24-02-2018 WOMEN CIVIL EXCISE OFFICER

WOMEN CIVIL EXCISE OFFICER

EXAM DATE:24-02-2018

1.Which foreign traveller has been called’Prince of Medical Traveller’?

A.Ibn Babuta

B.Abdur Razzaq

C.Marco Polo

D.Nicolo Canti

Ans:C

2.The poet Laureate of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar was:

A.Nandi Timmanna

B.Dhurjati

C.Allasani Peddanna

D.Bhattu Murti

Ans:C

3.Name the Governor-General when the 1857 revolt broke out:

A.Dalhousie

B.Canning

C.Lawrence

D.Curzon

Ans:B

4.The Poona Pact aimed at

A.Hindu Muslim unity

B.Representation of lower castes

C.Privileges of the prices

D.Review of the working of dyarchy

Ans:B

5.Dadabhai Naoroji first put forward his theory of Drain of Wealth in his paper:

A.The wants and means of India

B.Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

C.On the commerce of India

D.England’s Debt to India

Ans:B

6.World Diabetics Day was observed on

A.November 14

B.November 28

C.July 1

D.August 12

Ans:A

7.National Film Archive of India(NFAI) has regional centres at Kolkata,Bangalore and:

A.Thiruvanathapuram

B.Chennai

C.Pune

D.Mumbai

Ans:A

8.Who  is known as the Father of Information Technology?

A.Claude Shanon

B.Seymour Cray

C.John Mecartny

D.Richard Stallman

Ans:A

9.Who is the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

A.J.Jayalalitha

B.Panneer Selvam

C.Mrs.Nirmala Sitharaman

D.Vidhya Sagar Rao

Ans:No Answer

10.India’s First Banking robot named-------

A.Gayatri

B.Saraswathy

C.Ganga

D.Lakshmi

Ans:D

11.India's First Banking robot named--------

A.Gayatri

B.Saraswathy

C.Ganga

D.Lakshmi

Ans:D

12.New Chief Justice of India-

A.Jagadish Singh Khekar

B.Aravind Subramanian

C.Y.V.Chandrachood

D.Dipak Misra

Ans:D

13.BRICS leaders signed the agreement to establish a New Development Bank at the summit held in:

A.Durban,South Africa(2013)

B.New Delhi,India(2012)

C.Uta,Russia(2015)

D.Fortaleza,Brazil(2014)

Ans:D

14.The Government of India has decided to observe ‘Good Governance Day’ on the birth day of:

A.L.K.Advani

B.A.B.Vajpayee

C.Rajiv Gandhi

D.Jawaharlal Nehru

Ans:B

15.India beat which country to win the 2016 Women’s T 20 Asia Cup?
A.Thailand

B.Nepal

C.Sri Lanka

D.Pakistan

Ans:D

16.Which of the following is the regulator of the credit rating agencies in India?

A.SEBI

B.SIDBI

C.SBI

D.IRDA

Ans:A

17.The new name of Planning Commission of India:

A.Natioal Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog

B.National Development Agency

C.Naya Yojna Agency

D.Bharat Pragati Lakshya Aayog

Ans:A

18.The Concept of Liberty,Equality and Fraternity enshrined in the Indian Constitution is inspired from:

A.Irish Constitution

B.French Constitution

C.U.K.Constitution

D.U.S.Constitution

Ans:B

19.World Economic Report is published by:

A.IMF

B.UNDP

C.World Bank

D.UNCTAD

Ans:No answer

20.Antyodaya Scheme is meant to help the:

A.Muslims

B.Minorities

C.Harijans

D.Poorest of the poor section of the society

Ans:D

21.The first digital village in India.

A.Akodara(Gujarat)

B.Goodgave(Haryana)

C.Ibrahimpur(Telengana)

D.Ernakulam(Kerala)

Ans:A

22.Which chemical is ‘Salt of Hartshorn’?

A.Calcium Phosphate

B.Ammonium Carbonate

C.Sodium Chloride

D.Potassium

Ans:B

23.Which is the pH value of fresh cow milk?

