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Question Paper Will Be Given in the Form of a Question Booklet *0542017* 054/2017 Question Booklet Question Booklet Serial Number Alpha Code A Total Number of Questions : 100 Time : 75 Minutes Maximum Marks : 100 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. The Question Paper will be given in the form of a Question Booklet. There will be four versions of Question Booklets with Question Booklet Alpha Code viz. A, B, C & D. 2. The Question Booklet Alpha Code will be printed on the top left margin of the facing sheet of the Question Booklet. 3. The Question Booklet Alpha Code allotted to you will be noted in your seating position in the Examination Hall. 4. If you get a Question Booklet where the alpha code does not match to the allotted alpha code in the seating position, please draw the attention of the Invigilator IMMEDIATELY. 5. The Question Booklet Serial Number is printed on the top right margin of the facing sheet. If your Question Booklet is un-numbered, please get it replaced by new Question Booklet with same alpha code. 6. The Question Booklet will be sealed at the middle of the right margin. Candidate should not open the Question Booklet, until the indication is given to start answering. 7. Immediately after the commencement of the examination, the candidate should check that the Question Booklet supplied to him/her contains all the 100 questions in serial order. The Question Booklet does not have unprinted or torn or missing pages and if so he/she should bring it to the notice of the Invigilator and get it replaced by a complete booklet with same alpha code. This is most important. 8. A blank sheet of paper is attached to the Question Booklet. This may be used for rough work. 9. Please read carefully all the instructions on the reverse of the Answer Sheet before marking your answers. 10. Each question is provided with four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) having one correct answer. Choose the correct answer and darken the bubble corresponding to the question number using Blue or Black Ball Point Pen in the OMR Answer Sheet. 11. Each correct answer carries 1 mark and for each wrong answer 1/3 mark will be deducted. No negative mark for unattended questions. 12. No candidate will be allowed to leave the examination hall till the end of the session and without handing over his/her Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. Candidates should ensure that the Invigilator has verified all the entries in the Register Number Coding Sheet and that the Invigilator has affixed his/her signature in the space provided. 13. Strict compliance of instructions is essential. Any malpractice or attempt to commit any kind of malpractice in the Examination will result in the disqualification of the candidate. 054/2017 *0542017* A -2- *0542017* 054/2017 1. Which metal is called the ‘Jack of all trades’ ? A) Aluminium B) Iron C) Bauxite D) Manganese 2. The First Atomic Power Station in India was set up at A) Tarapur B) Narora C) Kalpakkam D) Kayamkulam 3. The NABARD was established in the year A) 1983 B) 1980 C) 1982 D) 1981 4. In India experimental Television telecast started in A) Delhi B) Calcutta C) Madras D) Bombay 5. The Southern point of India is called Cape Camorin which is separated from the Island of Sri Lanka by the A) Pak Strait B) Panama Strait C) Good Hope Strait D) Gulf of Mannar 6. The small Mecca of Kerala A) Thrissur B) Manjeri C) Ponnani D) Kozhikode 7. The tourist place where rivers Muthirapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala joins together A) Munnar B) Kuttalam C) Athirapally D) Ponmudi 8. The shortest river in Kerala A) Bhavani B) Achan Kovil C) Manjeswaram Puzha D) Kabani 9. Who discovered in 45 AD that the existing monsoon winds regularly blowing across the Indian ocean facilitate trade between Kerala and the West ? A) Columbus B) Hippalus C) Vasco da Gamma D) Cabral 10. Headquarter of Kerala Press Academy A) Kochi B) Thiruvananthapuram C) Kozhikode D) Thrissur A -3- 054/2017 *0542017* 11. A galaxy of scholars and poets called the ‘Ashtadiggajas’ patronised by A) Akbar B) Krishna Devaraya C) Shivaji D) Timur 12. Bal Gangadhar Tilak criticised the policies and the programmes of the British Government through his newspaper A) Bengal Gazette B) Samachar C) Darpan D) Kesari 13. K. B. Menon and twelve others were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment in connection with A) Lahore Conspiracy B) Kizhariyur Bomb Case C) Meerut Conspiracy D) Multan Conspiracy 14. Who was the elected President of Indian National Congress in 1925 ? A) Sarojini Naidu B) Annie Besant C) Gopalakrishna Gokhale D) Motilal Nehru 15. Government of Kerala launched Department of NORKA (Non-Resident Keralites Affairs) A) 1997 B) 1995 C) 1996 D) 1998 16. Minting of Coin in India is the