Degree Level Practice Question Paper

Degree Level Practice
Question Paper-3

1. You like vegetarian food,……?
(a) do you
(b) isn’t you
(c) aren’t you
(d) don’t you

2. I ……. the boy from the deep well.
(a) escaped
(b) saved
(c) am escaped
(d) am saved

3. He said to me that he ……. going abroad:
(a) is
(b) has been
(c) had been
(d) was

4. The correctly spelt word is:
(a) SECRATARY
(b) SECRETARY
(c) SECRATERY
(d) SECRETERY

5. I saw a …… of sheep grazing in the field:
(a) flock
(b) herd
(c) group
(d) pack

6. India trades ….. the USA ….. sugar and jute:
(a) with, in
(b) about, on
(c) from, on
(d) off, ever

7. ‘Collaborate’ means:
(a) Work together
(b) to work together with a common aim
(c) Joint venture
(d) Agreement

8. Antonym of ‘Delicious:
(a) Agreeble
(b) Unpalatable
(c) Enjoyable
(d) Tasty

9. This is for students …… mother tongue is not
English:
(a) that
(b) whose
(c) whom
(d) which

10.Find out the meaning of the word ‘methodical’
from the alternatives:
(a) Ordinary
(b) Dull
(c) Deep
(d) Systematic

11. Parsimony means:
(a) Excessive carefulness in spending money
(b) Wealth inherited from parents
(c) Partiality
(d) Jealousy

12.He is the …..of my two sons:
(a) older
(b) eldest
(c) elder
(d) oldest

13.The opposite of ‘Stale’:
(a) Unhealthy
(b) Fresh
(c) Stylistic
(d) Old

14.The faster you run, ……..
(a) the sooner you get tired
(b) you get more tired
(c) sooner you get tired
(d) soon you get tired

15.As they had no children, they …….. an orphan:
(a) adapted
(b) Assaulted
(c) allotted
(d) adopted

16.Fools rush in where angels fear ……
(a) to walk
(b) to tread
(c) to cross
(d) to sit

17.Feminine gender of fox is:
(a) She-fox
(b) Bitch
(c) Hind
(d) Vixen

18.Either you or Ravi …… to meet the principal
today:
(a) have
(b) has
(c) having
(d) did

19.I felt pity ….. the poor widow:
(a) to
(b) with
(c) on
(d) for

20.The temples of South India are bigger than
……. North India:
(a) that of
(b) those of
(c) of which
(d) all

21.Which one number can replace both question
marks ?/100 = 4/?
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 1
(d) 200

22.Select the odd one:
(a) Teacher
(b) Student
(c) Professor
(d) Principal

23.A party consisted of a man, his wife, his three
sons and their wives and three children in each
son’s family. How many are there in the party?
(a) 22 (b) 13
(c) 17 (d) 24

24.Year: Month :: Week :?
(a) Hour
(b) Month
(c) Day
(d) Fortnight

25.An even prime number:
(a) 0
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) -2

26.65,63,60,56,51, ?
(a) 44
(b) 45
(c) 46
(d) 47

27.A student has to secure 40% marks to pass.
He gets 40 marks and fails by 40 marks.
(a) 300
(b) 250
(c) 150
(d) 200

28.Select the odd one:
(a) KLLM
(b) TUUV
(c) XXXZ
(d) OPPQ

29.Ear: Music :: Nose: ?
(a) Face
(b) Breath
(c) Smell
(d) Music

30.If the perimeter of a rectangle is 200m and its
breadth is 40m then its area in sq.metres is:
(a) 1200
(b) 2400
(c) 4800
(d) 6000

31.Man is to Masculine as Woman is to:
(a) Girl
(b) Madam
(c) Feminine
(d) Lady

32.350 X ? = 4200
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 120
(d) 150

33.Doctor : Patient :: Teacher : ?
(a) Class
(b) Student
(c) School
(d) Lesson

34.15% of 120 + 25% of 100= ?
(a) 48
(b) 38
(c) 42
(d) 43

35.Flower : Bouquet :: Player : ?
(a) Captain
(b) Team
(c) Playground
(d) Flock

36.A train travelling at a uniform speed clears a
bridge 110 m long in 10 seconds and passes
a telegraph post in 5 seconds. The length of
train is ….. metres.
(a) 100
(b) 110
(c) 105
(d) 80.3

37.Save is related to Rescue in the same way as
Seldom is related to:
(a) Certain
(b) Usual
(c) Often
(d) Rarely

38.If ABCD is coded as 1234 , what would be
GHIF stands for:
(a) 5678
(b) 7869
(c) 7896
(d) 6789

39.Six men working 8 hours per day earn Rs.720
per week. Eight men working 6 hours a day
will earn Rs. ……. per week.
(a) 540
(b) 720
(c) 960
(d) 740

40.Sun is to Night as Fish is to:
(a) Lake
(b) Sea
(c) Land
(d) Water

41. The day on which Kariappa became the Commander
in Chief of India is observed as:
(a) Armed Forces Flag day
(b) Navy Day
(c) Army Day
(d) Airforce Day

