Assam Public Service Commission

Test-2

असम लोक सेवा आयोग

टे स्ट-2
Q. Loktak Lake is the largest
freshwater lake in North-East
India with a floating national
park.The lake is located in which
of the following states?

a) Mizoram
b) Manipur
c) Meghalaya
d) Tripura
Q. Coral reefs are found in which
one of the following regions?

a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

b) Gulf of Mannar
c) Gulf of Kutch
d) All of the above
Q. Most of the petroleum
products in India are found in rock
formations of which era?

a) Gondwana
b) Tertiary
c) Cretaceous
d) Carboniferous
Q. Which country is called 'Sugar
Bowl'?

a) Cuba
b) Italy
c) Thailand
d) Argentina
Q. Which of the following soil
develops because of intense
leaching caused due to high
rainfall and high temperature?

a) Black Soil
b) Red and Yellow Soil
c) Laterite Soil
d) Forest Soil
Q. Which of the following rivers is
not a west-flowing river?

a) Pamba
b) Pennar
c) Periyar
d) Vaitarna
Q. Which of the following rivers
passes through the maximum
number of countries?

a) Volga
b) Danube
c) Amazon
d) Rhine
Q. Which of the following
mountain ranges separates Asia
from Europe?

a) Andes
b) Urals
c) Rocky
d) Atlas
Q. Which of the following was
NOT a significant event during
Lord Chelmsford's tenure?

a) Congress was unified in the

1916 session
b) The formation of the Sadler
Commission
c) Rowlatt Act passed
d) Establishment of Swaraj Party
Q. Who first called Mahatma
Gandhi the "Father of the
Nation"?

a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Sardar Patel
c) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Q. Who is the Custodian of the
Contingency Fund of India?

a) The Prime Minister

b) Judge of Supreme Court
c) The President
d) The finance minister
Q. Which article can be used by
The President of India to declare a
financial emergency?

a) Article 32
b) Article 349
c) Article 360
d) Article 365
Q. Which Constitutional
Amendment Act has been added to
the Tenth Schedule related to the
anti-defection law?

a) 44th Constitutional Amendment

b) 51st Constitutional Amendment
c) 52nd Constitutional
Amendment
d) 89th Constitutional Amendment
Q. Which of the following writs
means ‘to have the body of'?

a) Habeas Corpus
b) Mandamus
c) Prohibition
d) Quo-Warranto
Q. Which of the following provisions
in Directive Principles of State Policy
(DPSP) reflect the Gandhian
Principles?

a) To promote equal justice and to

provide free legal aid to the poor
b) Equitable distribution of material
resources of the community for
the common good
c) Uniform civil code
d) Organise village panchayats
Q. The composition of the
Constituent Assembly was based
on which resolution?

a) Cabinet Mission
b) Cripps Mission
c) Wavell Plan
d) Morley-Minto Plan
Q. Which of the following states
does NOT have a bicameral
legislature?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Karnataka
Q. Panchayat Act extending to
Scheduled Areas has been passed
in which year?

a) 1995
b) 1993
c) 1996
d) 1994
Q. The Banking Regulation Act
was passed in India in:-

a) 1965
b) 1974
c) 1949
d) 1951
Q. How many fundamental Rights
are mentioned in the Indian
constitution?

a) Five
b) Six
c) Seven
d) Eight
Q. When was the 42nd
constitution amendment brought
in the Constitution of India?

a) 1972
b) 1976
c) 1973
d) 1975
Q. According to IUCN data, which
of the following is not a
‘Biodiversity Hotspot’ in India?

a) Himalayas
b) Lakshadweep islands
c) Western ghats
d) North East India
Q. Sagwan and Sal are a produce
of:-

a) tropical dry autumn forest

b) tropical evergreen forest
c) tropical humid deciduous
forest
d) hill forest
Q. Which of the following is not a
tributary of the Kaveri River?

a) Kabini
b) Bhavini
c) Amravati
d) Indravati
Q. The D K Karve Committee is
concerned with:-

a) With the development of small

scale industries
b) With the development of PSUs
c) Privatisation of banking sector
d) From balance of payment
Q. Which of the following is NOT
correctly matched?

Mountain Peak Continent

a) Kilimanjaro — Africa
b) Mount Elbrus — Europe
c) Mount McKinley — Australia
d) Mount Aconcagua — South
America
Q. The Roaring Forties are:-

a) Strong westerly winds found in

the Southern Hemisphere
b) Feeble easterly winds found in
the Northern Hemisphere
c) Thunderstorms often found
near the equator
d) Equatorial counter-currents
that move near to the eastern
coastal shores in lower
latitudes
Q. Which of the following
CANNOT be a decomposer?

a) Flagellates
b) Bacteria
c) Phytoplankton
d) Fungi
Q. The Clean Seas programme of
the United Nations fights mainly
against:-

a) marine plastic pollution

b) industrial dump in seas
c) pollution from fishing trawlers
d) oil spills in oceans and seas
Q. LIGO-India project research
on:-

a) Neutrinos
b) Antimatter particles
c) Higgs Boson particle
d) Gravitational waves
Q. What are ballistic missiles that
you often hear in the news ?

a) Missiles launched at a steep

trajectory from the horizon
b) Powered and unguided missiles
c) Missiles that spend most of
their flight out of the
atmosphere
d) Missiles with unpowered
trajectory governed by gravity
and air resistance
Q. Crystallisation is an example
of:-

a) Physical Change
b) Chemical Change
c) Galvanization
d) None of the above
Q. Where was the first Export
Processing Zone set up in India?

a) Mumbai
b) Kandla
c) Kochi
d) None of the above
Q. In the context of economics, what
does the term ‘venture capital’ mean?

a) It is a short-term capital provided

to industries
b) It refers to the funds provided to
industries at times of incurring
losses
c) It is a long-term start-up capital
which is provided to the new
entrepreneurs
d) Interest free loan
Q. The term double coincidence of
wants is generally used in the
context of:-

a) Barter system
b) Export system
c) Foreign exchange
d) Bank credit
Q. The World Development
Report is published by:

a) World Economic Forum

b) World Bank
c) IMF
d) United Nations
Q. Hindu growth rate is related to
the growth of:-

a) Per capita Income

b) Population of Hindus
c) GDP
d) None of the above
Q. Which among the following is
not correctly matched?

a) Golden revolution - fruit

production
b) Grey revolution - fertiliser
production
c) Round revolution - egg
production
d) Yellow Revolution - oilseed
production
Q. Plants which are shade loving
and require less light intensity are
called:-

a) heliophytes
b) sciophytes
c) geotropism
d) heliotropism
Q. Which among the following is
incorrectly matched?

a) Minamata disease - Mercury

b) Yokkaichi asthma - fluoride
c) Itai - itai disease - cadmium
d) Blue baby syndrome – nitrate
Q. Who is called the father of
modern economics?

a) Adam Smith
b) John maynard Keynes
c) Amartya Sen
d) Thomas Malthus
Q. 'Golden Crescent' and 'Golden
triangle' are often seen in the
news. These are:-

a) Areas infamous for illicit opium

trade
b) The major gold producing
areas of the world
c) The largest centre of jute
textile production
d) UNESCO sites
Q. Which among the following is
the chief constituent of biogas?

a) Carbon dioxide
b) Hydrogen
c) Ethane
d) Methane
Q. Why is tungsten used as a
filament in electric bulbs?

a) It is non-luminous.
b) It is a soft metal.
c) It has a high melting point.
d) It has a low melting point.
Q. Acetic Acid is another name for
which of the following chemicals?

a) Vinegar
b) Baking Soda
c) Copper Sulphate
d) Magnesium Oxide
Q. A bond formed by sharing of
electrons between atoms of the
elements is called:-

a) ionic bond
b) covalent bond
c) co-ordinate bond
d) none of the above
Q. Pasteurization is a process by
which:-

a) Milk is preserved at a very low

temperature for 24 hours
b) Milk is heated for 8 hours
c) First milk is heated to a certain
temperature and then cooled
suddenly within specified time
d) None of these
Q. What is the name of India's
first nuclear reactor?

a) Apsara
b) Kamini
c) Rohini
d) Urvashi
Q. Zika virus was named after the
Zika Forest of which country?

a) Nigeria
b) Angola
c) Nicaragua
d) Uganda
Q. A river was found to be
associated with landforms like
V-shaped valleys and rapids. The
river is most likely to be in the:-

a) Mature Stage
b) Youthful Stage
c) Late Old Stage
d) Early Old Stage
Q. The capital of the Koch
kingdom was at:-

a) Kooch Behar
b) Kamrup Nagar
c) Siliguri
d) None of these
Q. The ruins of the Da-parbatia
temple is dedicated to Which
god/goddess?

