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ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR GR-II-KERALA STATE ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTORS SERVICE. Question Code : 001/2019 Date of Test : 22/01/2019

1. Ayyankali met Sreenarayana guru at …..

(A) Eraviperoor 

(B) Balaramapuram 

(C) Thiruvalla 

(D) Guruvayoor 

2. Who translated the speeches of Kamaraj from Tamil to Malayalam whenever he visited Malabar ? 

(A) Arya Pallam 

(B) Lalitha Prabhu 

(C) Anna Chandi 

(D) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma 

3. Who founded ‘Kallyanadayini Sabha’ at Aanapuzha ? 

(A) Pandit. K.P. Karuppan 

(B) Thycaud Ayya 

(C) V.T. Bhattathirippad 

(D) Vagbhadananda 

4. ‘Vicharaviplavam’ is the work of __________. 

(A) N. Krishnapillai 

(B) E.V. Krishnapillai 

(C) Kuttipuzha Krishnapillai 

(D) Changampuzha Krishnapillai 

5. William Tobias Ringeltaube is related to __________. 

(A) London Mission Society 

(B) Senana Missionary 

(C) Church Mission Society 

(D) Basel Evangalical Missionary 

6. The state bird of Rajasthan : 

(A) Peacock 

(B) Northern goshawk 

(C) The great Indian Bustard 

(D) Parrot 

7. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2017 ? 

(A) Kazuo Ishiguro 

(B) Alice Munro 

(C) Patrick Modiano 

(D) Bob Dylan 

8. Saina Nehwal is related to : 

(A) Volleyball 

(B) Chess 

(C) Hockey 

(D) Badminton 

9. Who introduced the idea ‘Late Capitalism’ ? 

(A) Earnest Mandel 

(B) Marshall 

(C) Malthus 

(D) Keynes 

10. International Mother language day is on : 

(A) 23rd April 

(B) 1st July 

(C) 22nd April 

(D) 21st February 

11. Some of the questions ___________ too difficult to comprehend. 

(A) were 

(B) was 

(C) is 

(D) wasn’t 

12. A good teacher should be well acquainted __________ his/her subject. 

(A) about 

(B) on 

(C) to 

(D) with 

13. I saw __________ one-eyed man at the bus-stop, today. 

(A) an

(B) the 

(C) a 

(D) no article 

14. He entered the room __________ and took his seat. 

(A) quite 

(B) quietly 

(C) quiet 

(D) quitely 

15. The majority of the students admitted during this academic year are __________. 

(A) industrial 

(B) industrious 

(C) illustrious 

(D) none of them 

16. Edison said that he __________ try again to establish his finding. 

(A) will 

(B) shall 

(C) would 

(D) can 

17. Vineetha is __________ than her sisters, Renu and Seema. 

(A) older 

(B) junior 

(C) superior 

(D) elder 

18. I am a grammarian, __________. 

(A) isn’t it 

(B) amn’t I 

(C) aren’t I 

(D) am I 

19. Which is the one-word substitute for the expression, ‘a government by a ruler who has unlimited power’? 

(A) plutocracy 

(B) bureaucracy

 (C) democracy 

(D) autocracy 

20. ‘To be in the red’ means __________. 

(A) to be in debt 

(B) to be in danger 

(C) to be careful 

(D) to be in confusion 

21. ‘Right to education’ was inserted in Part III of the constitution by : 

(A) 86th Amendment Act 2002 

(B) 85th Amendment Act 2001 

(C) 82nd Amendment Act 2000 

(D) None of the above 

21. The right guaranteed under Article 32 can be suspended : 

(A) by the Parliament 

(B) by the State Legislature 

(C) by the Supreme Court of India 

(D) When the proclamation of emergency is in operation 

22. The feature ‘power of judicial review’ is borrowed from which of the following country ? 

(A) Canada 

(B) USA 

(C) UK 

(D) Ireland 

23. The term of President expires : 

(A) Five years from the date of entering to the office 

(B) Five years from the date of declaring the results 

(C) Four years from the date of entering the office 

(D) Till the life time 

24. The power to dissolve the Loksabha is vested with : 

(A) Speaker of Loksabha 

(B) Council of Ministers 

(C) President of India on the advise of Prime Minister 

(D) Governors of the union territories 

25. The power of the President to issue an ordinance is : 

(A) executive power 

(B) legislative power 

(C) constituent power 

(D) quasi judicial power 

26. Treaty making power is conferred upon : 

(A) The Parliament 

(B) Prime Minister of India 

(C) The President of India 

(D) President of India but is subject to ratification by the Parliament 

27. Representation of House of people is based on : 

(A) population 

(B) area of state 

(C) community 

(D) literacy rate 

28. An Ordinary Bill becomes a law : 

(A) when it is passed by both the Houses and gets the assent of the President 

(B) as soon as it is passed by the House in which it originated 

(C) as soon as it is passed by the both the Houses 

(D) none of the above 

29. Article 155-156 of the Indian constitution deal with : 

(A) President’s power to appoint and dismiss Governor 

(B) Inter-state Relations 

(C) Legislature Councils 

(D) Election Commission 

30. The maximum interval between the two sessions of each House of the Parliament : 

(A) Three month 

(B) Six months 

(C) 9 months 

(D) 1 year 

31. Minimum age of a person to become a member of a Legislative Council : 

(A) 40 yrs 

(B) 35 yrs 

(C) 30 yrs 

(D) 25 yrs 

32. While the proclamation of emergency is in operation the State Government : 

(A) cannot legislate 

(B) can legislate on the subject of state list 

(C) can legislate only on lists in concurrent list 

(D) is suspended 

33. Part XVIII of the Indian Constitution provides for the declaration of : 

(A) National Emergency 

(B) State Emergency 

(C) Financial Emergency 

(D) All the above 

34. The First Constitutional Amendment was challenged in : 

(A) Sankari Prasad v. Union of India 

(B) Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan 

(C) A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras 

(D) Golaknath v. State of Punjab 

ANSWERT KEY: 1(B), 2(D), 3(A), 4(C), 5(A), 6(C), 7(A), 8(D), 9(A), 10(D), 11(A), 12(D), 13(C), 14(B), 15(B), 16(C), 17(D), 18(C), 19(D), 20(A), 21(A), 22(D),  23(B),  24(A), 25(C), 26(B), 27(D), 28(A), 29(A), 30(B), 31(C), 32(B), 33(D), 34(A)