42. “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”
Who said this?
(a) Alexander Pope
(b) Milton
(c) Churchill
(d) Byron

43. Who is the founder of Agra?
(a) Akbar
(b) Sikander Lodi
(c) Shah Jehan
(d) Jehangir

44. The greatest ruler of Maurya dynasty:
(a) Bindusara
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Asoka
(d) Brihadratha

45. The battle of Hydaspes in which Alexander
defeated Porus was fought in:
(a) BC 326
(b) BC 323
(c) BC 316
(d) BC 336

46. The first woman chief minister of an Indian
state:
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Vijayalekshmi Pandit
(c) Sucheta Kripalani
(d) None of these

47.D.S.Senanayake is the father of nation of:
(a) Indonesia
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Philippines
(d) Myanmar

48.Abraham Lincoln was the ....th president of
USA:
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 18

49. Father of Green Revolution in India:
(a) MS Swaminathan
(b) Varghese Kurien
(c) Vikram Sarabhai
(d) None of these

50.Which is not situated on the banks of Yamuna?
(a) Agra
(b) Delhi
(c) Mathura
(d) Haridwar

51. The first to win an Olympic medal for India:
(a) Norman Pritchard
(b) K.Lakshmanan
(c) K.Malleswari
(d) Milkha Singh

52. Shakespeare passed away in:
(a) 1564
(b) 1616
(c) 1612
(d) 1620

53. In which year Bangladesh declared independence?
(a) 1975
(b) 1972
(c) 1970
(d) 1971

54.Cryogenics is related to:
(a) Low Temperature
(b) Pressure
(c) Insects
(d) Heredity

55.The colour of Black box in aeroplanes:
(a) Red
(b) Orange
(c) Green
(d) Blue

56. Father of e-mail:
(a) Ray Tomlinson
(b) Glen Recort
(c) Sabir Bhatia
(d) Pascal

57. Beryllium aluminium silicate is known as:
(a) Alum
(b) Topaz
(c) Ruby
(d) Emerald

58. Galvanisation is the process of coating of .....
on other metals.
(a) Copper
(b) Silver
(c) Gallium
(d) Zinc

59. The rarest gas element in the atmosphere of
Earth:
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Radon
(d) Helium

60. ‘The king of spices’:
(a) Cardomom
(b) Pepper
(c) All Spice
(d) Turmeric

61. Morphin is obtained from......
(a) Poppy
(b) Vinca
(c) Rauwolfia
(d) Neem

62. The wood used for making snake boat:
(a) Anjili
(b) Deodar
(c) Neem
(d) Mahagony

63. What kind of organism is ‘Bombay Duck’?
(a) Mammal
(b) Bird
(c) Fish
(d) Reptile

64. The average length of femur:
(a) 100cm
(b) 50cm
(c) 75cm
(d) 25cm

65. The disease caused by Yersinia pestis:
(a) Yellow fever
(b) Plague
(c) Cholera
(d) Malaria

66. The only planet which takes more time to complete
a rotation than a revolution?
(a) Venus
(b) Mercury
(c) Mars
(d) Jupiter

67. The space age was started on 4th October
1957 with the launching of Sputnik by:
(a) USA
(b) Soviet Union
(c) India
(d) UK

68. The airport in Port Blair is named after:
(a) Vir Savarkar
(b) SC Bose
(c) Mayo
(d) Dufferin

69. Almora hill station is in the state of:
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam

70.The second most important god during Rig
Vedic period:
(a) Agni
(b) Varuna
(c) Soma
(d) Yama

71. Which statement is incorrect?
(a) Sher Shah died in 1547
(b) Sher Shah built the Grand Trunk
(c) The tomb of Sher Shah is in Sasaram
(d) Purana Qila was built by Sher Shah

72. Who acted the role of Gandhi in the film
‘Gandhi’?
(a) Richard Attenborough
(b) Rajat Kapur
(c) Ben Kingsley
(d) None of these

73.Who was the president of INC when India got
independence?
(a) Rajendraprasad
(b) Maulana Azad
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) JB Kripalani

74. The only Indian prime minister who did not
face the parliament:
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) Charan Singh
(c) HD Dewe Gowda
(d) Chandrasekhar

75. The 8th Schedule of Indian Constitution
recognises ——— languages.
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 18
(d) 22

76. Advocate General is appointed by:
(a) President
(b) Governor
(c) Chief Minister
(d) Law Minister

77. The author of ‘Kim’ and ‘Jungle Book’:
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Victor Hugo
(d) Leo Tolstoy

78. Marry Todd was the wife of a famous US president.
His name is:
(a) John F.Kennedy
(b) Franklin D.Roosevelt
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) George Washington

79.Who was the first transport minister in Kerala?
(a) KC George
(b) KP Gopalan
(c) C Achuthamenon
(d) TV Thomas

