SSLC Level Exam 1996 1. Whose birthday is being celebrated as Sadbhavana day? (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Indira Gandhi (d) Rajiv Gandhi 2. The most densely populated state in India is: (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Uttar Pradesh 3. Gandhiji started his Dandi march from: (a) Wardha (b) Santhi Niketan (c) Sabarmati (d) Amritsar 4. Rourkela steel plant is in ———— (a) Maharashtra (b) Orissa (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Andhra Pradesh 5. The Chairman of the Tenth Finance Commission is: (a) N.K.P. Salve (b) Pranab Mukerji (c) K.C. Pant (d) A.M. Khusro 6. The Minister who resigned from Central Cabinet during the wake of Chinese aggression (a) H.K.L. Bhagat (b) V.C. Shukla (c) V.K. Krishna Menon (d) Jaffer Sheriff 7. Which one deals with the study of diseases? (a) Pathology (b) Neurology (c) Cardiology (d) Etymology 8. Who had the shortest span as Prime Minister of India? (a) Chandrashekhar (b) Gulzari Lal Nanda (c) Charan Singh (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri 9. The headquaters of UNICEF is ——— (a) New York (b) Geneva (c) Paris (d) Vienna 10. In which year was Kerala University established? (a) 1957 (b) 1956 (c) 1937 (d) 1962 11 The second most populous country in the world: (a) China (b) India (c) U.S.A (d) France 12. The First Woman who secured the Nehru Literacy Award: (a) Welthy Fischer (b) Mother Teresa (c) Durgabai Deshmukh (d) Lakshmi N. Menon 13. The power to amend the Indian Constitution vests with the ——— (a) President (b) Parliament (c) Prime Minister (d) Chief Justice of Supreme Court 14. Ranji Trophy is associated with ——— (a) Tennis (b) Football (c) Cricket (d) Chess 15. The First Asian Games was held in ——— (a) New Delhi (b) Singapore (c) Bangkok (d) Colombo 16. The winner of the first Ezhuthachan Puraskar: (a) Balamani Amma (b) Prof. S. Guptan Nair (c) Dr. K. M. George (d) Dr. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai 17. The term Fourth Estate refers to: (a) Press (b) Parliament (c) Radio (d) Television 18. The headquarters of World Bank is in: (a) Geneva (b) Washington (c) New York (d) Paris 19. The first Woman IPS Officer in India: (a) Kiran Bedi (b) Leela Seth (c) Medha Patkar (d) Anna Chandy 20. The state having maximum number of Lok Sabha seats: (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh 21. Winner of the 1998 Australian open tennis championship: (a) Kafelnikov (b) Andre Agassi (c) Michael Chang (d) Peter Korda 22. Which is the Samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi? (a) Raj Ghat (b) Shanti Van (c) Vir Bhoomi (d) Shakthi Sthal 23. Birth place of Mahatma Gandhi (a) Wardha (b) Porbandar (c) Bardoli (d) Allahabad 24. The currency of Germany (a) Yen (b) Krone (c) Mark (d) Dinar 25. The author of the book Randamoozham (a) M.T. Vasudevan Nair (b) Vilasini (c) Sukumar Azhikode (d) Thakazhi 26. World AIDS day is observed on (a) December 10 (b) December 1 (c) June 5 (d) July 11 27. The venue of 2004 Olympics (a) Barcelona (b) Atlanta (c) Athens (d) Amsterdam 28. The first Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony was given to (a) Nelson Mandela (b) Julius Nyrere (c) Yasser Arafat (d) Khan Abdul Gaffarkhan 29. The U.N. body which deals with population problems: (a) UNESCO (b) UNICEF (c) UNFPA (d) UNDP 30. Raja Chellayya Committee dealt with ——— (a) Educational reforms (b) Tax reforms (c) Industrial development (d) Rural development 31. World Population Day falls on (a) July 11 (b) April 7 (c) September 8 (d) December 10 32. Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the police force in ——— (a) U.S.A (b) Russia (c) France (d) Britain 33. The police force in Kerala is headed by (a) DGP (b) DIG (c) IG (d) DSP 34. Who started the Bhoodan Movement? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Vinoba Bhave (c) Acharya Kripalani (d) Jayaprakash Narayan 35. BCG is an injuction for ——— (a) Tuberculosis (b) Diphtheria (c) Tetanus (d) Small Pox 36. Diabetes is caused due to the deficiency of ——— (a) calcium (b) vitamin B (c) vitamin C (d) insulin 37. The famous Sun Temple is situated in: (a) Rajasthan (b) Orissa (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka 38. The 1998 Commonwealth Games was held in: (a) India (b) Japan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Malaysia 39. Family Courts Act was passed by the Parliament in: (a) 1982 (b) 1984 (c) 1983 (d) 1990 40. National Literacy Mission was launched by the Prime Minister in ——— (a) 1986 (b) 1987 (c) 1988 (d) 1978 41. Which one of the following is not a natural harbour? (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Calcutta (d) Vishakhapatnam 42. In 1993 an Earthquake claimed a large number of lives in Lathur. In which state is Lathur located? (a) Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh 43. The founder of Chipko Movement: (a) Vinoba Bhave (b) Baba Amte (c) Medha Patkar (d) Sunderlal Bahuguna 44. The capital of Arunachal Pradesh (a) Imphal (b) Itanagar (c) Shillong (d) Guwahati 45. The Hindustan Aircraft Ltd. is situated at ——— (a) Bokaro (b) Bhopal (c) Bangalore (d) Ahmedabad 46. Manusmriti deals with ——— (a) Economics (b) Politics (c) Medicine (d) Law 47. Which prize is given for popularising science? (a) Pulitzer prize (b) Booker prize (c) Kalinga prize (d) Birla Award 48. India Wins Freedom was authored by: (a) Abdul Kalam Azad (b) R.K. Narayanan (c) Dr. Radhakrishnan (d) Jawaharlal Nehru 49. The slogan Inquilab Zindabad was first raised by: (a) Lok Manya Tilak (b) Vir Savarkar (c) Chandrashekhar Azad (d) Bhagat Singh 50. Bhangra is a folk dance of (a) Bihar (b) Punjab (c) Kashmir (d) Assam 51. Snake-bite first affects the ——— (a) nervous systen (b) blood circulation (c) brain (d) lungs 52. Name the person who received both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-E-Pakistan: (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Ayoobkhan (c) Abdul Kalam Azad (c) Morarji Desai 53. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India (a) Dr. Venugopal (b) Dr. Valiathan (c) Dr. Kesavan Nair (d) Dr. P.K.K. Iyengar 54. Who is the author of the book My Presidential Years? (a) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (b) R. Venkataraman (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) S. Radhakrishnan 55. Which is the colour of the Black Box kept in the aeroplane? (a) Orange (b) Black (c) Red (d) White 56. Name the country where the mother and the daughter were the rulers: (a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bhutan 57. ——— has the longest service as Chief Minister of an Indian State (a) Jyoti Basu (b) K. Karunakaran (c) N.T. Rama Rao (d) M.G. Ramachandran 58. Steffi Graf’s name is associated with: (a) Swimming (b) Skating (c) Shooting (d) Tennis 59. India ranks first in the production of ——— in the world (a) Tea (b) Rice (c) Cotton (d) Wheat 60. The first district in India to attain total literacy (a) Kottayam (b) Midnapur (c) Coimbatore (d) Ernakulam 61. The first Malayalam actor, who received Bharat Award? (a) Prem Nazir (b) Satyan (c) P.J. Antony (d) Gopi 62. Of these who got the Saraswati Samman? (a) Madhavi Kutty (b) Lalithambika Antharjanam (c) Sugathakumari (d) Balamani Amma 63. Which is the ore of aluminium? (a) Bauxite (b) Illuminite (c) Lignite (d) Monozite 64. Which one does not belong to the group? (a) Square (b) Rectangle (c) Circle (d) Trapezium 65. Find out the odd one (a) Hydrogen (b) Chlorine (c) Bromine (d) Iodine 66. Elections to the three-tier panchayats were held in Kerala in 1995. When is it to be held next as per rules? In —— — (a) 1996 (b) 1999 (c) 1998 (d) 2000 Answers 1. (d) Rajiv Gandhi. Sadbhavana day falls on August 20. Dilip Kumar won the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavana Award for 2000. 2. (c) West Bengal (766 persons per sq.km.) 3. (c) Sabarmati. 4. (b) Orissa. Rourkela Steel Plant was built with the help of West Germany. Bhilai Steel Plant was built with the help of Russia, is in Chattisgarh. Kothagundam Steel Plant is in Andhra Pradesh. 5. (c) K.C. Pant. Vijay Kelkar is the Chairman of 13th Finance Commission. Dr. C. Rengarajan is the Chairman of the 12th Finance Commission. 6. (c) V.K. Krishna Menon. He held the Defence portfolio in the Nehru Cabinet in 1962 when China invaded India. V.K. Krishna Menon was the first Malayali Central Cabinet Minister. 7. (a) Pathology. Cardiology is the study of heart and its problems. The study of disease of the nervous system is known as neurology. Etymology is the study of origin and history of words. 8. (c) Charan Singh. He was in office for nearly 170 days. Chandrashekhar was in office for 223 days. Gulzari Lal Nanda had been the acting Prime Minister of India between 27-05-1964 to 09-06-1964, and 11-01-1966 to 24-01-1966. 9. (a) New York. 10. (c) 1937. In 1937, Travancore University was established. It became Kerala University in 1957. 11. (b) India. The first being China. 12. (b) Mother Teresa. 13. (b) Parliament. The procedures for amendment of the Constitution of India has been laid down in Article 368. 14. (c) Cricket. 2001 Ranji Trophy was gained by Baroda defeating Railways. 15. (a) New Delhi (1951). 16. (d) Dr. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai. 17. (a) Press. 18. (b) Washington. The present World Bank President is Robert Zoelick. 19. (a) Kiran Bedi. Advisor of Police in U.N.O. Leela Seth is the first woman chief Justice of a High Court. Medha Patkar is an environmentalist and the leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).