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Tuesday, 31 January 2023

AP High Court Exam - 2023 Stenographer Grade III, Junior Assistant, Typist & Field Assistant 02/01/2023 Shift II

01) Which of the following districts of Andhra Pradesh is known for its good quality Mica production?

          a) Guntur

          b) Kurnool

          c) Nellore

          d) Kadapa

02) Which of the following won the SAFF U-17 Championship 2022?

          a) Bhutan

          b) India

          c) Bangladesh

          d) Nepal

03) When was Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act Passed?

          a) 1950

          b) 1960

          c) 1953

          d) 1956

04) According to the Malthusian theory, population increases in _______.

          a) Exponential series

          b) Fibonacci series

          c) Geometric progression

          d) Arithmetic progression

05) Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct for Balance of Payments (BOP)?

          I) The BOP records only the external visible transactions.

          II) The ‘BOP account is always balanced’ as it is maintained by’ double entry book keeping system’.

          a) Neither I nor II

          b) Only II

          c) Both I and II

          d) Only I

06) As of December 2022, who has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Government?

          a) N Srinivasa Rao

          b) KS Jawahar Reddy

          c) G Satya Prabhakar Rao

          d) VS Raju

07) Which part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 contains the provisions related to access to higher education?

          a) Part XII

          b) Part XI

          c) Part VIII

          d) Part X

08) In which district of Andhra Pradesh is the Mallappakonda heritage site located?

          a) Konaseema

          b) West Godavari

          c) Anantapur

          d) Prakasam

09) Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT true for Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution?

          I) The original Constitution (1950) had five Fundamental Rights. But after the passage of the 44th Amendment in 1978, there are now six Fundamental Rights.

          II) Articles 14 to 18 deal with different aspects of right to equality.

          a) Only II

          b) Neither I nor II

          c) Only I

          d) Both I and II

10) Which of the following is NOT a Fundamental duty of Indian Citizens given in the Constitution of India?

          a) To defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so

          b) To safeguard public property and to abjure violence

          c) To increase the production of food grains and eradicate the poverty

          d) To uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India

11) Which international organization has extended an unconditional loan of $250 million for the SALT project in Andhra Pradesh?

          a) Asian Development Bank

          b) World Bank

          c) International Monetary Fund

          d) New Development Bank

12) The _______, meaning ‘hidden away,” is a thin sheet of grey matter that, in the human brain, lies below the general region of the insula. Its connectivity is unique in that it receives input from virtually all regions of the cortex and projects back to almost all regions of the cortex.

          a) Medulla oblongata

          b) Pons

          c) Pituitary gland

          d) Claustrum

13) Which of the following is NOT a name of the Agro-Climatic zones of Andhra Pradesh?

          a) Godavari Zone

          b) Pandavi Zone

          c) North Coastal Zone

          d) Scarce Rainfall Zone

14) The central government’s campaign PAALAN 1000 is associated with:

          a) Early childhood care

          b) Providing shelters to destitute and beggars

          c) Providing shelters to freely roaming cattle

          d) Crop insurance for farmers

15) Which of the following rivers does NOT flow through Andhra Pradesh?

          a) Cauvery

          b) Vedavathi

          c) Palar

          d) Godavari

16) Which of the following is a one-stop public grievance redressal platform for the citizens of Andhra Pradesh?

          a) Srijan

          b) Spandana

          c) Vikas

          d) Namaste

17) Which of the following option is INCORRECT regarding Kandukuri Veeresalingam?

          a) He was a strong advocate of women’s education.

          b) He founded Brahma Samaj in Andhra Pradesh

          c) He is popularly known as Gadya Tikkana

          d) He started the journal called Induprakash

18) After the preliminary salutations to Lord Ganapati, the sutradhaara in Kuchipudi enters the stage with his curved stick known as _______.

          a) Kutilaka

          b) Ramolika

          c) Gatulaka

          d) Protilika

19) Telugu belongs to which language family?

          a) Dravidian

          b) Indo-European

          c) Tibeto-Chinese

          d) Austro-Asiatic

20) Which year did Andhra Pradesh’s High Court become independent after it split from Telangan?

          a) 2019

          b) 2014

          c) 2020

          d) 2018

21) The _______ is constituted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to effectively manage energy needs, realize the need for energy conservation, and effective usage and spread awareness on energy conservation and energy efficiency measures in all sectors of the State.

          a) Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Composition Mission (APSECM)

          b) Andhra Pradesh State Renewable Energy Mission (APSREM)

          c) Andhra Pradesh State Health and Energy Mission (APSHEM)

          d) Andhra Pradesh State Health and Energy Mission (APSECM)

