(a) Koyilandi (b) Payyannur
(c) Muchukunnu (d) Iringal
(c) Muchukunnu (d) Iringal
Ans: c
2. Vagamon is famous for:
(a) Rowing (b) Skating
(c) Paragliding (d) Canoeing
(c) Paragliding (d) Canoeing
Ans: c
3. Jews came to Kerala in?
(a) 52 A.D (b) 72 A.D. (c) 78 A.D. (d) 68 A.D
Ans: d
4. Samatva Samajam was founded by Vaikunda Swamikal in the year.
(a) 1846 (b) 1848 (c) 1838 (d) 1836
Ans: d
5. The first minister in Kerala to die in harness.
(a) Dr. A.R. Menon (b) T.A. Majeed
(c) T.V. Thomas (d) V.K. Velappan
Ans: d
6. The famous Anakood in Kerala is at?
(a) Ranni (b) Konni (c) Kadammanitta (d) Mannadi
Ans: b
7. Who was known by the title 'the Crusader of the downtrodden'?
(a) A.K. Gopalan (b) K. Kelappan
(c) T.K. Madhavan (d) V.T. Bhattathirippadu
Ans: a
8. The first finance minister in Kerala.
(a) K.C Thomas (b) Joseph Mundassery
(c) Dr. A.R. Menon (d) C. Achutha Menon
Ans: d
9. Largest Children's park in Kerala is at:
(a) Akkulam (b) Kovalam (c) Manamchira (d) Pookode
Ans: a
10. Kerala Ceramics Limited is situated at:
(a) Punaloor (b) Kundara (c) Chavara (d) Neendakara
Ans: b
11. Which of the following metals causes Itai-itai disease?
(a) Cobalt (b) Mercury (c) Chromium (d) Cadmium
Ans: d
12. The externally observable characters of organism is said to be:
(a) Genotype (b) Phenotype
(c) Homozygous (d) Heterozygous
Ans: b
13. Pollination by birds is known as:
(a) Entomophily (b) Hydrophily
(c) Embryophily (d) Ornithophily
Ans: d
14. The medicine `Reserpine' is obtained from:
(a) Quinine (b) Asparagus
(c) Rauwolfia Serpentina (d) Amaranthus
Ans: c
15. Epsom salt is:
(a) Hydrated Magnesium Sulphate (b) Calcium Phosphate
(c) Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate (d) Hydrated Magnesium Silicate
Ans: a
16. What is the other name of vitamin B2?
(a) Biotin (b) Cyanocobalamin (c) Thiamine (d) Riboflavin
Ans: d
17. The disease known as Marsh fever:
(a) Malaria (b) Rat fever (c) Rubella (d) Measles
Ans: d
18. Fiber diet includes:
(a) Fat (b) Cellulose (c) Protein (d) Glycogen
Ans: b
19. What is the major constituent in Uranus's atmosphere?
(a) Hydrogen (b) Sulphur dioxide
(c) Carbon dioxide (d) Methane
Ans: a
20. Insectivorous plants grow in:
(a) Nitrogen rich soil (b) Nitrogen deficient soil
(c) Potassium deficient soil (d) Carbohydrate soil
Ans: b
21. Who appoints the Presiding officer of CRAT?
(a) Central Government (b) State Government
(c) President (d) Supreme Court of India
Ans: a
22. A judge of the Supreme Court holds office for a term of:
(a) 6 years (b) 65 years of age
(c) 6 years or 65 years of age (d) 62 years
Ans: b
23. The number of Loksabha constituencies in Kerala.
(a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 14 (d) 20
Ans: d
24. Who among the following is in the equal rank with the speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(a) Vice President of India (b) Cabinet Ministers of Union
