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| ASSISTANT GRADE - 2009 |
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| 1. | KIMONO is the dress style of : |
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| | | (A) Korea | (B) China | | (C) Japan | (D) Finland
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| 2. | Madam Curie : |
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| | | (A) Discovered Vaccination | (B) Invented Dynamite | | (C) Isolated Radium | (D) Discovered Theory of Evolution
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| 3. | The author of the book "The Wonder That was India" is : |
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| | | (A) Amartya Sen | (B) A.L.Basham | | (C) R.C.Dutt | (D) Rabindranath Tagore
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| 4. | The First Chief Minister of Kerala was : |
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| | | (A) Pattam Thanu pillai | (B) E.M.S. Namboodiripad | | (C) R.Sankar | (D) C.Achuthamenon
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| 5. | The State of Kerala was formed on : |
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| | | (A) 1 December 1957 | (B) 1 November 1956 | | (C) 1 November 1954 | (D) 1 October 1951
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| 6. | The Naval Academy is situated in Kerala at : |
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| | | (A) Kochi | (B) Ezhimala | | (C) Thiruvanathapuram | (D) Beypore
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| 7. | Edakkal Cave is in : |
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| | | (A) Wayanad | (B) Kannur | | (C) Kasargod | (D) Kozhikode
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| 8. | The largest Taluk in Kerala is : |
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| | | (A) Ernad | (B) Taliparamba | | (C) Mukandapuram | (D) Thalassery
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| 9. | The Head Quarters of Kerala HighCourt is at : |
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| | | (A) Thiruvanathapuram | (B) Kochi | | (C) Kozhikode | (D) Thrissur
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| 10. | The First Women Supreme Court Judge was : |
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| | | (A) C.Fatima Beevi | (B) Anna Chandy | | (C) Kadambini Ganguli | (D) Laila seth
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| 11. | The First Governor of Kerala was : |
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| | | (A) V.V.Giri | (B) Ajith Prasad Jain | | (C) Bhagavan Sahai | (D) Ramakrishna Rao
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| 12. | The First Arts and Science College in Kerala is: |
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| | | (A) Brennan College, Thalassery | (B) Maharaja's College , Eranakulam | | (C) C.M.S. College, Kottayam | (D) University College, Thiruvanathapuram
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| 13. | The Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project is built in the river : |
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| | | (A) Kunthi | (B) Periyar | | (C) Bhavani | (D) Pampa
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| 14. | The First Hydro Electric Project in Kerala is : |
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| | | (A) Pallivasal | (B) Chengulam | | (C) Idukki | (D) Sabarigiri
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| 15. | The HQ (HEAD QUARTERS) of Wayanad district is : |
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| | | (A) Kalpetta | (B) Manathavady | | (C) pulpally | (D) Boys town
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| 16. | The District which has no forests in Kerala is : |
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| | | (A) Kollam | (B) Kannur | | (C) Alappuzha | (D) Thrissur
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| 17. | The Architect of Cochin Sea Port was : |
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| | | (A) Robert Bristo | (B) Antonym peter | | (C) Alexander John | (D) John Matahi
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| 18. | --------- city is called " Venice of East " |
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| | | (A) Alappuzha | (B) Kochi | | (C) Kollam | (D) Thrissur
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| 19. | Malabar Cements Factory is in : |
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| | | (A) Vellore | (B) Kallai | | (C) Walayar | (D) Chalakudy
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| 20. | World population day is celebrated on |
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| | | (A) June 11 | (B) July 11 | | (C) April 11 | (D) None of these
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| 21. | ISOBARS connect points of equal : |
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| | | (A) Temperature | (B) Height | | (C) Pressure | (D) Rainfall
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| 22. | LOTI is the currency of : |
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| | | (A) Sudan | (B) Libiya | | (C) Barundi | (D) Lesotho
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| 23. | Copper is produced in : |
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| | | (A) UP and Rajasthan | (B) Rajasthan and Bihar | | (C) Bihar and UP | (D) Orissa and Rajasthan
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| 24. | Rana Pratap sagar is located in : |
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| | | (A) Haryana | (B) Maharashtra | | (C) Rajasthan | (D) UP
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| 25. | The chairman of the Planning Commission of India is : |
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| | | (A) President | (B) Prime Minister | | (C) Vice President | (D) None of them
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| 26. | Five Year Plans in India are approved by |
