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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