TRIBAL EXTENSION OFICER 2005
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1. In which year did the Simla Conferencebetween India and Pakistan take place?
(a) 1982 (b) 1972 (c) 1952 (d) 1962
2. Who is the hero of O.V.Vijayan’s celebrated novel, Khasakinte Ithihasam?
(a) Ravi (b) Viju (c) Babu (d) Madhu
3. With which musical instrument do you associate the name of S. Balachander?
(a) Mridangam (b) Veena (c) Flute (d) Banjo
4. The recent best seller The Da Vinci Code was written by:
(a) DavidGreen (b) Dan Brown (c) Dennis Black (d) Dave Orang
5. Who was the President of India during the silver jubilee celebrations of Indian Independence?
(a) S.D. Sharma (b) K.R. Narayanan
(c) R. Venkataraman (d) V.V.Giri
6. For acting in which film did Ben Kingsley get the Oscar for Best Actor?
(a) Pattom (b) Jinnah (c) Picasso (d) Gandhi
7. Who painted the famous picture called the Sun Flowers?
(a) Monet (b) Manet (c) Van Gogh (d) Vermeer
8. The American playwright who wrote, The Death of a Salesman died recently. He was
(a) Arthur C. Clarke (b) Arthur Koestler
(c) Arthur Schleisinger (d) Arthur Miller
9. Which disease is also known as Hansen’s diseases?
(c) Chicken pox (b) Smallpox (c) Leprosy (d) Mumps
10. What does a cartographer make?
(a) Design on carts (b) Post boxes (c) Maps (d) Lamps
11. Which of these is the earliest invention?
(a) Thermometer (b) Microphone (c) Lighting rod (d) Zip fastener
12. What is the condition known as ‘tachycardia’?
(a) Swollen foot (b) Faster heartbeat
(c) Liver enlargement (d) Numbness
13. The element numbered 100 of the periodic table is named after:
(a) Nobel (b) Mendeleev (c) Einstein (d) Fermi
14. What was the nationality of Samuel Hahnemann, the Father of Homeopathy?
(a) French (b) Swedish (c) German (d) Dutch
15. What does a geriatrist study?
(a) Berries (b) Giraffes
(c) Gorillas (d) Diseases of old age
16. Which of these vacines is the latest?
(a) Rabies (b) Typhus (c) Small pox (d) Polio
17. In which year did the Vietnam War end?
(a) 1979 (b) 1971 (c) 1973 (d) 1977
18. Which Indian state has the name meaning Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains?
(a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh
19. Which athlete was known as the Black Gazelle?
(a) Jesse Owens (b) William Rudolph
(c) Carl Lewis (d) Florence J. Griffith
20. In which of these Olympics did India get a gold in Hockey?
(a) Moscow (b) Barcelona (c) Atlanta (d) Athens
21. Which country was known as Abyssinia?
(a) Ethiopia (b) Albania (c) Sierra Leone (d) Syria
22. Which country contributes over 40% of the world’s newsprint?
(a) Cyprus (b) Cuba (c) Chad (d) Canada
23. Of which Olympics were Olly, Syd and Millie, the mascots?
(a) Melbourne (b) Seoul (c) Los Angeles (d) Sydney
24. Which tennis star wrote the book, From Fear to Victory?
(a) Monica Seles (b) Ivan Lendl
(c) Maria Sharapova (d) Martina Hingis
25. For which team did the cricketer Lance Gibbs, play?
(a) South Africa (b) England (c) Zimbabwe (d) West Indies
26. Who wrote the lullaby, Omanathingal Kidavo?
(a) Irayyimman Thampi (b) Sreekumaran Thampi
(c) Vayalar Rama Varma (d) Balamaniyamma
27. The word ‘valiant’ means:
