Set 4 Questions GK

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1. All colleges will reopen ……. tomorrow.
(a) on                                           (b) at
(c) since (d) from
Answer:(d)
2. …….. year has passed since the tsunami
lashed certain coastal areas.
(a) The (b) An
(c) A (d) None of
these
Answer:(c)
3. State of well being/pleasant excitement:
(a) Content (b) Euphoria
(c) Satisfaction (d) Morose
Answer:(b)
4. If you listened more carefully, you ……. so
many mistakes.
(a) wouldn’t have made (b) won’t make
(c) wouldn’t make (d) couldn’t
make
Answer:(c)
5. He is an engineer working ….. Palghat.
(a) at (b) in
(c) around (d) on
Answer:(a)
6. The person who has long experience:
(a) Pioneer (b) Scholar
(c) Veteran (d) Boss
Answer:(c)
7. The passive voice of ‘Did you do it?’:
(a) You were done by it (b) He has done
by it
(c) Was it done by you (d) Were it
done by
Answer: (c)
8. It was ……. cats and dogs.
(a) rained (b) raining
(c) will rain                                    (d) had rain
Answer:(b)
9. The word ‘Alacrity’ means:
(a) Eagerness (b) Loud
(c) Critical (d) Pale
Answer:(a)
10. The boy cried aloud ……. he saw a snake:
(a) yet (b) and
(c) but (d) when
Answer:(d)
11. He ……. the task entrusted to him.
(a) carried away (b) carried up
(c) carried out (d) carried by
Answer:(c)
12. More men adore the sun rising than the
sun……..
(a) Shining                                   (b) Blazing
(c) Darkening (d) Setting
Answer:(d)
13. Antonym of ‘Reject’:
(a) Agree (b) Accept
(c) Embrace (d) Adopt
Answer:(b)
14. My advice did not …… him at all.
(a) effect (b) affect
(c) afflict (d) inflict
Answer:(b)
15. I asked the boy ………
(a) how old he was                        (b) how old are
you
(c) how old he is (d) how old
you are
Answer:(a)
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16. He thanked me for what I ……...
(a) have done                                 (b) had done
(c) have been doing (d) had been
doing
Answer:(b)
17. Butter is made ……. milk.
(a) of (b) from
(c) with (d) by
Answer:(b)
18. I have known him ……. a long time.
(a) since (b) for
(c) by                                              (d) to
Answer:(b)
19. …… Andamans are a group of islands in ……
Bay of Bengal:
(a) The, the (b) The, a
(c) An, the (d) The, an
Answer:(a)
20. The reported speech of : ‘He asked, ‘What is
the time?’ is:
(a) He asked what the time was
(b) He asked what is the time
(c) He asked what the time is
(d) He asked what was the time
Answer:(a)
21. Rajyasamacharam is the first news paper in
Malayalam. Its publication was started in:
(a) 1790 (b) 1857
(c) 1847 (d) None of
these
Answer:(c)
22. The person who became Deputy Chief
Minister in Kerala two times:
(a) R.Shankar                                   (b)
C.H.Muhammad Koya
(c) Aukkadar Kutti Napa (d) None of
these
Answer:(b)
23. The number of district panchayats in Kerala:
(a) 999                                             (b) 140
(c) 14                                                 (d) 152
Answer:(c)