a) Vishnu
b) Shiva
c) Durga
d) Kamakhya
Q. The Assam Reorganisation act
1969 created Which of the
following states?

a) Meghalaya
b) Mizoram
c) Nagaland
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Q. The first Khasi chief to declare
war against the British was:-

a) Tirot Singh
b) Bir Pratap
c) Hari Singh
d) Birendra Singha
Q. Which committee has been
constituted to study Brahmaputra
and flood control measures in
Assam?

a) Rajeev Kumar committee

b) Prarth Sarthi Som committee
c) N. K. Jain committee
d) Kirti Kumar committee
Q. Consider the following Lakes with the
states where they are located:-

1. Umiam Lake – Meghalaya

2. Chandubi Lake – Assam
3. Ansupa Lake – Odisha

Which of the above is/are correctly

matched?

a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q. The Assam Government has
signed an MoU with which cab
company for app-based river taxi
services in Guwahati?

a) Ola
b) Uber
c) Meru
d) Rapido
Q. Barak valley in Assam is famous
for:-

a) Petroleum Production
b) Tea Cultivation
c) Bamboo Industry
d) Cottage Industries
Q. Which king of the Varman
dynasty was the contemporary of
Samudragupta of the Gupta
dynasty?

a) Surya Varman
b) Samudra Varman
c) Pushya Varman
d) None of them
Q. Who was Malati Mem alias
Mungri?

a) First woman Post graduate of

Assam
b) First woman I.P.S. of Assam
c) First woman martyr of Assam
d) First woman representative of
Assam to the Legislative
Assembly.
Q. The European merchant who
had extensive salt trade in the
Ahom kingdom was:-

a) Denial Ban
b) Robert Clive
c) Captain Welsh
d) Daniel Raush
Q. Who was the earliest king of
Pragjyotisha kingdom?

a) Narakasura
b) Mahiranga Danava
c) Bhaskar Varman
d) Surya Varman
Q. During which Ahom ruler was
the first emissary to Tripua sent?

a) Siva Varman
b) Rudra Singha
c) Suhungmung
d) Rani Puspeshwari
Q. During the reign of Which King
the temple of Navagraha was
built?

a) Rajeswar Singha
b) Udayaditya
c) Siva Singha
d) Parramatta
Q. Ahom marriage is known as:-

a) Homa
b) Chaklang
c) Swayamvar
d) Vivah
Q. In which year the Phulaguri
uprising took place?

a) 1801
b) 1817
c) 1862
d) 1861
Q. Who was the first Principal of
Cotton College?

a) Miles Branson
b) Frederic William Sudmerson
c) William Cotton
d) T. Brown
Q. Which one is the highest
mountain range in Assam?

a) Patkai Range
b) Namchai Range
c) Barail Range
d) Bethartoli Range
Q. Which of the following was
known as Bhaganiya Roja?

a) Rudra Singha
b) Jayadhwaj Singha
c) Siva Barbarua
d) Godadhar Rao
Q. Who was the leader of the
1857 revolt in Assam?

a) Maniram Dewan
b) Pioli Das
c) Lachit Barphukan
d) Kanaklata
Q. The 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas
2023 will be held in which of the
following cities?

a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Ahmedabad
d) Indore
Q. Nigerian politician Mohammad
Sanusi Barkindo passed away. He
was the secretary general of
which of the following
organisations ?

a) Organization of the Petroleum

Exporting Countries (OPEC)
b) UNESCO
c) UNICEF
d) African Union
Q. A new species named Ariosoma
Bengalense was discovered in
West Bengal. It belongs to which
of the following species?

a) Frog
b) Eel
c) Butterfly
d) Octopus
Q. Which of the following states
has launched the “Technology
Transfer Scheme”, to reimburse
the expense incurred by the new
startup ventures while procuring
technology licences in the state ?

