1. The former minister of Kerala associated with Laksham Veedu Project.
(a) M.N. Govindan Nair
(b) C. Achuthamenon
(c) P.K. Vasudevan
(d) E.K. Nayanar
Ans: a
2. Founder of the Sanskrit School, Thatva Praksika:
(a) Chattampi Swarnikal (b) Brahmananda Sivayogi
(c) Vagbhatanandan (d) Poykayil Yohannan
Ans: c
3. Kasargod was known to the Arabs by the name?
(a) Periplus (b) Harkwillia (c) Malikavilla (d) Ashmakam
Ans: b
4. ‘Komaran' is the earlier name of:
(a) Sree Narayana Guru (b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Poikayil Yohannan (d) Vagbhatanandan
Ans: c
5. Kandallursalai was founded by:
(a) Kulasekharavarma (b) Rajasekharavarma
(c) Titiyan (d) Kaninandakkan
Ans: d
6. Kottayam is known as:
(a) Land of Circus (b) Land of Cakes
(c) Land of Letters (d) Land of Cricket
Ans: c
7. The secretariat system was introduced in Travancore by:
(a) Rani Gouri Parvati Bai (b) Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bai
(c) Swathi Thirunal (d) Ayilyarn Thirunal
Ans: b
8. Which is the first tourism village in Kerala?
(a) Veli Tourist village (b) Ulloor
(c) Akkulam (d) Kumbalangy
Ans: d
9. Who was known as ‘Valiya Kappithan' in Travancore army?
(a) Raja Kesavadas (b) D'Lannoy
(c) Ramayyan Dalawa (d) Veluthampi Dalawa
Ans: b
10. 1921 is a film related with the incident.
(a) Kayyur revolt (b) Punnapra revolt
(c) Malabar rebellion (d) Nivarthana agitation
Ans: c
11. Which of the following eye defects can be corrected using convex lens?
(a) Long sight (b) Short sight (c) Cataract (d) Glaucoma
Ans: a
12. The vitamin which gives yellow colour to the milk.
(a) Casin (b) Ascorbic acid (c) Riboflavin (d) Biotin
Ans: c
13. Which of the following food items is rich in iron?
(a) Apple (b) Rice (c) Orange (d) Pulses
Ans: a
14. Hygrometer is used for measuring:
(a) Temperature (b) Humidity (c) Rainfall (d) Water level
Ans: b
15. Tetanus is caused by:
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus (c) Fungus (d) Protozoa
Ans: a
16. The element with biggest atom is:
(a) Caesium (b) Lithium (c) Francium (d) Sodium
Ans: c
17. Water freezes at:
(a) 10° C (b) -32°C (c) -1°C (d) 32°F
Ans: d
18. The absorption of ink by blotting paper is due to:
(a) Surface tension (b) Capillary action
(c) Adhesion (d) Cohesion
Ans: b
19. The heaviest known halogen:
(a) Osmium (b) Fluorine (c) Iodine (d) Astatine
Ans: d
20. Genetic dwarfness can be cured by the treatment with:
(a) Kinetin (b) Gibberellins (c) Auxin (d) Abscisic Acid
Ans: b
21. Article 370 of Indian Constitution deal with:
(a) Special status to Sikkim (b) Special status to Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Special Status to Manipur (d) Special Status to Meghalaya
Ans: b
22. The prime minister who did not face the Parliament:
(a) Morarji Desai (b) V.P. Singh
(c) Devgowda (d) Charan Singh
Ans: d
23. How many Articles and Schedules were there in the original Constitution?
(a) 444 Articles and 4 Schedules (b) 395 Articles and 8 Schedules
(c) 414 Articles and 5 Schedules (d) 444 Articles and 12 Schedules
Ans: b
24. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee?
(a) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar (b) K.M. Munshi
(c) Dr. Rahendra Prasad (d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: d
25. Sixty first Amendment of Indian Constitution deals with:
(a) Abolition of privy purses
(b) Re-organisation of states on linguistic basis
(c) Shifting of National Capital
(d) Voting age was reduced to 18 years
Ans: d
26. The Election commission of India consists of:
(a) Chief election commissioner and four commissioners
(b) Chief election commissioner and two election commissioners.