24. Which was founded in 1885?
(a) CPM (b) BJP
(c) Indian National Congress (d) CPI
Answer:(c)
25. The seat of the Kerala High Court:
(a) Kollam (b)
Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Kozhikode (d)
Ernakulam
Answer:(d)
26. Malampuzha Dam is in the river system:
(a) Bharatappuzha                    (b) Periyar
(c) Pamba (d) Chaliyar
Answer:(a)
27. The Dewan of Travancore who introduced
publictransport service in Travancore:
(a) P.Rajagopalachari               (b) Habibullah
(c) P.G.N.Unnithan (d)
C.P.Ramaswamy Iyer
Answer:(d)
28. The most famous king of the kingdom of
Kochi:
(a) Marthanda Varma (b) Pazhassi Raja
(c) Sakthan Thampuran (d) Manavedan
Answer:(c)
29. The birth place of Thacholi Othenan:
(a) Vadakara                                (b) Thalassey
(c) Kannur (d) Thirunavaya
Answer:(a)
30. ‘Syanandooram’ is the Sanskrit name for:
( a) Kenner (b)
Kozhikode
(c) Kochi (d)
Thiruvananthapuram
Answer:(d)
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31. The Dutch man who shared the first Nobel
Prizefor Economics with Ragner Frisch of
Norway:
(a) Jan Timber gen                      (b) Gunnar
Myrdal
(c) Nicholas Tinbergen (d) Adamsmith
Answer:(a)
32. The number of principal organs of United
Nations after the Trusteeship Council suspended
operations in 1994:
(a) 6                                                (b) 5
(c) 4                                                 (d) 7
Answer:(b)
33. Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is
observed as:
(a) National Youth Day (b) Patriotism
Day
(c) National Science Day (d) None of
these
Answer:(a)
34. “Let them eat cakes”- Who is related to this
statement?
(a) Louis XIV (b) Louis XV
(c) Louis XVI (d) Mary
Antoinette
Answer:(d)
35. Who founded the Maurya dynasty?
(a) Asoka (b)
Bindudara
(c) Chandragupta Maurya (d) Brihadratha
Answer:(c)
36.The first Indian to go to space:
(a) Kalpana Chawla (b) Ravish
Malhotra
(c) Rakesh Sharma (d) Sunitha
Williams
Answer:(c)
37.The Portuguese Navigator who led the
expedition which completed the first
circumnavigation:
(a) Columbus (b)
Magellan
(c) Cook (d) Cabral
Answer:(b)
38.King of minerals:
(a) Gold (b)
Sulphuric acid
(c) Iron (d)
Aluminium
Answer:(a)
39.Benitto Mussolini was known as:
(a) Il Duce (b) Iron
Duke
(c) Desert Fox (d) Little
Corporal
Answer:(a)
40.Which cave is famous for ‘Trimurti’ statues?
(a) Amanda (b)
Elephanta
(c) Eldora                                            (d)
Amarnath
Answer:(b)
41.Madison Square Garden in USA is related to:
(a) Baseball (b) Cricket
(c) Boxing (d) Polo
Answer:(c)
42. The Panama canal was opened in:
(a) 1869 (b) 1914
(c) 1918 (d) 1920
Answer:(b)
43. The branch of biology related to the study of
structure and organisation of living things:
(a) Alchemy (b) Agronomy
(c) Anatomy (d) Bionomy
Answer:(c)
44..The author of ‘Around the World in 80
Days’?
(a) Arthur C Clarke                         (b) Joules
Verne
(c) Darwin (d) Richard
Rhodes
Answer:(b)
45.Intensity of sound is measured in:
(a) Currie (b) Volt
(c) Watt (d) Decibel
Answer:(d)
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46. Which element has the lowest melting point?
(a) Mercury (b) Hydrogen
(c) Carbon (d) Helium
Answer:(d)
47. Which is known as ‘Chemical Sun’?
(a) Magnesium (b) Francium
(c) Gallium (d) Iridium
Answer:(a)
48 Which of the following plants helps nitrogen
fixation?
