1. A mixture of two gases are called 'Syn Gas'. Identify the mixture :
(a) CO and N
(b) CO2 and N2
(c) CO and H2
(d) CO2 and H2
2. The compound called blue vitriol is :
(b) CuSO45H2O
(c) CaSO4½H2O
(d) BaCl22H2O
3. What is the hybridisation of carbon in HC = N ?
(a) SP3d
(b) SP3
(c) SP2
(d) SP
4. Human body is an example for :
(a) Open System
(b) Closed System
(c) Isolated System
(d) Adiabatic System
5. What is the internal energy change of a system when it absorbs 15KJ of heat and does 5KJ of work ?
(a) 10 KJ
(b) 20 KJ
(c) 0 KJ
(d) 5 KJ
6. Which temperature is called absolute zero ?
(a) -273.150 C
(b) -273.15 K
(c) 00 C
(d) None of These
7. Choose a water soluble vitamin
(a) Vitamin A
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin E
8. The metal present in chlorophyll is
(a) Iron
(b) Cobalt
(c) Magnesium
(d) Nickel
9. A peptide hormone is
(a) Estrone
(b) Corticoid
(c) Progestine
(d) Insulin
10. Which of the following is not found in DNA ?
(a) Uracil
(b) Adenine
(c) Thymine
(d) Guanine
11. GST (Goods and Service Tax) is set to be introduced by the union Govt. on
(a) April 1st 2017
(b) May 1st 2017
(c) June 1st 2017
(d) July 1st 2017
12. Indian Sports Research Institute is located at :
(a) Delhi
(b) Patiala
(c) Mohali
(d) Ranchi
13. The first cinema scope film in India :
(a) Deewana
(b) Bazigar
(c) Kagaz Ke Phool
(d) Dangal
14. The power to decide an election petition is vested with:
(a) High Court
(b) Supreme Court
(c) Election Commission
(d) Parliament
15. World's first bank to deploy a robot for customer service :
(a) HSBC
(b) Axis Bank
(c) HDFC
(d) ICICI
16. Who wrote the famous book ' Who Wants To Be Millionaire ? '
(a) Agatha Christie
(b) Emile Zola
(c) Vikram Seth
(d) Chethan Bhagath
(Ans: David Fisher in 2000 )
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
17. Where is the Headquarters of FIFA governing body is situated ?
(a) Dubai
(b) San Paulo
(c) London
(d) Zurich
18. Name of the first solar ferry boat of India between Vaikom - Tavanakkadavu
(a) Pinaka
(b) Aaditya
(c) Ushas
(d) Jalareni
19. Which team is the second highest winning FIFA world cup ?
(a) Italy
(b) Germany
(c) Argentina
(d) England
( Ans : Italy and Germany )
20. The President can dismiss a member of the Council of Ministers :
(a) On his own
(b) With the consent of speaker
(c) On recommendation of Prime Minister
(d) Only under emergency conditions
21. V T Bhattathiripad and his friends conducted a " Yachana Yatra " in 1931 from
(a) Trissur to Kasargod
(b) Palakkad to Kasargod
(c) Varkala to Kasargod
(d) Varkala to Palakkad
22. Name the person who is related to the foundation of the " Servants of the Mary Immaculate "
(a) Poikayil Yohannan
(b) St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
(c) Sr. Alphonsa
(d) Arnos Pathiri
23. The name of the social reformer who was called abusively as 'Pandiparayan' by the Savarnas ( high caste people)
(a) Vaikunda Swamikal
(b) Vagbhatananda
(c) Thycaud Ayya Swamikal
(d) Ayyankali
24. Name the Diwan who banned and confiscated the news paper ' Swadeshabhimani ' in 1910
(a) P Rajagopalachari
(b) Ramayan Dalawa
(c) C P Ramaswamy
(d) Veluthampi Dalawa
25. Which river is also known as ' Thalayar ' ?
(a) Kunthi River
(b) Karamanayar
(c) Pambar
(d) Sirumani
26. The place " Muziris" was known in ancient Kerala history as
(a) Capital City
(b) Chera Village
(c) Harbour City
(d) Urban Center
27. The first mass struggle against untouchability in Kerala was
(a) Guruvayur Satyagraha
(b) Paliyam Satyagraha
(c) Channar revolt
(d) Vaikom Satyagraha
28. The name ' Karindhanam ' is associated with
(a) Kuttiyadi Pass
(b) Thamarasseri Pass
(c) Periyar Pass
(d) Nadukkani Pass
29. Mention the main feature of ' Chinnar '
(a) Gold deposit in Kerala
(b) Hottest region in Kerala
(c) Rain Shadow region in Kerala
(d) Mica deposit in Kerala
30. The famous 'Mamankam Festival ' was celebrated in the bank of the river :
(a) Periyar
(b) Kabani
(c) Pamba
(d) Bharatapuzha
31. The name of person who persuaded Gandhiji to include women in Salt Sathagraha ?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Urvasi Bhatalia
(c) Kamaladevi Chadopadhyaya
(d) Subradhakumari Chauhan
32. In which Satyagraha did Gandhiji interfere for labours in factory for the first time ?
(a) Kheda Satyagraha
(b) Bardoli
(c) Chambaran
(d) Ahemedabad
33. The congress session which decided to celebrate 26th January as Independence Day all over the country
(a) Amaravathi Congress
(b) Bombay Congress
(c) Lahore Congress
(d) Belgaum Congress
34. Mahatma Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the biography of Gandhiji is written by :
(a) D G Tendulkar
(b) Sasi Tharoor
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Dr. S Radhakrishnan
35. Who organised the group called ' Khudaikhimatgars ' ?
(a) Khan Abdul Gafar Khan
(b) Moulana Azad
(c) Syed Ahammed Khan
(d) Agha Khan
36. Who is known as the mother of Indian Revolutions ?
(a) Captain Lakshmi
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Rani Gaidilieu
(d) Madam Bhikaji Rustom cama
37. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?
(a) Strafford Crips
(b) A V Alexander
(c) John Simon
(d) Pethick Lawrence
38. The famous book l Annihilation of Caste ' was written by
(a) Jyothi Rao Phule
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) B R Ambedkar
(d) Periyar Ramaswamy
39. The chairman of the State Re-organisation Commission
(a) H N Khunsru
(b) Fasal Ali
(c) K M Panikar
(d) V P Menon
40. The first sitting of Constituent Assembly of India was held on :
(a) 9 December 1946
(b) 26 November 1946
(c) 14 August 1947
(d) 26 January 1950
41. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by :
(a) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(b) Governor
(c) Prime Minister
(d) President of India
42. Constitution of India was adopted by Constituent Assembly on :
(a) 26th January, 1950
(b) 26th November,1949
(c) 29th August, 1947
(d) 9th December, 1946
43. Subject to the Provisions of any law made by Parliament or any rules made under Article 145, which Article of the constitution permits the Supreme Court to review its own judgement or order ?
(a) Article 134
(b) Article 135
(c) Article 130
(d) Article 137
44. Which Article is inserted in the Constitution of India by the Constitution (Ninety Seventh Amendment) Act, 2011 ?
(a) Article 43B
(b) Article 39A
(c) Article 338A
(d) Article 361B
45. Which of the following is a Constituent Body ?
(a) Finance Commission
(b) State Public Service Commission
(c) State Human Rights Commission
(d) Election Commission
46. The Constitution of India provides free and compulsory education of children in the age group of six to fourteen years as a
(a) Moral Right
(b) Political Right
(c) Fundamental Right
(d) Natural Right
47. Who was the second Chairman of National Human Rights Commission ?
(a) Justice K G Balakrishnan
(b) Justice M N Venkatachalliah
(c) Justice S Rajendra Babu
(d) Justice J S Verma
48. How many schedules are there in the ' Right to Information Act, 2005 ' ?
(a) 2 Schedules
(b) 4 Schedules
(c) 5 Schedules
(d) 3 Shedules
49. Which of the following Committees was formed by the Government of India in the year 1979 to study the issue of child labour and to suggest measures to tackle it ?
