Answer Key – APSC Prelims 2014 General Studies Paper
Find here the answer key of APSC Prelims 2014. The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) conducted Combined Competitive (CCE) (Preliminary) on September 28, 2014. Yesterday we examined the General Studies question paper. In our opinion it was a scoring paper. Several questions are basic General Knowledge type. Polity questions are not that tough or approachable. The reasoning questions (8 nos) are easy. As expected there are several Assam related questions. Those who didn’t studied Assam history and geography, might find them tough.
Anyway, we solved 90% of the General Studies question paper in 1 hour (that’s why called it a scoring one). Now it’s your turn to calculate or estimate your score! Following is the answer key (from Assams.info, not official) of the General Studies paper (Series A) of APSC Prelims 2014. Match the answers with yours.
APSC 2014 Prelims General Studies Answer Key (Series A)
1. d) Lok Sabha Elections in 9 Phases.
2. c) The 11th Lok Sabha Elections ended up in a hung parliament.
3. d) There are 29 states in India. (Easy)
4. c) Governor is an integral part of State Legislature.
5. a) National party must win at least 11 Lok Sabha seats from at least 3 states.
6. a) Right to Property is not a Fundamental Right.
7. b) Father of Local Self-government is Lord Ripon.
8. a) First National Emergency in 1962.
9. b) Mandal Commission was formed in 1979.
10. b) Vice President of India is elected by members of both houses of the Parliament.
11. b) Maximum gap between two session of parliament must not be more than 6 months.
12. c) Oath of office for President and Governor are administered by Chief Justice of Supreme court and the same of High Court respectively.
13.b) Prime Minister is the Chairman of Planning Commission and National Integration Council
14. b) No provision for Deputy Prime Minister.
15. d) During Govt of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003 (Already asked in APSC 2006).
16. b) Look East Policy started by Narasimha Rao
17. c) Speaker of Lok Sabha presides over joint sitting (APSC 2006)
18. a) Morarji Desai
19. b) II, I, IV, III
20. d) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
21. c) Vishnu Bhagwat and Joshi
22. d) India is the top buyer
23. c) French
24. c) 32 (nice one)
25. c) Brazil
Answer Key from Assams.info, NOT OFFICIAL.
26. a) Madhya Pradesh
27. a) Provides fund for higher education system
28. b) February 28
29. c) Sikkim
30. c) Polio Free
31. c) 1957
32. b) Budget
33. c) Allahabad Bank is the oldest of them
34. d) Petrol
35. c) Rs. 50 (hope many checked their pocket)
36. b) Thermal Power
37. a) RBI formulates Monetary policy
38. c) Three-tier
39. b) Corporate tax
40. d) Service Sector
41.
Confusing because 11th Five year plan targeted 25% rural tele-density. And 10th Five Year plan targeted 11.5% rural tele-density by year 2007. In 2010, the same became 24.31%.
42. b) Second plan
43. a) Planning Commission follows recommendations by Lakdawala committee of 1993 to estimate poverty line in India.
44. b) 10th plan
45. No solid data available with us. Please share, if any. c) Agriculture
Eleventh Plan allocation:
1. Education: 19.29%
2. Rural Development: 13.39%
3. Infrastructure: 9.01%
4. Health: 8.71%
5. Agriculture: 8.55%
6. Social Justice: 6.35%
7. Scientific departments: 4.68%
8. Energy: 4.04%
9. Others: 25.97%
So, out of all priority sectors, allocation was highest in Education. Education was followed by Rural development, Infrastructure and Agriculture.
46. a) In Stratosphere air temperature rises with height.
47. a) Asia (?)
48. b) North East Atlantic region
49. a) Bulgaria
50. a) Nilgiri hills
51. a) Jammu and Kashmir
52. c) Krishna
53. c) Limestone
54. b) NC Hills has red soil
55. b) Khasi-Garo
56. d) Research station in Antarctica
57. b) 6 nano-satellites were launched
58. c) Kanpur (Easy for Agriculture students)
NOT OFFICIAL, Answer Key from Assams.info.
59. c) Calcutta and Agra. First was between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour. But next year it was extended to Agra.
60. d) PARAM 8000
61. b) Baikanur
62. a) Aryabhatta
63. c) Indian Statistical Institute got first computer in country. It cost them Rs. 10 lakh in 1956.
64. b) Madhya Pradesh. Easily confused with Solar power park in Rajasthan which has more capacity than Welspun Solar power project launched in February, 2014.
65. d) INSAT-1B
66. c) Kashmir
67. a) Tartars are indigenous tribes of Siberia.
68. d) Salsa was born in New York USA.
69. d) Ikebana is Japanese flower arrangement
70. b) Garo people celebrates Agalmaka
71. b) Hem Saraswati wrote Prahlad Caritra
72. a) Dada saheb Phalke produced Raja Harichandra.
73. a) Karnataka
74. c) Cha Garam, the tea story – Arup Kumar Dutta
75. c) Charaideo, Gargaon, Jorhat
76. b) Momai Tamuli Borbarua and Lachit Borphukan
77. c) Qutab Sah built Charminar to commemorate end of plague
78. c) Suhungmung occupied Dimapur.
