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1 Maximum : 100 marks Time : 1 hour and 15 minutes Pq\n-b Akn-Ã v/imj-y, sif-kv-c_n (kvs]-dn. Fkvkn/FkvSn) ]co \S- Xv Disease caused by virus : (a) Cholera (b) Typhoid (c) Mumps (d) Syphills 2. The number of schedules to the Constitution of India : (a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) Total elected members of Rajya Sabha : (a) 238 (b) 250 (c) 275 (d) Who waged a war of destruction and plunder against India 17 times between 1000 and 1025 A.D? (a) Chingis Khan (b) Muhammad of Ghori (c) Muhammad of Ghazni (d) Babur 5. The first council of Buddhist monks was convened at : (a) Vaishali (b) Pataliputra (c) Bodh gaya (d) Rajagriha 6. The major bird sanctuary in Kerala : (a) Ponmudi (b) Thattekad (c) Silent Valley (d) Aralam 7. The district in Kerala with lowest literacy rate : (a) Palakkad (b) Wayanad (c) Pathanamthitta (d) Malappuram 8. Atacama desert is in : (a) Mangolia (b) North Africa (c) Mexico (d) Chile 9. Malagasay Republic is an Island which is situated in : (a) Pacific ocean (b) Atlantic ocean (c) Indian ocean (d) Artic ocean 10. Which of the following declared June 5 as the World Environment Day? (a) The Rio Summit 1992 (b) The Stockholm Conference 1972 (c) Nairobi Conference The one nearest to earth between 8 and 12 km is called : (a) Troposphere (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere (d) Biosphere 12. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was : (a) Novelist and dramatist (b) Freedom fighter and social reformer (c) A Scientist and former Director CSIR (d) A great artist who won many Awards 13. The number of non-permanent members in UN Security Council : (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) The first Prime Minister of Pakistan : (a) Aga Khan (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (d) Liaquat Ali Khan 15. Scheduled caste population of Kerala as per 2001 census : (a) 1.14 percent (b) 9.81 percent

2 (c) percent (d) percent 16. Handloom industry is concentrated in the districts of : (a) Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur (b) Ernakulam and Thrissur (c) Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam (d) Kannur and Palakkad 17. Women Development Corporation was started in 1985 in Kerala : (a) To improve the status of women (b) For the protection of women from family members. (c) For the socio-economic empowerment (d)to protect the rights of women. of BPL women. 18. Universities at Culcutta, Bombay and Madras were set up during the Viceroyalty of : (a) Lord Canning (b) William Bentick (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Mayo 19. The first Indian to preach the gospel of Swadeshi and India for Indians : (a) W.C. Banerjee (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Swami Dayanand Saraswathi 20. The Author of 1857 The Great Rebellion : (a) Vir Savarkar (b) Asoka Mehta (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Sarojini Naidu 21. How many times National Emergency declared so far? (a) Once (b) Twice (c) Thrice (d) Never 22. The number of seats reserved for Union Territories in Lok Sabha : (a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) The maximum gap between two sessions of Parliament : (a) 3 months (b) 4 months (c) one year (d) six months 24. Right to property is a : (a) Fundamental right (b) Natural right (c) Legal right (d) Human right 25. Which of the following is a true fruit? (a) Apple (b) Pineapple (c) Lichi (d) Coconut 26. The percentage of gold in 22 carat : (a) 74.3 (b) 91.6 (c) 97.2 (d) Which of the following material is repelled by a magnetic field? (a) Copper (b) Aluminium (c) Iron 28. Which of the following has the highest nutritional value? (a) Rice (b) Wheat (c) Maize (d) Groundnut 29. Equatorial radius of earth : (a) km (b) 8000 km (c) 6377 km (d) km 30. Which of the following river joins Ganga? (a) Tapti (b) Damodar (c) Sabarmati

3 31. The second largest east flowing Peninsular river : (a) Krishna (b) Godawari (c) Kaveri (d) Narmada 32. The significance of third Carnatic war : (a) Caused the defeat of Marathas (b) End of Anglo-Maratha War (c) End of the political power of French in (d) Tippu Sulthan was defeated India 33. Who destroyed Nalanda University in 1202? (a) Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji (b) Muhammad of Ghori (c) Feroz Sha (d) Iltumish 34. Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by : (a) Lord Auckland (b) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Wellesley 35. Hari Om Ashram Awards is for : (a) Literature (b) Music and Arts (c) Film (d) Science and Technology 36. The first month of National Calender (Saka era) : (a) Chaitra (b) Sravana (c) Karthika (d) Vaishaka 37. The first country built nuclear power station : (a) USA (b) Russia (c) France (d) UK 38. The country that suffered greatest loss of life in World war II : (a) Japan (b) Germany (c) Russia (d) Italy 39. The largest opium producer in the world : (a) China (b) Afghanistan (c) Russia (d) Mexico 40. Which of the following film is directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan? (a) Chemmeen (b) Piravi (c) Nirmalyam (d) Chidambaram 41. The birth place of the famous classic painter Raja Ravi Varma : (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Thripunithura (c) Kilim42. The first Chief Minister of Kerala : (a) Pattom Thanupillai (b) E.M.S. Namboothiripad (c) Panampally Govinda Menon (d) K. Karunakaran 43. The programme called ASRAYA has been implemented in Kerala : (a) To provide community based social (b) To provide self employment to the security to the poorest of the poor.poorest of the poor. (c) To alleviate poverty (d) As a participatory poverty reduc tion programme under peoples plan 44. The maximum age limit for election to the office of the Vice President of India : (a) 65 (b) 75 (c) 80 (d) No limit 45. The power of control the expenditure of Government of India rests exclusively with the : (a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Parliament (d) CAG 46. In the original Constitution of India the voting age was fixed at : (a) 18 years (b) 21 years (c) 25 years

4 47. Who was the Chief Minister in Kerala between 1987 and 1991? (a) E.K. Nayanar (b) K. Karunakaran (c) A.K. Antoney (d) P.K. Vasudevan Nair 48. Mackenzie river is in : (a) Canada (b) Russia (c) Europe (d) Australia 49. Borneo is an Island which is situated in : (a) Pacific ocean (b) Indian ocean (c) North Atlantic ocean (d) South Atlantic ocean 50. The Philippines is : (a) An island (b) An archipelago (c) A peninsula (d) Land locked 51. Which of the following is an east flowing river? (a) Sabarmati (b) Mahanadi (c) Tapti (d) Narmada anoor (d) Kottayam 52. Domestic Violence Act (2005) was passed for : (a) Protection of trafficking among women (b) Prohibit the giving and taking of dowry (c) Protection of women from family (d) Protecting the rights of divorced members women 53. Female employees in organised sector in Kerala accounts for : (a) 40 percent (b) 50 percent (c) 60 percent (d) 30 percent 54. The total number of job seekers in Kerala in 2005 : (a) lakhs (b) lakhs (c) lakhs (d) lakhs 55. The largest road length in Kerala is maintained by : (a) PWD (b) National Highway Authority (c) Municipalities (d) Panchayats 56. Which of the following is not correct for Attorney General : (a) He advices the government on legal (b) He has the right to speak and take matters part in the proceedings of either house (c) He can be a member of any (d) He cannot speak and take part in Parliamentary Committee, but is not the proceedings of the parliamentary entitled to vote. 57. Which of the following is the largest planet : (a) Mercury (b) Mars (c) Venus (d) Earth 58. Which of the following is degenerative disease? (a) Arthritis (b) Heart attack (c) Diabetes mellitus (d) All the above 59. A Megawatt is : (a) 1000 watts (b) watts (c) watts 60. Of the total energy supply of biosphere solar energy comprises : (a) 90 percent (b) percent (c) percent (d) percent 61. Which of the following occupies the most important place in the history of social and religious reforms in India? (a) Arya Samaj (b) Brahma Samaj