(c) Three commissioners and one chief election commissioner
(d) Chief election commissioner and five commissioners
Ans: b
27. India borrowed the fundamental duties and Planning from:
(a) U.S.S.R (b) U.S.A (c) Canada (d) Ireland
Ans: a
28. Who called preamble as 'the identity card' of the constitution?
(a) K.M. Munshi (b) Thakurdas Bhargava
(c) Earnest Barkar (d) N.A. Palkivala
Ans: d
29. Who nominates 12 members to the Rajya Sabha and 2 members to the Lok Sabha?
(a) Lok Sabha Speaker (b) Prime Minister
(c) Vice-President (d) President
Ans: d
30. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights was set up in:
(a) 2007 (b) 2006 (c) 2005 (d) 2004
Ans: a
31. The Meerut conspiracy case was in:
(a) 1928 (b) 1926 (c) 1929 (d) 1923
Ans: c
32. The first President of Muslim League?
(a) Rahmat Ali (b) Nawab Salimullah
(c) Muhammad All Jinnah (d) Aga Khan
Ans: d
33. Who was the local leader of Champaran Satyagraha?
(a) Raj Mohan (b) Rajkumar Shukla
(c) Rana Singha (d) Deepesh Nath
Ans: b
34. The main impact of the Green Revolution has been on?
(a) Cereals (b) Honey (c) Fruits (d) Vegetables
Ans: a
35. The date on which Telangana was formed?
(a) 2 January 2014 (b) 4 January 2014
(c) 2 June 2014 (d) 4 June 2014
Ans: c
36. The Tiger state of India is:
(a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Haryana (d) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: b
37. The first state to be formed on linguistic basis:
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Odisha
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Punjab
Ans: a
38. Ganga and Yamuna joins at:
(a) Sarai Sindhu (b) Prayag (c) Jhang (d) Panchanad
Ans: b
39. The first Indian state to introduce e-mail system in government office:
(a) Goa (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Maharashtra (d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: a
40. The historian called the revolt of 1857 as ‘Sepoy Mutiny'?
(a) Benjamin Disraeli (b) Sir Huge Rose
(c) John Lawrence (d) R.C. Majumdar
Ans: c
41. The winner of Ezhuthachan Award 2014:
(a) Puthussery Ramachandran (b) Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri
(c) M.K. Sanu (d) Attoor Ravi Varma
Ans: b
42. Recipient of Swati Puraskar 2014:
(a) Amjad Ali Khan (b) Srinivasa lyer
(c) Dakshinamurthy (d) Sugathakumari
Ans: a
43. The Venue of summer Olympics 2020:
(a) Moscow (b) Rio de Janeiro (c) Tokyo (d) Doha
Ans: c
44. The newly elected Prime Minister of Canada:
(a) Justin Trudeau (b) Malcolm Turnbull
(c) Tony Abbott (d) Christine Forster
Ans: a
45. The headquarters of Charle Hebdo magazine is situated at:
(a) Paris (b) Belgium (c) Germany (d) Austria
Ans: a
46. India's first gender university to come up in:
(a) Bihar (b) West Bengal (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala
Ans: d
47. India's first Dolphin Community reserve will be established in:
(a) Odisha (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Goa
Ans: c
48. The author of the book 'Nothing official':
(a) K. Jayakumar (b) M.N. Panicker
(c) Jiji Thomson (d) P.K. Mohanty
Ans: c
49. The winner of FIFA Women's World Cup 2015:
(a) Japan (b) USA (c) South Africa (d) UAE
Ans: b
50. Indian film nominated for 88" Oscar Award
(a) Liars Dice (b) Queen (c) Chatushkone (d) Court
Ans: d
51. Services under the ICDS programme are rendered through:
(a) Anganwadi Centres (b) Primary Health Centre
(c) Police Stations. (d) NGO's
Ans: a
52. The target population under SJSRY is:
(a) The urban poor (b) The rural poor living below poverty line
(c) The rural poor (d) The urban poor living below poverty line
Ans: d
53. The Rajiv Gandhi scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls is popularly known as:
(a) Swavalamban (b) SABLA
(c) Rashtriya Arogya Nithi (d) Balika Samridhi Yojana
Ans: b
54. Percentage of Reservation of Employment Opportunities for women under JRY.
(a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 80%
Ans: a
55. Supervisory committee of NFFWP consist of:
(a) Officials from Panchayat institutions
(b) Officials from District Collectorate
(c) Local people (d) None of the above
Ans: c
56. Which of the following was the governing body of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shramev Jayate Karyakram?
