AP Ward Welfare and Development Secretary Previous Questions with Official Key

Ward Welfare and Development Secretary previous exam was held in September 2019. That was the first exam with new syllabus and exam pattern. Following are the questions from that exam along with final official key released by Government of AP. We are also offering online exams, mock tests for the candidates appearing Ward Sachivalayam Ward Welfare and Development Secretary posts in 2020 and thereafter.

Who propounded the functional theory of stratification?

1. Radcliffe – Brown and Malinowski
2. Davis and Moore
3. Davis and Johnson
4. MacIver and Page
   ANSWER: 2

Which of the following is an achieved status

1. Son
2. Daughter
3. Father
4. Doctor
   ANSWER: 4

Competition is a / an

1. open conflict
2. silent conflict
3. regulated conflict
4. 1, 2 and 3 are not correct
   ANSWER: 3

Occupational theory of caste was propounded by

1. Robert Redfield
2. Herbert Risley
3. Nesfield
4. G.S Ghurye
   ANSWER: 3

Under the constitution of India, certain tribes have been specified as

1. hill tribes
2. scheduled tribes
3. backward tribes
4. 1, 2 and 3 are not correct
   ANSWER: 2

Ethnography is the study systematic study of

1. specific cultures
2. two cultures
3. three cultures
4. gatherers
   ANSWER: 1

The recent geographical period is

1. pleistocene
2. holocene
3. mesozoic
4. pliocene
   ANSWER: 2

Archeology is the study of

1. modern history
2. medieveal history
3. ancient history
4. kingdoms
   ANSWER: 3

Which of the following is responsible for the growth of cities?

1. industrialization
2. trade and commerce
3. transport and communication
4. 1, 2 and 3 are correct
   ANSWER: 4

Over-urbanisation is due to which of the following factors?

1. urban pull
2. urban push
3. urban push and pull
4. 1, 2 and 3 are not correct
   ANSWER: 1

Urban renewal means

1. demolishing old buildings and constructing new ones
2. reclaiming land in the city outskirts
3. reclaiming water bodies in the cities
4. equipping the city with modern facilities
   ANSWER: 1

The economist who stated the concept of differential tax incidence is

1. JR Hicks
2. JM Buchanan
3. JM Keynes
4. RA Musgrave
   ANSWER: 4

SIDBI comes under the category of

1. regional rural banks
2. development banks
3. commercial banks
4. cooperative banks
   ANSWER: 2

Indian agriculture is typically characterised as

1. land surplus and labour scarce system
2. land surplus and labour surplus system
3. land scarce and labour surplus system
4. land scarce and labour scarce system
   ANSWER: 3

According to Keynes, the macroeconomic equibrilium is
I. full employment equilibrium
II. under-employment equilibrium
III. short run equilibrium
IV. long run equilibrium

1. Only I and III
2. Only II and III
3. Only II and IV
4. Only I and IV
   ANSWER: 2

Which of the following given statements are correct?
I. per capita income is a better measure of walfare than GNP
II. GNP is always higher than GDP
III. disposable income is less than personal income

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. I and II
4. I, II and III
   ANSWER: 4

In the second stage of demographic transition, the following situation prevails

1. birth rate increases
2. birth rate decreases
3. both birth rate and death rate decline
4. birth rate increases and death rate declines
   ANSWER: 4