79. b) Pratap Singha created Barbarua and Barphukan
80. c) Samudragupta
81. c) Abul Fazl wrote Ain i Akbari
82. c) Naranarayan rebuilt Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.
83. c) Lord Cornwallis
84. b) Lord Canning
85. c) Conspiracy to derail a train in Golaghat in 1942.
86. b) Kandarpeswar Singha. d) None of them
First we thought of Charing Raja, the title conferred to Kandarpeswar Singha. But he was not King of Ahom Kingdom. The last Ahom King was Purandar Singha. As the question clearly stated “Ahom King in Assam”, the correct answer is d) None of them. What’s your opinion?
87. Both a) and c)
Both Gopinath Bordoloi and Devicharan Baruah represented Assam in 1886 session of congress in Calcutta. This Gopinath Bordoloi is not Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi. He and Baruah represented Upper Assam Association, while Satyanath Bora represented Nowgong Rayat Association.
(thanks Bhanita, Monica and Pinky)
88. b) Pushpalata Das.
89. c) Aga Khan
90. c) Subhash Chandra Bose called Mahatma Gandhi Father of the Nation.
91. a) November, 1930
92. b) Annie Besant
93. c) VVT. Letters are counted from end. ABC… means ZYX….
94. c) White
95. b) West. First North, then 2km left means West, then 3km left means South and then right means West.
96. b) 12. 40 boys, 20 girls. Alaka in 17th and there are 9 boys before her. Means 7 girls before her. Now girls left is 20-(7+1)= 12.
97. c) 4/5 age under 25 years and 1/3 are illiterate. 1/3 is greater than 1/5, so some of 1/3 must be in the 4/5 population.
98. d) 420 is the 60% of 700.
99. b) 24 2×4=8; 24+18=42 24 reverse of 42
100. b) 20:35:77
Note: The above data or answers are for information purpose only. There may be some unintended errors. Please don’t hesitate to report them. The full question paper will be uploaded later.
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where to find the g.s mains detailed syllabus?
@CP@
Mains14 Will be held on 1st week of May15
Mains13 result on last week of January15.
I have cleared prelims.My score was around 292 according to the official answer keys.Can anyone give me suggestions on how to prepare for the optional subjects for mains.My optionals are Geography and Sociology.
cleared the prelims….. now to cross the next hurdle…..anyone knows when the mains will be conducted?????
Cleared Prelims 2014 with 287 as per APSC key. Category OBC. Hoping for a positive result in Mains 2013.
I clear prelim with 65%(obc)
Cleared
Was getting 312 as per apsc key .
Waiting 4 mains rslt nw
apsc preliminary reault is out
Dear friend Diganta, how would know that preliminary result shall declare on 18th or 20th. Is this a confirm news?
Prelim14 result will b out on 18 or 20 December14.
Let us also discuss about ssc cgl exam. How to prepare for the exam, as the ssc cgl 2014 tier 2 is going to be held on 24 & 25th January 2015. Unless you work hard, one can’t success in this recruitment. As the questions have to be solved in very short time. I believe in “Practice make man perfect”.
Vry shortly… d count down has begun
any news regarding apsc prelim result…
APSC has given some clarifications with regard to Sr. information officer results. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/epaper.asp?id=dec0514/Page14
@Mayur
Jan 2016 seems to be on the lesser side.My TAke:
Prelims Rslt: Mid Dec14
Notification /Form Fillup for mains till March end.
Exam Date declaration Mid May 2015
Mains Exam ::Around July-August
Result ::Dec-Jan2016
Interview: Feb-March 2016
Final result-Jun-July2016
The above schedule is based on past experience.
Hope it does’nt extend till date.
But keep in mind Assembly election in 2016.
Looks like we have to wait till Bihu for the results. Such delay, and I believe everyone would agree, plays havoc with the mindset of the aspirants. Rumour mills are running overtime these days to make sense of the delay, and needless to say, what gets churned out is always discouraging. Nevertheless, as aspirants, we need to be patient as well as steadfast. However, I cannot help spare a thought for the aspirants who are yet to take further decisions on their career due to such delay. Mention be made that delay in prelims results has a cascading effect on the rest of the selection process, which in my conservative estimate would end by Jan 2016. Hope I am wrong
Update on prelims n mains results. APSC officials don’t sound so enthusiastic regarding the announcement of the results. I think we will have to wait till January for both prelims and Mains results. If anything new comes my way I will let you know.
Agree with Mayur..d UPSC mains starts from 14th Dec and we are still awaiting the pre result.really disgusting.APSC is always in the news for wrong reasons.Todays Amar Asom(Front page) has covered a news regarding the discrepancies relating to the selection of senior information officer whose results were declared recently.The news item has mentioned elaborately how the genuine candidates were deprived to make the way for the candidates coming through the back door,really such a role is not expected from APSC where now money and influence is the main criteria for selection and nothing else.
Fnd Answerkey of CC(P)14 G.S. Published Monthly Magazine * Arihant Competition in Focus December14*cheek it.