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1. How Many West Flowing Rivers Are There in Kerala? Maximum : 100 marks Exam held on 29-06-2002 Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes 1. How many west flowing rivers are (B) Copper Sulphate (C) Diabetes (D) Diarrhoea there in Kerala? (C) Sodium Chloride (E) None of these (A) 3 (B) 40 (D) Potassium Chloride 16. Trachoma is a disease of the: (C) 41 (D) 21 (E) Alum (A) Eye (B) Skin. (E) 5 9. The Celsius scale is used to measure: (C) Ear (D) Lungs 2. Biggest back water of Kerala? (A) Length (B) Velocity (E) Liver (A) Sastamkotta Lake (C) Temperature 17. The IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) (B) Ashtamudi Lake (D) Weight (E) None of these of Kerala is approximately: (C) Veli Lake 10. Ammonia is a : (A) 13 per 1000 (D) Paravoor Lake (A) Fertilizer (B) Refrigerant (B) 3 per 7000 (E) Vembanad Lake (C) Insecticide (C) 36 per 7000 3. Which of the following hydroelec- (D) Fire extinguisher (D) 13 per 100 tric projects has the highest in- (E) Larvicide (E) 31 per 1000 stalled capacity ? 11. Rocket fuel is : 18. Who among the following per- (A) Sabarigiri (B) Idukki (A) Liquid Oxygen sons is associated with Narmada (C) Pallivasal (D) Edamalayar (B) Liquid Nitrogen Bachao Andolan? (E) Kuttiyadi (C) Liquid Ammonia (A) Shoba De 4. How many Rajya Sabha seats are (D) Petroleum (E) Diesel (B) Medha Patkar there from Kerala ? 12. Which gas is used in the prepara- (C) Madhuri Dixit (A) 14 (B) 5 tion of soda water? (D) Margerret Alva (C) 20 (D) 9 (A) Carbon monoxide (E) None of these (E) 11 (B) Nitrogen dioxide 19. Vermi composting is used for: 5. The longest river in Kerala: (C) Sulphur dioxide (A) Nitrogen fixation (A) Pamba (B) Periyar (D) Carbon dioxide (B) Liquid waste disposal (C) Bharathapuzha (E) None of these (C) Non biodegradable waste (D) Kabani (E) Achankovil 13. Light Year is a unit of: management 6. Malayali Memorial Revolt was in (A) Time (B) Velocity (D) Bio degradable waste manage- the year: (C) Distance (D) Mass ment (A) 1891 (B) 1911 (E) None of these (E) All of the above (C) 1935 (D) 1896 14. Hibernation is : 20. Urea is produced in the human (E) 1897 (A) Winter sleep body in : 7. Vaikom Satyagraha was launched (B) Autumn sleep (A) Kidney in the year: (C) Summer sleep (B) Urinary bladder (A) 1937 (B) 1924 (D) Spring sleep (C) Liver (D) Blood (C) 1927 (D) 1936 (E) None of these (E) Pancreas (E) 1921 15. Which of the following is a water 21. Tetra Chlora Dibenso Dioxin is a : 8. Which of the following salts is borne disease? (A) Poison (B) Alkali blue in colour? (A) Cancer (C) Fatty acid (D) Vitamin (A) Ferrous Sulphate (B) Influenza (E) Genome 22. Who wrote the novel “Govardha- (A) than (B) and (C) for (D) of nante Yaathrakal”? (C) when (D) sooner (E) in (A) O.V. Vijayan (B) Sakkaria (E) until 41. The Constitution of India came (C) M.Mukundan 32. The thief made ––– with all his be- into force on : (D) Anand (E) None of these longings. (A) 15th August 1947 23. Which of the following film was (A) an (B) up (B) 26th August 1950 nominated for non-English Lan- (C) in (D) against (C) 26th January 1950 guage film for Oscar award 2002 ? (E) off (D) 30th January 1950 (A) Chandni Bar 33. He is good ––– driving. (E) 26th November 1956 (B) Sesham (C) Lagaan (A) in (B) on 42. Which of the following seas are (D) Kannaki (E) Nizhal Kutthu (C) at (D) about connected by Suez canal? 24. BOT is an example of: (E) after (A) Red sea and Mediterranean (A) Privatisation 34. What is the meaning of the word sea. (B) Nationalisation ‘pedestrianise’? (B) Arabian sea and Caribbean sea. (C) Public Private Partnership (A) To make people pedestal. (C) Red sea and Baltic sea. (D) Planning (E) Construction (B) To prohibit illegal sale in the (D) Arabian sea and Red sea. 25. Nandu is half the age of Amar. streets. (E) Baltic sea and Caribbean sea. Mohan is twice as old as Amar. (C) To sell goods by going from 43. India is the ––– largest country in How many times are Mohan old to house to house. the world. Nandu ? (D) To make a street into an area (A) 1st (B) 10th (A) 1/4 (B) 1 that is only for people who are (C) 7th (D) 2nd (C) 2½ (D) 3 walking. (E) 5th (E) 4 (E) None of these 44. Which of the following is the first 26. If the value of E is 5, what value 35. Predator is: public sector steel plant in India? would you have to assign to F? (A) A person who dies before (A) TISCO (B) IISCO (A) 20 (B) 24 somebody. (C) Visweshwarayya Iron and (C) 19 (D) 6 (B) Something that happened at Steel Industry. (E) None of these an earlier date. (D) Bhilai Steel Plant. 