A.4.5 to 4.8

B.5.5 to 5.8

C.6.2 to 6.9

D.6.5 to 6.7

Ans:D

24.Which fish is popularly known as the Aquatic-chicken?

A.Tilapia

B.Mene Oblanga

C.Zebra fish

D.Brown trout

Ans:A

25.Which among the following is called laughing gas popularly?

A.Nitrogen Penta Oxide

B.Nitrous Oxide

C.Nitric Oxide

D.Nitrogen

Ans:B

26.Which famous Scientist’s words are chance favours only the prepared mind?

A.Issac Newton
B.Mux Plank

C.Louis Pasteur

D.C.V.Raman

Ans:C

27.’Aditya Mission’ refers to:

A.India’s anti diphtheria program

B.India’s Tourism Promotion Program

C.Agricultural Extension Program for farmers

D.India’s solar exploration Program

Ans:D

28.National Plant Genome Research Centre located at:

A.Mumbai

B.Haryana

C.New Delhi

D.Hyderabad

Ans:C

29.Like,Poke and Tag are features of which social networking website?

A.Google +

B.Facebook

C.Orkut

D.Skoob

Ans:B

30.Which state become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic farming  practices?

A.West Bengal

B.Karnataka

C.Kerala

D.Sikkim

Ans:D

31.Which of the following chemicals is known as ‘Salt Peter’?

A.Potassium Chloride

B.Calcium Nitrate

C.Sodium Nitrate

D.Potassium Nitrate

Ans:D

32.The gas dissolved in water that makes it basic is?

A.Carbon dioxide

B.Hydrogen

C.Ammonia

D.Sulphur dioxide

Ans:C

33.’Kasturirangan Committee Report is related to:

A.Protection of Plants

B.Protection of Western Ghats

C.Ganga Action Plan

D.Constitutional reforms

Ans:B

34.Which one of the following is considered ‘Good Cholesterol’?

A.Low-Density Lipo Protein(LDL)

B.Triglyceride

C.High-Density Lipo Protein(HDL)

D.Fatty acids

Ans:C

35.The living content of cell is called Protoplasm.It is composed of:

A.Cytoplasm only

B.Cytoplasm and Nucleoplasm

C.Nucleoplasm only

D.Cytoplasm,Nucleoplasm and other organelles

Ans:D

36.The Right to Education was added to the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India through the ---------

A.93^rd Constitution Amendment Act 2005

B.86^th Constitution Amendment Act 2002

C.87^th Constitution Amendment Act 2003

D.97^th Constitution Amendment Act 2011

Ans:B

37.The National Energy Conservation Day is observed on-------

A.October 14^th

B.December 14^th

C.November 13^th

D.December 23^rd

Ans:B

38.Entomology is the science that studies----------

A.Related to plants

B.Behaviour of human beings

C.Insects

D.None of these

Ans:C

39.Excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks causes damage to------

A.Heart

B.Kidney

C.Liver

D.Lungs

Ans:C

40.A computer used by people who travel from one place to another is:

A.Super computer

B.Work station

C.Laptop

D.Desk top

Ans:C

41.The first longest Express way in India:

A.Delhi-Mumbai

B.Varanasi-Gaya

C.Lucknow-Agra

D.Bombay-Thane

Ans:C

42.Name the high-speed  train announced in the Indian  Railway budget 2016-17.

A.Varun

B.Surya

C.Chakra

D.Tejas

Ans:D

43.In which year was the paper currency first introduced in India?

A.1830

B.1910

C.1861

D.1896

Ans:C

44.The Union Government launched a pilot programme to run two wheelers on CNG in which city?

A.Bombay

B.Varanasi

C.New Delhi

D.Calcutta

Ans:C

45.In which Indian states major spoken language is Kumaoni?

