(a) Palakkad gap (b) Aryankavu pass
(c) Perambadi gap (d) Kamban pass
Ans: b
2. Where is the headquarters of Coir Board?
(a) Kasaragod (b) Trivandrum
(c) Alappuzha (d) None of these
(c) Alappuzha (d) None of these
Ans: c
3. Channar rebellion held in:
(a) 1859 (b) 1857 (c) 1858 (d) 1856
Ans: a
4. Aruvippuram Kshetra yogam was founded in:
(a) 1888 (b) 1898 (b) 1887 (c) 1897
Ans: b
5. Puralimala is located in:
(a) Kannur (b) Idukki (c) Wayanad (c) Palakkad
Ans: a
6. The river which was known as Dakshina Bhageerathi:
(a) Periyar (b) Pamba (c) Bharathapuzha (d) Chaliyar
Ans: b
7. Indo-Swiss project named 'Cattle and fodder development' project is at?
(a) Karikkode (b) Mattupetty (c) Devikulam (d) Edappally
Ans: b
8. Who called Ayyankali as the 'Great son of India'.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Lal Bahadur Sastri
Ans: b
9. ‘Samatva Samajam' was founded by:
(a) Vaikunda Swamikal (b) Vagbhatananda
(c) Chattampi Swamikal (d) V.T. Bhattathiripadu
Ans: a
10. The author of ‘Adi Bhasha’?
(a) Sivayogi (b) Chattampi Swami (c) Ayyankali (d) Karuppan
Ans: b
11. Ptyalin is an enzyme produced in the:
(a) Salivary glands (b) Pituitary glands
(c) Thyroid glands (d) Pancreas
Ans: a
12. Rorschach Inkblot Test is used to aces:
(a) H1N1 (b) AIDS (c) Personality (d) Blood Cancer
Ans: c
13. Surplus RBC, needed to meet an emergency, are mainly stored in which organ of the human body.
(a) Pancreas (b) Spleen (c) Liver (d) Kidney
Ans: b
14. The material used for making solar cell is:
(a) Silver (b) Germanium (c) Antimony (d) Silicon
Ans: d
15. The most ductile metal:
(a) Copper (b) Silver (c) Gallium (d) Gold
Ans: d
16. Which is most elastic substance?
(a) Glass (b) Silver (c) Rubber (d) Steel
Ans: d
17. Which one among the following is a molecular scissor?
(a) Ligas (b) Restriction endonuclease
(c) Super bugs (d) Endrophyl
Ans: b
18. Bile has what function in digestion:
(a) Emulsify lipids (b) Digest protein
(c) Gluconeogenesis (d) Digest Carbohydrate
Ans: a
19. 'Protoplasm is, the physical basis of life' was stated by:
(a) Robert Brown (b) T.H. Huxley
(c) Robert Hook (d) Lamarck
Ans: b
20. The cells used in mobile phone are:
(a) Dry cells (b) Mercury cells
(c) Nickel - Cadmium cells (d) Lithium ion cells
Ans: d
21. While making the constitution of India, the idea of residual powers was borrowed from?
(a) America (b) UK (c) Canada (d) Ireland
Ans: c
22. When was the Council of states named as Rajya Sabha in Hindi?
(a) 3rd April 1952 (b) 26th January 1950
(c) 15th August 1950 (d) 23rd August 1954
Ans: d
23. The Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission are removed by the:
(a) President (b) Chairman of UPSC
(c) Governor (d) Supreme Court
Ans: a
24. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed on:
