(a) Thenmala (b) Mattupetti
(c) Marayur (d) Neyyar
(c) Marayur (d) Neyyar
Ans: a
2. Which ruler is known as 'Kerala Simham'?
(a) Pazhassiraja (b) Sakthan Thampuran
(c) Marthandavarma (d) Swathi Thirunal
Ans: a
3. Moyinkutty Vaidyar memorial is at:
(a) Kondotty (b) Vellayoor (c) Manjeri (d) Tanur Dharmadam
Ans: a
4. Dharmadam Island is in the river ?
(a) Ancharakandy (b) Kabani (c) Bhavani (d) Periyar
Ans: a
5. Who is known as 'The father of political movement in modem Travancore'?
(a) C. Kesavan (b) Barrister GP Pillai
(c) T.K. Narayana Pillai (d) Panamballi Govinda Menon
Ans: b
6. Pandit Karuppan organised Sanmarga Pradeepa sabha at:
(a) Thevara (b) Paravur (c) Cochi (d) Kumbalam
Ans: d
7. The famous work 'Benjamin Franklin' is written by:
(a) Ayyankali (b) Vakkom Abdulkhada Maulavi
(c) Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai (d) Pandit Karuppan
Ans: c
8. District with lowest population growth rate:
(a) Ernakulam (b) Kasargod (c) Pathanamthitta (d) Alappuzha
Ans: c
9. Kerala Legislative Assembly Complex was inaugurated by:
(a) V.V. Giri (b) Sankar Dayal Sharma
(c) Gyani Zailsingh (d) K.R. Narayanan
Ans: d
10. The only district of Kerala where people speak Tulu language?
(a) Kasargod (b) Kannur
(c) Wayanad (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: a
11. The gas used in fire extinguisher:
(a) Carbon monoxide (b) Carbon dioxide
(c) Sulphur dioxide (d) Chlorine
Ans: b
12. D.D.T. contains the halogen.
(a) Flourine (b) Chlorine (c) Bromine (d) Iodine
Ans: b
13. Oxidation of fats and carbohydrates within a cell would be an example of:
(a) Anabolism (b) Catabolism
(c) Biosynthesis (d) None of the above
Ans: b
14. The practice of keeping more than one crop in a field is called?
(a) Rotation of Crop (b) Single farming
(c) Mixed Cropping (d) Shifting Cultivation
Ans: c
15. Parotid gland is located below the:
(a) Pancreas (b) Ear (c) Tongue (d) Cheek
Ans: b
16. Father of Electricity:
(a) Michael Faraday (b) J.J. Thompson (c) Edison (d) Ampere
Ans: a
17. A plant which completes its life cycle, in a single growing season is known as:
(a) Perennial (b) Cyclic (c) Annual (d) Circadian
Ans: c
18. A gas that smells like rotten eggs?
(a) Hydrogen peroxide (b) Sulphur dioxide
(c) Hydrogen sulphide (d) Nitrous oxide
Ans: c
19. Shape of crystals of silicon:
(a) Cubic (b) Hexagonal (c) Pyramidal (d) Needle shape
Ans: a
20. Widal Test is related to:
(a) Diphtheria (b) AIDS (c) Typhoid (d) Syphilis
Ans: c
21. Which among the following Articles of constitution of India deals with the duties and powers of the CAG?
(a) 324 (b) 148 (c) 149 (d) 124
Ans: c
22. The first finance commission was constituted in:
(a) 1950 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1948
Ans: b
23. According to the 91st Amendment Act, the size of the council of ministers shall not exceed ______ in the house of people
(a) 15% (b) 12% (c) 18% (d) 21%
Ans: a
24. The ex-officio chairman of the Business Advisory Committee:
(a) Speaker (b) Prime Minister
(c) President (d) Vice-President
Ans: a
25. Local Self Govt. Ombudsman is appointed by:
(a) The President (b) Governor
(c) Legislature (d) Chief Minister
Ans: b
26. According to the Preamble to the Constitution, India is a:
(a) Sovereign- Democratic- Socialist -Secular - Republic
(b) Socialist-Sovereign - Secular - Democratic - Republic
(c) Sovereign - Secular - Socialist -Democratic - Republic
(d) Sovereign - Socialist - Secular -Democratic - Republic
Ans: d
27. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution came into force in:
(a) 1992 (b) 1993 (c) 1994 (d) 1995
Ans: b
28. What are the objectives of the Right to Information Act 2005?
(a) Transparency in administration
(b) Accountability in administration
(c) Openness of administration
(d) All of the above
Ans: d
29. Domestic Violence Act was passed in the year:
(a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007 (d) 2010
Ans: b
30. Who decides the question of disqualification of a member of the House under "Anti defection law"?
(a) President (b) Presiding Officer
(c) Supreme Court (d) Attorney General
Ans: b
31. The first round table conference was presided over by:
(a) Lord Palmirston (b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Ramsay Macdonald (d) Lord Irwin
Ans: c
32. National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) is in?
(a) Dehradun (b) Bangaluru (c) Hyderabad (d) Kolkata
Ans: c
33. Khetri copper mine is in the state of:
(a) Uttarpradesh (b) Jharkhand (c) Rajasthan (d) Chattisgarh
Ans: c
34. Who wrote the book 'Odyssey of My Life'?
(a) Shivraj Patil (b) Jameel Ahamed
(c) Nazaruddin Sha (d) Dev Dutta Patnaik
Ans: a
35. Which of the following state have longest coast line?
(a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Andra Pradesh
Ans: c
36. Who called Tilak, 'The father of Unrest'?
(a) Sir Valentine Chirol (b) Michael ‘O’ Dyer
(c) Bejamin Disraeli (d) John Lawrence
Ans: a
37. The state with largest mineral deposit.
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Rajasthan (c) Uttarakhand (d) Jharkhand
Ans: d
38. Name the Viceroy of India when the Co-operative Credit Society Act was passed?
(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord William Bentick
(c) Lord Ripon (d) Hastings
Ans: a
39. Which is the smallest states in India?
(a) Kerala (b) Goa (c) Haryana (d) Sikkim
Ans: b
40. Munda is the tribal people of:
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland (c) Mizoram (d) Jharkhand
Ans: d
41. The winner of French open 2015 in men's category:
(a) Novak Djokovic (b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Stan Wawrinka (d) Roger Federer
