Selected Questions
Astronomy 1. What is the colour of the hottest star? 9. Who first observed the Saturn through (a) Red (b) White a telescope? (c) Violet (d) Blue (a) Galileo (b) Newton 2. Who was the founder of Scientific As- (c) Charles T. Kowed tronomy? (d) None of these (a) Hippalus (b) Hippocrates 10. Which is the predominent gas present (c) Hoffmann (d) None of these in the atmosphere of Uranus? 3. Who discovered the planet Uranus? (a) Hydrogen (b) Ozone (a) Ptolemy (c) Methane (d) Ethane (b) William Herschel 11. Who discovered Neptune? (c) Copernicus (d) Newton (a) Clyde Tombaugh 4. Which planet is known as the Will-o- (b) Ubrain V.J. Levierrier, John C. the Wisp in the sky? Adams and Johanne Galle (a) Mercury (b) Pluto (c) Carolyn Shoemaker (c) Neptune (d) Mars (d) Christiaan Huygens 5. Which is the coldest Planet? 12. What is the shape of the Earth? (a) Pluto (b) Mercury (a) Oval (b) Oblate (c) Jupiter (d) Neptune (c) Circular (d) Conical 6. Which is the hottest Planet? 13. Which of the following is the most fa- (a) Pluto (b) Mercury mous of all comets? (c) Venus (d) Neptune (a) Hale-Bopp (b) Halley’s Comet 7. Which planet has the most circular or- (c) Shoemaker-Levy 9 bit? (d) Smith-Tuttle (a) Venus (b) Mercury 14. Who discovered the Radio telescope? (c) Mars (d) Neptune (a) Galileo (b) Newton 8. Which planet is known as the Red (c) Einstein (d) Karl Jansky planet? 15. Which one of the following conditions (a) Mars (b) Venus is most relevant for the presence of life (c) Jupiter (d) None of these on Mars? (a) Occurrence of ice caps and frozen (a) Jupiter (b) Moon (d) Approximately at the centre of the 43. Which of the following planets takes water (c) Mars (d) None of these system very nearly the same time for a rota- (b) Occurrence of ozone 26. Supernovae is 34. The Sun is tion on its own axis as does the Earth? (c) Thermal conditions (a) a black hole (b) a comet (a) made of rock and metal (a) Jupiter (b) Mars (d) Atmospheric composition (c) a dying star (d) an asteroid (b) a solid body (c) Neptune (d) Uranus 16. Which was the International Geophysi- 27. When will be the Earth very near to (c) a mass of hot gases 44. The visible part of the Sun is called cal Year? Sun? (d) party rock and metal and partly a (a) Ionosphere (b) Hydrosphere (a) July 1957 to December 1958 (a) 1st March (b) 3rd January mass of hot gases (c) Photosphere (d) Troposphere (b) September 1951 to November 1952 (c) 2nd January (d) 6th December 35. How much of the surface of the Moon 45. The Sun shines vertically on the Equa- (c) No such period at all 28. When will be the Earth very far away is visible from the Earth? tor (d) None of these from the Sun? (a) More than 75% (a) Throughout the year 17. The time taken by Pluto to revolve (a) 12th December (b) Only about 40% (b) Four times a year round the Sun is... (b) 6th August (c) 7th March (c) About 59% (d) None of these (c) Twice a year (a) 4 years (b) 200 years (d) 10th November 36. The Earth rotates on its axis from (d) Once a year (c) 248 years (d) 350 years 29. Why does the Moon always keep (a) west to east (b) east to west 46. The distance between the Earth and the 18. What is one light second? roughly the same face turned towards (c) south to north (d) north to south Sun is greatest during (a) 1,86,000 km. (b) 2,99,300 km. us? 37. The planet with the shortest day is (a) Aphelion (b) Perihelion (c) 1,86,282 km. (d) None of these (a) Because it has no atmosphere of its (a) Pluto (b) Saturn (c) Winter Solstice 19. Who propounded the signs of the Zo- own (c) Venus (d) Mercury (d) Summer Solstice diac? (b) Because it rotates on its axis in about 38. Which of the following gases is most 47. The time taken by the Uranus to re- (a) Indians (b) Egyptians the same time as it takes to go round predominant in the Sun? volve round the Sun is approximately (c) Babylonians (d) None of these the Earth (a) Hydrogen (b) Nitrogen (a) 76 years (b) 80 years 20. Who is the Father of Space Science? (c) Because it does not rotate on its (c) Ozone (d) Helium (c) 84 years (d) 90 years (a) Andrin Nikaleyev axis 39. The biggest star in our galaxy is 48. How much time is required for the sun- (b) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (d) Because its surface is covered with (a) Epsilon Aurigae light to reach the Earth? (c) Valentina Tereshkova enormous plains which look identical (b) Proxima Centauri (a) 8 min. (d) None of these 30. Which of the following motions of the (c) Sirius (d) Sun (b) 8 min. 15 seconds 21. Who was the oldest man to go to space Earth is the slowest? 40. The nearest star to Earth (excepting (c) 1 hour (d) 24 hours (a) Andrin Nikaleyev (a) Its rotation on its axis the Sun) in our galaxy is 49. Which planet was first found in space? (b) John Glen (c) Allen Bien (b) Its revolution around the Sun (a) Epsilon Indi (a) Sun (b) Pluto (d) Jack Lusmen (c) Precession (or motion) on its axis (b) Proxima Centauri (c) Neptune (d) Jupiter 22. Who was the first American to enter (d) None of these (c) Sirius A (d) GQ Andromedae 50. Which of the following is responsible space? 31. Counting outwards from the sun, ..... is 41. Who was the first to observe Sun spots? for life on the Earth? (a) Alan Bartlett Sheperd the eighth planet of the Solar System (a) Galileo (b) Halley (a) Sun (b) Moon (b) Owen Garriat (a) Neptune (b) Pluto (c) Newton (d) None of these (c) Jupiter (d) None of these (c) No American entered space so far (c) Saturn (d) Uranus 42. What are Sunspots? 51. When does Solar Eclipse take place? (d) None of these 32. Which of the following planets turns (a) These are great flames of gases (a) When the Moon is between the Ju- 23. From where was Aryabhatta launched? on its axis in 24 hours and 37 minutes? which shoot out of the Sun piter and the Earth (a) Russia (b) India (a) Earth (b) Jupiter (b) These are areas of the Sun where (b) When the Moon comes between the (c) China (d) None of these (c) Mars (d) Saturn nuclear fission takes place Sun and the Earth 24. Halley’s Comet revolves round the Sun 33. In which part of the Solar System is the (c) These are areas of the Sun where (c) When the temperature of the Sun once in Sun located? the heat is most intense which shows reaches to a superlative degree (a) 10 years (b) 60 years (a) At the top of the system up as dark spots (d) None of these (c) 76 years (d) 100 years (b) At the bottom of the system (d) These are cooler areas which move 52. Who discovered the earth’s revolution? 25. ‘Sea of Tranquility’ and ‘Ocean of (c) At the left hand corner of the sys- about the Sun’s surface and show up (a) Copernicus (b) Einstein Storms’ are in tem as dark spots (c) Galileo (d) Bhaskara 53. Space Application Centre is in (b) Venus and Mars 71. The speed per minute at which Earth (a) Conduction (b) Convection (a) Bangalore (b) Ahmedabad (c) Mercury and Venus revolves around the sun is (c) Radiation (d) Reflection (c) Thumba (d) Jupiter and Saturn (a) 800 km (b) 900 km 82. How many days does the moon take to (d) Thiruvananthapuram 64. Name the planet which appear as ‘morn- (c) 1,500 km return to the same position among the 54. The rotation of the Earth causes ing star’ in the eastern sky and ‘evening (d) more than 1,600 km constellations ? (a) Tides (b) Days and Nights star’ in the western sky. 72. If earth had no satellite of its own (a) 28 days (b) 29 days (c) Solar eclipse (d) Lunar eclipse (a) Venus (b) Jupiter (i.e.the moon), which of the following (c) 26 days (d) None of these 55. The theory of Expanding universe was (c) Saturn (d) Mercury phenomena would not occur ? 83. Which of the following planets takes first propounded by 65. Which planet was for the first time ob- (a) Climate (b) Ocean currents the least time to complete one revolu- (a) Einstein (b) Galileo served in 1930? (c) Spring tide tion around the sun ? (c) Newton (d) Hubble (a) Uranus (b) Pluto (d) All will not occur (a) Earth (b) Mercury 56. Which one of the following planets has (c) `Neptune (d) Jupiter 73. Which one of the following categories (c) Mars (d) Venus no Moon? 66. All the planets, except one, in the So- of stars has relatively small volume 84. Which of the following planets takes (a) Earth (b) Mercury lar System rotate on their axes from but very high density ? the longest time to complete one revo- (c) Neptune (d) Venus west to east. Which is the exception? (a) Dwarf stars lution around the sun ? 