Solved Question Paper of PHE, Assam, Assistant Engineer. Written Examination held on 18.10.2020, conducted by APSC. Paper Series C.
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1. The Leaning Temple of Hume dedicated Which Hindu God?
(A) Shiva
(B) Rama
(C) Krishna
(D) Hanuman
2. The image of Nataraja (the Lord of dance) is a super masterpiece of the period of
(A) Cholas
(B) Pandya
(C) Hoysalas
(D) Chalukyas
3. Which of the following is a mixture of Rajasthani and Mughal paintings?
(A) Kangra painting
(B) Pahari painting
(C) Madhubani painting
(D) Basohli painting
4. Which of the following is known as “Ballet of East”?
(A) Kathak
(B) Mohiniyattam
(C) Kathakali
(D) Bharatanatyam
5. Which of the following is called the festival of festivals?
(A) Vijaya Dasara of Mysore
(B) Shri Krishna Janmashtami of Mathura
(C) Hornbill festival of Nagaland
(D) Navaratri festival of Gujarat
6. To which gharana of Indian classical music did Bade Ghulam Ali Khan belong?
(A) Kirana
(B) Patiala
(C) Gwalior
(D) Agra
7. Which legendary singer and actor was originally a typewriter salesman?
(A) K. L. Saigal
(B) Mukesh
(C) Kishore Kumar
(D) Talat Mahmood
8. In the Ramayana, where did Bharata worship the ‘khadau’ or sandals of Rama?
(A) Nandigram
(B) Ekchakra
(C) Chitrakoot
(D) Panchavati
9. Kalhana’s Rajatarangini chronicles the history of which place in India?
(A) Mewar
(B) Kashmir
(C) Bengal
(D) Awadh
10. Which poet was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1969 for his work Gul-e-Naghma?
(A) Sahir Ludhianvi
(B) Jigar Moradabadi
(C) Firaq Gorakhpuri
(D) Asad Bhopali
11. Which of the following awards was designed by Eva Savitri Bai Khanolkar?
(A) Param Vir Chakra
(B) Jnanpith Award
(C) Bharat Ratna
(D) Miss India Crown
12. Which branch of Ayurveda deals with mental disorders?
(A) Kaayachikitsa
(B) Bhutavidya
(C) Vajikarana
(D) Rasayana
13. Which musical instrument was known as ‘Shatha Tantri Veena’ in Sanskrit?
(A) Sarod
(B) Sitar
(C) Rudra Veena
(D) Santoor
14. The world famous Peacock Throne was kept in which of the following Mughal buildings?
(A) The Diwan-i-Khas at Fatehpur Sikri
(B) Agra Fort
(C) The Rangmahal at the Red Fort in Delhi
(D) The Diwan-i-Khas The Red Fort in Delhi
15. Which Mughal emperor was deported by the British?
(A) Bahadur Shah III
(B) Bahadur Shah I
(C) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(D) Ahmad Shah Bahadur
16. Who among the following Europeans was first to come to India to establish trade relation with their country?
(A) Dutch
(B) Portuguese
(C) British
(D) French
17. Who among the fallowing rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?
(A) Haider Ali
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Shah Alam
(D) Tipu Sultan
18. Which Sultan of Delhi founded and built the Fort of Siri?
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Balban
(C) Ala-ud-din Khili
(D) Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq
19. Who was the first ruler of the Slave dynasty?
