Degree level Exam 1995 1. 'Operation Black Board' has been adopted as a mean to overcome illiteracy in the country under the: (a) New Education Policy, 1986 (b) VII Five-Year Plan (c) VIII Five-Year Plan (d) World Bank 2. Whose signature is found in the one-rupee currency notes in India? (a) The President of India (b) The Secretary, Ministry of Finance (c) The Finance Minister of India: (d) The Governor, Reserve Bank of India 3. Panchayati Raj is a subject on the (a) Concurrent list (b) Union list (c) State list (d) Residual list 4. Cash crop does not include: (a) Sugar-cane (b) Cotton (c) Jute (d) Wheat 5. Skin helps us to: (a) see (b) hear (c) feel (d) taste 6. Census in India is taken regularly once in every (a) 7 years (b) 5 years (c) 20 years (d) 10 years 7. The author of Annihilation of Caste (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Manu (c) Gandhiji (d) Panini 8. Who is the Chairman of the Committee on Science Technology and Environment Committee (STEC)? (a) K.V. Nambiar (b) Dr. A.D. Damodaran (c) P.K. Iyengar (d) K.G. Adiodi 9. The Chief Executive of a Municipality: (a) Municipal Chairman (b) Municipal Commissioner (c) Municipal Engineer (d) Building Inspector 10. The author of War and Peace (a) Charles Dickens (b) Adam Smith (c) Bernard Shaw (d) Tolstoy 11. The national flower of India: (a) Rose (b) Lilly 12. (c) Sunflower (d) Jasmine Who is the Vice-President of India: (e) Lotus (a) K.R. Narayanan (b) R.K. Narayan (c) Shankar Dayal Sharma (d) Najma Heptulla (e) Bairon Singh Shekawat 13. Who started the Weekly, Harijan? (a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Rajaram Mohan Roy 14. The Director of the malayalam movie Parinayam (a) I.V. Sasi (b) T.V. Chandran (c) Shaji Kailas (d) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (e) Hariharan 15. The country having the highest population in the world (a) India (b) U.S.A (c) China (d) Australia 16. If the position of both the President and Vice-President are vacant, who officiates as the President of India: (a) The Chief Justice of India (b) The Prime Minister of India (c) Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d) The Solicitor-General of India 17. Central Food Technological Research Institute is situated in: (a) Bangalore (b) Chennai (c) Lucknow (d) Mysore 18. What is Panini associated with? (a) Astronomy (b) Mathematics (c) Grammar (d) Religion 19. A person known as the 'Man of Destiny'?
(a) Joseph Stalin (b) Napoleon Bonaparte (c) Roosevelt (d) Hitler 20. Who said "there is neither a Hindu nor a Muslim only man"? (a) Guru Nanak (b) Swami Vivekananda (c) Sree Ramakrishna (d) Chaitanya 21. Nehru award is instituted for (a) Literature (b) Bravery (c) Social work (d) International Understanding and Peace 22. How long can a person continue to be a Minister in India without being a member of either House of Parliament? (a) Three months (b) Six months (c) One year (d) No time limit 23. International Literacy Day: (a) July 11 (b) December 10 (c) September 5 (d) September 8 24. When did East India Company was permitted to trade in Bengal? (a) A.D. 1600 (b) A.D. 1700 (c) A.D. 1634 (d) A.D. 1857 25. 1952 is historically significant for (a) First General Election in India (b) Launching of the First-Year Plan (c) India inaugurated Republic Constitution (d) Mount Everest was conquered for the first time 26. Year of Poona Pact (a) 1952 (b) 1932 (c) 1929 (d) 1919 27. Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? (a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (b) Dayananda Saraswathy (c) Sharada Devi (d) Swami Vivekananda 28. In what way did the Caste System harm Indian society? (a) Indian society lost the will to progress (b) There was a lot of infighting (c) Indian Society became divided (d) All of these 29. Which fundamental right is concerned with abolition of social distinctions? (a) Right to equality (b) Right against exploitation (c) Right to freedom (d) Cultural and Educational Rights 30. Why did the British decide to give Indians English education? (a) To make Indians appreciate Britishers (b) So that Indians could get work (c) For training Indians to help British officials (d) To acquaint Indians with Western culture 31. Bengal led in most of the