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QUESTION CODE : 99/2018    NAME OF POST : JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR FITTER   DEPARTMENT : INDUSTRIAL TRAINING    MEDIUM OF QUESTION : ENGLISH   QUESTION BOOKLET ALPHACODE : A     DATE OF TEST : 24/09/2018

The Harappan site known as ‘Mound of the Dead’ :
(A) Rupar
(B) Lothal
(C) Kalibangan
(D) Mohenjodaro 

2. Haldighati Pass is situated in which of the Mountain Ranges ?
(A) Himalayas
(B) Aravally Ranges 
(C) Eastern Ghats
(D) Western Ghats

3. The Constitutional Amendment which incorporated fundamental duties in the Indian Constitution : (A) 86
(B) 73
(C) 44
(D) 42 

4. Which among the following firm does not have ‘Maharatna’ Status ?
(A) GAL
(B) BHEL 
(C) ONGC
(D) IOC

5. The first Indian State which passed the GST Bill :
(A) Assam 
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kerala
(D) Bihar

6. Which among the following is the programme introduced by Indian Govt. to improve banking service in rural areas ?
(A) E. Kranthi
(B) Swabhiman 
(C) Digital India
(D) Start-up India

7. The famous aircraft carrier ship de-commissioned in 1917 by the Indian Navy :
(A) INS Chakra
(B) INS Vikramaditya
(C) INS Viraat 
(D) INS Arihant

8. The Indian State which shares border
(A) Assam
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Jammu and Kashmir 
(D) Punjab

9. Which of the following won the Best Film Award in the Kerala State Film Awards, 2017 ?
(A) Manhole 
(B) Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
(C) Minnaminungu
(D) Kammattipadam

10. The Indian National Congress passed ‘Poorna Swaraj’ resolution in it’s session held at :
(A) Calcutta
(B) Madras
(C) Bombay
(D) Lahore 

11. ‘Jeevitham Oru Samaram’ is the autobiography of which of the following Renaissance leader in Kerala ?
(A) K.P. Kesava Menon
(B) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
(C) Akkamma Cheriyan 
(D) C. Kesavan

12. Lucknow is situated on the bank of which of the following rivers ?
(A) Gomti 
(B) Ganga
(C) Sarayu
(D) Yamuna

13. The first Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog in India :
(A) Raghuram Rajan
(B) Rajiv Kumar 
(C) Arun Jaitly
(D) Narendra Modi

14. The biggest Gravity Dam in Kerala :
(A) Pallivasal
(B) Neryamangalam
(C) Banasura Sagar
(D) Cheruthoni 

15. Sardar Singh, winner of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2017 is associated with :
(A) Hockey 
(B) Billiards
(C) Basketball
(D) Football

16. The Renaissance leader of Kerala who established Uralumkal Labour Contract Society ?
(A) Bodheswaran
(B) Ayyankali
(C) Vagbhatanandan
(D) K.P. Karuppan

17. The famous drama ‘Adukkalayil Ninnu Arangathekku’ is written by :
(A) Thoppil Bhasi
(B) V.T. Bhatathirippadu 
(C) K. Dhamodaran
(D) Arattupuzha Velayudhapanicker

18. The winner of Nobel Prize for literature in 2017 :
(A) Kazuo Ishiguro 
(B) Patrick Modiano
(C) Bob Dylan
(D) Alice Munro
19. The author of the first novel in Malayalam language :
(A) O. Chandumenon
(B) J.C. Daniel
(C) Appu Nedungadi
(D) C.V. Kunhiraman

20. The famous ‘Swadeshabhimani’ newspaper was started by :
(A) K. Ramakrishna Pillai
(B) C. Krishnan
(C) K.P. Kesava Menon
(D) Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi