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DEECET-2019
Social Studies – TM
1. First Education Minister of Independent India
1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2. M.C. Chagla
3. Lal Bhadur Sastry
4. T.T. Krishnamachari
2. One important examination reform in announcing SSC examination
results
1. Jumbling System of students
2. Awarding Ranks
3. Awarding Grades
4. Jumbling system of teachers
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3. International Teachers Day will be celebrated on
1. 5th September
2. 5th October
3. 15th October
4. 15th September
4. Which of these characters is not required for a teacher?
1. Dedication
2. Sympathy
3. Patience
4. Prejudice
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5. At secondary level the third language to be learnt by students in A.P
1. Hindi
2. Telugu
3. English
4. Urdu
6. The Sun Temple in Odisha is located at
1. Konark
2. Puri
3. Sakshigopal
4. Bhuvaneswar
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7. Shah Jahan built Taj Mahal in memory of
1. Bhagamathi
2. Noorjahan Begum
3. Mumtaj Begum
4. Rani Padmini
8. Thyagaraja composed devotional songs praising this Lord
1. Chennakesava Swamy
2. Venkateswara Swamy
3. Ranganatha Swamy
4. Sri Rama
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9. Recently Andhra Pradesh High Court building was inaugurated at
this place.
1. Nelapadu
2. Nellore
3. Nijampatnam
4. Nidadavolu
10. The present Vice President of India
1. Mohammad Hidayatullah
2. M. Venkayya Naidu
3. R. Venkat Raman
4. V.V. Giri
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11. The girl looked so ‘puny’.
The meaning of ‘puny’ in the above context is :
1. small and weak
2. strong and hard
3. curious and healthy
4. active and healthy
12. The dog may attack you if you ran.
This sentence indicates.
1. taking permission
2. giving permission
3. expressing possibility
4. expressing wish
13. Choose the expression that means ‘sadness’.
1. take to heart
2. a heart of stone
3. have a heart
4. heavy heart
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14. No sooner had I put the phone down than it rang again.
Choose the correct expression or conjunction that can be used to
rewrite the sentence above without changing the meaning.
1. and ….. therefore
2. scarcely ….. when
3. neither ….. nor
4. either ….. or
15. His path-breaking work opened up a new area in cancer research.
In the above sentence, ‘path-breaking’ means
1. totally new
2. threadbare
3. cobwebby
4. obligatory
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31. One of the exterior angles of a triangle is 120o and the interior
opposite angles are in the ratio on 7 : 8. Then the smallest angle
is ________
________
1. 64o
2. 56o
3. 60o
4. 54o
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1 1 1 1 2 5 3 7
32. When is divided by the result is
2 4 5 6 5 9 5 18
1 1 1 1 2 5 3 7
2 4 5 6 5 9 5 18
________
1
1. 2
18
1
2. 3
6
3
3. 3
10
1
4. 11
10
33. In a triangle the height is three times the base and the area is
2400 cm2. Find the height of the triangle
1. 120 cm
2. 40 cm
3. 80 cm
4. 20 cm
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34. Eight times of a number reduced by 10 is equal to the sum of six
times the number and 4. Find the number _________
_________
1. 17
2. 24
3. 7
4. 5
35. If A679B is a 5-digit number divisible by 72, find A – B = ______
A679B A–B
______
1. 5
2. 1
3. 3
4. 0
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36. If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are rational numbers, find the value of b – a when
5 3
a b 15
2 5 3 3
‘a’ ‘b’
5 3
a b 15 b–a ______
2 5 3 3
23
1.
7
24
2.
7
24
3.
7
4. 2
37. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the
tower is 30o and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower from
the foot of the building is 60o, if the tower is 30 mt high, find the
height of the building ____________
____________
1. 10 mt
2. 30 mt
3. 15 mt
4. 10 3 mt
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38. When the points (7, 8) (1, 6) (–1, 0) (5, 2) taken in order, then they
form a
1. Parallelogram
2. Rectangle
3. Rhombus
4. Square
(7, 8) (1, 6) (–1, 0) (5, 2)
39. The mean of weights of three students is 40kg.
One of the student ‘x’ weight 46 kg. The other two students
y and z have the same weight. Find the weight of y ________
‘x’
y z
y ________
1. 37 kg
2. 36 kg
3. 43 kg
4. 40 kg
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40. Two cubes each of volume 64 cm3 are joined end to end together.