(a) Ravindra Verma Committee
(b) R N Malhotra Committee
(c) Justice V S Malilath Committee
(d) Gurupadaswamy Committee
50. The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act was passed in the year
(a) 2006
(b) 2006
(c) 2005
(d) 2008
51. Choose the suitable form of the adjective :
It is important to understand what makes one typeface _____ than another
(a) legibly
(b) more legible
(c) most legible
(d) legible
52. Choose the suitable interpretation for the idiom ' hand and glove'
(a) very friendly
(b) in confusion
(c) earnestly
(d) entirely
53. It was a steep _____ into the cave
(a) decend
(b) dissent
(c) decent
(d) descent
54. Find the appropriate reported speech for the following
The stranger said to me , " What is your name? "
The starnger asked me _______
(a) What my name is
(b) What is my name
(c) What my name was
(d) What was your name
55. The universe _______ a vast number of galaxies and it _________ since creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago
(a) has contained, expanded
(b) contains, had been expanding
(c) had contained, had expanded
(d) contains, has been expanding
56. Give a one word substitute for :
One who is filled with excessive and mistaken enthusiasm about religious matters.
(a) Altruist
(b) Atheist
(c) Fanatic
(d) Fatalist
57. The old man was overwhelmed _____grief at his son's death
(a) in
(b) with
(c) of
(d) by
58. Choose the correct sentence from the following.
(a) Neither of the two plans was approved
(b) Neither of the two plan was approved
(c) Neither of the two plans were approevd
(d) Neither of the two plans are approved
59. Choose the word which is spelt correctly.
(a) maintanance
(b) maintainance
(c) maintenance
(d) maintnance
60. Change the voice
One may accomplish anything with a little effort
(a) One can accomplish anything with effort
(b) With a little effort anything can be accomplished
(c) One can accomplish anything with a little effort
(d) With a little effort anything is accomplished
61. Which of the following is not the object of the Bharat Nirman Yojana ?
(a) Connect 40% of total rural area with telecommunication
(b) Built roads to connect all remote places
(c) To provide drinking water to all developing areas
(d) To provide employment opportunities to atleast one person in each family.
62. The ICDS aims at
(a) Providing supplementary nutrition to children
(b) Provide elementary deucation
(c) To prevent female infaticide
(d) None of the aabove
63. Kudumbasree Movement is launched in
(a) 1997
(b) 1998
(c) 1996
(d) 1999
64. The Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Grama Yojana was initially implemented in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Meghalaya
65. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana is implemented by
(a) District Panchayat
(b) Grama Panchayat
(c) Block Panchayat
(d) All the above
66. Anthyodaya Anna Yojana was launched on
(a) 13th April 2003
(b) 15th August 2000
(c) 25th December 2000
(d) 25th December 2001
67. Under VANBAY the Dwelling Unit shall be registered in the name of
(a) Wife
(b) Husband
(c) Elder Member of the Family
68. Mahila Samridhi Yojana was launched in :
(a) 1993
(b) 1994
(c) 1995
(d) 1996
69. The eligible persons under the Indira Awas Yojana are :
(a) Freed Bonded Labourer
(b) Widows of defense personnal
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of the Above
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
70. NRDP is organised in :
(a) 1991
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1994
71. One nibble is equal to :
(a) 2 bits
(b) 4 bits
(c) 8 bits
(d) 16 bits
72. ' Sleep ' in computers refers to ;
(a) Restart the computers in safe mode
(b) Restart the computers in normal mode
(c) Shutdown the computer terminating all running applications
(d) Shutdown the computer without closing the running applications
73. To process data, computers use
(a) High Level Language
(b) Machine Level Language
(c) Assembly Language
(d) All the Above
74. Which of the following is not an Operating Syatem ?
(a) Safari
(b) Android
(c) Macintosh
(d) Linux
75. Who is the founders of Whatsapp ?
(a) Brain Acton and Tim Cook
(b) Brain Acton and Mark Zuckerburg
(c) Brain Acton and Jan Koum
(d) Jan Koum and Tim Cook
76. Software that aims to gather information about a person or organisation without their knowledge, that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a device without the consumer's knowledge:
(a) Spyware
(b) Firmware
(c) Trojan Horse
(d) All the Above
77. Section which provides punishment for sending offensive messages through communication services:
(a) Section 66A
(b) Section 66B
(c) Section 66C
(d) Section 66D
78. IBM stands for :
(a) Integrated Business Machine
(b) Internal Business Machine
(c) Indian Business Machine
(d) International Business Machine
79. Computer which stores the different webpages is called :
(a) Service Provider
(b) Web Browser
(c) Web Server
(d) Termonal
80. The very high speed semiconductor memory which can speed up CPU is
(a) Main Memory
(b) Cache Memory
(c) Primary Memory
(d) Secondary Memory
81. A and B are two cities. A man travels from A to B at a speed of 10 Km/hr. and returns back at the speed of 30 Km/hr. Find his average speed for whole journey
(a) 12 Km/hr
(b) 15 Km/hr
(c) 20 Km/hr
(d) 22.5 Km/hr
82. A train 220 m long is running at 30 km/hr. How long it will take to cross a bridge 80 meters long ?
(a) 10 seconds
(b) 14/3 seconds
(c) 36 seconds
(d) 16.8 seconds
83. A and B together can finish a work in 16 days, while B can do the same work alone in 24 days. In how many days can A alone finish the work ?
(a) 25 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 48 days
(d) 42 days
84. The ratio of ages of Anil and Ashima is 3 : 5. The sum of their ages is 48 years. What is the age of Ashima?
(a) 18 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 48 days
(d) 10 years
85. Today is Monday. After 100 days what day it will be ?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday
86. 65 - 5 X 7 + (8 X 4 -2 - 1)
(a) 75
(b) 45
(c) 428
(d) 70
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
87. 10 3/4 + 2 9/5 - 5 1/10 = ?
(a) 8 1/4
(b) 4 1/8
(c) 1 4/8
(d) 8 1/20
88. Meena, Arun and Gopu divide a sum of Rs 6,000,/- in such a way that Run gets ½ of Meena gets and Gopu gets ¾ of what Arun gets. Then what is Arun's share?
(a) Rs. 1,200
(b) Rs. 1,480
(c) Rs. 1,600
(d) Rs. 3,000
89. The cost of a machine is estimated to be increasing at the rate of 10 % every year. If is casts Rs. 12,000 now, what will be the estimated value after 3 years ?
(a) Rs. 19,572
(b) Rs. 15,972
(c) Rs. 17,952
(d) Rs. 15,792
90. There are 30 students in a class. One student weighing 25 Kg goes away and a new student joins the class. If the average weight is then increased by 200 grams, what is the weight of the new student ?
(a) 32 Kg
(b) 31 Kg
(c) 30 Kg
(d) 29 Kg
91. If PRLN : XZTV :: JLFR : ?
(a) NPRT
(b) NRPT
(c) NTRP
(d) RTNP
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
92. If ? : vegerable :: ? Wheat
Which one of the following is the correct pair for question marks
(a) Plant, Cake
(b) Barley, Flour
(c) Cabbage, Corn
(d) Leaves, Rice
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
93. The following four numbers, three are same in certain way, while the rest one is different. Find out the different one
(a) 28
(b) 14
(c) 49
(d) 43
94. Out of four words, three are same in certain way, while the rest one is different. Find out the different one
(a) Bird
(b) Crow
(c) Kite
(d).Pegion
95. Which of the alternative figures would correctly fill in the blank space in following series of numbers
1, 5, 10, 16, 23, 31, ____
(a) 38
(b) 50
(c) 39
(d) 40
96. In a certain code FIRE is coded as DGPC,. What will be the last letter of the coded word 'SHOT'
(a) Q
(b) P
(c) R
(d) S
97. After starting from a point, a man walks 3 km towards East, then turning to his left, he moves 3 Km.After this he again turns left and moves 3 Km. Which choice given below indicates the correct direction in which he is from his starting point
(a) North
(b) East
(c) West
(d) South
98. If 8th of the month falls 3 days after Sunday, what day will be on 17th of that month
(a) Thursday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Friday
( Question Cancelled By PSC )
99. A, B, C and D distribute some cards among themselves in a manner that A gets one less than B, C gets five more than D while D gets as many as B. Who gets the least number of cards ?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) A
100. If the letters of the word SARBS are rearranged so that a name of metal is obtained. What will be the first letter of that word
(a) A
(b) S
(c) R
(d) B