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QUESTION CODE: 90/2018     NAME OF POST : JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR- STENOGRAPHER AND SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT (ENGLISH)    DEPARTMENT : INDUSTRIAL TRAINING   :    DATE OF TEST  13/08/2018   

answerkey

1. Among the following which river is not a tributary of Indus?

 (A) Gomti

 (B) Jhelum
(C) Chenab

 (D) Sutlej

2. Who was the first victim in the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Tandiya Tope 

(B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
(C) Mangal Pandey

 (D) Kunwar Singh

3. Who was known as ‘Pulayan Mathai’?
(A) Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara 

(B) Poikayil Yohannan
(C) Vakkom Moulavi 

(D) Abraham Malpan

4. In which year Niti Aayog came into effect in India?
(A) 2014

 (B) 2015
(C) 2016

 (D) 2017

5. Who won Santhosh Trophy 2018?
(A) Kerala

 (B) West Bengal
(C) Karnataka

 (D) Mizoram

6. Which day is observed as ‘World Health Day’?
(A) January 7

 (B) February 7
(C) April 7

 (D) December 7

7. Name the present Secretary General of the U.N.O. :
(A) Boutros Boutros Ghali 

(B) Kofi-Annan
(C) Ban Ki-Moon

 (D) Antonio Guterres

8. Who was announced the Best Actress in the National Film Awards 2018?
(A) Sreedevi 

(B) Divya Dutta
(C) Surabhi Lakshmi

 (D) Kangana Ranaut

9. Which river in Kerala is referred to as ‘Choorni’ in ancient texts?
(A) Bharathapuzha 

(B) Bhavani
(C) Periyar

 (D) Chaliyar

10. Which is the highest peak in the Western Ghats?
(A) Agastyakudam

 (B) Brahmagiri
(C) Nilgiri

 (D) Anamudi

11. Among the following which Indian state has a separate constitution?
(A) Punjab 

(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Andhrapradesh

 (D) Haryana

12. Kim Jong-un is the president of which country?
(A) Japan 

(B) China
(C) South Korea 

(D) North Korea

13. Who was called the ‘Lincoln of Kerala’?
(A) Thycaud Ayya

 (B) Ayya Vaikundar
(C) Ayyankali 

(D) Pandit Karuppan

14. Name the organization founded by Vaikunta Swami to fight against social evils :
(A) Sadhujanaparipalana Sangham

 (B) Atma Vidya Sangham
(C) Samatva Samajam

 (D) Brahma Samajam

15. Who wrote ‘Atmopadesa Satakam’?
(A) Sree Narayana Guru

 (B) Kumaranasan
(C) Sahodaran Ayyappan

 (D) Brahmananda Sivayogi

16. Which Five Year Plan ended in 2017?
(A) Tenth

 (B) Eleventh
(C) Twelfth

 (D) Thirteenth

17. Between whom were fought Karanatic Wars in South India?
(A) Britain and Holland

 (B) Britain and France
(C) France and Holland 

(D) Portugal and Britain

18. Who passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878?
(A) Lord Lytton 

(B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Wellesley

 (D) Lord Minto

19. Which Round Table Conference was attended by Gandhiji?
(A) First 

(B) Second
(C) Third

 (D) All of them

20. Which was the first discovered site of the Indus Valley Civilization?
(A) Mohenjodaro 

(B) Kalibangan
(C) Lothal 

(D) Harappa