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| | | (A) Parliament | (B) National Development Council | | (C) Planning Commission | (D) None
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| 27. | The Raj Committee (1972) probed : |
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| | | (A) Direct Taxes | (B) Indirect Taxes | | (C) Non - Tax Revenue | (D) Agricultural holding Tax
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| 28. | Panchayat Raj has got constitutional status with the ---------- Amendment Act : |
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| | | (A) 72 nd | (B) 73 rd | | (C) 74 th | (D) 75 th
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| 29. | Fundamental Rights are enshrined in PART -------- of Constitution of India . |
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| | | (A) I | (B) II | | (C) III | (D) V
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| 30. | How many members can be nominated to Loksabha by President ? |
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| 31. | Acharya Vinoba Bhave's Paunar Ashram is in : |
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| | | (A) Bihar | (B) Gujrat | | (C) Maharashtra | (D) West Bengal
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| 32. | A rocket works on the principle of the conservation of : |
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| | | (A) Energy | (B) Mass | | (C) Linear momentum | (D) Angular Momentum
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| 33. | The best conductor of electricity is : |
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| | | (A) Iron | (B) Silver | | (C) Aluminium | (D) Copper
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| 34. | Glass is good : |
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| | | (A) Insulator | (B) Semi conductor | | (C) Electrical conductor | (D) Thermal conductor
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| 35. | A catalyst : |
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| | | (A) Increases the velocity of reaction | (B) Decreases the velocity of reaction | | (C) Alters the velocity of reaction | (D) Starts a reaction
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| 36. | Carbon occurs in nature in the purest from as : |
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| | | (A) Coal | (B) Carbon Black | | (C) Graphite | (D) Diamond
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| 37. | The Newspaper "DAWN" is published in : |
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| | | (A) Moscow | (B) Beijing | | (C) Karachi | (D) New Delhi
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| 38. | International Womens Day is observed oo : |
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| | | (A) March 8 | (B) September 8 | | (C) April 7 | (D) August 6
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| 39. | IBERIAN AIRLINES is the official airlines of : |
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| | | (A) Spain | (B) France | | (C) Poland | (D) Ireland
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| 40. | The Head Quarters of World Health Organisation (WHO)is in : |
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| | | (A) Paris | (B) Geneva | | (C) New York | (D) Washington
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| 41. | The largest slum in India is in : |
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| | | (A) Chennai | (B) Mumbai | | (C) Delhi | (D) Kolkata
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| 42. | ----------- is the author of Ain - i - Akbari: |
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| | | (A) Abul Fazal | (B) Nazrul Islam | | (C) Abul Faizi | (D) Mohd Iqbal
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| 43. | Hopman Cup is associated with |
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| | | (A) Tennis | (B) Cricket | | (C) Baseball | (D) Football
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| 44. | Who is called Deshbandhu ? |
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| | | (A) Dadabhai Noaroji | (B) C.R. Das | | (C) Balgangadhara Tilak | (D) Rajagopalachari
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| 45. | ---------- got Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. |
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| | | (A) Rabindranath Tagore | (B) Bankim Chandra Chatterji | | (C) Boris Pasternak | (D) Alexander Solzenithsen
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| 46. | Tarapore Committee was associated with : |
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| | | (A) Special Economic Zones | (B) Foreign Exchange Reserves | | (C) Fuller Capital Account Convertibility | (D) Effect of oil prices on Indian Economy
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| 47. | Arundathi Roy is well known : |
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| | | (A) Writer - Social - activist | (B) Painter | | (C) Dancer | (D) Music composer
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| 48. | --------- is called Forbidden City : |
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| | | (A) Lahore | (B) Lahsa | | (C) Sanfransisco | (D) Bangkok
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| 49. | --------- is the leading producer of Uranium : |
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| | | (A) U.S.A | (B) Canada | | (C) Germany | (D) Zambia
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| 50. | Aspirin was invented in 1899 by : |
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| | | (A) Felix Hoffman (Germany) | (B) Joseph Lister (England) | | (C) C.F. Brush (U.S.A) | (D) Nicholas Cugnot (France)
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| 51. | Entomology is the study of : |
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| | | (A) Insects | (B) Birds | | (C) Snakes | (D) Mammals
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| 52. | " An Area of Darkness " is written by ? |
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| | | (A) V.S. Nai Paul | (B) Salman Rushdi | | (C) Nirad C. Chaudhari | (D) A.L. Basham
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| 53. | Which of the following was the First Indian Institute of Technology ? |
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| | | (A) IIT Kharagpur | (B) IIT Bombay | | (C) IIT Delhi | (D) IIT Madras
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| 54. | Who became the First Miss India ? |
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| | | (A) Rieta Faria | (B) Pramila | | (C) Aanita desai | (D) Sukanya
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| 55. | --------- has the highest population density as per 2001 Census. |
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| | | (A) Kerala | (B) Tamil Nadu | | (C) Rajasthan | (D) West Bengal
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| 56. | From which of the following stations that India launched its first successful multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite, INSAT I B on 30 August 1983 ? |
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| | | (A) Cape Canaveral (U.S.A) | (B) Baikonoor Cosmonaut (Russia) | | (C) Master Control Facility (Hassan, India) | (D) Rocket Launching Station, (Thumba,India)
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| 57. | The Head Office of Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation is at : |
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| | | (A) Ernakulam | (B) Thrissur | | (C) Thiruvanathapuram | (D) Kozhikode
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| 58. | Under whose patronage Kutabminar was built ? |
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| | | (A) Shah Jehan | (B) Kutabdeen Ibek | | (C) Jehangeer | (D) Akbar
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| 59. | The First Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was : |
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| | | (A) M.G. Ramachandran | (B) C.N. Annadurai | | (C) Jayalalitha | (D) M. Karunanidhi
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| 60. | Spherometer is : |
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| | | (A) an instrument used for measuring the curvature of spherical objects . | (B) an instrument for comparing the luminous intensity of the source of light. | | (C) an instrument used for spectrum analysis. | (D) an instrument for measuring solar radiations.
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| 61. | The largest shipyard in india is : |
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| | | (A) Kolkata | (B) Kochi | | (C) Mumbai | (D) Vishakhapatanam
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| 62. | PNEUMOCONIOSIS afflicts the workers who works mainly in : |
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| | | (A) Tanneries | (B) Coalmining industries | | (C) Distilleries | (D) Glass industry
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| 63. | --------- is a well known flute exponent . |
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| | | (A) Shafaat Ahmad | (B) Ronu Mazumdar | | (C) Madhup Mudgal | (D) Debu Chaudhari .
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| 64. | ---------- was the First Chief Justice of India. |
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| | | (A) Hiralal .J. Kania | (B) P.N. Bhagavathy | | (C) V.R. Krishna Iyer | (D) Anna Chandy
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| 65. | "EMPLOYMENT NEWS" is published by : |
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| | | (A) Times of India Group | (B) The Indian Express Group | | (C) G. Kasthuri and Sons. | (D) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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| 66. | YAKSHAGANA is a popular folk art of : |
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| | | (A) Kerala | (B) Karnataka | | (C) Tamilnadu | (D) Andhra Pradesh
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| 67. | The NREP (Natioal Rural Employment Programme )was launched in : |
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| | | (A) October 1980 | (B) August 1983 | | (C) September 1985 | (D) December 1981
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| 68. | ANGSTROM is the unit of : |
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| | | (A) wavelength of light | (B) atmospheric pressure | | (C) unit of energy | (D) unit of distance used in navigation
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| 69. | The Thermal Power Plant at Bokaro is located in : |
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| | | (A) Bihar | (B) Orissa | | (C) Chhattisgarh | (D) Jharkhand
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| 70. | Disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C is : |
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| | | (A) Beri Beri | (B) Scurvey | | (C) Pellagra | (D) Night Blindness
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| 71. | The bus pass is -------- for a year : |
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| | | (A) valuable | (B) employable | | (C) valid | (D) tucked
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| 72. | A philatelist collects ----------- |
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| | | (A) clocks | (B) antiques | | (C) coins | (D) stamps
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| 73. | No one could understand ----------- |
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| | | (A) what did he say | (B) what was he saying | | (C) what he did say | (D) what he was saying
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| 74. | We have been trying to solve the problem --------- |
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| | | (A) since two days | (B) during two days | | (C) for two days | (D) from two days
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| 75. | The fear of high places ----------- quite common |
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| | | (A) are | (B) is | | (C) are being | (D) were