5 (c) Deva Samaj (d) Prathna Samaj 62. The repeated invasion and plundering of Nadirsha gave a death blow to : (a) Vijayanagar empire (b) Mughal empire (c) Maratha power (d) Delhi sulthanate 63. Itanagar is the capital of : (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Meghalaya (c) Mizoram (d) Tripura 64. Rajasthan shares India s frontier with Pakistan in the : (a) West (b) North (c) West and North West (d) North and North West 65. Eleventh schedule of the Constitution empowers the Panchayats to prepare plan and schemes in respect of : (a) 20 subjects (b) 25 subjects (c) 29 subjects 66. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB) are located in : (a) Tokyo (b) Bangkok (c) Manila (d) Singapore 67. The main port of United Arab Emirates (UAE) is : (a) Abu Dhabi (b) Dubai (c) Sharjah (d) Ras-al-khaimah 68. The most important tributary of the Indus passing through India : (a) Jhelum (b) Chenab (c) Beas (d) Sutlej 69. Murray-Darling river is in : (a) Australia (b) Russia (c) Europe (d) Canada 70. The disease due to mineral deficiency : (a) Rickets (b) Goitre (c) Marasmus (d) Night blindness 71. I need the scissors, where... (a) is it? (b) was it? (c) are them? (d) are they? 72. The police... coming. (a) are (b) is (c) has (d) not 73. My sister speaks to me (use never at the appropriate place) : (a) never my (b) never speaks (c) never to (d) me never 74. The dog swam...the river. (a) along (b) across (c) into (d) over 75. Don t put your feet... the table. (a) on (b) in (c) at (d) over 76. Which word is spelt correctly : (a) psuedonym (b) pseudonym (c) pseudonim (d) psuedonim 77. Which word is not spelt correctly : (a) anomalous (b) eupheimism (c) conscientious (d) annihilate

6 78. Alpha and... (coin the appropriate pair) (a) omega (b) beta (c) gamma (d) iota 79. Bag and...(coin the appropriate pair) (a) luggage (b) burden (c) baggage (d) umbrella 80. The idiom ivory tower approximately means : (a) living on high places (b) expensive tower (c) tower made of ivory (d) place out of touch with reality. 81. A stone s throw approximately means : (a) a long distance (b) no distance (c) a short distance (d) throw a stone 82. Which is the correct sentence? (a) She took out her shoes (b) She taken out her shoes (c) She took off her shoes (d) She took of her shoes 83. I am using my pen (Change to passive) : (a) My pen is being used (b) My pen is using (c) My pen used by me (d) My pen being used 84. Let this letter be posted (change to active) : (a) Please post this letter (b) Post this letter (c) 60 Please post that letter (d) Post that letter 85. Hari said, I have bought a pen (change to indirect speech) : (a) Hari said that he had bought a pen (b) Hari said that he bought a pen (c) Hari said that I bought a pen (d) Hari said that he has bought a pen 86. Yes i know him (give the correct punctuation) : (a) Yes. I know him (b) Yes I know him (c) Yes, I know him (d) Yes, I know him. 87. Identify the odd word : (a) tree (b) plant (c) flower (d) animal 88. Dribble (choose the word which is most nearly the same in meaning) : (a) speak fluently (b) wet (c) leak (d) flow in drops 89. Industrious people should be rewarded (choose the word which is closest to the meaning of the italicized word ): (a) hardworking (b) energetic (c) intelligent (d) cunning 90. I... don t want to speak to him again. (a) mostly (b) surely (c) naturally (d) definitely 91. Come and sit... me. (a) on (b) with (c) by (d) for 92. She saw the film (change to negative): (a) She didn t see the film (b) She doesn t see the film (c) She hadn t seen the film (d) She hasn t seen the film 93. What is time...? (a) is it (b) it is (c) is now (d) nil 94. Delhi is... capital of India.

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