57. During Equinoxes, all places have equal (a) Earth (b) Mars (b) Lightweight stars (a) Pluto (b) Saturn (a) Days and nights (c) Saturn (d) Venus (c) Middleweight stars (c) Uranus (d) Venus (b) Temperature (c) Sunshine 67. “Galileo Satellites”, named after their (d) Heavyweight stars 85. Titan is the largest satellite of (d) Atmospheric Pressure discoverer, are four large moons of the 74. Which planet is nearest to earth ? (a) Jupiter (b) Mars 58. The Sun releases its energy due to planet (a) Jupiter (b) Mecury (c) Saturn (d) Uranus (a) Nuclear fission (b) Nuclear fusion (a) Jupiter (b) Neptune (c) Mars (d) Venus 86. When and by whom were the rings of (c) Conduction (d) None of these (c) Saturn (d) Uranus 75. The first ever robot spacecraft to probe Saturn discovered ? 59. The time taken by the Earth to rotate 68. Who wrote the book “The Harmonies the planet Venus was named (a) Galileo; 1610 once about its axis is called of the World”? (a) Magellan (b) Galileo (b) Edmund Halley ; 1682 (a) Sidereal day (b) Solar day (a) Issac Newton (c) Newton (d) Challenger (c) Newton ; 1682 (c) Mean solar day (b) Johannes Kepler 76. The planet which is the farthest from (d) Tycho Brache; 1590 (d) Mean sidereal day (c) Einstein (d) Giordano Bruno the sun is 87. What would happen if Earth were to 60. In the southern hemisphere, the hot- 69. A Comet (a) Uranus (b) Saturn stop its rotatory motion on its axis ? test period is (a) has a tail always pointing away from (c) Pluto (d) Neptune (a) There would be no season on Earth (a) 1st week of January the Sun 77. Comets are (b) The half sphere on the right side of (b) 1st week of February (b) has a tail always pointing towards (a) Celestial bodies its north pole would have daylight (c) 1st week of July the sun (b) Hand grenades (c) Pistols all the time (d) 1st week of August (c) has a tail sometimes pointing to- (d) None of these (c) There would be no day and night as 61. A century year is a leap year wards the Sun and sometimes away 78. How many satellites did Jupiter have? at present (a) if it is divisible by 4 from it (a) 10 (b) 12 (d) Earth would become a ver hot planet (b) if it is divisible by 400 (d) has no tail at all (c) 15 (d) 16 like Mecury (c) if it is divisible by 10 70. Which of the following makes the 79. Where is the Sea of Tranquility ? 88. ‘Atlantis’ is the name of the space shut- (d) always planet Saturn unique in the Solar fam- (a) Mars (b) Venus tle launched by 62. Scientists believe that the Universe is ily? (c) Pluto (d) Moon (a) Australia (b) Britain created by (a) It is the biggest among the planets 80. Which one of the following planets can (c) India (d) USA (a) accident (b) There is a well-developed system be seen with the naked eye of a normal 89. Skylab was a space laboratory launched by (b) a holy plan by god of rings around it human being ? (a) Russia (b) Australia (c) a big bang (c) It sends out very strong radio sig- (a) Pluto (b) Neptune (c) India (d) USA (d) nobody knows how nals which sound like the noise of (c) Uranus (d) Mars 90. The day on which the sun is nearest to 63. Name the two planets lying between the sea waves 81. The sun’s heat and light energy reaches Earth, Earth is said to be in Sun and the Earth. (d) It shows phases like those of the Earth by which of the following modes (a) apogee (b) perigee (a) Mercury and Mars Earth’s Moon of transmission ? (c) aphelion (d) perhelion ANSWERS: ASTRONOMY 12. The real founder of Jainism was (b) Narendrachandra (a) Vardhamana Mahavira (c) Simhachandra 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (a) (b) Neminath (c) Parsvanath (d) Devaputra 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (b) (d) Rishabhanath 22. Banabhatta was the author of 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (c) 13. “The torch that would dispel the gloom (i) Kadambari 31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (c) 36. (a) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (b) of misery and ignorance was lighted at (ii) Panchatantra 41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (a) 51. (b) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (b) 55. (d) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (b) Gaya under the holy tree”. Whom is (iii)Parvathy Parinaya 61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (b) 66. (d) 67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (a) 70. (b) the author referring to? (iv)Ratnamalika 71. (d) 72. (c) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (d) (a) Buddha (b) Mahavira (v) Harsha Charita 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (c) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (d) 89. (d) 90. (d) (c) Ashoka (d) Krishna (a) ii, iii, iv (b) ii and iv 14. In all how many Buddhist councils were (c) i, ii, v (d) i, iii, v held? 23. The finest specimens of Pallava archi- Indian History (a) Four (b) Three tecture are (c) Two (d) One (a) Temple of Madurai 1. Who wrote the book Tehqiq-i-Hind? (a) Rajasthan 15. Identify the Mauryan king, who in his (b) Temples of Tanjore (a) Megasthenes (b) Herodotus (b) Punjab and Haryana old age abdicated the throne and fol- (c) Rock-cut Rath temple at Mahabali- (c) Amir Khusru (d) Alberuni (c) N.W. Uttar Pradesh lowed the Jain Saint Bhadrabahu to the puram 2. The main historical source regarding the (d) Gujarat South. (d) Kailasnath temple of Ellora information about village government 6. Who presided over the Cabinet Mission? (a) Bindusara (b) Samprati 24. Muhammad Ghori was defeated by under the Cholas is the (a) Clement Attlee (c) Chandragupta Maurya Prithviraj Chauhan in the battle of (a) Halmidi inscription (b) Sir P. Lawrence (d) Dasharatha (a) Tarrain (b) Panipat (b) Jatwai inscription (c) Strafford Cripps 16. Who was the court physician of (c) Thaneswar (d) Chandawar (c) Uttaramerur inscription (d) A.V. Alexander Kanishka? 25. Which Chola King conquered the Sri (d) Chandravallo inscription 7. A Yogi of the Harappan seals wearing a (a) Nagasena (b) Susruta Vijaya empire of the Sailendra rulers by 3. Which was the first metal to be used by three horned cap and surrounded by ani- (c) Charaka (d) Asvagosha sending a naval expedition? mals has been identified with man ? 17. Who is the author of Buddha Charita ? (a) Rajendra-I (b) Parantaka-II (a) Rudra (b) Murugan (a) Copper (b) Iron (a) Bana Bhatta (b) Ashvagosha (c) Rajaraja-I (d) Virarajendra (c) Mahayogeshwar (c) Bronze (d) tin (c) Parshava (d) Vasumitra 26. Which is the tallest of all medieval In- (d) Pasupati Shiva 4. Match the following 8. Which of the following Vedas deals with 18. Sangam in the Sangam Age denotes dian Temples? A. Paleolithic age music? (a) meeting of rivers (a) Kailasa Temple at Ellora 1. Stone-copper tools (a) Rigveda (b) Samaveda (b) assembly of religious leaders (b) Sun Temple at Konark B. Mesolithic age (c) Yajurveda (d) Atharvaveda (c) assembly of poets (c) Nilakanteswara Temple at Udaipur 2. Polished stone tools 9. Name the sage who is believed to have (d) royal court (d) Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore C. Neolithic age Aryanised South India 19. Which of the following is known as the 27. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi? 3. Chipped stone tools (a) Vashishtha (b) Agastya Bible of Tamil land ? (a) Iltumish D. Chalcolithic age (c) Yagynavalkya (d) Vishwamitra (a) Tirukkural (b) Aingurunaru (b) Allaud-din Khilji 4. Microliths 10. Find out, which was not one of the (c) Silappadikaram (c) Qutab-ud-din Aibak (a) A-3, B-2, C-3, D-1 “Three Jewels” of Buddhism ? (d) Murugarrupaddi (d) Mahmud of Ghazni (b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 (a) Buddha (b) Ahimsa 20. Language of the Sangam Literature was 28. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq introduced a (c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 (c) Dharma (d) Sangha (a) Sanskrit (b) Pali token currency in lieu of the prevalent (d) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 11. Which of the following is not among (c) Prakrit (d) Tamil silver tanka. Identify the metal used for 5. The largest number of Harappan sites the “three ratnas” or gems of Jainism? 