Andhra Pradesh GK Practice Set 238

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1. Q1 · General Awareness · Geography
   Which earthquake waves travel fastest and are therefore recorded first at a seismograph?
   AS-wavesBLove wavesCRayleigh wavesDP-waves
2. Q2 · General Awareness · Indian History
   Which is the correct sequence of the four ashramas of the later Vedic period?
   AGrihastha, Brahmacharya, Vanaprastha, SannyasaBBrahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, SannyasaCBrahmacharya, Vanaprastha, Grihastha, SannyasaDGrihastha, Vanaprastha, Brahmacharya, Sannyasa
3. Q3 · General Awareness · Polity
   Consider the statements about the Public Accounts Committee: (i) Its Chairman is appointed by the Lok Sabha Speaker. (ii) Its members are drawn from both Houses of Parliament. Which is/are correct?
   लोक लेखा समिति के बारे में इन कथनों पर विचार कीजिए: (i) इसके सभापति की नियुक्ति लोकसभा अध्यक्ष द्वारा की जाती है। (ii) इसके सदस्य संसद के दोनों सदनों से लिए जाते हैं। कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं?
   AOnly (i) / केवल (i)BOnly (ii) / केवल (ii)CBoth (i) and (ii) / (i) और (ii) दोनोंDNeither (i) nor (ii) / न तो (i) और न ही (ii)
4. Q4 · General Awareness · Economy
   Which of the following belongs to the unorganised sector of the Indian money market?
   ACommercial paperBIndigenous bankersCCertificates of depositDCall money market
5. Q5 · General Awareness · General Knowledge
   Which Access data type is used for lengthy notes or descriptions?
   ATextBMemoCCurrencyDYes/No
6. Q6 · Science · General Science
   The apparatus used to measure atmospheric pressure is called a:
   AHygrometerBAnemometerCBarometerDCalorimeter
7. Q7 · General Awareness · Geography
   The world's largest hot desert is the
   ATharBGobiCSaharaDKalahari
8. Q8 · General Awareness · Indian History
   What was the niyoga custom of the Vedic period?
   AA girl choosing her own husband at a public gatheringBA widow ending her life on her husband's pyreCA childless widow bearing a son through her husband's brotherDA man marrying a woman of a lower varna
9. Q9 · General Awareness · Polity
   The doctrine of pith and substance is applied by courts to decide:
   सार और तत्व (pith and substance) के सिद्धांत का प्रयोग न्यायालय किसका निर्णय करने के लिए करते हैं?
   AWhether a Fundamental Right has been restricted / क्या किसी मौलिक अधिकार को सीमित किया गया हैBHow a Constitutional amendment is to be passed / संविधान संशोधन कैसे पारित किया जाएCWhether an ordinance is valid / क्या कोई अध्यादेश वैध हैDWhether a law falls under Union or State competence when the legislative lists overlap / विधायी सूचियों के अतिव्यापन की स्थिति में कोई कानून संघ या राज्य की सक्षमता में आता है या नहीं
10. Q10 · General Awareness · Economy
    At different points along the same indifference curve, the consumer's total satisfaction:
    AIncreasesBDecreasesCBecomes zeroDRemains the same