(a) 941 (b) 978 (c) 921 (d) 1011
Ans: a
2. Which among the following is not a work of Thycaud Ayya:
(a) Ramayanam Pattu (b) Ujjaini Mahakali
(c) Brahmothara Kandam (d) Vinayaka Ashtakam
(a) Ramayanam Pattu (b) Ujjaini Mahakali
(c) Brahmothara Kandam (d) Vinayaka Ashtakam
Ans: d
3. Which river in Kerala is nicknamed as ‘English Channel'?
(a) Mahe river (b) Neyyar river
(c) Bharatapuzha (d) Valapatanam river
Ans: a
4. Who is popularly known as 'Kerala Gandhi'.
(a) K. Kelappan (b) A.K. Gopalan
(c) Mannathu Padmanabhan (d) T.K. Madhavan
Ans: a
5. Which place was formerly known as `Ganapathyvattom'
(a) Thamarassery (b) Kalpetta
(c) Sultanbathery (d) Mananthavady
Ans: c
6. 'Platinum rating' in Kerala is related to the grading of:
(a) Jewellery (b) Textiles
(c) Automobiles (d) Cinema Theatres
Ans: d
7. Kalady is the birth place of great Hindu Saint
(a) Sri Narayana Guru (b) Vaikunda Swami
(c) Sri Sankaracharya (d) Brahmananda Sivayogi
Ans: c
8. Chattampi Swamikal attained samadhi in:
(a) 1934 (b) 1926 (c) 1924 (d) 1918
Ans: c
9. Who authored 'Hymavathabhoovil'?
(a) MP Veerendrakumar (b) C. Radhakrishnan
(c) MK Sanu (d) Unnikrishnan Puthur
Ans: a
10. The birth place of great warrior Thacholi Othenan?
(a) Kallayi (b) Vatakara (c) Vengalam (d) Thalassery
Ans: b
11. Brass is an alloy of:
(a) Copper and Zinc (b) Aluminum and Copper
(c) Copper and Tin (d) Zinc and Iron
Ans: a
12. The birds which swim in water have:
(a) Broad wings (b) Long beaks
(c) Toes with claws (d) Webbed feet
Ans: d
13. Plants synthesize protein from:
(a) Starch (b) Sugar (c) Amino acid (d) Fatty acid
Ans: c
14. Movement of molecules against concentration gradient is called:
(a) Osmosis (b) Active transport
(c) Diffusion (d) Passive transport
Ans: b
15. Plants growing on sand are called as:
(a) Chasmophytes (b) Oxylophytes
(c) Lithophytes (d) Psammophytes
Ans: d
16. The study of muscles:
(a) Osteomyelitis (b) Cardiology
(c) Myology (d) Nephrology
Ans: c
17. The rupee coin is an alloy of:
(a) Copper and Tin (b) Nickel and Copper
(c) Lead and Tin (d) Copper and Zinc
Ans: b
18. Pollination is best defined as:
(a) Transfer of pollen from anther to stigma
(b) Germination of pollen grains
(c) Growth of pollen tube in ovule
(d) Visiting flowers by insects
Ans: a
19. A metal that occurs free in nature is:
(a) Iron (b) Aluminum (c) Platinum (d) Sodium
Ans: c
20. The gas that turns clear lime water milky is:
(a) Oxygen (b) Hydrogen (c) Nitrogen (d) Carbon dioxide
Ans: d
21. Disputes regarding Presidential/Vice-Presidential election are decided by:
(a) Supreme Court (b) High Court
(c) Election Commission (d) Special Authority
Ans: a
22. Kerala Lokayukta Act came into force on:
a) 15th November 1998 (b) 15th November 1999
(c) 12th October 1993 (d) 11th December 1998
Ans: a
23. Who nominates one member from Anglo-Indian community to Legislative Assembly?
(a) Prime Minister (b) President (c) Governor (d) Speaker
Ans: c
24. The time duration took to frame the constitution of India:
(a) 1 year, 2 months and 2 days (b) 2 years, 6 months and 10 days
(c) 2 years, 11 months and 17 days (d) 2 years, 4 months and 3 days
Ans: c
25. Who has the power to speak and take part in the proceedings of the Parliament but no right to vote?
(a) Finance Secretary (b) CAG (c) Attorney General (d) CJI
Ans: c
26. Total number of members in the Estimate committee:
(a) 30 (b) 22 (c) 15 (d) 24
Ans: a
27. Sixty fifth Amendment of Indian Constitution (1990) deals with:
(a) Delhi as the national capital
(b) National Commission for SCs and STs.