21. Which of the following titles was making the token currency. in post-independence India have been (a) Full knowledge (b) Action adopted by Chandragupta-II? (a) Bronze (b) Brass discovered in (c) Liberation (d) Belief in God (a) Vikramaditya (c) Copper (d) Nickel 29. Who may be rightly called the first Rajput chiefs, the Marathas were de- (d) Open the temples for the entry of arrest of their popular leaders, Dr. Turkish empire builder in India? feated by the Afghans the lower caste avarnas Saiffudin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal (a) Qutab-ud-din Aibak (a) iii only (b) i, ii, iv 42. The first sepoy who refused to use the (c) To condole the death of a local (b) Alaud-din Khilji (c) ii, iii, iv (d) iii and iv greased cartridge and killed an Adjutant leader in police custody. (c) Mohammad bin Tughlaq 36. The Battle of Plassey was fought be- was (d) To protest against the passing of (d) Sikander Lodhi tween (a) Mangal Pandey the Rowlatt Acts. 30. The ruler of Kashmir who has been de- (a) Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and (b) Shiv Ram (c) Hardev 48. In 1920, the Non-cooperation Move- scribed as the Akbar of Kashmir. East India Company (d) Abdul Rahim ment was launched to (a) Alauddin Shah (b) Shuja-ud-Daulah and East India 43. “First War of Indian Independence”, (a) Rejuvenate communal harmony (b) Shihabuddin Shah Company who said this for the first time, regard- (b) Oppose the Indian government’s (c) Shahi Khan (Zainul Abidin) (c) Haidar Ali and East India Company ing the revolt of 1857? failure to restore the authority of (d) Haider Shah (d) Tipu Sultan and East India Com- (a) Tarachand (b) R.C. Mujumdar the Khalifa 31. In the battle of Haldighati in 1576, the pany (c) Bipin Chandra (d) V.D. Savarkar (c) Oppose the Indian government for Rajput force of Maharana Pratap Singh 37. The Subsidiary Alliance System was 44. The Moderates decided to break with not taking action against the was defeated by evolved by the Extremists in Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919). (a) Raja Man Singh (a) Warren Hastings (a) 1906 (b) 1907 (d) (b) and (c) (b) Pir Mohammad (b) Dalhousie (c) 1914 (d) 1919 49. ‘...... ’ a post-dated cheque on a fail- (c) Prince Salim (d) Akbar (d) Cornwallis (d) Wellesley 45. The Home Rule Movement was ing bank’, who said this and in which 32. Who among the following gurus intro- 38. Who was the founder of “Drain launched during 1915-16 by context? duced the Gurmukhi script for the spo- Theory” which among others, exposed (a) Annie Besant and B.G. Tilak to- (a) Nehru, about Cripps’ Proposals. ken language of the Punjab ? the constant drain of wealth from India gether (b) M.A. Jinnah, about Cripps’ Propos- (a) Guru Nanak (b) Guru Angad to England? (b) Annie Besant and B.G. Tilak sepa- als. (c) Guru Amardas (d) Guru Ramdas (a) S.N. Bannerje rately (c) Gandhiji, about Cripps’ Proposals. 33. The earliest Vaishnava Bhakti saints (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (c) Annie Besant and Mahatma Gandhi (d) Sardar Patel, about Cripps’ Propos- from the South were (c) Dadabhai Naoroji together als. (a) Alvars (b) Nayanars (d) M.K. Gandhi (d) The Congress when Mrs.Besant was 50. Subhash Chandra Bose set-up his Azad (c) Bhagavatas (d) Virashaivites 39. Lord Dalhousie introduced the first tel- President Hind Fauj and Azad Hind Government 34. Shivaji was born in egraph line in 1853, between 46. M.K. Gandhi applied his Satyagraha for in (a) Poona in the year 1615 (a) Calcutta and Bombay the first time against (a) Burma (b) Japan (b) Raigarh in the year 1622 (b) Agra and Madras (a) The European indigo planters (c) Malaya (d) Singapore (c) Purandhar in the year 1607 (c) Bombay and Thane (b) The mill owners of Ahmedabad (d) Shivner in the year 1627 (d) Calcutta and Agra (c) The British government to protest ANSWERS:INDIAN HISTORY against the Rowlatt Acts 35. Identify the correct statements about 40. Railways were introduced in India when 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (d) the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. the Governor-General of India was (d) The racist authorities of South Af- 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b) (i) Full utilisation of the guerilla tac- (a) Curzon (b) Dalhousie rica tics of warfare was made by Marathas (c) Hardinge (d) Ripon 47. April 13, 1919 marked the brutal mas- 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c) (ii) Ahmed Shah Abdali led the Afghan 41. What was the objective of the Vaikom sacre at Jallianwala Bagh. What was the 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (d) forces and Balaji Baji Rao led the Satyagraha launched in Kerala? occasion for the gathering at the 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (a) 25. (a) Maratha forces (a) Remove untouchability Jallianwala Bagh ground before the mas- 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (b) 30. (c) (iii) Sadasiva Rao Bhau and Viswas Rao (b) Force the temple authorities to ap- sacre took place? 31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (a) along with the other leaders were point non-brahmins as priests (a) To organise a satyagraha against the 36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (b) generally rude behaviour of General killed in the battle (c) Ban the initiation of Devadasis for 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (b) Dyer. (iv)Inspite of all possible help from the temple service 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (c) 50. (d) (b) To demonstrate protest against the (c) They often form over continents temperature increase (d) The air moves in an anti-clockwise 18. An upper air wind system with very high Geography direction velocities in certain parts of the 16. The velocity of winds is governed by atmosphere is called 1. The earth’s rotation does not cause (a) March 21 (b) December 22 (a) rotation of earth (b) pressure (a) a cyclone (b) an anticyclone (a) deflection of ocean currents (c) June 21 (d) all days gradient (c) jet stream (d) a tsunami (b) phases of the moon (c) Farrel’s law (d) insolation 9. At 12 noon of December 21, you ANSWERS: GEOGRAPHY (c) tides observe that you cast no shadow as you 17. The water content in the atmosphere (d) difference in time between two stand in bright sunlight. So you must be (a) is independent of temperature 1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) meridians somewhere near (b) increases as temperature increases 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (c) 2. The latitude of a place expresses its (a) the Arctic Circle (c) decreases as temperature icreases 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (d) angular position relative to the place (b) the Tropic of Cancer (d) either increases or decreases with 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) of (c) the Tropic of Capricon (a) axis of the earth (d) the South Pole (b) equator (c) north pole 10. The standard time of India is (d) south pole (a) 4½ hours ahead of Greenwich time Indian Constituion 3. The sun reaches its maximum angular (b) 4½ 4½ hours behind Greenwich time 1. Who was the chairman of Constituent 6. Who constitutes the Cabinet ? distance from the equator at the (c) 5½ hours ahead of Greenwich time Assembly ? (a) The Council of Ministers (a) zenith (b) solstice (d) 5½ hours behind Greenwich time (a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (b) Only Cabinet Ministers (c) equinox (d) noontime 11. The difference in the duration of day (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Cabinet Ministers and State Minis- 4. What can be the maximum duration of and night increases as one moves from (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad ters totality for a solar eclipse? (a) west to east (d) K.M.Munshi (d) All Ministers (a) 12.5 minutes (b) east and west of the prime meridian 2. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting 7. In case of a conflict between the Cen- (b) 7 minutes 40 seconds (c) poles to equator Committee of our Constitution ? tre and the State Government over a (c) 1 hour 42 minutes (d) equator to poles (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad subject on the concurrent list, (d) There is no maximum duration 12. Which parallel of latitude touches the (b) K.M. Munshi (a) the state law has the upper hand 5. Which of the following best describes southernmost tip of Indian territory? (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) the central law has the upper hand longitude? (a) 80 4 (b) 70 4 (d) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (c) both are equally applicable (a) An imaginary line joining north and (c) 100 4 (d) 90 4 3. When did our Constitution come into (d) the Supreme Court decides whether south poles 13. The supersonic aircraft find it most force ? the state law should prevail or the (b) The distance between a place east convenient to fly in the (a) November 26, 1949 central law or west of the Greenwich Meridian (a) troposphere (b) stratosphere (b) January 26, 1950 8. A subject is said to be on the concur- (c) The angular distance east or west (c) mesosphere (d) ionosphere (c) August 15, 1947 rent list when a law can be passed on it of the Greenwich meridian 14. Freely moving bodies are (d) December 9, 1946 by (d) The position of a place on earth’s (a) deflected to their right in the 4. According to the Preamble of our Con- (a) the State Government surface with reference to the Prime northern hemisphere stitution, India is a (b) the Central Government Meridian. (b) deflected to the right in the (a) sovereign democratic socialist repub- (c) the Central and the State Govern- 6. The South Pole experiences southern hemisphere lic ments continuous light at (c) deflected upwards at the equator (b) sovereign socialist secular republic (d) the President and the Governor (a) summer solstice (d) unaffected by the earth’s (c) sovereign democratic republic 9. The Constitution of India provides for (b) winter solstice movements (d) sovereign SOCIALIST SECULAR a (c) vernal equinox(d) no time 15. Which of the following is specially true democratic republic (a) dual citizenship 7. The shortest day in Australia will be on of anticyclones in the southern 5. According to the Constitution, India is (b) single citizenship (a) June 21 (b) December 22 hemisphere ? a (c) both (c) September 22 (d) March 23 (a) The air moves in a circular manner (a) federal state (b) unitary state (d) international and national citizen- 8. The sun shines vertically over the (b) Pressure increases from the outside (c) union of states ship equator on to the centre (d) quasi-federal state 10. The right to property is (d) the proportion of number of mem- 25. Who is the Chairman of the Planning and Vice-President becomes vacant ? (a) a fundamental right bers in the state assemblies Commission ? (a) The speaker of the Lok Sabha (b) a legal right 18. If the office of the President of India (a) The President (b) The Prime Minister of India (c) an ordinary right falls vacant, when should the new Presi- (b) The Vice-President (c) The Chief Justice of India (d) a statutory right dent be elected ? (c) The Planning Minister (d) The Deputy Chairman of the Rajya 11. The basic principle in granting funda- (a) Immediately (d) The Prime Minister Sabha mental rights to citizens is to give them (b) Within two months 26. An individual who is not a member of 29. Who is the Chairman of the Lok Sabha ? (a) full opportunity for growth and de- (c) Within six months either House of Parliament can be ap- (a) The Speaker velopment (d) Within one year pointed as a member of the Council of (b) The Prime Minister (b) freedom from exploitation 19. The President of India issue an ordi- Ministers, but he has to become a mem- (c) The President (c) social and economic equality nance ber of either House within a period of (d) The Vice-President (d) freedom of speech and association (a) if Parliament is not in session (a) one month (b) two months ANSWERS: INDIAN CONSTITUTION 12. The provision of the directive princi- (b) if Parliament is not likely to pass it (c) three months (d) six months ples of state policy in the Indian Con- (c) if there is any danger to the nation 27. The judges of the Supreme Court of In- 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) stitution has been derived from the con- (d) if there is a deadlock between the dia hold office until the age of 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (b) stitution of two House of Parliament (a) 55 years (b) 60 years 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (d) (a) Ireland and USA 20. The supreme commander of the defence (c) 65 years (d) not certain 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a) (b) Ireland and Spain forces of India is 28. Who discharges the duties of the Presi- 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) (c) Ireland and Canada (a) the President dent when the office of the President 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (c) 29. (a) (d) UK and USA (b) the Defence Minister 13. Parliament consists of (c) the Prime Minister (a) the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (d) the Chief of the Army Staff Everyday Science (b) the Lok Sabha 21. How many types of emergencies are pro- (c) the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabha vided for in the Indian Constitution ? 1. Which of the following was to be 6. Bell metal is an alloy of (d) the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and (a) Two (b) Three discovered first in the chromosphere of (a) brass and nickel the President of India (c) Five (d) Four the sun? (b) zinc and copper 14. The President of India can be removed 22. The electoral college that elects the (a) Xenon (b) Helium (c) tin and copper from office by Vice-President of India consists of (c) Neon (d) Krypton (d) nickel and copper (a) the Prime Minister of India (a) members of the Rajya Sabha only 2. Which of the following ores does not 7. Quartz crystals normally used in quartz (b) the Chief Justice of India (b) elected members of both Houses of clocks etc. is chemically (c) Parliament contain iron? Parliament (a) Haematite (b) Magnetite (a) sodium silicate (d) the Lok Sabha (c) members of both Houses of Parlia- (c) Limonite (d) Cassiterite (b) germanium oxide 15. An individual can contest election for ment 3. The gas that usually causes explosions (c) silicon dioxide the Lok Sabha if he has attained the (d) members of the Rajya Sabha and the in coal mines is (d) a mixture of (b) & (c) age of Legislative Assemblies (a) hydrogen 8. Which gas is used for preparation of (a) 30 years (b) 21 years 23. Who acts as the Chairman of the Rajya (b) carbon monoxide soda water? (c) 35 years (d) 25 years Sabha ? 16. The minimum age for a candidate to be (c) air (d) methane (a) Ammonia (a) the President of India (b) Carbon dioxide eligible for membership of the Rajya (b) the Vice-President of India 4. The element required for solar energy (c) Hydrogen Sabha is (c) the Speaker conversion is (d) Nitric oxide (a) 21 years (b) 30 years (d) the leader of the majority party in (a) germanium (b) silicon 9. The metallic constituents of hard water (c) 25 years (d) 35 years the Rajya Sabha (c) uranium (d) selenium are 17. The representation of a state in the 24. The Council of Ministers at the centre 5. Which of the following are the (a) magnesium, calcium and tin Rajya Sabha is determined by is responsible to ingredients of gun metal? (a) the size of each state (a) the Lok Sabha (a) Iron, Tin (b) Copper, Tin (b) iron, tin and calcium (b) the size and population of the state (b) Parliament (c) Iron, Brass, Tin (c) calcium and magnesium (c) the population of the state (c) the President (d) the people (d) Iron, Zinc, Titanium (d) magnesium, tin and iron 10. Amalgams are (c) Oxygen (d) Lead (b) with increase in the weight of the 38. Which of the following gases is lighter (a) alloys which contain carbon 19. The element found on the surface of nail than air? (b) alloys which have great resistance the moon is (c) with decrease in the weight of the (a) Carbon dioxide(b) Oxygen to abrasion (a) tin (b) tungsten nail (c) Ammonia (d) Chlorine (c) alloys which contain mercury as one (c) tantalum (d) titanium (d) without any change in colour or 39. In which type of rocks are metals like of the contents 20. The ratio of pure gold in 18 carat gold is weight of the nail gold and copper mostly found? (d) highly coloured alloys (a) 60% (b) 75% 29. Of the following metals which, one (a) Old igneous (b) Old sedimentary 11. The group of metals Fe, Co, Ni may be (c) 80% (d) 100% pollutes the air of a big city? (c) Old metamorphic best called as 21. The hardest substance available on earth is (a) Copper (b) Chromium (d) New metamorphic (a) alkali metals (b) rare metals (a) platinum (b) coal (c) Lead (d) Cadmium 40. Caustic soda is
