Graduate Level Previous Questions - 2

1. The only Indian president who was elected
by second preferential votes also:
(a) VV Giri (b)Zakkir Hussain
(c) Dr Rajendraprasad(d) R Venkataraman

2. Who among the following prime ministers
was born outside the present day Indian
territory?
(a) VP Singh (b) Chandrasekhar
(c) Morarji Desai (d) IK Gujral

3. The first person in India to be convicted for
a cyber crime:
(a) Asif Azim (b) Pawan Duggal
(c)Muhammad Feroz (d) Gulshankumar

4. India completed Chandrayan with the
support of:
(a) America (b) China
(c) France (d) Russia

5. The Article of the Constitution related to
Presidential reference:
(a) 123 (b) 143
(c) 153 (d) 263

6. The duration of an elected municipality is
...... years
(a)One (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5

7. The longest of the three lists in the Seventh
Schedule of the Constitution:
(a) Union (b) State
(c) Concurrent (d) Both (a) and (b)

8. ‘Money is what money does’-whose
definition is this?
(a) Walras (b) Williamson
(c) Wagner (d) Walker

9. Which institution established on 1st April
1935 and headed by Sir Osborn Smith?
(a) IOA (b) Reserve Bank of
India(c) Bombay Dyeing (d) LIC

10 .In which year Einstein got Nobel Prize?
(a) 1920 (b) 1921
(c) 1922 (d) 1923

11. The award that was established in April 1957
by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers
Fund (RBF) based in New York City:
(a) Magsaysay (b) Abel
(c) Fields Medal (d) Oscar

12. The highest civilian award in India:
(a) Bharat Ratna
(b) Param Veer Chakra
(c) Padamabhushan (d) Gyanpeeth

13. The United Nations University of Peace is in
(a) Tokyo (b) Costa Rica
(c) New York (d) Geneva

14. ‘Charity in War’ is the motto of:
(a) Oxfarm (b) Greenpeace
(c)Red Cross (d) Amnesty International

15 .National Voter’s Day:
(a) January 25 (b) January 26
(c) January 27 (d) January 28

16. “Superstition is the religion of feeble minds”
are the words of:
(a) Bernard Shaw (b) Edmund Burke
(c) Francis Bacon (d) Gandhiji
17. Dinpanah was founded by:
(a) Akbar (b) Babur
(c) Shah Jehan (d) Humayun

18. The first Governor General of free India:
(a) Lord Wavell (b) Lord Linlithgo
(c) C Rajagopalachari (d) Mountbatten

19. Albuquerque conquered Goa in:
(a) 1510 (b) 1515
(c) 1520 (d) 1525

20. Who led the liberation movement in
Bangladesh?
(a) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
(b) Sulficker Ali Bhutto
(c) Liaqat Ali Khan (d) None of these

21. The first revenue minister of Kerala:
(a) KR Gowri (b) KP Gopalan
(c) TV Thomas (d) VR Krishna Iyer

22. The youngest to become the Chief Minister
of Kerala:
(a) R Sankar (b) AK Antony
(c) PKVasudevan Nair(d) CH Muhammad
Koya

23. In which river is Banasurasagar Dam?
(a) Periyar (b) Chaliyar
(c) Kabani (d) Pamba

24.The National Park which is famous for lion
tailed macaque:
(a) Iravikulam (b) Silent Valley
(c) Pampadumchola (d) Iravikulam

25. The oldest newspaper in Kerala:
(a) Malayala Manorama (b) Deepika
(c) Mathrubhoomi (d) Kerala Kaumudi

Answers

1(a)2(d) 3(a) 4(d) 5(b)6(d)7(a) 8(d) 9(b) 10(b)
11(a)12 (a) 13(b) 14 (c) 15(a) 16(b) 17 (d)
18(d)19(a) 20(a) 21(a) 22(b) 23(c) 24(b) 25(b)