Thursday, December 08, 2011

VRO and VRA - General Studies Model Paper Questions

There will be 60 marks for General Studies Question Paper in the written examination to be conducted for VRO and VRA recruitment taken up the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Questions will be asked in the standard of the qualifying examination. For VRO posts, questions will be in the standard of Intermediate and for VRA written test, question will be in the standard of 10th class / SSC of AP State Board. In General Studies, questions will be asked from General Science, Social Studies etc. Question paper will be in objective multiple choice type. There will be four choices for each question and candidates have to select one correct answer.Apart from General Studies, Questions will be asked from Arithmetic Skills . This section has 30 marks weightage. Another section is logical skills which has only 10 marks weightage.


There will be 30 marks for questions on village related issues. Questions will be from rural issues such as panchayats, sarpanches, sources of income, village life and culture, rural development, land related topics etc. In General Studies, subjects such as Science and Technology, Indian History, History of Andhra Pradesh, Geography, Indian Polity, Economy and Issues related to rural Andhra Pradesh will be covered. In General Science, questions will be asked from Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Physics with reference to day to day application. Following are some model questions taken from previous examinations of similar nature:

1) First official test tube baby in India was declared in
A) 1986 B) 1987 C) 1988 D) 1989

2) First Biotech City in India
A) Bangalore B) Hyderabad C) Lucknow D) Noida

3) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology is located at
A) Ahmedabad B) Aurangabad C) Hyderabad D) Gandhinagar

4) Vitamin A is not available in the following foods
A) Milk B) Fish C) Papaya D) None of these

5) Port City of Kakatiya Dynasty
A) Warangal B) Motupalli C) Adilabad D) Dharmapuri

6) World Congress of Religions was held in
A) New York B) Washington C) Chicago D) New Jersey

7) Who first called Gandhi as 'Mahatma'
A) Lala Lajapati Roy B) Rabindranath Tagore C) Tanguturi Prakasam D) Swami Vivekananda

8) Which is the second largest planet
A) Mercury B) Saturn C) Jupiter D) Earth

9) Freedom of the Press was mentioned in
A) Article 14 B) Article 22 C) Article 19 D) Article 25

10) First Citizen of India is
A) President B) Prime Minister C) Lok Sabha Speaker D) Home Minister