Answer Key 38

Women Civil Excise Offcer - Excise Question Code 35/2019 Cat.No:196-205/2018 Date Of Test : 27/07/2019

1. The sixth conference of common wealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) of India Region was inaugurated by :
(A) Ramnath Kovind
(B) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(C) Sumitra Mahajan
(D) Narendra Modi

2. “Asmita Yojana' is a scheme of :
(A) Cheap sanitary pad
(B) Helping poor women
(C) Sanitation
(D) None of these

3. National Banana Festival (NBF) 2018 started in :
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Goa
(D) Haryana

4. Which among the African country became the 182nd member of the UNO in 1993:
(A) Sudan
(B) Libia
(C) Tunisia
(D) Eritrea

5. Nobel prizes are awarded on :
(A) Peace
(B) Literature
(C) Medicine
(D) All the above
6. Which country did Nazi party come in to power in 1933?
(A) Italy
(B) Germany
(C) Spain
(D) France

7. Thomas cup is associated with :
(A) Table Tennis
(B) Hockey
(C) Badminton
(D) Billiards

8. Kathmandu is the permanent secretariat of:
(A) SAARC
(B) Literature
(C) SEATO
(B) Literature
(D) CENTO

9. Which country helped India to complete the Paithan Hydro Electric project?
(A) Russia
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Japan
10. The system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote is used to elect:
(A) Members of Lok Sabha
(B) Members of Rajya Sabha
(C) Members of Legislative Assemblies
(D) Members of Local Bodies

11. The First Indian prime Minister to appear on a coin :
(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) Indira Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Morarji Desai

12. February 20' is observed as :
(A) The World Day of Social Justice
(C) The World Heritage Day
(B) The World Day of Social Injustice
(D) The World Day of Health

13. Bharathappuzha is known as :
(A) Kapila
(C) Chulika
(B) Nila
(D) Amaravati

14. Which among the following lake is Kerala is known as Punnamada Lake in Kuttanad?
(A) Ashtamudi
(B) Sasthamcotta
(C) Vellayani
(D) Vembanad

15. Which one is not a national park?
(A) Periyar
(B) Silent Valley
(C) Chinnar
(D) Eravikulam

16. Which country was defeated by India 'under 19 ICC,World Cup 2018'?
(A) England
(B) Australia
(C) South Africa
(D) West Indices

17. The year in which Railway Budget was merged with General Budget :
(A) 2017
(B) 2016
(C) 2015
(D) 2018

18. Which is the Central Scheme opened to free LPG connection?
(A) Kaushal
(B) Gram Sadak
(C) Ujjwala
(D) Suraksha Bima Yojana

19. Adolescence education programme is supported by :
(A) NCERT
(B) COBSE
(C) CBSE
(D) UNFPA

20. Cubban Park is in :
(B) Karnataka
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) West Bengal

21. The male river in India is :
(A) Ganga
(C) Indus
(B) Brahmaputra
(D) Cauvery

22. The highest point in Himalaya is :
(A) Mount K2
(C) Kangchenjung
(B) Nanga Parbat
(D) Mount Everest

23. Which is known as Regur soil?
(A) Black soil
(C) Alluvial soil
(B) Yellow soil
(D) Red soil

24. Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born at:
(A) Chavara
(B) Kalady
(C) Kainakary
(D) Pinarayi

25. Who was associated with Raman Pillai Asan?
(A) Ayyankali
(B) Sreenarayana Guru
(C) Poikayil Yohannan
(D) A.K. Gopalan

26. Who among the following was not a disciple of Thycaud Ayya?
(A) Sree Narayana Guru
(B) Chattampi Swamikal
(C) Ayyankali
(D) C.V. Kunhiraman 

27. Mooknayak, a publication was started by:
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Acharya Kripalani
(C) Pattabhi Seetharamaiah
(D) C. Raja Gopalachari

28. Vinayak Narahari Bhave is known as :
(A) Vivekananda
(B) V.D. Savarkar
(C) Vinoba Bhave 

(D) Bhagat Singh

29. Which one is not the same as the other?
(A) Challenges deep
(B) Pacific
(C) Puerto Rico
(D) Wharton

30. Eskimoes are a sub class of:
(A) Mangoloid
(B) Caucasoid

(C) Negroid
(D) Neanderthal

31. Which one is not an indirect tax?
(A) Excise duty
(B) Sale tax
(C) Customs duty
(D) Property tax

32. A general rise in price of commodities is called :
(A) deflation
(B) stability
(C) inflation
(D) deficit

33. The real name of 'Fateh Ali':
(A) Mir Qasim
(B) Tipu Sultan
(C) Timur
(D) Babur

34. Bengal was ruled by :
(A) Palas
(B) Rastrakuta 

(C) Senas
(D) Pratiharas

35. The silkworm is a book written by :
(A) George Orwell
(B) Ruskin Bond
(C) J.K. Rowling
(D) Dan Brown

36. Which of the award did not receive by Arundhati Roy?
(A) Booker prize
(B) National Film Award
(C) Sydney Peace prize
(D) Nobel Prize