80. The dam situated between Kuravan and
Kurathi hills:
(a) Idukky
(b) Idamalayar
(c) Mullaperiyar
(d) Neyyar dam

81.Punnapra-Vayalar agitation was in:
(a) 1945
(b) 1946
(c) 1947
(d) 1948

82. Rajyasamacharam was published from:
(a) Kottayam
(b) Kochi
(c) Kozhikode
(d) Thalassery

83. The Malayalam film based on the theme of
Rajan Case:
(a) Neythukaran
(b) Piravi
(c) Swam
( d )Meenamasathile Sooryan

84.The ruler of Travancore who abolished
Sucheendram Kaimukku:
(a) Uthram Tirunal
(b) Visakham Tirunal
(c) Sri Mulam Tirunal
(d) Swati Tirunal

85. The first athlete from Kerala to get Arjuna
Award:
(a) PT Usha
(b) TC Yohannan
(c) KC Elamma
(d) Shyny Abraham

86. The first technopark in Kerala was established at:
(a) Chathamangalam
(b) Kalamassery
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Kochi

87. The place known as Land of 3’C’s- Land of
Cake, Land of Cricket, Land of Circus?
(a) Kozhikode
(b) Thalassery
(c) Kochi
(d) Kollam

88. The place where Parthasarathy Temple is situated?
(a) Aranmula
(b) Ettumanoor
(c) Ochira
(d) Harippad

89. The only woman to get two Nobel Prizes:
(a) Selma Lagerlof (b) Bertha Von Suttner
(c) Marie Curie (d) Aung San Suu Ki

90. The first Indian to get Booker Prize:
(a) Kiran Desai
(b) Arundathy Roy
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) None of these

91. The tenure of UN Secretary General is ......
years :
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7

92. The capital of Pallavas:
(a) Madurai
(b) Kanchipuram
(c) Thanjavur
(d) Muziris

93. Who authored ‘Indica’?
(a) Chanakya
(b) Megasthanes
(c) Fahien
(d) Huan Tsang

94. Pin code system was introduced in India in:
(a) 1970
(b) 1971
(c) 1972
(d) 1973

95. “ Duty unto Death” is the motto of:
(a) CRPF
(b) BSF
(c) NSG
(d) Assam Rifle

96. The venue of 2018 World Cup Football:
(a) Russia
(b) Qatar
(c) England
(d) South Africa

97. Who authored ‘Hymavathabhoovil’?
(a) MP Veerendrakumar
(b) C. Radhakrishnan
(c) MK Sanu
(d) Unnikrishnan Puthur

98. The internet browser developed in India:
(a) Bhuvan
(b) Epic
(c) Viswasth
(d) Gagan

99. The name of which state means ‘Thirty six
Forts’?:
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Karnataka
(c) Chhatisgarh
(d) Jharkhand

100. In which year a Pakistani woman got Nobel
Prize for the first time?
(a) 1979
(b) 2012
(c) 2013
(d) 2014

Answers

1(d) 2(b) 3(d) 4(b)
5(a) 6(a) 7(b) 8(b)
9(b) 10 (d) 11 (a ) 12(c)
13 (b) 14 (a) 15(d) 16(b)
17(d)18(b) 19(d) 20(b)
21(a) 22(b) 23(c) 24(c)
25(c) 26(b) 27(d) 28(c)
29(c) 30(b) 31 (c) 32(b)
33 (b) 34 (d) 35(b) 36(b)
37(d) 38(c) 39(b) 40(c)
41(c) 42 (a) 43(b) 44 (c)
45(a) 46(c) 47 (b) 48(b)
49(a) 50(d) 51(a) 52(b)
53(d) 54(a) 55(b) 56(a)
57(d) 58(d) 59(c) 60(b)
61(a) 62(a) 63(c)64(b)
65(b) 66(a) 67(b)68(a)
69(a) 70(a) 71(a) 72(c)
 73(d) 74(b)75(d)76(b)
77 (a) 78(c)79(d)80(a)
81(b) 82(d) 83(b) 84(d)
85(b)86(c)87(b)88(a)
89(c) 90(b) 91(b) 92(b)
93(b) 94(c)95(b) 96(a)
97(a) 98(b) 99(c) 100(d)

Degree Level Practice Question Paper

Question Paper-1

1. All colleges will reopen ……. tomorrow.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) since
(d) from

2. …….. year has passed since the tsunami
lashed certain coastal areas.
(a) The
(b) An
(c) A
(d) None of these

3. State of well being/pleasant excitement:
(a) Content
(b) Euphoria
(c) Satisfaction
(d) Morose

4. If you listened more carefully, you ……. so
many mistakes.
(a) wouldn’t have made
(b) won’t make
(c) wouldn’t make
(d) couldn’t make

5. He is an engineer working ….. Palghat.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) around
(d) on

6. The person who has long experience:
(a) Pioneer
(b) Scholar
(c) Veteran
(d) Boss

7. The passive voice of ‘Did you do it?’:
(a) You were done by it
(b) He has done Aby it
(c) Was it done by you
(d) Were it done by you