22) Hunger Hotspots June to September 2022 Outlook report has been jointly the work of _______.

          a) Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme

          b) Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation

          c) World Food Programme and United Nations Children’s Fund

          d) World Health Organisation and International Fund for Agricultural Development

23) Through which Charter Act, the Law member in the executive council of the Governor General was given full rank as a Member?

          a) Charter Act of 1804

          b) Charter Act of 1853

          c) Charter Act of 1833

          d) Charter Act of 1813

24) In context of nationalism in Hyderabad state, who was responsible for organizing Anjumen-e-maref?

          a) Mulla Abdul Qayyum

          b) Tripuraneni Veeraswami

          c) Vedire Ramachandra Reddy

          d) Maqdoom Moinuddin

25) To implement a state action plan and make the state “climate resilient through enhanced climate change governance,” the government of Andhra Pradesh created the _______, a special unit under its Environment, Forests, Science and Technology Department.

          a) Climate Change Cell (CCC)

          b) Climate Control Cell (CCC)

          c) Changing Climate Cell (CCC)

          d) Sustainable Climate Change Cell (SCCC)

26) In which year the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM Act), which prescribes that Reserve Bank of India should NOT buy government bounds EXCEPT, under exceptional circumstances, became effective?

          a) 1991

          b) 2004

          c) 2015

          d) 1994

27) During the Epic era of Indian music history, the compositions in music were known as _______

          a) Stobha

          b) Saama

          c) Solfa

          d) Geetee

28) India Science and Research Fellowiship (ISRF) Programme, to pursue research in frontier/ advanced areas of science including Medicine and Agriculture, is funded by which of the following?

          a) University Grants Commission

          b) The Indian Council of Medical Research

          c) Ministry of Earth Sciences

          d) Department of Science and Technology (DST)

29) In Swachh Survekshan 2022, which of the following states with more than 100 Urban Local Bodies has become the cleanest in the nation?

          a) Madhya Pradesh

          b) Kerala

          c) Andhra Pradesh

          d) Maharashtra

30) _______ is a cattle trading festival that takes place in Vizianagaram.

          a)  Sri Krishna Janmastami

          b) Tirupati Ganga Jatara

          c) Atla Tadde

          d) Pyditthallamma Utsavam

31) As per the NSSO large scale survey in 2011-12 (NSS 68th round), Andhra Pradesh reduced the poverty level in the state, from approximately 49% in 1973-74 to _______ in 2011-12.

          a) 9%

          b) 22%

          c) 2%

          d) 16%

32) Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastucture Corporation (APGIC) was incorporated on under the provisions of the Companies Act as a State Government Company.

          a) 5 October 2005

          b) 2 September 2009

          c) 5 November 2014

          d) 2 August 2001

33) By which year the Central Government has set a target of a 40% reduction in particulate matter concentration in cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in September 2022?

          a) 2026

          b) 2030

          c) 2025

          d) 2024

34) As of November 2022, who among the following is the chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly?

          a) Zakia Khanam

          b) Koyye Moshenu Raju

          c) Ummareddy Venkateshwarlu

          d) Yanamala Rama Krishnudu

35) In the first phase of a pilot project, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), announced by the RBI, which of the following is NOT one among the four banks which will issue digital tokens in the same denominations as a paper currency that can be used to make and receive payments?

          a) ICICI Bank

          b) IDFC First Bank

          c) State Bank of India

          d) HDFC Bank

36) Who among the following is one of three environmentalists who received the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity conserver awards 2021?

          a) R K Reddy

          b) J Krishnamurthy

          c) K Mrutyumjaya Rao

          d) Thupalli Srinivasa Reddy

37) Baba Dayal Das is associated with which of the following movements?

          a) Nirankari movement

          b) Namdhari movement

          c) Mopla uprising

          d) Pabla revolt

38) Which of the following is a National level Cooperative body of marketing in India?

          a) Tribal Cooperative Development Corporation

          b) The Tribal Cooperative Societies Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED)

          c) Primary marketing cooperative society

          d) Large-sized Agricultural Multi-purpose cooperative societies (LAMPS)

39) According to IBEF (India Brand Equity Foundation), which of the following statements is/are true for FDI inflow in Andhra Pradesh between October 2019 and June 2022?