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| 76. | If she were selected , she ----------- a good secretary. |
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| | | (A) will make | (B) can make | | (C) would make | (D) may have made
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| 77. | Either the pen or the paper -------- defective |
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| | | (A) are | (B) were | | (C) is | (D) isn't
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| 78. | Find the word that is rightly spelt : |
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| | | (A) moskitoes | (B) mosqwitose | | (C) mosquitose | (D) mosquitoes
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| 79. | Choose the correctly spelt word : |
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| | | (A) refrigerator | (B) refrigarator | | (C) refregerator | (D) rafrigerator
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| 80. | Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word plead. |
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| | | (A) set out | (B) conclude | | (C) intend | (D) beg for
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| 81. | The closest meaning of the word ulcer is : |
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| | | (A) outer part | (B) open sore | | (C) star | (D) centre
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| 82. | Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word permit. |
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| | | (A) allow | (B) disagree | | (C) obstruct | (D) forbid
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| 83. | Choose the wrongly spelt word : |
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| | | (A) permenant | (B) affection | | (C) affectation | (D) conscientious
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| 84. | Select the word opposite in meaning to ever. |
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| | | (A) never | (B) always | | (C) sometimes | (D) rarely
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| 85. | Comatose best means : |
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| | | (A) extremely fat | (B) dull mind | | (C) enormous | (D) deeply unconscious
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| 86. | Choose the correct preposition for the sentence : I admit I am very fond -------- him |
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| | | (A) of | (B) off | | (C) with | (D) by
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| 87. | The suitcase is made ---------- leather. |
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| | | (A) with | (B) about | | (C) of | (D) at
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| 88. | You won't tell them what has happened ,--------? |
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| | | (A) won't you | (B) wouldn't you | | (C) isn't it | (D) will you
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| 89. | Change into indirect speech : He said, "I have passed the examination " |
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| | | (A) He said that he had passed the examination | (B) He said that he has been passing the examination | | (C) He said that he is passing the examination | (D) He said that he was passed the examination
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| 90. | They have bought a new car, ----------- ? |
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| | | (A) isn't it | (B) is it not | | (C) have they | (D) haven't they
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| 91. | I will complete the course in ---------- year . |
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| | | (A) a | (B) an | | (C) the | (D) same
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| 92. | While walking ----------- the small door I hurt my head. |
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| | | (A) between | (B) through | | (C) by | (D) along
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| 93. | Which of these chairs did you sit --------- ? |
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| | | (A) them | (B) in | | (C) on | (D) by
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| 94. | If DONKEY : BRAYS then WOLF : |
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| | | (A) cries | (B) roars | | (C) howls | (D) whines
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| 95. | The thief was caught --------- The suitable idiom is : |
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| | | (A) red handed | (B) blue handed | | (C) green handed | (D) yellow handed
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| 96. | The idiom it's all Greek and Latin to me means: |
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| | | (A) something I understand | (B) something I don't understand | | (C) something simple | (D) something easy
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| 97. | I was all eyes to see what he would do. The words italicised mean : |
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| | | (A) more than a pair of eyes | (B) eagerly watching | | (C) eagerly searching | (D) eagerly hesitating
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| 98. | Beware of that wolf in sheep's skin. The closest meaning to this idiom is : |
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| | | (A) hypocrite | (B) hippocrite | | (C) hippocrete | (D) hypocrete
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| 99. | The phrase black sheep means : |
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| | | (A) sheep that is black | (B) good person | | (C) misfit | (D) sheep that is bad
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| 100. | Just now my hands are full . My hands are full closely means : |
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| | | (A) My hands are filled with something | (B) I am very busy | | (C) I can't keep my hand free | (D) My hands are chained. |
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