ANSWER KEY 19/05/2018

1. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by
(a)The President (b)The Prime Minister
(c)The Vice President (d)The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

2. The number of Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala is
(a)9 (b)10 (c)7 (d)20

3. Rearranging electoral constituencies in a way that gives advantage to a particular political party is
(a)Gerrymandering (b)Floor crossing (c)Filibustering (d)Lynching

4. The Author of ‘Snakes and Ladders’ is
(a)Anita Nair (b)Taslima Nasrin (c)Arundhati Roy (d)Gita Mehta

5. The Red Fort in Delhi was built by:
(a)Mohamed Gazni (b)Shahjahan (c)Akbar (d)Aurangaseb

6. The first Indian Prime Minister to lose a vote of confidence
(a)Indira Gandhi (b)Morarji Desai (c)V.P. Singh (d)Deve Gowda

7. Saif Ali Khan was awarded the Best Actor Award for 2004 for his role in the film:
(a)Hum Tum (b)Page 3 (c)Swades (d)Hasiria

8. The first Indian satellite ‘Aryabhata’ was launched in the year
(a)1963 (b)1975 (c)1969 (d)1971

9. During Lunar eclipse
(a)The Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon
(b)The Moon is in between the Sun and the Moon
(c)The Sun is in between the earth and the Moon
(d)The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are not in a line

10. The first World Cup Football tournament was held in
(a)Brazil (b)Italy (c)Uruguay (d)Mexico

11. The rear view mirror used in vehicles is
(a)Plane (b)Concave (c)Convex (d) Concave or convex

12. Dr. John Mathai was
(a)An economist (b)Union Finance Minister
(c)Vice Chancellor of Kerala University (d)All the above

13. An earth quake marked 6.5 in the Richter scale is ……………….. times greater in magnitude than the one marked 5.5
(a)2 (b)10 (c)100 (d)1000

14. Deficiency of melanin leads to
(a)Insomnia (b)Hemophilia (c)Anemia (d)Albinism

15. Shantivan is the Samadhi place of
(a)Jawaharlal Nehru (b)Lal Bahadur Sastri
(c)Indira Gandhi (d)Rajive Gandhi

16. Which country is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?
(a)Thailand (b)Finland (c)Ireland (d)Norway

17. The winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the eyar 2004 is
(a)Rahul Dravid (b)Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(c)Leander Paes (d)Vishwanathan Anand

18. The Odakkuzhal award was instituted by:
(a)G. Sankara Kurup (b)Vayalar Ramavarma
(c)Vallothol (d)Kumaranasan

19. The birth place of Moyinkutty Vaidyar is
(a)Kodungallur (b)Kottakkal (c)Kondotty (d)Kayamkulam

20. The free operating system Linux was developed by:
(a)Linus Pauling (b)Linus Torwalds
(c)Richard Stalman (d)Charles Babbage

21. Who is the recipient of the Gyanapeeth award for 2003?
(a)U.R. Ananthamoorthy (b)Thara Sankar Banerji
(c)Vinda Karandikar (d)Arundhati Roy

22. Central Food Technological Research Institute is at:
(a)Pune (b)Dehra Dun (c)New Delhi (d)Mysore

23. ‘Straight from the heart’ is the autobiography of:
(a)Mulk Raj Anand (b)Kapil Dev
(c)Christian Bernard (d)M.S. Swaminathan

24. New York City is on the bank of the river.
(a)Danube (b)Delaware (c)Hudson (d)Tagus

25. A disease caused by a virus
(a)Rabies (b)Cholera (c)Typhoid (d)Malaria

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (c)
7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (d)
13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a)
19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (c)
25. (a)