          I) FDI inflows in Andhra Pradesh stood at US$550.42 million

          II) The state ranked 10th in India in terms of FDI inflowd.

          a) Neither I nor II

          b) Only II

          c) Both I and II

          d) Only I

40) Who became the first player from India to get elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)?

          a) Sathiya Ganasekaran

          b) Ma Long

          c) Achanta Sharath Kamal

          d) Maunika Batra

41) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          The teacher is _______ the boy’s progress.

          a) troubled with

          b) disgusted in

          c) annoyed to

          d) pleased with

42) Select the grammatically correct sentence.

          a) This food tastes sweetly

          b) This house is too much small for me

          c) He came always late

          d) He is friendly enough to help me

43) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

          M. He lived in a dissipated shanty with garbage strewn around.

          N. Mukesh was born in a family of slum-dwellers.

          O. His house was a half-built shack, thatched with dead grass and a wobbly door.

          P. He was another young child who had been forced by poverty into child labour.

          a) MNOP

          b) NPMO

          c) OPMN

          d) POMN

44) Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

          Odyssey

          a) Meddlesome

          b) Invalid

          c) Stubborn

          d) Adventurous Voyage

45) What is the meaning of the idiom ‘Scrape the barrel’?

          a) Making the most of the worst situations

          b) Being grumpy

          c) Doing something in an easy manner

          d) Putting efforts into something not worhwhile

46) Arrange the words in a sequence to make a complete sentence:

          It si important to note that _______.

          A. minor earthquakes can sometimes be

          B. triggered by human activities, such as,

          C. the filling of reservoirs,

          D. and the injection of fluids into well for oil recovery

          a) DACB

          b) CDAB

          c) ABCD

          d) ACDB

47) Compete the sentence with the correct idiom

          When Rakesh saw his grandnephew behaving erratically like his nephew used to do, he knew he was a _______.

          a) chip off the old block

          b) a black sheep

          c) crying wolf

          d) fish out of water

48) Select the grammatically correct sentence.

          a) You should obey to your parents.

          b) He opposes against us.

          c) We shall discuss it.

          d) Ramesh will passed in the exam.

49) Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

P. Tsunami is a Japanese word which when translated into English, would mean ‘harbour wave’.

Q. In the past, tsunamis were sometimes referred to as ‘tidal waves’ by the general public and as ‘seismic waves’ by the scientific community.

R. The term ‘tidal wave’ is however, a misnomer because tsunamis are unrelated to the tides.

S. The term ‘seismic wave’ is also misleading because seismic implies an earthquake- related mechanism, but a tsunami can be caused by a non-seismic event.

          a) PQRS

          b) QRPS

          c) SPRQ

          d) RSPQ

50) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

          An existing word or expression used in a new way

          a) Necrophilia

          b) Neologism

          c) Neophyte

          d) Neolithic

51) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          _______ the cardiologist immediately.

          a) Hold on

          b) Call off

          c) Take in

          d) Call in

52) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

          The school provides extensive guidance for neophyte teachers.

          a) Abecedarian

          b) Professional

          c) Amateur

          d) Novice

53) Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

          a) I am the youngest in the family.

          b) My brother hasn’t many books

          c) I saw a unique sight.

          d) Is there many coffee in the mug?

54) Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

          a) He accused me for cheating him

          b) My sister is afraid of dogs

          c) I was angry at what he said

          d) I do not approve of your action.

55) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          _______! You are disturbing the prayer meeting.

          a) Be quiet

          b) Yuck

          c) Hurray

          d) Ah

56) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

          _______ had he returned _______ he was off again.

          a) No sooner, than

          b) Sooner than, than

          c) Sooner, then

          d) Than sooner, then

57) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

          You must _______ some jewellery for your children’s marriage.

          a) pull through

          b) let off

          c) held up

          d) keep aside

58) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank

          I _______ enter this room

          a) forbidding not to

          b) forbade you not to

          c) forbade you to

          d) forbade

59) Select the grammatically correct sentence.

          a) Sugandha deals in ethnic dresses.

          b) The reality finally dawned about me.

          c) In frustration, he gave out all struggle.

          d) The Headmistress did not accede for my request.

60) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

          Somesh _______ his work now and _______.

          a) had finished, was satisfied

          b) have finished, will be satisfied

          c) will finish, will satisfied

          d) has finished, is satisfied

61) Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

          Morbid compulsion to steal books

          a) Pyromania

          b) Kleptomania

          c) Bibliokleptomania

          d) Mania

62) Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

          Judges are expected to conduct themselves with propriety.

          a) Ramification

          b) Raconteur

          c) Indecorum

          d) Inclination

63) Select the odd sentence.

          a) Fear of the dark is almost universal among young children, and it provides relatively safe opportunities for lessons in courage.

          b) It is the valued coin of our conversation

          c) Yet today, it is in danger of losing its brightness for it is gratly misused and not properly exchanged.

          d) Real praise, the sincere compliment, is probably the most useful social tool of all.