(c) main group metals (c) diamond (d) gold 30. Which one of the following is the basis (a) NaCl (b) Na2CO3 (d) transition metals 22. Graphite and sillimanite are of modern periodic table? (c) NaOH (d) NaHCO3 12. An element that does not occur in nature (a) refractory minerals (a) Atomic mass (b) Atomic number 41. Which of the following alloys is used but can be produced artificially is (b) ferrous minerals (c) Atomic size (d) Atomic volume for making magnets? (a) thorium (b) radium (c) base minerals (d) None of these 31. Which of the following is not an isotope (a) Duralumin (b) Stainless steel (c) plutonium (d) uranium 23. Monazite is an ore of of hydrogen? (c) Alnico (d) Magnalium 13. Formula of heavy water is (a) iron (b) titanium (a) Protium (b) Yitrium 42. The gases used in different types of (c) Deuterium (d) Tritium welding would include (a) sea water (H2O + Salt) (c) thorium (d) zirconium 32. The metal that is present in photo films (a) oxygen and hydrogen (b) D2O (c) H2O 24. Which of the following pairs is not is (b) oxygen, acetylene and argon (d) H2O along with Ca & Mg carbonates correctly matched? 14. Brass gets discoloured in air because of Mineral Industrial use (a) mercury (b) platinum (c) oxygen and acetylene the presence of which of the following (a) Zircon Nuclear reactors (c) magnesium (d) silver (d) oxygen, hydrogen, acetylene and gases in air? (b) Manganese oreDry battery 33. Galvanised iron sheets have a coating of nitrogen (a) Carbon dioxide (c) Mica Bleaching powder (a) tin (b) lead 43. The two elements that are frequently (b) Oxygen (d) Bauxite Tanning (c) zinc (d) chromium used for making transistors are (c) Hydrogen sulphide 25. Potassium permanganate is used for 34. Which of the following metals was first (a) boron and aluminium (d) Nitrogen purifying drinking water, because discovered by man? (b) silicon and germanium 15. The chemical (ethyl merceptan) added (a) it dissolves the impurities of water. (a) Bronze (b) Silver (c) iridium and tungsten to the odourless LPG cooking gas for (b) it is a sterilising agent. (c) Iron (d) Copper (d) niobium and columbium imparting a detectable smell to the gas (c) it is an oxidising agent. 35. Among the various allotropes of carbon, 44. Which of the following is the best is a compound of (d) it is a reducing agent. (a) diamond is the hardest, lamp black conductor of electricity? (a) sulphur (b) fluorine 26. Water is a compound because is the softest. (a) Copper (b) Mica (c) chlorine (d) bromine (a) it exists as a solid, a liquid or a gas. (b) diamond is the hardest, coke is the (c) Zinc (d) Silver 16. Form of carbon used for adsorption (b) it contains hydrogen and oxygen. softest. 45. Carborundum is purpose, is (c) it contains two different elements (c) coke is the hardest, graphite is the (a) Silicon dioxide (b) Silicon carbide (a) diamond (b) graphite joined by chemical bonds. softest. (c) Silicon nitride (c) coke (d) it cannot be split up into simpler (d) diamond is the hardest, graphite is (d) Silicon phosphide (d) wood charcoal substances by chemical means. the softest. 46. Non stick cooking utensils are coated 17. A super conductor is characterised by 27. Actinides are the elements with atomic 36. The percentage of carbon is the least in with (a) zero permeability numbers from (a) grey cast iron (b) wrought iron (a) black paint (b) PVC (b) low permeability (a) 36 to 43 (b) 89 to 103 (c) white cast iron (c) teflon (d) polystyrene (c) high permeability (c) 97 to 114 (d) 101 to 115 (d) steel 47. Which of the following substances is a (d) infinite permeability 28. When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide 37. Which of the following is used as a bad conductor of electricity but a good 18. Which of the following is the most is formed lubricant? conductor of heat? stable element? (a) without any change in the weight (a) Graphite (b) Silica (a) Asbestos (b) Celluloid (a) Uranium (b) Hydrogen of the nail (c) Diamond (d) Iron oxide (c) Purspecks (d) Mica 48. The chemical name for urea is 59. The gas used to extinguish fire, is (b) sodium carbonate properties but rising to identical (a) aneurin (b) chloroethene (a) neon (b) nitrogen (c) lime chemical compounds are called (c) carbamide (d) None of these (c) carbon dioxide (d) potassium permanganate (a) Allotropes (b) Isotopes 49. Bromine is (d) carbon monoxide 71. Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of (c) Isomers (d) Isotones (a) a colourless gas insoluble in water 60. Which of the following is the best mainly 79. Match the following: (b) a highly inflammable gas conductor of electricity? (a) methane, ethane and hexane Alloy Composition (c) a black solid (d) a red liquid (a) Ordinary water(b) Sea water (b) ethane, hexane and nonane A. Bronze 1. Lead, antimony, 50. Most soluble in water is (c) Boiled water (d) Distilled water (c) methane, butane and propane tin (a) camphor (b) sugar 61. The most malleable metal is (d) methane, hexane and nonane B. Brass 2. Copper, zinc, (c) sulphur (d) common salt (a) silver (b) gold 72. Which of the following is the correct nickel 51. Which of the following is used in (c) aluminium (d) sodium sequence of the following elements in C. German silver 3. Copper, zinc pencils? 62. Which of the following is used in beauty increasing order of their relative D. Type metal 4. Copper, tin (a) Charcoal (b) Silicon parlours for hair setting? densities? A B C D A B C D (c) Phosphorus (d) Graphite (a) Chlorine (b) Sulphur 1. Mercury 2. Gold (a) 1 4 3 2 (b) 2 1 4 3 52. Washing soda is the common name for (c) Phosphorus (d) Silicon 3. Lead 4. Aluminium (c) 3 2 1 4 (d) 4 3 2 1 (a) Calcium carbonate 63. The element present in the largest (a) 3, 2, 1, 4 (b) 3, 1, 4, 2 80. Consider the following statements (b) Calcium bicarbonate amount in rocks and minerals is (c) 4, 1, 3, 2 (d) 4, 3, 1, 2 regarding graphite: (c) Sodium carbonate (a) carbon (b) silicon 73. The main constituents of pearls are 1. It is an allotrope of carbon. (d) Sodium bicarbonate (c) hydrogen (d) aluminium (a) calcium carbonate and magnesium 2. It is a good conductor of heat and 53. Which of the following is not correctly 64. Air is a/an carbonate electricity. matched? (a) compound (b) element (b) calcium oxide and ammonium 3. It can be artificially produced. (a) Galena: Lead sulphide (c) mixture (d) electrolyte chloride Of these statements, (b) Green vitriol: Copper sulphate 65. The most abundant metal in the earth’s (c) aragonite and conchiolin (a) 1, 2 and 3 are correct. (c) Plaster of Paris: Calcium sulphate crust is (d) ammonium sulphate and sodium (b) 1 and 2 are correct. (d) Calomel: Mercurous chloride (a) zinc (b) copper carbonate (c) 1 and 3 are correct. 54. Which form of phosphorus is used in (c) aluminium (d) iron 74. Which of the following elements is (d) 2 and 3 are correct. safety matches? 66. An alloy used in making heating obtained from sea weeds? (a) White phosphorus elements for electric heating devices is (a) Argon (b) Sulphur ANSWERS: EVERYDAY SCIENCE (b) Yellow phosphorus (a) solder (b) alloy steel (c) Vanadium (d) Iodine (c) Red phosphorus (c) nichrome (c) German silver 75. The variety of coal in which the deposit 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b) (d) Black phosphorus 67. Bleaching powder is made from contains recognisable traces of the 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (c) 55. What is laughing gas? (a) sulphur dioxide and gypsum original plant material is 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (a) (a) Carbon dioxide (b) chlorine and charcoal (a) anthracite (b) lignite 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (b) (b) Sulphur dioxide (c) soda ash and lime (c) peat (d) bitumen 21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (c) (c) Hydrogen peroxide (d) lime and chlorine 76. Which among the following is a 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b) (d) Nitrous oxide 68. Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of positively charged particle emitted by a 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (d) 56. From which mineral is radium obtained? (a) proton (b) neutron radioactive element? 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (c) (a) Limestone (b) Haematite (c) electron (d) None of these (a) Alpha ray (b) Beta ray 41. (c) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (b) (c) Pitchblende (d) Rutile 69. Titanium is purified by (c) Gamma ray (d) Cathode ray 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (b) 57. Which of the following is a non-metal (a) zone refining (b) electrolysis 77. Which of the following minerals has 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (d) that remains liquid at room temperature? (c) Van Arkel method 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (b) (a) Bromine (b) Chlorine the lowest numerical hardness value 1? (d) hydraulic washing (a) Talc (b) Gypsum 61. (b) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (c) (c) Helium (d) Phosphorus 70. Permanent hardness of water may be 66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (b) 58. The element common to all acids is (c) Apatite (d) Topaz removed by the addition of 71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (c) (a) carbon (b) hydrogen 78. Two or more forms of a chemical (a) alum 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (d) 80. (a) (c) oxygen (d) sulphur element having different physical services. (a) Rajasthan (d) undistributed profits. (b) Himachal Pradesh Indian Economy 12. Who wrote, The General Theory of (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bihar Employment, Interest and Money ? 