reform movements because: (a) the British rule was established in Calcutta first (b) the Christian Missionaries were active there (c) common man was more oppressed is Bengal (d) the people were educated and enlightened 32. The Gandhara School of Arts primarily deals with: (a) Jainism (b) Buddhism (c) Brahmanism (c) Sikhism 33. Who first propagated the Advaita School of Philosophy? (a) Shankaracharya (b) Ramanuja (c) Sree Narayana Guru (d) Madhavacharya 34. The district having the highest birth rate? (a) Pathanamthitta (b) Alleppey (c) Malappuram (d) Ernakulam 35. A triangular piece of land formed by the deposition of mud and silt near the mouth of a river is called (a) Estuary (b) Plateau (c) Paneplain (d) Delta 36. Number of latitude lines in a Hemisphere? (a) 180 (b) 90 (c) 89 (d) 91 37. The tropical deciduous forests are also known as (a) evergreen forests (b) monsoon forests (c) tidal forests (d) thorn forests 38. Which of the following is a physical change? (a) Burning of cooking gas (b) Souring of milk (c) Digestion of food (d) Dissolution of sugar in water
39. Prime Meridian is the Meridian of degree longitude, which runs through Greenwich: (a) Zero (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 180 40. Cow lives in: (a) kennel (b) hole (c) web (d) shed 41. Animals that creep are called: (a) insects (b) reptiles (c) fish (d) ant 42. A set of words is given. One of the words do not belong to the set. Which is that? (a) Rose (b) Lotus (c) Dahlia (d) Papaya 43. The gas used in fire extinguishers is: (a) carbon monoxide (b) carbon dioxide (c) sulphur dioxide (d) chlorine 44. A mixture of water and alcohol can be separated by: (a) evaporation (b) decantation (c) distillation (d) filtration 45. Water freezes at: (a) 10 o C (b) 32 o C (c) 1 o C (d) 32 o F 46. Manures are essential in agriculture to restore: (a) lost bacterial action (b) lost soil nutrients (c) soil nitrogenous material (d) soil humus 47. Yeast is used in bread making as it (a) forms alcohol (b) liberates oxygen (c) helps in fermentation (d) liberates carbon dioxide 48. A glass rod placed in a colourless liquid seems to disappear because: (a) the glass and the liquid have the same refractive index (b) the glass and the liquid have the same colour (c) the glass and the liquid are of the same density (d) the liquid wets the glass by capillary action 49. Which of the following diseases is not a water-borne disease? (a) Cholera (b) Typhoid (c) Asthma (d) Amoebic dysentery 50. The sea-breeze blows during: (a) night from land to sea (b) night from sea to land (c) day from land to sea (d) day from sea to land 51. The poverty line for rural areas in India is determined on the basis of minimum average daily consumption of: (a) 2400 calories (b) 2500 calories (c) 2600 calories (d) 2700 calories 52. Perspiration is maximum when temperature is: (a) high and air is dry (b) high and air is humid (c) low and air is humid (d) low and air is dry 53. When taken out of water, fish die because: (a) they get much oxygen (b) the body temperature rises high (c) they are unable to respire (d) they are unable to drink water 54. For bleaching powder which is incorrect? (a) Highly soluble in water (b) Reacts with dilute acid to release chlorine (c) Oxidizing agent (d) Light yellow coloured powder 55. The spherical shape of a rain drop is due to (a) density of the liquid (b) surface tension (c) atmospheric pressure (d) gravity 56. Chemically an enzyme is (a) fat (b) carbohydrate (c) protein (d) vitamin 57. Sugar in the urine is a symptom of (a) diabetes (b) cholera (c) high pressure (d) typhoid 58. National Science Day is observed on Februay 28 to commemorate: (a) Bhabha s birthday (b) Raman s Effect day (c) Launching of the first Indian satellite, Aryabhatta (d) Successful launch of the A.S.L.V. 59. The best conductor of electricity: (a) Pure water (b) Cold water (c) Salt water (d) Distilled water
