will always have
(A) trees
79. Arrange, the given words in a
meaningful sequence and then choose the (B) animals
most appropriate sequence from among (C) water
the alternatives : (D) height
1. Probation,
2. Interview, 82. The population of a town was 62500
3. Selection, two years ago. Due to migration, it
4. Appointment, decreases at the rate of 4% per year.
Therefore, the present population will be
5. Advertisement,
(A) 56700
6. Application
(B) 57600
(C) 58800
(A) 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 1
(D) 60000
(B) 5, 6, 3, 2, 4, 1
(C) 5, 6, 4, 2, 3, 1
83. How does calcium carbide ripen
(D) 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 mangoes?
(A) It reacts with moisture and releases
ethylene.
(B) It reacts with moisture and releases
80. In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate ethyne.
while85% of the children are literate. If the (C) It reacts with moisture and releases
ratio of the adults to that of the children is acetaldehyde which in turn releases
ethylene.
(D) It reacts with starch and releases (D) animals
acetylene
84. Which one of the following reflects 88. The group of organisms which converts
back more sunlight as compared to other light into food is called
three?
(A) autotrophs
(A) Sand desert
(B) heterotrophs
(B) Paddy cropland
(C) decomposers
(C) Land covered with fresh snow
(D) omnivores
(D) Prairie land

89. What does India's first all weather

85. Which of the following is a tracked chassis QR-SAM stand for?
biofertilizer?
(A) Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
(A) Rhizobium
(B) Quotient Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
(B) Azobacter
(C) Quicker Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
(C) Blue-green algae
(D) None of the above
(D) All of the above

90. Which organization was the lead

86. Which country has approved the agency for the BIMSTEC DMEX-2017?
medical and therapeutic use of cannabis
and its derivatives on 19th October, 2017? (A) The National Disaster Response Force

(A) Cambodia (B) The National Disaster Management

Force
(B) Qatar
(C) The National Disaster Security Force
(C) Pakistan
(D) The National Disaster Rehabilitation
(D) Peru Force

87. Vermicomposting is done by 91. Which Indian cartoonist won the

International Award in the best caricature
(A) fungus
category at the World, Press Cartoon
(B) bacteria Awards 2018?
(C) worms (A) Chackalethu John Yesudass
(B) Aseem Trivedi (A) China Desk
(C) Thomas Antony (B) Japan Desk
(D) Satish Acharya (C) Bhutan desk
(D) Myanmar Desk
92. What does JICF stand for in the context
of JICA and the NE Region? 96. In 103rd Indian Science Congress,
(A) Joint India Coordination Forum for Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined five
development of North-Eastern Region Es for enquiry and engineering. What do
(B) Japan-India Coordination Forum for the five Es stand for?
development of North-Easton Region (A) Economy, Ecology, Energy, Enquiry and
(C) Joint Asia Coordination Forum for Equity
development of North-Eastern Region (B) Economy, Environment, Energy,
(D) None of the above Empathy and Equity

93. Which country has celebrated 25th (C) Economy, Energy, Empathy, Ecology and
year of diplomatic ties with India in 2017? Equality

(A) Syria (D) Environment, Energy, Ecology, Empathy

and Equity
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Israel
97. In which Chinese city, the Indian and
(D) Afghanistan Chinese armies launched their 5th annual
anti-terrorism exercise holding hand in
94. In which city did India's first e-court hand?
open? (A) Beijing
(A) Bengaluru (B) Shanghai
(B) Mysuru (C) Kunming
(C) Chennai (D) None of the above
(D) Hyderabad
98. Which social networking giant has
95. SBI has launched a new initiative to partnered with National Commission for
facilitate corporates looking to invest in Women (NCW) to offer digital literacy
India. What is it called as? programme for women?
(A) Skype
(B) Facebook
(C) Twitter
(D) Linkedin

99. What is the GDP growth of India to

2018, as per latest Moody's Investors
Service Report, 'Global Macro Outlook,
2018-19?
(A) 7.8%
(B) 7.6%
(C) 7.4%
(D) 7.3%

100.Which one of the following is a

profusely illustrated treatise on elephants,
dated 1734?
(A) Chitra-Bhagavata
(B) Hastividyarnava
(C) Kadambari
(D) Parijatharan