AP DSC 2025 School Assistant (SA) Biology Mock Test

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

Child development and Pedagogy

English

Methodology English

Biology EM

Maths English Medium

Methodology Maths

Physics EM

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

1. The author of the book ' Playing it My Way' is..............

Sunil Gavaskar

Ravi Shastry

Sachin Tendulkar

Leander

Question 1 of 100

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

2. Kunchikal Falls are located in following district of Karnataka.

Shimoga

Ballari

Tumkur

Shimoga

Question 2 of 100

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

3. Prithvi - II is a .............

air to air missile

surface to air missile

surface to surface missile

air to surface missile

Question 3 of 100

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

4. Famous musician T. R. Mahalingam anf N. Ramani are associated with .........

Guitar

Flute

Veena

Violin

Question 4 of 100

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

5. Dyanchand Award 2014 for hocky was given to...........

Gurpreeth Singh

Gurmail Singh

K. P. Thanker

Zeeshan Ali

Question 5 of 100

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

6. Total number of gold medals won by India in 17th Asian Games are ...........

Question 6 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

7. Following is not related to nondirective counseling.

Counselor acts as facilitator

This is known as client centered counseling

In this counseling, client, role is more

Client is given less freed in to express problem

Question 7 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

8. Gopal learned vocal music. Now he wants to learn swimming. Here the transfer of learning is ..........

negative transfer

zero transfer

positive transfer

bilateral transfer

Question 8 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

9. The third step in observational learning is........

attention

performance

reinforcement

retention

Question 9 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

10. Sankar unable in answer the questions in an interview. Sankar started weeping in the interview hall like a child. This defense mechanism is related to........

reaction formation

displacement

regression

identification

Question 10 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

11. One of the following contrary in relation to NCF 2005.

The arts should comprise a subject a every stage of school education.

Peace education should form a component of teacher education

Awareness of environmental concerns must permeate entire school curriculum

English need not find its place with Indian languages

Question 11 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

12. By watching the model of cone, Ramu is able to draw cone in different angles. But in the absence of the model of cone he is unable to draw the cone. According to Piaget he is in .......

preoperational stage

concrete operational stage

sersorimotor stage

formal operational stage

Question 12 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

13. Krishna is studying intermediate. He wants to shout in the class. But the college rules do not permit him to do so. So, he kept quiet in the class. According to Kohlberg he is in ...........

conventional morality (level II - stage III)

post conventional morality (level III - stage V)

conventional morality (level II - stage IV)

post conventional morality (level III - stage VI)

Question 13 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

14. A project should not have ...............

a purpose

an activity

a plan

artificial environment

Question 14 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

15. Maslow called the needs necessary for the survival of human beings as. .................

physiological needs

safety needs

self actualization

esteem needs

Question 15 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

16. One of the following is an overlapping stage.

Adolescence

Early childhood

Infancy

Puberty

Question 16 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

17. One of the following is not in the sub tests of Wechsler intelligence scale for children.

object assembly

Block design test

Draw a person test

Comprehension

Question 17 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

18. Nishanth while preparing for examination first studied Hindi and Sanskrit. In Hindi examination he is unable to recollect only Sanskrit. This is due to..........

retroactive inhibition

Zeigarnik inhibition

proactive inhibition

repression

Question 18 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

19. The following book is treated as a milestone in experimental psychology.

Inquiry into human faculty and its development

Animal Intelligence

On memory

Forgetting

Question 19 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

20. A school management has conducted selection test for admission of a student into 7th class. As per RTE 2009, they should be punished with penalty of ............

Rs. 25,000/- for first mistake

Rs. 50,000/- for first mistake

Rs. 10,000/- for first mistake

Rs. 20,000/- and 6 months imprisonment

Question 20 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

21. Satish is not interested in doing home work. And at the same time he doesn't want to receive punishment from class teacher. The conflict of Satish is ............

avoidance - avoidance conflict

approach - approach conflict

approach - avoidance conflict

double approach - avoidance conflict

Question 21 of 100

Child development and Pedagogy

22. In enhancing speaking ability of children with hearing loss, the trainer shouldn't............

always use one language

shout very loudly

face towards child

speak small words

Question 22 of 100

English

23. Read the sentence.
I can recall those happy events.
The word underlined shows........

belief

conviction

ability

determination

Question 23 of 100

English

24. Identify the correct sentence.

Harini is not so tall as Prem.