37. The first edition of 'Khelo India School Games (KISG) was held in :
(A) Calcutta
(B) New Delhi
(C) Jaipur
(D) Lucknow

38. Nesset, Diat, Senate and Syndicate from answers given below, which one doesn't belong to
the rest of the group?
(A) Parliament
(B) Assembly
(C) Council
(D) Upper house

39. The Jatakas stories are connected with :
(A) Mahavira
(C) Buddha   

(B) Rishabha
(D) Siva

40. The second Prime Minister of India was cremated at:
(A) Shaktisthal
(B) Raj Ghat
(C) Shantivan
(D) Vijaya Ghat

41. This monument was the last examples of Mughal architecture :
(A) Red Fort
(B) Safdarjung Tomb
(C) Humayun's Tomb
(D) Lodi Tombs

42. Which city was the capital of India before 1911?
(A) Delhi
(B) Culcutta
(C) Purana Qila
(D)Tughlaqabad

43. Land of morning calm :
(A) Canada 

(B) Australia
(C) Korea
(D) Japan

44. First census was started by:
(A) Wavel
(B) Chelmsford
(C) Canning
(D) Ripon

45. Volley is a sports term related with :
(A) Tennis
(B) Hockey
(C) Boxing
(D) Shooting

46. Collection of coins is called :
(A) Philately
(B) Numismatic
(C) Gemology
(D) Vexillology

47. Total number of members of Parliament from Kerala :
(A) 20
(B) 9
(C) 29
(D) 140

48. Which may be considered as the 'heart and soul of the Indian Constitution?
(A) People
(B) Sovereignty
(C) Equality
(D) Preamble

49. Which President of India was signed the Second Amendment of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(C) Sakkir Husain
(D) V.V. Giri

50. The first woman legislative Assembly member of Kerala :
(A) Thottakkadu Madhavi Amma
(B) Anna Chandi
(C) Aanimascreen
(D) P.K. Thresya

51. How many women Chief Ministers are ruling in India?
(A) Four
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) None of these

52. Logarithm tables were invented by:
(A) John Doe
(B) John Napier
(C) John Harrison
(D) John Douglas

53. Light travels at the fastest speed in:
(A) glass
(B) water
(C) hydrogen
(D) vacuum

54. The gas used in fire extinguisher :
(A) Carbon dioxide
(B) Nitrogen oxide
(C) Carbon monoxide
(D) Sulphur dioxide

55. Digestion of proteins starts in the :
(A) Mouth
(B) Intestine
(C) Stomach
(D) None of these

56. Charaka was a great Indian :
(A) Scientist
(B) Physician
(C) Politician
(D) Writer

57. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana :
(A) Kathak
(B) Manipuri
(C) Sattriya
(D) Kuchipudi

58. The height of a reservoir is marked by :
(A) Bench mark
(C) Form lines
(B) Spot height
(D) Contour lines

59. Which one of the following is not implemented in India to develop education and skill?
(A) ICDS
(B) SSA
(C) JRY
(D) RUSA

60. The imaginary 0° line parallel to the earth :
(A) Lattitude
(B) Equator
(C) Longitude
(D) Greenwich

61. One of the ministers ______ attending the function scheduled on next month.
(A) are
(B) was
(C) is
(D) has been

62. Japanese cameras are superior ___________________ those made in china.
(A) than
(B) to
(C) most
(D) with 

63. The Labourers abstained ____________work today.
(A) from
(B) of
(C) with
(D) over

64. When I reached the examination hall, the exam :
(A) was started
(B) had started
(C) started
(D) has started

65. She _____________the book since 8' O clock in the morning.
(A) have been reading
(B) has been reading
(C) is reading
(D) was reading

66. None of us knew the way, _______? (Add a proper question Tag)
(A) do we?
(B) did n't we?
(C) did we?
(D) don't we?

67. Change into indirect speech. The teacher asked him, “where did you go yesterday"?
(A) The teacher asked him where he had gone the previous day
(B) The teacher asked him where he has gone the previous day
(C) The teacher asked him where he had been going yesterday
(D) The teacher asked him where he was going yesterday

