1. Indian state with the largest area under forest:
(a) Assam (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
Ans: b
2. Largest Zoo in India is at:
(a) Assam (b) Rajasthan
(c) Calcutta (d) Karnataka
Ans: c
3. "Point Calimere" is a wild life and bird sanctuary situated in which Southern State of India?
(a) Pondicherry (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala
Ans: b
4. Which ocean is nicknamed as "Herring Pond"?
(a) Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Artic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean
Ans: d
5. Dr. Gurudev S. Kush is a famous:
(a) Agriculture Scientist (b) Environmental Scientist
(c) Computer Scientist (d) Economist
Ans: b
6. Kandal Forest is in:
(a) Uttaranchal (b) Karnataka
(c) West Bengal (d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: c
7. Mumbai's famous city forest is now a National Park. Which is that?
(a) Birla National Park (b) Sanjay Gandhi National park
(c) Rajiv Gandhi National Park (d) Tata National Park
Ans: b
8. Fear of wild animal is a phobia called:
(a) Agoraphobia (b) Acrophobia
(c) Agrizoophobia (d) Ailurophobia
Ans: c
9. World Animal Welfare Day is on:
(a) October 3 (b) October 12 (c) October 6 (d) October 4
Ans: d
10. The Indian Co-founder of sun Microsystems:
(a) Vinod Dham (b) Vinod Khosla
(c) Rajiv Gupta (d) Sanjay Tejwrika
Ans: b
11. The "Atlas" bone in the human body is located in:
(a) Neck (b) Head (c) Chest (d) Thigh
Ans: a
12. The organ attacked by the disease AIDS:
(a) Heart (b) Stomach (c) Lungs (d) Immune system
Ans: d
13. Which of the following help human body to fight against infection?
(a) Hormones (b) Enzymes
(c) White blood cells (d) Red blood cells
Ans: c
14. The Blue colour of the sky is due to:
(a) Refraction of light (b) Polarisation of light
(c) Reflection of light (d) Scattering of light
Ans: d
15. The instrument used to record the growth of plants:
(a) GM. Counter (b) Cresco graph
(c) Pyknometer (d) Gyroscope
Ans: b
16. Water pipes burst in severe winter at hill stations because:
(a) They contract on cooling
(b) Water in the pipe expands on freezing
(c) Water in the pipes contract (d) Pipes expand on cooling
Ans: b
17. The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruits is:
(a) Acetylene (b) Methane (c) Carbon dioxide (d) Hydrogen
Ans: a
18. The source of electric energy in an artificial satellite:
(a) A dynamo (b) A mini nuclear reactor
(c) A thermopile (d) Solar cells
Ans: d
19. Dry Thorn forest is found in areas with:
(a) More than 100 cm. of rainfall (b) Less than 100 cm. of rainfall
(c) No rainfall (d) Ice fall
Ans: b
20. Solar energy is received by the earth through:
(a) Radiation (b) Conduction (c) Convection (d) Refraction
Ans: a
21. The tricolored flag of India was adopted as the National Emblem at
(a) Lahore session of AICC (b) Karachi session of AICC
(c) Bezwada session of AICC (d) Poona session of AICC
Ans: c
22. Gir Forest in India is in:
(a) Gujarat (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Karnataka
Ans: a
23. World environment day is on:
(a) March 8 (b) May 8 (c) June 5 (d) April 7
Ans: c
24. The institution which gives maximum number of employment facilities in the world is:
(a) Reserve Bank of India (b) Indian Railway
(c) Indian Postal Department (d) Food Corporation of India
Ans: b
