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1. The first digital state in India :

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Gujarat

(D) Andhra Pradesh

2. Who won the “Best Actor Award” for the 64th National Film Awards of India ?

(A) Vinayakan 

(B) Rajkumar Rao 

(C) Akshay Kumar 

(D) Amitabh Bachchan 

3.The autobiography “Atmakadha" was written by :

(A) Lalithambika Antharjanam 

(B) Anna Chandy 

(C) Accamma Cherian 

(D) Arya Pallam 

4.India's first indigenous Rota Virus Vaccine :

(A) RotoVac 

(B) BCG 

(C) DTP 

(D)Polo Virus 

5.National Law day is on :

(A) August 26

(B) November 26 

(C) July 28 

(D) September 26 

6."Scurvy" occurs due to the deficiency of :

(A) Vitamin A

(B) Vitamin B

(C)Vitamin C 

(D) Vitamin D 

7.Constitutional head of the Indian states 

(A) Prime Minister 

(B) President 

(C) Chief Minister 

(D) Governor 

8.The Nair Service Society was founded in the year :

(A) 1914 

(B) 1918 

(C) 1911 

(D)1903 

9.The travelogue written by Ayya Guru :

(A) Jaathi Kummi 

(B) Ente Kashi Yathra 

(C) Rihla 

(D) Kerala Panchika 

10.The Attingal Revolt was in the year :

(A) 1720 

(B) 1722 

(C)1724 

(D) 1721 

11. Which country will host Ninth BRICS Summit ?

(A) Russia 

(B) India 

(C) Brazil 

(D) China 

12. First Municipality in India to become a full Wi-Fi Zone :

(A) Thalassery 

(B) Kottayam 

(C) Malappuram 

(D) Palakkad 

13. Who is the Ambassador of “Skill India Campaign” ?

(A) Priyanka Chopra 

(B) Aishwarya Rai 

(C) Aamir Khan 

(D) Amitabh Bachchan 

14.The Nimoo Bazgo Power Project is located in :

(A) Punjab 

(B) Jammu and Kashmir 

(C) Arunachal Pradesh 

(D) Uttar Pradesh 

15.------is popularly known as Minto Morely Reforms.

(A) Indian Council Act - 1982 

(B) Government of India Act - 1919 

(C) Government of India Act - 1935 

(D) Indian Councils Act - 1919 

16.The 'C' Programming language was designed by language for UNIX.......as a system programming 

(A) Dennis Ritchie

(B) John Bridge

(C) Antony James Barr 

(D) Jonathan Blow 

17. Who is known as “Father of Kerala Renaissance ?

(A) Mannath Padmanabhan 

(B) Ayyankali

(C) Sree Narayana Guru 

(D) Chattampi Swamikal 

18.The 'Tulbul Project is located in the river

(A) Ravi 

(B) Ganga 

(C)Jhelum 

(D) Brahmaputra 

19. Who got the 'Goldman Award in 2017 ?

(A) Prafulla Samanthara 

(B) Howard Wood 

(C) Suren Gazaryan 

(D) Leng Ouch 

20. Who started the newspaper ‘Kerala Kaumudi' ?

(A) T.K. Madhavan 

(B) C. Kesavan 

(C) A.K. Gopalan 

(D) C.V. Kunhiraman 

21. The Nobel Prize was established in the year :

(A) 1894 

(B) 1895 

(C) 1897 

(D) 1893

22. stock bank in India : 

(A) State Bank of Mysore 

(B) Punjab National Bank 

(C) Allahabad Bank 

(D) Dhanalaxmi Bank 

23.The study of fossils is called

(A) Paleontology 

(B) Numismatics 

(C) Ornithology 

(D) Ichthyology 

24. CDMA is :

(A) Code Division Multiple Access 

(B) Category Division Multiple Access 

(C) Camera Development Mode Availability 

(D) Code Division Management Access 

25. 'Adithya Mission' refers to :

(A) India's Anti-Diphtheria Programme 

(B) India's Tourism Promotion Programme 

(C) Agricultural Extension Programme For Farmers 

(D) India's Solar Exploration Programme 

26. Who founded the organisation 'SadhuJana Paripalana Sangam' ?

(A) Vagbhadanandha 

(B) Ayyankali 

(C) Chattambi Swamikal 

(D) Ayya Guru 

27. World AIDS Day is observed on:

(A) January 3 

(B) December 3 

(C) December 1 

(D) December 2 

28.The birthplace of Chavara Kuriakose Elias is :

(A) Kainakiri 

(B) Mannanam 

(C) Malayattoor 

(D) Mannar 

29.The Naphtha Jhakri Dam is built across ------in Himachal Pradesh.

(A) Tons River 

(B) Sutlej River 

(D) Ravi River 

(C) Beas River 

30. Which is the rare species of plant, with a forked leaf found out from the Neelagiri Hills in 2017?

(A) Spider Wort 

(B) Jeemi Kanda 

(C) Milk Wort 

(D) Cobra Lilly 

31. The sportsman who won the Laureus World Sports Award 2018 is :

(A) Virat Kohli 

(B) Viswanathan Anand 

(C) Roger Federer 

(D) Cristiano Ronaldo 

32. The Government of India enacted The Environment Protection Act of -------under Article 253 of the Constitution.

(A) 1981 

(B) 1986 

(C) 1985 

(D) 1988 

33. Who was awarded with Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005 ?

(A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt 

(B) Desmund Tutu 

(C) Baba Amte 

(D) Nelson Mandela 

34. Who was the owner of the Newspaper Swadeshabhimani ?

(A) G. Parameswaran Pillai 

(B) K. Ramakrishna Pillai 

(C) Vaikom Muhammed Basheer 

(D) Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi 

35.--------can only be introduced in Lok Sabha.

(A) Money Bill 

(B) Consumer Protection Bill 

(C) Ordinary Bill 

(D) Constitutional Amendment Bill

36. Which State Government has recently set-up toll free helpline to produce information to students ?

(A) Punjab

(B) Karnataka 

(C) Maharashtra 

(D) Tamil Nadu 

37. Who has been appointed as the new Editor in Chief of the Rajya Sabha TV ?

(A) Shereen Bhan 

(B) Nidhi Razdan 

(C) Rahul Mahajan 

(D) Sudir Choudhary 

38. Which part of Ukraine broke away and became the part of Russia ?

(A) Hungary 

(B) Crimea 

(C) Poland 

(D) Romania

39.Yogakshema Sabha started at the initiative of

(A) Vaghbhadanandan

(B) Mannath Padmanabhan 

(c)Sahodaran Ayyappan 

(D) V.T. Bhattatirippadu

40. Who invented Atom Bomb ?

(A) Otto Hahn 

(B) Henry Bequrel 

(C) Alfred Nobel 

(D) Micheal Faraday 

41. The Volunteer Captain of Guruvayoor Sathyagraha is :

(A) P. Krishna Pillai 

(B) K. Kelappan 

(C) A.K. Gopalan 

(D) T.K. Madhavan 

42. Leader of Karivalloor Struggle is :

(A) K. Devayani 

(C) Parvathy Nenmenimangalam 

(B) Thottakkattu Madhaviamma 

(D) Lalithambika Antharjanam 

43. Who is the present Director General of NIA ?

(A) Radha Vinod Rao 

(B) Yogesh Chander Modi 

(C) Sharad Kumar 

(D) Sharad Chandra Sinha 

44.Dr. K.V. Menon is related with

(A) Punnapra Vayalar Revolt 

(C) Mozhara Strike 

(B) INA 

(D) Keezhariyoor Bomb Case 

45. Who has been elected as the 'Mother of The Year in 1975 on the inauguration of International

Women's Year ? 

(A) Accamma Cherian 

(B) Ammu Swaminathan 

(C) Mary Poonenn Lukose 

(D) Lalitha Prabhu 

46. Who wrote the patriotic song 'Saare Jahan Se Accha” ?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chatterji 

(B) Prem Chand 

(C) Muhammed Iqbal 

(D) Rabindranath Tagore 

47. Kallumala Agitation is associated with

(A) Educational Reforms 

(B) Political Change

(C) Dress Code 

(D)Temple Entry 

48._ is called 'Universal Fibre'.