(a) Rural Development Ministry
(b) Labour Ministry
(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(d) Urban Development Ministry
Ans: b
57. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was an employment programme launched by:
(a) Morarji Desai (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) Narasimha Rao
Ans: c
58. The Swarna Jayanthi Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) was launched after merging the earlier three schemes, namely:
(a) Nehru Rozgar Yojana, Urban Basic Services for the Poor and Prime Minister's Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
(b) Nehru Rozgar Yojana, Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana and Urban Basic Services for the Poor
(c) Prime minister's Rozgar Yojana, Jawahar Rozgar Yojana and Nehru Rozgar Yojana
(d) None of the above
Ans: a
59. At the district level, the working of ICDS scheme supervised by:
(a) Child Development Officer (b) District Collector
(c) District Programme Officer (d) Municipal Programme Officer
Ans: c
60. To change negative family and community attitudes towards girl children is the main objectives of which of the following scheme?
(a) Balika Samridhi Yojana
(b) Integrated Child Development Scheme
(c) Mahila Samridhi Yojana
(d) The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
Ans: a
61. Which device cannot be shared in network?
(a) Floppy (b) Mouse (c) Computer (d) Printer
Ans: b
62. Punishment for violation of privacy is provided in Section _____ of Information Technology Act 2000.
(a) 66 C (b) 66 D (c) 66 E (d) 66 B
Ans: c
63. Which application is not typically included in a MS Office suite?
(a) word processor (b) spreadsheet (c) antivirus (d) database
Ans: c
64. Texts and graphics that have been cut or copied can be stored in an area called:
(a) Pasteboard (b) Copy board (c) Clipboard (d) Edit board
Ans: c
65. A _____ is approximately a million bytes.
(a) gigabyte (b) kilobyte (c) megabyte (d) terabyte
Ans: c
66. Register used as working area in CPU is known as:
(a) Program counter (b) Stack
(c) Instruction register (d) Accumulator
Ans: d
67. The file extension of MS-Word document in office 2007 is:
(a) .docx (b) .doc (c) .pdf (d) .txt
Ans: a
68. Memory unit is one part of ______.
(a) Control unit (b) Central Processing Unit
(c) Input device (d) Output device
Ans: b
69. CAD stands for:
(a) Computer Algorithm Design (b) Computer Aided Design
(c) Computer Application Design (d) Computer Assigned Design
Ans: b
70. _____ is any creative work or invention considered to be the property of its creator.
(a) Innovation (b) Intellectual property
(c) Copy Right (d) None of these
Ans: b
71. Why _____ English spoken all over the world?
(a) is (b) has (c) have (d) does
Ans: a
72. I have lived here _____ 1990.
(a) since (b) in (c) for (d) about
Ans: a
73. Nobody was present in time, _____?
(a) weren't they (b) wasn't they (c) were they (d) was they
Ans: c
74. When fire broke out, the fire brigade was called to put _____ it.
(a) out (b) off (c) down (d) across
Ans: a
75. The opposite of 'veteran' is:
(a) novice (b) exile (c) supporter (d) volunteer
Ans: a
76. 'accuse' means:
(a) claim (b) flame (c) gleam (d) blame
Ans: d
77. The reported speech of "He said, I have done my home work" is:
(a) He said that he has clone his home work
(b) He said that he was done his home work
(c) He said that he has been done his home work
(d) He said that he had done his home work
Ans: d
78. He said that he _____ come
(a) has (b) will (c) had to (d) may
Ans: c
79. What is 'a' in the following sentence? She is a singer
(a) Definite article (b) Indefinite article (c) Noun (d) Verb
Ans: b
80. The idiom 'swan song' means:
(a) A person's maiden performance (b) A person's last performance
(c) A beautiful song (d) A morning song
Ans: b