19. The maximum number of people in 1. Indian economy is most appropriately (b) High rate of population growth (a) Ragnar Nurkse India work in the described as a (c) High rate of capital formation (b) J.S. Mill (c) J.B. Say (a) primary sector (a) Socialist economy (d) Widespread poverty (d) J.M. Keynes (b) secondary sector (b) Mixed economy 7. Economic development has been 13. Subsidies mean (c) tertiary sector (d) none of these (c) Capitalist economy retarded in India mainly due to (a) payment by Government for 20. According to the 2001 census, the most (d) None of these (a) haphazard industrialisation purchase of goods and services densely populated state is 2. Mixed economy envisages (b) westernised social attitudes (b) payment by business enterprises to (a) West Bengal (b) Kerala (a) co-existence of capitalists and (c) poor infrastructural facilities factors of production (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh labourers (d) inefficient agrarian system (c) payment by companies to 21. Which of the following is the most (b) integrated economic development 8. In a free economy inequalities of income shareholders populated city in India? (c) development of agriculture and are mainly due to (d) payment by Government to business (a) Delhi (b) Calcutta (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai industry simultaneously (a) free competition enterprises without buying any goods 22. The Department of Planning and (d) private and public sectors (b) private property only and services Development was constituted by the 3. A market economy is one in which (c) private property and inheritance 14. Depreciation means Government of India in (a) products are sold (d) difference in the marginal (a) destruction of a plant in a fire (a) 1940 (b) 1944 (b) products and factors are bought productivity of labour accident (c) products and factors are bought and 9. Which one of the following is not the (c) 1947 (d) 1950 (b) loss of equipment over time due to 23. The Planning Commission was set up sold economic factor, for the causes of wear and tear (d) none of the above poverty? by the Government of India in (c) closure of the plant due to labour (a) 1944 (b) 1947 4. Bring out the economic factors (a) Fast rise in population trouble responsible for the under-development (b) Low productivity in agriculture (c) 1950 (d) 1951 (d) closure of the plant due to lockout 24. The concept of rolling plan was of the Indian economy (c) Mass illiteracy 15. The ‘secondary sector’ of Indian (i) Shortage of capital (d) Inequalities of income accepted in economy does not include (a) 1975 (b) 1976 (ii) Technological backwardness 10. Which of the following pairs is correct? (a) Manufacturing (c) 1977 (d) 1978 (iii) Lack of skilled manpower (A)April to March (b) Construction 25. The long-term objectives of (iv)Low geographical mobility due to (i) A UN year (c) Mining and quarring development in India have been- attachment to land (B) January to December (d) Electricity, gas and water supply (a) high rate of growth with a view to (a) i & ii (b) i, iii & iv (ii) A calendar year 16. Expenditure on defence is an item of improve the level of living of the (c) i, ii & iv (d) i, ii & iii (C) February to March (a) public investment people 5. Who wrote a book describing the (iii) A financial year (b) private investment (b) social justice theory of economic drain of India (a) (A, i) (b) (B, iii) (c) private consumption (c) economic self-reliance during British rule? (c) (A, iii) (d) (C, ii) (d) public consumption (d) all the three (a) Dadabhai Naoroji 11. National income does not include 17. Which year is known as `Year of the ANSWER:INDIAN ECONOMY (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) interest on unproductive national Great Divide' with regard to population (c) Mahatma Gandhi debt. growth in India? 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (a) (d) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) income from government (a) 1921 (b) 1947 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (c) 6. Which one of the following is not a expenditure. (c) 1951 (d) None of these 11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (c) feature of a developing economy? (c) the payments by the households to 18. Which of the following states has the 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a) (a) High rate of unemployment firms for the purchase of goods and least literacy rate? 21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (d) 33. Which of the following is the latest issued by formed (14th) district in Kerala? Kerala History (a) Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma (a) Pathanamthitta (b) Ayiliam Thirunal (b) Idukki (c) Kasaragod (c) Swathi Thirunal (d) None of these 1. St. Thomas first came to Kerala in ? (b) Vasco da Gama (d) Moolam Thirunal 34. Which is the biggest district in Kerala? (a) AD 52 (b) AD 32 (c) Bartholomia Dias 23. The birth place of Shankaracharya was (a) Ernakulam (c) AD 1809 (d) AD 825 (d) None of these at (b) Thiruvananthapuram 2. The first Christian church was estab- 12. Vasco da Gama reached Kappad in (a) Kalady (b) Perumbavoor (c) Idukki (d) Palakkad lished at ? Kozhikode district in (c) Ernakulam (d) None of these 35. Which is the smallest district in Kerala? (a) Mattancheri (b) Kochi (a) 1598 (b) 1498 24. The only muslim kingdom in kerala (a) Thrissur (b) Alappuzha (c) Kodungalloor (d) Kottayam (c) 1496 (d) 1371 was (c) Kollam (d) Wayanad 3. The Malayalam era (Kollavarsham) 13. Vasco da Gama came in India for the (a) Kadakkal Kingdom 36. The district with maximum population began in ? second time in (b) Arakkal Kingdom in Kerala (a) AD 53 (b) AD 825 (a) 1498 (b) 1492 (c) Kilimanoor Kingdom (a) Ernakulam (c) AD 1809 (d) AD 32 (c) 1502 (d) 1524 (d) None of these (b) Thiruvananthapuram 4. Mamankom was held at ? 14. Vasco da Gama died at fort Cochin in ? 25. Who was known as the Kerala Simham ? (c) Malappuram (d) None of these (a) Thirunavaya (b) Aluva (a) Dec 23, 1524 (b) Dec 24, 1524 (a) Samoothiri of Kozhikode 37. The district with minimum population (c) Malappuram (d) Kozhikode (c) Dec 31, 1528 (d) Dec 26, 1524 (b) Marthandavarma in Kerala 5. Who was the head of the military force 15. The career and Legend of Vasco da (c) Pazhassi Raja (d) Veluthampi (a) Wayanad (b) Idukki of Samoothiri ? Gama is a book written by ? 26. The birth place of Sreenarayana Guru (c) Pathanamthitta (a) Paliathachan (a) Arun Shourie was at (d) None of these (b) Kunjali Marakkar (b) Khushwant Singh (a) Aruvikkara (b) Chempazhanti 38. The district with maximum density of (c) Veluthambi (d) None of these (c) Sanjay Subramaniyan (c) Aruvippuram (d) Sivagiri population in Kerala? 6. Hortus Malabaricus was an ancient (d) None of these 27. Edakkal Caves is located at (a) Ernakulam plant encyclopedia written by 16. Malayali Memorial took place in (a) Idukki (b) Wayanad (b) Thiruvanathapuram (a) the English (b) the Portuguese (a) 1921 (b) 1931 (c) Malappuram (d) Kozhikode (c) Kollam (d) Alappuzha (c) the French (d) the Latin (c) 1891 (d) None of these 28. Kerala state came into being on 39. The district with minimum density of 7. ‘Battle of Kulachal’ was fought in ? 