A.Kashmir

B.Assam

C.Goa

D.Uttarakhand

Ans:D

46.The average life Expectancy in Kerala:

A.68.3

B.69.1

C.71.4

D.74.9

Ans:D

47.Who is the Chairman of the Kerala State Film Academy?

A.Kamal

B.Mohanlal

C.Sibi Malayil

D.Lenin Rajendran

Ans:A

48.Which city in Kerala got the clean city award instituted by the Centre for Science and Environment?

A.Thrissur

B.Alappuzha

C.Thiruvanathapuram

D.Malappuram

Ans:B

49.The biggest hydroelectric project of Kerala is:

A.Sasthamkota

B.Edamalayar

C.Idukki

D.Pallivasal

Ans:C

50.The Sabarigir Project is in the river:

A.Periyar

B.Chalakudi

C.Pampa

D.Kuttiyadi

Ans:C

51.At which place Chattampi Swamikal attained Samadhi?

A.Kilimanoor

B.Kannammola

C.Panmana

D.Varkala

Ans:C

52.Who was the founder of Sidhasramam at Alathur?

A.Brahmananda Sivayogi

B.Chattampi Swamikal

C.Sri Narayana Guru

D.Ayyankali

Ans:A

53.Who founded the Sadhu Jana Paripalana Yogam?

A.K.Kelappan

B.Sri.Narayana Guru

C.Ayyankali

D.Mannathu Padmanabhan

Ans:C

54.Sri.Narayana Guru was born at:

A.Varkala

B.Chempazhanthi
C.Aruvippuram
D.Kollam
Ans:B

55.The Social reformer in Kerala referred to as Kerala Gandhi is:

A.Sahodaran Ayyappan

B.K.Kelappan

C.Pattom Thanupillai

D.Mannathu Padmanabhan

Ans:B

56.Which Article of Indian Constitution refers Special Commission for ST’s?

A.Article 338

B.Article 328

C.Article 55

D.Article 410

Ans:A

57.Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan is launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MOHFW)to provide fixed day assured

A.Comprehensive and quality antenatal care to all pregnant women

B.To provide an environmentally safe and protected pucca house to every household by 2022

C.To absorb excess liquidity in the banking system following demonetisation

D.Release the sex workers from their practice and provide them with alternative source of livelihood

Ans:A

58.International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women(IDEVAW) is observed on:
A.September 12

B.November 15

C.November 25

D.September 22

Ans:C

59.Who is the new Chairman of the UPSC?

A.Deepa Malik

B.Radhika Menon

C.Priyesha Deshmukh

D.Alka Sirohi

Ans:No answer

60.Which Indian has made into forbes top 10 highest paid actresses of the world

A.Anjun Chopra

B.Aishwarya Rai

C.Jennifer Lawrence

D.Deepika Padukone

Ans:D

61.His new car looks more---------an aeroplane

A.As

B.Near

C.Similar

D.Like

Ans:D

62.Ram is --------than any other boy in the class

A.Bright

B.Brighter

C.Brightest

D.None of these

Ans:B

63.--------cow is a useful animal

A.A

B.An

C.The

D.None of these

Ans:C

64.Which is the correct spelling

A.Asignment

B.Asinement

C.Assignment

D.Asinment

Ans:C

65.The quality of bats---------not good

A.Are

B.Were

C.Was

D.None of these

Ans:C

Question 66 and 67 Pick out the error part,in the sentence if there is any

66.I might watch/this programme/it’s supposed to be very interesting/ No error

Ans:A

67.Talks will be hold/in London/next week/No error

Ans:A

68.The feminine gender of bullock is------

A.Belle

B.Heifer

C.COW

D.Vixen

Ans:B

69.Pick out the opposite of ‘pale’

A.Folly

B.Saucy

C.Shady

D.Ruddy

Ans:D

70.Born of married parents is------

A.Legible

B.Eligible

C.Edible

D.Legitimate

Ans:D

71.No one-------going to the hospital .Do they?

A.Likes

B.Like

C.Liked

D.None of these

Ans:A

72.As friendless-------

A.As an alarm clock

B.As a fighting cock

C.As a fly

D.As a lord

Ans:A

73.The majority --------against his decision.