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Karnataka
c) Kerala
d) Andhra Pradesh
Q. Who is the author of the newly
launched book ‘The Maverick
Effect’?

a) Durjoy Datta
b) Rohinton Mistry
c) Harish Mehta
d) Vikram Seth
Q. Which ministry organised a
two-day conference ‘Amrit
Samagam’ to deliberate on the
progress of Azadi ka Amrit
Mahotsav?

a) Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry of Home Affairs
c) Ministry of Culture
d) Ministry of Power
Q. The annual International Dark
Sky Week is observed in which
month?

a) April
b) May
c) June
d) July
Q. Soreng and Pakyong are the
two new districts in which state?

a) Assam
b) Sikkim
c) Manipur
d) Mizoram
Q. Recently, the President
conferred which medal to the
Army General Manoj Pandey ?

a) Uttam Yudh Seva Medal

b) Mahavir Chakra
c) Param Vishisht Seva Medal
d) Sena Medal
Q. The “Alma and Oskar” movie
opened the 53rd International
Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa.
This film is from which of the
following countries?

a) Italy
b) France
c) UK
d) Austria
Q. Which country topped the
medal tally list at the recently
concluded Deaflympics?

a) South Korea
b) China
c) Ukraine
d) USA
Q. Nobel Peace Prize laureate,
Jose Ramos-Horta has been sworn
in as president of Which country?

a) Malawi
b) East Timor
c) Gabon
d) Togo
Q. Which state launched the
“Beach Vigil App” for tourism?

a) West Bengal
b) Maharashtra
c) Goa
d) Odisha
Q. What is the name of India's
first indigenously developed
polycentric prosthetic knee
developed by researchers at the
IIT Madras?

a) Paedal
b) Daud
c) Kadam
d) Koshish
Q. RBI decided to permit all banks
to introduce cardless cash
withdrawal through ATMs through
which of the following systems?

a) Unified Payments Interface

b) Aadhaar Enabled Payment
System
c) Immediate Payment Service
d) NEFT
Q. Who among the following
Indian personalities was honoured
with the first Lata Dinanath
Mangeshkar Award on 24 April?

a) Narendra Modi
b) Amit Shah
c) Rajnath Singh
d) Nitin Gadkari
Q. Which of the following
countries is the first Asian country
to join NATO’s cyber defence unit?

a) China
b) South Korea
c) Thailand
d) Singapore
Q. Intersolar Europe 2022 was
held in Which of the following
countries?

a) Italy
b) Finland
c) Germany
d) Switzerland
Q. The country’s first organic
waste-powered EV charging
station has been set up in which
of the following cities?

a) Kochi
b) Coimbatore
c) Mumbai
d) Mysore
Q. Which of the following mobile
applications launched the
SMBSaathi Utsav initiative to
support small businesses by
helping them to adopt digital
mediums?

a) Telegram
b) Instagram
c) Whatsapp
d) Twitter
Q. Who is the first Assamese to
climb Mount Everest?

a) Manish Deka
b) Tarun Saikia
c) Bidyut Bora
d) Abhinandan Bora
Q. The “Baishagu” festival is
celebrated by Which ethnic group
of Assam?

a) Bodo
b) Khadar
c) Paniyan
d) Rabha
Q. Hamren is the headquarters of
which of the following districts of
Assam?

a) Guwahati
b) Dima Hasao
c) West Karbi Anglong
d) Karbi Anglong
Q. Consider the following pairs of
folk music with states where they
are practised in India and select
the pair which is NOT correctly
matched?

a) Kamrupi Lokgeet – Assam

b) Naatupura Paatu – Tamil Nadu
c) Goalpariya Lokgeet –
Maharashtra
d) Dandiya – Gujarat
Q. Consider the following pairs.
Which one of the following
correctly matched?

a) Deepor Beel – Assam

b) Ghoramara Island – Arabian
Sea
c) Nilgiri Tahrs – Hemis National
Park
d) Majuli Island – Barakar River
Q. Who led the all-women Assam
Rifles contingent, which has
created history by participating
for the first time in a Republic Day
parade?

a) Shikha Sunanada
b) Khushboo Kanwar
c) Aparna Das
d) Bhavna Syal
Q. Which among the following matches of
farming area and their state are correctly
matched?

1. Char- Assam
2. Doab- Punjab
3. Terai- Uttar Pradesh

Choose the correct option from the codes

given below:-

a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Q. Which king performed the
“Ashwamedha” sacrifice in
Kamarupa for the first time?

a) Bhaskar Varma
b) Mahendra Varma
c) Ratnapala
d) Indrapala
Q. In Which year Shadulla’s
Ministry formed?

a) 1953
b) 1950
c) 1937
d) 1948
Q. Sonitpur was the capital of:-

a) King Bana
b) Bhaskarvarman
c) Bhagadatta
d) None of the above