17. Moplah Rebellion, Wagon Tragedy (a) November 1, 1956 population in Kerala is ? (a) 1471 (b) 1741 took place in (b) November 26, 1956 (a) Wayanad (b) Idukki (c) 1472 (d) 1743 (a) 1891 (b) 1931 (c) November 14, 1956 (c) Kollam (d) Kannur 8. ‘Battle of Kulachal’ was fought between (c) 1936 (d) 1921 (d) November 20, 1956 40. Which district in Kerala recorded the (a) Marthanda Varma and the Dutch 18. Vaikkom Satyagraha took place in 29. The total area of Kerala is lowest birth rate (b) Marthanda Varma and the French (a) 1891 (b) 1924 (a) 38963 sq. km (b) 38864 sq.km (a) Kollam (b) Kannur (c) Marthanda Varma and the British (c) 1931 (d) 1921 (c) 38863 sq.km (d) 38862 sq. km (c) Pathanamthitta (d) None of these 19. Guruvayoor Satyagraha took place in 30. According to the survey conducted by (d) Thrissur 9. Kundara Proclamation was issued by (a) 1891 (b) 1921 the National Sample Survey Organisa- (a) Papu Thampi (b) Velu Thampi (c) 1931 (d) 1921 tion the literacy rate in Kerala is ANSWERS: KERALA HISTORY (c) Swathi Thirunal 20. Temple Entry Proclamation was is- (a) 89.81% (b) 90.92% 1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) (d) None of these sued in (c) 93% (d) 97% 10. Kundara proclamation was issued in (a) 1931 (b) 1891 31. The sex ratio in Kerala according to 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c) (a) 1709 (b) 1909 (c) 1921 (d) 1936 the census conducted in 2001 is ? (c) 1809 (d) 1609 21. Punnapra Vayalar Samaram was taken (a) 1040/1000 (b) 1020/1000 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (c) 11. Who was the first European to find a place in (c) 990/1000 (d) 1058/1000 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (b) sea route to India via Cape of Good (a) 1946 (b) 1936 32. The infant mortality rate in Kerala is ? Hope ? (c) 1931 (d) 1891 (a) 18 (b) 16 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (c) (a) Lord Wellesley 22. The Temple Entry Proclamation was (c) 14 (d) 12 WHO IS WHO Organisation of Islamic Conference Reuters, Editor-in-Chief: Mark Wood (OIC), Secretary-General: Azzedine CPJ Chairman: David Laventhol Heads of Important Offices Laraki Organisation of Petroleum Export- Heads of (World) ing Countries (OPEC), President: Ali Rodriguez Important Offices UNAND ASSOCIA TEDAGENCIES ment Organisation (UNIDO), Direc- Organisation of Petroleum Export- (India) United Nations Secretary-General: tor-General: Mauricio Maria J-Campos ing Countries (OPEC), General- Kofi Annan United Nations Population Fund Secretary: Dr. Subroto President: Dr A.P.J. 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Krishnam Raju: Consumer Af- Vikram Verma: Youth Affairs & Sports Swami Chinmayanand: Home fairs, Food & Public Distribution INDUSTRY MINISTERS OF STATE Bachi Singh Rawat: Science and Digvijay Singh: External Affairs Associated Chambers of Commerce (Independent) Technology Ashok Pradhan: Communication & and Industry, President: R.K. Sangh Priya Gautam: Agro and Ru- Tapan Sikdar: Small Scale Industries, Information Technology Somany ral Industries Minister of State in the Department of Bhavnaben Devrajbhai Chikalia: Confederation of Indian Industries, Ravi Shankar Prasad: Information & North Eastern Region Parliamentary Affairs; Tourism and Cul- President: Ashok Soota Broadcasting Kailash Meghwal: Social Justice & ture Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, President: Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Civil Aviation Empowerment Vijay Goel: Youth Affairs & Sports Yogendra Kumar Modi M. Kannappan: Non-Conventional En- Nagmani: Social Justice & Empower- (Unallocated portfolios will be looked af- NASSCOM, President: Kiran Karnik ergy Sources. ment ter by the Prime Minister). NASSCOM, Chairman: Arun Kumar Brij Kishore Tripathi: Steel Subhash Maharia: Consumer Affairs, N.T. Shanmugham: Food Processing Food and Public Distribution SECRETARIES TO THE GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORS Industries Shriprasad Yasoo Naik: Finance OF INDIA Food Corporation of India, Chair- Ramesh Bais: Mines Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav: Agri- Cabinet Secretary: Kamal Pande man: Santosh Nautiyal Bandaru Dattatreya: Urban Develop- culture Commerce Secretary: Dipak Indian Council of Agricultural Re- search, Director-General: Dr. Punjab Sangeeta Natak Academi, Chair- National Commission for Women, EDUCATION AND RELATED FIELDS Singh man: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Chairperson: Poornima Advani All India Council for Technical Edu- National Dairy Development Lalitakala Academi, Chairman: National Consumer Disputes cation, Chairman: Dr. S. Rame Gowda Board, Chairman: P.T. Gopala Kurup Central Board of Secondary Edu- R.B. Bhaskar Redressal Commission, President: Justice D.P. 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Venkata- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, ENERGY UTILITIES Marshal of Indian Airforce: Arjan chelliah Chairman: D.P.S. Seth Central Electricity Authority, Chair- Singh Central Water Commission, Chair- Doordarshan, Director-General: man: R.N. Srivastava Director-General of Defence Intel- man: Ramesh Chandra S.Y. Qureshi Indian Oil Corporation, Chairman: ligence Agency (DIA): Lt. Gen. Kamal Disinvestment Commission, Chair- Indian Broadcasting Foundation, M.S. Ramachandran Davar man: R.H. Patil President: Rajiv Rattan Shah ISRO Satellite Centre, Director: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade P.S. Goel ARTS AND CULTURE Prasar Bharati, Chief Executive Of- Practices Commission (MRTPC), ficer: K.S. Sarma National Thermal Power Corpora- Bharatiya Jnanpith, President: Indu Chairman: Justice C.N. Nayar Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Chair- tion (NTPC), Chairman and Man- Jain National Commission for Minori- man: Ratan Tata aging Director: C.P. Jain Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indira Gandhi National Centre for ties, Chairman: Tarlochan Singh CONSTITUTIONAL HEADS Chairman-cum-Managing Director: National Commission for SCs and Chief Election Commissioner Arts, President: L.M. Singhvi Subir Rana Sahitya Academi, Chairman: STs, Chairman: Dileep Singh Bhuria (CEC): J.M. Lyngdoh Power Finance Corporation, Chair- Comptroller and Auditor-General: Gopichand Narang National Commission for Back- man-cum-Managing Director: ward Classes, Chairman: Justice Vijayendra N. Kaul Sahitya Academy, Secretary: K. A.A. Khan Shyam Sunder Eleventh Finance Commission Satchidanandan HEADS OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS National Commission on Labour, (EFC), Chairman: Dr. A.M. Khusro Sahitya Academy, Vice-Chairman: Twelfth Finance Commission (TFC), Chairman: Ravindra Verma Central Board of Direct Taxes– Sunil Gangopadhyaya Chairman: C. Rangarajan Chairman: P.K. Sarma Central Board of Excise and Cus- Central Industrial Security Force, Press Institute of India, Director: National Council of Applied Eco- toms, Chairman: M.K. Zutshi Director-General: K.M. Singh Ajit Bhattacharjee nomic Research, President: Bimal Foreign Investment Promotion Central Reserve Police Force, Press Trust of India, Chairman: Jalan Board, Chairman: V. Govindarajan Director-General: S.C. Chaube M.P. Veerendrakumar Indian Council of Social Science General Insurance Corporation, Enforcement Directorate, Director: United News of India, Chairman: Research (ICSSR)–Chairman–V.R. Chairman: D. Sengupta Dr. S.S. Bilowria Arun Arora Panchamukhi Industrial Development Bank of Indo-Tibetan Border Force, Direc- Prasar Bharathi – Chairman : India, Chairman-cum-Managing tor-General: S.C. Choube M.V. Kamath Indian Council of Agricultural Re- Intelligence Bureau, Director: Director: G.P. Gupta PUBLIC SECTOR UNITS search Director-General: Punjab Singh Industrial Credit and Investment K.P. Singh Corporation of India, Chairman: Narcotics Control Bureau, Direc- Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Chair- SPORTS BODIES K.V. Kamath tor: Gopal Achari man: V.K. Koshy All India Sports Council: Vijaykumar Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Life Insurance Corporation, Chair- National Crime Records Bureau, Malhotra Chairman: Nalini Ranjan man: S.B. Mathur Director: Ramavtar Yadav All India Chess Federation of In- National Security Guards, Direc- IFFCO, Chairman: Surinder Singh National Minorities Development dia, Secretary: P.T. Ummer Koya tor: R.S. Mooshahary Jakhar and Finance Corporation, Chair- Maruti Udyog Limited, Managing Asian Cricket Council, President: man: Mohammed Hidayatullah Khan Research and Analysis Wing, Di- rector: C.D. Sahay Director: Jagdish Khattar Saber Hussain Chowdhary Reserve Bank of India, Governor: Public Enterprises Selection Board, Indian Hockey Federation-Presi- Y. Venugopal Reddy OTHER BODIES Chairman: T.K. Nair dent: K.P.S. Gill Securities and Exchange Board of Central Social Welfare Board, Standing Conference on Public En- All India Football Federation (AIFF), India, Chairman: G.N. Bajpai Chairperson: Mridula Sinha terprises, Chairman: Arun Prasada President: Priya Ranjan Das Munshi State Bank of India, Chairman: Registrar-General and Census Steel Authority of India Limited, Board of Control for Cricket in In- A.K. Purwar Commissioner: J.K. Banthia Chairman: V.S. Jain dia, President: Jagmohan Dalmiya JUDICIAL ORGANISATIONS Ministry of External Affairs, Southern Petrochemical