A.Were

B.Is

C.Are

D.None of these

Ans:B

74.’Marthanda Varma’ written by C.V.Raman Pillai is ….historical novel.

A.An

B.The

C.A

D.None of these

Ans:C

75.The Sun shines ------------------its own light.

A.In

B.At

C.By

D.For

Ans:C

76.The word of similar meaning to ‘behaviour’ is-----

A.Deportment

B.Ubbraid

C.Attire

D.Implore

Ans:A

77.A brief summary of a book is--------

A.Epitome

B.Excerpt

C.Memoirs

D.Axiom

Ans:B

78.Everyone is having------opinion.

A.His

B.Their

C.One’s

D.None of these

Ans:B

79.The word connecting’goats’ is ----------

A.Leonine

B.Aquiline

C.Caprine

D.Equine

Ans:C

80.I told you ----------switch off the T.V.,didn’t I?

A.To not

B.Don’t
C.Not

D.Not to

Ans:D

81.Radius of the largest sphere which can be made from a cube of side 6 cm.

A.6.

B.6 Square root of 2

C.3

D.12

Ans:C

82.A person deposited  Rupees 4000 in simple interest rate for 2 months.If he gets Rupees 60 as interest,what is the rate of interest?

A.15%

B.9%

C.7.5%

D.18%

Ans:B

83.25 raise to ¼ x25 raise to ¼=?

A.25

B.1

C.50

D.5

Ans:D

84.Which is not a prime number?

A.61

B.47

C.51

D.59

Ans:C

85.If 2a=3b=4c then a:b:c=-----------

A.6:4:3

B.2:3:4

C.3:4:6

D.4:3:2

Ans:A

86.Sum of two consecutive natural numbers is 31.What is the difference of their squares?

A.961

B.31

C.1

D.62

Ans:B

87.If 13,X,22 are three consecutive terms of an AP.What is the value of X?

A.17.5

B.17

C.35

D.4.5

Ans:A

88.Find 12 ½% of 144-16 raise to 2/83% of 72.

A.6

B.30

C.0

D.18

Ans:A

89.If the cost price of 15 books is equal to the selling price of 12 books.What is the profit percentage?

A.20%

B.50%

C.30%

D.25%

Ans:D

90.15 members can complete a work in 12 days.How many more members are needed to complete this work in 9 days?

A.18

B.3

C.5

D.20

Ans:C

91.GRAPES is written as 459371 in certain code.How should SPARE should be written in that code?

A.35179

B.43975

C.13957

D.19375

Ans:C

92.Which letter is 5^th to the left of the 14^th letter from the right end of the English alphabet?

A.H

B.R

C.S

D.I

Ans:A

93.Find the odd one Z U Q M L K

A.Q

B.L

C.K

D.M

Ans:D

94.On the 20^th January 2012.It was Friday.What was the day on 15^th April 2012?

A.Saturday

B.Sunday
C.Monday

D.Friday
Ans:B

95.What is the next number of the series 3,7,19,55,----------

A.108

B.142

C.171

D.163

Ans:D

96.Find the product:(x-a) (x-b) (x-c)-----------(x-z)

A.X raise to n

B.abc/z

C.0

D.1

Ans:C

97.Gopu started from a point and went 8 m north,turned right and moved 6 m.How far is he away from his starting point?

A.14 m

B.12 m

C.10 m

D.7 m

Ans:C

98.If A denotes /,B denotes x,C denotes -,D denotes + then 18 D 24 A 3 B 7  C 14:

A.84

B.60

C.174

D.None of these

Ans:B

99.What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the clock show 4.40 PM?

A.100 Degree

B.120 Degree

C.140 Degree

D.80 Degree

Ans:A

100.Showing a girl Syam said “She is the sister of my uncle’s Son”,How if Syam related to the girl?

A.Wife

B.Sister-in law

C.Sister

D.Cousin

Ans:D

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