64) Select the odd sentence.

            a) Advertising encourages women to devote an inordinate amount of time and money to meet other extraordinary standards of employment.

          b) It is beginning to establish a reputation not just as the technology nerve-centre and back-office of the world, but also as its production centre.

          c) Today, India looks like it is on the course to join the league of developed nations.

          d) India’s secularism and democracy serve as a model for the developing countries.

65) Complete the sentence with the correct proverb:

          If you don’t have faith in my work, _______

          a) one good turn deserves another

          b) there’s no such thing as fee lunch

          c) look before you leap

          d) the proof of the pudding is in the eating

66) Select the grammatically correct sentence.

          a) Hurray! He is my brother.

          b) Shh! The bee just stung me.

          c) Hush! The doctor is examining the patients

          d) Alas! We can never leave you.

67) Choose the correct meaning of the proverb:

          a) To look for alternative ways to deal with a problem

          b) To accomplish two goals at once

          c) To hope for success in your undertaking

          d) To graciously forgive the offender

68) Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank

          Patna is _______ from Delhi than Jaipur.

          a) feather

          b) further

          c) farther

          d) far

69) Select the sentence that has a grammatical error.

          a) He has been here since Friday.

          b) The garden was covered with flowers.

          c) I am tired of this work

          d) I don’t care of this

70) Arrange the words in sequence to make a complete sentence:

          The sustained use of dialogues _______.

          A) to develop good listening

          B) help an individual

          C) and enhances proficiency in a lanuage

          D) and speaking skills

          a) BADC

          b) BACD

          c) CDAB

          d) ADCB

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number:

The death penalty is a 1. ______ of an age when all punishments were savage and 2. ______. Up to the early part of the nineteenth century the death 3. ______ could be 4. _______ for more than 200 different 5. ______.

71) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 1.

          a) ailment

          b) relic

          c) protection

          d) modish

72) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 2.

          a) vindictive

          b) compassionate

          c) benign

          d) dutiful

73) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 3.

          a) pardon

          b) benefit

          c) reward

          d) penalty

74) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 4.

          a) inflated

          b) lengthened

          c) inflicted

          d) withheld

75) Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 5.

          a) kindness

          b) insurrections

          c) compliments

          d) offences

Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

The woman’s position in Turkey had changed relatively little since the days of the Prophet. Despite growing discussion of her predicament, both before and after the reign of Abdul Hamid, she still lived subject to the rules of Islam, in seclusion, which amounted at its worst to personal slavery and at its best to virtual segregation from the outside world. The average Ottoman Turk, in his masculine pride and possessiveness, chose still to see women as the inferior sex, deficient in morality and self-respect, requiring protection by the male against her own weaker instincts. It had become a collective as well as a personal duty to supervise her behaviour. Not merely the husband and father and brother but the whole street, the whole neighbourhood was concerned to watch over her, making sure that her limbs were totally and decently covered and intent to catch her out if she seemed to step outside the narrow path the society laid down for her. In Constantinople, no woman might be seen walking in the street or driving in a carriage with a man, even if he were her husband. If they went out together, he was obliged to walk ahead, disregarding her. Never did she appear with him at social gatherings; thus, there was in effect no mixed Moslem society. On trams and boats, there was a curtain, to divide women from men. In girls' schools, when feminine education was introduced, the only male teachers were eunuchs. In the theatre, the female parts were played by men, as in Elizabethan England, or by Christian women. When women were eventually allowed into the audience it was on certain ladies' days set aside for them. Only in parts of Anatolia, among the peasantry, were women freer, and indeed often unveiled before all but strangers. For (thanks sometimes to the influence of the brotherhoods) the peasants were often less orthodox in their customs, and moreover, their women had, for economic reasons, to work in the fields and perform other outdoor tasks for the family living.

76) Choose the correct title for the passage:

          a) The Islamic Women

          b) The Position of Women

          c) Slavery Amongst women

          d) Emancipation of Women

77) What is the central theme of the passage?

          a) Women in bondage

          b) Social oppression of women

          c) Respect for women

          d) Lawful rights of women

78) Select the fact that is the most relevant about the Ottoman Turk.

          a) They are unable to acquire self-respect and pride.

          b) They are criticized to keep their wives in segregation.

          c) They are obliged to marry more than one woman.

        d) The think themselves responsible to take decisions about the proper conduct of women

79) What is totally absent in the social life of Istanbul?

          a) A man disregarding his wife while accompanying her.

          b) Ladies going to watch theatre.

          c) Barricades in trams and boats between men and women.

          d) Sexually vigorous male teachers in girls’ schools.

80) What is the structure of the passage?

          a) Sequence and process

          b) Problem and solution

          c) Compare and contrast

          d) Proposition and support

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