(B) Cotton 

(A) Silk 

(C) Linen 

(D) Jute 

49. Who wrote 'Karuna' ?

(A) Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyyer 

(C) Kumaran Asan 

(B)Vallathol Narayana Menon 

D)Changampuzha Krishna Pillai 

50. Who is the Deputy Secretary General of UNO ?

(A) Jan Eliasson

(B) Mark Malloch Brown 

(C) Asha Rose Migiro 

(D) Amina J. Mohammed 

51. ‘Brooklyn' in USA is famous for _

(A) Basketball 

(B) Football 

(C) Baseball 

(D) Volleyball 

52. 'Why I am an Atheist is an autobiography of

(A) Milkha Singh 

(B) Bhagat Singh 

(C) Antony Flew 

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai 

53. Who composed ‘Navamanjari' in dedication of Chattampi Swamikal ?

(A) Sahodaran Ayyappan 

(B) Kumara Gurudevan 

(C) Sree Narayana Guru

(D) Vaikunda Swamikal 

54. Which among the following freedom fighters met with a tragic death in connection with

Paliyam Satyagraha ? 

(A) A.G. Velayudhan 

(B) A.K. Gopalan 

(C) C. Kesavan 

(D) K. Kelappan 

55. Ind International Spices Conference was held at _

(A) Hyderabad 

(B) Kolkatta 

(C) Chennai 

(D) Kovalam 

56. Which American President was awarded with the 'Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud Medal

in 2017 ? 

(A) Donald Trump 

(B) George Bush 

(C) Barac Obama 

(D) Bill Clinton 

57.Who is known as “Kerala Vyasa' ?

(A) Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran 

(B) A.R. Raja Raja Varma 

(C) Kodungalloor Kunhikuttan Thampuran 

(D) Rama Varma Thampuran 

58.The ever big Cyber Attack in history which affected almost 150 countries of the world is :

(A) Wanna Cry 

(B) Solar Sunrise 

(C) The Melisa Virus 

(D) Malcon 

59.In 1856, Basel Mission started the first English Medium School in Malabar at

(A) Tirur 

(B) Vadakara 

(C) Ramanattukara 

(D) Thalasseri 

60------ inaugurated Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Memorial in Rameswaram?

(A) Arun Jaitley 

(B) Narendra Modi 

(C) Ram Nath Kovind 

(D) Pranab Mukherji 

61. Neither of them----the secret. 

(A) know 

(B) knows 

(C) is knowing 

(D) was know 

62. Ravi speaks English-------well.

(A) very 

(B) most 

(C)almost

(D) much

63. Be loyal------your country.

(A) to 

(B) for 

(C) with 

(D)at 

64. Have you seen------unicorn ?

(A) an 

(B)a 

(C) the 

(D) none of these 

65The Sun ----brightly since 9.30 this morning. 

(A) is shining 

(B) was shining 

(C) has been shining
(D) is been shining 

66.---------giving me your mobile phone for a minute ?

(A) Would you please 

(B) Would you 

(C) Will you mind 

(D) Would you mind 

67. "Cows are eating grass” is the active voice of:

(A) grass was being eaten by cows. 

(B) grass is being eaten by cows. 

(C) grass is been eating by cows. 

(D) grass was been eating by cows. 

68. My mother asked me where

(A) I am going
(B) am I going 

(C) was I going 

(D) I was going 

69. The Kashmir Valley is-----------------place on earth.

(A) the more beautiful 

(C) the most beautiful 

(B) much more beautiful 

(D) very much beautiful 

70.If you had worked with confidence, you-----with distinction.

(A) would have passed 

(B) could pass 

(C) would pass

(D) would have been passed 

71.The meaning of "euthanasia" is :

(A) murder 

(B) assassination 

(C) atrocity 

(D) mercy killing 

72.The antonym of 'sharp' is :

(A) crooked 

(B) bent 

(C) blunt 

(D) broken 

73. One who loves mankind is called a :

(A) Philatelist 

(B) Philanthropist 

(C) Misanthropist 

(D) Misologist 

74.Though he refused at first, he----------------in the end.