Find the total surface area of the resulting cuboid _________
_________
1. 150 sq. cm
2. 160 sq. cm
3. 80 sq. cm
4. 192 sq. cm
41. Rate of change of velocity is known as
1. Acceleration
2. Motion
3. Speed
4. Movement
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42. Unit of work
1. Newton
2. Newton - meter
3. Gram
4. Meter
43. The sound intensity of normal conversation
1. 15 dB
2. 90 dB
3. 60 dB
4. 140 dB
44. The electronic configuration of Scandium
1. 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6
2. 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6, 4s2
3. 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2
4. 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p6, 4s2, 3d1
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45. Zn + 2HCl ZnCl2 + H2
This reaction is a
1. displacement reaction
2. double decomposition reaction
3. decomposition reaction
4. chemical combination reaction
Zn + 2HCl ZnCl2 + H2
46. The food material that turns into violet colour when 10% Sodium
Hydroxide and 2% Copper Sulphate are added
1. Proteins
2. Vitamins
3. Fats
4. Carbohydrates / Starch
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47. ‘Montreal protocol’ refers to
1. Oxygen demand
2. Carbon cycle
3. Natural disasters
4. Ozone layer protection
48. Mosaic disease is caused by the microorganism in Tobacco
1. Bacteria
2. Virus
3. Protozoa
4. Fungi
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49. To get ‘Honeydew’ ants keep a type of insects called
1. Soldier ants
2. Honeybees
3. Aphids
4. Drones
50. A person is suffering from fatigue, mental depression and muscle
pains. The symptoms may be caused due to the deficiency of this
vitamin.
1. Biotin
2. Niacin
3. Thiamin
4. Riboflavin
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51. The oldest Municipality in Andhra Pradesh
1. Bheemunipatnam
2. Bhujabalapatnam
3. Krishnapatnam
4. Visakhapatnam
52. A famous scholar who studied the tribes of Andhra Pradesh in
1940’s
1. James Munroe
2. C.P. Brown
3. Sir Arthur Cotton
4. Furer Haimendorf
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53. Road Safety Week in India is celebrated in the
1. Second week of first month of every year
2. Third week of first month of every year
3. Fourth week of first month of every year
4. First Week of first month of every year
54. The most impressive construction of Vijayanagara Kings
1. Vijaya Dasami Dibba
2. Durgastami Dibba
3. Mahanavami Dibba
4. Ekadasi Dibba
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55. ASHA at the village level denotes
1. Accredited Social Educational Worker
2. Accredited Social Health Worker
3. Accredited Social Agricultural Worker
4. Accredited Spiritual Worker
ASHA
56. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Dravida Samaj
3. Arya Samaj
4. Brahma Samaj
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57. A prominent proponent of protestant reformation
1. Thomas More
2. Erasmus
3. Martin Luther
4. William Harvey
58. Bloodless Revolution took place in 17th century in this country
1. England
2. United States
3. Germany
4. Italy
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59. Water, forests and minerals are some examples of
1. Financial Resources
2. Natural Resources
3. Invisible Resources
4. Secondary Resources
60. The first Non Congress Prime Minister of India
1. A.B. Vajpayee
2. H.D. Deve Gowda
3. Morarji Desai
4. Narendra Modi
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61. Thucydides is a
1. Greek historian
2. French historian
3. British historian
4. American historian
62. These explain the hymns of Vedas in an orthodox manner
1. Novels
2. Kavyas
3. Brahmanas
4. Stories
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63. Emergence of these institutions is an important political feature of
6th century B.C.
1. City States
2. 16 Mahajanapadas
3. Village administrative bodies
4. Democratic institutions
64. The name of the 24th Thirthankara was
1. Anjaneya bhakta
2. Krishna bhakta
3. Rama bhakta
4. Vardamana Mahavira
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65. Hieun Tsang was a student of this University
1. Gayatri
2. Nalanda
3. Madras
4. Banaras
66. Rudramadevi was the daughter of
1. Ganapatideva
2. Asoka
3. Samudragupta
4. Harsha
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67. “Amuktamalyada” was written by
1. Babar
2. Akbar
3. Krishnadevaraya
4. Shajahan
68. The piligrimage to the holy city of Mecca is known as
1. Hajj
2. Sabarimala Yatra
3. Kumbhmela
4. Kasi Yatra
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69. The prominent German who made the first printing press
1. John Colet
2. Johnson
3. Johannes Gutenberg
4. Joseph
70. The writer of “The Divine Comedy”
1. Vatsayana
2. Vyasa
3. Valmiki
4. Dante
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71. George Stephenson constructed a locomotive with this name
1. The Blutcher
2. The Blugger
3. The Butcher
4. The Bowler
72. In order to achieve German unity, Bismark carried out this policy of
1. blood and iron
2. carrot and stick
3. give and take
4. sweet and hot
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73. Expand U.N.O.