8. It was ……. cats and dogs.
(a) rained
(b) raining
(c) will rain
(d) had rain

9. The word ‘Alacrity’ means:
(a) Eagerness
(b) Loud
(c) Critical
(d) Pale

10. The boy cried aloud ……. he saw a snake:
(a) yet
(b) and
(c) but
(d) when

11. He ……. the task entrusted to him.
(a) carried away
(b) carried up
(c) carried out
(d) carried by

12. More men adore the sun rising than the sun
……..
(a) Shining
(b) Blazing
(c) Darkening
(d) Setting

13. Antonym of ‘Reject’:
(a) Agree
(b) Accept
(c) Embrace
(d) Adopt

14. My advice did not …… him at all.
(a) effect
(b) affect
(c) afflict
(d) inflict

15.I asked the boy ………
(a) how old he was
(b) how old are you
(c) how old he is
(d) how old you are

16. He thanked me for what I ……...
(a) have done
(b) had done
(c) have been doing
(d) had been doing

17. Butter is made ……. milk.
(a) of
(b) from
(c) with
(d) by

18. I have known him ……. a long time.
(a) since
(b) for
(c) by
(d) to

19.…… Andamans are a group of islands in ……
Bay of Bengal:
(a) The, the
(b) The, a
(c) An, the
(d) The, an

20. The reported speech of : ‘He asked, ‘What is
the time?’ is:
(a) He asked what the time was
(b) He asked what is the time
(c) He asked what the time is
(d) He asked what was the time

21.Rajyasamacharam is the first news paper in
Malayalam. Its publication was started in:
(a) 1790
(b) 1857
(c) 1847
(d) None of these

22.The person who became Deputy Chief Minister
in Kerala two times:
(a) R.Shankar
(b) C.H.Muhammad Koya
(c) Aukkadar Kutti Naha
(d) None of these

23. The number of district panchayats in Kerala:
(a) 999
(b) 140
(c) 14
(d) 152

24. ‘Hand’ is the election symbol of:
(a) CPM
(b) BJP
(c) Indian National Congress
(d) CPI

25. The seat of the Kerala High Court:
(a) Kollam
(b) Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Kozhikode
(d) Ernakulam

26. Malampuzha Dam is in the river system:
(a) Bharatappuzha
(b) Periyar
(c) Pamba
(d) Chaliyar

27. The Dewan of Travancore who introduced
public transport service in Travancore:
(a) P.Rajagopalachari
(b) Habibullah
(c) P.G.N.Unnithan
(d) C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer

28. The most famous king of the kingdom of Kochi:
(a) Marthanda Varma
(b) Pazhassi Raja
(c) Sakthan Thampuran
(d) Manavedan

29.The birth place of Thacholi Othenan:
(a) Vadakara
(b) Thalassey
(c) Kannur
(d) Thirunavaya

30.‘Syanandooram’ is the Sanskrit name for:
(a) Kannur
(b) Kozhikode
(c) Kochi
(d) Thiruvananthapuram

31.The Dutch man who shared the first Nobel
Prize for Economics with Ragner Frisch of Norway:
(a) Jan Tinbergen
(b) Gunnar Myrdal
(c) Nicholas Tinbergen
(d) Adamsmith

32. The number of principal organs of United Nations
after the Trusteeship Council suspended
operations in 1994:
(a) 6
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 7

33. Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is
observed as:
(a) National Youth Day
(b) Patriotism Day
(c) National Science Day
(d) None of these

34.“Let them eat cakes”- Who is related to this
statement?
(a) Louis XIV
(b) Louis XV
(c) Louis XVI
(d) Mary Antoinette

35. Who founded the Maurya dynasty?
(a) Asoka
(b) Bindudara
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Brihadratha

36.The first Indian to go to space:
(a) Kalpana Chawla
(b) Ravish Malhotra
(c) Rakesh Sharma
(d) Sunitha Williams

37.The Portuguese Navigator who led the expedition
which completed the first circumnavigation:
(a) Columbus
(b) Magellan
(c) Cook
(d) Cabral

38.King of minerals:
(a) Gold
(b) Sulphuric acid
(c) Iron
(d) Aluminium

39.Benitto Mussolini was known as:
(a) Il Duce
(b) Iron Duke
(c) Desert Fox
(d) Little Corporal

40.Which cave is famous for ‘Trimurti’ statues?
(a) Ajanta
(b) Elephanta
(c) Ellora
(d) Amarnath

41.Madison Square Garden in USA is related to:
(a) Baseball (b) Cricket
(c) Boxing (d) Polo

42.The Panama canal was opened in:
(a) 1869
(b) 1914
(c) 1918
(d) 1920

43. The branch of biology related to the study of
structure and organisation of living things:
(a) Alchemy
(b) Agronomy
(c) Anatomy
(d) Bionomy

44..The author of ‘Around the World in 80 Days’?
(a) Arthur C Clarke
(b) Joules Verne
(c) Darwin
(d) Richard Rhodes

45.Intensity of sound is measured in:
(a) Curie
(b) Volt
(c) Watt
(d) Decibel

46.Which element has the lowest melting point?
(a) Mercury
(b) Hydrogen
(c) Carbon
(d) Helium

