VRO/APPSC GENERAL STUDIES SYLLABUS/STUDY MATERIAL 1.

General Science and Environment:: Questions on general science and Environment will cover general appreciation and understanding of science including matters of every day observation and experience as may be expected of a well educated person who has not made a special study of any particular scientific discipline. 2. Current Events of National & International Importance:: In current events knowledge of significant National and International leveling will be tested. 3. History of India and Independent India:: In History, questions of general knowledge related to social, economic and political aspects will be asked. Also, there will be questions on Indian National Movement and Development of Independent India. 4. Geography of India:: There will be questions of general knowledge relating to Physical, social and economic geography. It will also include questions on Indian Agriculture and Natural resources. There will be questions pertaining to demography and census of India & General Geographical awareness of world. 5. Indian Polity and Economy:: Political system and constitution of the country, Panchayati Raj, social system, economic development, elections, political parties, plans, industrial development, foreign trade and economic and financial institutions. 6. Sports:: Important games and sports tournaments, Awards and personalities for A.P., India, Asia and World. 7. Geography, History and Culture of A.P :: There will be questions related to the development of Mountains, rivers, climate, Flora and Fauna, Minerals transportation in the Geography of AndhraPradesh . It will also have questions relating to important dynasties of A.P., Contribution of important dynasties in the Histroy & Culture of Andhra Pradesh, There will be questions on Tribals, Arts, Architecture, Fine Arts and Historical personalities of A.P. 8. Polity and Economy of A.P :: Political system, Political partities and elections, Pachyati Raj, Social system and economic development of A.P.. This will also include questions on Industry, Plans, Economic programmes, business, demography and census of A.P. VRO General Studies preparation material which is attached below provides you the complete details of A.P REVENUE at Village,District Levels,A.P POLITICAL HISTORY,A.P GEOGRAPHY,INDIAN HISTORY which is the most important part to get an edge over the VRO selection process.

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VRO/VRA Exam Model Question Papers 20112012

VRO/VRA Model Sample Question Paper 2011-2012 according to the Exam Syllabus and Exam Pattern :: As we all know that the selection of VRO/VRA posts is purely dependent upon the written test , here we are providing you the VRO/VRA Sample Exam paper on the basis of Exam pattern, Syllabus,Model papers that were released by the Government of Andhra Pradesh on 07-Dec-2011. As mentioned VRO/VRA Written Exam comprises of three sections namely ::

Content General Studies Arithmetic Skills Logical Skills

Total No.of Questions Total Marks 60 60 30 30 10 10

Total No. of Questions including all the sections :: 100 Maximum marks :: 100 Duration of Exam :: 120 minutes Negative Marking :: No VRO/VRA Written Test Sample Paper-I General Studies Paper :: 1. Who was the first Indian Women to reach the finals of an Olympic Athletics event ? a) Karanam Maheshwari b) P.T Usha c) Aparna Popat d) Kamaljeet Sandhu

2. Which of the following Indian States has recently signed a $220 million Agreement with the World Bank ? a) Bihar b) Kerala c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu

3. With reference to the Constitution of India,Consider the following : 1. 2. Fundamental Rights Fundamental Duties

3.

Directive Principles of State Policy

Which of the above provisions of the Constitution of India is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme launched by the Government of India ? (a) 1 only (b) 3 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

4. Genetically modified Golden Rice has been engineered to meet human nutritional requirements.Which one of the following statements best qualifies Golden Rice ? (a) The grains have been fortified with genes to provide three times higher grain yield per acre than other

high yielding varieties (b) (c) (d) Its grains contain pro-vitamin A which upon ingestion is converted to vitamin A in the human body Its modified genes cause the synthesis of all the nine essential amino acids Its modified genes cause the fortification of its grains with vitamin D.

5. More than one-third of the crude steel production of the world comes from a) China b) Japan c) Russia d) USA

6. Which company owns the footwear brand Stryde? (a) Woodland (b) Bata (c) Tata International (d) Hindustan Lever

7. Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried all broadcasts of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia? (a) Star Asia (b) BBC Asia (c) Al Jazeera (d) Khaleed Times

8. One of the following is not an Insurance Company (a) ICICI Prudential (b) HDFC Natwest (c) OM Kotak Mahindra (d) Birla Sun Life

9. How many languages and dialects are spoken by people all over the world? (a) 6,000 ( b) 9,000 (c) 4,000 (d) 1,000

10. From which year the World Military Games have started? (a) 1995 (b) 1998 (c) 2000 (d) 2003

11. The language with the richest vocabulary is: (a) Hindi (b) French (c)English (d) German

12. Who developed the small pox vaccination? (a) Eduard Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Albert Einstein (d) None of these

13. Arena is the special name for playground of: (a) Cricket (b) Lawn Tennis (c) Wrestling (d) Skating

14. Which aeroplane was the first to have a Black Box, a computer that keeps the record of all flight movements? (a) Boeing 747 (b) Boeing 707 (c) Super Constellation DC -10 (d) Concorde

