APSC's CCE(P) - 2006 GS Paper

1. What is the full form of RAM in a computer?
2. One nautical mile is equal to
3. Who once said- “Call him Ram, Rahim, Allah, Khuda, Hari, Givinda, but He is one”?
4. Who were the famous book called ‘Long Walk to Freedom”?
5. How many States are there in India at presents?
6. The oldest oil field in India is located in
7. Which from the following is an air-to-ground missile?
8. China acknowledged Sikkim as the integral part of India during the Prime Minister tenure of
9. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
10. Who was crowned as ‘Miss Universe’, 2006 held in Los Angeles?
11. What is the name of the spacecraft launched in the year 2004 which would fly by Earth, Venus and Mercury several times and circle the Sun 15 times?
12. After the last Assembly Election, 2006 DMK President Muthuvel Karunanidhi become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for
13. Which of the following is the first State to have been formed on the linguistic basis?
14. ‘Eco mark’ is given to the Indian products that are
15. The mostd urbanised State in India is
16. Which two cities of India are connected by the National Highway No. 1?
17. Asvaghosha was the famous scholar in the court of
18. The Capital of Kanishka’s kingdom was at
19. Mrichchhakatika was authored by
20. Aryabhatta was a famous
21. Which ruler was a slave in his early life?
22. The first Turkish conqueror to cross Vindhyachal Ranges was
23. The Vijayanagar State came into existence during the region of
24. Which ruler ascended the Throne of Delhi in 1926 AD?
25. Which invader belonging to Samarkand invaded India in 1398-99?
26. Who was termed as ‘Parrot of Hindustan’?
27. Dahir, the king of Sind, was defeated by
28. Raziya Sultana was the ruler of
29. The greatest ruler of the Vijayanagar Empire was
30. A group of forty slaves called “Turk Forty”was organised by
31. The Zizia Tax was levied of Hindus at first by
32. Who ascended the Mughal Throne after the death of Babur
33. To whose court did Abul Fazi belong?
34. Name the lady who infruenced Jahangir in his administration
35. Which Indian ruler introduced Chauth and ‘Sardeshmukhi’?
36. Who among the following belonged to the Sur Dynasty?
37. Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?
38. Taj Mahal was designed by
39. Who wonong the following is genrally curßid ered the greatest exponent of guerrilla tactic of warfare after Shivaji?
40. Name the first Muslim ruler who introduced pure Arabic coin, called Tanka
41. The capital was shifted from Delhi to Daulatabad during the reign of
42. Malik Kafur was the General of
43. The founder of the Bahamani Kingdom was
44. Which of the following kings realised that the material welfare of the subjects is more important than wars?
45. Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babur at the
46. Pandit Raj Jaganath was the pros laureate at the court of
47. What was the age of Akbar at the time of his cutronation at Kalanaw
48. Carrying mall on horseback was introducer by
49. The famous financial adviser of Akbar was
50. Which Guru of the Sikhs was assassi nated during the region of Jahangir
51. The Moti Masjid was built by Shah Jahan at
52. Shivaji was crowned as an independent king at
53. Bahadur Shah was the
54. Pandit Raj Jaganath was the pros laureate at the court of
55. Which pair is not correctly inatched?
56. Which one of the following Rajput dynasties did not claim their mythical origin from Agnikula?
57. Which one of the following was not a port of the Chola Empire?
58. Who was popularly known as ‘Nana Saheb?
59. Who succeeded Shah Jahan?
60. A new technique of painting kanown as Siyahi qulam’, became fashionable during t reign of
61. During Akbar’s reign, the famous men Haribans Mukund and Daswant were
62. Which of the following buildings is not located in Fatehpur Sikri?
63. Which one of the following is chronologically correct?
64. Who did not take part in the struggle for the possession of Kanauj?
65. The first Governor-General of British India was
66. British came to India as
67. The Battle of Buxar was fought in
68. The Farmine of 1770 took a toll of 1 3 rd of peiple of Bengal. The chief contributing factor for this misery was
69. Which factory in Bengal was established by T the Dutch?
70. Who is the author of the book, Poverty and un-British Rule?
71. The British policy towards India during 1765- 1813 is known as the
72. Which is not one of the Cornwallis’s reforms?
73. Who introduced the Civil Services for the first time in India?
74. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
75. Which of the following is the basis for determining National Income?
76. How many goods have been granted permission to export to China through the Nathula Pass?
77. Which State is the largest producer of coal?
78. Economic growth is dependent mainly on
79. Name of the city which pays the highest income tax
80. Give the full form of TQM
81. The currency of Switzerland is
82. Which international agency is the provider of soft loans to developing countries of Asia?
83. Which country if South-East-Asia is not a member of ASEAN?
84. Where is the headquarters of INTERPOL?
85. Who has been invited as the new member of the SAARC?
86. Which of the following countries is not a permanents member of the UN Security Council?
87. The most populous city of the world is
88. Which of the following countries are referr to as “Third World”?
89. Which European country has three official languages?
90. The International boundary in the North-East Region is around
91. Ustad Bismillah Khan was honoured the title of
92. Name of the instrument which is used in Manipuri dande is
93. ‘Gagana’ the famous musical instrument of Assam in made mrom
94. With which dance is Birju Maharaj associated
95. Name of the first Indian to take a hat trick in a one-day international cricket match is
96. The National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ is taken from the book
97. M. K. Gandhi took the leadership of the National Movement in
98. One hundred years before the Indian War of Independence (1857), a battle fought where destiny of India changed drastically was
99. English medium education would create’a class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and intellect, “This was opined in 1835, by