Month: August 2012

Following is the key and question paper of Secretarial Ability of APPSC Group 4 examination held on 11th August 2012. More than 6 lakhs candidates were appeared for the examination conducted for the recruitment of candidates for the posts of Junior Assistants and Junior Accountants. The paper 2 of the examination consist of questions on Secretarial Ability. We have already posted Paper 1 – General Studies in another post. See some questions of Secretarial Ability here and get the question paper from the link given below. Key will be provided in due course of time.

1) Find the odd one out from the following
1) Chess 2) Carrom 3) Table Tennis 4) Hockey

2) In the following, which one is different from the other three?
1) ACE 2) BDE 3) CEG 4) DFH

3) A wall clock shows the time 9.00. If it is placed on the ground such that its minute – hand is towards south then the direction of its hour – hand is
1) East 2) West 3) South 4) North

4) What day is 26th if 3rd of the month is Wednesday?
1) Sunday 2) Tuesday 3) Thursday 4) Friday

5) In a group of ants and spiders, there are 20 heads and 136 legs. How many ants are there?
1) 8 2) 10 3) 12 4) 14

6) In the year 2006, the Independence day is Saturday. What day will be the Republic day in the same year?
1) Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Thursday 4) Saturday

7) The sum of four consecutive natural numbers is 66. Find the smallest number among them.
1) 14 2) 15 3) 16 4) 17

8) The average marks of six subjects is 78, out of which the total of 3 language subjects is 210. Then the average of the other 3 subjects is
1) 78 2) 80 3) 84 4) 86

Group 4 Secretarial Ability Paper 2 – Download

Here we are giving APPSC Group 4 General Studies Question Paper. This examination was held on 11th August 2012. The examination was aimed at recruiting candidates for the posts of Junior Accountants and Junior Assistants in the Group 4 Services of the Government Departments of Andhra Pradesh. Following are the key / answers of Paper 1 (General Studies) of the written examination. You can download the question paper. You can also get paper 2 – Secretarial ability from another post. See some model questions from the question paper 1 below. You can get the complete question paper below:

1) As per 2011 Census, the literacy rate in India is,
1) 74.04 percent 2) 75.05 percent 3) 76.06 percent 4) 73.03 percent

2) Pure Gold is of how many carats?
1) 22 2) 23 3) 24 4) 25

3) Hyderabad State Congress was formed in
1) 1936 2) 1938 3) 1940 4) 1942

4) Largest Planet is
1) Earth 2) Jupiter 3) Venus 4) Mercury

5) Albert Einstein was
1) Dutch 2) German 3) American 4) British

6) Inventor o Calculator is
1) Pascal 2) Paulson 3) Gaber 4) Mallet

7) Editor of The Hindu English daily is
1) Kaveree Bamzai 2) R Vijaya Shankar
3) A.T. Jayanti 4) Siddhartha Varadarajan

8) The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was
1) T. Swaminathan 2) K.V.K. Sundaram
3) S.P. Verma 4) Sukumar Sen

9) The Central Government has so far accorded classical language status to
1) Tamil 2) Telugu 3) Sanskrit 4) All the above

10) The first Chairman of Finance Commission of India was
1) K. Santhanam 2) A.K. Chanda
3) K.C. Niyogi 4) Y.B. Chavan

APPSC Group 4 – Paper 1 GS Download