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LOWER DIVISION TYPIST - KERALA WATER AUTHORITY/STENOGRAPHER GR II - KCMMF LTD  QUESTION CODE : 027/2019   DATE OF TEST : 03/07/2019

1. Winner of Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2018:

(A) Chandi Prasad Bhatt

(B) Vivekananda Kendra

(C) Ekal Abhyan Trust

(D) Yohei Sasakawa

2. When is the International Mother Language Day celebrated?

(A) January 23rd

(B) February 21st 

(C) April 21st

(D) March 22nd

3. Who is the youngest gold medalist in Khelo India Youth Games?

(A) Kartik Singh

(B) Manini Kaushik

(C) Abhinav Shaw

(D) Harshit Binjua

4. Name the Indian who won the Dan David Prize for the year 2019:

(A) Sanjay Subrahmanyam

(B) Romila Thapar 

(C) Shrinivas Kulkarni

(D) Amitav Gosh

5. Which State of India launched 'SMILE Vitrual Tour Guide that links tourists with the places of attraction and providers of services?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu

6. Who won the Ezhuthachan Award for the year 2018?

(A) K. Sachidanandhan

(B) M. Mukundan

(C) T. Padmanabhan

(D) M.T. Vasudevan Nair

7. The Book ‘281 and Beyond is the autobiography of which Indian Cricketer?

(A) Rahul Dravid

(B) Rohith Sharma

(C) V.V.S. Laxman

(D) Virendra Sehwag

8. Which state government has recently launched 'Mukhyamantri Swabhiman Yojana’?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Madhya Pradesh

9. Which of the following rescue operation had been launched by Indian Army at the flood-hit areas of Kerala?

(A) Operation Sahyog

(B) Operation Karunya

(C) Operation Maitri

(D) Operation Surya Hope

10. Which city has been recognised as 'World Capital of Architecture' for 2020 by UNESCO?

(A) Jaipur City

(B) Rio de Janeiro 

(C) Istanbul

(D) Saint Petersburg

11. From which country the concept of Judicial Review in Indian Constitution is borrowed?

(A) Ireland

(B) Canada

(C) USA

(D) United Kingdom

12. Who was the first woman President of Indian National Congress?

(A) Sarojini Naidu

(B) Nellisen Gupta

(C) Indira Gandhi

(D) Annie Besant

13. Who wrote the work 'Rajatarangini'?

(A) Athula

(C) Bilhana

(B) Kalhana 

(D) Kautilya

14. Which of the following river was called Churni in ancient times?

(A) Periyar

(B) Bharathapuzha

(C) Chaliyar

(D) Pamba

15. "Keezhariyur Bomb Case' is associated with which of the following?

(A) Swadesi Movement

(B) Malabar Rebellion

(C) Quit India Movement

(D) Salt Sathyagraha

16. Dendrochronology is the scientific study of:

(A) Pottery remains

(C) Inscriptions

(B) Coins Annual rings of trees

(D) Annual rings of trees

17. What does 'T' stand for in the abbreviation NITI Ayog?

(A) Transferring

(B) Transforming 

(C) Training

(D) Technical

18. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was launched on:

(A) 28th August 2014

(B) 11th October 2014 

(C) 14th November 2014

(D) 28th October 2014

19. Who invented Steam Engine?

(A) Humphry Davy 

(C) James Watt

(B) Samuel Colt

(D) Michael Faraday

20. 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is a book written by :

(A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez

(B) Richard Flanagan

(C) Lydia Davis

(D) Alice Munro

21. Who referred to Wagon Tragedy as 'Black Hole of Pothannur”?

(A) K. Madhavan Nair

(B) K.M. Panikar

(C) Sumit Sarkar

(D) S.N. Sen

22. Name the social reformer of Kerala who is known as Mudichoodum Perumal :

(A) Nadaraj Guru

(C) Vagbhadananda

(B) Thycaud Ayya

(D) Vaikunda Swamikal

23. Who among the following started a branch of Brahmo Samaj at Calicut?

(A) Moorkoth Kumaran

(B) Ayyathan Gopalan

(C) Vagbhadananda

(D) T.K. Madhavan

24. Which of the following was founded by Poikayil Yohannan?

(A) Sadhu Jana Doothan

(B) Saiva Prakasa Sabha

(C) Nasrani Deepika

(D) Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha

25. The first meeting of Narayana Guru with Mahatma Gandhi was in the year :

(A) 1925

(B) 1922 

(C) 1927

(D) 1920

26. Who authored the work ‘Mokshapradeepam'?

(A) Sree Narayana Guru

(C) Brahmananda Sivayogi

(B) Ananthatheertha

(D) Vagbhatananda

27. Which of the following was founded by Pandit Karuppan?

(A) Samathva Samajam

(B) Araya Samajam

(C) Pulaya Maha Sabha

(D) Sahodara Sangam

28. The Kallumala agitation which took place in Central Travancore is also known as:

(A) Thonooramandu Lahala

(B) Channar Lahala 

(C) Adi Lahala

(D) Perinadu Lahala

29. Who was the first President of Nair Service Society?

(A) Mannathu Padmanabhan

(B) K. Kelappan.

(C) K.P. Pillai

(D) K. Kannan Nair

30. Which social reformer of Kerala started the journal 'Abhinava Keralam'?

(A) C.P. Govinda Pillai

(B) Dr. Palpu

(C) Vaghbatananda

(D) Ramakrishna Pillai