(a) Marayoor (b) Painavu
(c) Kottiyoor (d) Guruvayoor
(c) Kottiyoor (d) Guruvayoor
Ans: a
2. The battle of Kolachal held on:
(a) 10th August 1741 (b) 8th March 1741
(c) 10th August 1740 (d) 11th June 1741
Ans: a
3. Pandit Karuppan organised `Kalyanadayini Sabha' at:
(a) Thevara (b) Kodungallur (c) Paravur (d) Kochi
Ans: b
4. Ulloor memorial is at:
(a) Jagathi (b) Thonnakkal (c) Nedumangad (d) Palode
Ans: a
5. Malabar Economic Union was founded by:
(a) Dr. Palpu (b) V.T. Bhattathirippad
(c) Paravur Kesavan (d) Nataraja Guru
Ans: a
6. In Kerala ‘Nanma' stores were opened by:
(a) Civil Supplies Corporation (b) Consumer fed
(c) Farm Information Bureau (d) Social Welfare Department
Ans: b
7. The Malayali who served as the Indian Ambassador to China and Soviet Union.
(a) V.K. Krishna Menon (b) C. Sankaran Nair
(c) K.P.S. Menon (d) K.N. Roy
Ans: c
8. The highest peak of Western Ghat:
(a) Mullayanagari (b) Anamudi
(c) Mahendragiri hills (d) Jindhagada peak
Ans: b
9. First University of Health Science in Kerala is established at?
(a) Ernakulum (b) Thiruvananthapram
(c) Thrissur (d) None of these
Ans: c
10. The first Kerala minister from cinema field.
(a) Murali (b) K.B. Ganesh Kumar
(c) Innocent (d) Rajmohan Unnithan
Ans: b
11. Gas released by plants during photosynthesis:
(a) CO2 (b) Oxygen (c) Nitrogen (d) Hydrogen
Ans: b
12. Chemical name of bleaching powder?
(a) Calcium Chlorite (b) Calcium hypochlorite
(c) Calcium Chloride (d) Calcium hypo chloride
Ans: b
13. The material used for making solar cell is:
(a) Silver (b) Germanium (c) Aluminum (d) Silicon
Ans: d
14. The leaves of Mimosa pudica drop down when touches due to:
(a) Chemonasty (b) Phototrophic
(c) Hydrotrophic (d) Seismonasty
Ans: d
15. An air bubble in water will act like a:
(a) convex mirror (b) convex lens
(c) concave mirror (d) concave lens
Ans: d
16. A safety fuse introduced in the circuit with:
(a) Parallel (b) Series (c) Series-Parallel (d) None of these
Ans: b
17. The art of gardening, which is known as:
(a) Sericulture (b) Viticulture (c) Arboriculture (d) Horticulture
Ans: d
18. The device used to measure plant growth:
(a) Duro meter (b) Auxano meter
(c) Poto meter (d) Cryo meter
Ans: b
19. The externally observable characters of organism is said to be:
(a) Genotype (b) Phenotype (c) Homozygous (d) Heterozygous
Ans: b
20. Halley's comet will appear in:
(a) 2036 (b) 2072 (c) 2062 (d) 2086
Ans: c
21. The actual head of the Union Govt. is:
(a) President (b) Vice President
(c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker of Loka Sabha
Ans: c
22. Local self Govt. Ombudsman is appointed by:
(a) The President (b) Governor
(c) Legislature (d) Chief Minister
Ans: b
23. Election of Vice President is dealt with?
(a) Article 63 (b) Article 66 (c) Article 61 (d) Article 60
Ans: b
24. The ordinance issued by the President is effective for a period of:
(a) 10 months (b) 2 months (c) 3 months (d) 6. months
Ans: d
25. The first woman judge of the Supreme Court?
(a) Sujatha Manohar (b) M. Fathima Beevi
(c) K.K. Usha (d) Anna Chandi
Ans: b
26. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights was set up in:
(a) 2007 (b) 2006 (c) 2005 (d) 2004
Ans: a
27. The power of the President to keep a bill pending without any action is known as:
(a) Absolute veto (b) Pocket veto
(c) Suspensive veto (d) Qualified veto
Ans: b
28. A person to be appointed as Upalokayukta should have held the post of:
(a) Chief Justice of a High court (b) Judge of the Supreme Court
(c) Judge of a High court (d) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Ans: c