(a) 25th November (b) 8th March
(c) 31st January (d) 25th September
Ans: a
25. Which of the following is not correct for Money Bill?
(a) It can be introduced only in the Loka Sabha
(b)It can be introduced only on the recommendation of the President
(c) It can be detained by the Rajya Sabha for a maximum period of six months
(d) It can be introduced only by a minister
Ans: c
26. Article 54 of the Indian Constitution deals with:
(a) Here shall be a president of India (b) Term of Office
(c) Election of President (d) Qualification for Election as President
Ans: c
27. Which of the following comes under Second Generation rights?
(a) Civil and Political Rights
(b) Collective and Developmental Rights
(c) Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(d) Cultural and Educational Rights
Ans: c
28. Article 123 refers to:
(a) Power of president to promulgate ordinances (b) Money Bill
(c) Uniform Civil Code (d) All India Services
Ans: a
29. Who can dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
(a) President (b) Vice-President (c) Lok Sabha (d) Nobody
Ans: d
30. The National Commission for Women Act was enacted in the year:
(a) 1989 (b) 1990 (c) 1991 (d) 1992
Ans: b
31. The National Security Guards is popularly known as:
(a) Black cats (b) White cats (c) Red cats (d) Black lions
Ans: a
32. ‘Manikarnika' was the real name of:
(a) Annie Basent (b) Rani Gaidinlieu
(c) Rani Lekshmi Bai (d) Madam Bikaji Kama
Ans: c
33. Who is known as the father of Indian Civil Service?
(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Mayo (d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ans: a
34. Lands downe is a hill station in:
(a) Nainital (b) Mussorie (c) Uttarakhand (d) None of these
Ans: c
35. Which river was considered as sacred by Vedic Aryans?
(a) Sindhu (b) Ganga (c) Saraswathi (d) Brahmaputra
Ans: c
36. The marshy and forested land in northern part of Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Khadar (b) Bangar (c) Terai (d) Siwaliks
Ans: c
37. The Radical Democratic Party was founded in 1940 by:
(a) N.D. Mazumdar (b) S.C. Bose
(c) B.R. Ambedkar (d) M.N. Roy
Ans: d
38. Union Territory with highest sex ratio is?
(a) New Delhi (b) Daman and Diu
(c) Puducherry (d) Lakshadweep
Ans: c
39. Andaman and Nicobar is separated by:
(a) Nine Degree Channel (b) Dunken Passage
(c) Ten Degree channel (d) 0" channel
Ans: c
40. Who says that "INC playing with bubble"?
(a) Bibin Chandra Pal (b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Bal Gangadhara Tilak (d) Badaruddin Tyabji
Ans: a
41. The film which has bagged 45th Kerala state film Award for the best film category:
(a) Oral pokkam (b) My life Partner
(c) Ottal (d) Bangalore Days
Ans: c
42. The winner of Miss Universe 2015:
(a) Paulina Vega (b) Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
(c) Rolene Strauss (d) Jamie Harrell
Ans: b
43. 'Playing to win' is the autobiography of:
(a) Sania Mirza (b) Sachin Tendukar
(c) Saina Nehwal (d) Kapil Dev
Ans: c
44. The venue of Indian Science Congress 2015:
(a) Mysuru (b) Mumbai (c) Alappuzha (d) New Delhi
Ans: b
45. The Goodwill ambassador of Kerala's Athulyam Literacy Mission"?
(a) Mammootty (b) Mohanlal (c) Dileep (d) Manju Warrier
Ans: c
46. The largest indigenously built warship of India which has commissioned recently:
(a) INS Virat (b) INS Vikranth
(c) INS Trishul (d) INS Kochi
Ans: d
47. The current Chief Justice of India:
(a) H.L. Dattu (b) T.S. Thakur (c) R.K. Mathur (d) Cyriac Joseph
Ans: b
48. India's heaviest rocket ever built by ISRO:
(a) PSLV C-32 (b) GSLV Mark III
(c) GSAT 16 (d) PSLV C – 30
Ans: b
49. Which of the following person has bagged Nobel prize for Economics in 2015?
(a) Patrick Modiano (b) Angus Demon
(c) Paul Modrich (d) Takaaki Kajita
Ans: b
50. Mahaparinirvan Diwas is observed in India to commemorate the death anniversary of:
(a) Shyam prasad Mukherji (b) Kanshi Ram
(c) B.R. Ambedkar (d) Sardar Patel
Ans: c
51. Under PMAGY connectivity to good quality all weather roads is provided to habitations of?
(a) More than 500 persons in rural areas
(b) more than 1000 persons in rural areas
(c) more than 750 persons in rural areas
(d) all the above
Ans: a
52. The sponsorship ratio of central government and state government as per Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana?
