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1 . The only subject in which organizations are eligible for Nobel Prize:
(a) Peace (b) Economics
(c) Literature (d) Chemistry
Ans: a
2 . The award given to universities in India for best all round performance in sports is named after:
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Netaji Subhas Bose
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: c
3 . Mannadi, the place where Velu Thampy Dalawa committed suicide is in the district of:
(a) Kollam (b) Pathanamthitta
(c) Alappuzha (d) Ernakulam
Ans: b
4. Which European power built the Thalassery fort?
(a) British (b) Dutch
(c) French (d) Portuguese
Ans: a
5. Who wrote the song’ Omanathinkal Kidavo’?
(a) Swati Trunal (b) Irayimman Thampy
(c) Unnayi Varrier (d) Kunchan Nambiar
Ans: b
6. The novel ‘Indulekha’ was published in:
(a) 1889 (b) 1894
(c) 1885 (d) 1872
Ans: a
7. ‘Jeevitha Samaram’ is the autobiography of:
(a) C Kesavan (b) K P Kesavamenon
(c) Thoppil Bhasi (d) Thakazhi
Ans: a
8 . Ivan the Terrible was the first Tsar of:
(a) Germany (b) Austria
(c) Russia (d) Spain
Ans: c
9 . Who was married by Adolf Hitler the day before he committed suicide:
(a) Claretta (b) Eva Braun
(c) Ann Frank (d) Emile Shenkel
Ans: b
10 . The trade name ‘hp’ is related to:
(a) Tyres (b) Bicycles
(c) Computer (d) Cement
Ans: c
11 . What is the background of ‘War and Peace’ by Leo Tolstoy ?
(a) Russian invasion of Napoleon
(b) First World War
(c) Second World War
(d) Waterloo
Ans: a
12 . The character Gora was created by:
(a) Tagore (b) R.K.Narayan
(c) Raja Rao (d) N.C.Chaudhary
Ans: a
13 . Who is regarded as the father of Indian Nuclear Science?
(a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Raja Ramanna
(c) Homi J. Bhabha (d) MN Saha
Ans: c
14.The botanical name of Pepper:
(a) Piper nigrum (b) Solanum officinarum
(c) Adathoda vasica (d) Cocos nucifera
Ans: a
15. The first to use the word ‘Green Revolution’?
(a) William Gaud
(b) Norman E Borlaug
(c) MS Swaminathan
(d) C Subramanyam
Ans: a
16.The snake that builds nest:
(a) Viper (b) Rat Snake
(c) Anaconda (d) King Cobra
Ans: d
17.The double walled covering of heart:
(a) Peritoneum (b) Pericardium
(c) Meninjus (d) None of these
Ans: b
18.Hardest part of the human body:
(a) Enamal of tooth (b) Nail
(c) Hair (d) Femur
Ans: a
19.Which disease is known as Break bone fever?
(a) Rickets (b) Marasmus
(c) Dengue fever (d) Scurvy
Ans: c
20.Which comes in the middle during solar eclipse?
(a) Sun (b) Moon
(c) Earth (d) Mars
Ans: b
21.Summer solstice in northern hemisphere:
(a) June 21 (b) December 22
(c) March 21 (d) September 23
Ans: a
22.Ringit is the currency of:
(a) Malaysia (b) Thailand
(c) Brunei (d) Laos
Ans: a
23.The correct order of mountain ranges in Himalayas from north to south:
(a) Himachal, Himadri, Shiwalik
(b) Himachal, Shiwalik ,Himadri
(c) Himadri, Himachal, Shiwalik
(d) Shiwalik, Himachal, Himadri
Ans: c
24.Oldest Dravidian language:
(a) Telugu (b) Kannada
(c) Malayalam (d) Tamil
Ans: d
25.The second metro railway in India:
(a) Goa (b) Kolkata
(c) New Delhi (d) Mumbai
Ans: c
26.In which year 14 banks were nationalised during the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi?
(a) 1959 (b) 1949
(c) 1969 (d) 1979
Ans: c
27.Yakshagana is a folk dance drama of:
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Ans: d
28.Where is Chennakesava temple?
(a) Belur (b) Halebid
(c) Madurai (d) Hampi
Ans: a
29.Tiger state of India:
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajastan
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Assam
Ans: c
30.Who repaired Sudarshan lake?
(a) Rudradaman (b) Kanishka
(c) Pushyamitra (d) Devabhuti
Ans: a
31.Satavahanas were also known as:
(a) Memaluks (b) Ikshakus
(c) Andhra Bhrityas (d) Rajputs
Ans: c
32. Who revived Nalanda University?
(a) Harsha (b) Sasanka
(c) Pulikesin I (d) Baktiyar Khalji
Ans: a
33. Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted the capital of the Sultanate from Delhi to:
(a) Agra (b) Tughlaqabad
(c) Daulatabad (d) Siri
Ans: c
34. Tomb of Aurangazeb’s wife Rabia Durrani is known as ‘Poor man’s Taj Mahal’. It is situated in:
(a) Agra (b) Sikandra
(c) Aurangabad (d) Delhi
Ans: c
35.Vasco da Gama reached India for the second time in:
(a) 1502 (b) 1503
(c) 1504 (d) 1505
Ans: a
36. Who organised a raid on Chittagong government armoury in 1930 April?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Uddham Singh