(a) Beans (b) Wheat
(c) Rice (d) Tomoto
Answer:(a)
49. The term associated with the cultivation of
grapes:
(a) Aviculture (b)
Viticulture
(c) Floriculture (d)
Epiculture
Answer:(b)
50. The clonned wolf:
(a) Victoria (b) Carbon
Copy
(c) Snu Woolf and Snu Wooli            (d) Dolly
Answer:(c)
51. Jamnapari is a type of:
(a) Dog                                                    (b) Camel
(c) Cow (d) Goat
Answer:(d)
52. Thigh bone is also known as:
(a) Radius (b)
Humerus
(c) Femur                                                (d)
Sternum
Answer:(c)
53. The nearest planet to Sun:
(a) Venus (b) Earth
(c) Mercury (d) Mars
Answer:(c)
54. What is the rank of Saturn in terms of size
among the planets:
(a) First (b)
Second
(c) Third (d)
Fourth
Answer:(b)
55. The areas between polar circles and poles:
(a) Torrid zone                                       (b)
Temperate zone
(c) Frigid zone                                        (d) None
of these
Answer:(c)
56. Which is situated between Africa and
Europe?
(a) Red Sea (b)
Caspean Sea
(c) Dead sea (d)
Mediterranean sea
Answer:(d)
57. Australia is the  ......... continent:
(a) Flattest (b)
windiest
(c) highest (d)
lowest
Answer:(a)
58. The parliament of which country has the
largest number of members?
(a) Britain (b)
India
(c) USA                                                         (d)
China
Answer:(d)
59. Shqipery is the local name of:
(a) Algeria (b)
Armenia
(c) Angola (d)
Albania
Answer:(d)
60. The second longest river in India:
(a) Goddard                                                (b)
Narmada
(c) Krishna (d)
Kaveri
Answer:(a)
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61. Mahabalipuram Monuments in Tamil Nadu
were built by:
(a) Cholas (b)
Cheras
(c) Pallavas (d)
Pandyas
Answer:(c)
62. The Dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Muinuddin
Chisti is in:
(a) Ajmer (b)
Agra
(c) Fatepur Sikri                                       (d)
Jaipur
Answer:(a)
63. Which one of the following is a riverine
port?
(a) Kolkata (b)
Paradweep
(c) Mumbai (d)
Visakhapatnam
Answer:(a)
64. The largest lake in India:
(a) Chilkat (b)
Sambhar
(c) Kolleu (d)
Lonar
Answer:(a)
65. The headquarters of CBI:
(a) Mumbai (b) New
Delhi
(c) Kolkata (d)
Chennai
Answer:(b)
66. Who is regarded as the father of Indian
Classical Music?
(a) Sarangadeva (b)
Viswamitra
(c) Narada (d)
Kanada
Answer:(a)
67 .The Jorhat National Park is in the State of:
(a) Bihar (b)
Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) None
of these
Answer:(b)
68. Chief female deity of Indus people:
(a) Durga (b)
Savitri
(c) Mother Goddess (d) Shakti
Answer:(c)
69 .The second largest book in ancient Indian
literature:
(a) Ramadan (b)
Padma Purana
(c) Skanda Purana (d)
Mahabharat
Answer:(c)
70. The reign of Sher Shah was between:
(a) 1540-1555 (b)
1540-45
(c) 1540-50 (d)
1540-1556
Answer:(b)
71. The Persian traveller who visited India in
1443:
(a) Ma Huan (b)
Abdur Razaq
(c) Sulaiman (d) Ibn
Batuta
Answer:(b)
72. The Governor General who annexed Satara
to British India, the first princely state to be
annexed to British India under Doctrine of
Lapse:
(a) Canning (b)
Cornwallis
(c) William Bentley (d)
Dalhousie
Answer:(d)
73. Bhagat Singh was a leader from:
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b)
Maharashtra
(c) Punjab (d)
Bihar
Answer:(c)
74. What was called ‘post dated cheque’ by
Gandhiji?
(a) Cabinet Mission (b)
Crip’s Mission
(c) Govt of India Act, 1935 (d) Quit
India movement
Answer:(b)
75. Who is called the ‘mother of Indian
Revolution’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b)
Annie Besant
(c) Madam Bhikaji Cama (d)
Aruna Asaf Ali
Answer:(c)
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76. In which year the Congress ministries in the
provinces resigned to protest against the war
policy of the British Government?
