Provided are a drive circuit capable of preventing a malfunction of the circuit, and a display apparatus. Each of the multiple shift registers comprising an output switching element and a first input switching element, wherein one or more shift registers of the multiple shift registers comprise a control switching element, wherein a first controlled terminal is connected to either an output control node to which a second controlled terminal of the first input switching element and a control terminal of the output switching element are connected or a second controlled terminal of the output switching element, and a second controlled terminal is connected to a predetermined electric potential, wherein a first clear signal to be high level at or before a time point when an predetermined clock signal rises is input to a control terminal of the control switching element.