(c) Retirement age of High court judge
(d) Deleted the Right to property from fundamental right.
Ans: b
28. Which schedule in Indian constitution deals with the administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes?
(a) Schedule 5 (b) Schedule 6 (c) Schedule 4 (d) Schedule 7
Ans: a
29. In India, 'equal pay for equal work' co under:
(a) Fundamental Duties (b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) Right to Constitutional Remedies (d) Fundamental Rights
Ans: b
30. The Parliament is constituted under which article of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Article 80 (b) Article 79 (c) Article 81 (d) Article 78
Ans: b
31. The smallest island in Lakshadweep:
(a) Androth (b) Bitra (c) Minicoi (d) Wellington
Ans: b
32. Simon Commission was formed in:
(a) 1927 (b) 1930 (c) 1929 (d) 1931
Ans: a
33. Subsidary alliance was introduced by:
(a) Lord Wellesly (b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Mayo (d) Robert Clive
Ans: a
34. Who is popularly known as the uncrowned king of India?
(a) Lala Lajpath Rai (b) Bala Gangadhara Tilak
(c) Gopalakrishna Gokhale (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: b
35. The 19th National Youth festival (2015) was held in?
(a) Kerala (b) Assam (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Gujarat
Ans: b
36. The Headquarters of Ramakrishna Mission is at?
(a) Belur (b) Meerut (c) Chennai (d) Hyderabad
Ans: a
37. The third research centre of India in Antarctica:
(a) Dakshin Gangotri (b) Maitri (c) Bharti (d) Himadri
Ans: c
38. Which of the following state formed on 1st December 1963?
(a) Tripura (b) Manipur (c) Haryana (d) Nagaland
Ans: d
39. Pakhui Tiger Reserve is situated in:
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: c
40. Dr. C. Rangarajan committee was appointed to determine the yardstick for:
(a) Poverty line (b) Petroleum prices
(c) Centre-state relations (d) Creamy layer
Ans: a
41. The host city of G20 Summit 2016:
(a) Antalya (b) Hangzhou (c) Brisbane (d) Beijing
Ans: b
42. First state in India to achieve 100% sanitation coverage:
(a) Sikkim (b) Punjab (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
Ans: a
43. Current Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation:
(a) S. Radhakrishnan (b) K. Radhakrishnan
(c) A.S. Kiran Kumar (d) G. Madhavan Nair
Ans: c
44. "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is the novel written by:
(a) Lydia Davis (b) Richard Flanagan
(c) Harper Lee (d) Tarun Vijay
Ans: b
45. Director of the documentary film ‘India's Daughter' about Delhi gang rape case:
(a) Amol Palekar (b) Kabir Khan
(c) Leslee Udwin (d) Wes Anderson
Ans: c
46. India's first television channel dedicated to farmers:
(a) DD Kiran (b) DD Gyan (c) Farmers TV (d) Gyanvani
Ans: a
47. First male member of National Commission for Women:
(a) Ashok Kumar (b) Alok Rawat
(c) Aakash Kapoor (d) Sreejith Mukheijee
Ans: b
48. The winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2015:
(a) Svetlana Alexievich (b) Angus Deaton
(c) Patrick Modiano (d) Alice Munro
Ans: a
49. The recipient of J.C. Daniel Award 2014:
(a) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (b) I.V. Sasi
(c) J. Sasikumar (d) Navodaya Appachan
Ans: b
50. The first space telescope of India:
(a) Geosat (b) Astrosat (c) LAPAN (d) Cartosat
Ans: b
51. Which among the following is true regarding Indira Awaas Yojana (lAY)?
(i) It was started in 1985
(ii) It is a flagship programme for rural housing
(iii) Fund for UT's are shared in a ratio of 90:10 by central and state governments respectively.
