Andhra Pradesh GK Practice Set 17

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1. Q1 · General Awareness · AP Economy
   In the Ryotwari system, who paid land revenue to the government?
   AThe zamindarBThe village headmanCThe moneylenderDThe cultivator directly
2. Q2 · General Awareness · AP Geography
   Pulicat Lake, on the Andhra Pradesh–Tamil Nadu border, is the second largest brackish-water lagoon in India. Which is the largest?
   ALoktakBKolleruCSambharDChilika
3. Q3 · General Awareness · AP History
   The Maruteru research station in Andhra Pradesh is best known for research on which crop?
   AChilliBCottonCTurmericDRice
4. Q4 · General Awareness · Economy
   Assertion (A): The Economic Survey 2021-22 expected the investment-to-GDP ratio to rise to 29.6% in 2021-22, the highest in seven years. Reason (R): The Survey said the revival of private investment was already fully mature and was the sole driver of this rise. Choose the correct option.
   ABoth A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of ABBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of ACA is true, but R is falseDA is false, but R is true
5. Q5 · Science · Environment & Disasters
   A temporary dam built upstream of a dam construction site to keep the site dry is called a:
   AStorage damBDebris damCCoffer damDOverflow dam
6. Q6 · General Awareness · General Knowledge
   Who became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, in 2009?
   AJanet YellenBEsther DufloCElinor OstromDChristine Lagarde
7. Q7 · Science · General Science
   Assertion (A): A raw banana is hard to peel, whereas a ripe banana peels easily. Reason (R): During ripening, insoluble pectin in the cell-cementing material turns soluble and starch changes into sugars.
   ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of ABBoth A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of ACA is true but R is falseDA is false but R is true
8. Q8 · General Awareness · Geography
   The Southern Plateau and Hills agro-climatic zone is numbered:
   AZone VIIIBZone IXCZone XDZone XI
9. Q9 · General Awareness · Indian History
   The characteristic tools of the Mesolithic Age were:
   ALarge hand axesBCopper axesCMicroliths (tiny stone tools)DIron ploughshares
10. Q10 · General Awareness · Polity
    Consider the following statements about Article 32: (i) It empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs for enforcing fundamental rights. (ii) It cannot be suspended except as provided in the Constitution itself. (iii) It forms part of the Directive Principles of State Policy. Which of the statements is/are correct?
    अनुच्छेद 32 के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए: (i) यह उच्चतम न्यायालय को मौलिक अधिकारों के प्रवर्तन के लिए रिट जारी करने का अधिकार देता है। (ii) संविधान में स्वयं उपबंधित स्थितियों को छोड़कर इसे निलंबित नहीं किया जा सकता। (iii) यह राज्य के नीति निदेशक तत्वों का भाग है। कौन-सा/से कथन सही है/हैं?
    AOnly (i) and (ii) / केवल (i) और (ii)BOnly (ii) and (iii) / केवल (ii) और (iii)COnly (i) and (iii) / केवल (i) और (iii)D(i), (ii) and (iii) / (i), (ii) और (iii)