47.Which is known as ‘Chemical Sun’?
(a) Magnisium
(b) Francium
(c) Gallium
(d) Iridium

48 Which of the following plants helps nitrogen
fixation?
(a) Beans (b) Wheat
(c) Rice (d) Tomoto

49.The term associated with the cultivation of
grapes:
(a) Aviculture
(b) Viticulture
(c) Floriculture
(d) Epiculture

50.The clonned wolf:
(a) Victoria
(b) Carbon Copy
(c) Snu Woolf and Snu Woolfi
(d) Dolly

51. Jamnapari is a type of :
(a) Dog
(b) Camel
(c) Cow
(d) Goat

52.Thigh bone is also known as:
(a) Radius
(b) Humerus
(c) Femur
(d) Sternum

53. The nearest planet to Sun:
(a) Venus
(b) Earth
(c) Mercury
(d) Mars

54. What is the rank of Saturn in terms of size
among the planets:
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

55.The areas between polar circles and poles:
(a) Torrid zone
(b) Temperate zone
(c) Frigid zone
(d) None of these

56. Which is situated between Africa and Europe?
(a) Red Sea
(b) Caspean Sea
(c) Dead sea
(d) Mediterranean sea

57. Australia is the ......... continent:
(a) Flattest
(b) windiest
(c) highest
(d) lowest

58. The parliament of which country has the largest
number of members?
(a) Britain
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) China

59. Shqipery is the local name of:
(a) Algeria
(b) Armenia
(c) Angola
(d) Albania

60.The second longest river in India:
(a) Godavari
(b) Narmada
(c) Krishna
(d) Kaveri

61. Mahabalipuram Monuments in Tamil Nadu
were built by:
(a) Cholas
(b) Cheras
(c) Pallavas
(d) Pandyas

62. The Dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin
Chisti is in:
(a) Ajmer
(b) Agra
(c) Fatepur Sikri
(d) Jaipur

63. Which one of the following is a riverine port?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Paradweep
(c) Mumbai
(d) Visakhapatnam

64.The largest lake in India:
(a) Chilka
(b) Sambhar
(c) Kolleru
(d) Lonar

65. The headquarters of CBI:
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai

66.Who is regarded as the father of Indian Classical
Music?
(a) Sarangadeva
(b) Viswamitra
(c) Narada
(d) Kanada

67.The Jorhat National Park is in the State of:
(a) Bihar
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) None of these

68.Chief female deity of Indus people:
(a) Durga
(b) Savitri
(c) Mother Goddess
(d) Shakti

69.The second largest book in ancient Indian literature:
(a) Ramayana
(b) Padma Purana
(c) Skanda Purana
(d) Mahabharat

70.The reign of Sher Shah was between:
(a) 1540-1555
(b) 1540-45
(c) 1540-50
(d) 1540-1556

71.The Persian traveller who visited India in 1443:
(a) Ma Huan
(b) Abdur Razaq
(c) Sulaiman
(d) Ibn Batuta

72.The Governor General who annexed Satara to
British India, the first princely state to be annexed
to British India under Doctrine of Lapse:
(a) Canning
(b) Cornwallis
(c) William Bentick
(d) Dalhousie

73.Bhagat Singh was a leader from:
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab
(d) Bihar

74.What was called ‘post dated cheque’ by
Gandhiji?
(a) Cabinet Mission
(b) Crip’s Mission
(c) Govt of India Act, 1935
(d) Quit India movement

75.Who is called the ‘mother of Indian Revolution’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama
(d) Aruna Asaf Ali

76.In which year the Congress ministries in the
provinces resigned to protest against the war
policy of the British Government?
(a) 1937
(b) 1938
(c) 1939
(d) 1940

77.Which of the following part of the Constitution
was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru?
(a) Preamble
(b) Fundamental Rights
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) Directive Principles

78.Which one of the following communities is specially
mentioned in the Constitution?
(a) Scheduled Caste
(b) Scheduled Tribe
(c) Anglo-Indian
(d) All of these

79.The largest princely state at the time of independence:
(a) Travancore
(b) Junagarh
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Rajputana

80.Which of the following offices is held during
the pleasure of the President of India?
(a) Vice President
(b) Chief Justice of India
(c) Governor of a State
(d) UPSC Chairman

81.A number exceed its one-fifth by 20. What is
the number?
(a) 100
(b) 25
(c) 5
(d) 20

82.Select the pair which is different from others:
(a) Hard work and success
(b) Treatment and disease
(c) Coward and Fear
(d) Extravagent and Bankruptcy

83.Cruelty: Kindness :: Revenge : ?
(a) Punishment
(b) Crime
(c) Forgiveness
(d) Gratitude

84.Choose the odd one:
(a) Parrot
(b) Pigeon
(c) Kiwi
(d) Sparrow

85.When there is an increase of 30% in the price
of TV sets and decrease of 20% in the number
of sets sold , then what is the percentage
effect on total sales?
(a) 4% loss
(b) 8% loss
(c) 4% gain
(d) 8% gain

