Graduate Level Previous Questions - 1

1. The Constitution of India prohibits employment
of children younger than ........in any hazardous
environment.
(a) 14 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 17

2. Attappady Hills Area Development Society
(AHADS) has been implementing
theAttappady Eco-restoration project since the
year ........
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003

3. Who was the first chairman of the National
Commission for Women?
(a) Mohini Giri (b) Vibha
Parthasarathy (c) Poornima Advani
(d) Jayanti Patnaik

4. The twin objectives of Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MNREGA):
(a) Rural Development and total literacy
(b) Rural Development and total sanitation
(c) Rural Development and Employment
(d) Employment and total literacy

5. In which year Kudumbasree was launched in
Kerala?
(a) 1998 (b) 1999
(c) 2000 (d) 2001

6. The biggest natural hazard to forests:
(a) Rain (b) Soil erosion
(c) Wind (d) Forest Fire

7. Which region in Kerala has the richest
biodiversity?
(a) Midlands (b) Coastal area
(c) Western Ghat region (d) Tidal forests

8. India lauched Chandrayan-I on 22nd October
2008 from:
(a) Kourou (b) Kazakhstan
(c) Thumba (d) Sriharikota

9. India’s first research station in Arctic region:
(a) Himani (b) Himadri
(c) Uttara Gangotri (d) Maitri

10. The most intelligent aquatic animal:
(a) Blue Whale (b) Octopus
(c) Dolphin (d) Sepia

11. Which state has the largest number of Wild
Life Sanctuaries?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) None of these

12. Baglihar project and Dulhasti project in
Jammu Kashmir is in the river:
(a) Jhulum (b) Chenab
(c) Ravi (d) Beas

13. Name the legendary charecter who is believed
to have brought Ganga to Earth:
(a) Karna (b) Parasurama
(c) Bhagiratha (d) Shiva

14. The lowest temperature is measured at:
(a) Just before sun rise
(b) Just after sun rise
(c) Before 4pm and 5pm
(d) At midnight

15. Pascal is the unit of:
(a) Power (b) Temperature
(c) Pressure (d) Force

16. Name given to the first nuclear experiment in
the world:
(a) Trinity (b) Fatman
(c) Little Boy (d) None of these

17. The isotope used for the treatment of Cancer:
(a) Carbon-14 (b) Uranium-238
(c) Cobalt-60 (d) None of these

18. Which gas is commercially produced through
Bosch Process?
(a) Oxygen (b) Nitrogen
(c) Helium (d) Hydrogen

19. The main constituent of Coal:
(a) Nitrogen (b) Hydrogen
(c) Carbon (d) Oxygen

20. The tendency of plants to grow towards light:
(a) Geotropism (b) Phototropism
(c) Chemotropism (d) None of these

21 The reproductory organ of flower:
(a) Root (b) Leaf
(c) Stem (d) Flower

22. The pigment imparts yellow colour to flowers:
(a) Xanthophyll (b) Anthocyanin
(c) Betacyanin (d) Haemoglobin

23. Which invertebrate has the most developed
brain?
(a) Octopus (b) Star Fish
(c) Sepia (d) Crab

24. Organisms that depends on other organisms
for food:
(a) Parasite (b) Sucker
(c) Hermaphrodite (d) Epiphyte

25. The temperature of human body in Kelvin
scale:
(a) 98.4 (b) 37
(c) 330 (d) 310

Answers

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