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Assistant Grade II Exam 2008

1. Mamankam, the great ancient regional

festival was held at?

Answer: Thirunavaaya

2. Kollam Era began

Answer: A.D.825.

3. The longest River in Kerala:

Answer: Periyar

4.Sadhujanaparipalanayogam was started

by

Answer: Ayyankaali


5.First Chief Minister of Travancore

Popular Ministry?

Answer: Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

6. The temple entry proclamation was

issued by?

Answer: Chithira Thirunal Balarama verma

7. Malayali Sabha was organized by

Answer: C.Krishna Pillai

8. Kochi State Prajamandal was formed in

Answer: Correct Answer is 26th Jan 1941

9. A Thermo flask is polished well ?

Answer: To reflect all radiation from

outside


10. Coefficient of Temperature depends on

Answer: Difference in Temperature

11. A Device used to detect heat radiaton is

known as

Answer: Thermopile

12. Which of the following is a compound?

(a) Milk

(b) 22 carat Gold

(c) Steam

(d) Diamond.

Answer: Steam

13. Hardest naturally occurring substance?

Answer: Black Diamond

14. A form of carbon used in gas mask?


Answer: Activated Charcoal

15. The gas used in the refrigerator?

Answer: Freon

16. Estimation of Halogen in organic

compound is done by

Answer: Carius Method

17. The metal which doesn‘t react with

dilute Sulphuric Acid ?

Answer: Led

18. In free state , hydrojen is present in

Answer: Natural Gas

19. The disease caused by the deficiency of

Vitamin A:

Answer: Xerophthalmia


20. The insect which lays eggs in water is

Answer: Dragonfly

21. The mosquito that spreads malaria in

man is named

Answer: Female Anopheles

22. Which is the function of white blood

corpuscles?

Answer: to produce anti-toxin

23. Which of the following processes

liberates energy?

Answer: Respiration.

24. During the solar eclipse, which of the

following represents the relative position of

the sun, moon an earth correctly?


Answer: The moon in between the sun

and the earth

25. A degree of Longitude has about the

same length as a degree of Latitude at

Answer: Equator

26. The supersonic aircraft find its most

convenient to fly in the

Answer: Stratosphere

27. Seismograph is used to measure

Answer: Earthquake

28. Which one is known as ―Pittsburg of

India?‖

Answer: Jamshedpur


29. The first political leader who got Nobel

prize for literature?

Answer: Winston Churchil.

30. The winner of Wimbledon

Championship of 2007?

Answer: Veenus Williams

31. Present secretary general of United

Nations

Answer: Banki-Moon

32. Jim Corbett National Park is in

Answer: Uttaranjal

33. The country used paper currency first in

the world

Answer: China


34. Father of Cell Phone

Answer: Martin Cooper

35. The modern Quantity theory of money

was developed by

Answer: Milton Friedman

36. Consumer Protection act was enacted

in the year

Answer: 1986

37. National Flag of India was designed by:

Answer: Pingali Venkayya

38. Human Rights Day is observed all over

the world every year on:

Answer: 10th December

39. Gauthama Budha was born at


Answer: Lumbini

40. The Chera King known as ―Red Chera‖?

Answer: Senkuttuvan

41. Alexander the great defeated

Answer: Porus

42. Indica was written by?

Answer: Megesthenes

43. The Second Buddhist Council was held

at

Answer: Vaisali

44. Who is popularly known as the Indian

Napoleon?

Answer: Samudra Gupthan

45. Last King of Kakatiya dynasty?


Answer: Prataparudra II

46. The second Battle of Tarrain in 1192,

Mohammed Gori defeated?

Answer: Prithviraj Chauhan

47. The king on the throne of Vijayanagar at

the time of battle of Talikota ?

Answer: Ramaraya

48. Qutub –ud-din Aibek built the Quwaat-

ul-Islammosque to commemorate his

capture of

Answer: Delhi

49. The wisest fool of medieval India is ?

Answer: Mohammed bin Thuglaq

50. ―Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi‖ was written by?