Siddu is heaviest boy in the group

Raghava is older as Rajesh.

Vamsi is tall as Ramana.

Question 24 of 100

English

25. Identify the antonym of 'harmony'.

Disturbance

Peace

Tranquility

Calmly

Question 25 of 100

English

26. Identify the correct question tag for the statement.
I've met you before, ..................

haven't I?

haven't I

didn't I

isn't it?

Question 26 of 100

English

27. (a) Vimla likes singing.
(b) She likes dancing
Identify the correct sentence you will get if combine the above sentences.

Vimala likes singing but dancing too.

Vimala likes singling and she likes dancing as well as.

Vimala likes singing and as well as dancing

Vimala likes dancing and singing.

Question 27 of 100

English

28. What is the color 'azure'?

Green

Yellow

Sky blue

Red

Question 28 of 100

English

29. Identify the correct set of words to fill the blank in the sentence.
If you do not water the plant, ............

it can die

it will die

it would die

it will head died

Question 29 of 100

English

30. Which of the following words does not come under medicinal plants?

Ginger

Garlic

Neem

Palm

Question 30 of 100

English

31. Identify the two words / Phrases which can fill in the blanks in the sentence.
He ............ when the bell..............

was write ................ ranged

was writing..............ranged

writing ...............rang

was writing ................ rang

Question 31 of 100

English

32. Read the sentence.
I must stop at the traffic lights.

possibility

ability

necessity

obligation and compulsion

Question 32 of 100

English

33. Identify the correct word can fill in the blank in the sentense.
The miller ............. his son into the donkey.

lifting

lift

lifts

liftes

Question 33 of 100

English

34. Read the sentence.
Hirachand told(A) told about had(B) happened(C)
Which word/words tell/tells us about the earlier sentence?

(C)

(B) and (C)

(A) and (C)

(A)

Question 34 of 100

Methodology English

35. We teach poems because we want pupils ..............

to appreciate poetry and poets.

to consolidate the language learnt through prose passages.

to learn new words.

to enjoy saying / reading poems and derive pleasure.

Question 35 of 100

Methodology English

36. Identify the correct statement in English language teaching.
Oral presentation must be followed by .............

reading the text book passages by pupils.

speaking by pupils

writing of own sentences by the teacher.

reading by the pupils off he black board.

Question 36 of 100

Methodology English

37. In a test on 'cooking' the following test item was included.
Identify the priceof an electric microwave oven.

Rs. 5,000 b. Rs. 1 0,000
Rs. 2,000 c. Rs. 7,500

The above test item is ...............

reliable

valid

not reliable

not valid

Question 37 of 100

Methodology English

38. In the 'Deductive' method of teaching grammar, the teacher .............

gives a lecture on how grammar functions in language.

begins with eliciting examples and arrives the rule.

highlights the importance of grammar in learning a language.

begins with the rule and goes on to give examples.

Question 38 of 100

Biology EM

39. The levels of organization of life are ...................

atoms -> molecules -> cell ->organelles -> cells -> tissues -> organs -> organ systems -> organism

atoms -> organelles -> molecules -> tissues -> organs

Organism -> organ systems -> organs -> cell organelles -> cells -> tissues -> molecules

atoms -> molecules -> tissues -> organs -> organism

Question 39 of 100

Biology EM

40. This cell organelles participate in the digestion of food materials and under certain diseased conditions cause the death of the cell is also known as ................

Centrosomes

Lysosomes

Chromosomes

Ribosomes

Question 40 of 100

Biology EM

41. In the hierarchy of classification these are placed in between genus and class.

Phylum -> Order

Family -> Order

Order -> Phylum

Species -> Family

Question 41 of 100

Biology EM

42. Thousands of microorganisms in the stomach of animals such as termites cattle, horses, rabbits and etc., help them to digest ..........

cellulose

glucose

proteins

starch

Question 42 of 100

Biology EM

43. The G2 phase of interphase in Mitosis is the phase between the ..............

end of DNA replication and begining of Mitosis

completion of Mitosis and beginning of DNA replication

duplication of chromosomes and replication of DNA

DNA synthesis and duplication of chromosomes

Question 43 of 100

Biology EM

44. While analyzing 8th class Biological Science Textbook by using Hunter Score Card, percentage of weightage given to content and author's educational level are .............. respectively.