1. Union Nations Organization
2. United Nations Organization
3. United Nations Office
4. United Natives Office
U.N.O. -
74. The addition made to the total utility by consuming one more unit of
the commodity is
1. Marginal utility
2. Total utility
3. Ordinal utility
4. Cardinal utility
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75. Zero Elastic Demand is known as
1. Unitary Elastic Demand
2. Relatively Elastic Demand
3. Perfectly Inelastic Demand
4. Relatively Inelastic Demand
76. The revenue that can be obtained by dividing the total revenue by
number of units of output is called
1. Average Revenue
2. Marginal Revenue
3. Total Revenue
4. Additional Revenue
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77. A single producer whose product does not have any close substitutes
is called
1. Monopolistic Competition
2. Duopoly
3. Monopoly
4. Oligopoly
78. The surplus earned by manmade appliances and instruments of
production in the short period is called
1. Economic rent
2. Contract rent
3. Quasi rent
4. Scarcity rent
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79. Depreciation is also called
1. User cost
2. Marginal cost
3. Total cost
4. Average cost
80. The quotient of the sum of all the items divided by the number of
items is defined as
1. Pie diagram
2. Arithmetic mean
3. Mode
4. Median
Pie
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81. When birth rate exceeds death rate during a particular period of time,
it is called
1. Population explosion
2. Density of population
3. Literacy rate
4. Total Fertility rate
82. This is obtained by dividing National income with population
1. Per capita income
2. National income
3. State income
4. District income
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83. The farming which uses natural fertilizers and pesticides is called
1. Organic farming
2. Cooperative farming
3. Capitalist farming
4. Cropping pattern
84. The surplus available for marketing after meeting all the
requirements of the farmers is known as
1. Rythu Bazar
2. Productivity
3. Food Security
4. Marketable surplus
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85. The provision of finance on a small scale to the rural and urban poor
at low interest rate is called as
1. Macro finance
2. Personal finance
3. Micro finance
4. Cooperative finance
86. Coexistence of public and private sectors is a feature of
1. Capitalist economy
2. Mixed economy
3. Socialist economy
4. Co-operative economy
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87 Planning Commission was replaced by
1. NITI Aayog
2. National Development Council
3. Finance Commission
4. Reserve Bank of India
88. An example of ancient City State
1. Babylonia
2. Cairo
3. Athens
4. Milan
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89. Government comprises these organs
1. State, Population and Territory
2. Sovereignty, Law and Justice
3. Democracy, Parliament and Panchayats
4. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
90. Expand the abbreviation P.L.O.
1. Palestine Liberation Organization
2. Palestine Life Organization
3. Popular Liberty Organization
4. Peculiar Liberty Order
P.L.O.
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91. The Philosopher who described political liberty as constitutional
liberty
1. Gilchrist
2. Leocock
3. Laski
4. Green
92. Britain is an example of this type of constitution
1. Unwritten
2. Written
3. Rigid
4. Quasi Rigid
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93. A Unique feature of Presidential Government
1. Investigation process
2. Impeachment process
3. Integration process
4. Felicitation process
94. The main purpose of the Indian Constituent Assembly is
1. Drawing a Constitution for India
2. Conducting elections to provincial legislatures in India
3. Electing the President of India
4. Nominating the Chief Justice of Supreme Court
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95. Which fundamental right was considered as the soul and heart of the
constitution by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
1. Right to Equality
2. Right to Constitutional Remedies
3. Right to Property
4. Right to Freedom
96. The first President of India
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. S. Radha Krishnan
3. V.V. Giri
4. N. Sanjeeva Reddy
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97. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio Chairman of
1. Lok Sabha
2. Rajya Sabha
3. Grama Sabha
4. Udyoga Sabha
98. Money bills shall be introduced only in
1. Rajya Sabha
2. Legislative Council
3. Lok Sabha
4. Supreme Court
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99. The leader of the State Council of Ministers is
1. Chief Justice of High Court
2. Governor
3. Speaker
4. Chief Minister
100. At present Amit Shah is the president of this Party
1. Bharatiya Lok Dal
2. Bharatiya Janata Party
3. Bharatiya Janata Dal
4. Bharatiya Janasena