(A) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
(B) Iltutmish
(C) Sultan Mahmud II
(D) Balban
20. Which new department was started by Muhammad bin Tughluq for the development of agriculture?
(A) Diwan-i-Risalat
(B) Diwan-i-Ashraf
(C) Diwan-i-Kohi
(D) Diwan-i-Mustakharaj
21. Who among the following witnessed the reign of seven Sultans of Delhi?
(A) Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
(B) Shams Siraj Afif
(C) Amir Khusrow
(D) None of them
22. The first Principal of Cotton College was
(A) Henry Cotton
(B) Frederick William Sudmersen
(C) Manik Chandra Barua
(D) Hiranya Bhuyan
23. Who wrote the Harshacharita
(A) Harshavardhana
(B) Kautilya
(C) Banabhatta
(D) Ibn Battuta
24. The Assamese poet known as “Sewali Kavi” is
(A) Devakanta Barua
(B) Ananda Chandra Barua
(C) Ratnakanta Barkakati
(D) Sailadhar Rajkhowa
25. Who wrote the book, Assamese, Its Formation and Development?
(A) Lambodar Bora
(B) Dr. Banikanta Kakati
(C) Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan
(D) Birinchi Kumar Barua
26. Who is considered to be the greatest poet of the Ahom period?
(A) Mankar
(B) Chandidas
(C) Kaviraj Chakravarty
(D) None of them
27. The last independent Ahom king was
(A) Chandrakanta Singha
(B) Kamleswar Singha
(C) Jogeswar Singha
(D) Purandar Singha
28. Who among the following claimed wicket with his first delivery?
(A) Chetan Sharma
(B) Shahid Afridi
(C) Nilesh Kulkarni
(D) Anil Kumble
29. Which Indian umpire took more than 100 Test wickets as a bowler?
(A) Ram Babu Gupta
(B) Swaroop Kishen
(C) S. Venkataraghavan
(D) Piloo Reporter
30. The Norwegian Nobel Committee on October, 2018 awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to
(A) Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
(B) Abiy Ahmed Ali and Juan Manuel Santos
(C) Mohammad Javad Zarif and Federica Mogherini
(D) Ali Akbar Salehi and Ernest Moniz
31. In a row of boys, Akash is fifth from the left and Nikhil is eleventh from the right. If Akash is twenty-fifth from the right, then how many boys are there between Akash and Nikhil?
(A) 14
(B) 13
(C) 15
(D) 12
32. Select the pair which has the same relationship as the given pair:
Pain : Sedative
(A) Comfort : Stimulant
(B) Grief : Consolation
(C) Trance Narcotics
(D) Ache : Extraction
33. Which number will come next in the given series?
6, 12, 20, 30, ?
(A) 40
(B) 42
(C) 48
(D) 52
34. The average salary of skilled Employees in a firm is 500 and that of the unskilled employees is 420. If the average salary of both the groups of employees is 500, then the percentage of skilled employees in the firm is
(A) 20
(B) 50
(C) 70
(D) 80
35. Internet service in India was started by VSNL on
(A) 15th August, 1995
(B) 15th August, 1992
(C) 15th August, 1997
(D) 26th January, 1995
36. Who is called the father of Indian Archaeology?
(A) S Alexander Cunningham
(B) Daya Ram Sahni
(C) Sir John Marshall
(D) S. R. Rao
37. If two numbers are respectively 28% and 78% of a third number, what percentage is the first number of the second number?