15. Which one of the following was favoured by Nehru but not favoured by Gandhiji? (a) Truth (b) Non-violence (c) Untouchability (d) Heavy industrialisation

Arithmetic Skills Paper :: 1. The set of all integers x such that |x 3| < 2 is equal to (a) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} (b) {1, 2, 3, 4} (c) {2, 3, 4} (d) {-4, -3, -2}

2. The roots of the quadratic equationax2+bx+c=0 will be reciprocal to each other if (a) a = 1/c (b) a = c (c) b = ac (d) a = b

3. If cosec + cot = 5/2 , then the value of tan is (a) 15/16 (b) 21/20 (c) 15/21 (d) 20/21

4. The distance between the lines 4x + 3y = 11 and 8x + 6y = 15 is (a) 7/2 (b) 7/3 (c) 7/5 (d) 7/10

5. A lady gives a dinner party to six quests. The number of ways in which they may be selected from among ten friends, if two of the friends will not attend the party together is (a) 112 (b) 140 (c) 164 (d) None of these

6. Incentre of the triangle whose vertices are (6, 0) (0, 6) and (7, 7) is (a) (9/2,9/2) (b) (7/2,7/2) (c) (11/2,11/2) (d) None of these

7. The cube root of 1331 is : (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 17

8. The area of a triangle is equal to the area of a square whose each side is 60 metres. The height of the triangle is 90 metres. The base of the triangle will be (a) 75 m (b) 85 m (c) 65 m (d) 80 m

9. A horse is tied at the corner of a rectangular field, whose length is 20m and width is 16m with a rope whose length is 14m. Find the area which the horse can graze? (a) 156 sq.m. (b) 154 sq.m. (c) 164 sq.m. (d) 144 sq.m.

10. A shopkeeper buys 144 eggs at 90 paise each. In the way 20 eggs were broken. He sold the remaining eggs at Rs. 1.20 each. The percentage gain or loss is (a) 14.8% gain (b) 12.9% gain (c) 8.5% gain (d) 4.8% gain

11. What is the value of x if 4x = 5y?

(a) 100 Degrees

(b) 115 Degrees

(c) 110 Degrees

(d) 105 Degrees

12. (a) 0.002 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.2 (d) 0.0002

13.

(a) 10

(b) 16

(c) 12

(d) 8

14. A rectangular plot of lawn of length and width respectively x and y metres is surrounded by a pathway of 2 metres width. The total area of pathway is : (a) 2x + 2y + 4 (b) 2x + 2y + 8 (c) 4x + 4y + 8 (d) 4x + 4y + 16

15. A circular road runs around a circular garden. If the sum of the circumferences of the inner and outer circles is 88 metres and the radius of the inner circle is one-third of the outer circle, then the width of the road is : (a) 4 metres (b) 5 metres (c) 6 metres (d) 7 metres

Logical Skills Paper ::

1. Unscramble the letters of words and find odd one out. (a) TLAES (b) KOBO (c) PPREA (d) NCEPLI

2. If Drowsy is written as HVSAWC, BEAUTY will be written as: (a) FIEYXC (b) EHDXWC (c) GJFZYD (d) KFBVUC

3. The missing number in the figure is ?

(a) 44

(b) 48

(c) 40

(d) 50

4. Find the next number in the series. 1, 2, 9, 28, 65, _________. (a) 126 (b) 182 (c) 196 (d) 245

5. Out of five choices given A,B,C,D,E, the figure that comes next is..

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

6. Fill the box with question mark with the help of figures given by A,B,C,D,E

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Directions (7-8) :: In the following passage, the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named, P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

7. 1. When the Governor P. the bell had rung Q. justice should be immediately R. he ordered that S. found out why 6. done to the horse (a) RSPQ . 1. When you ponder over P. that the only hope Q. you will realize R. of world peace lies S. the question deeply 6. in the United Nations (a) QRSP (b) SPQR (c) SQPR (d) RSPQ (b) PQSR (c) SPRQ (d) SQRP

9. Find the word that names a necessary part of the underlined word. Book a. ction Guitar a. band b. teacher c. songs d. strings b. pages c. pictures d. learning

10.(i) Cup is to coffee as bowl is to a. dish. b. soup. c. spoon. d. food.

** Coffee goes into a cup and soup goes into a bowl. Choices a and c are incorrect because they are other utensils. The answer is not choice d because the word food is too general.** (ii) Artist is to painting as senator is to a. attorney b. law c. politician d. constituents

**An artist makes paintings; a senator makes laws. The answer is not choice a because an attorney does not make laws and a senator is not an attorney. Choice c is incorrect because a senator is a politician. Constituents (choice d) is also incorrect because a senator serves his or her constituents.** (iii) Exercise is to gym as eating is to a. food. b. dieting. c. tness. d. restaurant.

**A gym is a place where people exercise. A restaurant is a place where people eat. Food (choice a) is not the answer because it is something people eat, not a place or location where they eat. The answer is not choice b or c because neither represents a place where people eat.** (iv) Guide is to direct as reduce is to a. decrease. b. maintain. c. increase. d. preserve.

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