(c) Chief Justice of India (d) Judges of the Supreme Court
Ans: c
25. Article 315 to 323 of the Indian Constitution deal with?
(a) Scheduled caste and scheduled Tribes
(b)Public Service Commission for Union & for the states
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Election Commission
Ans: b
26. In which year the Central Govt. introduced the first Lokpal Bill and Lokayukta Bill.
(a) 1966 (b) 1968 (c) 1970 (d) 1973
Ans: b
27. The last session of the existing Loksabha after a new Loksabha has been elected?
(a) Lame-Duck session (b) Filibuster
(c) Dissolution (d) Prorogation
Ans: a
28. The first state in India to pass the Lokayukta Act.
(a) Maharashtra (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: c
29. Who is the chairperson of National Commission for Women?
(a) Mamta Sharma (b) Meira Kumar
(c) Meenakshi Lekhi (d) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
Ans: d
30. First Amendment to Indian Constitution (1951) made some restrictions in:
(a) Election (b) Citizenship
(c) Freedom of Speech and Expression (d) 10th Schedule
Ans: c
31. The place which is known as the 'Cradle of Indian Temple Architecture'.
(a) Thanjavoor (b) Hampi (c) Kancheepuram (d) Aihole
Ans: d
32. The headquarters of Konkan Railway.
(a) Belapur (b) Baroda (c) Bengaluru (d) Mangalore
Ans: a
33. Bhagirathi river meets Alakananda at:
(a) Rudraprayag (b) Dev Prayag (c) Karnaprayag (d) Vishnuprayag
Ans: b
34. Who called INC 'A begging institute'?
(a) Bibin Chandra Pal (b) Nehru
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Tilak
Ans: c
35. Who wrote the famous book 'Fathul Mujahiddin'?
(a) Hyder All (b) Sheik Sainudeen
(c) Tippu Sulthan (d) Rajaram Mohan Roy
Ans: c
36. Jindhagada peak is situated at:
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Uttarpradesh
Ans: a
37. Hutti gold mine is located in:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Goa (d) Karnataka
Ans: d
38. In which year Life Insurance Corporation was set up?
(a) 1953 (b) 1956 (c) 1959 (d) 1951
Ans: b
39. The first biosphere reserve in India.
(a) Nilgiri (b) Silent Valley (c) Agastyarkudam (d) Anamudi
Ans: a
40. The Indian Military Academy is situated:
(a) Dehradun (b) Nasik (c) Hyderabad (d) Shimla
Ans: a
41. The cricketer who set the record with the fastest century in ODIs:
(a) Chris Gayle (b) Rohith Sharma
(c) AB de Villiers (d) Virat Kohli
Ans: c
42. The novelist who has been selected for the Padmaprabha Puraskaram 2015:
(a) Subhash Chandran (b) Benyamin
(c) M.K. Sanu (d) Anand
Ans: b
43. The winners of Indian Super League 2015:
(a) FC Goa (b) Chennaiyin FC
(c) Atletico de Kolkata (d) Pune City
Ans: b
44. The mascot of 63rd Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2015 was:
(a) Neermani (b) Thithiri (c) Sundari (d) Ammu
Ans: a
45. First district in India with complete Broadband facility:
(a) Kottayam (b) Pathanamthitta (c) Idukki (d) Ernakulam
Ans: c
46. City which hosted annual meeting of World Economic Forum in 2015:
(a) Brussels (b) Davos (c) Budapest (d) Berne
Ans: b
47. Spacecraft launched by NASA with the aim of sending man to mars:
(a) New Horizon (b) Dawn (c) Orion (d) None of these
Ans: c
48. The Present Cabinet minister for Agriculture in India is:
(a) Radha Mohan Singh (b) Jual Oram
(c) Anant Geete (d) Kalraj Mishra
Ans: a
49. `Aajanmaniyogam' is the autobiography of:
(a) Justice D. Sreedevi (b) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
(c) J. Manjula (d) Ashok Bhushan
Ans: a
50. Sarada Chit Fund Scam is related to:
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) West Bengal (d) Uttarakhand