(a) An insect (b) Fearless (c) Small (d) Silent
28. The opposite of ‘ingenious’ is:
(a) Promising (b) Unimaginative (c) Original (d) Glorious
29. The comparative of ‘young’ is:
(a) Youthful (b) Youngster (c) Younger (d) Youngest
30. What is the Elephas maximas?
(a) Elephantiasis (b) Elephant (c) A Roman ruler (d) A loose garment
31. The word ‘alacrity’ means:
(a) Eagerness (b) Loud (c) Critical (d) Pale
32. The opposite of ‘detrimental’ is:
(a) Cheat (b) Cheap (c) Delude (d) Helpful
33. The word ‘able’ is an:
(a) Adverb (b) Adjective (c) Article (d) Apostrophe
34. The expression ‘lingua franca’ means:
(a) Frank dealings (b) French literature
(c) Disease of the tongue (d) Link language
35. The one word substitute for one who studies rivers is:
(a) Diluvialist (b) Speleologist (c) Potamologist (d) Orologist
36. If COMB is written as BNLA, how will BRUSH be written?
(a) BNLAS (b) GZHQY (c) RAIHJ (d) AQTRG
37. A,B, D,G,K, –– .Which is the next letter?
(a) P (b) R (c) Y (d) W
38. The expression ‘ex officio’ means:
(a) By virtue of office (b) Former officer
(c) Dismissed staff (d) Staff on deputation
39. The idiom ‘bolt from the blue’ means:
(a) Unexpected calamity (b) A pleasant gift
(c) Helping hand (d) Loud speech
40. Which word in this group does not rhyme with the other three?
(a) Rough (b) Tough (c) Puff (d) Cough
41. If KITTEN is written as MKVVGP, how will CAT be written?
(a) ANK (b) ECV (c) ORG (d) ABV
42. 2, 4, 16, 256, ––. Which is the next number?
(a) 655 (b) 6553 (c) 65536 (d) 6553635
43. What is the meaning of ‘nepotism’?
(a) Drug abuse (b) Horticulture (c) Favouritism (d) Hatred
44. Which one of these is not a font used in typing?
(a) Times New Roman (b) Arial
(c) Bookman Old Style (d) Multo obrigado
45. Which year of the National Calendar began in March 2005?
(a) 1901 (b) 1891 (c) 1426 (d) 1927
46. Which one of these words means a cure for all ailments?
(a) Pangram (b) Sibling (c) Panacea (d) Sinecure
47. Which one of these words is monosyllabic?
(a) Bureaucrat (b) Strength (c) Government (d) Superintendent
48. Which is the Malayalam Era Year ending on 16th August 2005?
(a) 1178 (b) 1169 (c) 1180 (d) 1088
49. India observes the Martyr’s Day on:
(a) June 4th (b) January 30th
(c) November 10th (d) May 21st
50. Who was the famous son of Saddharta and Trisala in ancient India?
(a) Gautama Buddha (b) Kabir (c) Mahavir Jain (d) Harsha
51. Who wrote Harshacharita?
(a) Bana (b) Kalidasa (c) Bhavabhuthi (d) Kalhana
52. Which one of these is not one of the five K’s in the Sikh faith?
(a) Keeh (b) Kara (c) Kangha (d) Kitab
53. Who was the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979?
(a) Charan Singh (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) V.P. Singh (d) Morarji Desai
54. Who invaded India in B.C. 326?
(a) Cyrus (b) Alexander (c) Timur (d) Darius
55. The ruler who built the Grand Trunk Road was:
(a) Lord Dalhousie (b) Sher Shah Suri (c) Lord Curzon (d) Allaudin Khilji
56. In which year was Gandhiji born?
(a) 1889 (b) 1869 (c) 1859 (d) 1879
57. The book, My Truth is on the life of:
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(c) Sanjiva Reddy (d) Zail Singh