Answer: Ziaudin Barani

51. Ibn Batuta, the famous Arab Scholar

visited India during the reign of

Answer: Mohaummed Bin Thuglaq

52. Purana Qila in Delhi was built by

Answer: Shersha

53.Ashtrapratan‖ was the council of

Ministers of

Answer: Marathas

54. Zapti is the land revenue system

introduced by

Answer: Akbar

55. Jahangir the Mughal ruler murdered the

Sikh guru :


Answer: Guru Arjun singh

56. The mughal gardens-Shalimar and

Nishad in Srinagar built by ?

Answer: Jahangiir

57. Ustad Isa was the Architect of

Answer: Taj Mahal

58. Harihara and Bukka laid the foundations

of

Answer: Vijaya Nagar Empire

59. The author of ―Prithvi Raj Raso ― was:

Answer: Chandra Vardai

60.The first Carnatic war came to an end

with the

Answer: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle


61. Permanent land Revenue Settlement

was introduced in Bengal By

Answer: Lord Cornwallis

62. Doctrine of Lapse‖ was applied by

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

63. Principles of panchasheel were framed

in

Answer: Bandung

64. Local Self Government in India, for the

first time was introduced by

Answer: Lord Rippon

65. The President of Pakistan who signed

the Tashkent Agreement after the Indo-Pak

War of 1965 was? Answer: Ayub Khan


66. The war between India and China took

place in?

Answer: 1962

67. Thashkent Pact was signed between

Answer: Lal Bahadur Sastri and Ayub

Khan

68. Mixed Colony system was introduced

by:

Answer: Albuquerque.

69. Electricity Agitation of Cochin was

against the decision of the Diwan ?

Answer: Sir.R.K.Shanmukham Chetti

70 The Authour of ―India Today‖

Answer: R.P.Dutt


71. Would you mind ———the door?

Answer: Shutting

72. I wish he——-settle the issue soon

Answer: would

73. The approximate meaning of ‗run on the

mill‘

Answer: Ordinary

74. Midhun said‖ Do you enjoy

cricket‖(Change into Indirect Speech)‖

Answer: Midhun asked me if I enjoyed

cricket.

75. One must always be careful in ——-

dealing with others

Answer: One‘s


76. Rahul is very rich.He can buy a car

(Combine using ‗enough‘)

Answer: Rahul is rich enough to buy a car

77. Meaning of the phrase‖Ad hoc‖

Answer: formed for some special purpose

78. Everyone looked up to him. (change into

Passive voice)

Answer: He was looked up to by everyone.

79. This juice is made —–fresh oranges.

Answer: from

80. Our Chief Minister is a person of long

experience in politic. (Use one word for the

words in bold)

Answer: Veteran


81. The mis-spelt word among the following:

(Synonym, Synagogue, Symposiam, Sym

ptom)

Answer: Symposiam

82. When the police interrogated the thief,

he made a clean breast ofeverything

(Meaning of the idiom in bold)

Answer: Confessed

83. It is five years——–I retired

Answer: Since

84. The bundle is so heavy that I cannot lift

it.(Use ‗too‘ instead of ‗So that‘)

Answer: The bundle is too heavy for me to

lift


85. The word which is nearest in meaning of

the word‖profound‖

Answer: Deep

86. The Government has decided to ——–

all unauthorised buildings

Answer: pull down

87. ——-you apologize, he won‘t forgive

you.

Answer: Unless

88. The mother as well as her three

children———-taken to the hospital.

Answer: was

89. The old man was too weak to travel —

—himself.


Answer: by

90. Roshan was so absorbed———–his

work that he didn‘t even raise his head.

Answer: in

91. It———-heavily when I woke up

yesterday.

Answer: was raining

92. Mahathma Gandhi appealed to the

people to ———the cruelties of British

authorities.

Answer: put up with

93. Opposite of the word ―Rigid‖

Answer: Flexible

94. Few students knew the answer,—–


Answer: did they

95. The word which is nearest in meaning of

the word ―economical‖

Answer: Thrifty

96. If the driver——–the brake, the car

would have hit the old man.

Answer: had not applied

97. There weren‘t any hotels nearby,-—?

Answer: were there

98. It was with great difficulty he gained

entry to the auditorium, but he made a

sudden ———

Answer: exit


99. The thieves not only robbed the

travellers—–, beat them up.

Answer: but also

100. I——–him the truth, if i were you.

Answer: would tell