Industries Indian Olympic Association, Presi- Spokesperson: Navtej Sarma Corporation Ltd (SPIC), Chairman: dent: Suresh Kalmadi Attorney-General of India: Soli J. A.C. Muthiah Sorabjee National Cricket Academy, Direc- PARLIAMENT REGULATORY BODIES tor: Sunil Gavaskar Chief Justice of India: Justice V.N. Lok Sabha, Speaker: Manohar Joshi Khare Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Table Tennis Federation of India, Central Administrative Tribunal Lok Sabha, Deputy Speaker: Chairman: S.P. Sukhatme Secretary-General: H.C. Chauhan (CAT), Chairman: Justice Ashok P.M. Sayeed Insurance Regulatory Development Agarwal Lok Sabha, Secretary-General: Authority, Chairman: C.S. Rao TRANSPORT Chief Vigilance Commissioner G.C. Malhotra Telecom Regulatory Authority of Airports Authority of India, Chair- (CVC): P. Shankar Rajya Sabha, Chairman: B.S. Shekhawat India, Chairperson: Pradeep Baijal Company Law Board, Chairman: Tariff Commission, Chairman: V. man: S.K. Narula Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairperson: Justice Ajay Kumar Banerji Lekshmi Ratan Air India, Managing Director: Najma Heptullah Law Commission, Chairman: RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS J.N. Gogoi M. Jagannath Rao Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General: Bhaba Atomic Research Centre Border Roads Organisation, Direc- Yogendra Narain Solicitor-General of India: Harish (BARC), Director: B. Bhattacharjee tor-General: Lt. Gen.A.K. Puri Salve PRESS AND RELATED ORGANISATION Council of Scientific and Indus- Indian Airlines, Chairman: Sunil LAW AND ORDER ORGANISATIONS Audit Bureau of Circulation, Chair- trial Research, Director-General: Arora Border Security Force, Director- man: Krishnan Prem Narayan Dr. R.A. Mashelkar Railway Board, Chairman: R.K. General: Ajay Raj Sharma Indian Council of Historical Re- Indian Newspaper Society, Presi- Singh Central Bureau of Investigation, search, Chairman: M.G.S. Narayanan dent: M.P. Veerendrakumar Air India, Chairman: K. Roy Paul Director: P.C. Sharma Institute for Defence Studies and National Highways Authority of Central Bureau of Investigation, Press Council of India, Chairman: Analyses (IDSA), Director: K. Jayachandra Reddy India; Chairman: Santhosh Nautiyal Joint Director: Archana Sunderlingam Santhanam CAPITALS, GOVERNORSAND CHIEF MINISTERS O F STATES Heads of Important Offices State Capital Governor Chief Minister (Kerala) Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Surjit Singh Barnala N.Chandrababu Naidu Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Aravind Dave Mukut Mithi Governor : Sikander Bakth M.V. Raghavan: Co-operation, Ports, Assam Dispur Lt. Gen.(Rtd) Ajay Singh Tarun Gagoi Bihar Patna Justice M. Rama Jois Rabri Devi Chief Justice of Kerala: J.L. Gupta Harbour, Engineering Chattisgarh Raipur Dinesh Nandan Sahay Ajit Jogi Speaker : Vakkom Purushothaman Dr. M.K. Muneer: Public Works Goa Panaji Kidar Nath Sahni Manohar Parrikar Gujarat Gandhinagar Kailaspathi Mishra Narendra Modi Dy. Speaker : N. Sundaran Nadar Cherkkalam Abdullah: Local Self Government, Town Planning, Kila, Haryana Chandigarh Babu Paramanand Om Prakash Chautala Opposition Leader : V.S. Achutha- HimachalPradesh Shimla Just.Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje Veerbhadra Singh Municipalities and Corporations, Jammu & Kashmir Jammu (winter) Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) S.K.Sinha Mufti Mohammad nandan Regional Development Authorities Sayeed Chief Secretary: N. Chandrasekharan Nalakath Soopy: Education, All Srinagar (summer) Nair Jharkhand Ranchi Ved Prakash Marwa Arjun Munda Universities except Agricultural Karnataka Bangalore T.N. Chathurvedi S.M. Krishna Anglo - Indian Nominee : Loudie Louis Universities, Entrance, Literacy, NCC Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Sikander Bakth A.K. Antony Kadavoor Sivadasan: Electricity MadhyaPradesh Bhopal Ramprakash Gupta Digvijay Singh COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Maharashtra Mumbai Mohammad Fazal Sushil Kumar Shinde A.K. Antony: Chief Minister G. Karthikeyan: Food Supplies, Public Manipur Imphal Arvind Darwe Okram Ibobi Singh Public Administration, All-India Distribution, Culture, Devaswom Meghalaya Shillong Arvind Darwe (acting) D.D. Lapang Service, Planning, Science and M.M. Hassan: Parliamentary Affairs, Khonglam Technology, Environment, Home, Jail, Public Relations, NORKA, KSFDC, Mizoram Aizawl Amolak Ratan Kohli Zoramthanga Armed Forces Welfare, Disaster Relief, Minority Welfare Nagaland Kohima Shyamal Dutta Neifyu Rio Airport and Departments which are not Orissa Bhubaneswar M.M. Rajendran Naveen Patnaik K. Sankaranarayanan: Finance, specifically allocated to the charge of Punjab Chandigarh Just. Om Prakash Verma Capt. Amarinder Singh Excise, National Savings, Lottery, Local any Minister Rajasthan Jaipur ––– Ashok Gehlot Fund Audit, State Insurance, Stamps Sikkim Gangtok V. Rama Rao Pawan Kumar Chamling P.K. Kunjalikutty: Industries, Tamil Nadu Chennai P.S. Ramamohan Rao J. Jayalalithaa Information Technology, Social K.V. Thomas: Fisheries, Tourism Tripura Agartala K.M. Seth Manik Sarkar Welfare, Mining, Handloom, Wakf P. Sankaran: Health, Family Welfare, Uttaranchal Dehradun Sudarshan Agarwal N.D. Tiwari K.M. Mani: Revenue, Law, Housing Pollution Control, Medical Education, Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Vishnu Kant Shastri Mulayam Singh Yadav Homoeopathy West Bengal Kolkata Viren J. Shah Buddhadev K.R. Gowri: Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Bhattacharya Soil Survey, Warehousing Corporation, K. Sudhakaran: Forest, Sports Dairy Development, Milk Co-operatives, Dr. M.A. Kuttappan: Welfare of CAPITALS, LT. GOVERNORS/ADMINISTRATORS & CHIEF MINISTERS Agriculture University, Coir Backward Communities, Youth Affairs, OF UNION TERRITORIES T.M. Jacob: Irrigation, ‘CADA’, Ground Printing Water Distribution, Sanitation, C.F. Thomas: Village Planning, Regis- Union Territory Capital Lt. Governor/ Chief Minister Museum-Zoo, Archives, Archaeology tration, Khadi and Village Industries Administrator Babu Divakaran: Employment, Andaman & Employment Training, Rehabilitation, HEADS OF IMPORTANT BOARDS Nicobar islands Port Blair N.N. Jha –– Factories and Boilers, Insurance, Medical Travancore Devaswom Board, Presi- Chandigarh Chandigarh Lt. Gen. (Retd).J.F.R. Jacob –– Services, Industrial Tribunals, Labour dent: N. Babu Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa O.P. Kelkar –– Courts State Planning Board, Chairman: Daman and Diu Daman O.P. Kelkar –– Chief Minister Delhi Delhi Vijay Kumar Kapoor Sheila Dikshit R. Balakrishna Pillai: Transport, Lakshadweep Kavaratti S.K. Mehra –– Motor Vehicles, Water Transport, State Planning Board, Vice-Chair- Pondicherry Pondicherry K.R. Malkani N. Rangaswamy Railway man: V. Ramachandran Guruvayoor Devaswom Board, S.N. Trust, Chairman: K. Damodaran Chairman: P. Appukuttan Nambiar Scientific Adviser to the Govern- HEADS OF ELECTORAL BODIES ment of Kerala: M.S. Valiathan State Election Commissioner: Kerala Automobiles Ltd, Chair- K. Mohandas man: A. Mohammed Chief Electoral Officer: P.J. Thomas Kerala Institute of Local Adminis- tration (KILA), Director: P.P. Balan HEAD OF POLICE Director-General of Police: UNIVERSITIES AND V.Cs. P.K. Hormis Tharakan Kerala University: B. Iqbal Calicut University: Sayeed Iqbal Hasna HEADS OF IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS Cochin University: N. Unnikrishnan Income tax Settlement Commis- Nair sion, Chairman: K. Subramaniam Mahatma Gandhi University: Syriac State Finance Commission, Chair- man: Prabhat Patnaik Thomas Public Service Commission, Chair- Sree Sankara University: K.N.Panikker man: M. Gangadhara Kurup Kannur University: P.K. Rajan. Science, Technology and Environ- ment Committee, Chairman: Agricultural University: K.V. Peter M.S. Valiathan State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission: Justice T.M. Hassan Pillai State Human Rights Commission Chairman: Dr. S. Balaraman OTHER IMPORTANT HEADS Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio-tech- nology (Trivandrum), Director: Dr. Raghava Varma Thampan Kerala State Co-operative Agricul- tural and Rural Development Bank, Managing Director: V. Rajeevan Divisional Railway (Trivandrum), Manager: Chandrakant Sharma Advocate-General: A. Ratna Singh International Airport (Trivandrum), Director: Narinder Kaushal Hindustan Newsprint, Managing Director: N.P. Prabhu Akashvani (Trivandrum), Director: P.K. Raveendran