29. As per which of the Articles, Jammu & Kashmir is excluded from the list of other states?
(a) Article 370 (b) Article 152 (c) Article 165 (d) Article 356
Ans: b
30. The maximum penalty for refusal to receive an application for information or for not providing information under the Right to Information Act 2005 is:
(a) Rs. 250 (b) Rs. 20,000 (c) Rs. 10,000 (d) Rs. 25,000
Ans: d
31. Indian economy is an example of ______:
(a) Mixed economy (b) Capitalist economy
(c) Socialist economy (d) Dualistic economy
Ans: a
32. Which river is known as Red river?
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Ganga (c) Kosi (d) Damodar
Ans: a
33. Who was the British Viceroy murdered in Andaman and Nicobar islands?
(a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Northbrook (d) Lord Ripon
Ans: a
34. Which Battle lead to the collapse of French Kingdom in India?
(a) Battle of Wandiwash (b) Battle of Plassy
(c) Battle of Buxar (d) None of these
Ans: a
35. Nanavati-Mehta Commission is related to:
(a) Godhra train incident (b) Tehelka
(c) Mumbai blasts (d) Parliament attack
Ans: a
36. The Akali Movement was related to:
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Sikhism (d) None of these
Ans: c
37. Which of the following is the largest public sector bank in India?
(a) SBI (b) BOI (c) Canara bank (d) ICIC
Ans: a
38. Who founded East India Association?
(a) Devendra Nath Tagore (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) N.M. Joshi
Ans: b
39. Dhuwandher waterfall is situated on the river.
(a) Sharavati (b) Mandovi (c) Narmada (d) Cauveri
Ans: c
40. Asiatic Society of Bengal was-formed in the year:
(a) 1764 (b) 1784 (c) 1794 (d) 1884
Ans: b
41. The venue of CHOGM Summit 2015:
(a) Vanuatu (b) Russia (c) Malta (d) Wales
Ans: c
42. The year declared by UN as the International Year of Crystallography:
(a) 2014 (b) 2015 (c) 2016 (d) 2017
Ans: a
43. The Indian city which accredited with the title "World Crafts City".
(a) Udaypur (b) Jaipur (c) Nine (d) Dhubri
Ans: b
44. The person honoured with Nobel Prize for Economics in 2015:
(a) Svetlana Alexivich (b) Jean Tirole
(c) Eugene Fama (d) Angus Deaton
Ans: d
45. 'A Brief History of Seven Killings" is the novel written by:
(a) Marlon James (b) Lydia Davis
(c) Hilary Mantel (d) Eleanor Catton
Ans: a
46. The winner of Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel in 2014:
(a) T.P. Rajeevan (b) K.R. Meera
(c) Subhash Chandran (d) Benyamin
Ans: a
47. The current chairman of Kerala Folklore Academy:
(a) M. Sivasankar (b) Barkath All
(c) Kattor Narayana Pillai (d) Muhammed Ahammed
Ans: d
48. The award winning movie "Ottal" is the adaptation of the short story:
(a) Animal Farm (b) Emma (c) Vanka (d) Kashtanka
Ans: c
49. The venue of South Asian Games 2016:
(a) Guwahati (b) Kathmandu
(c) Dhaka (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: a
50. The player who set the record of fastest hundred in Test Match Cricket:
(a) AB de Villiers (b) Chris Gayle
(c) Brendon McCullum (d) Rohit Sharma
Ans: c
51. Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched, on:
(a) 2015 June 1 (b) 2015 January 1
(c) 2015 July 1 (d) 2015 March 1
Ans: a
52. The aim of which of the following scheme is developing world class infrastructure in the respective destination/circuits:
(a) HRIDAY (b) PRASAD (c) PURA (d) SAKSHAM
Ans: b
53. Million wells scheme was launched by:
(a) IK Gujral (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) P.V. Narasimha Rao (d) Rajiv Gandhi
Ans: d
54. The expenses in Jawahar Grama Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) are shared by Central and State Government in the ratio:
(a) 80:20 (b) 90:10 (c) 75:25 (d) 50:50
Ans: c
55. Indira Awaas Yojana was a sub-scheme of which scheme:
(a) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (b) NREGP
(c) Samagra Awaas Yojana (d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana
Ans: a
56. 'Reaching out to families through women and reaching out to community through families' is the slogan of which scheme:
(a) Mahila Samridhi Yojana (b) Janani Suraksha Yojana