25. The lady known as the "Grand Old Lady of Indian Nationalism" is
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Captain Lekshmi
(c) Annie Besant (d) Rani Lakshmi Bai
Ans: a
26. The last Indian state Jharkhand came into being in the year
(a) 2001 (b) 1999 (c) 2002 (d) 2000
Ans: d
27. The metropolitan city of India, nearest to the equator is:
(a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Calcutta
Ans: c
28. The Konkan railway has been constructed between:
(a) Mangalore and Mumbai (b) Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Mangalore and Chennai (d) Goa and Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: a
29. Rupee was first minted in India, during the reign of:
(a) Asoka, the Great (b) Sher Shah Suri (c) Akbar (d) Shah Jahan
Ans: b
30. Panchasheel Agreement was signed between:
(a) China and Russia (b) China and Pakistan
(c) India and Pakistan (d) India and China
Ans: d
31. The first Governor General of Independent India is
(a) Lord Louis Mountbatten (b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Babu Rajendraprasad (d) Subash Chandra Bose
Ans: a
32. Indian military operation in Kargil in 1999 was named:
(a) Operation Red Rose (b) Operation Vijay
(c) Operation Poorna Vijay (d) Operation Shakthi
Ans: b
33. The first Indian state formed on the basis of language:
(a) Orissa (b) Tamilnadu (c) Kerala (d) Andhrapradesh
Ans: d
34. The woman first to be featured an Indian stamp:
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Mirabai (d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans: c
35. The first Indian to be elected as the honorary member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, St. Petersburg:
(a) Dr. D. S. Kothari (b) Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi
(c) Dr. Homi J. Bhaba (d) Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar
Ans: d
36. The national flag code of India has taken effect from:
(a) August 15, 2001 (b) January 26, 2002
(c) August 15, 2000 (d) January 6, 2001
Ans: b
37. The first Indian newspaper to secure foreign investment in print media:
(a) Business Standard (b) Hindustan times
(c) Financial Express (d) The statesman
Ans: d
38. Which is known as the "Heart and Soul" of the Indian Constitution?
(a) Right to freedom (b) Right to expression
(c) Right to constitutional remedy (d) Right to equality
Ans: c
39. The person who gave the call "Dilli Chalo":
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Jaya Prakash Narayan (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: d
40. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is:
(a) President of India (b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Vice President of India (d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: c
41. The district of Kerala which has no coast line:
(a) Kollam (b) Kannur (c) Thrissur (d) Kottayam
Ans: d
42. Wagamon hill station is situated in:
(a) Idukki (b) Pathanamthitta (c) Kottayam (d) Thrissur
Ans: a
43. The area of Kerala is:
(a) 38,863 sq. km (b) 39,638 sq.km
(c) 41,200 sq.km (d) 42,100 sq.km
Ans: a
44 The place in which black soil is found in Kerala:
(a) Punalur (b) Kuttanad (c) Aluva (d) Chittur
Ans: d
45. Kerala Forest Research Institute is in:
(a) Kollam (b) Idukki (c) Thrissur (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: c
