Kerala PSC 2015 - Secretariat Assistant, Municipal Secretary, Block Panchayat Secretary Practice Questions - 4

QNo. 1 - The world's tallest and longest steel rail bridge is being constructed in Jammu and Kashmir over river
[A] Indus	[B] Jhelum
[C] Chenab	[D] Nubra

QNo. 2 - Who among the following was the religious guru of Shivaji?
[A] Tukaram	[B] Eknath
[C] Jnaneshwar	[D] Ram Das

QNo. 3 - Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam?
[A] Hyder Ali	[B] Tipu Sultan
[C] Chin Ouilich Khan	[D] Murshid Quli Khan

QNo. 4 - Neel-Darpan by Din Bandhu Mitra portrays the plight of :
[A] Bengali Artisans	[B] Indigo Planters
[C] Landless Labourers	[D] All of the above

QNo. 5 - Which of the following agricultural commodity of India gives largest in terms of export value?
[A] Tea	[B] Basmati Rice
[C] Spices	[D] Cotton

QNo. 6 - The Famous 'Angkor Vat' temple is situated in which of the following South-East Asian Country?
[A] Thailand	[B] Phillippines
[C] Cambodia	[D] Vietnam

QNo. 7 - The concept of 'Universal Banking' was implemented in India on the recommendations of:
[A] Abid Hussain Committee	[B] S Padmanabhan Committee
[C] YH Malegam Committee	[D] RH Khan Committee

QNo. 8 - Subhash Chandra Bose was re-elected the President of INC at the Tripuri Session in 1939 by defeating Gandhiji's candidate:
[A] Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya	[B] J.B. Kriplani
[C] Dr. Rajendra Prasad	[D] Nellie Sengupta

QNo. 9 - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a great 19th Century Social Reformer who waged a struggle for/against which of the following social cause?
[A] Education of Woman	[B] Widow Remarriage
[C] Abolition of Sati	[D] Untouchability

QNo. 10 - Who among the following can dismiss Governor of a State from his office?
[A] State Legislative Assembly	[B] Parliament
[C] President	[D] None of them

QNo. 11 - The English King granted the Magna Carta of 1215
[A] Henry VIII	[B] Charles II
[C] Louis XIV	[D] John

QNo. 12 - The method which is used to determine the geological age of a fossil
[A] DNA Test	[B] Chlorofluro Carbon
[C] Carbon 14 dating	[D] John

QNo. 13 - The mother toungue of Jesus Christ is
[A] Hebrew	[B] Latin
[C] Aramic	[D] Syriac

QNo. 14 - Akbar's tomb remain at
[A] Afganisthan	[B] Pakisthan
[C] Persia	[D] Agra

QNo. 15 - Kerensky was associated with the
[A] French Revolution	[B] Industrial Revolution
[C] Russian Revolution	[D] American Revolution

QNo. 16 - Who emerged as a great leader after Russian Revolution
[A] Karl Marx	[B] Vladimir Lenin
[C] Robbenspierre	[D] Vladimir Putin

QNo. 17 - Who is known as Gautama Buddha of China ?
[A] Confucious	[B] Lao Tse
[C] Shihuangti	[D] Sun Yat Sen

QNo. 18 - 'Sphinx' denotes
[A] The great pyramid in Egypt	[B] The code of Law
[C] Egyptian Goad	[D] A creature in Egyptian Myth

QNo. 19 - 'The Democracy is what promotes the welfare of the society'. Who said it?
[A] Mahatma Gandhi	[B] Sardar Patel
[C] Dadabai Naoroji	[D] Gopal Krishna Gokhale

QNo. 20 - Who is the author of he book 'Death of a City'?
[A] Amritha Preetham	[B] Hillary Clinton
[C] Henry James	[D] Pearl S. Buck

QNo. 21 - Which is oldest of all Vedas
[A] Sama Veda	[B] Atharva Veda
[C] Yajur Veda	[D] Rig Veda

QNo. 22 - Warm air surrounded by cold air causes
[A] Tempest	[B] Cyclone
[C] Mirage	[D] Smog

QNo. 23 - The 'Law of Multiple Proportion' was discovered by
[A] John Dalton	[B] Ritcher
[C] Joseph Proust	[D] A. Lavoisier

QNo. 24 - The science of improving Crop varieties is called
[A] Hybridisation	[B] Selection
[C] Introduction	[D] Plant Breeding

QNo. 25 - Energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion is known as
[A] Potential Energy	[B] Static Energy
[C] Kinetic Energy	[D] None of these

QNo. 26 - Where can we see a statue of Charlie Chaplin ?
[A] Paris	[B] Hong Kong
[C] Jakartha	[D] London

QNo. 27 - The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel Prize
[A] Cold Seamong	[B] Vol Seamong
[C] Joseph Bordskey	[D] None of these

QNo. 28 - Christopher Columbus belonged to
[A] Italy	[B] China
[C] Russia	[D] France

QNo. 29 - The stones formed in the human kidney consists mostly of
[A] Calcium	[B] Sodium Acetate
[C] Magnesium Sulphate	[D] Calcium Oxalate

QNo. 30 - Sodium Chloride is the chemical name of
[A] Washing Soda	[B] Common Salt
[C] Baking Powder	[D] Bleaching Powder