a) Minto-Morley Reforms (1909)
b) Montague-Chelmsford (1919)
c) Indian Independence Act (1947)
d) Government of India Act (1935)
Ans: d
2) The first biometric ATM in Kerala is located in:
Ans: Munnar
3) SVEEP is related with:
a) Poverty Elimination b) Higher Education
c) Voter awareness d) Health awareness
Ans: c
4) In which year Agasthyarkoodam became the first biological park in India?
Ans: 1992
5) Which is the first tobacco free village in Kerala?
Ans: Koolimadu
6) LIC of India has been permitted to do business in which country?
Ans: Bangladesh
7) The property of light behind the phenomenon of mirage is:
a) Diffraction b) Refraction
c) Scattering d) Dispersion
Ans: b
8) 'Springing Tiger: A study of a revolutionary' is the biographical work of:
Ans: Subash Chandra Bose
9) Khoya Paya web portal a forum for reporting & tracking missing people, is an initiative of:
a) Ministry of Human Development
b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
c) AIHRA
d) Delhi Police
Ans: b
10) Sodium Thiosulphate is used in photography as:
a) Catalyst b) Oxidising agent
c) Reducing agent d) Photo fixing agent
Ans: d
11) Which among the following is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors?
a) Cadmium b) Liquid Sodium
c) Graphite d) Heavy Water
Ans: b
12) Ameena Gurib-Fakim has been elected first woman president of:
Ans: Mauritius
13) When was the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana launched?
Ans: 2005
14) In which Indian princely state did census held for the first time?
a) Hyderabad b) Thiruvithamkoor
c) Sambalpoor d) Mysore
Ans: b
15) Which theory states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers?
a) Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle b) Bohr' s Law
c) Pauli's Exclusion Principle d) Aufbau Principle
Ans: c
16) Nasim Zaidi is the _____ Chief Election Commissioner of India.
Ans: 20th
17) In how many methods can the constitution be amended?
Ans: 3
18) Which among the following rivers is known as salt river?
a) Luni b) Chambal c) Tapti d) Betwa
Ans: a
19) Whose period is known as the Gladstonian era in India?
Ans: Lord Ripon
20) Diwan who issued the proclamation of banning slavery in Kochi is:
Ans: Sankara Warier
21) Abacus is known in China as:
a) Swan Pan b) Number Slab
c) Beaded Slab d) Number Pan
Ans: a
22) Who is regarded as the father of modern machine data processing?
a) Herman Hollerith b) Alan Turing c) Claude Shannon d) John Vincent
Ans: a
23) What is the expansion of EDSAC?
a) Electronic Delay System Accounting Computer
b) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
c) Electronic Delay Simple Automatic Computer
b) Electronic Delay System Accounting Calculator
Ans: b
24) Which of the following is the most powerful type of the computer?
a) Main frame b) Mini Computer
c) Micro computer d) None of these
Ans: a
25) IC chips were invented in:
Ans: 1951
26) A source program is written in _____ language.
a) Assembly b) Symbolic c) High Level d) Machine Level
Ans: c
27) A collection of wires that connects several devices is called:
a) Link b) Bus c) Cable d) Port
Ans: b
28) The communication mode that supports data in both directions.
a) Simplex b) Half duplex c) Duplex d) Multiplex
Ans: b
29) Which device can draw continuous lines?
a) Daisywheel b) Plotter c) Chain printer d) Impact printer
Ans: b
30) Which of the following storage is volatile?
a) Semiconductor memory b) Floppy disk
c) CD-ROM d) Core memory
Ans: a
Q. 31 & 32 Spot the error:
31. I am proud to say(a)/That wherever they go(b)/Indians easily adapt to(c)/local circumstances(d),
Ans: c (adapt themselves)
32. Last summer(a)/we went to Simla(b)/and enjoyed(c)/very much(d).
Ans: c (enjoyed ourselves)
33. The opposite of 'mumble' is:
(a) stammer (b) shout (c) Whisper (d) murmur
Ans: b
34. A synonym for 'lavish' is:
(a) abundant (b) scarce (c) save (d) conserve
Ans: a
35. One word for the condition of being unable to sleep' is:
(a) insolvent (b) insomnia (c) somnambulism (d) eccentric
Ans: b
Q. 36-38: Choose the right word to rill in the gap:
36. His views are always _____ at with his father's
(a) vary (b) variety (c) variance (d) variation
Ans: c
37. The court has absolved him _____ the crime
(a) from (b) for (c) out of (d) of
Ans: a
38. you will have to answer _____ your misdeeds.
(a) from (b) to (c) on (d) for
Ans: d
39. Which of the following is a plural noun?
(a) vixen (b) oxen (c) radius (d) fax
Ans: b
40. ' Sub judice' means
(a) under judicial consideration (b) under legislation
(c) rejected by court (d) under trial
Ans: a