Ans: c
51. Kudumbasree was inaugurated by:
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b) E.K. Nayanar
(c) A.K. Antony (d) I.K. Gujral
Ans: a
52. Which Yojana replaced Swavalambhan Yojana?
(a) Atal Pension Yojana (b) Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana
(c) Indira Awas Yojana (d) None of these
Ans: a
53. Which of the following is the largest urban renewal programme launched on 3rd December 2005?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
(b) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(c) VAMBAY
(d) Urban Self Employment Programme
Ans: a
54. NRLM is an enhancement scheme of which of the following scheme:
(a) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(b) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(c) National Rural Development Programme
(d) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
Ans: a
55. The main works under National Rural Development Programme include which of the following:
(a) Construction of drinking water wells
(b) community irrigation wells
(c) Rural roads
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
56. Which of the following ongoing programmes are submerged with NREGP?
(a) Sampooma Grameen Rozgar Yojana and Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
(b) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
(c) Janashree Bima.Yojana National Rural livelighood Mission
(d) Sampooma Grameen Rozgar Yojana and National Food For Work Programme
Ans: d
57. Under MSY any adult rural women can open the MSY account in the post office with a maximum deposit of:
(a) 400 (b) 300 (c) 200 (d) 500
Ans: b
58. TRYSEM is an integral part of ______?
(a) IRDP (b) SITRA (c) EAS (d) MWS
Ans: a
59. VAMBAY scheme was launched at:
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Delhi (d) Hyderabad
Ans: d
60. Which among the following is the nodal Ministry for 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme?
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(b) Ministry of Rural Development
(c) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
(d) Ministry of Youth affairs
Ans: a
61. All of the following are examples of storage devices except:
(a) Hard disk drives (b) Printers
(c) Floppy disk drives (d) CD drives
Ans: b
62. Many individuals create their own personal sites called web logs, or ______.
(a) Social networks (b) Blogs (c) Wilds (d) Posts
Ans: b
63. To locate a data item for storage is:
(a) Field (b) File (c) Database (d) Fetch
Ans: d
64. Storage capacity of common floppy disk:
(a) 1.24 MB (b) 3.44 MB (c) 1.44 MB (d) 3.24 MB
Ans: c
65. The speed of a hard disc is measured in:
(a) RPM (b) MIPS (c) PPM (d) DPI
Ans: a
66. Which of the following is not an example for firmware?
(a) ROM (b) EPROM (c) Flash Memory (d) RAM
Ans: d
67. First Portable Micro Computer:
(a) Elk cloner (b) CDC 6600 (c) Tianhe-2 (d) Osborne I
Ans: d
68. Publishing software PageMaker was developed by:
(a) Philip Kahn (b) Paul Brainard
(c) Howard Aiken (d) James Russell
Ans: b
69. Use of e-mails for sending unsolicited bulk emails and commercial messages over the Internet is called:
(a) E-mail Spoofing (b) Cyber Stalking
(c) Email spamming (d) Email Bombing
Ans: c
70. A device that is used to connect two segments of a LAN or two LAN:
(a) Bridge (b) Gateway (c) Repeater (d) Hub
Ans: a
71. The idiom 'at the eleventh hour' means:
(a) to check (b) talk about unimportant subjects
(c) at the last moment (d) expected time
Ans: c
72.' 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
73. One who does not care for literature or art.
(a) Philistine (b) Pagan (c) Lapidist (d) Loquacious
Ans: a
74. Opposite of the word 'infeasible' is:
(a) unfeasible (b) practicable (c) nonfeasible (d) impossible
Ans: b
75. Visakh is the ______ boy in the class.
(a) most clever (b) clever (c) cleverer (d) cleverest
Ans: d
76. "Rani, why were you absent yesterday", Teacher said. Teacher asked Rani why ______.
(a) she was absent yesterday
(b) she was absent the previous day
(c) she had been absent yesterday
(d) she had been absent the previous day
Ans: d
77. The meaning of 'euthanasia'.
(a) mercy killing (b) murder (c) assassination (d) atrocity
Ans: a
78. I ______ my examination yesterday.
(a) write (b) was writing (c) wrote (d) had written
Ans: c
79. Let's meet him, ______?
(a) can we (b) can't we (c) shalln't we (d) shall we
Ans: d
80. There is nothing to worry ______.
(a) at (b) about (c) on (d) in
Ans: b