(A) 15%
(B) 30%
(C) 35%
(D) 40%
38. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of the number is
(A) 35
(B) 36
(C) 45
(D) 54
39. Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to
(A) gloomy
(B) mean
(C) petty
(D) helpful
40. The biggest island of the Indian Ocean is
(A) Maldives
(B) Madagascar
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Sumatra
41. Which one of the following is the busiest ocean trade route?
(A) Cape of Good Hope
(B) Panama Canal
(C) Suez Canal
(D) North Atlantic
42. Where is ‘Ras Tanura’ oil refinery located?
(A) Iran
(B) USA
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Iraq
43. Which one of the following natural hazards is responsible for causing highest human disaster?
(A) Earthquake
(B) Snowstorm
(C) Volcanic eruption
(D) Tsunami
44. Duncan Passage is located between
(A) South and Little Andaman
(B) Little and Great Nicobar
(C) North and Middle Andaman
(D) Middle and South Andaman
45. In which part of the eye, are blind spot and yellow spot found?
(A) Cornea
(B) Lens
(C) Iris
(D) Retina
46. Who among the following was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his Political Guru?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Pherozeshah Mehta
(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
47. The Coriolis effect’ is produced by
(A) pressure gradient
(B) earth’s revolution
(C) earth’s rotation
(D) earth’s rotation and revolution
48. On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Venus
(C) Saturn
(D) Mercury
49. The leading producer of gold in the world is
(A) Australia
(B) China
(C) South Africa
(D) USA
50. The terms longitude and latitude were first used by
(A) Herodotus
(B) Eratosthenes
(C) Posidonius
(D) Ptolemy
51. Which one among the following is the largest inland in area?
(A) Borneo
(B) Great Britain
(C) Madagascar
(D) Sumatra
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52, In megacities of India, the dominant source of air pollution is
(A) transport sector
(B) thermal power
(C) municipal waste
(D) commercial sector
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53. The largest proven crude oil reserve of the world lies in
(A) Venezuela
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) Ghana
(D) Iraq
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54. The first oil refinery in Assam was established at Digboi in
(A) 1899
(B) 1626
(C) 1901
(D) 1947
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55. Which one of the following in not an oil field?
(A) Ledo
(B) Naharkatia
(C) Moran
(D) Geleki
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56. The biggest tributary of the Brahmaputra is
(A) Dhansiri
(B) Kopili
(C) Subansiri
(D) Burhi Dihing
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57. Which of the following does not come under GST?
(A) Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG)
(B) Insurance service
(C) Alcohol for human consumption
(D) Packaged food items
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58. Which among the following States did record the formation of maximum coalition governments in between 1967-1971?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Haryana
(C) Bihar
(D) Punjab
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59. Who among the following, appointed by the Governor, can be removed by the President of India?
(A) The Chief Minister of a State
(B) A member of the State Service Commission
(C) The Advocate General
(D) The Vice-Chancellor of a State University
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60. The provision regarding Panchayats and Municipalities was made in the Indian Constitution in which year?
(A) 1991
(B) 1993
(C) 1995
(D) 2000
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61. How many seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha?
(A) 59
(B) 69
(C) 79
(D) 84
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62. The system of Panchayati Raj included in the
(A) Union List
(B) State List
(C) Concurrent List
(D) Residuary List
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63. Which among the following Union Territories has a Judicial Commissioner?
(A) Pondicherry
(B) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(C) Dorman nd Da
(D) Lakshadweep
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64. Which one of the following High Courts has the territorial jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Calcutta
(C) Madras
(D) Orissa
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65. Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Parliament to legislate on a subject of the State List?
(A) Article 115
(B) Article 116
(C) Article 226
(D) Article 249
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66. Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the President to consult the Supreme Court?
(A) Article 129
(B) Article 132
(C) Article 143
(D) Article 32
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67. A non-member, who can participate in the proceedings of either House of the Parliament?
(A) The Vice President
(B) The Chief Justice
(C) The Attorney General
(D) The Chief Election Commissioner
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68. The form of oath of office for a minister for the Union of India is enshrined in the
(A) First Schedule of the Constitution
(B) Second Schedule of the Constitution
(C) Third Schedule of the Constitution
(D) Fourth Schedule of the Constitution
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69. The term ‘secular’ was added in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution by
(A) 41st Amendment
(B) 42nd Amendment
(C) 43rd Amendment
(D) 45th Amendment
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70. A High Court Judge addresses his letter of resignation to
(A) the President
(B) the Chief Justice of India
(C) the Chief Justice of the High Court
(D) the Governor of the State
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71. Which one of the following States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second official language of the State?
(A) Bihar
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
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72. The existence of a parallel economy or black money
(A) makes the economy more competitive
(B) makes the monetary policies less effective
(C) ensures a better distribution of income and wealth
(D) ensures increasing productive investment
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73. Watch sector of the Indian economy contributes largest to the GDP?
(A) Primary sector
(B) Secondary sector
(C) Tertiary sector
(D) Public sector
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74. Who decides the rate of interest on savings bank deposits?
(A) The Ministry of Finance
(B) The Indian Bank Association
(C) The Reserve Bank of lin
(D) Individual banks
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75. Which of the following taxes is levied by the Union and collected and appropriated by the States?