86.7,11,13,17,19,, ———-
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 23
(d) 27

87.Which one number can replace both question
marks 1/?= ?/36
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 36
(d) 4

88.Clock is to Day as Calendar is to:
(a) Weekend
(b) April
(c) Century
(d) Year

89.Find the reciprocal of 0.01:
(a) 100 (b) 10
(c) 1/10 (d) 1

90.If TEA is 234, find what would 345 stand for ?
(a) ATE
(b) TAP
(c) EAR
(d) EAT

91.Convert 9/10 into a percent:
(a) 9%
(b) 19%
(c) 1.9%
(d) 90%

92.A for 2, B for 4, and E for 10; then C X D stands
for:
(a) 42
(b) 38
(c) 48
(d) 14

93.Two students fought a college election. The
winning student got 60% of the total votes and
won the election by 144 votes only. What is
the total number of votes polled?
(a) 720
(b) 480
(c) 360
(d) 240

94.Individual : Family :: Family : ?
(a) State
(b) House
(c) Society
(d) Nation

95.Select the odd one:
(a) Sparrow
(b) Canary
(c) Hawk
(d) Cod

96. 60% of 37= ?
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 22.2

97. Fly : Parrot :: Crawl : ?
(a) Fish
(b) Crocodile
(c) Frog
(d) Sparrow

98. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their difference
is 13. Find the greater number:
(a) 23
(b) 24
(c) 20
(d) 25

99. Select the odd one:
(a) Apple
(b) Orange
(c) Carrot
(d) Mango

100. A factory produces 145 cars a week. How
many cars will it produces in a year?
(a) 7540 
(b) 7450
(c) 7045
(d) 7500

Answers

1(d) 2(c)3(b) 4(c)
5(a)6(c) 7(c) 8(b)
9(a) 10.(d)11(c) 12(d)
13(b)14(b) 15(a)16(b)
17(b) 18(b) 19(a) 20 (a)
2 1 (c) 22(b) 23 (c) 24 (c)
25(d) 26(a) 27(d) 28(c)
29(a) 30(d) 31(a) 32(b)
33(a) 34(d) 35(c)36(c)
37(b) 38(a) 39(a)40(b)
41(c) 42 (b) 43(c) 44 (b)
45(d) 46(d) 47 (a)48(a)
49(b) 50(c) 51(d) 52(c)
53(c) 54(b) 55(c) 56(d)
57(a) 58(d) 59(d) 60(a)
61(c) 62(a) 63(a) 64(a)
65(b) 66(a) 67(b) 68(c)
69(c) 70(b) 71(b) 72(d)
73(c) 74(b) 75(c) 76(c)
77 (a) 78(d)79(c) 80(c)
81(b) 82(b) 83(c) 84(c)
85(c) 86(c) 87(b)8 8(d)
89(a) 90(c) 91(d) 92(c)
93(a) 94(c) 95(d) 96(d)
97(b) 98(b) 99(c)100(a)

Development

1. The main model that formed the basis of
the strategy of the Second Five Year Plan
was formulated by
(a) K.N.Raj
(b) P.C.Mahalanobis
(c) Gulsarilal Nandha
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

2. The Panchayat Raj system was
introduced in 1959 under the
recommendation of:
(a) Ashok Mehta Committee
(b) Belwant Rai Mehta Committee
(c) Dinesh Goswamy Committee
(d) Narasimham committee

3. The state which has the largest
percentage of rural population
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) Chhatisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh

4. Father of Green Revolution in India
(a) Dr Varghese Kurien
(b) M.S.Swaminathan
(c)M.Visvesvarayya
(d) C.Subramanyam

5. The Ashok Mehta Committee was
appointed
(a) 1959
(b) 1960
(c) 1977
(d) 1978

6. Name the Prime Minister who appointed
Ashok Mehta Committee in 1977
(a) Charan Singh
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) None of these

7. The Indira Awas Yojana aims to provide
(a) Houses to poor
(b) Employment
(c) Literacy
(d)Drinking water

8. Which Five Year Plan is referred to as
‘Industrial and Transport Plan’?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth

9. Planning Commission is a/an
(a) Executive body
(b) Constitutional body
(c) Advisory body
(d) Elected body

10. The major emphasis of Third Five Year
Plan was
(a) Green Revolution
(b) Operation Flood
(c)100% literacy
(d) Making India self-reliant

11. The term ‘Hindu Growth Rate’ was
coined by
(a) K.N.Raj
(b) Raj Krishna
(c) Mahalanobis
(d) V.N.Gadgil

12. The concept of Five Year Plan in India
was introduced by
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(c) Gulsarilal Nanda
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

13. Family Planning was started in India in
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1952

14. Who is known as Father of Indian
Budget?
(a) Dadabhai Navroji
(b) M.Visvesvarayya
(c) P.C.Mahalanobis
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

15. Where is National Institute of Rural
Development situated?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Shimla

16. Which body gives the final approval for
the draft of the five year plans in India?
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Finance commission
(c) National Development Council
(d) Supreme Court of India

