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1. How many rights does a Consumer have under the Consumer Protection Act?
a. 8 b. 6
c. 4 d. 5
Ans: b

2. Within how many days the opposite party has to answer after they are informed about the complaint under COPRA?
a. 30 b. 5
c. 20 d. 15
Ans:  a

3. Who presented India’s first – ever Budget?
a. James Wilson b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Lord Mountbatten d. Rajagopalachari
Ans: a

4 . Gift tax was introduced in the year
a. 1958 b. 1959
c. 1960 d. 1961
Ans: a

5 . Which of the following is the part of Governing Council of NITI Aayog?
a. All Chief Ministers of the States
b. Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry
c. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island
d. All of the above
Ans: d

6 . Who has launched the `Grand Innovation Challenge’?
a. PMO
b. Ministry of Science and Technology
c. NITI Aayog
d. Atal Innovation Programs
Ans: c

7 . Fiscal Policy is the policy of
a. RBI b. NABARD
c. Government d. All the above
Ans: c

8 . Service tax in India was introduced in
a. 1991 – 92 b. 2001 – 02
c. 2006 – 07 d. 1994 – 95
Ans: d

9 . Which of the following is a measure of fiscal policy?
a. Public expenditure b. CRR
c. SLR d. Bank Rate
Ans: a

10 . The Wanchoo Committee (1971) probed into
a. Direct taxes b. Indirect taxes
c. Agricultural holding tax d. non – tax revenue
Ans: a

11 . The Finance Commission does all the following functions except one, which is that ?
a. Works out allocation of taxes in the divisible pool
b. Looks into financial relations between centre and States
c. Allocates grant- in- aid to the States and Union Territories
d. Assist the Planning Commission in making Five Year Plans
Ans: d

12 . Which of the following is the highest Tax slab of GST ?
a. 12% b. 18%
c. 20% d. 28%
Ans: d

13 . GST is a type of which of the following?
a. Direct tax b. Indirect tax
c. It depends on the Goods and Services
d. It depends on the associate States
Ans: b

14 . Which of the following are areas identified by NITI Aayog to engage in?
1. Land leasing 2. Land acquisition
3. Land titling 4. Right to Education Act
a. 2 and 4 b. 1, 2, 3
c. 1 , 3, 4 d. All the above
Ans: c

15 . Who among the following was appointed the head of the first committee to design a GST model?
a. Vijay Kelkar b. Asim Dasgupta
c. Pranab Mukherjee d. V P Singh
Ans: b

16 . Which pair is wrongly matched?
a) Father of basket ball-James Naismith
b) Father of boxing-Jack Broton
c) Father of cricket-C S Marryoft
d) Hockey Wizard-Dhanraj Pillai
Ans : d

17 . ‘Michael Schumacher’ is associated with which sports event?
a) Mountaineering b) Archery
c) Cycling d) Motor racing
Ans : d

18 . The ruler who introduced tapioca cultivation in Kerala was
a) Ayilyam Thirunal b) Visakhom Thirunal
c. Sree chithira Thirunal d) Marthandavarma
Ans : b

19 . The word ‘Guillotine’ during French revolution era refers to
a) Torturing a person b) Prosecuting a Person
c) Beheading a Person d) Tax imposed on a person
Ans : c

20 . ‘Bloody Sunday’ is associated with which among the following revolutions?
a) French Revolution b) Glorious Revolution
c) Russian Revolution d) Chinese Revolution
Ans : c

21 . Budget was introduced in India for the first time during the period of——–
a) Lord Ripon b) Lord Wellesley
c) Lord Canning d) Lord Curzon
Ans : c

22 . Which among the following were the signatories of Tripple Entente?
a) Russia, Englad, France b) Russia, Germany, France
c) Germany, France, Italy d) Russia, Austria, Japan
Ans : a

23 . The Travancore ruler who ruled for most number of years was
a) Ayilyam Thirunal b) Dharmaraja
c) Sree Chithira Thirunal d) Swathi Thirunal
Ans : b

24 . Which among the following books were NOT written by Rousseau?
a) The Social Contract b) Emilie
c) The Spirit of Laws d) Confessions.
Ans : c

25 . Who among the following is known as “The Child of French Revolution”?
a) Rousseau b) Montesquieu
c) Voltaire d) Napoleon
Ans : d

26. Who founded Vidya Poshini Sabha?
a) V T Bhattathirippad b) Sahodaran Ayyappan
c) K Kelappan d) Vaikunda Swamy
Ans : b

27. Which among the following is NOT writtten by Kalidasa, the famous poet and dramatist
a) Ritusamhara b) Hitopadesa
c) Reghuvamsa d) Vikramorvasiyam
Ans : b

28. Original name of Harshavardhana was
a) Siladithya b) Adivaraha
c) Gautama d) Amarasimha
Ans : a

29. To commemorate his victory over Gujarat Akbar the Great built the _______
a) Fatehpur Sikri b) Agra Fort
c) Buland Darwaza d) None of the above
Ans : c

30. Number of mudras in Kathakali
a) 11 b) 18
c) 24 d) 36
Ans : c

31. Who published the newspaper called Prabudha Bharatha in English and Udbodhana in Bengali?
a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
b) Swami Vivekanandha
c) Dayananda Saraswathi d) Rajaram Mohan Roy
Ans : b

32. Who started the ‘Young Bengal Movement’?
a) Henry Vivian Derozio b) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
c) R G Bandarkar d) Debendranath Tagore
Ans : a

33. Indian Coucil Act of 1909 is also known as
a) Minto-Morely reforms
b) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms
c) Mountbatten Plan d) Govt. of India Act.
Ans : a

34. China attacked India in1962 on the NEFA region. NEFA is now known as
a) Jammu & Kashmir b) Jharkhand
c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Uttarakhand
Ans : c

35. The Simla agreement was signed by Indira Gandhi and Z A Bhuto after the ________
a) India China war b) First Indo – Pak war
c) Second Indo -Pak war d) Second world war
Ans : c

36. Which among the following is wrongly matched?
a) Parrot of India- Amir Khusru
b) Babar of British India – Robert Clive
c) Second Alexander- Alauddin Khilji
d) Father of Indian Renaissance- Sree Narayana Guru
Ans : d

37. Who among the following propogated the ‘Two Nation Theory’?
a) Muhammed Ali Jinnah b) Ayub Khan
c) Z A Bhuto d) Shoukat Ali
Ans : a

38. ” The most daring act of this movement was the establishment of Congress Radio with Usha Mehta as its announcer”-
The ‘movement’ mentioned here is:
a) Quit India Movement
b) Non Co-operation Movement
c) Khilafat Movement
d) Swadeshi Movement
Ans : a

39. Headquarters of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University ( KVASU) is in which district of Kerala?
a) Thrissur b) Wayanad
c) Ernakulam d) Kottayam
Ans : b

40. The ‘Minukku Vesham’ in Kathakali is used to represent
a) Female characters b) She-demons
c) Noble protagonists d) None of these
Ans : a

41. Which pair is wrongly matched?
a) Mundassery Smarakam-Thrissur
b) School of Drama-Thrissur
c) Appan Thampuran Monument-Thrissur
d) Malayalam Kalagramam- Thrissur
Ans : d

42. Identify the wrongly matched pair:
a) George Varghese- Kakkanadan
b) V Madhavan Nair- Mali
c) P Kunjanandan Nair- Thikkodiyan
d) M K Menon- Asha Menon
Ans : d

43. Among the names of Books and Authors which one is not correct?
a) Navayathrakal- Sukumar Azhikode
b) Pravasi – Kovilan
c) Nritham – O V Vijayan
d) Nishagandhi – P Narayana Kurup
Ans : c

44. Match list I with list II ( Agricultural Research Centres in
Kerala) with their head quarters and select the correct answer using the code given below
A) Agronomic Research Centre 1.Chalakkudy(Thrissur)
B) Spices Research Institute 2.Kozhikkode
C) Harvest Research Institute 3.Karamana
(Thiruvananthapuram)
D) Coffee Research Institute 4. Choondal (Wayanad)
a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 b) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 d) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
Ans : a

45. The Iron Pillar inscription at Mehrauli in Delhi record the achievements of
a) Samudragupta b) Chandragupta II
c) Napoleon d) Ashoka
Ans : b

46 . Where did the February revolution take place?
a) Moscow b) Petrograd
c) Paris d) London
Ans : b

47 . The word ‘Guillotine’ during French revolution era refers to
a) Torturing a person b) Prosecuting a Person
c) Beheading a Person d) Tax imposed on a person
Ans : c

48 . Travancore Cochin State was formed in a) 1956, November 1 b) 1950 January 26
c) 1948 August 15 d) 1949 July 1
Ans : d

49 . The play Neel darpan is associated with
a) Champaran Revolt b) Salt Satyagraha
c) Indigo Revolt d) Santhal uprising
Ans : c

50 . “Boston Tea Party” incident was associated with
a) American War of Independence
b) French Revolution
c) Glorious Revolution d) American Civil War
Ans : a

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