25, 5

50, 5

60, 10

50, 10

Question 44 of 100

Biology EM

45. A farmer bought blue labeled seeds for commercial cultivation, it means the seeds are ..............

certified seeds

nuclear seeds

breeder seeds

foundation seeds

Question 45 of 100

Biology EM

46. Through which teaching aid the pupil is able to visualize and hear at a time and promotes learning experiences, it is said to be audio visual aid.

Carter A. Good

William S. Burton

J. J. Thomson

Westway

Question 46 of 100

Biology EM

47. Conversion of Bagasse into simple sugars like glucose by microbiological process is called ..........

carbonification

phosphorylation

saccharification

sulphonification

Question 47 of 100

Biology EM

48. The ability of plant cell to divide, grow and produce complete plant under controlled conditions is the cell's ....................

Totipotency

Fertility

Sterility

Division

Question 48 of 100

Biology EM

49. Replacement of deleterious genes with functional genes is ............

Gene pool

Gene bank

Genomics

Gene therapy

Question 49 of 100

Biology EM

50. An agriculturist wants to use this method of plant breeding, conducted only for self-pollinated crops in his field.

Pure-line selection

Mass selection

Hybridization selection

Clonal selection

Question 50 of 100

Biology EM

51. The process of Nitrification, done by bacteria is .............

Ammonia -> Nitrate -> Nitrite -> Plants

Nitrite -> Ammonia -> Plants -> Nitrate

Nitrate -> Nitrite -> Ammonia -> Plants

Ammonia -> Nitrite -> Nitrate -> Plants

Question 51 of 100

Biology EM

52. To analyze the level of questions of a question paper of a Scholastic Achievement Test, useful indexes for evaluation are.............

item difficulty index, item discrimination index

item discrimination index, item classification index

item classification index, item difficulty index

item standard index, item frequency index

Question 52 of 100

Biology EM

53. A person is excreting very large amount of urine , more than 15 liters per day and doctor said it is not due to common diabetes. This disease is..............

poliomelities

diabetes insipidus

glossitis

diabetes mellitus

Question 53 of 100

Biology EM

54. In our eye, the cones concentrate in large number in the very center of the retina; it is called ........

yellow spot

black spot

red spot

white spot

Question 54 of 100

Biology EM

55. An agricultural graduate with his new thoughts invented a paddy drying equipment which dries up paddy in less cost and less time. The Biological Science teaching value involved in this is ...............

intellectual value

vocational value

utilitarian value

basis for better living

Question 55 of 100

Biology EM

56. When the baby is in mother's womb, its red blood cells are generated from ..............

liver and pancreas

liver and spleen

gallbladder and spleen

pancreas and gallbladder

Question 56 of 100

Biology EM

57. the relationships that exist between the quantity of living matter at different tropic levels are represented by the pyramid of ..........

numbers

biomass

energy

production

Question 57 of 100

Biology EM

58. The expansion of ADIS control project programme ASHA is .............

Accredited Social Health Activist

Accredited Society Health Activation

Activation of Social Health Authority

Aids control Society Health Organization

Question 58 of 100

Biology EM

59. To enhance his professional competencies and skills the science teacher participates in seminars workshops, orientation classes, science, center, science fair programmers. This role of the science teacher is said to be ...................

facilitator

explorer

guide

Coordinator

Question 59 of 100

Biology EM

60. When we are hungry, the hunger pangs come in our stomach. The reason is ..........

falling of the protein level and secretion of pepsin

falling of the glucose level and secretion of Ghrelin

falling of the glucose level and secretion of trypsin

falling of the glucose level and secretion of the steapsin

Question 60 of 100

Biology EM

61. the total number of nuclei in Datura embryo sac synegids, egg cell, central cell and antipodals are respectively ...........