(c) Chandrasekhar Azad (d) Surya Sen
Ans: d
37. Who was the Viceroy when the first Census was held in 1872?
(a) Mayo (b) Curzon
(c) Hardinge II (d) Minto I
Ans: a
38. Who wrote ‘India Wins Freedom’?
(a) C Rajagopalachari
(b) Maulana Azad
(c) Dr Rajendraprasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans: b
39. The first Muslim to become the President of Indian National Congress:
(a) Dadabhai Navroji
(b) Pheroz Shah Mehta
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Badruddin Thyabji
Ans: d
40.During which agitation Gandhiji gave the slogan’ Do or die’?
(a) Salt satyagraha
(b) Champaran Satyagraha
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Kheda satyagraha
Ans: c
41.The famous speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru during the moments of transfer of power in 1947, is known as:
(a) I have a dream (b) Tryst with destiny
(c) History will absolve me (d) Discovery of India
Ans: b
42. ‘Project Arrow’ is related to:
(a) Postal system (b) Telecommunication
(c) Railway (d) Newspaper
Ans: a
43.The four languages added to the Eighth Schedule in 2004
(a) Manipuri, Konkani, Nepali, Santhali
(b) Dogri, Maithili, Konkani, Bodo
(c) Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali
(d) Dogri, Maithili, Sindhi, Nepali
Ans: c
44.The total number of nominated members in Indian Parliament:
(a) 14 (b) 24
(c) 12 (d) 17
Ans: a
45. The Twelfth Schedule was added to the Constitution by……Amendment:
(a) 74th (b) 75th
(c) 73rd (d) 62nd
Ans: a
46. The most powerful upper house of the Legislature in the world:
(a) American Senate
(b) House of Lords in Britain
(c) Rajya Sabha in India
(d) Duma in Russia
Ans: a
47.The birth day of Rajiv Gandhi is observed as:
(a) National youth day (b) Anti terrorism day
(c) Sadbhavana divas (d) Sakthi Din
Ans: c
48.The idea of the formation of SAARC was first mooted by:
(a) HM Ershad (b) Yahya Khan
(c) Indira Gandhi (d) Premadasa
Ans: a
49.“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains” this statement is related to:
(a) Rousseau (b) Plato
(c) Dr. Johnson (d) Karl Marx
Ans: a
50.Who among the following got Nobel Prize and Oscar?
(a) Walt Disney (b) Winston
Churchill (c) George Bernard
Shaw (d) Bertrand Russel
Ans: c
51.The smallest river in Kerala:
(a) Mancheswaram (b) Chithari
(c) Kavvayi (d) Neyyar
Ans: a
52.The largest hydro-electric project in Kerala:
(a) Peppara (b) Idukky
(c) Kuttyadi (d) Pallivasal
Ans: b
53.The Zamorin king who was the exponent of Krishanattom?
(a) Manavikraman (b) Manavedan
(c) Sakthan (d) Bin Mohammad
Ans: b
54.In which district the famous Malayalam poet Ulloor S.Parameswarayyar was born:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Kottayam
(c) Thrissur (d) Kollam
Ans: b
55.The first computerised Taluk office in India:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Ottappalam
(c) Palakkad (d) Nedumangad
Ans: b
56. In which subject Malala got Nobel Prize in 2014?
(a) Peace (b)Literature
(c) Economics (d) Chemistry
Ans: a
57. Which constituency is represented by Narendra Modi in Loksabha?
(a) New Delhi (b) Varanasi
(c) Gandhinagar (d) Vadnagar
Ans: b
58. Who coined the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
(a)Bhagat Singh (b) Netaji Bose
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Muhammad Iqbal
Ans: d
59. What was the real name of Dayanand Saraswathy?
(a)Mula Sankara (b) Narendranath
(c) Gadhadhar (d) Moniya
Ans: a
60 . Sound does not pass through:
(a) Solid (b) Liquid
(c) Vacuum (d) Wood
Ans: c
61. ‘Google’ is a:
(a) Word processor
(b) Search engine
(c) Operating system
(d) Presentation Software
Ans: b
62 . Alnico is an alloy of Aluminium, Nickel and………
(a) Iron (b) Copper
(c) Tin (d) Cobalt
Ans: d
63. Colour of Iodoform:
(a) Red (b) Blue
(c) Green (d) Yellow
Ans: d
64 . Complete the series: 81,69,58,48,39,……
(a) 22 (b) 30
(c) 31 (d) 12
Ans: c
65 . The average age of 29 boys in a class is 14 years. When the age of the class teacher is included, the average becomes 15 years. The age of the class teacher is:
(a) 44 (b) 42
(c) 46 (d) 40
Ans: a
66 . Select the odd one:
(a) Knife (b) Sword
(c) Hammer (d) Blade
Ans: c
67 . By selling Oranges at 32 for Rs.10, a man loses 40%. How many oranges should he sell for Rs.10 if he should gain 20%?