(a) 80: 20 (b) 75:25
(c) 50:50 (d) 100% centrally sponsored scheme
Ans: d
53. Which among the following were given 27% reservation under PMRY?
(a) OBC (b) SC/ST (c) Muslims (d) Handicaps
Ans: a
54. Which of the following is an non -government organisation?
(a) PMAGY (b) NRDP (c) NFFWP (d) Bharat Nirman
Ans: b
55. The limit of micro credit to a beneficiary under the Mahila Samridhi Yojana scheme is:
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 50,000 (c) Rs. 25,000 (d) Rs. 12,500
Ans: c
56. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched by:
(a) Smt Indira Gandhi (b) Shri Rajiv Gandhi
(c) Shri Narasimha Rao (d) Dr. Manmohan Singh
Ans: b
57. Under Mahila Samridhi Yojana any adult rural women can open the MSY account in the post office with a minimum deposit of:
(a) Rs. 10 (b) Rs.40 (c) Rs. 4 (d) Rs.5
Ans: c
58. Immunization, supplementary nutrition, health checkup, pre-school non-formal education are the main services sponsored under which scheme:
(a) Balika Samridhi Yojana
(b) Mahila Samridhi Yojana
(c) National food for work programme
(d) Integrated child development scheme
Ans: d
59. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year:
(a) 2005 (b) 2004 (c) 2003 (d) 2006
Ans: a
60. The Subsidy rate for VAMBAY scheme by Central Government:
(a) 60% (b) 45% (c) 50% (d) 65%
Ans: c
61. Which is valid?
(a) 1GB = 1024 Bytes (b) 1 MB = 1024 Bytes
(c) 1 KB = 1024 Bytes (d) 1 TB = 1024 Bytes
Ans: c
62. _____ refers to sending email to thousands and thousands of users similar to a chain letter.
(a) E-mail spamming (b) E-mail bombing
(c) Trojan attack (d) None of these
Ans: a
63. Each model of a computer has a unique:
(a) Assembly language (b) Machine language
(c) High level language (d) All of the above
Ans: b
64. Which of the following is considered as the first network ever built?
(a) ASAPNET (b) INFLIBNET (c) ARPANET (d) NSFNET
Ans: c
65. Which one is the first fully supported 64-bit operating system?
(a) Windows Vista (b) Windows 7 (c) Linux (d) Mac OS
Ans: c
66. The process of visiting a number of websites in rapid succession is known by:
(a) Surfing (b) Downloading (c) Rating (d) None
Ans: a
67. The activity of creating sectors and tracks on hard disk is called
(a) Tracking (b) Plattening
(c) Formatting (d) Sectoring
Ans: c
68. Section 66 C of the IT Act deals with:
(a) Tampering with computer system Document
(b)Cheating by personation by using computer
(c) Identity theft
(d) Receiving stolen computer or communication device
Ans: c
69. The software that perform standard computer operations such as sorting, deleting, copying files etc.
(a) System software (b) Application software
(c) Utility software (d) Embedded software
Ans: c
70. Binary equivalent of the decimal number 15 is:
(a) 1111 (b) 1101 (c) 1001 (d) 1010
Ans: a
71. Deepa is _____ of my two daughters.
(a) elder (b) older (c) the elder (d) the older
Ans: c
72. A pair of shoes _____ found near the scene of the murder yesterday.
(a) was (b) were (c) are (d) is
Ans: a
73. The train was coming. The supervisor _____ the workers to stop working on rail.
(a) called off (b) called in (c) called away (d) called out
Ans: d
74. The first person to congratulate me _____ my success was my teacher.
(a) in (b) on (c) for (d) about
Ans: b
75. Antonym of "Barbarian" is:
(a) civilized (b) defend (c) foul (d) uncultured
Ans: a
76. Don't call him (Change into passive)
(a) Let not he be called (b) Let he not be called
(c) Let not him be called (d) Let him not be called
Ans: c
77. .The lady said, "I saw the culprit". Change into reported speech.
(a) The lady said that she had saw the culprit.
(b) The lady said that she had seen the culprit.
(c) The lady said that she saw the culprit.
(d) None of these
Ans: b
78. Choose the phrase nearest in meaning to the underlined idiom:
Her sari costs the earth.
(a) is very costly (b) is cheap (c) is soiled (d) is ecofriendly
Ans: a
79. He would get the job if he _____.
(a) had tried (b) tried (c) will try (d) would try
Ans: b
80. Choose the correct article: This test lasts for _____ hour.
(a) a (b) the (c) an (d) any
Ans: c