2,1,2,3

2,2,2,3

2,2,3,2

2,1,1,3

Question 61 of 100

Biology EM

62. The points which influence the reliability of a question paper are .............

essay type questions, allotment of less marks, length of the test

objectively in awarding marks, allotment of marks, length of the test.

allotment of more marks, allotment of limited time, objective questions

length of the test, objectively in awarding marks, clarity in instructions of the question paper

Question 62 of 100

Biology EM

63. ' In vitro fertilization', a born to mankind is developed by ..............

M. S. Swaminathan

Hargobind Khorana

Birbal Sahani

Panchanan Maheswari

Question 63 of 100

Biology EM

64. Gooty tarantula, found in Nandyal and Giddalur areas is in endangered list; it is a..........

Red ant

Blue spider

Colorful butterfly

White bird

Question 64 of 100

Biology EM

65. The instrument, used for determining "BMR" is .....................

Spherometer

Sphygmomanometer

Barometer

Spherometer

Question 65 of 100

Biology EM

66. The plants or animal species found restricted to a particular area of a country are called scientifically .........

endemic species

local species

restricted species

epidemic species

Question 66 of 100

Biology EM

67. In cockroach the spiracles present in trachea and chambers present heart are respectively

12, 13

13, 24

24, 12

20, 13

Question 67 of 100

Biology EM

68. At a height of 13 km above the sea level, the concentration of oxygen is ..............

equal to the sea level

one fifth of the sea level

half of the sea level

one third of the sea level

Question 68 of 100

Biology EM

69. Sterility in males and abortions in females occur due to the deficiency of this vitamin.

Thiamin

Retinol

Calciderol

Tocoferol

Question 69 of 100

Biology EM

70. The three R's to save the environment are ..............

Ready, Recycle and Raise

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Ready, Rate and Raise

Reuse, Ready and Recycle

Question 70 of 100

Biology EM

71. the ozone hole in the ozone layer is ..............

the area with more ozone

ruptured layer

really a hole

the area with less ozone

Question 71 of 100

Biology EM

72. In the process of tissue culture the medium is sterilized in .................

boiler

autoclave

vaporizer

Question 72 of 100

Biology EM

73.

(i) Protection of health of people of the world	(a) Objective
(ii) Informing about diseases occurring in humans	(b) Goal
(iii) Students acquire knowledge about malaria disease which occur due to microorganisms	(c) Aim

(i) - a, (ii) - b, (iii) - c

(i) - c, (ii) - a, (iii) - b

(i) - c, (ii) - b, (iii) - a

(i) - b, (ii) - c, (iii) - a

Question 73 of 100

Biology EM

74. The nature of science has been explained in terms of syntactic structure and substantive structure by ..............

Philip H. Phoenix and R. C. Sharma

James B. Conant and R. C. sharma

Joseph J. Schwab and James B. Conant

Joseph J. Schwab and Philip H. Phoenix

Question 74 of 100

Biology EM

75. Potato is an underground stem modification, as it is showing these characteristic features of the stem.

Storing of food and shoot apex

Axillary buds and scale leaves

Storing of food and brown color

Green leaves and roots

Question 75 of 100

Biology EM

76. Sand in the seashore of kerals contains considerable amounts of this radioactive element.

Bromium

Uranium

Chromium

Thorium

Question 76 of 100

Biology EM

77. These protists can prepare their own food.

Diatoms

Bacteria

Riccia

Nostoc

Question 77 of 100

Biology EM

78. A gardener is cutting the terminal buds of the plants lay in row. The (scientific) reason is to ...........

activate the growth of the terminal bud

activate growth of the lateral buds

decrease the growth of the lateral buds

decrease the growth of the plant

Question 78 of 100

Biology EM

79. A boy is suffering from sore throat, cold, cough severe body pains, vomiting and motions. The doctor advised him to go for blood test immediately. It may be ...............