17. In which schedule of the constitution
provisions related to Municipal
Administration is included
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 11

18. The 73rd Amendment of the constitution
came into force in
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995

19. The elections to the three- tier Panchayat
Raj institutions are conducted by
(a) Election Commission of India
(b) State Election Commission
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Social Welfare Department

20. Norman Borlaug is regarded as the father
of...... in the world.
(a) White Revolution
(b) Industrial Revolution
(c) Green Revolution
(d) None of these

21. The Rolling Plan concept in National
Planning was introduced by
(a) Janatha Government
(b) United Front Government
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) V.P.Singh

22. TRYSEM deals with
(a) Training of young women for
employment
(b) Training of rural youth for self
employment
(c) Training of teachers for literacy
programme
(d) None of these

23. Who was the Prime Minister of India when
Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
was started?
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Narasimha Rao (
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

24. Food for Work Programme was
introduced during the
(a) Fourth Plan
(b) Sixth Plan
(c) Fifth Plan
(d) Seventh Plan

25. Khadi and Village Industries Commission
was set up in the ___ Five Year Plan
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Third (d) Fourth

Answers

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

Development

Development

1. Which Article of the Constitution is
related to Village Panchayats?
(a) 17
(b) 45
(c) 44
(d) 40

2. In which field Co-operative Movement
was started for the first time in India?
(a) Agricultural Credit
(b) Handlooms
(c) Transport
(d) None of these

3. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was
started in
(a) 1984
(b) 1986
(c) 1989
(d) 1990

4. In which schedule of the Constitution
Panchayat Raj is included?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 12

5. Who inaugurated the Panchayat Raj
system at Nagaur in Rajastan in 1959?
(a) S.K.Dey
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Belwant Rai Mehta
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad

6. Where is the headquarters of
CAPART(Council for Advancedment of
People’s Action and Rural Technology)
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata

7. In which country Green Revolution was
started
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) Philippines
(d) Mexico

8. The National Development Council gets
its administrative support from the
(a) Finance Commission
(b) Union Cabinet
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Parliament

9. Which body compiles the national
income of India?
(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) NABARD
(c) Central Statistical Organisation
(d) Ministry of Finance

10. The Integrated Rural Development
Programme was started during
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Sixth Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) Seventh Five Year Plan

11. Who gave the slogan “Garibi
Hatao”(Eradicate Poverty)?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Morarji Desai

12. Employment Assurance Scheme(EAS)
was launched in
(a) 1983
(b) 1980
(c) 1989
(d) 1993

13. Who was the Prime Minister of India
when the 73rd and 74th Amendments of
the Constitution were passed:
(a) Rajiv Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) V.P.Singh
(d) Narasimha Rao

14. Which of the following is not a member
of the National Development Council?
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Members of Planning Commission
(c) Chief Ministers of States
(d) The President of India

15. The food for Work Programme was
restructured as:
(a)NRY
(b) JRY
(c) IRDP
(d) MFAL

16. The concept of mixed economy was
introduced during the
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Second Five Year Plan
(c) Rolling Plan
(d) Third Five Year Plan

17. The major source of revenue of the
state governments
(a) Sales Tax
(b) Customs Tax
(c) Income Tax
(d) Excise Duty

18. The Belwant Rai Mehta Committee was
appointed by
(a) Planning Commission
(b) National Development Council
(c) Finance Commission
(d) Central Statistical Organisation

19. The main objective of Prime Minister’s
Grama Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)
(a) To construct all weather roads to
connect hilly areas and main roads
(b) To assure employment to at least
one person of a family living below
poverty line
(c) Afforestation
(d) None of these

20. The most serious economic problems of
India are
(a) Poverty and Unemployment
(b) Illeteracy and starvation
(c) Underdevelopment and illeteracy
(d) Stagnation and poverty

21. In India, Community Development
Project was started in:
(a) October 2, 1952
(b) August 15, 1952
(c) January 1, 1952
(d) April 1, 1952

22. The first Asian country to start
Community Development Project:
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) Bangladesh

23. NRY was started in:
(a) 1989
(b) 1991
(c) 1993
(d) 1990

24. Who presides over the National
Development Council?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Vice President
(d) Speaker

25. During which Five Year Plan, the
Twenty Point Programme (TPP) was
launched by Indira Gandhi?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Seven

Answers

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

Social Welfare Schemes and Measures

Rural Development Programmes

1. Community Development Programme was
introduced in India in:
(a)1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1952

2. Small Farmers Development Agency
was formed in:
(a)1971
(b) 1977
(c) 1979
(d) 1982

3. Drought Prone Area Programme was
introduced in:
(a)1972
(b) 1973
(c) 1975
(d) 1976

4. Command Area Development
Programme was launched in:
(a)1977
(b) 1975
(c) 1974
(d) 1973

5. Marginal Farmers and Agricultural
Labourers Development Agency was
formed in:
(a)1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1977
(d) 1978

