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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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