Ans: c
42. The host country of G 7 summit 2015:
(a) Brussels (b) Germany (c) Japan (d) Russia
Ans: b
43. The recipient of Saraswati Samman 2014:
(a) Veerappa molly (b) Sugatha Kumari
(c) Padma Sachdev (d) Govind Mishra
Ans: a
44. The director of the 2015 Oscar winning movie, 'Birdman'?
(a) Richard Linklater (b) Morten Tyldum
(c) Alejandro Inarritu (d) Bennett Miller
Ans: c
45. The rank of India in the International Corruption Perception index 2015?
(a) 117 (b) 76 (c) 156 (d) 85
Ans: b
46. The chief guest of the 66th Republic Day parade of India:
(a) Francoise Hollande (b) Angela Merkel
(c) David Cameroon (d) Barack Obama
Ans: d
47. The Current Chief Election Commissioner of India:
(a) Harishankar Brahma (b) Nasim zaidi
(c) S.Y. Quraishi (d) V.S. Sampath
Ans: b
48. The headquarters of A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Bengaluru (c) Chennai (d) Calicut
Ans: a
49. First Indian woman to attain World No. 1 ranking in Badminton:
(a) Deepika Pallikal (b) P V Sindhu
(c) Saina Nehwal (d) Jwala Gutta
Ans: c
50. Indian Navy's latest base in Gujarat which has been commissioned recently:
(a) INS Dwaraka (b) INS Sardar Patel
(c) INS Madhura (d) INS Vajrakosh
Ans: b
51. The sponsorship ratio of Central Government as per IAY?
(a) 35% (b) 45% (c) 75% (d) 65%
Ans: c
52. Sampooma Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched on:
(a) 25th Sep. 2000 (b) 25th Sep. 2001
(c) 26th October 2001 (d) 25th Nov. 2001
Ans: b
53. 'Changing Community's attitude towards the girl child' is the main aim of:
(a) AAY (b) PMGSY (c) MSY (d) BSY
Ans: d
54. Kudumbasree started its functioning on:
(a) 2000 April 1 (b) 1999 April 1 (c) 1997 April 1 (d) 1998 April 1
Ans: b
55. The monitoring and guidance for the Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana at state /UT level is undertaken by the state / UT PMRY committee under the chairmanship of:
(a) The minister of urban affairs and welfare of minorities
(b) Minister of labour
(c) Chief Secretary
(d) Minister of Youth affairs
Ans: c
56. Indira Awaas Yojana was a sub-scheme of which scheme:
(a) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(b) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
(c) Samagra Awaas Yojana
(d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana
Ans: a
57. First time Antyodaya Anna Yojana Scheme was expanded in:
(a) 2003 – 2004 (b) 2008-2009 (c) 2005 – 2006 (d) 2007-2008
Ans: a
58. Empowering the rural women through building thrift habit, self reliance and confidence is the main aim of which among the following scheme:
(a) Kudumbasree
(b) Mahila Samridhi Yojana
(c) Janani Suraksha Yojana
(d) The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
Ans: b
59. Which scheme aims at the integrated development of villages, where a majority of population belongs to scheduled castes?
(a) Bharat Nirman
(b) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
(d) Indira Awass Yojana
Ans: c
60. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme launched on:
(a) 2nd February 2006 (b) 15th September 2005
(c) 2nd October 2009 (d) 10th November 2007
Ans: a
61. DNS stands for:
(a) Domain Name Source (b) Domain Network Source
(c) Domain Network System (d) Domain Name System
Ans: d
62. The hardware device which is designed to receive, analyze, convert the packet data, with two or more network.
(a) Router (b) Repeater (c) Bridge (d) Switch
Ans: a
63. The smallest individually addressable unit of information stored on a hard disk is:
(a) Track (b) Sector (c) Cylinder (d) Field
Ans: b
64. The programming language 'JAVA' was developed by:
(a) James Gosling (b) Ken Thomson
(c) Gaido Van Rossam (d) John Backus
Ans: a
65. Which of the following unit is also referred as 'Nerve centre'?
(a) Control Unit (b) Memory Unit
(c) I/O Unit (d) Power Unit
Ans: a
66. I.T. Act (Amendment) 2008 contains:
(a) 124 sections 14 chapters (b) 13 sections 94 chapters
(c) 14 sections 124 chapters (d) 94 sections 13 chapters
Ans: a
67. The permanent instructions which are programmed directly into the Read Only Memory (ROM).
(a) Firmware (b) Shareware (c) Freeware (d) Liveware
Ans: a
68. If a process fails, an operating system writes the error information to a _____.
(a) memory (b) registry file (c) log file (d) cache
Ans: c
69. The web browser Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Firefox uses _____ protocol for web access:
(a) HTTP (b) HTML (c) Email (d) All of the above
Ans: a
70. Which device converts a scanned image into word processing format for editing?
(a) OCR (b) Scanner (d) Printer (d) Track ball
Ans: a
71. Select the antonym of the word 'critical'?
(a) uncertain (b) unimportant (c) uneasy (d) significant
Ans: b
72. It was two years _____that I first met Gopal.
(a) since (b) for (c) ago (d) before
Ans: c
73. India and Pakistan were _____ War.
(a) in (b) on (c) the (d) at
Ans: d
74. You and I can do it, _____?
(a) dont' you (b) can't you (c) can't we (d) didn't we
Ans: c
75. Everyone looked up to him (Change into passive voice):
(a) He was looked up to by everyone
(b) He is looked up to by everyone
(c) He is being looked up to by everyone
(d) He was being looked up to by everyone
Ans: a
76. She said to Ahmed, "I'll be late". Change to indirect speech:
(a) She said to Ahmed that I'll be late
(b) She told Ahmed that she will be late
(c) She told Ahmed that she'd be late
(d) She told Ahmed that she could be late.
Ans: c
77. The climate of Kashmir is _____ Chennai.
(a) best than that of (b) as better as
(c) better than that of (d) better than
Ans: c
78. The idiom that means 'face the problem' is:
(a) queer fish (b) once in a blue moon
(c) take the bull by the horns (d) rule of thumb
Ans: c
79. If he had applied for the post _____.
(a) he get it (b) he will get it
(c) he will have got it (d) he would have got it
Ans: d
80. "Perjury" means:
(a) in bad temper (b) false oath (c) genuine (d) resign
Ans: b