58. Who was assassinated on 14th April 1865?
(a) Tsar Alexander (b) King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
(c) Abraham Lincoln (d) John F. Kennedy
59. Where in Europe is Karl Marx buried?
(a) London (b) Moscow (c) Berlin (d) Prague
60. Which of these is an element?
(a) Italium (b) Canadium (c) Bolivium (d) Francium
61. Who discovered the neutron?
(a) J.J. Thompson (b) J.B. Priestly (c) James Chadwick
(d) John Dalton
62. The first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics is:
(a) Einstein (b) Roentgen (c) Lippman (d) Marconi
63. Who wrote the book Paradise Lost?
(a) John Bunyan (b) John Milton (c) John Dryden (d) John Wellesley
64. Which African country was once known as Rhodesia?
(a) Namibia (b) Zaire (c) Zimbabwe (d) Niger
65. Which of these is not a native of Australia?
(a) Llama (b) Echidna (c) Platypus (d) Kangaroo
66. What is the common name of Hibiscus rosasinensis?
(a) Shoe Flower (b) Lily (c) Rose (d) Jasmine
67. Viviparous animals:
(a) Lay eggs (b) Give birth to young ones
(c) Eat only meat (d) Eat only leaves
68. The biography, A Life in Music is on the life of:
(a) Muhammed Rafi (b) M.S. Subbulekshmi
(c) Geeta Dutt (d) Salil Chaudhary
69. Who wrote the novel Ponni based on the life of a Muduga girl?
(a) Valsala (b) Vilasini (c) Malayatoor (d) Muttathu Varkey
70. In which European city was the first NAM summit held in 1961?
(a) Belgrade (b) Budapest (c) Bern (d) Bucharest
71. The Ficus religiosa is the:
(a) Tamarind tree (b) Cashew tree (c) Teak tree (d) Banyan tree
72. The autobiography, The Voice of the Heart is by:
(a) Swapna Sundari (b) Yamini Krishnamoorthy
(c) Bharati Sivaji (d) Mrinalini Sarabhai
73. The Malayalam novel Oru Sageerthanampolay is on the life of:
(a) Dostoevsky (b) Tolstoy (c) Turgenev (d) Chekov
74. Devdas, Shrikant and Charitraheen are works by:
(a) Premchand (b) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Ashapoorna Devi (d) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
75. The number of persons per square kilometre in Kerala is:
(a) 1918 (b) 199 (c) 819 (d) 1909
76. The life expectancy of Keralities is:
(a) 65.4 (b) 87.01 (c) 71.3 (d) 90.05
77. The film for which Balachandra Menon won the Bharath Award was:
(a) April 18 (b) Samantharangal
(c) Sasneham (d) Kuruppinte Kanakkupusthakam
78. Who was the Chief Minister of Kerala during the emergency?
(a) Pattom Thanu Pillai (b) K. Karunakaran
(c) P.K. Vasudevan Nair (d) C. Achutha Menon
79. The first district in Kerala to achieve total literacy was :
(a) Pathanamthitta (b) Ernakulam (c) Kozhikode (d) Kollam
80. The river which flows eastwards is:
(a) Kabani (b) Karamana (c) Kallai (d) Killi
81. Who was the first President of the Kerala Sahithya Academy?
(a) Joseph Mundassery (b) K.M. Panicker
(c) M.P. Paul (d) G. Sankara Kurup
82. Who among these was not a Governor of Kerala?
(a) A.P. Jain (b) V.V. Giri (c) N.N. Wanchoo(d) Karan Singh
83. The word ‘Nonagenarian’ means:
(a) One who is ageless (b) A vegetarian
(c) A disagreeable person (d) One who is over 90
84. Which of these is the apt form of address for a Mayor?
(a) Reverend (b) Eminence (c) Worshipful (d) Beatitude
85. She was unwilling to accept the nomination. Choose the right question tag.
(a) Is it? (b) Isn’t (c) Wasn’t she? (d) I see
86. Which one of these is a correct sentence?
(a) Why you is silent? (b) Where do you hails from?
(c) When will the trains arrive?
(d) How has you entered the hall without a ticket?
87. Which number does the word ‘score’ represent?
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 50
88. Which of these spellings is wrong?
(a) Accommodation (b) Occassion (c) Grammar (d) Assessment
89. Which of these is an incorrect plural form?
(a) Infomations (b) Geese (c) Indices (d) Sisters- in -Law
90. Which one of these is an incorrect sentence?
(a) Queen of the England is the Elizabeth II
(b) The new Pope is from Germany
(c) King Faisal ruled over Saudi Arabia
(d) King Gyanendra rules over Nepal
91. Which one of these numbers is wrongly spelt?
(a) Eighty - seven (b) Fourty-three (c) Seventy-nine (d) Ninety - four
92. 25 × 25 × 25 =
(a) 15600 (b) 15486 (c) 16251 (d) 15625
93. If ‘n’ divided by ‘n’ equals ‘n’ squarred, what is the value of ‘n’?
(a) 100 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 1000
94. Which of these is a prime number?
(a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 33
95. Which of these words will come first in the dictionary?
(a) Menial (b) Menagerie (c) Meningitis (d) Mendicant
96. Which of these words is a synonym of ‘sad’?
(a) Melancholy (b) Mellifluous (c) Meningtis (d) Mendicant
97. If n + n + n – 1 = 98. What will be the value of n squarred?
(a) 1000 (b) 1031 (c) 1010 (d) 1089
98. Which of these is a leap year?
(a) 1774 (b) 1886 (c) 1922 (d) 2028
99. What is the cube root of 1728?
(a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 12
100. Which of these word will come last in a dictionary?
(a) Vestments (b) Verisimilitude (c) Vestibules (d) Vermillion
Answer
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (d)
7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (b)
13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (b)
19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (a) 22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (a)
25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (d)
37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (b) 42. (c)
43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (c)
49. (b) 50. (c) 51. (a) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (b)
55. (b) 56. (b) 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (d)
61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (b) 64. (c) 65. (a) 66. (a)
67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (a) 71. (d) 72. (d)
73 (a) 74. (b) 75. (c) 76. (c) 77. (b) 78. (d)
79. (b) 80. (a) 81. (b) 82. (d) 83. (d) 84. (c)
85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (b) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (a)
91. (b) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (b) 96. (a)
97. (d) 98. (d) 99. (d) 100. (a)
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