68. Change the voice ,  They are playing cricket:
(A) Cricket was played by them
(B) Cricket has been played by them
(C) Cricket is being played by them
(D) Cricket was being played by them

69. I had to complete this work __________ I was tired.
(A) even
(B) though
(C) in spite of
(D) because

70. If I had been a bird, I _____________ in the sky.
(A) Could fly
(B) Can fly
(C) Will fly
(D) Could have flown

71. Synonym for 'Obstinate ' is:
(A) arrogant
(B) Stubborn
(C) eccentric
(D) gentle

72. The opposite of the word 'Acquit :
(A) condemn
(B) defeat
(C) retreat
(D) prohibit

73. Choose the phrasal verb which means 'extinguish':
(A) put off
(B) put down
(C) put out
(D) put in

74. Which of the following word means “indefinitely?
(A) locus standi
(B) in inito
(C) ex-parte
(D) sine die

75. One who is a hater of women:
(A) misogynist
(B) misologist
(C) pessimist
(D) misanthropist

76. Why don't you sit ____________me?
(A) next
(B) close
(C) beside
(D) besides

77. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(A) comittee
(B) Committee
(C) committe
(D) commitee

78. In which of the following word: “en' is not used as a prefix :
(A) enlist
(B) envy
(C) encourage
(D) enlighten

79. Which of the following words means 'collection of ships'?
(A) pack
(B) cluster
(C) fleet
(D) group

80. Man proposes, God :
(A) exposes
(B) disposes
(C) expresses
(D) imposes

81. Find 10+2x5-6+2 :
(A) 28
(B) 17

(C) 7

(D) 12

 82. Which of the following is equivalent of 0.03?
(A) 3/100
(B) 3/10 

(C) 3/1000
(D) 100/3

 83. If 4:5=X:20, the value of X is :
(A) 1
(B) 20

(C) 80
(D) 16

84. Average mark scored by 30 students in a class is 40. When a new student is added to the
class, average mark becomes 41. Find the mark of the new student :
(A) 71
(B) 61

(C) 51
(D) 41 

85. If 20% of a number is 80, find 30% of that number:
(A) 160
(B) 240

(C) 120
(D) 60 

86. A trader increases the price of an article by 10% and then allows a discount of 10%. What is
the net effect of it for the trader?
(A) No profit
(B) No loss 

(C) 1% profit
(D) 1% loss

87. Find the value of (81)94 : 

(A) 27
(B) 9

(C) 81
(D) 72

 88. 56 workers can do a piece of work in 14 days. How many more workers will be needed to
complete the same work in 8 days?
(A) 98
(B) 65

(C) 24
(D) 42

 89. Write the next number in the sequence 4, 9, 25, 49, 121, .......
(A) 144
(B) 81 

(C) 169
(D) 225

90. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph.
For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
(A) 9
(B) 12 

(C) 10
(D) 6

91. At what rate percent on simple interest will Rs. 750 amount to Rs. 900 in 5 years?
(A) 4%
(B) 5% 

(C) 15%
(D) None of the above

 92. Replace the ? by the correct mathematical symbol to make the expression true :
8? 5? 4? 9= 45
(A) +, -, *
(B) *, -, + 

(C) X, +, -
(D) , +, x

 93. If MATHS is coded as PDWKV then how will you code CLERK?
(A) SGTRE
(B) FOHUN

(C) FOUSE
(D) DMFSL 

94. Today is Saturday. After 68 days, it will be:
(A) Sunday
(B) Saturday 

(C) Thursday
(D) Monday 

95. If reflection of a clock in mirror shows time as 10:20, find the actual time :
(A) 3:50
(B) 1:40 

(C) 2:40
(D) 1:45

 96. Find out the odd one :
(A) 17 

(B)27

(C) 37
(D) 47 

97. What would be the next term in the series?
EDC, HGF, KJI, ......... 

(A) MNO
(B) LMN 

(C) UVT
(D) NML 

98. A man walks 30 mts towards North. He then turns left and walks 40 mts. He again turns left
and walk 30 mts. Further he moves 20 mts after turning to the right. How far is he from his original position?
(A) 60 mts
(B) 40 mts

(C) 30 mts
(D) 70 mts 

99. A is the brother of B, C is sister of D, B is son of C. How is A related to C?
(A) Father
(B) Sister

(C) Brother
(D) Son

100. How many P's are there in the following series which are not followed by a vowel? 

APEORPNOPURXYPZEPRLPC

(A) 5
(B) 4 

(C) 3
(D) 2