60. Chemical property of substance is determined by: (a) protons (b) neutrons (c) ions (d) electrons 61. Tetanus is caused by: (a) open injury (b) taking poison (c) drinking polluted water (d) careless inoculation or vaccination 62. The sky appears blue because (a) there is more blue colour in sun light than any other colour (b) short waves are scattered more than the long waves by the atmosphere (c) the eye is more sensitive to blue colour (d) the atmosphere absorbs long wavelengths more than short wavelengths Answers 1. (a) New Education Policy, 1986. The chief objective of the Operation Black board is universalisation of primary education. The Operation Blackboard scheme has three components. (i) Provision of at least two all-weather rooms (ii) Provision of at least two teachers, one of them preferably a woman, in every single teacher primary school. (iii) Provision of essential teaching and learning material including blackboards, maps, charts, a small library, toys, games, sports material and some equipment for work experience. 2. (b) The Secretary, Ministry of Finance. D. Subha Rao is the Present Governor of Reserve Bank of India. 3. (a) Concurrent List. Seventh Schedule of the Constitution contains three lists Union List, State List and Concurrent List. Union List contains 97 subjects over which the Union Government has an exclusive authority. State List contains 66 subjects over which states have exclusive authority. Concurrent List contains 47 subjects over which both the Union and the States have legislative powers. In case a conflict arises, the Union law prevails. 4. (d) Wheat. 5. (c) Feel. Skin is affected by the disease eczema. 6. (d) 10 years. The first regular census was taken in 1881. The next census will be taken in 2011. Devendra Kumar Sikri is the present Registral-General and Census Commissioner of India. 7. (a) B.R. Ambedkar. He was the Chairman of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly. 8.. 9. (a) Municipal Commissioner. Now it is Municipal Secretary. 10. (d) Tolstoy. Adam Smith, known as the Father of Modern Economics, wrote the book, The Wealth of Nations. 11. (e) Lotus. 12. (e) Present Vice President of India Muhammad Hamid Anzari.. Krishna Kanth was the first Vice President who died in harness. 13. (b)mahatma Gandhi. 14. (e) Hariharan. 15. (c) China. 16. (a) The Chief Justice of India. K.G. Balakrishnan is the Chief Justice of India. 17. (d) Mysore. 18. (c) Grammar. He wrote Ashtadhyayi. A.R. Raja Raja Varma is known as Kerala Panini. 19. (b) Napoleon Bonaparte. He is also known as Little Corporal. 20. (b) Swami Vivekanada. 21. (d) International Understanding and Peace. The first recipient was U. Thant in 1965. 22. (b) Six months. 23. (d) September 8. July 11 is the World Population Day. September 5 is Teacher s Day. December 10 is Human Rights Day. 24. (c) AD 1634. 25. (a) First General Election in India. Five Year Plan was launched in 1951 (1951 1956). Mount Everest was conquered in 1953 by Tenzing and Hillary. India became a republic on January 26, 1950. 26. (b) 1932. 27. (d) Swami Vivekananda in 1897. Dayananda Saraswathy started Arya Samaj in 1875. 28. (c) Indian society became divided. 29. (a) Right to equality. 30. (c) For training Indians to help British officials. English Education was introduced by Lord Macaulay. 31. (d) the people were educated and enlightened. 32. (b) Buddhism. It was founded by Gautama Buddha. 33. (a) Shankaracharya. Madhavacharya was the propounder of Dvaita philosophy. 34. (c) Malappuram. (17.22 percent). Pathanamthitta registered the lowest growth rate (3.72 percent). 35. (d) Delta. An Estuary is the single V. shaped mouth of a river when it merges into the sea.
36. (b) 90. Time difference between two latitudes is 4 minutes. 37. (b) Monsoon forests. 38. (d) Dissolution of sugar in water. 39. (a) Zero. 40. (d) Shed. 41. (b) Reptiles. 42. (d) Papaya. 43. (b) Carbon dioxide. 44.(c) Distillation. 45. (d) 32 0 F 46. (b) Lost soil nutrients. 47. (c) Helps in fermentation. 48. (a) The glass and the liquid have the same refractive index. Diamond has a high refractive index. 49. (c) Asthma. 50. (d) Day from sea to land. 51. (a) 2400 calories. 52. (b) High and air is humid. 53. (c) They are unable to respire. 54. (d) Light yellow coloured powder. It is calcium hypochlorite. 55. (b) Surface tension. 56.. Enzyme is a bio catalyst. 57. (a) Diabetes. 58. (b) Raman s Effect day. 59. (c) Salt water. 60. (d) Electrons. 61. (a) Open injury. 62. (b) Short waves are scattered more than the long waves by the atmosphere.