Chikungunya

Lockjaw

Swine flu

Diarrhoea

Question 79 of 100

Biology EM

80. The term 'parenchyma' was given by this physician for the pithy part of the plant.

Theodor Schwann

Marcello Malpighi

Leonardo da vinci

Nehemiah Grew

Question 80 of 100

Biology EM

81. For the preparation of lesson plan in Herbart approach the right order of steps to followed are ................

introduction, comparison, presentation, generalization, application, recapitulation

introduction, presentation, generalization, application, comparison, recapitulation

introduction, presentation, application, comparison, generation, recapitulation

introduction, presentation, comparison, generalization, application, recapitulation

Question 81 of 100

Biology EM

82. In a person the production of the haemoglobin is abnormally low. the disease may be................

Thalassemia

Haemophilia

Typhoid

Septicemia

Question 82 of 100

Maths English Medium

83. Scale on y axis of the bar graph representing dropouts in a school is 3cm = 2 members. If in a particular year there are 17 dropouts then length of the bar is ...............

25.5 cm

8.5 cm

35 cm

11.3 cm

Question 83 of 100

Maths English Medium

84. The biggest five digit perfect square is ……………

99955

99654

99175

99856

Question 84 of 100

Maths English Medium

85. Only 1 is the line of symmetry for ………

semicircle

square

circle

scalene triangle

Question 85 of 100

Maths English Medium

86. 0.16 ̅+ 0.8 ̅+ 0.6 ̅+0.83 ̅ is ……………..

Question 86 of 100

Maths English Medium

87. If cost of 18 bags of price Rs. 21,600, then the cost of 12 bags of rice is …………

16,400

7,300

11,200

14,400

Question 87 of 100

Maths English Medium

88. A car travels 283(1/2) km in 4(1/3) hours. the same travels 256(1/2) km in 3(1/3) hours. the average speed of the car is …………..

69 kmph

138 kmph

60 (3/4)kmph

77(1/4) kmph

Question 88 of 100

Maths English Medium

89. The decimal form of an equivalent fraction 7/25 whose denominator is 1/4 is …………..

0.(285714) ̅

0.28

0.(28) ̅

0.(27) ̅

Question 89 of 100

Maths English Medium

90. Area of triangle = rs unit², where r is in radius and s = semiperimeter of triangle is…………

false

only for scalene triangles is true

true for all

only for isosceles triangles is true

Question 90 of 100

Maths English Medium

91. The reflection of a point on y-axis is (-3,4), then the point is ……………

(-3,4)

(3,-4)

(3,4)

(-3,-4)

Question 91 of 100

Methodology Maths

92. Pedagogy is the science and art of …………….

methodology

instruction

doing

teaching

Question 92 of 100

Physics EM

93. Ammonia reacts with excess of chlorine to form an explosive compound 'X'. the compound 'X' ix………….

(NH4)2 CO3

NH4NO3

NH4CL

NCL3

Question 93 of 100

Physics EM

94. The characteristic feature of substance to become a permanent magnet is …………..

high Resistivity

high conductivity

high temperature

high Retentivity

Question 94 of 100

Physics EM

95. The two chemical substances which are used in experiment for law of multiple proportions.

Sulphur and Sodium

Sodium Chloride and Cupric Oxide

Cuprous Oxide and Cupric Oxide

Silver Chloride and Barium Sulphate

Question 95 of 100

Physics EM

96. "The rapid changes that took place in usage of cell phones from its inception" is …….. type of project.

visual

research

proof

constructive

Question 96 of 100

Physics EM

97. Human ear can hear two sounds separately if the minimum time interval (T) between the two sounds is ……………….

T< 1/25 Sec

T < 1/20 Sec

T < 1/30 Sec

T < 1/15 Sec

Question 97 of 100

Physics EM

98. On heating the following materials maximum thermal expansion occurs in …………..

diesel

mercury

iron rod

co2

Question 98 of 100

Physics EM

99. Weight of a person is 50 kgs. He leaps up and down in standing jump. The force exerted on the ground will be. ………………….

less than his weight

equal to his mass

more than his weight

equal to his weight

Question 99 of 100

Physics EM

100. Carbon dioxide is used in fire extinguishers, because …………

carbon dioxide is lighter than air

carbon dioxide is lighter than any other gas

carbon dioxide is heavier than air

carbon dioxide is abundant in air

Question 100 of 100

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