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Department :- KSFDC
Examination Conducted on :- 1997
1. Which is the brightest planet?
(a) Mercury (b) Venus (c) Earth (d) Mars (e) Jupiter

2. Magic Johnson is a :
(a) a journalist (b) cricketer
(c) an actor (d) basketball player (e) athlete

3. The actress who won Urvashi award 4 times:
(a) Shabana Azmi (b) Sharada
(c) Hemamalini (d) Sharmila Tagore (e) Mumtaz

4. As You Like It was written by:
(a) Bernard Shaw (b) George Orwell
(c) Pearl S. Buck (d) Shakespeare (e) Tagore

5. The film in which Rajat Kapoor got Bharat Award:
(a) Making of the Mahatma (b) Bandit Queen
(c) Fire (d) The Gandhi (e) None of these

6. Country known as Emerald Island:
(a) Scotland (b) England
(c) Greenland (d) Ireland (e) Newzealand

7. Khajuraho is situated in:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Assam
(c) Bihar (d) Andhra Pradesh (e) Madhya Pradesh

8. The nation to which the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan belongs to
(a) Ghana (b) Zambia (c) Kenya (d) Nigeria (e) Niger

9. Shora is the parliament of:
(a) Argentina (b) Australia (c) Afghanistan (d) Spain
(e) Israel

10. O. Henry is the pen name of
(a) Charles Dickens (b) Anne Bronte (c) David Cornwell
(d) William Sydney Porter(e) Benjamin Franklin

11. Hirakud hydroelectric project is in
(a) Bihar (b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra (d) Orissa (e) West Bengal

12. Cocosnucifera is the scientific name of:
(a) Coconut palm (b) Cocoaplant
(c) Coconut (d) Coffee tree (e) Cashew nut

13. Animal having maximum life span
(a) Kangaroo (b) Elephant (c) Tortoise
(d) Python (e) Lion

14. The river valley project in India that is made with the co-operation of Nepal
(a) Damodar valley project (b) Hirakud project
(c) Chambal project (d) Kosi project (e) Thungabhadra project

15. M.F. Hussain is a famous:
(a) journalist (b) writer (c) painter (d) actor (e) poet
16. Mark is the currency of:
(a) Japan (b) Qatar (c) Egypt (d) Germany (e) Russia

17. Radio was invented by:
(a) John L. Baird (b) Charles Babbage
(c) Faraday (d) Edison (e) Marconi

18. Granary of Kerala:
(a) Kuttanad (b) Palakkad (c) Kollam (d) Kochi (e) Kottayam

19. The Policy of Blood and Iron was the policy of
(a) Bismarck (b) Hitler (c) Churchill (d) Tito (e) Lenin

20. Rhodesia is the old name of:
(a) Zambia (b) Ethiopia
(c) Zimbabwe (d) Ghana (e) Indonesia

21. Bread basket of the world is:
(a) Savanna (b) Veld (c) Prairies
(d) Pampas
(e) Steppes

22. Cricket is the national game of
(a) India (b) South Africa
(c) New Zealand (d) England
(e) Sri Lanka

23. The player who took maximum wickets in test cricket:
(a) Kapil Dev (b) Aquib Javed
(c) Anil Kumble (d) Richard Hardly
(e) Courtney Walsh

24. Indira Gandhi was assassinated in the month of:
(a) December (b) September
(c) November (d) October
(e) May

25. The First Indian Cosmonaut
(a) Sushil Sharma (b) Rakesh Sharma
(c) Kuldip Nayyar (d) Navin Gohil
(e) Praveen Kumar

26. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was in the year
(a) 1912
(b) 1914
(c) 1915
(d) 1917
(e) 1919

27. Latest formed district in Kerala:
(a) Kasargode (b) Kannur
(c) Wayanad (d) Pathanamthitta
(e) Idukki

28. The holiest lake in the word:
(a) Caspian sea (b) Manasarovar
(c) Dal lake (d) Amritsar
(e) Lake Superior

29. The innermost layer of the sun
(a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere
(c) Lithosphere (d) Ionosphere
(e) Photosphere

