PREVIOUS QUESTION PAPER 9

Question Code : 011/2019    Sanitary Chemist-Kerala Water Authority/Technical Assistant-Chemical Examiners Laboratory/Lab Assistant-    Medium of Question : English                    Date of Test : 01/03/2019

1. Which is the largest News Agency in the World ? 

(A) Associated Press 

(B)Telam Press

(C) Tanjug 

(D) Trust of India 

2. The Cyclone affected India, Sri Lanka and Maldives in November 2017: 

(A) BOB06 

(B) Vardah 

(C) Ockhi 

D) Hudhud 

3. In the Census of 2011 the Male literacy rate in India 

(A) 65.46 

(B) 74.04

(C) 81.02 

(D) 82.14 

4. The famous Hajjur Inscription was issued by the Ay king Karunandadakkan in the year 

(A) AD 999 

(B) AD 1000

(C) AD 974 

(D) None of these 

5. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Programme on 2nd Oct., 2014 to make clean India : 

(A) Nirmal Bharat Programme 

(B) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan 

(C) Make in India 

(D) Saansad Adarsh Grama Yojana 

6. The first Greek Tennis player to win an ATP World Tour Title of Stockholm Open 

(A) Ernest Gulbis 

(B) Rafael Nadal 

(C) Stefanos Tsitsipas 

(D) Rojer Federer 

7. “Mandan Muthappa” is a character created by 

(A) Thoppil Bhasi 

(B) Vaikkom Muhammed Bhasheer

C) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 

(D) MT Vasudevan Nair 

8. The Cabinet Mission came to India to discuss transfer of power to India on 

(A) 24th March, 1946 

(B) 22nd March, 1942

(C) 9th August, 1942 

(D) 12th August, 1945 

9. The winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2018 

(A) Kasinathuni Viswanath 

(B) Manoj Kumar

(C) Shashi Kapoor 

(D) Vinod Khanna 

10. Who was the founder of All Travancore Muslim Mahajan Sabha ? 

(A) Vakkom Maulavi 

(B) P.K. Khadeeja 

(C) Mujeeb Rahman Kinalur 

(D) None of these 

11. The book "Poikayil Yohannan" was written by 

(A) V.V. Shanthakumar 

(B) Komaran

(C) M.R. Renukumar 

D) M.K. Sanu 

12. The winner of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award 2017 for his novel “Daivathinte Pusthakam" 

(A) Prabha Varma 

(B) K.P. Ramanunni

(C) K.R. Meera 

D) R. Narayana Panicker 

13. Who was the first woman Secretary General of Rajya Sabha ? 

(A) Snehalatha Srivathava 

(B) Kiran Bedi

C) Ramadevi 

D) Kamala Beniwal 

14. International Day for preventing the exploitation of Environment in War and Armed conflict 

(A) November 11 

B) November 6

(C) November 5 

D) November 1 

15. The Environment Protection Act was passed in the year 

(A) 1988 

(B) 1968 

(C) 1989 

(D) 1986 

16. The place where 27th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2018) held at 

(A) Gujarat 

(B) Delhi 

(C) Maharashtra 

D) Kerala 

17. Who lead the Revolt of 1857 at Lucknow? 

(A) Begam Hasrat Mahal

(B) Kunwar Singh 

(C) Rani Lakshmi Bai 

(D) Khan Bahadur Khan 

18. The incident prompted Gandhi to call off the Non-cooperation Movement : 

(A) Wagon Tragedy 

(B) Jallianwalla Bagh

(C) Chauri Chaura Incident 

(D) Khilafat Movement 

19. The most important coastal port town of Kerala during the Sangam Period: 

A) Nelkinda 

B) Quilon

(C) Kozhikkode 

(D) Muziris 

20. The social reformer who organised Kallumala Agitation in Kerala 

(A) K. Kelappan 

(B) Ayyankali

(C) Mannath Padmanabhan 

(D) Vaikunda Swamikal 

Answer Key: 1(A), 2(C), 3(D), 4(D), 5(B), 6(C), 7(B), 8(A), 9(D), 10(A), 11(C), 12(B), 13(C), 14(B), 15(D), 16(A), 17(A), 18(C), 19(D), 20(B)