6. Food For Work Pragramme was started in:
(a)1976
(b) 1977
(c) 1978
(d) 1979

7. TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self
Employment) was launched in:
(a)1977
(b) 1978
(c) 1979
(d) 1980

8. National Rural Employment Programme
(NREP) was launched in:
(a)1977
(b) 1979
(c) 1980
(d) 1982

9. Integrated Rural Development
Programme (IRDP) was launched in:
(a)1980
(b) 1982
(c) 1983
(d) 1986

10. Development of Women and Children in
rural Area (DWCRA) was launched in:
(a)1977-78
(b) 1983-84
(c) 1991-92
(d) 1989-90

11. Rural Landless Employment Guarentee
Programme (RLEGP) was introduced in:
(a)1977-78
(b) 1979-80
(c) 1991-92
(d) 1983-84

12. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was
introduced in:
(a)1985
(b) 1986
(c) 1987
(d) 1988

13. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was
started in:
(a)1988
(b) 1989
(c) 1990
(d) 1991

14. Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) was
started in:
(a)1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1992
(d) 1994

15. Mahila Samridhi Yojana was introduced in:
(a)1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1993

16. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS)
was started in:
(a)1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1993
(d) 1994

17. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was
started in:
(a)1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1994
(d) 1995

18. Ganga Kalyan Yojana was launched in:
(a)1997
(b) 1998
(c) 1999
(d) 2000

19. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY)
was started in:
(a)1997
(b) 1998
(c) 1999
(d) 2002

20. Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar
Yojana (SGSY) was started in
(a)1996
(b) 1998
(c) 2000
(d) 1999

21. Annapoorna Scheme was launched in:
(a)2000
(b) 2001
(c) 2002
(d) 2003

22. Pradhanmantri Grama Sadak Yojana
was started in:
(a)1999
(b) 2000
(c) 2001
(d) 2002

23. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(SGRY) was launched in:
(a)1998
(b) 2000
(c) 2001
(d) 2003

24. Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana was
introduced in:
(a)2001
(b) 2002
(c) 2003
(d) 2004

25. National Rural Employment Guarentee
Programme (NREGP) was brought into
effect in:
(a)2002
(b) 2003
(c) 2004
(d) 2005

Answers

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

Facts about India

1. In Rajasthan, Panchayat Raj system was
introduced in
(a) 1950
(b) 1959
(c) 1960
(d) 1964

2. The major part of the Western Ghats lies in
the state of:
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa

3. Which religion belongs to the Lotus Temple
in New Delhi?
(a) Sikh
(b) Parsi
(c) Bahai
(d) Jain

4. In which Indian State Pahari language is
spoken?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Himachal Pradesh

5. Rajiv Gandhi was born in:
(a) Allahabad
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Dehra Dun

6. Where is the headquarters of CAPART
(Council for Advancedment of People’s
Action and Rural Technology)?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kolkata

7. The State in India which has the largest
number of Local Self Government
Institutions:
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Tamil Nadu

8. Which is the smallest district in the Indian
Union?
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Yanam
(c) Mahe
(d) Diu

9. The most urbanised state in India
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Goa
(d) None of these

10. The Indian States which have equal number
of Members in the Lok Sabha (42):
(a) Bihar and Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal
(d) West Bengal and Maharashtra

11. Arhai Din Ka Jhonpara, a mosque
constructed during the period of Slave
rulers, was situated at:
(a) Delhi
(b) Ajmer
(c) Badami
(d) Allahabad

12. Gopinath Bordoli was an eminent freedom
fighter and recipient of Bharat Ratna,
belonged to the State of:
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Asom
(c) West Bengal
(d) Bihar

13. Amarnath is a holy place for:
(a) Hindus
(b) Jains
(c) Buddhists
(d) Christians

14. Lepchas are the tribal people in:
(a) Sikkim
(b) Andamans
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Orissa

15. ‘The Pearl Harbour of India’:
(a) Tutucorin
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Surat

16. The second largest Union Territory in India,
in terms of area:
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Delhi
(c) Pondicherry
(d) Chandigarh

17. The most widely spoken foreign language in
India:
(a) French
(b) Arabic
(c) Portuguese
(d) English

18. Which of the following is the biggest staterun
organisation in India?
(a) Department of Defence
(b) Posts and Telegraph Department
(c) Railways
(d) Central Public Works Department

19. Which of the following states of the Indian
Union does not have a bicameral
legislature?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Bihar
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Karnataka

20. The parent script of the Indo-Aryan and
Dravidian languages:
(a) Kharoshti
(b) Brahmi
(c) Arabic
(d) None of these

21. A Bill is published in the Gazette of India
after the:
(a) First reading
(b) Second reading
(c) Third reading
(d) Report Stage

22. National Institute of Nutrition is located in:
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Indore
(c) Karnal
(d) Bhopal

23. Zawar mines is in the state of:
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Rajastan
(d) Madhya Pradesh

24. Almora hill station is in the state of:
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Assam

25. The coastline of India including those of the
islands is:
(a) 15200 km
(b) 7816.6 km
(c) 7516.6 km
(d) 6200 km

Answers

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