30. A creature with complete metamorphosis
(a) Butterfly (b) Frog
(c) Salamander (d) Newt
(e) Crocodile

31. Organ in our body that produces the largest quantity of enzyme
(a) Lungs (b) Heart
(c) Liver (d) Kidney
(e) Brain

32. Pneumonia affects
(a) Lungs (b) Kidney
(c) Heart (d) Brain
(e) Nerves

33. Most chemically active element
(a) Sodium (b) Chlorine
(c) Potassium (d) Phosphorus
(e) Fluorine

34. Duleep Trophy is related to:
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Chess (d) Badminton
(e) Cricket

35. Konkani is the language in Goa. Khasi is the language in:
(a) Mizoram (b) Meghalaya
(c) Nagaland (d) Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Manipur

36. Mohiniyattam is the famous art form of:
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Orissa

37. Nightingale of India:
(a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Latha Mangeshkar
(c) Asha Bhonsle (d) Menaka Gandhi
(e) Usha Uthup

38. White Flag is the symbol of
(a) Peace (b) Protest
(c) Progress (d) Justice
(e) Distress

39. Bleat is the cry of:
(a) Sheep (b) Cat (c) Calf
(d) Swan (e) Pig

40. Beer is made in a:
(a) bakery (b) brewery (c) vine yard
(d) granary (e) factory

41. Amphibian is:
(a) an animal able to live in water only
(b) an animal able to live on land only
(c) an animal able to fly
(d) an animal able to live both on land and in water
(e) None of these

42. Taj Mahal is on the banks of river
(a) Yamuna (b) Indus (c) Ganga
(d) Brahmaputra (e) Godavari

43. The festival Kumbhamela is celebrated in:
(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Maharashtra


Answers
1. (b) Venus. It is also the hotest planet in our solar system.
2. (d) Basketball player. James Naismith (USA) discovered basketball.
3. (a) Shabana Azmi. ; Her first film was Ankur. She was the heroine of the controversial film Fire directed by Deepa Mehta.
4. (d) Shakespeare.
5. (a) Making of the Mahatma. Bandit Queen relates with the story of Phoolan Devi by Shekhar Kapoor.
6. (d) Ireland.
7. (e) Madhya Pradesh.
8. (a) Ghana.
9. (c) Afghanistan.

10. (d) William Sydney Porter. 11. (d) Orissa. It is in Mahanadi river.
12. (a) Coconut. 13. (c) Tortoise.
14. (d) Kosi Project. It is a multipurpose project which serves Bihar and Nepal.
15. (c) Painter. 􀂗 He is popularly called Naked Foot Painter. Gaja Gamini a film was directed by him.
16. (d) Germany. 17. (e) Marconi.
18. (a) Kuttanad. 􀂗 Palakkad is the leading producer of rice in the state.
19. (a) Bismarck. 􀂗 That is why he is known as the Man of Blood and Iron.
20. (c) Zimbabwe. 􀂗 Zambia was Northern Rhodesia.
􀂗 Ethiopia was Abyssinia. 􀂗 Ghana was Gold Coast.
􀂗 Indonesia was Dutch East Indies.
21. (c) Prairies of North America. 􀂗 Savanna is in Africa.
􀂗 Veld is in Australia. 􀂗 Pampas is in South America.
􀂗 Steppes is in Europe.
22. (d) England.
23. None of these is correct. Shane Warne is the cricketer who took maximum wickets. . Richard Hadlee was the first player to take 400 wickets.
24. (d) October 31, 1984.
25. (b) Rakesh Sharma (1984)
26. (e) 1919.
27. (a) Kasargode, on May 24, 1984 emerged as the 14th district.
28. (b) Manasarovar.
29. (e) Photosphere.
30. (a) Butterfly
31. (c) Liver.
32. (a) Lungs.
33. (e) Fluorine.
34. (e) Cricket.
35. (b) Meghalaya.
## Khasi, Garo and English are the principal languages of Meghalaya.
36. (a) Kerala.
## Tamil Nadu –– Bharatnatyam.
## Karnataka –– Yakshagana.
## Andhra Pradesh –– Kuchipudi.
## Orissa –– Odissi.
37. (a) Sarojini Naidu.
## Broken Wings, Golden Threshold, Bird of Time etc. are her books.
38. (a) Peace.
39. (a) Sheep. ## Cats purr and mew, calves bleat and pigs grunt.
40. (b) Brewery.
41. (d) An animal able to live both on land and in water.
42. (a) Yamuna.
43. (b) Uttar Pradesh.


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