The questions pertaining to the General Studies which form a part of the APPSC paper 1 examination are as follows:

1. The world's first hydrogen fuel cell car reached Sydney on December 27, 2003. Which of the following statements are true about the car ?
a) It was designed, built and run by the students of Tamagawa University of Tokyo.
b) It is named after the Biblical gods of Sun and Water.
c) Its name is Isaac Moses.
d) It completed the world's first continental crossing by completing a 4084 km run in less than nine days.
e) Its name is Apollondine.
f) It was designed and built by the students of Tokugawa University, but run by the students of the University of Perth.
1) a, d, e 2) a, b, f 3) c, d, f 4) b, c, d

2. Twice did the Pakistan President, Pervez
Musharraf, escape bids on his life, – first on
December 14, 2003 and next on December 25,
2003 – in the same city in Pakistan. Which is
that city ?
1) Karachi 2) Rawalpindi
3) Islamabad 4) Lahore

3. Beagle - 2, surface probe of Mars, was successfully launched under the aegis of the European Space Agency on December 19, 2003.
Which country built Beagle - 2 ?
1) Britain 2) France 3) Sweden 4) Norway

4. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the longest - serving Head of State in Asia, started his five -year term as President of Maldives on November 11, 2003. How many terms had he served
as the President of Maldives earlier ?
1) 3 times 2) 4 times 3) 5 times 4) 6 times

5. The list of languages proposed to be included
in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution does not contain.
1) Bodo 2) Santhali3) Dogri 4) Bhojpuri

Directions for questions 6 to 9.
Refer to the data below and answer the
questions that follow :
The new television remote of the BPL television set has some unusual features. The T + 2
button takes you to the channel which is two channels ahead of the current one (i.e. channel 1 to
channel 3). The PP button takes you back to the
channel which was switched on before the curGROUP - 1 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
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rent one. The PR button takes you to the channel
which is a prime numbered channel just a head
of the current channel. And, last but not the least,
the MAG button instantaneously takes you to your
favourite channel. Amit has made Star Plus
(Channel no. 17) as the Magic channel (favourite).
(Use the additional data from the questions).

6. If his T. V. is on Star Plus and he presses T+ 2,
PR, PR andPP to come to Zee, then on which
channel is Zee located ?
1) 19 2) 23 3) 25 4) 29

7. If the current channel is Zee and Amit presses
T+ 2, PR, PPand T+ 2, then he will arrive on
Channel number.
1) 27 2) 25 3) 29 4) 31

8. If the current channel is Star Plus, how can
he reach Channel no. 25 ?
1) T + 2, PR, T + 2 2) PR, PP
3) T + 2, T + 2, PR 4) None of the above

9. If the Star Sports channel is Channel no. 30,
then how many channels are there between
Zee and Star Sports ?
1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) None of the above

10. In a certain code language, EMPHASIS is written as NDIOBRJR. How do you write CREATURE in that code ?
1) SBBDUTSD 2) QBBDTUSD
3) DSDBSTSP 4) SBDBUTDS

Directions for question nos. 11 and 12.
Read the following and find the answers :
Miss Lily has four purses. In one of the purses
she keeps five-rupee notes; in the second, tenrupee notes; in the third, twenty-rupee notes; and,
in the fourth, fifty - rupees notes. In all, she has
78 notes and the total amount is Rs. 1500.

11. If the twenty-rupee notes were 6 less than the
ten-rupee notes and the five-rupee notes were
4 more than the fifty-rupee notes, how many
five-rupee notes did she have ?
1) 12 2) 32 3) 25 4) 20

12. If starting fromthehighest, she took out one
note from it and then went on taking double
the number of notes from each purse as compared to the previous one, how much money
would she take out ?
1) Rs. 170 2) Rs. 185 3) Rs. 210 4) Rs. 310

Directions for question nos. 13 to 17.
The questions are based on the series of symbols, letters and numbers given below :
Δ4 NZ5R E 6H9
7KD ΔG 2 PQ ΔM 3
T C 8

13. How many letters in the series are preceded by a symbol and followed by a number ?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

14. If the letters in the series are arranged in alphabetical order, how many letters will remain
at their place as such ?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5

15. How many symbols have either letters or numbers on both the sides ?
1) 5 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2

16. Identify the odd one :
1) 4Z5 2) EH 3) 7K 4) ΔMT

17. Which of the following is different from the
others ?
1) C8T3 2) ER 5 3) G DK 4) 7H6

18. Find out the pair of numbers that does not
belong to the group for lack of common property :
1) 34 – 43 2) 62 – 71 3) 55 – 62 4) 83 – 92