27. The sum of two consecutive num- (C) An animal that kills and eats (E) Rourkela Steel Plant. bers is 55. What is the larger num- other animals. 45. Khilafat movement was under the ber? (D) Something that will happen in leadership of: (A) 25 (B) 26 the future. (A) Ali brothers (C) 27 (D) 28 (E) A predated event. (B) Balgangadhara Tilak (E) 29 36. “Onerous” means: (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 28. If D is related to G then N is related (A) Needing to get effort (D) Annie Besant to : (B) Nebulous (E) Dadabhai Naoroji (A) K (B) V (C) Not clear (D) Emotional 46. Indian citizenship can be acquired by : (C) M (D) Q (E) Unpleasant (A) Birth (B) Descent. (E) None of these 37. The judge acceded ––– his re- (C) Registration 29. 0, 3, 8, 15, 24, ––––. quest. (D) Naturalisation (A) 32 (B) 33 (A) with (B) against (E) Anyone of the above (C) 34 (D) 35 (C) to (D) for 47. Who directed the film “Swayam- (E) 36 (E) upon. waram” ? 30. A person is going to an electric 38. We deal ––– imported clothes. (A) Aravindan pole 60 m. high. In every minute (A) for (B) in (B) Shaji N. Karun he climbs 6 m. but slips 4m. How (C) with (D) from (C) Adoor Gopalakrishnan many minutes he will be able to (E) into (D) Ramu Kariyat touch the top of the pole? 39. He disposed ––– his old car. (E) John Abraham (A) 30 (B) 29 (A) off (B) in 48. Which State tops in the produc- (C) 28 (D) 45 (C) on (D) of tion of coffee in India? (E) 16 (E) with (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra 31. We had hardly sat down for sup- 40. Birds live ––– insects. (C) Madhya Pradesh per —– the bell rang. (A) with (B) on (D) Kerala (E) Karnataka 49. Which of the following is an inter- 58. Who was the Chairperson of the (E) with national project? 2nd State Finance Commission? 68. He is ambitious ––– fame. (A) Chambal project (A) Dr. Prabhat Patnaik (A) with (B) about (B) Thungabhadra (B) Dr. K.N. Raj (C) of (D) for (C) Nagarjuna Sagar (C) Dr. Laurie Baker (E) in (D) Kosi project (D) P.M. Abraham 69. He is desirous ––– visiting Delhi. (E) None of these (E) Dr. M.A. Oommen. (A) in (B) off 50. When was Swaranjayanti Gram 59. Who was the first Chief Minister (C) on (D) of Swarozgar Yojana started? of Kerala ? (E) to (A) 1-4-1999 (B) 1-4-1995 (A) R. Shanker (D) C. Kesavan 70. He seized ––– the opportunity of- (C) 1-4-1979 (D) 1-4-2000 (C) Pattom Thanupillai fered to him. (E) 1-4-1950 (D) T.M. Varghese (A) away (B) off 51. The Planning Commission of In- (E) E.M.S. Namboodiripad (C) of (D) with dia is : 60. The land area of Kerala is : (E) upon (A) an executive authority (A) 38863 sq. km. 71. In the dark I bumped ––– a chair. (B) an advisory body (B) 28863 sq. km. (A) into (B) at (C) a stationary organization (C) 3125 sq. km. (D) 31285 sq. km. (C) off (D) against (D) a Government of India depart- (E) 4565 sq. km. (E) on ment 61. He made very careful plans but all 72. Which of the following words is (E) a cabinet sub committee of them fell –––. correctly spelt ? 52. Mona Lisa was painted by : (A) down (B) back (A) Boureaucracy (A) Rapheal (B) Pablo Picasso (C) through (D) in (B) Burocracy (C) Rembrandt (E) off (C) Bureaucracy (D) Leonardo da Vinci 62. The meaning of the verb debunk (D) Bueaucracy (E) Bureaocricy (E) Erasmus is : 73. Which of the following words 53. Akbar abolished Jizya in : (A) to show that an ideal is false. given below is mis-spelt ? (A) 1405 AD (B) 1735 AD (B) to ask for questions officially. (A) Buraeu (B) Burrow (C) 1305 AD (D) 1205 AD (C) to make someone’s mind (C) Bourgeoisie(D) Bouquet (E) 1576 AD weaker. (E) Bountiful 54. Buddha was born in : (D) to discuss (E) to force 74. Duality means: (A) Saranath (B) Sanchi 63. Phobia means: (A) the state of having two parts (C) Gaya (D) Lumbini (A) a magic bird that lives for sev- or aspects. (E) Nalanda eral hundred years. (B) a fight between two warriors. 55. The pioneer of the Reform Move- (B) a practice of helping the poor. (C) a wrestling competition. ment in Bengal in the 19th century (C) a strong unreasonable fear. (D) a state of being not certain.
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