(c) Kudumbasree (d) Indira Gandhi Matritva Yojana Sahyog
Ans: c
57. The overall responsibility of planning, implementation, co-ordination, monitoring and supervision of the National Food for Work Programme will be done by:
(a) Tahasildar (b) Ministry for food, civil supplies
(c) District Collector (d) Anganwadi workers
Ans: c
58. The main aims of Integrated Child Development Scheme are:
(a) Gender promotion of the girl child (b) Health of girl child
(c) Education of girl child (d) All the above
Ans: d
59. 'To provide proper electricity to every rural; households and to offer electricity connection to every BPL families with no charge is the main aim of which among the following scheme:
(a) Bharat Nirman
(b) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
(c) Samagra Awaas Yojana
(d) National Rural Development programme
Ans: b
60. National Rural Employment Programme was merged with which among the following programme in 1989:
(a) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee programme
(c) National Food for Work Programme
(d) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
Ans: a
61. Restricted network of computers that allows controlled access to a firm's internal information to authorized outsiders is called:
(a) Internet (b) Extranet (c) Intranet (d) Arpanet
Ans: b
62. Which of the following device is used to retransmit a signal to a higher level?
(a) ISP (b) Repeater (c) Router (d) Hub
Ans: b
63. Assembly language uses to represent corresponding machine code
(a) Symbolic Codes (b) 0's (c) 1's (d) 0's and 1's
Ans: a
64. Who was the first computer programmer?
(a) Tim Bernors. Lee (b) Ada Lovelace
(c) Seymore Cray (d) Linus Bendict Torvalds
Ans: b
65. The switching device used in second generation computers.
(a) Vacuum Tubes (b) Transistors
(c) Microprocessor (d) Integrated Circuits
Ans: b
66. CERT - IN stands for:
(a) Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
(b) Indian Council of Engineering and Research Team
(c) Indian Cyber Emergency Response Tribunal
(d) Indian Cyber Emergency Response Team
Ans: a
67. Digital signature certificate is issued under the section:
(a) Section 66 A (b) Section 37 (1) (c) Section 66 (d) Section 24
Ans: d
68. Malicious software that can harm the computer is generally termed as:
(a) Firm wares (b) Malwares (c) Software (d) Antivirus
Ans: b
69. 'e- stalking' in cyber crime means:
(a) Practice of using internet to harass or threaten some one
(b) Impersonization of another person
(c) Unauthorized access of information
(d) E-commerce and investment fraud
Ans: a
70. Integrated set of files are known as:
(a) Database (b) Data Table (c) File system (d) Record
Ans: a
71. Copernicus said (1) / that the (2)/ earth was round (3) / No error (4) /
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Ans: c
72. The idiom 'storm in the tea cup' means:
(a) no fuss over trivial matter (b) big fuss over trivial matter
(c) clever idea (d) sudden inspiration
Ans: b
73. Change into indirect speech: 'Oh dear! I've lost my purse', she said:
(a) She said that she lost her purse
(b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse
(c) She said that she had lost her purse
(d) She expressed that she had lost her purse
Ans: b
74. The opposite of the word 'synthetic' is:
(a) natural (b) affable (c) plastic (d) cosmetic
Ans: a
75. Prices _____ during the last two years.
(a) have increased (b) increased
(c) would increase (d) increasing
Ans: a
76. Select the apt passive form of 'Release the prisoner':
(a) The prisoner may be released (b) The prisoner can be released
(c) Let the prisoner be released (d) The prisoner will be released
Ans: c
77. He has _____ friends than I have.
(a) excess (b) less (c) few (d) fewer
Ans: d
78. Most of the children lie _____ their parents to escape punishment.
(a) with (b) for (c) to (d) up
Ans: c
79. Tell the girls that it is none of _____ business to ask about that.
(a) their (b) there (c) these (d) your
Ans: a
80. Find the synonym of the word 'Manifest'.
(a) Custom (b) Display (c) Humble (d) Soft
Ans: b