(A) came up 

(B)came around 

(C) came out 

(D) came away 

75. “Red-faced” means :

(A) exciting 

(B) young and strong and full of spirit 

(C) embarrassed 

(D) a person who becomes very angry or annoyed 

76. Which word is not spelt correctly ?

(A) Commemmorate 

(C) Commemoration 

(B) Superannuation 

(D) Superintendent 

77. He is widely known by his-------in literature.

(A) mano-a-mano

(B) mala fide 

(C) tout le monde 

(D) nom de plume 

78.Yesterday there was a------------of insects in my house.

(A) cloud 

(B) swarm 

(C) colony 

(D)swarm 

79.A male horse is called

(A) Mare 

(B)Ram 

(C)Stallion 

(D)Jack 

80.The corrupt officials are suspended until ------.orders.

(A) farther 

(B) future 

(C) next 

(D) further 

81. 8x(7 – 6+4) = 10 

(A) 4 

(B)5.4 

(C) 2.4 

(D)2.4 

82. x% of 320 - 10% of 280 = 10% of 360 Then x is : 

(A) 50 

(B) 20 

(C) 64 

(D) 10 

83. The average age of 5 teachers in a school is 30. If the age of the Principle is added the average increases by 3. What is the age of the Principal ? 

(A) 33 

(B)38 

(C) 48 

(D) 43 

84. In a certain code SISTER is written as QGQVGT. How will you write MOTHER in that 

code ? 

(A) KMJRJT 

(B) KMRJTG 

(C) KMJRTG
(D) KMRJGT 

85. + means • , • means x, x means -, - means + then 60+5=8x2–7: 

(A) 101 

(B) 79 

(C) 87 

(D) 100 

86. HALL : HBNO :: HOME : ? 

(A) HPOI 

(B) HPOH 

(C) HOPH 

(D) HPHO 

87. 5.8 x 5.8 - 3.2 x 3.2 / 5.8 -3.2 ? 

(A) 8

(B) 2.6

(C) 9
(D) 27. 54

88.If the cost price of 60 tables is equal to the selling price of 75 tables. Then there will be : 

(A) Profit 20% 

(B) Profit 25% 

(C) Loss 25% 

(D) Loss 20% 

89. Find the Odd one out. 

(A) 33 

(B) 13 

(C) 23
(D) 43 

90. Ramu invested an amount of 3450 at 8% Simple Interest per annum. After how many years will he obtain an amount of 4830 ? 

(A) 3 years 

(B) 2 years 

(C) 6 years 

(D) 5 years 

91. If February 6, 2016 falls on a Saturday what day will be March 15, 2016 ? 

(A) Monday 

(B) Tuesday 

(C) Sunday 

(D) Friday 

92.Find the 10th term of the AP 32, 57, 82,.... etc. 

(A) 255 

(B) 258 

(C) 257 

(D) 260 

93. 9, 28, 65, 126, 217, ? 

(A) 344 

(B) 343 

(C) 342 

(D)356 

95. 4 boys or 6 girls can reap a field in 78 days. How long will 7 boys and 9 girls take to reap it ? 

(A) 15 days 

(B) 18 days 

(C) 20 days 

(D) 24 days 

96. A walks 6 km towards south and then he turns right and moves 6 km further. He then turns right and walk 14 km. How far is he from the starting point ? 

(A) 6 km 

(B)8 km 

(C)10 km 

(D) 20 km 

97.The area of a rectangle is 400 cmwhich is equal to 25% of the area of a square. What is the side of the square ? 

(A) 60 сms 

(B) 40 cms 

(C)25 cms 

(D) 20 cms 

98.A 300 meter long train crosses a 40 meter platform in 9 seconds. What is the speed of the train in km/h ? 

(A) 163 km/h 

(B) 135 km/h 

(C) 130 km/h 

(D) 136 km/h 

99.A certain sum is to be divided among X, Y, Z in the ratio 6:5:6. If the share of Y and Z together is 300 more than that of X's share. Then find the Z's share. 

(A) 360 

(B) 300 

(C) 320 

(D) 340 

100. The times shown in a clock is 4 O'clock. What is its reflection shown in a mirror ? 

(A) 6 O'clock 

(B) 7 O'clock 

(C) 8 O'clock 

(D) 5 O'clock 

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