(a) 10 (b) 13
(c) 16 (d) 20
Ans: c
68 . Find out the wrong term in the series: 196,169,144,121,101
(a) 101 (b) 121
(c) 169 (d) 196
Ans: a
69 . The weight of a dog is 24kg and 1/3 of its weight has been increased in three months. Now the weight is:
(a) 33kg (b) 36kg
(c) 42kg (d) 32kg
Ans: d
70 . Complete the series: Z,U,Q,?,L
(a) I (b) K
(c) M (d) N
Ans: d
71 . Five equal squares are placed side by side to make a single rectangle. The perimeter of the rectangle so formed is 276cm. What is the area of the square used?
(a) 230 (b) 196
(c) 529 (d) 256
Ans: c
72 . Acting : Theatre : Gambling 😕
(a) Casino (b) Club
(c) Bar (d) Gymn
Ans: a
73 . Average weight of 8 men increased by 1.5kg when a man weighing 65kg was replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man is:
(a) 76kg (b) 78kg
(c) 77kg (d) 80kg
Ans: c
74 . Find the missing number: 3,5,9,17,33,?
(a) 61 (b) 62
(c) 63 (d) 65
Ans: d
75 . The only number that is the perimeter and area of same square:
(a) 16 (b) 4
(c) 80 (d) 20
Ans: a
76 . If MADRAS is NBESBT then LAHORE will be:
(a) MBIPSF (b) NBISQF
(c) MBIPFS (d) NCJQTG
Ans: a
77 . If all divisors of 128 are arranged in ascending order, the sixth division is:
(a) 16 (b) 32
(c) 64 (d) 128
Ans: b
78 . You go north, turn right, then right again and then go to the left. In which direction are you now?
(a) North (b) South
(c) East (d) West
Ans: c
79 . The least perfect square divisible by 3,4,5,6 and 8 is:
(a) 3600 (b) 2500
(c) 1600 (d) 900
Ans: a
80 . An employee same salary every month. His average income per day will be:
(a) Maximum for the period of January, February, March
(b) Maximum for the period of February, March, April
(c) Maximum for the period of July, August, September
(d) Same for the above three periods
Ans: b
81 . A man travels from A to B at a speed of 60 kmph and back of a speed 40kmph. The distance between A and B is 120km. The average speed of the journey is (in kmph)
(a) 52 (b) 50
(c) 48 (d) 45
Ans: c
82 . If FULFNHW is the code for CRICKET, then EULGH is the code for which word?
(a) PRIDE (b) BRIDE
(c) BLADE (d) BLIND
Ans: b
83 . Salary of a person increases by 4% per year. His present salary is 9360. What was his salary during last year?
(a) 9250 (b) 9000
(c) 9160 (d) 8750
Ans: b
84 . Rani says “I am very fine” (Change into indirect speech):
(a) Rani said that she was very fine
(b) Rani says that she was very fine
(c) Rani says that she is very fine
(d) Rani said that she is very fine
Ans: c
85 . There is a significant statistical difference in the incidence of rheumatic fever in people with different blood types (Select the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined):
(a) Severity (b) Range of occurrence
(c) Accidental infection (d) Spread
Ans: b
86 . The antonym of ‘Lethargy’:
(a) Dull (b) Lifeless
(c) Leather (d) Vigour
Ans: d
87 . Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Metarology (b) Meteorology
(c) Metiorology (d) Metorology
Ans: b
88 . ‘Donor’ means:
(a) Banker (b) Money
(c) Giver (d) Doctor
Ans: c
89 . ….. your breakfast already?
(a) have you had (b) had you
(c) Do you have (d) Has had
Ans: a
90 . The noun form of ‘arrive’ is:
(a) Arriving (b) Arrived
(c) Arrive (d) Arrival
Ans: d
91 . He was ….. by the lower court. but acquitted by the High Court:
(a) Condemned (b) Defended
(c) Protected (d) Gained
Ans: a
92 . If I were a bird, ……
(a) I would have flown away
(b) I would fly away
(c) I will fly away
(d) I will have flown away
Ans: b
93 . ….. is a doctor who is specialized in cancer treatment:
(a) Oncologist (b) Pathologist
(c) Cardiologist (d) Ophthalmist
Ans: a
94 . My brother deals …. silver.
(a) with (b) at
(c)in (d) about
Ans: c
95 . The synonym of ‘Authentic’ is:
(a)Genuine (b) Generous
(c) General (d) Great
Ans: a
96 . He is …… right man for the job.
(a) a (b) the
(c) an (d) no article
Ans: b
97 . He goes to school ….. his bicycle.
(a) by (b) on
(c)in (d) between
Ans: b
98 . The antonym of ‘reward’ is:
(a) Award (b) Forward
(c) Demote (d) Punish
Ans: d
99 . Find out the synonym of ‘Synopsis’:
(a) Munificent (b) Superb
(c) Precis (d) Outdo
Ans: c
100 . I hope you succeed ….. your effort.
(a) in (b) on
(c) from (d) with
Ans: a
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