(a) 1937 (b)
1938
(c) 1939 (d)
1940
Answer:(c)
77. Which of the following part of the
Constitution was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru?
(a) Preamble (b)
Fundamental Rights
(c) Fundamental Duties (d)
Directive Principles
Answer:(a)
78. Which one of the following communities is
specially mentioned in the Constitution?
(a) Scheduled Caste (b)
Scheduled Tribe
(c) Anglo-Indian (d)
All of these
Answer:(d)
79. The most poputated state at the time of
independence:
(a) Travancore (b)
Junagarh
(c) Hyderabad (d)
Rajputana
Answer:(c)
80. Which of the following offices is held during
the pleasure of the President of India?
(a) Vice President (b)
Chief Justice of India
(c) Governor of a State
(d) UPSC Chairman
Answer:(c)
81. A number exceed its one-fifth by 20. What is
the number?
(a) 100 (b)
25
(c) 5 (d)
20
Answer:(b)
82. Select the pair which is different from
others:
(a) Hard work and success (b)
Treatment and disease
(c) Coward and Fear (d)
Extravagent and Bankruptcy
Answer:(b)
83. Cruelty: Kindness :: Revenge : ?
(a) Punishment                                              (b)
Crime
(c) Forgiveness (d)
Gratitude
Answer:(c)
84. Choose the odd one:
(a) Parrot
(b) Pigeon
(c) Kiwi
(d) Sparrow
Answer:(c)
85. When there is an increase of 30% in the
price of TV sets and decrease of 20% in the
number of sets sold , then what is the
percentage effect on total sales?
(a) 4% loss (b)
8% loss
(c) 4% gain
(d) 8% gain
Answer:(c)
86. 7,11,13,17,19,, ———
(a)18
(b) 21
(c) 23
(d) 27
Answer:(c)
87. Which one number can replace both
question marks 1/?= ?/36
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 36
(d) 4
Answer:(b)
88. Clock is to Day as Calendar is to:
(a) Weekend
(b) April
(c) Century
(d) Year
Answer:(d)
89. Find the reciprocal of 0.01:
(a) 100
(b) 10
(c) 1/10
(d) 1
Answer:(a)
90. If TEA is 234, find what would 345 stand
for ?
(a) ATE
(b) TAP
(c) EAR
(d) EAT
Answer:(c)
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91. Convert 9/10 into a percent:
(a) 9%
(b) 19%
(c) 1.9%
(d) 90%
Answer:(d)
92. A for 2, B for 4, and E for 10; then C X D
stands for:
(a) 42
(b) 38
(c) 48
(d) 14
Answer:(c)
93. Two students fought a college election. The
winning student got 60% of the total votes and
won the election by 144 votes only. What is the
total number of votes polled?
(a) 720
(b) 480
(c) 360
(d) 240
Answer:(a)
94. Individual : Family :: Family : ?
(a) State
(b) House
(c) Society
(d) Nation
Answer:(c)
95. Select the odd one:
(a) Sparrow
(b) Canary
(c) Hawk
(d) Cod
Answer:(d)
96. 60% of 37= ?
(a) 20
(b)
21
(c) 22
(d) 22.2
Answer:(d)
97. Fly : Parrot :: Crawl : ?
(a)
Fish
(b) Crocodile
(c)
Frog
(d) Sparrow
Answer:(b)
98. The sum of two numbers is 35 and their
difference is 13. Find the greater number:
(a) 23
(b) 24
(c) 20
(d) 25
Answer:(b)
99. Select the odd one:
(a) Apple
(b) Orange
(c) Carrot
(d) Mango
Answer:(c)
100. A factory produces 145 cars a week. How
many cars will it produces in a year?
(a) 7540
(b) 7450
(c) 7045
(d) 7500
Answer:(a)
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