(iv) Presently it is a sub-plan under Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
(a) i and ii (b) i and iv (c) i, ii, and iii (d) all the above
Ans: a
52. First scheme meant exclusively for Slum dwellers in India.
(a) RAY (b) VAMBAY (c) SAGY (d) JRY
Ans: b
53. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was an employment programme which guarantees employment to at least one persons in a:
(a) Rural family (b) SC/ST family
(c) Rural family below the poverty line (d) Below poverty line family
Ans: c
54. No. of members in a Kudumbasree Unit is limited to:
(a) 10-20 Members (b) 20-30 Members
(c) 5-10 Members (d) None of these
Ans: a
55. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban poors is under the control of:
(a) Union Ministry of Housing & urban poverty alleviation
(b) Ministry of Social Welfare
(c)Ministry of Human Resource development
(d) Ministry of labour
Ans: a
56. Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was launched on:
(a) 2nd October 1975 (b) 2nd October 1973
(c) 2nd October 1979 (d) 2nd October 1976
Ans: a
57. The fee for the application form for Balika Samridhi Yojana:
(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) No fee (d) 10
Ans: c
58. ICDS service are delivered through which authority?
(a) Municipality (b) Health department
(c) Panchayat (d) Anganwadi centers
Ans: d
59. NFFWP was introduced on:
(a) 14th November 2005 (b) 2nd October 2004
(c) 14th November 2004 (d) 2nd October 2005
Ans: c
60. Which organisation was instrumental in the passage of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2005?
(a) Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (b) Chipko Movement
(c) All India Kisan Sabha (d) None of the above
Ans: a
61. Posting untruthful remarks about a colleague on a social networking site such as Facebook or Orkut is an example of:
(a) Web hosting (b) Spamming
(c) Spoofing (d) Cyber defamation
Ans: d
62. Cache memory acts between:
(a) ROM and RAM (b) CPU and Hard Disk
(c) CPU and RAM (d) All of the above
Ans: c
63. URL stands for:
(a) Universal Research List (b) Universal Resource List
(c) Uniform Resource Locator (d) Uniform Research Locator
Ans: c
64. Which of the following memory has the shortest access time:
(a) Virtual memory (b) Cache memory
(c) External memory (d) Register
Ans: d
65. _____ is an example of Object Oriented Programming language.
(a) C+F (b) Java (c) Python (d) All of the above
Ans: d
66. C programming was developed by:
(a) Ken Thompson (b) Dennis Ritchie
(c) John Napier (d) Paul Allen
Ans: b
67. (37)10 = (X)2
(a) X = 100101 (b) X=101001 (c) X=101101 (d) X=100110
Ans: a
68. Which of the following authorities can order blocking of websites?
(a) Ministry of Information Technology (b) CERT-IN
(c) Department of Telecommunication (d) Ministry of Defense
Ans: b
69. Name a language used to describe and format plain text files on the web:
(a) HTML (b) C (c) JAVA (d) Fortran
Ans: a
70. A device for encoding computer generated data in a form suitable for transmission through domestic telephone network and for decoding data received by a computer system through a telephone network:
(a) router (b) modem (c) hub (d) monitor
Ans: b
71. If I had been lucky t would have earned more money, _____?
(a) hadn't I (b) didn't I (c) wouldn't I (d) haven't I
Ans: c
72. That is an Ox. Those are _____.
(a) Ox (b) Oxen (c) Oxes (d) Oxs
Ans: b
73. "Would you mind passing the salt?", I said to him [Change into indirect]
(a) I asked to him if he would mind passing the salt
(b) I ordered him if he will mind passing the salt
(c) I asked him if he will passing the salt
(d) I asked him if he would mind passing the salt
Ans: b
74. Ram has strong resemblance _____ his mother.
(a) in (b) to (c) of (d) about
Ans: a
75. The synonym for 'hate' is _____.
(a) abhor (b) bequeath (c) benumb (d) bestow
Ans: a
76. The passive form of 'who was questioning you?' is:
(a) Who was questioned by you?
(b) By whom were you being questioned?
(c) By whom were you questioned?
(d) By whom were you questioned?
Ans: d
77. Plenty of water _____ wasted now.
(a) is (b) are (c) was (d) were
Ans: b
78. Fill in the blanks with suitable tense forms of the verbs.
The Managing Director is away on tour. He_____ to London.
(a) went (b) has been (c) has gone (d) is gone
Ans: c
79. Spot the error I will be happy
I will be happy (a) / if they will declare (b)/
the results today (c) / No error (d) /
Ans: b
80. Complete the saying. 'Well begun is' _____.
(a) full Completed (b) just started
(c) not started (d) half done
Ans: d