responsibility of the A) Reserve Bank of India B) Government of India C) Supreme Court D) Planning Commission 17. The Constituent Assembly approved the Indian Constitution on A) 26 January 1950 B) 15 August 1947 C) 26 January 1949 D) 26 November 1949 A -4- *0542017* 054/2017 18. Who was the head of the National Planning Committee setup in 1938 ? A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) M. N. Roy C) Subhashchandra Bose D) Jayaprakash Narayan 19. ‘Mahalanobis model’ is connected with A) Sixth Five Year Plan B) Second Five Year Plan C) Seventh Five Year Plan D) Third Five Year Plan 20. A social welfare programme to provide housing for the poor living in rural areas A) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana B) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana C) Indira Awas Yojana D) Antyodaya Anna Yojana 21. In which year India introduced the Act for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ? A) 2012 B) 2010 C) 2011 D) 2000 22. ____________ Act provides a legal frame work to regulate internet use. A) Open Net Initiative Act B) Freedom House Report Act C) Open Cyber Act D) The Information Technology Act 23. Government of India implemented the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in A) 2001 B) 2007 C) 2005 D) 2002 24. ‘When Mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy’. These are the words of A) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam B) Betrend Russel C) Gunter Grass D) Oscar Wilde A -5- 054/2017 *0542017* 25. Who was the tenth Prime Minister of India ? A) Manmohan Singh B) Indira Gandhi C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) P. V. Narasimha Rao 26. Which film won the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the 47th International Film Festival of India held at Panaji in 2016 ? A) Daughter B) Cold of Kalender C) The Age of Shadow D) The Apology 27. Father of Indian Library Science A) Melvil Dewey B) Nancy Pearl C) S. R. Ranganathan D) David Hume 28. 26 July movement is associated with A) Fidel Castro B) Mussolini C) Simon Bolivar D) Hitler 29. P. V. Sindhu is associated with A) Basketball B) Chess C) Football D) Badminton 30. The Guindy National Park is in A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh C) Tamil Nadu D) Telangana 31. ‘Chinthippikkunna Kavithakal’ is the work of A) Velukitty Arayan B) Kumaranasan C) Poikayil Kumaraguru D) Sahodaran Ayyappan 32. Teacher of Neelakanda Theertha Pada Swamikal A) Sivayogi B) Thycaud Ayya C) Sree Narayanaguru D) Chattampi Swamikal A -6- *0542017* 054/2017 33. Kuriakose Elias Chavara was baptised in the church of A) Kainakary B) Chennamkari C) Mannanam D) Varappuzha 34. Mother of V. T. Bhattathirippad A) Lakshmikunjama B) Ammukuttyama C) Vishnudatta D) Sreedeviantharjanam 35. ‘Baalakalesam’ is the work of A) Pampady John Joseph B) Aagamananda C) K. P. Karuppan D) Subhanandaguru 36. The book “Moksha Pradeepam” written by A) Ayyankali B) Brahmananda Sivayogi C) Dr. Palpu D) Bodhananda Swamikal 37. The first publication of Al Amin by Muhammed Abdul Rahman started with the felicitation of A) Vailoppilly B) Ulloor C) Vayalar Ramavarma D) Vallathol 38. The newspaper ‘Abhinava Keralam’ is associated with A) Vakkam Moulavi B) Kunjahammed Haji C) Vagbhatananda D) K. M. Seethe Sahib 39. The founder of ‘Samatva Samajam’ A) Vaikunda Swamikal B) C. V. Raman Pillai C) T. K. Madhavan D) Ramakrishna Pillai 40. ‘Darsanamala’ is the work of A) Ananda Theertha B) Velayudha Panicker C) G. P. Pillai D) Sree Narayanaguru A -7- 054/2017 *0542017* 41. Nuclear Security Summit of 2016 held at A) Washington B) Hege C) London D) Mosco 42. The World’s largest Radio Telescope launched in China is A) GMRT B) FAST C) HERA D) MSRT 43. The Principle of Optical Fibre (OFC) used in telecommunication system is A) Refraction B) Dispersion C) Total Internal reflection D) Interference 44. The main constituent of biogas is A) Ethane B) Ammonia C) Hydrogen Sulphide D) Methane 45. Isotope of Carbon formed in atmosphere due to cosmic rays A) C-12 B) C-14 C) C-13 D) C-22 46. Radiation used in Digital Sound recording A) Radio Waves B) Microwaves C) Laser D) X-rays 47. Particles which are supposed to travel faster than light A) Photons B) Tachyons C) Phonons D) None of these 48. BARC (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) is situated at A) Trombay B) Thumba C) Sriharikkotta D) Visakhapattanam 49. National Science day is celebrated in India on A) Feb. 10 B) Feb. 28 C) Nov. 10 D) Nov. 28 50. In which year Einstein Awarded Nobel Prize for the law of Photoelectric effect ? A) 1931 B) 1929 C) 1930 D) 1921 A -8- *0542017* 054/2017 51. The shape of a PLATEN in a typewriter is A) Pyramid B) Rectangle C) Triangle D) Round 52. The name of typeface which gives 10 letters per inch A) Pica B) Point C) Gothic D) Script 53.
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