(A) Stamp duty
(B) Passenger and Goods tax
(C) Estate duty
(D) Tax on newspaper
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76. Money laundering normally involves
(A) placement of funds
(B) layering of funds
(C) integration of funds
(D) All of the above
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77. Who wrote the famous drama, “Nil Darpan” which depicted the agony of the indigo cultivators and brutality of the planters?
(A) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(B) Dinabandhu Mitra
(C) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(D) Ramgopal Ghosh
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78. The concept of economic planning in India is derived from which country?
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Russia
(D) France
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79. The Indian economy is characterized by
(A) predominance of agriculture
(B) low per capita income
(C) massive unemployment
(D) All of the above
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80. How much percentage of a bank’s deposits does bank hold as cash?
(A) 15%
(B) 20%
(C) 10%
(D) 12%
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81. MODVAT is related to
(A) excise duty
(B) value-added tax VAT
(C) wealth tax
(D) income tax
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82. The value of money varies
(A) directly with the interest rate
(B) directly with the price level
(C) directly with the volume of employment
(D) inversely with the price level
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83. Gandhiji’s Champaran Movement was for
(A) the security of the rights of Harijans
(B) Civil Disobedience Movement
(C) maintaining of unity of Hindu society
(D) solving the problems of indigo workers
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84. In which of the following jails was the book, “The Discovery of India” written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
(A) Ahmednagar Jail
(B) Alipore Central Jail
(C) Yerwada Jail
(D) Deoli Camp Jail
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85. Which of the following parties did not support Quit India Movement?
(A) The Hindu Mahasabha
(B) The Communist Party of India
(C) The Unionist Party of Punjab
(D) All of the above
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86. Which one of the following books is associated with the rise of National Movement in India?
(A) Gitanjali
(B) Anandamath
(C) Satyarth Prakash
(D) Geeta Rahasya
87. Commercial messages on the net are identified as
(A) Net ads
(B) Internet commercials
(C) Webmercials
(D) Viralmercials
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88. Which of the following represents billion characters?
(A) Terabyte
(B) Megabyte
(C) Kilobyte
(D) Gigabyte
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89. Which was the first company to launch mobile phone services in India?
(A) Essar
(B) BPL
(C) Hutchison
(D) Airtel
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90. Arihant is a/an
(A) multi barrel rocket launcher
(B) airborne early warning and control system
(C) unmanned combat aerial vehicle
(D) nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine
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91. What is the source of electrical energy in an artificial satellite?
(A) Solar cell
(B) Mini nuclear reactor
(C) Dynamo
(D) Thermopile
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92. Which one of the following. when dissolved in water, gives hissing sound?
(A) Limestone
(B) Slaked lime
(C) Soda lime
(D) Quicklime
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93. Accumulation of which one of the following in the muscles leads to fatigue?
(A) Lactic acid
(B) Benzoic acid
(C) Pyruvic acid
(D) Uric acid
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94. Who among the following gave the term ‘nanotechnology’ and when?
(A) Richard Feynman, 1959
(B) Norio Taniguchi, 1974
(C) Eric Drexler, 1986
(D) Sumiolima, 1991
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95. Which of the following is not an operating system?
(A) IBM AIX
(B) Linux
(C) Sun Solaris
(D) Firefox
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96. Which one of the following is used as an anti-freeze for the automobile engines?
(A) Propyl alcohol
(B) Ethanol
(C) Methanol
(D) Ethylene glycol
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97. ‘Athlete’s foot’ is a disease caused by
(A) bacteria
(B) fungus
(C) protozoan
(D) nematode
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98. A person is unable to read a newspaper without his glasses. He is most probably suffering from
(A) myopia
(B) presbyopia
(C) astigmatism
(D) Hypermetropia
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99. Which one of the following types of natural disaster has no definite beginning and end?
(A) Earthquake
(B) Landslide
(C) Hurricane
(D) Drought
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100. The sun is seen before the actual sunrise because of
(A) reflection
(B) refraction
(C) scattering of light
(D) rectilinear propagation of light
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