46. The first novel in Malayalam:
(a) Kundalatha (b) Indulekha (c) Kayar (d) Chemmeen
Ans: a
47. Periyar wild life sanctuary is situated in:
(a) Ernakulam (b) Thrissur (c) Kottayam (d) Idukki
Ans: d
48. A deemed university in Kerala:
(a) Kerala (b) Calicut (c) Kalamandalam (d) Kannur
Ans: c
49. The number of districts formed in Kerala on first July 1949:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 8
Ans: b
50. Kerala was declared 100% literate state in the year:
(a) 1995 (b) 1998 (c) 2000 (d) 1991
Ans: d
51. The headquarters of SAARC is situated at:
(a) New Delhi (b) Kathmandu (c) Colombo (d) Islamabad
Ans: b
52. The author of the biography "Wings of Fire"
(a) P. C Alexander (b) C Rangarajan
(c) A.P.J. Abdulkalam (d) A.B Vajpayee
Ans: c
53. The Mandal Commission report was with reference to:
(a) Higher education (b) Electronics
(c) Reservations (d) Panchayath Raj
Ans: c
54. The venue of 2016 Olympics:
(a) Athens (b) Brazil (c) Sydney (d) Greece
Ans: b
55. NRI deposits are popularly known as:
(a) Soft money (b) Call money (c) Hot money (d) Dear money
Ans: b
56. What is Super Nova?
(a) A black hole (b) A dying star (c) A comet (d) An asteroid
Ans: b
57. Name the political party launched by the Adivasi leader C.K. Janu:
(a) Rashtriya Mahasabha (b) Adivasi Samithi
(c) Adivasi Mahasabha (d) Rashtriya Samithi
Ans: a
58. India's first communications satellite INSAT 3E was launched on September 28, 2003 from:
(a) Sathish Dhawan Space Centre (b) Gopalpur on sea
(c) Chandipur on sea (d) Kourou in French Guyana
Ans: d
59. Which of the following states are involved in Mulla Periyar dam issue?
(a) Kerala-Karnataka (b) Kerala -Pondicherry
(c) Kerala-Tamilnadu (d) Tamilnadu-Karnataka
Ans: c
60. Of the following trees, which one grows on hills and mountains?
(a) Peepal (b) Fir (c) Sal (d) Neem
Ans: b
61. The first Indian postage was released in:
(a) 1854 (b) 1889 (c) 1845 (d) 1869
Ans: a
62. The I.N.A was formed in:
(a) Japan (b) Singapore (c) Malaya (d) Burma
Ans: b
63. Ajantha Paintings depict scenes from the:
(a) Ramayana (b) Jataka tales
(c) Mahabharata (d) Panchathanthra
Ans: b
64. Who is called the "Second Ashoka"?
(a) Samudragupta (b) Kanishka
(c) Harshavardhana (d) Chandragupta Maurya
Ans: b
65. Which king abolished "Jaziya" ?
(a) Shah Jahan (b) Muhammad Shah (c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar
Ans: d
66. The function of a Public Service Commission in India is:
(a) Mandatory (b) Advisory (c) Neither (d) Both
Ans: d
67. Who established the first Indian Empire?
(a) Prithivi Raj Chauhan (c) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Maharana Pratap (d) Babur
Ans: c
68. Wild life Institute of India is situated at:
(a) Dehradun (b) Bhopal (c) Kolkatta (d) Delhi
Ans: a
69. Manchester of India is:
(a) Coimbatore (b) Assam (c) Kolkata (d) Ahmadabad
Ans: a
70. The boundary line between India and Pakistan is called:
(a) Mc Mohan Line (b) Radcliffe Line
(c) 17th parallel (d) Durand Line
Ans: b
71. The first total sanitation Panchayat in Kerala:
(a) Pothukal (b) Vellanadu (c) Thuravoor (d) Chamravattom
Ans: a
72. The district in Kerala, through which maximum number of rivers flow:
(a) Palakkad (b) Alappuzha (c) Thrissur (d) Kannur
Ans: d
73. The hottest place in Kerala is:
(a) Punalur (b) Palakkad (c) Ernakulum (d) Malappuram
Ans: b
74. The year in which Doordarshan started Malayalam programmes in Kerala:
(a) 1985 (b) 1980 (c) 1984 (d) 1986
Ans: c
75. The number of taluks is Kerala:
(a) 60 (b) 61 (c) 64 (d) 63
Ans: d
76. The first air flight in Kerala started from:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai
(b) Thiruvananthapuram to Bangalore
(c) Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai
(d) Thiruvananthapuram to Lucknow
Ans: c
77. The district of Kerala where the first Jail was started:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kozhikode
(c) Thrissur (d) Kannur
Ans: a
78. Name of the Taluk which is the border of two states:
(a) Palakkad (b) Sulthan Batheri
(c) Neyyattinkara (d) Mananthavadi
Ans: b
79. The first lady to become the Chief Justice of Kerala:
(a) Sujatha Manohar (b) Anna Chandy
(c) Fathima Beevi (d) Janaki Amma
Ans: a
80. The region of Kerala where evergreen forests are seen:
(a) Silent valley (b) Munnar (c) Wayanad (d) Nelliyampathi
Ans: a